Mechanical Alchemist

Chapter 437 Explosion is Art

The location of Luying Royal Academy is in Quentin District, where rich people gather on the north of the Rocco Valen River.

There is a very large group of classical Gothic garden buildings, which is the main campus of the college.

Because the dance last night did not leave any troubles, Su Lun and Sabina didn't have to worry about being watched, so they took a limousine to the north.

It's not that Su Lun doesn't want to ride a more convenient steam motorcycle, but that motorcycles are banned in the wealthy area in the north.

Those locomotives that are modified to be cool in the eyes of gangsters, in the eyes of the rich, are cheap means of transportation that only the lower class can use, dangerous and vulgar.

After the car passed the Lingdon Iron Bridge across the Roccovalen River, the road conditions here were completely different immediately.

Su Lun watched the scenery outside the window in the carriage.

The streets are clean and tidy, and classical buildings can be seen everywhere.

It is completely different from the civilian area of ​​Nancheng where steam machinery is everywhere, and the ancient style of Lingdon hundreds of years ago is almost completely preserved here.

There are few pedestrians on the street in the rich neighborhood, but it is either rich or expensive.

The only means of transportation are various luxury cars, bicycles, and carriages with noble coats of arms.

Every block is patrolled by female Royal Mounted Police officers on big black horses.

It looks very outdated, but there is luxury everywhere.

The street trees on the street are thick and broad-leaved sycamores, and there are always delicate and bright flowers in the flower beds on the roadside, and there are shining gold and silver coins in the fountain wishing pool that no one picks up. Even the pigeons here are the rare species of Shenghui White Feather Pigeons. They are proud and beautiful, they have their own territorial circle, and they will never get together or mate with ordinary pigeons.

In the carriage, Sabina introduced to Su Lun: "Lingdon's rich district is like this. The nobles almost refuse to use all new things. In their eyes, the more old objects are used, the more they can reflect the family's identity." Ancient background. Some guys would like to hang the mummies of their ancestors hundreds of years ago in the carriage to show off their noble blood."

After a pause, she continued: "It's those stubborn old guys who want to hold on to power forever, and they are also afraid of change. That's why Lu Ying is far behind Mafa, and the gap is getting bigger and bigger."

Su Lun smiled slightly when he heard the corner of his brow twitch slightly.

At this time, the car passed a corner of a block, and the field of vision suddenly widened, and a splendid building complex appeared in the far distance.

Sabina pointed to the white city wall in the distance, and some buildings with sapphire blue spires appeared on the top, and said again: "That is the castle where the Bonaparte royal family lived - the Frederick Palace."

Although Su Lun had heard of it, it was the first time he had seen it with his own eyes.

The building in front of me is indeed very beautiful.

Grand, magnificent, exquisite, holy, majestic.

It is not an exaggeration to use all the beautiful words to describe the royal building.

Thinking that in a few months, he would still have to go to the palace as "Fick" to accept the queen's engagement blessing with that Miss Ekaterina. Su Lun suddenly became less interested in this building.

What's more, it is now confirmed that the believers of the Outer Gods have infiltrated the royal family.

In this palace, there is also an unknown big boss.

Not long after, the car drove all the way to College Street, and then saw the gate of Luying Royal Academy.

The Royal Academy does not prohibit outsiders from entering, provided that you are a nobleman.

Sabina's car had her "Count Demakula" family coat of arms on it, and the vehicle drove unimpeded all the way to the dormitory area of ​​the college.

It is as beautiful as a garden, and the buildings are hidden among the green trees. The luxurious two-storey villas with wine-red roofs are the students' dormitories.

Su Lun and Sabina got out of the car.

Although the explosive genius Jike is his disciple in name, in fact, the master and apprentice did not get along for a long time.

And only after leaving Blizzard City, Su Lun never contacted him again.

So he didn't know how Jike was doing now.

The two were strolling on the boulevard, and Su Lun talked about the experience of accepting Jike as a disciple.

After listening, Sabina also said with emotion: "Sir, you accepted a disciple of yours before, but I didn't hear you mention it. As your maid and information officer, this servant feels very negligent."

Su Lun smiled and didn't care, and said: "It was a coincidence that Jike was accepted as a disciple before. His experience was also quite tragic. His stepmother killed his father, and his family was ruined. I don't want him to be involved in my troubles again."

That's what he deliberately didn't say.

At that time, his own situation was not good. He had just been chased and killed by the Lei Jiadi family in various ways, and later he also made big disturbances in Beihai many times.

It may not be a good thing for Ji Ke to have such a teacher.

