Set Sail! Storm in the Caribbean! Chapter 37: Alchemist

Chapter 37 Alchemist

As the saying goes, you have a plan, I have a ladder. Blind Matt didn't know that Fang Senyan only regarded the position of boatswain as a springboard, and he definitely didn't intend to work there until retirement and get a pension. Therefore, his proposal was a perfect match for Fang Senyan. After Fang Senyan paid ten pounds, he got the opportunity to practice basic footwork with Blind Matt for one hour for three consecutive mornings. Each practice has a 30% chance of improving basic footwork ability, but the highest improvement will not exceed the level of basic footwork lv3 mastered by Blind Matt.

Blind Matt was also very anxious, because he thought he was no match for Fang Senyan in terms of organization and dispatch, and direct confrontation, so this opportunity to practice footwork was also a rare stage for him to show his strengths that were stronger than Fang Senyan. Therefore, even though there were not many pirates left on the ship at this time, he still asked Fang Senyan to practice for an hour in the morning. Fang Senyan also responded positively to his move. In the end, both of them were happy. Fang Senyan successfully won the 30% chance this time, and the basic footwork was successfully upgraded to level 2. Blind Matt also successfully used his agile footwork to highlight Fang Senyan's clumsiness, winning one surprise after another among the pirates.

After the basic footwork was upgraded by one level, Fang Senyan finally made up for his shortcomings in close combat. The three most important attributes for close combat are undoubtedly strength, agility, and stamina. Strength determines the power and the ability to suppress the enemy during the fight. Agility is the embodiment of speed, and stamina determines how long you can support in the battle. For the difficulty of this world, Fang Senyan's 12 strength (not counting the title bonus because it has limitations) is already above average, and the 170 health points are even more excellent. Only the 8 points of agility is his weakest link.

In the real world, there is a very philosophical barrel principle, that is, how much water a barrel can hold is not determined by the longest piece of the barrel board, but by the shortest piece of the barrel board. At this time, Fang Senyan's basic footsteps have been upgraded to level 2, which undoubtedly makes his overall strength higher. And he has two more opportunities to practice with Blind Matt. If he can seize the opportunity to upgrade his basic footsteps by one level again, it will undoubtedly be more helpful to Fang Senyan's future plans.

After finishing these trivial matters, Fang Senyan went to the ship to test the matchlock gun to see if he could cultivate abilities such as basic long-range combat. Unfortunately, he obviously has no talent in this regard, and his hit rate for targets more than five meters away is terrible. It seems that even if all the stocks on the Bell and Wine Glass are wasted, there will be no improvement at all. However, Kerry wanted to secretly fire two shots next to him to satisfy his desire. However, the second mate, Long-legged Robben, immediately stood up and stopped this waste of public property with a stern face, even though he was diligently loading Fang Senyan's gun for test shooting a minute ago.

For these pirates, this kind of strong wind and waves plus gloomy weather can be directly equated with paid annual leave. Most pirate captains will let their ships anchor in the port and let these bastards under their command vent to their hearty heart. Of course, the side effect is that they spend the last penny in their pockets on prostitutes, strong liquor, and gambling. In this way, once the weather clears up, these bastards who are so poor that they are about to lose their pants will scream and pounce on the wealth on the merchant ships with high morale.

Therefore, even though Joamand was strict, he could only train his men for about an hour every morning before letting them rush to the bar and casino. Otherwise, these brutal and rude guys would not be able to stand such "tyranny" and would flee. After all, for pirates, this was still a period of "economic recovery", and each pirate ship would continue to recruit people. A high-quality and experienced pirate who dared to fight and fight would still be very popular if he wanted to find a job.

It was meaningless to stay alone on an empty pirate ship, so Fang Senyan got off the ship and planned to go to the bar to try his luck, and see if he could find any hidden tasks or meet pirates with high affinity with him. But unfortunately, after wasting two hours, he found that such an attempt was probably like trying to win the lottery. At this time, Fang Senyan suddenly remembered the shabby cross he got from the transaction with Old Barry. It was said that this thing was a token of a certain alchemist. He had somewhat ignored this deal, because Old Barry was not a kind person, and his crazy exploitation had obviously left a bad impression on him, so Fang Senyan did not pay much attention to this so-called alchemist master. However, in this free time when he didn't know what to do, Fang Senyan could only go and take a look to kill time.

