Everyone now knew that Faleau was the biggest manager of the Gilded Rose. Even a Heaven Rank powerhouse wouldn't dare to put on airs in front of Faleau. With a certain amount of golds, one could really crush someone to death.
Lin Yun's research of truth runes was getting deeper and deeper these days. The mysteries of the truth runes he had previously comprehended were slowly being transformed into alchemy results. He had also reached the point of experimenting with materials.
He had too few materials on hand and didn't have enough materials, so he had to let Faleau prepare them. But some experiments could already be carried out.
At this time, Gandaph came once again.
Ever since he met Gandaph, Lin Yun had heard many rumors about him. He was one of the three Saint Alchemists of the Starry Sky College and was known as the White-Robed Mage. This wasn't because Gandaph always wore a white robe, but because of his strength and alchemy attainments.
The last time Gandaph made a move a few hundred years ago, he was already at the 5th Rank of the Heaven realm. After so many years, no one believed that a Saint Alchemist would stop at the 5th Rank of the Heaven realm. Alchemy was the truth, it wasn't just a slogan.
When researching alchemy, the research of Laws and the research of the world's mysteries was equivalent to directly researching Laws. It's just that the research method of alchemists was different from that of ordinary mages.
A powerful mage might not necessarily be a powerful alchemist, but a powerful alchemist was bound to be a powerful mage. This was a proven truth.
None of the three Saint Alchemists of the Starry Sky College was lower than the 5th Rank of the Heaven realm. There were many white-robed mages, but only one could become a white-robed mage, Gandaph.
Gandaph chuckled as he entered Lin Yun's laboratory. Lin Yun immediately stopped his calculations.
"Dean Gandaph, don't tell me you want to meet that Sir now? At least tell me in advance who I want to meet? Let me be mentally prepared … "
Gandalf, with a smile, avoided answering.
"Youngsters are really impatient, that's not good. You'll understand when you see him. I didn't come for that, I came as an alchemist."
Since Gandaph said so, Lin Yun couldn't continue asking, but he couldn't help being curious. Someone who could get Gandaph to act as a lobbyist must have a very high status.
"Eh? This is a method to create potions. Sir Mafa, you have already grasped this technique?"
Gandaph glanced at the paper Lin Yun was writing and immediately saw what Lin Yun was writing. The Conflict Manufacturing Method wasn't something an ordinary Artisan could grasp. It required at least two or even a dozen materials with conflicting medicinal properties, and the manufacturing process was very unstable.
The materials had to collide with each other and mutually annihilate each other. After the two materials annihilated each other, a new thing would be left behind. This was the main material of potioneering. But even an Artisan proficient in potioneering would find it very difficult to complete a reaction between two kinds of materials.
Because the requirements for alchemy skills and medicinal materials were very high. If the medicinal properties of each kind of medicinal material weren't accurately calculated and the refinement process wasn't grasped properly, the manufacturing process would fail.
And Lin Yun was currently calculating the reaction between the eight main materials.
Gandalf had a sigh on his face.
"I didn't expect Sir Mafa to have already reached the peak of the Artisan realm, and you are even stronger than an ordinary Peak Artisan. The reaction between these eight materials isn't easy to grasp. The amount of calculations needed might take a few years to complete. Putting these three materials together to create a reaction is a bold idea …"
Lin Yun shook his head.
"These three materials are polar opposites. Two of them together is highly toxic. In order to achieve the best effect, after calculating the amount, the reaction would transform their toxicity into a huge amount of energy …"
After saying a few words, Lin Yun was led away by Gandaph. When it came to alchemy, Lin Yun didn't back down and explained his own theories and designs.
They started discussing alchemy for three days, from potioneering to Magic Tools, and from Magic Tools to puppets.
"Although the design of the Full Right Angle Mana Reactor has its advantages, the burst of mana might be limited. The mana would last longer, but the most crucial burst would be a bit weaker …"
"Every kind of mana reactor depends on the overall effect. The Full Right Angle design can make the mana reactor react more fiercely, and the burst of mana would be even stronger. Moreover, it would last longer. This is an overall enhancement …"
"But the energy transmission of the arcs would be even stronger, and the burst of mana would be stronger. With the addition of the arcs, the puppet's burst would at least double to triple …"
"Then the material requirements would increase by at least three levels. With these materials, we would be able to refine a mana reactor with ten times the power …"
Gandaph and Lin Yun were like two research madmen, leaning on each side of the crystal table and fiercely debating. Suddenly, Gandaph smiled and looked at Lin Yun with deep appreciation.
'Such a terrifying youth. Whether it's potioneering, Magic Tools, puppets, or arrays, he has formidable attainments in all of them. And the most frightening part is that he considers the problem very comprehensively. His potioneering knowledge can be flexibly applied to puppets, using the lowest cost to bring the strongest results.