So it has been stocked.

Now that I have the conditions, and I happened to come to the Royal Academy to look for notes, I naturally wanted to stop by to have a look.

Su Lun only heard that Jike was successfully admitted to the Royal Academy of his dreams, but did not know any other information.

Calculating the time, he should be a second-year student.

But Luying Royal Academy is the largest alchemy academy in the entire empire, with more than 50,000 students.

Even the dormitory area is huge and scary, and it is definitely unrealistic to find it slowly.

Su Lun went directly to the dormitory administrator. After asking, the administrator actually said that there was no student "Jike James" in the second-year dormitory?

This can be a big oolong.

Walking out of the dormitory area, Sabina looked at Su Lun's puzzled expression and asked, "Is it possible that you entered the school a year late, and you are now a first-year student?"

Su Lun also found it very strange, and analyzed: "It shouldn't be so. Jike's level of alchemy knowledge at the time is logically enough to pass the entrance examination of the Royal Academy."

Thinking about it, he also felt that what Sabina said made sense. There may be some reasons that Jike was late in enrolling.

The two planned to go to the dormitory area of ​​the new students and ask.

The environment of the Royal Academy is very good, full of singing birds and flowers.

Anyway, it was still early, and the two of them were not in a hurry, so they took a leisurely stroll around the campus.

Along the way, they encountered many students wearing the uniform of the Royal Academy. All of them are in full bloom and heroic, and their young faces are full of vigor.

Those who can study here are either rich or noble. No matter how talented the students are, from birth, they are doomed to be the future "big shots" of the Luying Empire.

As they walked, the two happened to run into a few students with the second-grade logo on their school uniforms.

Thinking about it, Su Lun went straight up and asked, "Students, may I ask, have you heard of a second-year student named 'Jike James'? He should be from the School of Pharmacy."

I didn't expect it to be such a coincidence. These people really knew about this question.

"We are the second-year pharmacy college. I have never heard of 'Jike James'."

"Jek? Oh, my God! It's not the crazy guy who studies bombs? The guy hasn't been fired yet?"

"It seems to be our classmate, but... that guy hasn't come to class for a long time, right? I heard that after he blew up half of the laboratory building last time, the college did not allow him to conduct such dangerous pharmaceutical experiments in the laboratory, let alone He was doing experiments in the dormitory. I haven't seen him for a long time."

"Oh, that guy is really a lunatic. I guess he is the only guy who has blown up the pharmacy lab three times in the history of our Royal Academy. I don't know what dangerous things were created last time, and the burning flames can't be extinguished." It almost affected the entire test area. The guy who deserved it, also broke a few fingers himself."

"You say that, I seem to be a bit impressed. Ji Ke is the only guy in our class who has a perfect score in the dangerous pharmacy exam?"

"Well, that's him, a poor man from a furrier's family! I also heard that the college won't allow him to pay for the bombing of the teaching building, and he still refuses to drop out of school. Now he lives with lowly gardener servants. Together. Seems to be continuing his dangerous experiment"

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Su Lun heard everyone talk about their classmate who was labeled as "mysterious", "crazy", and "terrorist".

He was sure right away that this Jike was the disciple of his bomb genius!

Sabina on the side also had a strange look when she heard the descriptions from the students. What a special student did her master recruit?

Because they said they came to find Jike, Su Lun and the two of them were despised by those little nobles along the way.

Thinking about some poor relatives coming to visit.

Su Lun didn't care.

Fortunately, now that he got the exact news, he also breathed a sigh of relief, and said to himself: "So I live in the handyman area, no wonder I can't find the dormitory."

Ji Ke is just a child of a merchant family, so naturally he is not popular in the eyes of these little nobles.

Although they are all students of the Royal Academy, there is also a chain of contempt.

That is the noble students, who are superior to those civilian students who got in by themselves.

After all, no matter how good a commoner student is, he can finally find the best job after graduation, which is to work for the major companies controlled by the nobles.

This kind of class barrier has lasted for thousands of years in camping, and it is almost impossible to break it.

Knowing the direction now, Su Lun and the others followed the signs and left the dormitory area, walked around the dormitory area, and walked to the remote lakeside.

Although the garden-style courtyard of the Royal Academy has a pleasant scenery, it also requires a large number of servants to take care of it.

There are a lot of water lilies planted beside the lake, and there are a few low buildings there, which are the handyman area of ​​the college.

Su Lun looked at the old small buildings and guessed where Jike should be at a glance.

Among them is a hut with obvious scorched marks, which is out of place with the houses next to it.

