Arrangements are made.
The meeting begins.
The meeting is over.
…
The next day, in the afternoon.
In the basement, the middle-aged male wizard Joseph and the old wizard Charman appeared here again.
Joseph stood in front of the table, holding a precious-looking crystal box motionless, as if thinking about something.
Charman stood nearby, waiting with bated breath, fearing to disturb Joseph.
After a while, Xia Man could hold his breath to the limit and spoke out unbearably. He asked Joseph, "Mr. Joseph, how was your meeting with the two wizards from Jialan City?"
"Well, this." Joseph came back to his senses, put the crystal box gently on the table, turned around and looked at Charman, thought for a while, "The meeting situation can be said to be good - at least better than I imagined. Better. I can see that the man named Richard and the man with the strange name Bobo Bo Wei both have hidden strength and are not ordinary level wizards.
In this case, it also eliminates some of my doubts. According to my previous guesses, I still don't quite believe that two people accidentally discovered precious materials. After all, it's hard to justify just relying on luck. Now it seems that the materials found accidentally were probably the other party's words, and the other party did not disclose more details.
This is reasonable, after all, the other party just wants to find out what the materials they got are, and wants to sell them at a high price. Providing more clues will be beneficial to them.
But it's different for us. We actually don't pay much attention to the materials, but more to the information hidden behind the materials. It would be great if all the processes by which the material was discovered in the first place could be clarified. "
Xiaman rolled his eyes and asked: "Mr. Joseph, you mean... to invite the other party to join our organization? In this case, we can indeed get all the information they have."
"I have this idea." Joseph narrowed his eyes and did not deny it, "But... we can't make a decision directly yet. After all, inviting a new person to join our organization is not a trivial matter. Even I can't completely make the decision. I need to report it. I have to ask Canon Manager to approve it. In addition, when we met today, some of the things the other party said made me feel a little weird, and I need to confirm it."
"What?" Xia Man asked curiously.
"Actually, the other party should have told you that the previous 'Devil Horn Powder' was just a medium-level casting material they got. They also have better casting materials in their hands." Joseph said.
"Yes, they did say that." Xia Man nodded, a little confused, "Is there any problem with this?"
"Of course there is a problem." Joseph said, "You don't know much about 'Devil Horn Powder'. You don't know that this powder is almost the top casting material for necromancers. I really can't think of any other materials that can More precious than 'devil horn powder'.
Before, when I heard the other party's words from your mouth, I just thought it was a means for the other party to attract potential customers. But after meeting, I found that this was not their method. They seemed to be really confident that they could come up with better spell-casting materials than 'devil horn powder'. "
"Here." Joseph patted the crystal box on the table next to him and said, "At the end of the meeting, they gave me this. They didn't look guilty at all and told me that the contents inside were definitely better than 'Devil Horn Powder'. Okay. Of course, they can only be sure that it is better than 'Devil Horn Powder', but they can't determine what ingredients it contains and what it is used for. I hope I can give them an answer."
"Then..." Xia Man didn't know what to say.
Joseph didn't pay much attention to Charman, and just continued according to his own thoughts: "Then, there are two possibilities:
One way is that they are lying and deceiving me, just so that we can pay a high price and buy his things;
There is another one, they didn't lie, the stuff in the crystal box is really more advanced than the 'devil horns'. This means that the mysterious man who helped the undead wizard escape in Jialan City is more powerful than we imagined. Even our organization cannot fully understand his true strength.
In this case, we must be more vigilant to prevent the other party from damaging our organization. Even if no damage is done, getting a chess piece similar to the Necromancer is still a big trouble.
Then it is really necessary for us to invite the other two people into the organization, because we have to work hard to understand all the information related to that mysterious person. "
Charman asked aloud: "Mr. Joseph, which possibility do you think it is?"
"I don't know." Joseph shook his head solemnly, "I don't like to speculate on unfounded things, because it is irresponsible. What I will do is use all my strength to study the newly obtained crystal box. materials and draw a realistic conclusion.”
"Mr. Joseph is really as wise as ever." Xiaman said with a smile.
"No need to flatter me, I won't do this." Joseph responded coldly and looked at Xiaman, "If you really want to help me, help me make some preparations before the appraisal."
"Yes, I'm very happy." Xia Man said. He used to be a helper for others, but now he was reduced to a helper for others. He didn't seem to be dissatisfied at all, and he was very busy.
Not long after, a large number of experimental tools were prepared and placed on the table in order.
Charman stood straight on one side and made a gesture of invitation to Joseph: "Mr. Joseph, let's start."
"Hmm." Joseph was not polite, reached out and opened the crystal box.
After opening the crystal box, you can see that it contains black and white powder. Joseph carefully took out part of it, poured it into a glass bottle, and filled it with water to start dissolving.
Visible to the naked eye, the powdery white component dissolves in water and disappears without a trace. But the black component is very stubborn, rising and falling in the water like tiny insects, never disappearing.
Joseph looked at it and said softly to Charman as if educating a student: "It seems that these are two different substances. One is easily soluble, and the other needs to wait for a while."
"Yes." Xia Man nodded vigorously like a primary school student, with an expression full of approval, and almost took a notebook to write it down. Then he stood at the table with Joseph and waited patiently.
One minute, two minutes, three minutes...
In the blink of an eye, a full five minutes passed. Xia Man felt that her legs were sore from standing, so she couldn't help but change her standing position. The black powder in the glass bottle has all settled at the bottom of the bottle, seemingly unchanged.
Joseph's face tensed up, and after waiting for another five minutes, he stared at the glass bottle and said to Charman: "Well, it is actually dissolving, but the speed is very slow and it is difficult to see."
"Yes." Xia Man nodded.
"Then we should heat it up." Joseph said.
"Very much so." Xia Man said.
"Then let's heat it up." Joseph said, dragging an oil lamp nearby as he spoke, lighting it, putting on the glass bottle and starting to bake.