Chapter 28: A Liar

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Li Tianxiang had signed a contract with Gordon after all. He did not know why Gordon did not restrict the expansion of the new alchemical equipment.

However, in the end, Li Tianxiang was just a student in an ivory tower. Thus, it was better to protect the interests of some of his partners. At the very least, his conscience was clear.

Upon hearing Li Tianxiang’s questions, Maxwell laughed out loud. Could you imagine a person who was about the same height as you, but at least three times stronger, laughing in front of you?

In Li Tianxiang’s eyes, Maxwell was like this. Although he looked very cheerful, Li Tianxiang couldn’t help but feel a chill run down his spine.

“Of course. The creed of our Edison’s Alchemy Workshop is that our customers are everything.”

This was probably similar to the belief that the customer was king. Thus, Li Tianxiang and Maxwell walked into Edison’s Workshop.

The biggest difference between Edison’s Workshop and Noel’s Workshop was that this place was more dilapidated. There were several obvious signs of repair.

There were even many places where a piece of cloth was used to cover the holes.

Upon seeing Li Tianxiang’s gaze, Maxwell’s lips twitched helplessly.

“These are all the masterpieces of my apprentice. José’s skills in crafting alchemical equipment are not good, but he is too proficient in alchemy explosions. From time to time, such explosions would occur. Over time, the workshop became like this.”

On the other side, not only did José not look ashamed, he even looked very proud.

“I’m not praising you!”

Maxwell saw his expression and was caught between laughter and tears.

Only then did Li Tianxiang notice that although José’s expression looked like he was smiling, there was basically no change.

Although his eyes were not out of focus, he still looked like he was in a trance. Only when Maxwell spoke would he react a little.

“Sigh, this child’s parents died from an explosion during an alchemy experiment. As a result, his mind wasn’t too clear, but he had unexpected talent and curiosity towards explosions. If it wasn’t because I was worried that he wouldn’t be able to take care of himself and would anger strangers, he should have gone to Noel’s Workshop on the other street.”

Li Tianxiang remembered what Warren had said. Nearly 90% of the gunpowder in the Alliance came from Noel’s Workshop.

Li Tianxiang also felt that this kind of talent made him extremely suitable for Noel’s Workshop.

He couldn’t help but sigh in pity, which made Maxwell look at him with more recognition.

“Old Max! Old Max!”

Just as they walked into Maxwell’s office, a hurried voice came from behind everyone.

He wasn’t tall, but he was very thin. His white beard was also tangled messily around his chin.

An old man jumped out from behind them and arrived in front of Maxwell. Many spots on his body were tainted with strange potions and dyes.

“Have you finished the alchemical equipment I talked to you about last time?”

Maxwell didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. He quickly pushed the old man out the door.

“I’m talking to a customer about customized alchemical materials. Please wait.”

“Who’s making me wait…”

He looked past Maxwell’s shoulder and saw Li Tianxiang and the two sisters. An unhappy expression instantly appeared on his face.

“That fatty from the Schariac family doesn’t know how to study alchemy at all. He just keeps increasing the yield of elemental crystals like a rich man. What good designs can he have? Give me my things first.”

Li Tianxiang raised his eyebrows upon hearing this and looked at May doubtfully.

“It seems like he doesn’t have a good relationship with your family.”

May cleared her throat, stood up straight, and explained the whole story to Li Tianxiang.

It turned out that this old man’s name was Abel, and he was the chief alchemist of the former Schariac Metal Workshop.

However, later on, there were differences in their ideology. Gordon developed a formula to increase the yield of elemental crystals.

Meanwhile, Abel went to the Magus Tower outside the city to further his studies. As a result, the two parties rarely interacted with each other ever since.

Li Tianxiang looked at the sloppy old man curiously. He knew that what he heard from May must be in line with the interests of the Schariac family.

He didn’t really care about this. What he cared about was that this old man had actually discovered the crystallization method by himself.

Although he had not utilized recrystallization and other purifications, and the efficiency of producing elemental crystals was not high, Li Tianxiang had relied on the wisdom of countless ancestors.

As for Abel, he had clearly relied on himself to discover this purification method. Li Tianxiang couldn’t help but sigh at this. There were still geniuses in this world.

Out of respect for this genius, Li Tianxiang expressed that he was not in a hurry and let Maxwell deal with Abel first.

Maxwell apologized several times and had his assistant serve the best desserts in Stormwind City to Li Tianxiang and the others before hurrying away.

Just as Li Tianxiang was arguing with Lan about who should eat the last slice of cake, Maxwell finally returned to his office.

He was accompanied by Abel, who was holding a simple condenser.

It was a test tube that was surrounded by an outer shell, where condensed water could be injected into.

Li Tianxiang was speechless. Although it was only the simplest condensing equipment, this was still a world that treated chemical experiments as alchemy.

This person was able to design such a purifying separation tool. He could not be described simply with the word “genius”.

Li Tianxiang believed that if he had not come to this world, the alchemy of this world would probably have been subverted by Abel in less than ten years.

“Hey, isn’t that the test tube that you drew? However, it’s not as complicated as yours.”

While Li Tianxiang was distracted, Lan snatched the last piece of cake from the plate. She followed Li Tianxiang’s gaze and saw the simple condensing equipment in Abel’s arms.

Abel was originally in the mood to show off. He wanted the two young ladies of the Schariac family to go back and tell Gordon about his work after seeing his equipment.

He wanted Gordon to understand how wrong it was to chase him away because of a few gold coins.

However, not long after he arrived at the office, the younger sister from the Schariac family said that she had seen more complicated equipment than his own.

“Complicated? Hmph, the most basic requirement of the equipment is that it only needs to be simple enough to satisfy the needs of the user. The more complicated it is, the less stable the system will be.”

Before Li Tianxiang could say anything, Lan shouted somewhat indignantly.

“I don’t know whether the equipment that Li drew is unstable, but if your equipment uses water with a lower temperature to cool the product, there’s one aspect that your equipment definitely can’t compare to!”

Was this young man called Li? However, he did not see any elements of an alchemist in him.

He was probably using his face to scare the two ladies into a daze. He was probably a liar..