The two walked over, but before they got close, they saw strange green flames bursting out of the room.

The handymen living nearby seemed to be used to it, and ran out when they heard the movement, calling to come to put out the fire.

"Get some water! That guy Jake set the house on fire again!"

"Don't use water! He said you can't use water for green flames, wait for the fire to burn itself out!"

"Oh my God, I hope the Jeek Kid doesn't burn himself."

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Su Lun listened to the conversation of the handymen, the corners of his eyes were full of black lines.

Thick smoke, green fire, the movement is not too big.

Just then, a guy wearing a gas mask hurried out of the house.

As he ran, he cheered: "Hahaha, I succeeded! My phosphorus bomb ingredient experiment finally succeeded!"

The handymen on the side seemed to have a good relationship with Jike, pouring cold water on each of them earnestly.

"Hey, Kid Boy, you have to be careful. If you make such a big noise again, the academy will really kick you out."

"That's right, keep a low profile. Look at the smoke you made so high that the whole academy can see it now."

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Hearing this, the young man in the gas mask bowed again and again, and apologized to everyone: "I'm sorry everyone, there is something wrong with the ventilation equipment, which caused everyone trouble. I will pay more attention next time."

As he spoke, he lifted off his gas mask, revealing that excited face.

But upon closer inspection, half of his face clearly had burn scars. This made his apparently handsome and sunny boy look a bit hideous and terrifying.

But Su Lun could still recognize that the intact half of his face was his disciple Jike.

Jike also seemed to have noticed the two outsiders who had been watching by the lake for a while.

A lady in a black dress with an extraordinary temperament, and a gentleman in a hat.

He was very puzzled why someone would come to the handyman area, and he didn't want to pay attention to it, but then he went straight into his still smoking laboratory.

But suddenly, Jake thought about it for a moment, and instinctively felt that the gentleman with the smile on his face looked familiar.

He woke up suddenly, recognized the person, and shouted excitedly: "Teacher?!"

Su Lun smiled and nodded from a distance, "Jike, long time no see."

Realizing that he did not recognize the wrong person, Jike ran over excitedly all the way.

As soon as they met, he respectfully performed a master-student gift: "Teacher! It's really you!"

He didn't forget that if it wasn't for the kindness of his teacher, he would have died in Blizzard City in the Northland long ago. Without the teacher's guidance, it is impossible for him to successfully enter the Royal Academy.

This is the most important person in his life after his father was killed by that poisonous woman.

After the farewell to Blizzard City, there was no news, and I didn't expect to see him again in the academy!

Oh, it was like a dream!

After saluting, Jike looked at the beautiful lady in a top hat beside Su Lun, who was hugging his arm affectionately, and guessed: "Teacher, this is the teacher's wife?"

No matter who it is, since they are elders, they naturally have to salute.

When he was speaking, he also bowed to Sabina to meet the elders.

"this"

Su Lun smiled, not knowing how to introduce Sabina.

It's not bad to shout like this, but it's not very accurate.

What Sabina didn't understand, before Su Lun could speak, she skillfully resolved the embarrassment for a moment. She praised Jike with a smile in her beautiful eyes: "The mouth is so sweet."

She seemed very happy to hear this address, but she immediately changed the subject and said, "But I'm not your 'teacher's wife'. I'm a good friend of your teacher."

Jake half understood, but also respectfully said, "Hi, madam."

Sabina nodded with a smile, then took out a gold pocket watch that she had prepared long ago, and said, "This is a gift for you."

Su Lun's disciple, although he is not his teacher's wife, is also a very close elder.

When meeting for the first time, etiquette is indispensable.

As she spoke, she also said another word of blessing, saying: "As an excellent alchemist, I hope you can accurately grasp every moment of your life in the future."

"Ah this."

Jike looked at the pocket watch, and immediately recognized that the pocket watch was worth a lot.

The handmade pocket watch of "Wanda Philippe Watch Shop" is one of the most favorite luxury brands of nobles. Each piece is worth at least hundreds of thousands of lisos.

Did the lady just give it away?

Although he also knew that this was a meeting gift from the elders, but it was too precious!

Even when the family was the richest, his father never wore such a precious pocket watch.

Jike was a little flattered, and looked at Su Lun for help.

Su Lun didn't expect Sabina to be so caring, and even prepared a meeting gift for his disciple, and smiled, "Take it."

After hearing this, Jike dared to accept it, and said in a complicated tone: "Thank you, madam."

When Jike reached out to take the pocket watch, Su Lun also saw the difference in his hidden left hand.

It was blown off, leaving only two stumps of fingers.

