After Lor hung up the communication, he immediately left the ingredients processing room and rushed to the top floor of the Wizard Tower.
These were more than a dozen councilors, and being solely responsible for the banquet was an honor that was no less significant than Jemma creating garments for Speaker Lole.
But if it's not done well, the consequences could be extremely serious, so he couldn't afford to be careless.
...
Time flew by, and three days passed in the blink of an eye.
During this period, one by one, the councilors traveled from other continents to the Betula Continent, arriving at Lor's Wizard Tower.
Once fifteen councilors, including Francis and Jerald, who had made appointments for experiments with Lor, had arrived, Lor held a grand banquet.
Even the residents of Lor City got to taste diluted Spring of Life thanks to this banquet.
It's not that Lor was stingy and couldn't bear to offer pure Spring of Life.
It's just that if ordinary people drank it, they would most likely mutate on the spot, no longer resembling human form.
Even now, after drinking that cup of Spring of Life, their physical strength increased five to six times.
Outside, they might even be respectfully called Great Knights.
"Everyone, if you have any experiments you need to conduct in Deep Layer Space, feel free to speak up."
After the banquet, Lor looked around at the well-fed councilors and smiled, "I can verify those that can be tested together, saving time."
He was actually not very clear about what these experiments could yield, and he was quite curious.
After all, in his previous life, as well as the player's circle he was in, none were particularly high-end, with the highest Elemental Mage only reaching the Fourth Ring, and they still couldn't comprehend those various rune evolutions.
"I want to observe what changes occur when Heavy Water remains in Deep Layer Space for a month." Jerald raised his right hand slightly, displaying a drop of special dark blue Heavy Water, a specially customized yellow and blue Memory Pearl, and a blue Space Ring in his hand.
With a gesture of his right hand, the droplet, Memory Pearl, and Space Ring slowly floated towards Lor. He explained, "This Memory Pearl is a second improved version, equipped with Fourth Ring Microscope Witchcraft Runes inside, allowing detailed observation of the Water Element's evolution."
"The Magic Crystals in the Space Ring are a token of appreciation for your help with the experiment."
As he said this, he glanced around and laughed, "If anyone is interested, you can find me to buy a Memory Pearl, it's not expensive, only ten billion Magic Crystals each."
Upon hearing Jerald's words, the councilors present remained silent, casting focused glances at him.
Ten billion, even for most of them, would take about a month to earn after expenses.
This guy came straight out with it, with no lack of courtesy!
If it were like before, ten billion would be nothing, no problem.
But now it was different; the value of Magic Crystals could potentially skyrocket due to incoming players or potentially groundbreaking Energy Furnaces.
They were also unwilling to engage in needless waste.
"Ahem, actually, five billion is also doable." Jerald cleared his throat and said awkwardly.
He had just taken a hit and was unwilling to let this opportunity slip by without gaining something back!
Lor ignored their haggling, put away the Memory Pearl and the Heavy Water, and inserted his Spiritual Power into the Space Ring for a look.
The gratitude Jerald offered was neither too much nor too little, precisely a hundred billion Magic Crystals.
Converted into mission rewards, it was enough for players to help him carve out 0.5 Origin Points from the Abyss.
He accepted the Magic Crystals with satisfaction and returned the Space Ring.
At this moment, Councilor Ada of the Dragon Bear and Jerald came to an agreement, purchasing a special Memory Pearl for a billion Magic Crystals.
She handed the Memory Pearl, a drop of Blood Essence, and a Space Ring to Lor, requesting a similar observation in Deep Layer Space for a month.
The gratitude offered was similarly a hundred billion Magic Crystals.
As for a longer duration, it wasn't that they were reluctant, but they knew without asking that Lor wouldn't accept it.
The evolution of runes within a substance primarily divides into four stages.
The first stage is the instant of entry into another environment.
This stage doesn't require Lor's help; they could forcibly shatter Deep Layer Space to complete the experiment themselves.
The second stage ranges from a day to a month, which is when Lor's assistance would be needed to fix the substances for experimentation in place.
