The study of the Philosopher's Stone is full of taboos, cruelty, and inhumanity.

Luo Ji has never been a good man or woman, but to be honest, he is not a beast who doesn't take human life seriously.

In response to this situation, he said after pondering for two seconds...

"How about using death row prisoners and war criminals?"

In peacetime, there are basically no war criminals, but there are still some death row prisoners.

These death row prisoners who have been sentenced to death have basically committed unforgivable crimes.

Even for individual death row prisoners, if they are sentenced to death, it will be easier for them.

In this case, Luo Ji didn't mind using the waste. He was always kind to good people who abided by the law. As for criminals, he never had much kindness at all.

Feng Ling accepted Luo Ji's answer.

In fact, Gao Su did the same thing back then.

However, under normal circumstances, even if the Philosopher's Stone can be refined, the refining efficiency is actually very low if only the number of death row prisoners is used.

Of course, these are all things for later.

What needs to be understood now is the issue of the quality of the soul. For this issue, the wind chime actually has a clue.

To put it simply, the higher the magic talent of a life, the higher the quality of its soul. Therefore, the quality of the souls of the winged humans and elves is very high, while the quality of the souls of ordinary humans is relatively average.

As for the orcs who are magic insulators, their soul quality is poor.

Even the soul quality of some orcs, such as the rat people, is still very poor.

In order to study the Philosopher's Stone, the wind chime undoubtedly needs some samples.

But the Philosopher's Stone in Luo Ji's hand is not with him at all now, but with Ye Xuan.

Yes, it was the sachet he gave to Xuan Ye before.

Even before Ye Xuan woke up, Luo Ji, who understood the situation, already had some speculations in his mind.

So Luo Ji directly asked someone to make a sachet of sufficient size, and then stuffed the Philosopher's Stone he was wearing into the sachet.

It was just to prevent Xuan Ye from accidentally opening the door of truth again and risking her own life.

Now that Feng Chime wanted a sample, Luo Ji called Ike directly and asked Ike to drop the sachet into a bag and get it back.

After opening the sachet, a fist-sized, ruby-like Philosopher's Stone immediately appeared in their sight.

"Now, how to separate this Philosopher's Stone?"

After all, Ye Xuan now has a precedent of opening the door of truth. Luo Ji didn't dare to just leave her there. He definitely wanted her to carry a Philosopher's Stone with her, just in case.

If Luo Ji was really allowed to risk Ye Xuan's life in exchange for a chance to "obtain the method of refining the Philosopher's Stone," then Luo Ji really wouldn't take the risk.

After taking the Philosopher's Stone and looking at it twice, Feng Chime said calmly...

"The Philosopher's Stone was originally in a liquid state, but now it is just what it looks like after solidification, so just let it return to a liquid state and then divide it into two parts."

As he spoke, Feng Chime's eyes fell on Luo Ji again.

As if asking him, how do you plan to divide it?

In this regard, Luo Ji simply asked the wind chime to be divided in half, and then let each of them do half.

After that, without much effort, she quickly handed a piece of Philosopher's Stone that was only half its original size into Luo Ji's hands.

As for the half given to her, she planned to keep it in liquid form to facilitate research.

After taking the Philosopher's Stone, Luo Ji planned to ask someone to deal with it.

Considering the body shape, I might as well make it into a necklace.

Using some expensive materials would easily attract others to covet it. For this reason, Luo Ji simply asked people to use titanium alloy. During the processing process, he also asked them to completely wrap the Philosopher's Stone so that it would not be exposed.

It was a whole necklace, neither ugly nor pretty. In order for Xuan Ye to wear it well, Luo Ji asked the craftsmen to make a design in the shape of an ordnance. It looked pretty good.

Later, he took the opportunity of visiting and gave the necklace to Xuan Ye.

It is said that the small magic prop made by the elf craftsman can ensure her safety, so she should wear it well and not lose it.

Luo Ji still trusted Ye Xuan's ability to keep things safe.

Over the years, Xuan Ye has rarely lost anything (not going out is the main reason). At least she still wears the Ruyi buckle jade pendant Luo Ji gave her many years ago.

After leaving the hospital and returning to the palace, Luo Ji naturally started preparing a research institute for Feng Chime.

This matter must be carried out secretly, and the fewer people know about it, the better. For this reason, it took him a lot of effort.

In this way, some time passed and Ye Xuan, who had been recuperating for a month, was finally liberated. After getting her notebook back from Luo Ji, she happily prepared to return to the Ordnance Research Department to continue her research.

During this period, regarding Ye Xuan's legs, Luo Ji, who was somewhat disbelieving, tried genetic breeding methods to add a new pair of legs to her.

But the result was that without exception, they all failed.

The successive failures gave the alchemist some self-doubt.

In the end, Luo Ji had no choice but to settle for the next best thing and install a pair of mechanical legs on Ye Xuan.

Xuan Ye herself didn't care at all about this. She even thought the deal was a good deal, leaving Luo Ji completely at a loss as to what to say.

Ye Xuan, who returned to the Ordnance Research Department, will undoubtedly be busy next time.

During the month when she was hospitalized for recuperation, although she was ordered by Luo Ji not to work, her mind did not calm down.

After returning to the Ordnance Research Department, I quickly wrote down all the knowledge and ideas in my mind.

Immediately afterwards, a report on Luo Ji's request for money and people was delivered to him.

Luo Ji took a serious look at it, and found that it required a lot of money, not only research funds, but also a lot of talents.

If Ye Xuan, the director of the Ordnance Research Department, wants to transfer talents, she does not need to report to Luo Ji. Therefore, if she needs to report to someone, it must not be from their department.

Luo Ji's eyes jumped when he saw that list. In addition to the Academy of Science and Technology, there were also talents from goblins and dwarves. This was simply a plan to catch them all.

Although Luo Ji himself was looking forward to her future research after Ye Xuan opened the door to truth, with so many talents, it was really impossible for him to approve them all to her.

Especially since many of the talents here have important projects that they need to be responsible for.

If this is all transferred away, will there still be a lot of other projects?

For this reason, Luo Ji also called Xuan Ye directly.

"It's impossible to transfer all of these people to you. At most, you can choose the three that you need."

Upon hearing this, Xuan Ye simply reported three names to Luo Ji. After a round of negotiations, all personnel and funds were in place, and the Magic Machinery project research and development team was officially established!
Chapter completed!