High Above

The Imperial Capital Library is located on the first floor of Zhongcheng District.

This is where most of the public facilities and administrative headquarters of the imperial capital are located, and it was also the base for the Setar people to explore the large labyrinth of the imperial capital - so there are many structures similar to fortresses and bunkers here, but now, these black towers and The fortified fortresses have now been transformed into departments, and the Imperial Capital Library is located in the center of this stacked fortress group.

The original Great Library of the Imperial Capital was a document storage place used to store pre-era civilization materials found in the Imperial Capital. When the document administrator classified and managed various documents here, the Setal Empire had not yet There is only one city-state struggling to survive in the wilderness.

Today, it is already a behemoth. The huge library looks like a giant castle from a distance. The rigid lines and solid walls make it look more like a fortress storing top secrets. It is not a knowledge paradise for most people to read and learn.

This impression is actually not wrong. Because the Imperial Capital Library is indeed not open to everyone.

It is a mysterious place that requires a special reading pass just to enter, and is not completely open to nobles.

Ian has a reading card, and so does Mo Feng - although in theory, every goblin needs a reading card, the library staff responsible for reviewing this do not particularly want to discuss these issues with the goblins. In addition, Mo Feng was indeed an old acquaintance, so he turned a blind eye and let the goblin ladies go.

As for Ian, of course, there was no problem at all. There was no embarrassment or slap in the face. The staff looked at Ian’s face and asked enthusiastically if he needed guidance or help to find books.

"No, thank you very much, but I want to appreciate the beauty of the design of the Imperial Capital Library."

Ian politely declined.

To be honest, for a young man, entering the big library is like a dragon entering the vault. He wants to gather all the books together and then 'Silver chip, scan! ’——Think about it carefully, Inaga II must have done this back then. Damn it, isn’t the emperor amazing? It's really easy to get off to a good start.

However, precisely because his status was too high at the beginning, Inaga II was restricted in many things he could do. After all, he was a person wearing shoes, which was very different from Ian's.

There are three entrances and exits in the Imperial Capital's Grand Library. The front and side are the main door and the small door for readers and staff to enter and exit respectively, and there is an underground passage at the rear that leads to the Imperial Capital's mysterious internal network.

The black floor made of a volcanic rock that is similar to obsidian but stronger and tougher is covered with spreading and twisting silver-gray patterns. Ian discovered that this is an inscription that is very similar to the 'maintenance inscription' deep in the Great Labyrinth of the South China Sea. It can ensure that everything within its range of effect can be preserved as long as possible and is not prone to decay.

The huge bookcase needs to be opened by swiping a card. Before opening, you can only search for the books you need through the transparent window and labels - in short, it is actually a quite modern large library, and there is even a crystal plate for searching inside. .

Ian was led by Mo Feng and walked past several huge stone pillars. They were both load-bearing pillars and signboards that divided the book storage areas. The purple-haired ink-and-wash style fairy came to the alchemy area humming a soft ditty.

"Look, here it is."

Mo Feng obviously also knew about Ian's alchemy attainments. She certainly felt that Ian came here just to read the alchemy classics. Although it was true, what Ian wanted to read most now was actually some information about the imperial capital itself and its history. relating documents.

You can learn alchemy anytime you want, even if you are not in the Imperial Capital. However, the historical documents of the Imperial Capital can only be read in the Grand Library!

But Ian is not that impatient. After so many years, he has become very good at concealing his true intentions... Anyway, it doesn't hurt to read more books.

Therefore, he chose a book called "The Encyclopedia of Terra's Potions: Edition Supervised by the Royal Alchemy Society in 762" and "On the Essence of Life and Alchemy", and sat in a reading room with three fairies to enjoy the afternoon reading time. .

Although Ian had already burned them all through the silver chip when he picked up these two books, if you really want to learn them after reading them, you still have to slowly understand the essence.

As for the fact that before picking up these two books, he also burned dozens of other books together during the selection process, it was just a normal operation.

Moreover, Miss Mo Feng will also provide him with a list of books that she thinks are most worth reading. In the next few months, Ian will read all the books on the list without arousing suspicion. Read it once and burn all the books related to it.

Reading is a pleasant time, especially when you read something you like.

After an afternoon in the quiet room, even Frost Butterfly held a copy of the 'Encyclopedia of Water Magic Beasts' and looked at it with gusto (perhaps really with gusto) until the library staff came over and asked if they needed to go to the library. When the restaurant provided free meals, everyone realized that time passed quickly.

At this time, Ian temporarily turned his mind away from his studies and sighed softly: "At first, I thought that it was a kind of regional discrimination for people in the imperial capital to say that Nanling is a rural place... Now it seems that rural areas may be a compliment. , my hometown is simply a primitive tribe.”

"Just like Viscount Grant... When I returned to the territory and sorted out the relevant issues, the first thing to do was to build a library. Without these books, it would be almost impossible to train an alchemist... possible."

In fact, it is impossible, because the only alchemist trained by Viscount Grant is Ian, and Ian is simply cheating, and the progress of ordinary people cannot be generalized.

Through this afternoon's reading and study, Ian roughly grasped the overall context of Terra Alchemy.

First of all, alchemy is not just potions - it includes potions, inscription light and ink, spiritual energy, material transformation, inscription structure, property changes, blessings and curses, and even the improvement of life essence.

In other words, in the pre-epochal era, the so-called "sublimation skills" were actually located in the category of "alchemy - potion science - life essence improvement - self-improvement". It’s just that the current continent of Terra has proposed it separately and studied it as a relatively independent subject, and it has become the current explicit science.

And giant creations such as cultivators, armors, and ether weapons do not even belong to mechanics - because these things are actually alchemical inscription structures, just like the Ellen family's ether weapons. Species reproduction equipment has nothing to do with mechanics.

The real core is the connection between inscriptions and alchemy, and the energy furnace heart.

In other words, alchemy is, in a sense, the science of Terra today - even for pre-epochal civilizations. After two epochs, even the current epoch has developed for more than a thousand years. The knowledge system contained in alchemy, the extremely complex inheritance, and the vast sea of ​​detailed knowledge points are simply not something that one person can fully master. , so now the division of labor among alchemists is also very clear.

This profession of seeking truth encompasses everything and is definitely not just a craftsman who can make a potion and be done.

Of course, the fact that refining medicine is the most profitable cannot be ignored.

"Next time, come here alone and look at historical books and armor design drawings... If you have a chance, go to the treasure area and have a look."

Ian was already prepared to come to the big library alone tomorrow, and now he was going to go back to have dinner with the goblin ladies and give Isengard the shopping list for his laboratory building.

However, just when a group of people, or rather, Ian was walking alone while three goblins were flying around him, were preparing to leave the Imperial Capital Library.

Mo Feng met his acquaintance.