The Bloodline Evolution Elixir produced by the Virtual Universe Company, for instance, was invented by an alchemist.
There were also many other creations, such as the Fermo Venom. Just a few grams of that toxin were enough to kill a Marquis-level Immortal.
From that alone, one could tell that the methods of alchemists could be quite terrifying.
However, within the Original Universe, the inheritance of alchemy was rather limited.
As a result, truly powerful alchemists were extremely rare.
Luo Fan was somewhat tempted to buy this alchemist's inheritance and give it a try.
After all, the Mechanical Race was actually quite suitable for the profession of alchemy.
With their immense computational power, the Mechanical Race would be perfect for the work of an alchemist.
Unfortunately, alchemists among the Mechanical Race were exceedingly rare.
After all, most alchemists studied bloodlines and toxins, subjects that were of little use to the Mechanical Race.
Otherwise, with their computational power, the Mechanical Race could use exhaustive analysis to develop countless powerful potions over time.
Luo Fan wanted to give it a try, to see whether he could research something based on the Domain Lord–level Bloodline Evolution Elixir he had obtained as a system reward.
After all, even the Virtual Universe Company's best SSS-grade Bloodline Evolution Elixir could only evolve one's bloodline up to the Universe-level.
Before long, the price of the auction item had already reached 520,000 mixed units.
However, the rate of increase had begun to slow down.
After all, alchemists were still an exceptionally rare profession.
Especially among the powerful, the proportion of alchemists was pitifully small.
Luo Fan directly entered a bid of 600,000 mixed units.
If the price went higher, he would let it go.
"600,000 mixed units!"
"Any higher bids?"
"600,000 mixed units, going once!"
"..."
"600,000 mixed units, sold!"
After paying, Luo Fan leaned back to watch the rest of the auction unfold.
He didn't have much money left.
Some of the remaining items were even worth tens of millions of mixed units.
Still, Luo Fan got to see many excellent items that even Babata had not recorded.
Soon, with the sale of the final item, the auction came to an end.
"This was really an eye-opening experience."
"I didn't expect there to be so many valuable things in the universe."
Hong spoke with some emotion, "If only I could get one of these and auction it myself."
Lei Shen also looked a bit envious.
All the items at the auction were priced in mixed units.
For them, every single item was astronomical in value.
"I'm going to continue hunting the Gold Source Beasts to increase my strength!"
"In a while, my Golden Horn Giant Beast clone will break through to Universe-level. By then, I'll be able to cultivate Spatial Worms as clones!"
After bidding farewell to everyone, Luo Feng left the Virtual Universe to continue hunting the Gold Source Beasts.
Hong and Lei Shen also left after exchanging a few words.
Luo Fan returned to reality with Fang Xueyi.
Since this auction was jointly organized by several universe nations, normally, receiving the purchased items would take some time.
It could take over a year at the longest.
However, after paying, Luo Fan directly inquired about the location of each purchased item.
Then, he sent his avatar to these universe nations to collect the items he had won.
[Task: Obtain 100,000 cubic meters of Lock Divine Water; Reward: 1 cubic kilometer of Lock Divine Water]
[Task: Obtain the remains of a World Lord–level Mechanical Race genius; Reward: 1 ordinary Heart of Evolution]
[Task: Obtain the laboratory and notebook of an Immortal-level alchemist; Reward: Alchemist-exclusive experimental materials]
After setting up the tasks, Luo Fan had his avatar collect the auctioned items.
He directly sent his avatars to the three advanced universe nations to receive the auctioned goods.
Near the Qianwu Universe Nation, Luo Fan had already established wormholes in the Dark Universe for his avatars.
Soon, the avatars brought the auctioned items, along with the World Rings, directly into the system space.
Luo Fan's original body in the Fayu Secret Realm also obtained the World Ring.
Instead of inspecting the items externally, Luo Fan entered the ring directly.
Inside were the remains of a Mechanical Race World Lord, 100,000 cubic meters of Lock Divine Water, and an alchemist's laboratory with the alchemist's notebook.
Luo Fan immediately claimed the rewards for all three tasks.
However, he did not take them out, instead storing them in the system space.
The Heart of Evolution was the most common type.
It could allow an intelligent lifeform to fully fuse with a body made of F-grade metal.
Even a single Heart of Evolution was worth tens of billions of mixed units.
Unfortunately, Luo Fan didn't dare to sell it.
At least, not for now.
Such items could only appear in places like the Hong Alliance, where Marquis-level beings were stationed.
If he tried to sell it, he would definitely be investigated.
The one cubic kilometer of Lock Divine Water was directly stored in the system space.
He could take it out whenever needed.
After all, even the Ten-Thousand Star Grass couldn't absorb such a massive amount at the moment.
He would wait until he reached the peak of Universe-level before starting to use the Lock Divine Water.
Finally, there was the laboratory.
This laboratory was a cube with sides one hundred kilometers long.
Inside, there were many different sections.
In addition, Luo Fan checked the data and found that it also contained a large number of commonly used materials.
These materials were only worth a few hundred mixed units each, but the quantity was enormous.
The alchemist's notebook was located in the core room of the laboratory.
The notebook consisted of over one hundred volumes.
Each book was more than half a meter in length and width, and over thirty centimeters thick.
Luo Fan began scanning and storing this knowledge in the Virtual Universe.
Next, he moved to the material storage area.
This storage area was extremely large, occupying more than half of the entire laboratory.
It contained different types of environments.
Low-temperature environments, high-temperature environments, lightless environments, high-pressure environments…
Different materials required different storage methods.
Among them, the most precious were a few drops of Domain Lord–level Bloodline from the Starry Sky Beasts.
Every attribute of Starry Sky Beast was represented.
Luo Fan knew that this alchemist primarily researched bloodlines.
This had already been mentioned by the auctioneer during the auction.
It was precisely because of this that Luo Fan purchased the laboratory and the alchemist's notebook.
After all, he would eventually follow the path of divine power.
And alchemists, especially those who studied bloodlines, were highly compatible with the divine power route.
Just the biological materials stored in this laboratory alone numbered in the hundreds of millions.
In addition, there were materials from system rewards.
The quantity of materials was truly overwhelming.
It was unclear whether it was because this laboratory and the alchemist's notebook focused on bloodline research,
but the materials from the system rewards were also almost entirely related to bloodlines.
Seventy percent of the materials inside were biological.
Among them were even materials from the Starry Sky Beasts with the top twelve peak-level bloodlines.
He didn't take them out immediately, since he didn't yet know how to store these materials properly.
He planned to study the contents of the alchemist's notebook first.
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