It was located in the Sorcerer's Garden. Be it the species or the density of the creatures, it was much higher than the outside world.
A witchcraft ritual built on a tree stump glowed faintly. Translucent lines of light covered the tiny roots in an area of hundreds of square meters, tightly connecting it to the thriving land.
Gulp … Gulp …
The "Spring of Life" contained complex organic substances such as "hyperthermophilic archaea" and "unique microbes," as well as inorganic substances such as water, pyrite, pyrite, sphalerite, and copper and iron sulfides. The "Spring of Life" was boiling in a circle of light on the tree stump.
In order to maintain the best effect, Elvin even used witchcraft to maintain the temperature of the mixture. Except for the difference in pressure, the mixture was restored to its original state when it was under water.
Elvin stood outside the ritual in his wizard robe. He glanced at Angel, who was a little nervous, and exhaled deeply.
"I don't have many materials left. Let's hope we can succeed this time."
He had basically mastered all the knowledge related to the fifth volume. However, the Creator's Blood was like the sea of a primitive planet. The birth of life was full of accidents. Apart from knowledge and materials, there was also a little bit of luck.
Now, every experiment required one liter of the main material that Elvin brought back from the deep sea with the "legendary warship", plus about 3,000 gold lions worth of auxiliary materials.
Every time they failed, the hearts of the master and apprentice would tremble. Even if they used money as firewood, they would not be able to burn it so quickly.
Even if the territory's steel, military, ceramics, medicine, finance, shipbuilding industry, water and land transportation, cotton textile industry, port trade, fur trade, and smuggling were all profitable enough to make the big merchants jealous, but in this vast land where there were many things to be done, there were even more things that needed to be spent on.
No matter how much money they earned, they would not dare to waste it.
Moreover, they still had not recovered more than half of the eight million that they had lost a year ago.
If Olivia and Angie could find a suitable source of 'Origin Overflow', it would not take more than a few years for them to attempt to become an upper rank adept. That would be another huge expense.
The only thing that made them feel a little relieved was that before the Syracuse navy arrived at the fortress island, they had plundered about 500,000 gold lions worth of loot from the nest of the big boss. It was the bloody accumulation of Blood Hand over many years.
Then, Elvin dripped a drop of his own blood on it, and his spirituality resonated with the ritual, starting the fourth creation ritual in two days.
Crea —
Circles of golden-red rune rings began to flash. Endless knowledge blended and collided in them, dyeing the black hot liquid at the bottom of the sea crimson and magically turning it into a pool of thick, pure liquid.
Then, it would slowly wriggle, shrink, and converge. Occasionally, it would suddenly boil and repeat the previous process.
Until an hour later.
Rustle rustle rustle …
It was accompanied by the gentle swaying of countless tiny animals and plants in the flowerbed.
Under the surprised gazes of the two, there seemed to be some kind of magical reaction happening inside the red liquid. The blood-red light became brighter and brighter, and finally, there were small tadpole-like things that could be seen with the naked eye constantly swimming in it.
It was as if some kind of strange life was born in it!
Seeing this, Elvin quickly started the last change of the ritual. The red light that illuminated half of the sky in the Sorcerer's Garden began to shrink.
Dong!
After waiting for another ten minutes, an olive-shaped red "gem" gently fell on the tree stump.
Elvin stepped forward and excitedly picked up this seemingly introverted "ruby". He carefully put it in front of his eyes. Through the sunlight, he could see the tiny "impurities" swimming in the crystal structure.
On the surface, the fresh light that looked like a pomegranate seed expanded and contracted as if it was breathing. An inexplicable connection had quietly formed between him and the gem.
He took out a golden lion and turned it into a simple ring in the blink of an eye. He then inlaid the [Creator's Blood] that had condensed into a solid form and wore it on the ring finger of his left hand.
"Teacher, try it!"
Angel witnessed this magical transformation from beginning to end. She was even more excited than Elvin.
"Okay!"
After glancing around, Elvin finally laid his eyes on a cluster of flowers beside him.
He raised his left hand, and the light of the [Creator's Blood] quietly bloomed. The cluster of five or six white flowers instantly expanded and twisted in the blood-red light.
Flutter!
In the end, five or six snow-white seagulls flew out of the blood-red light and chirped towards the shore of the [Sorcerer's Garden]. When he looked back, the flowers were already empty.
"Cool!"
As if she had seen her favorite toy, Angel's silver eyes were already sparkling like little stars.
In the past, they could use the [Golden Chain] and [Genetic Hound] to do the same thing with some effort and time. However, they needed to extract the cells, adjust the gene sequence, choose the right nutrient solution, cultivate for a long time … and so on. Only then could they create this kind of miracle out of nothing.
However, now that they had the [Creator's Blood] to carry the knowledge and path, the [Golden Chain] and [Genetic Theory] could finally be used in real battles. They were no longer just research techniques in the lab. They could be used on the battlefield.
The two walked out of the [Sorcerer's Garden] together. Outside the garden was the Long Island Manor that was almost finished after two years of construction. The most important part of the manor was the snow-white White Swan Castle!
Surrounded by dense forests and clear rivers, the beautiful White Swan Castle was made up of the main building, auxiliary buildings, towers, air corridors, and defensive fortresses. There were 360 rooms of different sizes with different functions.
Compared to the construction standards of a wizard tower, it also had a complete water supply system, lighting system, heating system, and all kinds of rune arrays. It was almost as good as the Orange Leaf Castle that Nymphs had transformed into a wizard tower.
Of course, the materials used during this period were also shocking. At least 5,000 tons of Peagans Town's marble, 400000 bricks, 3,600 cubic meters of sand, 600 tons of cement, 50 tons of hard coal, and all kinds of decorative materials and seedlings were used.