'But he isn't shackled by this kind of thinking. Instead, he uses the highest cost to create the strongest effect, but he also considers the subsequent upgrades. This is the most frightening part.
'He is only in his thirties. For a Heaven Rank powerhouse, his life could be said to have just started. I wouldn't be surprised if he could become a Saint Alchemist before turning a hundred. His knowledge is too comprehensive, too powerful. Moreover, as an alchemist, he has foresight and creativity. This is the rarest part.
'If an alchemist loses his creativity, he would only be a craftsman. But he would definitely become a Saint Alchemist, it's only a matter of time.'
Gandaph looked at Lin Yun in a daze. He recalled his own path to the Saint Alchemist realm with a complicated expression.
Lin Yun was in the middle of a fierce debate when he discovered that Gandaph had suddenly stopped.
Lin Yun awkwardly smiled and also stopped. He didn't think that he had been convinced by Gandaph. Gandaph's status as a Saint Alchemist really broadened Lin Yun's horizons. Even if he said some knowledge that would only appear in the future, Gandaph could immediately unearth the advantages and disadvantages and even make deductions.
Lin Yun had many immature ideas that were inadvertently perfected by Gandaph while discussing alchemy. Even when Lin Yun vaguely took out some components of the Shelter Tower, Gandaph could give his opinion.
This was a truly formidable Saint Alchemist. Even if Lin Yun was already at the peak of the Artisan realm, he could clearly feel that he wasn't much closer to the Saint Alchemist realm than an Apprentice Alchemist.
It was said that Saint Alchemists were existences that grasped a part of the truth. Lin Yun now had an intuitive understanding of it. He was truly powerful, a lot more powerful than he had expected. At the same time, he also had an intuitive understanding of the Saint Alchemist realm and knew what path to take next.
At the same time, he finally understood why he couldn't continue after researching 1,800 truth runes.
Rank, he was at the 2nd Rank of the Heaven realm. Reaching the peak of the Artisan realm was already his limit, because if he wanted to continue his research, he would need a foundation of law comprehension. Without a foundation, he wouldn't be able to continue. The path to the Saint Alchemist realm was still very far away.
Gandalf sighed with a complicated look and then seemed to have made a decision.
"Sir Mafa, do you want to go somewhere with me?"
Lin Yun froze.
"To see the person you were talking about?"
Gandaph shook his head.
"It's another place, just follow me."
Lin Yun nodded. To put it bluntly, there weren't many places that could make Gandaph pay attention to them.
He followed Gandaph out of Neverwinter City. After flying for a few dozen kilometers, Gandaph stopped in the air and a terrifying aura spread from his body. But whether it was mana fluctuations or Extraordinary fluctuations, they all condensed within a meter of Gandaph's body and didn't spread.
Lin Yun followed a dozen meters behind Gandaph, but he couldn't help raising his Fusion Shield. That terrifying power gave Lin Yun the feeling of an incomparably terrifying monster suddenly opening its eyes. Even if it wasn't targeting him, not even a wisp of its aura touched his body, the pressure it brought was far more frightening than the pressure of a 5th Rank Heaven powerhouse.
The suffocating pressure was like an ordinary person standing in front of a Dragon. Even if the Dragon had no malice, that kind of terrifying pressure couldn't avoid instinctive fear. This was no longer a gap in power, it was a gap in essence.
Lin Yun was horrified. Gandaph was really too frightening. His strength might not only be at the 6th Rank of the Heaven realm, he might even be at the 7th Rank!
Lin Yun was shocked, but then, Gandaph made a move that surprised Lin Yun. Countless law runes danced on Gandaph's fingers, and every law rune was formed from the convergence of at least a dozen basic law runes. The information and power they carried was terrifying.
After those runes appeared, they rapidly shrank and linked together, forming a layer of glove emitting faint light on Gandaph's hands.
Gandaph's expression became solemn. He then softly inserted his hands into the void in front of him and slowly moved his hands to the sides. In an instant, Gandaph's hands seemed to have inserted themselves into the void and forcibly tore open space. A pitch-black crack appeared in the air.
Berserk chaotic energy spread out of that crack, but it was instantly suppressed by Gandaph's aura. The halo on Gandaph's hands turned into a ribbon of light that attached itself to that spatial crack and propped it up. Then, the light went deep into the void and after a few seconds, a simple Planar Path appeared.
"Sir Mafa, let's go, this Planar Path won't last long."
After saying that, Gandaph took the lead and stepped into the forcibly opened crack.
Lin Yun couldn't hide the shock in his eyes, because he didn't need to set up anything to forcibly tear open a Planar Path. This was something only a Peak Heaven Rank powerhouse could do.
But it was clear that Gandaph was still very far from the Peak of the Heaven Rank, yet he could do this. This could only mean one thing: Gandaph was more powerful than powerhouses of the same rank, and his comprehension of Laws was a lot higher. Coupled with his terrifying alchemy power, he didn't need an array, he didn't need any assistance to tear open a Planar Path with his bare hands.
