After Solon left, Lin Yun didn't return to his room. Instead, he washed his face with cold water before picking up the two scrolls Solon had given him and returning to the alchemy laboratory where he had been working all night.
Solon's arrival wasn't strange. Even a rookie mage like Raymond knew the value of the Spectrum Potion, let alone the three High Mages of the Sage Tower. What truly baffled Lin Yun were the two scrolls Solon had given him.
A few alchemy formulas were recorded on the two scrolls. They were relatively rare and would be worth several thousand golds on the market. As a congratulatory gift, they were definitely good enough.
But to Lin Yun, these alchemy formulas weren't the main point. The main point was the two scrolls themselves.
When he first received these two scrolls, Lin Yun hadn't paid much attention to them. After living at the end of the magic era for over twenty years, he had a lot of alchemy formulas in his head. How could he have the time to care about other alchemy formulas?
But after a few glances, Lin Yun suddenly discovered that the writing on the scrolls was too bright.
After taking a closer look, he discovered that these two scrolls were actually written with Dragon Blood Ink.
"Simply shameful!" Lin Yun had a pained expression.
'Too extravagant, too wasteful …'
The best use for Dragon Blood Ink should be to construct alchemy arrays, because Dragon Blood itself had shocking magic power. Moreover, that kind of magic power was very easy to control. Only a few small runes were needed to maximize that power. Once Dragon Blood Ink was used in an alchemy array, the mana source's requirements would be reduced by a few levels. Because the magic power of Dragon Blood itself could support most of the alchemy array's operation, the mana source was only a supporting role.
But now, this Dragon Blood Ink was only used to write alchemy formulas.
'Do I need precious Dragon Blood to write alchemy formulas?'
"I wonder which b * stard is so wasteful …" Lin Yun cursed as he took the two scrolls into the alchemy laboratory, completely unaware that in the distant Cloud Tower, an old mage was sneezing.
Then, Lin Yun got busy.
Lin Yun, who had always been frugal and stingy, was surprisingly generous this time. He took out all kinds of magic materials and compounded them into small bottles of reagents. Lin Yun had been busy for a dozen hours from afternoon until midnight, not taking a break from start to finish.
Because this Dragon Blood Ink was very important to Lin Yun.
As mentioned earlier, Mafa Merlin's talent in magic was far below average. If not for Lin Yun's arrival, Mafa Merlin wouldn't have even thought of advancing to become a Mage.
This kind of physical defect was almost unsolvable in this era. Only Lin Yun, who came from the end of the magic era, could think of some methods, but these methods weren't easy. He would either have to use special meditation techniques or special potions.
Because meditation required too much time, Lin Yun unhesitantly chose a potion.
This potion was called Mana Baptism. At the peak of Noscent's magic civilization, almost every newborn baby would receive a Mana Baptism. This Mana Baptism would not only allow them to accumulate mana for the first time in their lives, but it would also greatly improve their physique. Thus, in that era, almost everyone was a genius mage. Everyone stood at the same starting line, and talent no longer posed any restrictions. What decided their future achievements were their own efforts and opportunities.
Later, as Noscent's mana gradually dried up, the number of newborn babies that could enjoy the Mana Baptism became fewer and fewer. By the time that batch of the most powerful mages were buried in the earth, not even a single bottle of Mana Baptism appeared in Noscent.
Because at that time, there wasn't a single mage that could kill a Dragon.
Dragon Blood was the most important material for the Mana Baptism. Without Dragon Blood, the Mana Baptism would only be an ordinary potion. It wouldn't bring the effect of the first mana accumulation, and it wouldn't improve one's physique in the slightest.
Even if he returned to this era of abundant resources, Lin Yun still couldn't avoid having a headache over Dragon Blood, because it was too rare. Let alone mages, even many High Mages might not be able to see a drop of Dragon Blood in their lifetime.
That was an existence far above the Archmage realm. Their tyrannical physical strength, as well as the magic inherited from their bloodline, allowed Dragons to stand at the top of Noscent's food chain. From ancient times until now, the number of warriors that could successfully kill a Dragon definitely didn't exceed three digits. Every single one of them could be considered a true legend, a true myth!