The third stage is the evolution occurring when the substance remains long-term in another environment.
For example, the formation of crystals requires a special Element found within magma to be buried underground for thousands to a million years.
The fourth stage is the natural Destruction of the substance, such as water evaporating into vapor due to high temperatures.
For these Extraordinary materials to evolve, it's even more arduous than for crystals, taking at least tens of thousands of years to complete the third stage.
Lor was no fool; there was no way he would agree to a third-stage experiment!
Except for Francis, one councilor after another sought Jerald to purchase a Memory Pearl, handing them over to Lor along with the materials for their experiments and tokens of gratitude.
As for Francis, he could already make special Memory Pearls and wasn't short of Magic Crystals, so he didn't partake in this hustle and bustle.
With this round of transactions, Lor directly raked in fifteen hundred billion Magic Crystals.
Converted into mission rewards, it was enough for players to carve out 7.5 Origin Points for him.
Whether in the second descent of players over a three-year period could reach a sufficient level to slay that many Demons was still up in the air.
In short, this round ensured that Lor wouldn't worry about running out of Magic Crystals in the foreseeable future.
"Everyone, I'm off to conduct the experiments." After sorting everything out, Lor smiled and said to the councilors.
Just by casually staying in the Space No-Distance Layer for a month, he could earn a whopping fifteen hundred billion Magic Crystals, which made it hard for him to keep from smiling.
"Okay."
"Go ahead."
"Hopefully, there will be some changes."
"What kind of evolution will Bloodline undergo in Deep Layer Space?"
Everyone looked at Lor with anticipation, hoping for new developments.
In this way, they would have a new direction for research, and perhaps a new Witchcraft Model might also carry some Space Attributes.
Though not hoping to traverse Deep Layer Space freely like Lor just yet.
At least having Witchcraft pass through Deep Layer Space to hit the target directly would be good!
"Whoosh—"
Under the gaze of all, Lor instantly transformed into a pitch-black True Body of the Space Element, stepping into the Space No-Distance Layer.
The Space No-Distance Layer was as always silent, vast, dark, and lifeless.
Even ordinary Fourth Ring Wizards had no right to take a peek inside this place.
Lor exhaled gently, first bringing out the Heavy Water and Memory Pearl given by Jerald, bundling them together with Spatial Energy to prevent them from being thrown into other parts of the Wizard World by the Space No-Distance Layer.
Then he took out the other special materials from the councilors, bundling them one by one, keeping the ends of the Space Element threads in hand like flying a kite. The bodies drifted in the ever-fluctuating Space No-Distance Layer, yet weren't teleported away.
A month passed quietly.
Lor gently tugged the ends of the threads, retrieving the fifteen special materials that had drifted in the Space No-Distance Layer for a month.
At this point, these materials had undergone some changes, albeit not very noticeable, but Lor could still perceive them.
"I hope they're satisfied with this transaction and will seek me out for experiments again." Lor fondled the Space Ring, contemplating with some lingering eagerness as he looked at the towering pile of Magic Crystals within it.
These fifteen hundred billion Magic Crystals amounted to half a year's total Magic Crystal Ore production for the Wizard Alliance.
He had obtained them with ease in just a month, and such delightful prospects certainly warranted more of them.
Laughing as he shook his head, Lor dispelled this somewhat greedy thought, stepping back into the surface layer of Space.
"Everyone, the experiments are complete. Although I'm not sure of the specific changes, there are indeed some. I hope you'll be satisfied." Lor addressed the fifteen councilors who had remained waiting outside, never leaving the vicinity.
As he spoke, he returned the fifteen sets of special materials and the accompanying Memory Pearls to everyone.
"Haha, good, as long as there are changes."
"Right, the worst is if there's no change at all."
"After all, it's Deep Layer Space, that place is so peculiar in nature, it'd be strange if there were no changes."
Receiving their special materials and Memory Pearls, the councilors didn't hesitate at all, activating the Memory Pearls immediately to watch.
They couldn't wait to see the process of elemental and bloodline evolution. As for the result, once they knew the process, they could replicate it.
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