Chapter 392 Water of Life
Everyone gathered in Fort William and arrived near Snow Crystal Lake on December 8th.
Snow Crystal Lake is located in the north of the Eagle Mountains. It is already very cold in December. In the mountains, the temperature can reach minus 30 or 40 degrees Celsius at night, which is not suitable for outdoor activities.
However, Richard and others are all high-level professionals. Knights and warriors have strong bodies and are highly resistant to cold. Magicians have many means and can also use spells to allow relatively fragile bodies to survive in extreme environments such as fire and ice.
Richard sensed the changes in magic concentration and led everyone to the center of Snow Crystal Lake.
At this time, the lake surface had already frozen, and the ice layer was very thick. Even large monsters weighing dozens of tons could pass on the ice surface. Moreover, Richard and others were powerful professionals and were not worried about falling into the ice lake.
Although the ice surface was very thick, it still did not bother Richard and others. Soon Driffin cut a big hole with the enchanted sword.
Richard, Sophia and others released underwater breathing spells, and transparent magic bubbles instantly wrapped everyone, allowing everyone to move easily in the water.
This spring, Harland County surveyed the depth of Snow Crystal Lake before the Snow Crystal Lake spawned, and found that although the lake was not large, the lake was very deep.
The surveyors of Harland County used buoy surveying methods, but they could not measure the depth of the water. In the end, Richard learned from his experience in his previous life and used magic methods and sound rebound technology to measure the lake to be about 300 meters deep.
After getting this result, even Richard was shocked. He didn't expect that the Snow Crystal Lake was not large in area, but it was so deep.
With the protection of the underwater breathing spell, everyone quickly sank to the bottom of the water.
The pressure under 300 meters is already very high. The magicians released magic shields one after another, and the knights and warriors also urged their fighting spirit and used the force field protection spell attached to the enchanted armor to move underwater.
It was already pitch black 300 meters underwater. Richard and Sophia used magic lamps, and the orange light illuminated the dark environment. Everyone huddled together and moved around carefully.
Because the underwater breathing spell can only last for three hours at most, only a small area can be explored in three hours. It was not until December 13 that the expedition team made some discoveries and found the ruins left by the Star Alliance.
This ruin is located in the north of Snow Crystal Lake. The magic power nearby is extremely abundant, which gives Richard the feeling that it is no less than the large magic well in the princess's tomb.
The large magic well in the princess's tomb is artificially cultivated. This magic well is more like a dragon's lair and should be a natural magic well.
There is a lot of white mist around the ruins, which looks a bit blurry, hazy, and boundless. After entering, the five senses disappear immediately, and even thoughts become slow.
Richard's mental power was very strong. He immediately cast a second-ring magic to clear his mind, then released the second-ring magic dark vision, and then released the seventh-ring magic mental perception. In an instant, he saw several towering stone pillars in the white water mist. The stone pillars were as high as fifty or sixty meters, and a wide dome could be vaguely seen above.
It was unknown what material the dome was made of. It should be low-cost extraordinary materials like the stone pillars. There were many stars dotted above the dome, and some magic runes could be vaguely seen from the stone pillars and the dome.
This magical relic hidden under the water looked majestic and magnificent. According to the few words left by Shao Gongyuan, this should be the core of the magic organization Xinghui Alliance.
Richard led everyone carefully into the white water mist and soon found the gate of the ruins.
The gate of the ruins was more than twenty meters high. There was a white jade platform on the right side of the gate. There was a book-style depression on the stone platform. After discovering this, Richard suddenly realized it and immediately took out the magic book auctioned this year and embedded the magic book in the depression.
In an instant, the gate of the ruins made a loud noise and loosened.
After everyone discovered this, they immediately worked together to push the gate.
Although the 20-meter-high stone gate was very heavy, Sutton and Sylph were both ninth-level knights with physical strength of more than 35 points. The strength of Richard, Wilde, Driffin, and Jola was also amazing.
If the six people worked together, they could lift 20 to 30 tons of objects.
With everyone working together, they finally succeeded in opening the stone gate.
A magic circle to block the water flow was set up inside the stone gate, and a blue magic light curtain appeared to block the water flow outside.
