Almighty Alchemist

The day after returning from Liberty, Gong Hao went to find Andrew.

"Lord Andrew."

"Hey, Xiu Yi, what are you doing in my room instead of accompanying our little princess?" Andrew smiled when he saw Gong Hao.

"It's such an adult. It's just that I heard Lancelot say something about the spirit seed and the gate of space a few days ago. I felt very strange. Because in my work, I have never found any records about this. So I want to learn about this from my lord."

Andrew frowned: "Why do you want to know about Spirit Seed?"

"You know that alchemy never exists alone. Even if there are branches of each other, they will also affect each other. I have entered a dead end in the research of flesh and blood puppets, so I hope to do some research in other areas, and maybe I can get a breakthrough."

"No, you don't have to know anything about this." Andrew flatly refused. This was the first time he firmly rejected Gong Hao's proposal.

Perhaps seeing Gong Hao's disappointed face, Andrew comforted him and said, "Trust me, Xiu Yi, this is for your own good."

"Yes, my lord, in that case, I will take my leave first."

Gong Hao left Andrew's room.

After leaving Andrew's room, Gong Hao went to Pierre's room again.

"Master Pierre."

"What is it, Greer?"

"It's like this. You know that Lord Lancelot was injured a few days ago when he came back. He blamed you for this. I think it's unfair."

"This is my business, and you don't need to worry about it."

Pierre doesn't seem to appreciate Gong Hao's affection.

"Yes, my lord." Gong Hao told Pierre again what he had just said to Andrew.

Then he said: "Master Andrew rejected my question about studying spirit seeds, and asked me not to ask about it in the future. But I was really curious in my heart, so I asked you behind his back."

Pierre thought for a while, then nodded and said: "I heard from my mentor that he once told you about the gate of another dimension."

"Yes, I think the gate of hell that Lord Lancelot said refers to that thing, but I never thought that there is also Purgatory Island."

"That's not surprising, there are many places, but there are full of energy storms, and no one can easily enter and exit. The spirit seeds are the products of another world. To be precise, they do not belong to the category of alchemy. It is only because they are on Purgatory Island that we are responsible for cultivating them."

"Nurture?"

"Yes, nurturing. Cultivating spirit seeds requires planting them into the body of a monster in advance. They grow through parasitic methods. After they grow, they will become a terrible weapon. Since they are living organisms and do not belong to the category of alchemy, I did not tell you, and it will not help you. But if you are interested, I don't mind giving you a spirit seed for you to study."

"So that's it, I understand, but since Mr. Andrew doesn't want me to touch this thing, maybe I should reconsider. I'll take my leave first."

Pierre glanced at Gong Hao meaningfully, but said nothing.

After leaving Pierre's room, Gong Hao turned his head and begged to see Hines again.

He raised the question just now, and then said: "Master Hines, I think I made a mistake. Lord Andrew refused me to study the Spirit Seed, but Lord Pierre was willing to give me a Spirit Seed to study and told me something about the Spirit Seed. I don't know how to choose. Maybe I shouldn't continue to dwell on this issue after facing Lord Andrew's rejection in the first place. Now I am very distressed. You know that I don't want to offend any adults, and I don't want them to be dissatisfied with me. It can no longer be taken back, so I can only come to ask you for advice, Master."

"So that's the case." Hines was silent for a while.

He thought for a while before saying: "Andrew is right. It is for your own good that he does not let you study. You should not study the spiritual seeds. You asked the two adults about the same thing. It can be said that this is an unreasonable behavior, but fortunately, you finally realized your mistake and reported it to me in time. Well, this matter is suppressed like this. You go and tell Pierre that you decided to follow Andrew's order and not study the spiritual seeds, and the other things will be over."

"Yes, Master."

Gong Hao let out a long sigh of relief when he left Hynes' room.

Only Pierre, only Pierre doubting himself.

This is his conclusion.

This is a very normal psychological derivation behavior. It is precisely because Andrew trusts himself that he will never allow himself to contact the Spirit Seed, so as to prevent himself from discovering possible secrets.

And for the same reason, just because Pierre doubted himself, he didn't mind throwing out a little bait to test his reaction.

The same is true for Hines, he seems to be much more cautious than Andrew, and does not trust him unconditionally, but in general, Hines obviously appreciates himself and wants to protect himself, so he also refused to let Gong Hao study the spiritual species.

It was precisely because they thought the secret was safe that they rejected themselves, which made Gong Hao heave a sigh of relief.

This is mainly because whether it is Andrew or Hines, they both believe that Gong Hao's talent comes from his concentration, and it is also his concentration that makes it impossible for him to pay attention to things that have nothing to do with work.

The reason why Bailey can guess this is probably related to his secret deal with them. Hines and Andrew only saw his work-focused side, while Bailey saw more and more comprehensively, so he could easily judge that Gong Hao had seen through the secret of Purgatory Island. However, because the deal is so important, they cannot tell the truth anyway.

As for Pierre, his skepticism was more of a natural mistrust, a natural suspicion.

But even so, this is still a threat to Gong Hao.

There's always a way around Pierre. Gong Hao thought about it leisurely.

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To deal with a person, you must first understand him.

Gong Hao returned to his room and opened the information about Pierre.

That was the information about Pierre that Bailey had spent nearly half a year finding out.

Pierre is forty-six years old this year. Twenty years ago, he was a magic teacher at the Winnington School of Magic. On the one hand, he was an assistant to the then great alchemist Hines, and on the other hand, he taught students about alchemy. Before that, he was just an ordinary alchemy apprentice. Compared with Andrew, who was born in a family, Pierre was far behind in terms of identity.