Lin Yun took a deep breath and didn't dare to delay. This kind of Planar Path was actually a very unstable, temporary Planar Path. It was very dangerous, and unless he had absolute confidence in his own strength, he wouldn't do it. Moreover, if he had seen this kind of Planar Path anywhere else, Lin Yun definitely wouldn't take the risk. Who knew how long the Planar Path could last, it might suddenly collapse halfway.
But since Gandaph personally opened it, that kind of danger definitely wouldn't appear.
After stepping into the Planar Path, it was different from ordinary Planar Paths. There was only a narrow path of light under his feet, leading to the endless distance. As Lin Yun walked up, the light under his feet suddenly turned into a ray of light that rapidly rushed into the endless void.
The entrance behind him instantly disappeared, and the endless void on both sides also turned into a ray of light. The entire world seemed to have changed, as if they were traveling at the speed of light. There was only endless flickering light in their surroundings, and they couldn't see anything.
After a few minutes, the surrounding light suddenly dissipated and an irregular crack appeared in front of them once again. Lin Yun promptly followed Gandaph out of the crack.
Gandaph immediately waved his hand when he stepped out of the crack. Because of the spatial fluctuations caused by the tearing, everything within a few hundred meters was forcibly smoothed out. Even the surrounding few kilometers was forcibly controlled by Gandaph, and no abnormal fluctuations could spread out.
Gandaph only let go of this control when the spatial crack behind him completely recovered and there were no more spatial fluctuations.
The thick smell of rust filled the entire space. The sky wasn't blue, but instead seemed to be directly exposed to the starry sky. The world under his feet was like a huge meteorite floating in the starry sky, a planet without an atmosphere.
The air here was very thin. If an ordinary person came here, they would suffocate to death within a few minutes. The ground couldn't be seen at all. The ground was made of steel covered in rust, and the surrounding mountains were covered in all kinds of rusted parts. There were also some ruins that looked like huge steel buildings.
A few kilometers away, there was a huge steel building that was at least a kilometer tall. It looked like a huge sword had been inserted into the ground, and many things could be seen flying around it.
Snapping sounds echoed beside him, and Lin Yun recovered from his daze. He looked to the side and saw a pile of thumb-sized, eight-legged mechanical bugs gnawing at the rust on the steel. The small mechanical bugs were very fast, and after gnawing, the surface of the steel would become smooth and new.
The little bug's body trembled and melted like mercury. Then, it slowly split into two identical mechanical bugs that continued to gnaw on the rust on the steel …
Rust Eaters …
Puppets that specialized in feeding on metal rust. Their reproduction method was self-fission.
In an instant, the name of this bug flashed in Lin Yun's mind, but he couldn't help exclaiming.
"This is the Puppet Plane?!"
Gandalf nodded with a little pride in his tone.
"That's right, this is the Puppet Plane. I spent a lot of effort to find this place. There definitely aren't any powerful puppets within thirty kilometers, so opening a Planar Path is the safest and most convenient method."
Lin Yun nodded, shock still visible in his eyes.
The Puppet Plane … Lin Yun didn't dare to casually use the Planar Key he had obtained before. Who knew where the Planar Path was? After all, the Puppet Plane was a High Tier Plane with many powerful puppets. Moreover, it was recorded that there were terrifying puppets that surpassed the Heaven Rank.
The ones in charge here were the Cybertan Race composed of Heaven Puppets that had awakened wisdom. These guys didn't welcome lifeforms with flesh and blood to appear here. Gandaph might be unfathomably powerful, but there might be many puppets that could instantly kill him.
"Be careful, we met a troublesome guy last time. It would be troublesome if that guy catches up to us again …"
Gandaph warned before leading Lin Yun through the mountains of discarded parts on both sides. After Lin Yun and Gandaph left, a large number of Rust Eaters rushed out and continued gnawing at the rust on the buildings and parts.
Lin Yun picked up a palm-sized component that had just been gnawed by the Rust Eaters. It had already become as smooth as new, and most importantly, some of the runes and patterns on the component had changed, turning it into a component with a different function.
Although Lin Yun already knew, he couldn't help sighing.
Rust Eaters could be said to be the foundation of the Puppet Plane. As far as the eye could see, the surroundings were filled with mountains of these kinds of discarded parts. In the distance, there was even a five-hundred-meter-tall metal mountain. There was no need to think about it to know that it was made of discarded parts.
The Rust Eaters were only interested in rust, they weren't interested in intact parts. And most importantly, the appearance of the part wouldn't change much after they gnawed on it, but its function would change.
A kilometer away, a dozen Level 10 puppets were rummaging through the ruins, looking for a suitable part. If they found a better one, they would immediately replace it with a new one and throw the old one away.
This was the process of a Low Level Puppet's growth. Their instinct was to search for new parts that suited them in the Steel Ruins, and their level might keep rising as a result.
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