Luying Royal Academy is located in Quentin District, north of the Locovalen River, where wealthy people gather.
There is a very large area of classical Gothic style garden buildings, which is the main campus of the college.
Since the dance last night left no consequences, 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 the more convenient steam motorcycle, but that the wealthy area in the north bans motorcycles.
Those cool modified motorcycles in the eyes of the gangsters are considered by the rich as cheap means of transportation that only the lower class can use, dangerous and vulgar.
After the car passed the Rington Iron Bridge across the Locovalen River, the road conditions here were immediately completely different.
Su Lun looked at the scenery outside the window in the carriage.
The streets are clean and tidy, and classical-style buildings can be seen everywhere.
It is completely different from the civilian area of Nancheng where steam machinery is everywhere. This place almost completely retains the ancient style of Linton hundreds of years ago.
There are very few people on the streets in wealthy neighborhoods, but people are either rich or wealthy.
The only means of transportation are various luxury cars, bicycles, and carriages with noble coats of arms.
Every block is patrolled by a female Royal Mounted Police officer riding a big black horse, who looks very heroic.
It looks very backward, but luxury is everywhere.
The street trees on the street are thick broad-leaf sycamores worth tens of thousands of dollars each. There are always delicate and bright flowers in the flower beds on the roadside. There are shining gold and silver coins in the fountain and wishing pool that no one has picked up. Even the pigeons here are
A rare breed of Shenghui white-feathered pigeons. They are proud and beautiful. They have their own territory and will never get together with ordinary pigeons to mate.
In the carriage, Sabina introduced Su Lun: "The rich area of Linton is like this. The nobles almost refuse to use all new things. In their eyes, the more ancient objects are used, the more it reflects the family's identity."
Ancient heritage. Some guys even want to hang the mummies of their ancestors hundreds of years ago in the carriage to show off their pure aristocratic bloodline."
After a pause, she continued: "It's those stubborn old guys who want to keep power, and they are also afraid of change. That's why Lu Yingcai lags far behind Mafa, and the gap is getting wider and wider."
Su Lun's eyebrows twitched slightly when he heard this, and he chuckled.
At this time, the car passed a corner of the block, and the field of vision suddenly broadened, and a brilliant group of buildings appeared in the distance.
Sabina pointed to the white city wall in the distance, with some sapphire-blue spiers emerging from the top of the building, and said: "That is the Friedrich Palace, the castle where the Bona royal family lives."
Although Su Lun had heard of it, this was the first time he saw it with his own eyes.
The building in front of you is indeed very beautiful.
Grand, spectacular, exquisite, holy, majestic
All the beautiful words that can describe the royal building can be used on it.
Thinking that in a few months, he would have to go to the palace as "Fick" to accept the engagement blessing from the Queen with Miss Ekaterina. Su Lun suddenly felt uncomfortable with this building again.
Interested.
What's more, it is now confirmed that believers of foreign gods have infiltrated into the royal family.
There is another unknown SS in this palace.
Not long after, the car drove all the way to Xueyuan Street, and then saw the gate of Luying Royal Academy.
The Royal Academy does not prohibit outsiders from entering, provided that you are a noble.
Sabina's car had her "Count Demacula" family coat of arms on it, and the vehicle drove unimpeded all the way to the college's dormitory area.
The place is as beautiful as a garden, and the buildings are hidden among the green trees. The luxurious two-story villas with burgundy roofs are the student dormitories.
Su Lun and Sabina got out of the car.
Although the explosive genius Jike was nominally his disciple, in fact the master and disciple did not get along for long.
Moreover, after saying goodbye to Blizzard City, Su Lun never contacted him again.
So he didn't know what Jike's current situation was.
The two of them were walking on the tree-lined avenue, and Su Lun talked about the experience of accepting Jike as his disciple.
After listening, Sabina also sighed with emotion: "Sir, you have accepted a disciple of yours before, but I have never heard of you. As your maid and information officer, I feel that I have neglected my duty."
Su Lun smiled and didn't care, and said: "It was a coincidence that I accepted Jike as my 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."
This is something he didn't say on purpose.
At that time, his own situation was not good either. He had just been hunted down by the Raigadi family in various ways. Later, he also caused big disturbances in Beihai many times.
