Chapter 1402 Blood Moon (Forty-Four)

Old Jack's house is at the end of an alley in the old port area.

It is a three-story house with a courtyard. Although it looks quite dilapidated now, such a house was not something that ordinary people could own a few decades ago. The price was very expensive.

Unfortunately, as the Finnis River was diverted into the sea, the old port area quickly declined, and its former status was replaced by the new port area.

The value of the houses here is naturally greatly reduced.

But no matter what, it is still very enviable to own such a house in the capital where every inch of land is worth a lot of money.

However, when Ronan went in, he found that the house was completely bare. Thieves would cry when they came, and mice would have to crawl away when they entered.

There was not even a decent piece of furniture!

Old Jack lit a kerosene lamp and said with a smile: "In order to learn alchemy, I sold everything I could sell at home."

Only this house was left.

In fact, if Ronan had not rescued him in the Copper Anchor Casino before, he would probably have lost this house.

Ronan frowned and scanned the empty living room, and couldn't help asking, "Are you learning alchemy here?"

"Of course not."

Old Jack hung the kerosene lamp on the wall and turned a certain mechanism.

Accompanied by a "rumbling" sound, a large piece of floor automatically lifted up, revealing a secret passage leading to the underground.

Old Jack's alchemy laboratory is right below!

Ronan followed him down the stairs, and the scene in front of him made his eyes light up.

The underground secret room is quite large, and it is also equipped with electric lights, and it is filled with various large and small instruments and tools.

Melting furnace, vaporizer, crucible, mixing table, thermometer, beaker...

There is even a microscope!

Old Jack introduced the names and uses of many instruments and equipment to Ronan in a proud tone.

These instruments and equipment were purchased and customized by him over the past few decades, costing a lot of gold pounds.

Moreover, they are easily damaged during the alchemy process, and it costs a lot of money to buy them again.

But compared to alchemical materials, these instruments and equipment are nothing.

"Alchemical materials are really too expensive."

Old Jack couldn't help complaining to Ronan: "Ten grams of mithril requires two hundred gold pounds, which is only enough to complete three experiments. If it is extraordinary materials, such as blood fangs and magic crystals, it will be even more expensive..."

"As we all know, only spellcasters can become alchemists."

Ronan asked: "Since you are an ordinary person, why do you have to go down this road?"

This is what Ronan is most puzzled about.

He felt that Old Jack's stubbornness was beyond imagination. Just for his childhood dream, he crawled on a road that was destined to be blocked, and even went bankrupt.

"Mortals can also create miracles."

Ronan's question made Old Jack clench his fists, his eyes twitched a few times, and he murmured: "This is the motto of the legendary alchemist Feng Bryant!"

Ronan felt that Old Jack must have been fooled, and this sentence might not be said by a legendary alchemist.

But Ronan didn't want to point it out, after all, he was here to learn.

"Then where do I start?"

In the world of Blood Moon, alchemy is a subject, and it is also an extremely complex and profound subject.

A talented spellcaster often needs to make more than ten or even decades of efforts, consume countless money and resources, to become a true alchemist.

And to become an alchemist, the knowledge and skills that need to be mastered are also very complex.

Runes, physics, chemistry, mathematics, materials science, mysticism...

This is the alchemy knowledge system that Old Jack has summarized in more than 30 years.

He tried to break the insurmountable chasm that mortals could not cross and create a different alchemy road from tradition, that is, the caster's alchemy road.

Unfortunately, although Old Jack has achieved some results, he is still a long way from becoming an alchemist.

In fact, Old Jack is not even an alchemy apprentice now, at most he is an avid enthusiast.

But he was more than qualified to be Ronan's alchemy instructor - he had a wealth of theoretical knowledge and a special laboratory at home!

So in the following days, Ronan left his apartment in the early morning every day, rode a bicycle he bought to the old port area, and learned alchemy knowledge from Old Jack.

He went home at sunset.

Because Ronan saved his life and he paid a high tuition fee, Old Jack taught him everything he knew without reservation.

And Ronan's learning ability also surprised the descendant of a ruined merchant.

Ronan had a very strong memory. He could remember any content firmly in his mind as long as he read or listened to it once.

In addition, his comprehension and understanding, especially his mastery of mathematics, physics and chemistry, simply made Old Jack despair!

To put it bluntly, Ronan made Old Jack truly realize how big the gap can be between ordinary people and geniuses.

His lifelong knowledge accumulation was completely dug out by Ronan in a very short time.

In the process of learning alchemy, Ronan gradually became fascinated.

Alchemy is undoubtedly the most profound knowledge and skill in this world. Mastering it can allow Ronan to have a deeper understanding of the laws of the Blood Moon Realm.

Of course, such learning is not free. In addition to paying tuition to Old Jack, the expenditure on purchasing alchemical materials is also constantly consuming Ronan's savings.

While studying hard every day, Ronan gradually became familiar with his next-door neighbor.

Dolores is a very hardworking lady. She has to work two or even three jobs every day to barely support herself and her daughter.

The descendant of the ruined nobles did not originally live here, but in another cheap small apartment.

It's just that the apartment is located in the old port area, and the environment is quite bad. As a beautiful lady, she and her daughter are facing danger and live in fear every day.

With no other options, Dolores had to move to this expensive but much safer apartment.

Because of the hard work, she couldn't take good care of Janice Tolan, so she had to let the latter stay at home.

Out of sympathy for the mother and daughter, Ronan gave Xiao Hei to Janice Tolan every time he left home.

He said that he let the latter take care of her, but in fact he wanted the little girl to have a companion and not be alone.

He also brought some delicious food back to Janice from time to time.

Janice liked Xiao Hei, the big cat, very much. She combed its hair every day and fed it with cat food bought by Ronan.

Dolores was happy to see this and was very grateful to Ronan.

Days passed one by one, and more than a month had passed in the blink of an eye.

It was time for Ronan to enter school.