What Is the Price, Then?

"What is it?" Long Mei Er asked.

Canon took a deep breath and answered seriously, "Earlier, I conveyed your warning to him. He really did stop exchanging large amounts of Points, so it looked like he had heeded your warning. But just yesterday, he suddenly applied to exchange for 'Blood-colored Alchemy.'"

"'Blood-colored Alchemy'?" Long Mei Er frowned. "Isn't that an incomplete Transmutation Spell? By comparison, it is even more difficult than 'Tydal Glory Radiance' and involves the transformation of matter."

"That is indeed the case." Canon nodded. "But that is not all. This spell is already restricted to core members for exchange. Wizard Richard has not been in our organization for long and has not passed the full review. As an outer member, he does not qualify to exchange for it. Finally, the Points required to exchange for this spell are enormous. After his previous expenditures, Wizard Richard does not have many Points left, so he proposed an advance."

"An advance?" Long Mei Er stroked his chin and smiled. "Interesting. He still does not intend to give up on his research and is preparing to invest even more wildly. Now I think I have some idea what he is researching. It is very likely related to the legendary Eternal Sun and Golden Kingdom."

"Eternal Sun? Golden Kingdom?" Canon's eyelids twitched.

He knew that the so-called Eternal Sun represented endless energy, while the Golden Kingdom represented endless matter. Simply put, they were perpetual motion machines and matter-making machines. According to certain records, these had been two great pursuits since the Ancient Wizard Civilization, and even now, many Wizards remained obsessed with them.

After all, breaking through in either one would completely change the world.

Yet after much verification, this research had already been deemed absolutely impossible to achieve. Even so, many