It is not necessarily a good thing that Ji Ke has such a teacher.
So I just let it go.
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 and take a look.
Su Lun only heard that Jike successfully entered 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 enrolled.
Even the dormitory area is huge and intimidating, so it would be unrealistic to search slowly.
Su Lun went directly to the dormitory administrator. When asked, the administrator actually said that there was no student "Jike James" in the second-year dormitory?
This is a big mistake.
After walking out of the dormitory area, Sabina looked at Su Lun's puzzled expression and asked, "Is it possible that I entered the school a year late and am now a first-year student?"
Su Lun also found it strange and analyzed: "It shouldn't be the case. Jike's level of alchemy knowledge at that time should be enough to pass the entrance examination of the Royal Academy."
Thinking about it, he also felt that what Sabina said was reasonable. There might be some reasons that caused Jike to enter school late.
The two of them planned to walk to the new students' dormitory area and ask again.
The environment of the Royal Academy is very good, and everything is full of birds singing and the fragrance of flowers.
Anyway, it was still early, so the two of them were not in a hurry, so they took a leisurely stroll on campus.
Along the way, they met many students wearing Royal Academy uniforms. They were all in their prime and handsome, and their young faces were full of vigor.
Those who can go to school here are either rich or noble. No matter how talented the students here are, from birth, they are destined to be the "big shots" of the Luying Empire in the future.
While walking, the two of them happened to bump into a few students with second-year logos on their school uniforms.
Thinking about it, Su Lun went directly to meet him and asked: "Students, may I ask, have you ever 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 that these people really knew this question.
"We are second-year students from the School of Pharmacy. We have never heard of 'Jike James'"
"Jike? Oh, my God! It can't be the madman who studies bombs, right? That 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 the laboratory building last time, the college no longer allowed him to conduct such dangerous pharmaceutical experiments in the laboratory, let alone
I’m doing experiments in the dormitory. I haven’t seen you for a long time.”
"Oh, that guy is really a lunatic. I guess he is the only guy in the history of our Royal Academy who has blown up the pharmaceutical laboratory three times. I don't know what dangerous things he tinkered with last time, and the burning flames couldn't be put out.
It almost affected the entire test area. The guy who deserved it had several of his fingers blown off."
"When you say that, I seem to have an impression. Jike is the only guy in our class who got perfect scores in the Dangerous Pharmacy exam?"
"Well, that's him, a poor guy from a furrier's family! I also heard that the college didn't let him pay for the bombing of the teaching building, and he still refused to drop out. Now he lives with the lowly gardener servants
Together, it seems that he is still continuing his dangerous experiments."
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Su Lun listened to everyone talking about their classmate with labels like "mysterious", "crazy" and "terrorist".
He immediately determined that this Jike was the disciple of his bomb genius!
Sabina on the side looked strange as she listened to the descriptions from the students. What a special disciple her master had recruited?
Because they said they were here to find Jike, Su Lun and the other two were despised by the little nobles.
I thought some poor relatives might be visiting.
Su Lun didn't care.
Fortunately, now that he had received the exact information, he breathed a sigh of relief and said to himself: "It turns out that I live in the miscellaneous area. No wonder I can't find the dormitory."
Jike is just a child from 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 aristocratic students are superior to the civilian students who passed the exam on their own.
After all, no matter how outstanding civilian students are, the best job they can find after graduation is to work for major companies controlled by nobles.
This class barrier has existed in camping for thousands of years and is almost impossible to break.
Now knowing the direction, Su Lun and the two left the dormitory area following the signs, walked around the dormitory area, and walked to the remote lakeside.
Although the garden-like campus of the Royal Academy has a pleasant scenery, it also requires a large number of servants and handymen to take care of it.
There are many water lilies planted next to the lake. There are several low buildings there, which are the handyman area of the college.
Su Lun looked at the old buildings and guessed where Jike should be at a glance.
Among them was a small house with obvious burn marks, which was incompatible with the houses next to it.
The two walked over, but before they got close, they saw strange green flames suddenly bursting out of the house.
The handymen who lived nearby seemed to be used to it. They ran out after hearing the commotion, calling for them to come and put out the fire.
