For nearly half a month after that, Richard stayed in the hotel in "Linghua Town" without leaving, constantly testing various ideas about energy storage containers.
But the results were not very good. Apart from eliminating many wrong ideas, no obvious progress was made.
He tried using a variety of materials to make energy storage containers, but most of them were completely unable to store free energy elements. A small number of them could store free energy elements, but they also had many defects.
For example, the storage time is too short, the performance is unstable, the conversion efficiency is too low, etc.
After half a month of this, Richard had to leave "Linghua Town" because he had almost finished testing all the materials that could be found locally and needed more, more precious, and rarer materials to test.
"Linghua Town" is just an inconspicuous town on the main continent. Apart from him, there are only a few wizards, and the materials are all very common. In order to find suitable materials for making energy storage containers, he can only Go to a more prosperous place.
For example, some large cities should be located near ore-rich mountains.
With this idea in mind, Richard headed north and went deep into the mainland.
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Time passed day by day, and when the purple flowers, the fourth color of Mance's four-color flower, were about to wither, Richard came to a small town called "Silver Maple Leaf".
This small town was naturally not his destination, just a rest stop on the way.
At noon, Richard stopped in front of a tavern in "Silver Maple Leaf" City, handed the horse to the waiter in the tavern to feed, and walked into the lobby.
The lobby of the tavern was crowded, and it took him a while to find a seat near the door.
I walked over, sat down, and quickly ordered my food without thinking about it.
After a while, the food you ordered came up, you picked up the utensils and started eating.
After almost eating, after a short pause, Richard took out a simple map from his pocket, glanced at it a few times, and his eyes fell on a black dot.
That was a city called "Jialan", which was his real destination this time.
While watching, thinking about how far it was to go, I suddenly heard the sound of swallowing next to me.
Richard turned to look towards the place where the sound came from, and saw a very embarrassed beggar standing at the door of the tavern, looking longingly at the leftovers on his table. He looked like he wanted to pounce on him and have a big meal, but he didn't dare. He was obviously afraid of being beaten up by the owner and waiters of the tavern.
Richard shook his head and had no intention of paying attention. Just as he was about to look away, he suddenly felt that the other person looked familiar and looked at him with a flash of eyes.
The other party sensed something and looked over, looking at Richard's face. Then his eyes froze and he was stunned.
The next moment, the other party turned around and ran away in a panic, but he didn't know whether it was because he was too hungry or too frightened to have any strength, and he sat down outside the door with a "plop".
The other party was none other than the robber who once tried to rob Richard.
Richard looked at the other person and asked aloud: "What's your name?"
"Jia...jialie." The other party said tremblingly.
"Then do you still remember what I said to you before?" Richard asked, "It should be more than half a month ago, not too short, but I hope you haven't forgotten it."
"No... I haven't forgotten." Jialie looked like he was about to cry, not daring to hide anything, and said honestly, "Master Wizard, I have remembered everything you said to me. You said, 'If you let The second time I see you, it's going to end badly for me'."
"Indeed." Richard said, looking at Gallie, "Then why do you want to appear in front of me? To be honest, I am not very kind."
"You...you want to kill me?" Jialie was shocked and became extremely nervous.
"Maybe." Richard said.
After hearing this, only the lower half of Galle's body was paralyzed. Now the upper half of his body also softened, and he burst into tears. He said with snot and tears: "Wizard... Lord Wizard, I... was really wrong. Oh, I really didn't recognize you just now. Give me another chance, I'll roll away right away, far away so that you can't see me at all.
Lord Wizard, just take pity on me. I have been worse than dead for more than half a month, so don't really let me die. Let me tell you, I left the city where I was born just to get ahead. I really didn’t have any money, so I thought of robbing, but then I met you.
After failing once, I followed your lesson and asked many people to rob a convoy in an attempt to make a lot of money. Unexpectedly, as soon as we met, the companions I called ran away without loyalty, causing me to be beaten by dozens of people from the team. This was the second time I failed.
After being beaten, I breathed a sigh of relief and ran to a nearby city. I had given up on robbery in my heart, but money was needed to treat the injury, so I had no choice but to steal. When I was very unlucky, when I was stealing something, I was hit by a female devil. I was beaten even worse and my arm was broken. I failed for the third time.
At that time, I already felt that I could not survive. Who knew, a few days later, a kind person came and gave me a silver coin. I was thinking that maybe my luck had changed, but I was bullied again by thieves from a gang in the city. Not only did they steal my money, but they also beat me up again. Look at my arms, they’ve become like this. "
As he spoke, Gallie shook his arm and saw an exaggerated angle.
The tragic scene of Galileo, combined with the words, can be said to be "hurtful to those who hear it, and tears to those who hear it." It is tragic to a certain extent.
But Richard didn't have much fluctuation in his heart. He didn't react until he heard what Jialie said later.
Then Gallie said again: "Master Wizard, I have given up. I don't want to make a living outside at all. Now I just want to go back to the city where I was born, even if I have to be a miner in Jialan City for the rest of my life. I admit it too. I was really wrong, please spare me and let me go back."
"Huh? Jialan City?" Richard raised his eyebrows and asked aloud.
"Ah, yes." Gallie nodded blankly after hearing this, "I was born there, and now I am planning to go back there."
"Is that so?" Richard narrowed his eyes, paused and said, "Actually, I was preparing to go to that place because of some things."
"Uh..." Gallie blinked hard, somewhat unresponsive and didn't know what to say.
Richard continued: "One problem is that Jialan City is relatively unfamiliar to me. Going there and doing some trivial things may waste a lot of my time, so I need a servant who is familiar with Jialan City to come Serve me."
Now Gallie understood. He stood up quickly, ran into the tavern quickly, and fell to the ground with a "thud". Then there was a "squeak" sound and he kissed Richard's boots hard.
"The greatest wizard, your loyal servant Gallie is here. Is there anything I can do for you?" Gallie said very seriously.
After looking at Gallie's look, Richard nodded imperceptibly. Apart from the other party's somewhat exaggerated performance, at least the other party has gone through a series of hardships and is much smarter than before.
This time, when he went to Jialan City, it would really save him a lot of trouble if he had such a person to handle trivial matters.
The next moment, Richard looked at Gallie and asked, "Are you sure you want to be my servant?"
"I'm very sure, the respected wizard, er, the master." Jialie said, "I can serve you whatever you need, master."
"Okay then." Richard said, looking at Gallie, "What you have to do now is to take a shower, change clothes, eat a meal, then find a doctor to check the injury, and finally follow me out of the city. "
After saying that, Richard threw out a gold coin: "This is money for you. I hope you won't let me down. I'll be waiting for you here in two hours."
Gallie carefully caught the gold coin, looked at Richard, kowtowed hard, turned around and rushed out of the tavern the next moment.
Two hours... no, only one hour later, Gallie came back brand new, changed into burlap clothes, and the injured right arm had been adjusted by the doctor and tied with a thick white cloth.
Putting the remaining twenty-four silver coins carefully on the table, Gallie looked at Richard and said, "Master, I have finished everything you asked me to do. Do you have any other instructions?"
"Keep the money in your hand and follow me." Richard said, turning around and leaving the tavern.
Gallie glanced at the twenty-four silver coins on the table, hesitated, but finally put them in his pocket, and then chased Richard out of the tavern.
Not long after, the two of them left Silver Maple Leaf City on horseback and headed north.
To the north, Jialan City is getting closer and closer.