Chapter 291: Formation Construction Plan
The dawn’s light illuminated Snow Bird Harbor’s docks.
The color of the sky gradually brightened.
First to awaken was the food market, which was gradually filled with clamorous voices of transactions.
On the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps’ ships, mercenaries that had been on night watch sleepily yawned and began to change their shifts.
In the flagship’s training cabin, the dragonman youngster had an exciting and sleepless night.
He was constantly trying to use penetration power.
After absorbing Xiong Ju’s battle experience, the dragonman youngster had gained the ability to use penetration power.
This unexpected gain had given him an exceptionally pleasant surprise.
In any case, in practice, there were still some problems.
To ensure each strike had penetration power, the dragonman youngster had to focus for a moment.
This was obviously not practical in actual combat.
Take when he and Xiong Ju fought at a rapid tempo, it would have been impossible for him to have any chances to prepare himself.
Therefore, the dragonman youngster was constantly practicing.
Like with the other experience he absorbed, the dragonman youngster’s usage of penetration power swiftly improved as he trained, progress clearly visible with every session of practice.
He unwittingly trained through the night.
By the time dawn rolled around, he had ensured that when he used pure battle qi, he could bring forth penetration power.
When using Demolition Fist, his success rate of attacking with penetration power had reached 70%.
Machine Gun Fist’s success rate was somewhat lower than that.
But the dragonman youngster was confident that in the wake of more practice, his success rate would increase.
Zi Di stealthily returned from the Deep Sea Monster Fish.
She first showed her face publicly to deal with some affairs.
Normally, when she wasn’t present, an alchemy puppet pretended to be her.
Cang Xu was like that too.
These two alchemy puppets had been given Deceptive Disguise and the Anti-investigation and Prophecy spells, with no hints of flaws.
Therefore, to the other mercenaries it seemed that the magicians Lao Zhong and Hong Teng had always been on the ship and hadn’t gone off on their own.
Many of the tasks that Cang Xu would have dealt with now fell on Zi Di’s shoulders due to his absence.
When breakfast came around, Zi Di still hadn’t seen the dragonman youngster.
She went to the training cabin to see the dragonman youngster alone.
The dragonman youngster had been immersed in practicing penetration power and was startled to find that it was breakfast time when Zi Di came over.
The dragonman youngster paused his training.
The alchemy puppet had been ravaged beyond recognition, devastated beyond repair.
Zi Di’s gaze paused on the alchemy puppet, unable to make out the secret of penetration power.
She was more concerned about the dragonman youngster.
Seeing that her beloved was covered in sweat and hadn’t slept all night, Zi Di inevitably became distressed.
She knew that as their leader, the dragonman youngster had to face a gold level expert, the psychological pressure on him was massive.
“I have some good news.” Zi Di smiled, using a clever method to comfort the dragonman youngster.
She told the dragonman youngster what she had gained last night.
“I finally determined my bloodline; it is the gold level Gunpowder Flower bloodline!”
“In other news, Lan Zao’s bloodline hasn’t been determined yet. But last night, I have made some headway in his bloodline archive paths.”
When the dragonman youngster heard it was the Gunpowder Flower bloodline, he faintly stared at her, soon feeling pity for Zi Di.
Previously, he had learned that Zi Di’s bloodline had four possibilities.
Of the four, two of them were saint level bloodlines.
After finding out the big guy had a legend level bloodline, it was hard for the dragonman youngster to not have high hopes for Zi Di’s bloodline.
But in the end it was not a saint level bloodline.
After thinking on it, the dragonman youngster comforted Zi Di, “The future is uncertain and anything is possible.”
“In the future, when we get stronger, and have a deeper understanding and control over the Bloodcore, we can use it to change our bloodlines. Like how I am now, able to adjust my bloodline at will.”
“At that time, a saint level, or even a legend level bloodline won’t be worth our attention.”
Zi Di gently chuckled.