"Hurry up and get water! That guy Jike has set the house on fire again!"
"Don't use water! He said you can't use water for green flames, wait until the fire burns out on its own!"
"Oh my gosh, I hope the Geek boy doesn't burn himself."
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Su Lun listened to the conversation of the handymen, and the corners of his eyes were full of black lines.
Thick smoke, green fire, not too much movement.
At this moment, a guy wearing a gas mask hurried out of the house.
As he ran, he cheered: "Hahaha, I succeeded! My phosphorus fire bomb ingredients experiment finally succeeded!"
The handymen on the side seemed to have a good relationship with Jike, and they all poured cold water on him with sincerity.
"Hey, kid Jike, 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, you've made the smoke rise again. I'm afraid the entire college can see it now."
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Hearing this, the young man wearing a gas mask bowed repeatedly and apologized to everyone: "I'm sorry, everyone, there is something wrong with the ventilation equipment, which has caused trouble to everyone. I will pay more attention next time."
As he spoke, he lifted off his gas mask, revealing his excited face.
But if you look closely, you can see that there are obvious burn scars on half of his face. This makes his apparently handsome and sunny boy look a little more ferocious and terrifying.
But Su Lun could still recognize that the intact half of his face was that of his disciple Jike.
Jike also seemed to notice the two outsiders who were watching for a while by the lake.
A lady in a black dress with extraordinary temperament, and a gentleman wearing a hat.
He was very confused as to why someone would come to the miscellaneous area. He didn't want to pay attention to it, but he had to dive into his still smoking laboratory.
But suddenly, Jike thought about it for a moment, and instinctively felt that the gentleman with a smile on his face looked familiar.
He suddenly woke up, recognized the person, and shouted excitedly: "Teacher?!"
Su Lun smiled and nodded from a distance, "Jike, long time no see."
Realizing that he had recognized the right person, Jike ran over excitedly.
As soon as they met, he respectfully made a master-disciple salute: "Teacher! It's really you!"
He has not forgotten that without his teacher's kindness, he would have died in Blizzard City in the North. Without his teacher's guidance, he would not have been able 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 saying goodbye to Blizzard City, there was no news, but unexpectedly we saw him again in the academy!
Oh, it's like a dream!
After saluting, Jike looked at the beautiful lady wearing a big-brimmed top hat next to Su Lun who was holding his arm affectionately, and guessed: "Teacher, is this the teacher's wife?"
No matter who he is, since he is an elder, he will naturally have to salute.
When he spoke, he also bowed to Sabina as an elder.
"this"
Su Lun smiled and didn't know how to introduce Sabina.
It's okay to call it this way, but it's not very accurate either.
Sabina didn't understand. Before Su Lun could speak, she cleverly resolved the awkward moment. She praised Jike with a smile on her face and said, "You have such a sweet mouth."
She seemed very happy to hear this title, but she immediately changed the topic and said: "But I am not your 'Master Wife'. I am your teacher's good friend."
Jike didn't seem to understand, but he said respectfully, "Hello, Madam."
Sabina smiled and nodded, then took out a golden pocket watch that she had prepared long ago and said, "This is a meeting gift for you."
Su Lun's disciple, although she is not a master's wife, she is still a very close elder.
When meeting for the first time, etiquette is indispensable.
After saying that, she also said another 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 recognized at a glance that it was worth a lot of money.
The handmade pocket watches of "Wanda Philippe Watch Shop" are one of the most favorite luxury brands among nobles. Each piece is worth at least several hundred thousand liso.
The lady gave it away just as she said she would?
Although he also knew that this was a greeting gift for the elders, it was too expensive!
Even when the family was at its most affluent, my father never wore such an expensive pocket watch.
Jike looked 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 and said: "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 something strange in his hidden left hand.
It was blown off, leaving only two stumps of fingers.
He then asked: "Jike, were your hands and face injured in a laboratory accident?"
Jike was a little embarrassed that the teacher saw his predicament, and responded: "Yes, teacher. Because I was not very skilled in experiments before, I misjudged the reaction data of some new materials, and then caused an explosion."
After hearing some gossip from Jike's classmates before, Su Lun also knew that his disciple's situation in the academy was not good.