When Lin Yun had told Raymond about it, he had only hoped that it would work. He hadn't expected to get any information.
In fact, Lin Yun was already prepared to fight for a long time.
If it really didn't work, he would first establish the Flashing Gold chamber of commerce, and when the time came, he would rely on his wealth to put up a huge bounty. If a hundred thousand golds wasn't enough, then a million. In any case, even if he had to go bankrupt, he had to get his hands on that drop of Dragon Blood.
At that time, Lin Yun hadn't expected that it wouldn't take long for someone to come knocking on his door with a drop of Dragon Blood.
Naturally, it was still too early to say that this was a drop of Dragon Blood.
At best, it would only be a few alchemy formulas written in Dragon Blood Ink.
But this was enough for Lin Yun.
These alchemy formulas were written in Dragon Blood Ink, and Dragon Blood Ink inevitably contained Dragon Blood. What Lin Yun needed to do now was to restore these alchemy formulas to Dragon Blood Ink and then extract the true Dragon Blood from the Dragon Blood Ink.
It might sound simple, but it was a very complicated process to put into practice.
First of all, there were no less than thirty-seven formulas for Dragon Blood Ink. Even if Lin Yun was already familiar with these thirty-seven formulas, he wouldn't be able to determine which one was used in these two scrolls in a short time.
The only way was to try them one by one.
This was a huge project. The significance of Dragon Blood Ink lay in the construction of alchemy arrays, using the power of the Dragon Blood to amplify the power of the alchemy array, even replacing the mana source. To some extent, every drop of Dragon Blood Ink was equivalent to a miniature alchemy formula. Thus, the formulas for Dragon Blood Ink were notoriously complicated.
During these ten hours, Lin Yun had compounded close to a hundred bottles of all kinds of reagents. He then used these reagents to test them one by one. By the afternoon of the second day, a whole 24 hours had passed, but he had only eliminated two of the thirty-seven formulas.
By the afternoon of the second day, Lin Yun was already on the verge of collapse.
Analyzing the Dragon Blood Ink's formulas wasn't entirely the work of the reagents, it was more dependent on the alchemist himself. The reagents were only supplementary.
Each analysis would consume a large amount of the alchemist's energy and mana. Under normal circumstances, there would be a few or even a dozen alchemists working together. Someone like Lin Yun, who dared to analyze the Dragon Blood Ink by himself, would frighten many people.
After eliminating two formulas, Lin Yun didn't dare to continue. Otherwise, he might collapse before he could extract that drop of Dragon Blood.
After washing his face with cold water, he told the old butler that without his permission, no one was allowed to enter the alchemy laboratory. After doing all this, Lin Yun returned to his room and continued to sleep, which had been interrupted for over twenty hours.
Afterwards, Lin Yun stayed in the alchemy laboratory day and night, analyzing over twenty formulas. If nothing unexpected happened, Lin Yun would be able to finish analyzing all the formulas in half a month at the latest.
At the same time, the Gilded Rose's business gradually improved. After all, it was in the most golden area of Thousand Sails City, and it had the golden signboard of the Flashing Gold chamber of commerce. Even if a fool became the owner, the business wouldn't be too bad, not to mention that Lin Yun wasn't a fool.
The potions that Lin Yun had personally compounded had already been sold out a week ago, and the few magic armors and magic weapons had already been sold at a high price two days ago. Most of the items on the shelves of the Gilded Rose were alchemy items that the old butler had people buy from outside. They weren't expensive, but they were practical.
From this, it could be seen that the alchemy business was indeed a money-making business. Besides the time when Lin Yun had personally made a move, the Gilded Rose had been buying low and selling high. They didn't need to spend much effort to easily earn over ten thousand golds.
The old butler was even planning to hire two Alchemists at a high price once the business was on the right track next month. At that time, he would contact the previous mercenary groups and obtain a steady supply of magic materials. It wouldn't be impossible for the Gilded Rose to become a money-making business again.
Half a month quickly passed. After Lin Yun wrote down the correct formula on a piece of paper, he didn't immediately leave the alchemy laboratory. Instead, he busied himself for two more days before coming out, exhausted.
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