But Pierre was not reconciled to this, he redoubled his efforts, studied hard, and finally won the appreciation of Hines. When he was 20 years old, he made a major contribution to the refining of potions. At that time, he was in the limelight, and he was hailed as the best successor after Hines.

At that time, Pierre was only twenty-six years old, and he was young and promising. After his own hard work, he finally achieved this achievement. Naturally, he was proud of himself.

How could such a person suddenly give up his bright future and follow Hines to this small island to bury his life?

Really for the love of alchemy? Gong Hao didn't believe it.

He also loves academic research, but if he were to lock himself up for the rest of his life, I'm afraid he would not be reconciled.

Unlike Hines Andrew, Hines is willing to do all this because he is a true alchemist. According to the information, Hines has no relatives at all, so he has no concerns, while Andrew was forced to sacrifice for the needs of his family. So why did Pierre come to Purgatory Island?

Perhaps the clue can be seen from the following record.

When Pierre was twenty-five years old, Hines decided not to hold a specific position in the Alchemy Department in order to better devote himself to alchemy research, which left the position of the core tutor (equivalent to the head of the department) of the Alchemy Department at that time vacant. At that time, the call for Pierre to take over from the tutor was the highest.

However, this year, Pierre did not become the core mentor at that time. On the contrary, he even lost his position as a teacher and could only follow Hines as an assistant.

So what is the reason why Pierre failed to become the core mentor in the end, but followed Hines to Purgatory Island not long after?

Intriguing to him, Bailey mentioned in an appendix several incidents at the school that occurred during Pierre's time at the academy.

Looking at Bailey's description of those incidents, Gong Hao narrowed his eyes slightly.

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"Avril, are you happy?"

Gong Hao asked his little princess in the jungle.

This was the first time he asked Avril Lavigne the question of whether she was happy with such a caring attitude, so that Avril Lavigne felt quite "flattered".

"Of course, Xiuyi, you know that I like to be with you. Listening to you tell me stories, stories about princesses and princes, stories about monsters in the jungle, and so many more, I love to hear them all." The girl looked intoxicated.

"But you always have to go, don't you?"

Avril Lavigne's expression darkened: "This old bastard, Haines, informed me yesterday that he must leave Purgatory Island within three days. He said that I robbed his best apprentice."

She looked at Gong Hao with pitiful eyes: "Xiu Yi, it would be nice if you weren't so good?"

"If that's the case, maybe you won't like being with me."

"But I can't bear to leave you."

"Or can I tell you something?"

"How to say?"

"I can tell Master Hines that I will continue my work every day in the future and will not come to accompany you until the end of the work. This way you will not affect me. In that case, maybe the master will agree with you to stay here for a while. Anyway, you are a princess, and he can't be too hard on you."

"But if that's the case, I will be very lonely during the day." Avril pouted.

"Maybe I have a way to relieve your loneliness."

"You have some fun ideas, don't you?" Avril Lavigne began to get excited.

Gong Hao nodded with a smile: "Yes, Avril, you know, I spent a lot of effort to make this specially for you. Look."

Taking out a small long thin tube from his body, Gong Hao handed it to Avril Lavigne.

"What's this?"

"Fireworks, an unrefined gadget, but I guess you'll like it."

Gong Hao gently opened the lid, and lit the mouth of the tube with a little magic flame.

A red flame flew out of the nozzle, rushed to the sky, and then exploded in the air with a bang, turning into thousands of small bright spots, floating in the air like a fountain of flames.

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"Oh! It's so beautiful!" Avril exclaimed excitedly.

Several red and blue flames fly away from the mouth of the tube one after another, turning into huge flame buds blooming in the air, dissipating the fog and illuminating the night, bringing a beautiful and romantic spectacle.

This majestic view shocked even the people in the castle, wondering who could weave such beautiful flames in the sky.

Only after a while, the fireworks in the mouth of the pipe were exhausted, and the splendor disappeared in a flash, leaving only endless sighs.

"Is it gone? Xiu Yi." Avril Lavigne was a little reluctant.

"Yes, it's gone. These are fireworks, just like the shooting stars on the other side, blooming for the most beautiful moment, and then disappearing in a flash." Gong Hao's tone was also full of sighs: "Their life is short, but they are very beautiful...the same is true for many feelings in the world...I made this specially for you, and it took me a lot of effort to make it."

"You are such a genius, Xiu Yi, you have always been." Avril looked at Gong Hao with an expression of infatuation and admiration.

"If you like, I can do more for you. When I am working, you will set off fireworks here, think of me, and then come to you after my work is over, okay? I believe Master Hines will agree to stay for a while without you disturbing my work."

Avril nodded desperately.

She couldn't be happier.

"You have to make a lot of fireworks for me." She said to Gong Hao: "In this way, when I am not by your side, when I am lonely, I will use fireworks to accompany me, and those stories, the beautiful and moving stories you told me. They will always accompany me."

Her tone of voice was like that of a wife who was about to wait for her husband to come home every day.

Gong Hao was a little dazed, he realized that the little princess's love for him was advancing by leaps and bounds, but he wanted to avoid this feeling in a panic, and even wanted to use her...

Putting away the momentary shame, he finally said: "To make enough fireworks, you need some materials. Many of those materials are in Mr. Pierre's laboratory. You know that if he finds out that I use his materials to make some flashy things, he will be very upset."

"We can take it out secretly without letting him know." The little princess didn't care.

"Yes, Avril, I think so too. But in case he finds that there are fewer materials..."

"Then say I did it, I'm a princess, and I don't care what he thinks."

"Then it's settled. Tomorrow, when Mr. Pierre is away, you and I will steal the materials together. I need your help, Avril."