He asked, "Jike, did your hands and face get injured in a laboratory accident?"

Jike was a little embarrassed when the teacher saw his predicament, and responded: "Yes, teacher. Because I was not very proficient in the experiment, I miscalculated the response data of some new materials, and then caused an explosion."

Hearing some gossip from Jike's classmates before, Su Lun also knew that his disciple's situation in the academy was not very good.

He didn't say much, just glanced at it lightly, and said: "It's not a big problem. I still have some [activated silver] in my hand. I will make you a mechanical prosthesis later, and it will not affect your future life. As for the face Burns, this can be solved with [advanced cell active agent], and the problem is not too big."

Jike was startled when he heard this, and complex emotions appeared in his eyes: moved, delighted, and surprised.

But he was relieved after a while, since the teacher's friend can easily give a meeting gift worth hundreds of thousands. The stump problem that I thought was irreversible was naturally not a big problem in the eyes of the teacher.

In the end, he only said one sentence: "Thank you teacher."

Although Jike still doesn't know the origin of his teacher, Su Lun has given him a strong sense of trust from the moment he met him.

After seeing each other, Jike remembered something and asked, "By the way, teacher, why did you come to the Royal Academy?"

Su Lun said bluntly: "I have something to do when I come to the academy. Come and see your situation."

As he said that, he remembered what the previous students had said, and said with concern: "I met some of your classmates before, and I heard that you haven't gone to class for a long time. Did something happen to you? Also, you are so good at live here?"

Although I know that the Royal Academy is not friendly to civilian students.

But since he accepted this disciple, he naturally didn't want to see him being treated unfairly.

Hearing the question, Jike couldn't hide his embarrassment, he hesitated: "Teacher, I"

No matter how you look at it, he has lost the teacher's face as a disciple now.

But Ji Ke still mustered up his courage and explained: "In the first year of enrollment, I have already learned all the homework for the four years of the college. Explosives are a very unpopular branch of pharmacy. Luying's mechanical military industry is backward, and the corresponding This subject is also very unpopular. In the college, explosives is not valued at all by the college. So this semester, I mostly look up materials in the library and do experiments.”

Su Lun heard the helplessness in Jike's tone, and did not speak.

He also knew it was true.

Pharmacy is indeed one of the several basic subjects in alchemy.

But explosives is indeed unpopular.

Traditional alchemists' impression of gunpowder is still on bullets and artillery, so naturally they look down on this low-level alchemy product. Especially in the traditional alchemy holy place like Luying Royal Academy, it is even less valued.

Ji Ke looked puzzled again, and continued: "As for why you live here... it's because... It's because there were several explosions in the laboratory before, which caused a lot of impact on the college and the loss was great. Then the dormitory also It’s inconvenient to do some dangerous experiments, so I just came here.”

Su Lun listened silently, frowning slightly.

What his disciple said was the truth, but he evaded the important points and said some things lightly.

This is an aristocratic academy, and commoner students will definitely be excluded by their classmates.

Especially students who have no money.

Seeing that the gas mask on Jike's neck was so old that it was almost rotten, Su Lun knew that he was in a difficult situation.

He directly expressed Jike's difficulties, and asked, "Have you spent all your family savings?"

Jake felt embarrassed, but finally nodded: "Yes. Although the materials in the academy are very cheap, the explosives formula test requires a lot of materials and equipment. I have already spent all my savings from selling furs before my father passed away."

He blamed himself very much in his tone, as if it was because of his profligacy that this embarrassing situation was caused.

But looking at the calm and concerned expression of his teacher, Jike finally expressed the grievances in his heart that he had never told anyone: "I don't want to give up. Because there is the best library in Luying and the cheapest library in the college." The supply of materials, the best experimental equipment, once I quit school, there will be no chance for all of these. So. So. I will live here. Although it is not very good, but at least I can continue to stay in the academy.”

In a word, there is no money.

The Royal Academy has top-level educational resources that cannot be compared with any alchemy academy in the Luying Empire.

Although full of sarcasm and cold eyes, Jike's deep love for alchemy made him unwilling to give up the only way to study.

So he can only stay in the academy with a stern face, even if he lives with the handymen that his classmates look down on, he doesn't care.

upon hearing this,

Sabina on the side listened to the sparkle in her beautiful eyes.

Su Lun's expression didn't change. After listening, he just said indifferently: "Let's treat it as the past. Now that I'm here, you can concentrate on studying explosives that you like. As for everything else, I have it."

Hearing the resounding "I have me", Ji Ke stood there dumbfounded as if struck by lightning, "I, I."

