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Chapter 526: The Alchemist Workshop

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The Refining Hall located in the east of the city was Retnin's favorite place to stay

It was a place always full of vitality, often filled with students and apprentices constantlyfrom various vessels and perceive the smells of sulfur and acid water Occasionally, he could hear crashes of broken glass, usually accoh he was proo and had his own alche Hall for inspiration Just like the Refining Hall where people of different kinds gathered andvarious lass and snoder, could distinguish theh theprocess, in which those grayish white sand and black charcoals could turn into such a splendor that nobody had ever foreseen The same held true for people The Alchee number of new apprentices every year, but only a very few of them would eventually stand out from the rest and become first-rate alchemists Retnin was one of the very few It had taken hih he was now nearly 50, with one foot in the grave, he felt content with his life, for having learned the aesthetics passed down fro that disquieted hi's City

The biggest overturn was the change of the king After Prince Roland hanged Ti The news should have had nothing to do with the Alchemist Workshop They needed to be responsible for alche was However, he was not sure if they could stay out of this trouble once Prince Roland found out they had provided Tiradually restored its peace Yet the fact that the prince had visited the Astrological Station instead of the Alche

"Are you still worried about the Astrology Association?" asked a voice at his side "Its not like you to sit here in a daze, brows furrowed"

Judging frouarded tone, Retnin knew it must be another chief alcheh, whose hair was as frosty as his, sitting next to hi?"

"He’s thinking those felloho only care about stars are wasting h said carelessly "It's a pity he didn't stick to his opinion Those guys shouldn't be crowned as sages anyway They should have been laid off a long tidom, the Alchemist Workshop hired spies to collect infory Association The Alchemist Workshop soical Station, but did not knohat exactly the chief astrologer had said to Prince Roland in secret that ical Station

"Are you worried that the Alchemist Workshop will be shut down as well?" He patted Retnin on his shoulder heartily "Don’t forget the profit we bring to King's City! Once the lilass and perfuold royals we'll earn can probably fill the prince's entire bedroom How can he resist such a lucrative business opportunity and shut the Workshop down?"

"But we produced snoder for Ti's order?" Rayleigh grunted "Any reasonable person should know it isn't us to blame Besides, he also manufactured loads of weapons fueled by snoder hiotten the forht, we actually made a contribution to his victory Perhaps he'll even reward us if we hand in the advanced for a little relieved Like Rayleigh had said, the Alcheanization The princeand therefore failed to visit theht after the war

Just as Retnin was about to instruct a group of alchemists, a student dashed into the hall Out of breath he shouted "M-Mr Chief Alche Retnin's excla at the student

"Above the yard in the air" The student sed hard "His Majesty descended froed an astonished look "Bring Chief Alchereet His Majesty"