Last night, she had already adjusted her attitude.
Now, she felt the full romantic happiness from the dragonman youngster’s consoling.
The ghost girl shook her head and replied, “It is so far off before we will be able to completely grasp the Bloodcore’s secrets. Right now, I am only looking forward to the Bloodline Purification formation.”
“I am actually quite satisfied with the bloodline testing results. At least my bloodline isn’t the Bitter Mouth bloodline. The Gunpowder Flower bloodline is gold level and has great potential. As I am now, it has plenty of upsides. By the time I unearth all of my potential, it won’t be too late to look at the Bloodcore again.”
“The issue at hand now is that we need to build the Bloodline Purification formation as soon as possible!”
“But we are a long way off from completing it.”
To be honest, Zi Di was unable to hold herself back now, especially after she had determined her bloodline.
Upon mentioning the Bloodline Purification formation, Zi Di was inevitably anxious, “Cang Xu and I had been constantly researching the Bloodline Purification formation’s alchemy blueprint.”
“To ensure the construction of this alchemy formation, we need a master alchemist’s help.”
“Based on the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps’ current capabilities, recruiting a master alchemist is as difficult as scaling the heavens.”
The dragonman youngster nodded, he understood how truly hard it was.
Master alchemist was a type of title, one of six ranks in the profession.
Ranked lowest to highest it was apprentice alchemist, alchemist, master alchemist, great master alchemist, grandmaster alchemist, and great grandmaster alchemist.
The grading rating of an alchemist was based on an individual’s alchemy ability. But as a matter of fact, one’s professional ranking and their magician level were strongly related.
Because many alchemy items needed a high level magician to refine them.
Only those with sufficient strength had the ability to guarantee the success rate.
Generally speaking, an apprentice alchemist was a bronze level magician.
An alchemist was iron level.
A master alchemist was silver level.
Finally, a great master alchemist was gold level.
Above that, a grandmaster alchemist was saint level.
A great grandmaster alchemist was legend level. War Merchant was a great grandmaster alchemist and was himself a legend level magician.
The Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps wanted to recruit a great master alchemist, which meant that they wanted to recruit a gold level expert, a gold level caster at that.
The Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps was only a small sized power, Long Fu and Shi Qi were just silver levels.
As a power of that scale, it would be nigh impossible for them to recruit a gold level caster.
Zi Di said with vexation, “Recruiting a gold level caster is obviously unrealistic. I am more inclined towards an alternative plan – using quantity to make up for quality.”
“We can recruit silver level master alchemists.”
“Through their combined efforts, the plan to build the Bloodline Purification formation has a high chance of success.”
Of course, the success rate would be lower than having a great master alchemist.
A great master alchemist could guarantee the Bloodline Purification formation’s success rate. In other words, they had a 100% chance of success.
The Bloodline Purification formation’s construction requirements were not too strict. Its most central and crucial component was the Bloodcore, which was provided by the dragonman youngster.
Recruiting silver level alchemist for a joint project.
The success rate was approximately 60%, that was entirely acceptable. If this plan was adopted, the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps had to prepare much more alchemy materials for the formation construction. With many attempts, one would eventually work.
If it were Zi Di and Cang Xu working together, the success rate would be too low, it would be less than 3%.
Such a success rate could not be made up for with stockpiles of materials. The Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps would need to spend too high of a price for it. There was no need to be so stubborn.
The dragonman youngster suddenly had a thought, “Can we not recruit a silver level great master alchemist?”
When he said that, the dragonman youngster laughed involuntarily, knowing how stupid his question was.
If a magician attained the title of great master alchemist at the silver level, then that would prove their extraordinary gifts in the field of alchemy.
Such a talented person was positive to be treasured by a power; one they would focus on nurturing. How could the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps swipe them away?
The dragonman youngster thought about it, then asked, “If we cannot recruit alchemists, would it be feasible to hire them, using magic contracted to maintain secrecy?”