After closing the Alchemy Codex, Su Xiao's mental resilience had increased more than tenfold compared to before, thanks to his continual study of it. This was an incidental benefit of deciphering the Alchemy Codex.
The price was that every time Su Xiao finished deciphering the Alchemy Codex, he felt dizzy and light-headed. He needed to sleep before recovering. However, with time, his adaptability in this regard had grown stronger. Just like now.
All the pages of the Alchemy Codex were metallic, yet they felt like thick paper. The backs of the fifth and sixth pages recorded one of the alchemists' many secrets: the "Silent Servant" and the "Tunnel-Digging Servant."
Su Xiao had seen this goofy duo in other surviving alchemical texts long ago. The alchemists' evaluations of them were remarkably uniform. They were one of the most pleasant inventions of the Second Era.
One member of the duo was responsible for exploration, while the other mined ore. But did that mean they could only do that? Of course not. The "Silent Servant" did more than explore. After discovering rare plants or extraordinary resources, it also knew how to harvest and preserve them. Although it could not collect every resource, it could identify most precious ones.
As long as they were supplied with enough "liquid gold," the two goofballs could gather resources outside for thirty to one hundred eighty days. Every time they returned, they came back with a huge haul.
"Liquid gold," simply put, was a type of active metal. The "Silent Servant" and "Tunnel-Digging Servant" used it as both energy and nourishment to obtain the power to move.
Compared to immediately making the goofy duo, Su Xiao had something more important to do.
When facing powerful enemies, Su Xiao had never retreated even half a step. But when facing