"Oh?" Lin Yun stopped when he heard this and looked at Karon with a strange expression.
Although this was the first time Lin Yun had come to the Mercury Tower, both Suyass and Karon were quite familiar with him. Lin Yun had heard a lot about the situation of the Mercury Tower, so how could Lin Yun not know that the puppet army of the Mercury Tower had already conquered the surface world of the Gold Forest Plane a few decades ago. Now, with the help of the Forest Elves, they were continuously nibbling away at the underground world. Although the Underground Elves were fiercely resisting, their destruction was already set in stone. It was only a matter of time.
It could be said that the Mercury Tower's situation in the Gold Forest Plane was already set in stone.
Under such circumstances, how could they still need Nolan to oversee them?
Could it be that something happened?
"It's nothing, it's just a small matter …" Karon shook his head with a smile, but that forced smile clearly showed that he had a lot on his mind.
"Haha …" Since Karon wasn't willing to say, Lin Yun naturally wouldn't pursue the matter. He only chuckled and changed the topic. "Oh right, Sir Karon, I came this time to ask the Mercury Tower for a favor …"
"Oh?"
"It's like this, Sir Karon. I recently obtained a batch of pretty good magic materials, but it would take me at least half a year to process them. Thus, I thought of the Mercury Tower. I wonder if the Mercury Tower can help me process these materials? As for the payment, Sir Karon can rest assured, I'll pay 30% above the market price. My only requirement is that the alchemist handling this batch of magic materials has to be at least a Master Alchemist …"
"Master Alchemist Standard …" Although Karon was mentally prepared, he still couldn't help but suck in a breath of cold air when he heard this request. A batch of magic materials required a Master Alchemist to process. This was enough to show that the value of this batch of magic materials had most likely reached a very shocking level.
'Hold on, magic materials …'
"Hey, Merlin, I heard someone say that yesterday, there was a young mage who spent over forty million golds in the Black Horn chamber of commerce's auction, infuriating Hanson Charlotte of the Charlotte Family to the point of vomiting blood. That person shouldn't be you, right?"
"Eh …" Lin Yun scratched his cheek and didn't say anything.
"Sure enough, it was you …" Karon was speechless. Although he had heard that this young mage was one of the richest people in the eastern part of the kingdom, he truly hadn't expected that his wealth would be so shocking. He spent thirty to forty million golds in an auction. Even in Okland, such a huge amount of wealth would be enough to shake the magic material market.
"Alright, those magic materials you bought yesterday truly need a Master Alchemist. Come, let's go to my alchemy laboratory and broaden my horizons. I've never seen such a huge Star Gem …"
As the future master of the Mercury Tower, Karon's status in the Mercury Tower wasn't much inferior to Nolan's. His alchemy laboratory was also located on the top floor of the Mercury Tower. That wasn't just a symbol of status, it also had all kinds of top-notch alchemy tools of the kingdom.
Even with Lin Yun 'insight, he felt as if his horizons had been broadened after entering Karon's laboratory. In comparison, Lin Yun's laboratory in the Gilded Rose could only be described as simple and crude.
"It's really a big deal …" Even with Karon's experience, he couldn't help sighing in admiration after seeing the magic materials Lin Yun had delivered.
Worthy of thirty to forty million golds …
Too shocking …
Not to mention that Star Gem worth twenty million golds, just the other six magic materials could be said to be of high quality. Any one of them would make countless Alchemists frantically fight over them. Karon looked at them for a long time, truly reluctant to let go.
"Oh right, Merlin, what do you plan on doing with these magic materials?"
"I've already made a concrete plan." As Lin Yun said that, he took out a thick stack of paper from his pocket. There were all kinds of designs and characters on it. Most Alchemists would feel dizzy just looking at it.
Even Karon's expression became more and more serious as he looked at the stack of papers.
After no less than half an hour, Karon finished reading the stack of papers.
"Hey, Merlin …" After thinking for a bit, Karon unhappily asked, "Are you planning on getting rid of all the Master Alchemists of the Mercury Tower with these processing plans?"
When Lin Yun had asked for a Master Alchemist to make a move, Karon had thought of arranging for a Master Alchemist to deal with this batch of magic materials. If worse came to worst, he could just do it himself.