Under the guidance of a pirate, Fang Senyan walked on the mottled stone road to the end of the east end of the port. Because of the wind and rain, the port road that looked beautiful and flat on a sunny day has now become a swamp covered with stones. If you are not careful when walking, a stream of dirty earthy yellow water will "puff" out from the broken stone slabs under your feet, splashing your pants and making you extremely embarrassed, not to mention the passing carriages.

From the deep ruts on some of the stone slabs, it can be seen that the main roads in the port have not been maintained for at least 20 years. It is obvious that the Fok family, who rule this free port, has not paid attention to the maintenance and repair of the port. From this point of view, the decline of Tortuga Port is not accidental. If it were not for the solid foundation laid by the ancestors, it is believed that it would be a miracle to support it until now.

Although alchemy is mostly associated with various materials and medicines, it is actually just a branch of alchemy. The origin of alchemy is people's desire for gold, a beautiful and rare precious metal, so the ultimate dream and subject of every alchemist is to study how to convert cheap metals such as lead, iron, and copper into gold. And on the long road of alchemy, the foundation of modern chemistry has also been laid.

Now in front of Fang Senyan is a typical house where alchemists live. The dense windows can quickly evaporate the toxic gases inside, and the pointed house increases the area of ​​the attic, which can undoubtedly store more materials. The mottled black walls around here symbolize that fires often break out here, but it seems that the speed of extinguishing fires should be as fast as the speed of starting fires.

Fang Senyan knocked on the solid and heavy oak door in front of him, but no one responded. The feedback was the sound of flapping wings, and then the door opened silently, without the "creaking" sound that Fang Senyan expected. In front of him was an owl hanging in a birdcage made of beech wood. This guy tilted his head and stared at Fang Senyan with a pair of emerald green vertical pupils. Fang Senyan also noticed that the area here was very large. On the table next to it were piled various used crystal beakers, test tubes, distiller, half-drunk coffee, and plates that looked like dried ketchup and meat sauce... Fortunately, there were no flies flying around, otherwise he would have to pay tribute to the strong gastrointestinal tract of the owner of this place.

An old man wearing a pointed black hat was sitting behind the test bench five meters away. He looked up at the sound, his eyes piercing through the dirty test tubes in front of him, the dark green boiling liquid, and the lit alcohol lamp, and then onto Fang Senyan's face. Apparently Fang Senyan's pitiful charm did not play any positive role. The wrinkled old man said sternly:

"Get out! Any rude and stupid guys are not welcome here!"

Fang Senyan reluctantly took out the worn cross, hung it on his finger and shook it. The old man was stunned for a moment, and stretched out his hand, as if to verify the authenticity of the cross. After a long while, he said impatiently:

"It seems that old Barry owes you a favor... But he didn't seem to tell you that he also owed the great alchemist Mr. Bacon ten pounds?"

Fang Senyan was stunned:

"What does that have to do with me?"

Bacon said coldly:

"Since old Barry gave you this cross, it means that he will not patronize my business again. The loan has become a dead debt, and of course it will fall on you to repay it."

Fang Senyan wanted to argue a few more words, but soon he realized that it was futile. There were only two ways in front of this weird old man, one was to turn around and walk out, and the other was to give him ten pounds obediently. If he continued to talk, I'm afraid he wouldn't even have the chance to give ten pounds. After paying a considerable amount of money, Fang Senyan finally got the right to enjoy alchemy services.

At Bacon's suggestion, Fang Senyan sat on a stool nearby. On the wall next to him was a strange-looking mural. The sun with an evil smile had an upturned beard, and a string of small bells hung on the crescent moon in the lower right corner. In the world of alchemy, the sun symbolizes gold, and the moon represents silver. The meaning of this painting symbolizes the two ultimate goals of the alchemist world. When Fang Senyan was wondering if sitting on this stool was a waste of time, the table in front of him, which looked very bad, suddenly emitted burning black smoke, and then burned out characters one by one on the table.