A moment later, as if seeing the sun through the clouds, the haze in his eyes suddenly dissipated, and the light gradually brightened.

From the first day he stepped into the gate of the Royal Academy, his heart has never been surging at this moment.

That was the warmth and confidence that Jike, who was alone, had never felt since his father's death.

Only now did he realize that he still has a teacher with a strong backing!

Su Lun didn't say much, and said lightly: "Clean up the laboratory, let's go to the academy."

Hearing this, Jike showed a very serious expression on his slightly ferocious face after being burned, "Yeah!"

Not long after, Jike packed up his laboratory.

He walked around the campus with Suren Sabina.

After chatting for a few words, Su Lun also found that his disciple was really aggrieved.

Studying alchemists is very costly, and this is even more so in the subject of "pharmacy".

And the most expensive one is the pharmacy apprentice.

Every qualified pharmacist must have burned a huge amount of materials.

This was barely able to support Jike's originally wealthy merchant family. But his father passed away, leaving the family without a sustainable source of income. A large amount of experimental consumables have exhausted all savings.

So much so that now that he is in the academy, he can only piece together various things, earn credits, and do coolies in order to get some rewards. I even have to pick up the corners and scrap materials discarded by other students in the laboratory, so that I can use them to support my experiments again and again.

Even now, even eating, you have to let go of your dignity.

But he didn't feel bitter, because of the firm belief in his heart, he persisted.

Listening to those experiences, Su Lun felt a little mixed in his heart.

Jike looked at his teacher and the lady's serious expressions, pretended not to care, and said: "Teacher, it's actually nothing. The food here is the same as everyone else's. It's very rich."

The college provides free and rich food to the students.

It is true that everyone is the same, but the gardeners and handymen ate the overnight food left over by the noble students, which should have been thrown away.

Su Lun fell into deep thought.

This disciple of mine had a tragic life experience, but these tribulations have now become a more and more tenacious quality in him, gradually emitting an excellent light.

Su Lun thought this was a good thing.

He didn't say much about this topic, but instead asked: "By the way, Jake, what did you study before? I mean the green flame."

When it comes to experiments, Jike's eyes immediately light up.

He excitedly introduced his result: "Oh! Teacher, that is a special combustion-supporting formula used by ancient dwarves for forging, called [White Phosphorus Combustion Accelerator]. This is an ancient formula I found in the library. I deciphered it. But because it is an ancient formula, many materials are missing, and then I want to try to change it and make it [Phosphide Indestructible Bomb]. It is the kind that can't be extinguished no matter what, until the target is burned clean bomb."

Speaking of this, his eyes are only full of enthusiasm for explosives, "Teacher, my preliminary experiment has been successful! As long as there are enough materials for experimentation, I will be able to make that kind of finished bomb soon!"

Hearing this, Su Lun nodded, without hesitation in his praise: "You have done a very good job."

"really?"

Jike seemed to be affirmed by others for the first time, his face turned rosy with excitement, "The teacher also thinks my research is very good?"

"yes."

Su Lun reaffirmed: "Dynamite is a subject with unlimited potential. It is not even inferior to any subject of alchemy."

Having said that, he looked at Jike's longing eyes again, and encouraged him: "Keep going. When your dream comes true, you must be like a bright star in the night sky, and the world will see your most dazzling light. "

"Uh-huh!"

Jike seemed to be greatly encouraged, and his eyes trembled with excitement: "I knew it. I knew it! Even if the whole world doesn't understand, teacher, you must understand my thoughts!"

These words, like walking alone in the dark, suddenly saw a guiding light!

That kind of excitement is hard to be strict.

Once in Blizzard City, it was because of Su Lun's encouragement that he was determined to become a [ammunitionist] career path in the future instead of becoming a dentist or lawyer.

He excitedly shared his career plan again, "Teacher, do you know that many people look down on [ammunitionist] professions and explosives. They think that low-level alchemy formulas can only be used in low-level occupational fields. But in fact They are wrong! Their understanding of human explosions is too narrow! We cannot limit explosions to explosives, some special energy release processes can also be called explosions, and there are certain substances other than volcanic eruptions and earthquake energy releases. When the state changes, there will also be a terrifying energy explosion phenomenon! That is the direction I have been researching. Even those people don’t even know that in theory, some special explosives only need a few hundred kilograms to blow up the entire Lingdun! Then An explosion of this level is the most perfect art in my heart!"

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When Su Lun heard the scenes described by Jike, he suddenly felt very familiar.

Explosions are art?

After all, geniuses are paranoid.