But now, looking at the stack of papers …
Karon knew that he had been too naive …
As soon as Karon took out the stack of papers, he understood that the magic materials were only secondary. The processing method was the key. Looking at the stack of papers, the complexity of the processing method simply made Karon gasp in amazement. Take the Darkness Evil Python Skin as an example. Under normal circumstances, the Darkness Evil Python Skin generally didn't need too complicated processing. First, it was because it was naturally suitable to be used to make armor, and second, it was because too complicated processing could easily destroy the lines of the Darkness Evil Python Skin.
But the processing plan before his eyes was different.
That young mage actually proposed to peel off the veined patterns of darkness spells from the Darkness Evil Python's skin.
Karon didn't dare to believe his eyes when he first saw this request. 'How could this be possible!'
But as he continued reading, Karon discovered that this request wasn't made carelessly. That was because the young mage provided a feasible operation method in the solution. Of course, the difficulty of this operation was definitely very high …
Karon inwardly estimated that even if he personally did it, it would take him two months to do it. As for the other Master Alchemists of the Mercury Tower, there was no need to even mention them.
Just the Darkness Evil Python Skin was already this complicated, so the remaining five magic materials definitely wouldn't be simple. Thus, Karon knew that this young mage was truly planning on getting rid of all the Master Alchemists of the Mercury Tower in one fell swoop.
"There's nothing I can do about it, Sir Karon. In all of Okland, only the Mercury Tower has the ability to process it like this. If you don't want to help, I can only put a pile of magic materials in front of me and watch …"
"Merlin …" Karon ignored Lin Yun's flattery and said with an awkward expression, "It's not that I don't want to help, it's that your processing plan is too harsh. I reckon that in order to meet your requirements, the entire Mercury Tower would have to work for at least two months. This would have been fine before, but now …"
"Now what?"
"I'll tell you the truth, Merlin, the Mercury Tower encountered a huge problem in the Gold Forest Plane. Look, even Teacher went there …"
"Is it really in trouble?"
"Yes …" Karon didn't hide anything since he had already said it like that. He only bitterly smiled, "The situation in the Gold Forest Plane is very complicated. The Forest Elves betrayed their alliance and detained four of our puppet legions. The Underground Elves are also going crazy and are doing their best to attack the surface. The entire plane seems to have suddenly united and is frantically resisting us outsiders. In a month, we lost several hundred puppets and seven Great Alchemists. Even Suyass was seriously injured last week …"
"This is really terrible …" Lin Yun couldn't help inwardly shaking his head after hearing that. The Mercury Tower's colonization of the Gold Forest Plane was originally about to be completed. As long as they could ally with the Forest Elves and keep nibbling away at the Underground Elves, they would be able to control the entire Gold Forest Plane within ten years.
The Gold Forest Plane wasn't an ordinary plane.
It wasn't one bit inferior to Noscent. It was rich in resources and had a vast territory. As long as they could completely conquer the Gold Forest Plane, the Mercury Tower's power would soar. At that time, let alone Andalusia, they would be considered a first-rate force in all of Noscent.
The Gold Forest Plane was too important to the Mercury Tower.
It was so important that the Mercury Tower wouldn't hesitate to pay any price for the Gold Forest Plane!
"Merlin, how about this …" After Karon finished speaking, he felt that a direct rejection wasn't too good, so he proposed a compromise, "There are still six or seven Master Alchemists left in the Mercury Tower. I'll let them work first and help you process two or three of the simpler materials. Naturally, time might be a bit tight. I estimate that they should be able to complete one in a month …"
"It is indeed a bit tight." Lin Yun nodded. He had originally planned to borrow the Mercury Tower's Master Alchemists to process all the materials within two months. That way, the Doom Staff and the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel could be completed at the same time.
By relying on these two True Spirit Magic Tools, he should have the confidence to go to the Tulan Mountain Range.
But now, the time needed to complete the Doom Staff would be greatly delayed.
'Forget it, let's finish the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel first.'
"Alright, Sir Karon, let's do as you say. Oh right, can you lend me your laboratory for a few days? I have nothing to do anyway, so I want to borrow your laboratory to process the Star Gem …"
"No problem, you can use all the alchemy tools here. If there is anything you need, just let me know. I'll help you arrange the processing of these materials …"
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