Seeing this blue light curtain, Richard immediately recited the magic spell left by Shao Gongyuan to open it. This spell needs to be recited in Chinese.
Although Richard taught Sophia Chinese characters, she couldn't understand the language at all.
After reciting the correct spell to open the door, the blue light curtain sprinkled some magic aura, and Richard suddenly felt a little cool, easily passed through the blue light curtain, and entered the core of the ruins.
After everyone followed Richard into the ruins, they found that the interior of the ruins was very large. Richard saw some magic lamps hanging on the stone pillars.
After replacing the magic crystals and lighting the magic lamps, the full picture of the ruins finally appeared in everyone's sight.
This underwater ruins was actually an underwater wizard tower. The energy room on the first floor was a natural large magic well.
Near this large magic well, there was also a natural spring eye, which was surrounded by special magic materials to form a small spring well.
Richard had studied magic for many years and had extraordinary knowledge. He immediately recognized the material around the spring eye. This material was a special alloy made of mithril and gold essence.
According to Harland's experience in manufacturing magic alloys, this alloy should be the Yaojin commonly used by ancient wizards. The formula of this alloy should be three parts mithril and one part gold essence.
Although Yaojin was invented by ancient wizards, it is still widely used today. Many high-level enchanted weapons and enchanted armors are made of Yaojin.
Because the refining of Yaojin requires a large amount of magic crystals, and is mainly in the hands of large magic organizations, the output is very small. The value of one kilogram of Yaojin is slightly more expensive than the gold essence.
The gold content in Yaojin is only a quarter, and the remaining material is mithril, which is much cheaper. The reason why the market price is so high is mainly because the product has monopoly attributes.
There are no more than ten large-scale magic organizations in the Dawn Plane that can produce Yaojin. These people have joined forces to control the production of Yaojin. Compared with the small amount of gold essence mined in the natural environment, Yaojin is more scarce.
Richard looked at the Yaojin used around the spring. The total amount was estimated to be tens of thousands of kilograms. If the radiant gold around this spring is dug out, it is estimated that tens of millions of gold coins can be sold.
A large amount of gold was used to surround the spring. Think about it, this spring must be extremely precious.
Richard walked quickly to the edge of the spring and immediately felt a strong vitality. His mind suddenly moved, and he thought to himself: "Could it be the fountain of life?"
The Fountain of Life, like the Tree of Life, are extremely precious magic items in the Dawn Plane. Both of these treasures can produce water of life. According to the descriptions in magic books, the output should vary.
The tree of life, which is more than ten thousand years old, should take thirty years to produce a portion of life water. A three-thousand-year-old tree of life takes sixty years to give birth to one copy; a thousand-year-old tree of life takes one hundred and twenty years to give birth to one copy.
The tree of life, which is less than a thousand years old, takes hundreds of years to produce a piece of water of life.
Ten parts of water of life is equivalent to one bottle. Drinking one bottle of water of life can extend your life by two hundred years and keep your appearance young forever.
This kind of thing is almost priceless in the Dawn Plane. Even the legendary magician has to take action to rob and kill.
In addition, the water of life is also a very important natural extraordinary potion. Its grade has reached the level of legendary third level. It can greatly improve the user's physical attributes and comprehensively improve mental power, strength, agility, and physical strength. Ninth-level elves like Dun and Sylph are almost certain to break through to the legend by taking a bottle of water of life.
The most important thing is that this natural medicine is very mild and can be used by anyone, even a newborn baby, to absorb the ability of the water of life and obtain an increase in life span.
Richard stared at the fountain of life and found that the water of life accumulated in the well had exceeded fifty portions and could be divided into five bottles.
Five bottles of water of life. If the news leaks out, even the powerful Harland Territory will fall into turmoil. By then, even the legendary magicians may have many people flocking to the Harland Territory.
In a flash of lightning, Richard took out the seal of royal power from the bottle of starlight, drew up an anti-leakage contract on the spot, and asked everyone to sign it.
Encountering something like the water of life is really a test of one's heart.
There are eleven members present, three members of the Harland family and three members of the Sutton family. Relatively speaking, Richard, Sophia, and Wendy are all magicians. In addition, they have mastered the star bomb, and they are the most powerful. tyrannical.