He didn't say much, just glanced at it 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. It won't affect your future life. As for your face,
Burns can be solved with [Advanced Cellular Active Agent], and the problem is not big."
Jike was startled when he heard this, and complex emotions appeared in his eyes: moved, delighted, and surprised.
But after a moment, I felt relieved. Since the teacher's friend could easily give out gifts worth hundreds of thousands, the problem of my residual limbs that I thought was irreparable 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 gave him a strong sense of trust from the moment they met.
After meeting each other, Jike remembered something and asked: "By the way, teacher, why did you come to the Royal Academy?"
Su Lun said bluntly: "I came to the academy for something. I stopped by to check on you."
As he said that, he remembered the words of the previous students and said with concern: "I met some of your classmates before and I heard that you haven't been to class for a long time. Did something happen to you? Also, you are so good at it.
live here?"
Although I know that the Royal Academy is not friendly to civilian students.
But since I have accepted this disciple, I naturally don’t want to see him treated unfairly.
Upon hearing the inquiry, Jike couldn't hide his embarrassment and hesitated: "Teacher, I"
No matter how you look at it, if he, a former disciple, behaves like this, he has lost the face of his teacher.
But Jike still mustered up the courage and explained: "In the first year of enrollment, I have already completed all four years of the college's homework. Explosives is a very unpopular branch of pharmacy, and Lu Ying's mechanical military industry is lagging behind, so accordingly
This subject is also very unpopular. In the college, explosives is not taken seriously by the college at all. So this semester, I mostly look up information in the library and do experiments."
Su Lun heard the helplessness in Jike's tone and said nothing.
He also knew this was true.
Pharmacy is indeed one of the basic subjects in alchemy.
But the science of explosives is indeed unpopular.
Traditional alchemists' impression of gunpowder is still limited to bullets and artillery, so they naturally look down on such low-level alchemical products. Especially in the holy land of traditional alchemy like Luying Royal Academy, it is not taken seriously.
Jike looked embarrassed again and continued: "As for why I live here, it's because there were several explosion accidents in the laboratory before, which caused a lot of impact on the college and caused a lot of losses. And the dormitory is not convenient.
To do some dangerous experiments, I just came here."
Su Lun listened silently, frowning slightly.
What his disciple told was the truth, but he evaded the important points and talked about some situations lightly.
This is an aristocratic college, and civilian students will definitely be ostracized by their classmates.
Especially students who have no money.
Su Lun saw that the gas mask around Jike's neck was old and almost rotten and he didn't want to replace it, so he knew that he was in an embarrassing situation.
He directly stated Jike's difficulties and asked: "Has all the family savings been spent?"
Jike felt embarrassed, but he nodded after all: "Yes. Although the materials in the academy are very cheap, explosive formula testing requires a lot of materials and equipment. I have spent all the savings from selling furs before my father passed away."
His tone was very remorseful, as if it was his own squandering that had led to such an embarrassing situation.
But looking at his teacher's calm and concerned expression, Jike finally expressed the grievances he had never told anyone in his heart: "I don't want to give up. Because the college has the best library in Luying and the cheapest library."
The supply of materials and the best experimental equipment will be lost once I drop out of school. That’s why I live here. Although it’s not very good, at least I can continue to stay in the college.”
In a word, there is no money.
The Royal Academy has top-notch educational resources that are unmatched by any alchemy academy in the Luying Empire.
Although full of ridicule and cold looks, Jike's deep love for alchemy made him unwilling to give up this only path of study.
So he could only stay in the college shamelessly, even if he lived with the handymen who were looked down upon by his classmates, it didn't matter to him.
Hearing these words,
Sabina on the side listened with a sparkle in her beautiful eyes.
Su Lun's expression didn't change much. After hearing this, he just said calmly: "Let the past be in the past. Now that I'm here, from now on, you can concentrate on studying the science of explosives that you like. As for everything else, I am there."
Hearing the resounding "I am", Jike stood on the spot as if struck by lightning, "I am"
A moment later, as if the clouds had cleared and the sun appeared, the haze in his eyes suddenly dissipated, and the light gradually began to shine.
From the first day he entered the Royal Academy, he had never been as excited as he was now.