Fortunately, most of the materials could be produced by the territory. They only needed to pay for the labor.
In order to build this Long Island Manor, Elvin even ordered a new medium-sized cement factory to be built in Georgia. Limestone, clay, iron ore, and coal were all Georgia's specialties. At the same time, it also added another weapon in the hands of the construction maniac.
For now.
According to the blueprint, only the large tower in the southeast corner could be completed. However, because Levina was coming soon, they had to stop temporarily and let the workers and hired artists do their best to finish the interior decoration of the main building and the auxiliary buildings.
Snap!
Looking at the prepared materials, Elvin snapped his fingers.
Rumble …
In the red light all over the sky, all kinds of materials quickly merged and piled up. A huge stone tower rose from the ground like a big tree. It was much easier than when Elvin built the Waterfall Hill wizard tower with the help of the [Bronze Talisman].
The magnificent White Swan Castle was completed.
Ha!
He exhaled at the ring on his hand as if it didn't take much effort at all.
Elvin felt that with this treasure in his hand, even in the real world, he could use the powerful [Hundred-Armed Giant].
Seeing Angel's envious gaze, Elvin didn't want to let the girl enjoy it.
Without the help of a superior wizard and [True Name], even Angel, who was ranked second in strength in the guild, was not qualified to mobilize this kind of power.
If he accidentally merged himself with the stone and soil, it would be a big problem.
"Let's go, let's go inland."
While Elvin and Angel were still testing the upper limit of the power of the [Creator's Blood], the rest of the family was not idle either.
Knowing that Her Majesty the Queen was coming to the house as a guest, Olivia, as the mistress of the Garriott family, temporarily put down the affairs at hand and was busy in the main building of the White Swan Castle, which gradually showed a bit of luxury.
She commanded a group of craftsmen, artists, trained human servants, and "Night Creature" maids to make all kinds of preparations. The final decoration of the castle, the Queen's room, security, the schedule, the menu, the ingredients, the silverware, the porcelain … Everything had to be handled by Olivia herself.
As for the Long Island specialty wine that Elvin focused on promoting to Levina, he handed it over to the otherworldly apprentice, Mydora, who was also the housekeeper of the Governor's Mansion, White Swan Castle, and Waterfall Hill Wizard Tower.
In the well-built wine cellar under the White Swan Castle, there were a dozen oak barrels in the cellar. The volume of each barrel was about 225 liters, and it could fill 300 standard 740 milliliters of wine.
Only two barrels were brewed last year and had been ripe for a year. The rest were new this year.
Although Anita was not there, the other girls in the family were still not tired of it. After the Cabernet Sauvignon matured in September, the wine production for this year was completed.
And the production had increased several times.
In addition to Olivia, Angel, and Jasmine, Mydora, who was a fungus, and a group of beautiful "Night Creature" sisters had also joined in.
Although this otherworldly apprentice had not yet become an official wizard, with her racial talent in "fermentation" technology, she was far superior to Angel, who was an experienced official wizard.
However, Elvin did not intend to sell the wine that they brewed. He only intended to use it as a special supply for the Marquis Mansion and for certain people to enjoy.
Well, there was another main reason. To show his support for the development of the wine industry, Elvin had once brought Miss Olivia, the Chief Governor, to visit the wine-making process of other wineries in the territory.
Since then, the two of them had basically stopped drinking wine.
In order to save costs, the wine merchants would not use young and beautiful girls to step on the grapes, let alone female Extraordinaries like Olivia, Mydora, and Angel, whose bodies had undergone several rounds of qualitative changes and were as clean as spring water.
Therefore, one could imagine how hard it was to look at such a scene.
In the evening.
Elvin and Angel returned to White Swan Castle. They did not care about the trivial matters in the castle. Elvin did not care much about Levina's identity as the Queen. Although he had to receive her, it was enough.
Now, he was fully focused on his next qualitative change.
Although the concept of "underwater hydrothermal liquid" was the closest to the origin of life, its effect had already surpassed all the sages recorded in the fifth volume.
However, Elvin also discovered the biggest problem. This organic and inorganic mixture had some minor flaws in its activity compared to the pure biological materials.
If he hadn't simply used it as a tool but had completely integrated the [Creator's Blood] into his body, fusing it with every cell, life essence, and even spirituality, he wouldn't have had the chance to regret it.
There was no turning back. In this step, he had to strive for perfection!
Therefore, he could not help but hesitate.
At least, the hydrothermal liquid found from the nearby seabed was far from the limit of the quality of this material.
A simple inference showed that the more primitive the "Spring of Life" was, the more spirituality it had, the better the effect.
And judging from the activity of the magic elements in this world, from the Shattered Star Sea to the New Continent, then to the Black Sea, and then to the Old Continent, the spirituality was decreasing.
Elvin waved his hand and opened the [Secret Treasure of the Sea — Ancient Scroll] that he had been keeping. His eyes fell on the location of the "Shattered Star Islands". In a place not too close to the core area, there was a circle of unnamed volcanic islands.
There were more than 2,000 volcanic craters of various sizes, and they were arranged in a rather orderly manner on the crisscrossing cracks of the seabed. There was no doubt that there would be a large group of underwater chimneys here.
A brilliant light shone in his eyes.
"It's close to the outer area. It's mainly orange, so it shouldn't be too dangerous. I can combine the [World's Favor] and the [Underwater Hot Spring] missions. Will this place give me a surprise?
By the way, Angel's sisters seem to have said that the Extraordinaire forces on Celebes Island seem to be starting the next large-scale exploration. Maybe … I can try to hitch a ride. "
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