The three members of the Sutton family have equally amazing fighting prowess.
Among the remaining five people, the two elves, Eve and Ruola, will of course side with the Sutton family.
Thoros is Richard's uncle, and Wilde and Driffin are Richard's subordinates. The three of them are the weakest. If a conflict breaks out, they will definitely side with Richard.
Compared with the Sutton family, the Harland family has obvious advantages.
Both Soros and Wilde were smart people. They felt that the atmosphere was abnormal and quickly guessed the reason. At this moment, their muscles were tense and they were about to explode and hurt someone at any time.
Although the Sutton family is Richard's vassal and they respect the lord Richard very much, the water of life is so important. If you say that they have no idea, even a fool will not believe it.
Richard knew in his heart that this ruins not only contained the water of life, but also the key to opening the plane passage.
If you want to master the plane passage, the high-level combat effectiveness of Harland's territory must be improved.
The water of life is so important that it is impossible for Richard to trade it externally. The five bottles of water of life must be used by the people closest to him.
If the water of life falls into Richard's hands, he, Sophia, Wendy, Margaret, and Philip will all get a share. As for his father William, Richard is not as close to him as his brother Hayden, uncle Soros, and second uncle Powell. There is a surplus of water of life, and it will be reserved for uncle Soros, who has deeper feelings.
Sutton turned his head with difficulty, his thoughts falling into a terrible struggle. It was against his morals to compete with the Haaland family for the water of life at this time. But with the Water of Life, mother Sylph can be promoted to legend, and the Sutton family and the Dawn Elf Tribe will have the opportunity to seek revenge.
He opened his eyes with difficulty, knelt at Richard's feet, and said with a hint of pleading: "Dear Lord, I hope you can leave a bottle of water of life for my mother. If you are willing to agree to this request, I My descendants will be loyal to Lord Harland forever. I know this request is a bit presumptuous, but please agree.”
Richard knew in his heart that if he did not agree to Sutton's request at this time, both parties would inevitably separate. Even if no conflict breaks out in the ruins, both sides will not trust each other after leaving the ruins.
Fearing that the Sutton family would leak the news, Richard must get rid of them.
The development of things to this point is not a good thing for the development of Harland.
But giving up a bottle of water of life is also a difficult decision for Richard. After all, the value of water of life is too high. This natural legendary potion can even be given to ordinary people.
Whether it is his daughter Margaret or his son Philip, using the water of life can increase their lifespan by 200 years.
Even if Richard and Sophia are promoted to legends and their strength increases greatly, they may not be so lucky to get a bottle of water of life.
You know, even the third-level legendary Duke Brena, who has mastered the larger platform of the Grant Kingdom, can only trade one water of life and fall into the trap of his enemies.
Seeing that Richard's face turned green and white, and he was obviously caught in an ideological struggle, Undine stepped forward and whispered: "If the Duke agrees to my brother's request, I am willing to be your court lady."
After saying this, Undine quietly approached her brother and mother regardless of Sophia's murderous eyes.
Sutton made this request, which immediately made everyone think differently. Everyone's heart became sensitive and could burst out at any time. Especially Soros, he couldn't help but prepare to kill.
After all, after killing Sutton and others, Richard had five bottles of water of life. Soros had the opportunity to get one bottle, which would not only increase his lifespan by 200 years, but also open the legendary channel. With such a big benefit, it's no wonder that he wanted to kill.
If he gave a bottle to Sylph, Soros would most likely lose the opportunity. Not only did he know this, but everyone present was not stupid, of course they all understood it.
Richard forced himself to calm down, knowing that he should make up his mind quickly and use the water of life as soon as possible.
"According to my observation, this fountain of life has accumulated for 3,400 years, and there are a total of five bottles and seven portions of water of life in the well. I have played a greater role in this exploration of the ruins. Moreover, I am the lord of this territory and your feudal lord, so I asked Sophia and Wendy to each get a bottle.
The Sutton family has performed very well in the years since entering the territory and has made many contributions. Sylph should get a bottle of water of life and break through the legendary bottleneck as soon as possible.
Of course, my uncle Soros should get a portion, and Wendy should also get a portion."