It was a warmth and confidence that Jike had never felt since his father died, and he was alone.
Only then did he realize that he had a teacher with strong backing!
Su Lun didn't say much and said calmly: "Take care of the laboratory and let's go to the college for a walk."
Hearing this, Jike's slightly ferocious face after being burned showed a very serious expression, "Yeah!"
Not long after, Jike packed up his laboratory.
He followed Sabina Suellen and walked around the campus.
After chatting for a few words, Su Lun also discovered that his disciple was indeed living a miserable life.
Studying alchemists is very expensive, and this is even more true in the subject of "pharmaceutics".
The most expensive thing is the pharmacy apprenticeship.
Every qualified pharmacist must have burned a huge amount of materials and piled them up.
This was originally barely enough for Jike's relatively wealthy businessman family. But after his father passed away, the family had no sustainable source of income. The large amount of experimental supplies had consumed all their savings.
So now in the academy, he has to piece together various things, earn credits, and do hard work in order to get some reward. He even has to pick up scraps and scrap materials discarded by other students in the laboratory to use them to support
My own experiments again and again.
Even now, you have to put down your dignity even to eat.
However, he did not feel bitter because he had a firm belief in his heart and persisted.
Listening to those experiences, Su Lun felt a little mixed.
Jike looked at his teacher and the lady with serious expressions. He pretended not to care and said, "Teacher, it's actually nothing. We eat the same food as everyone else here, and it's very rich."
The college provides free and abundant food to students.
It is true that everyone is the same, but the gardeners and handymen eat the leftover overnight food that the noble students ate and should have been thrown away.
Su Lun fell into deep thought as he listened.
As a disciple, I have had a tragic life experience, but these hardships have now become an increasingly tough quality in him, gradually radiating the light of excellence.
Su Lun thinks this is a good thing.
He didn't say much more on this topic, and instead asked: "By the way, Jike, what were you studying before? I mean the green flame."
As soon as he mentioned the experiment, Jike's eyes immediately lit up.
He excitedly introduced his results: "Oh! Teacher, that is a special combustion-supporting formula used by ancient dwarves for forging, called [white phosphorus combustion-supporting agent]. This is an ancient formula that I found in the library with great difficulty.
I deciphered it. But because it is an ancient formula, many materials are missing. Then I want to try to change it and make a [phosphide immortal bomb]. It is the kind that cannot be extinguished no matter what, until the target is burned clean.
bomb"
As he said this, all he could see was his enthusiasm for explosives, "Teacher, my preliminary experiment has been successful! As long as I have enough materials for the experiment, I will soon be able to create that kind of finished bomb!"
Hearing this, Su Lun nodded and did not hesitate to praise: "You have done a very good job."
"Really?"
It seemed like this was the first time that Jike had been recognized by others, and his face turned rosy with excitement. "The teacher also thinks that my research is very good?"
"yes."
Su Lun affirmed again: "Explosives is a science with unlimited potential. It is not even inferior to any discipline like alchemy."
Having said this, he looked at Jike's eager eyes and encouraged: "Keep going. When your dream comes true, you will 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 inspired, and his eyes trembled with excitement: "I know, I know! Even if the whole world doesn't understand, teacher, you will definitely understand my thoughts!"
This sentence is like walking alone in the dark and suddenly seeing a guiding light!
That kind of excitement is hard to be strict about.
Once in Blizzard City, it was Su Lun's encouragement that convinced him that he would become an "ammunition engineer" in the future, not a dentist or a lawyer.
He excitedly shared his career plan, "Teacher, you know, many people look down on [ammunition master] professionals and look down on explosives. They think they are low-level alchemy formulas that can only be used in low-level professional fields. But in fact,
They are wrong! Their understanding of human explosions is too narrow! We cannot limit explosions to explosives. Certain special energy release processes can also be called explosions, such as volcanic eruptions and earthquake energy releases. There are also certain substances
When the state changes, a terrifying energy explosion will also occur! That is also the direction I have been researching. Even those people don’t know that in theory, some special explosives can blow up the entire Rington with only a few hundred kilograms! Then
This level of explosion is the most perfect art in my mind!"
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When Su Lun heard the scenes described by Jike, he suddenly felt that they sounded familiar.