Gou becomes a boss in the fairy world.

Chapter 1405 Blood Moon (Forty-four)
Old Jack's house is at the end of an alley in the old port area.

It was a three-story house with a courtyard. Although it looked quite dilapidated now, decades ago, such a house was not something that ordinary people could afford and was very expensive.

Unfortunately, as the Finnis River was diverted to flow into the sea, the old port area quickly declined and its former status was replaced by the new port area.

The value of houses here is naturally greatly reduced.

But no matter what, it is still an enviable thing to own such a house in the capital where every inch of land is valuable.

However, when Ronan entered, he found that the place was completely bare. A thief would cry if he came, and a rat would have to crawl away if it entered.

There's not even a decent piece of furniture!
Old Jack lit a kerosene lamp and said with a wry smile, "I sold everything I could at home to learn alchemy."

This is the only house left.

In fact, if Ronan hadn’t come to his rescue at the Copper Anchor Casino, he would probably have lost his house.

Ronan frowned and scanned the empty living room, unable to help but ask, "Are you studying alchemy here?"

"of course not."

Old Jack hung the kerosene lamp on the wall and turned a mechanism.

Accompanied by a rumbling sound, a large piece of floor was automatically lifted up, revealing a secret passage leading to the underground.

Old Jack's alchemy laboratory is right down here!

Ronan followed the other person down the stairs, and the scene before him made his eyes light up.

The underground secret room is quite large and is equipped with electric lights. It is filled with various instruments and tools of various sizes.

Melting furnace, vaporizing kettle, crucible, mixing table, thermometer, beaker...

There's even a microscope!
Old Jack introduced the names and uses of many instruments and equipment to Ronan in a proud tone.

These instruments and equipment were purchased and customized by him over several decades, spending a large amount of gold pounds.

Moreover, it is easy to be damaged during the alchemy process, and it costs a lot of money to buy it again.

But compared with alchemical materials, these instruments and equipment are nothing.

"Alchemical materials are really too expensive."

Old Jack couldn't help but complain to Ronan: "Ten grams of mithril costs two hundred gold pounds, which is only enough to complete three experiments. If it is extraordinary materials, such as blood clan fangs and magic crystals, it will be even more expensive..."

"As we all know, only spellcasters can become alchemists."

Ronan asked, "Since you are an ordinary person, why do you have to go down this road?"

This is what confuses Ronan the most.

He felt that Old Jack's stubbornness was beyond his imagination. Just for his childhood dream, he was crawling on a road that was doomed to fail, even at the cost of losing everything.

"Mortals can also create miracles."

Ronan's question made Old Jack clench his fists. His eyes twitched a few times and he muttered, "This is the motto of the legendary alchemist Von Bryant!"

Ronan felt that Old Jack must have been fooled, and this sentence might not have been said by some legendary alchemist.

But Ronan didn't want to point it out, after all, he came here to study.

"So where do I start?"

In the world of Blood Moon, alchemy is a discipline, and an extremely complex and profound one at that.

A talented spellcaster often needs to put in more than ten years or even decades of hard work, and consume countless money and resources before he can become a true alchemist.

In order to become an alchemist, one needs to master a vast amount of knowledge and skills.

Runes, physics, chemistry, mathematics, materials science, mysticism...

This is the alchemical knowledge system that Old Jack summarized over thirty years.

He tried to break the insurmountable barriers for mortals and create an alchemical path that was different from the traditional one, that of spellcasters.

Unfortunately, although Old Jack has achieved some results, he is still a long way from becoming an alchemist.

In fact, Old Jack is not even an alchemy apprentice now, at most he is just an avid enthusiast.

But he is more than qualified to be Ronan's alchemy instructor - he has a wealth of theoretical knowledge and even has a special laboratory at home!
So in the following days, Ronan left his apartment early in the morning every day, rode a bicycle he bought to the old port area, and learned alchemy knowledge from Old Jack.

Don't go home until sunset.

Because Ronan saved his life and paid the high tuition, Old Jack taught him everything he knew without reservation.

Ronan's learning ability also surprised the descendant of a poor merchant.

Ronan has an extremely strong memory. He can remember anything firmly as long as he sees or hears it once.

In addition, his comprehension and understanding, especially his mastery of mathematics, physics and chemistry, simply made old Jack despair!
To put it bluntly, Ronan made Old Jack truly realize how big the gap is between ordinary people and geniuses.

All the knowledge he had accumulated throughout his life was taken away by Ronan in a very short period of time.

In the process of learning alchemy, Ronan gradually became fascinated.

Alchemy is undoubtedly the most profound knowledge and skill in this world. Mastering it can allow Ronan to have a deeper understanding of the laws of the Blood Moon Realm.

Of course, such learning is not free. In addition to paying tuition to Old Jack, the expenses of purchasing alchemical materials are also constantly consuming Ronan's savings.

While studying hard every day, Ronan gradually became familiar with his next-door neighbors.

Dolores is a very hardworking woman. She has to work two or even three jobs every day to barely support herself and her daughter.

This descendant of a fallen noble family did not originally live here, but in another cheap small apartment.

However, the apartment was located in the old port area, and the environment was quite bad. As a beautiful lady, she and her daughter were facing danger and lived in fear every day.

With no other choice, Dolores had to move into this expensive but much safer apartment.

Because of the hard work, she couldn't take good care of Janice Tolan and had to let her stay at home alone.

Out of sympathy for the mother and daughter, Ronan would give Little Black to Janice Tolan every time he left home.

They said that they wanted the latter to take care of the little girl, but in fact they wanted the little girl to have a companion and not be alone anymore.

He also brought back some delicious food for Janice from time to time.

Janice likes the big cat Xiao Hei very much. She combs its hair every day and feeds it with cat food bought by Ronan.

Dolores was happy about this and was very grateful to Ronan.

The days passed one by one, and in the blink of an eye, more than a month had passed.

The time has come for Ronan to start school.

(End of this chapter)