From Prisoner to Si Chen

"The vast majority of alchemists in the world are either half-baked and not good at their art, or they are not good at it but use it to deceive them."

Mrs. McCullar elaborated to the apprentices.

"They even only mastered the most basic alchemy formation, and they tried to use the wrong and flawed 'alchemy catalyst' to alchemy... In the end, they simply dyed the surface of the base metal, just like a poor dyeing process, and used fake gold to defraud them. money."

"According to the information I collected, I concluded that there are more than 260 folk recipes for making high-quality imitation gold, artificial pearls and fake jewelry."

As she spoke, Mrs. McCullagh shook her head.

"This is not the right way, please remember."

"At the same time, this is also the first major branch I want to tell you about today, the 'metal alchemy' in alchemy."

"The most core of these is the 'mercury-sulfur theory'. This theory was originally proposed by an unknown alchemist. It means that everything in the world is composed of two substances ejected from the center of the earth. The dry one is like smoke, and the moist one is like 'sulfur'. Vapors are found in different metals and stones when they are synthesized underground in different proportions and concentrations."

"But in an incident two hundred years ago, an ancient secret sect, 'Midnight Rose,' tried to bypass the principle of 'equivalent exchange' and refine gold in large quantities. This angered the 'Ms. Snow' of September Sichen, and dropped the punish."

"The leader of the Esoteric Cult at that time, Ibn Har, and even most of the alchemists paid the price with their lives... At this point, the important role of salt was added to the 'Mercury-Sulfur Theory'."

"This is not only a reverence for the 'Snow Lady', but also a proof of belief."

Mrs. McCullar flicked it again.

There are seven kinds of metals floating in the air, with the gold ball on the table in the center, and silver, copper, iron, tin, lead, and mercury on the outside.

"The only precious metals are gold and silver that symbolize the sun and the moon, while the base metals represent the five stars of gold, fire, wood, earth and water in the astral realm."

Seven spherical metals, like stars, circled around Mrs. McCalla's fingertips.

She continued:

“In ‘Metal Alchemy’, in addition to the ‘Mercury Sulfur Salt Theory’, there is also a ‘Shape and Spirit Theory’, which comes from Master Hermes Mish, the ‘King of the Furnace’.”

"He pointed out that the body is not volatile, but the spirit is volatile, just like the two properties of the substance 'mercury and sulfur'. So if the spirit of a metal is extracted and put into another metal, the metal substance can be changed."

"And the soul symbolizes the salt crystal. If the human soul is finally imprinted into the metal, it can be stabilized and its properties can be permanently changed."

"This..." Flamel and Galken were stunned. "Extract human souls and put them into metal?!"

"Yeah, it's just an idea."

Mrs. McCullar sighed.

"Gold is eternal. If a person's soul can live in gold, it can last forever...and this also involves the ultimate vision of alchemy, the philosopher's stone."

"But regarding the 'Philosopher's Stone', it is still too far away for you. Knowing too much now is harmful rather than helpful."

"Yes, ma'am."

The apprentices nodded and responded.

Mrs. McCullagh continued to talk about some knowledge of "metal alchemy", and it was not until night fell that she began to talk about the other two major branches.

"...In addition to 'metal alchemy', there are also 'human body alchemy' and 'soul alchemy'."

"Grafting other people's body parts, even animals, or inanimate substances, such as rocks, metals, etc., onto the human body to achieve longevity, treatment or even create powers and functions that are not human, is called 'human body alchemy'. "

"Improving the quality of the soul through spiritual transformation is 'soul alchemy'. You can understand it as a kind of consciousness projection, commonly known as 'ritual sense', which can be used to improve the realm of one's own soul. This is the same process as alchemy. But the ultimate goal is to make your soul perfect and flawless, like gold.”

"..."

Ms. McCalla explained the vast knowledge of alchemy to the apprentices very patiently with a steady speaking speed and gentle tone.

The three of them were so mesmerized that time flew by.

When the bright moon was high in the sky, Mrs. McCullagh finished speaking. Finally, she mentioned a forbidden branch called "Alchemy of Life":

"This is a delusion of creating life and even realizing eternal life. It is also related to the 'Philosopher's Stone'..."

Mrs. McCullar shook her head.

"The human body only requires some simple materials to be carved and refined. It is a very cheap substance. However, each person's body and even soul are unique. If we use others to complete ourselves or create life, I think This is against the law.”

"I hope you won't go astray in the future."

"I respectfully follow Madam's teachings."

The three apprentices said respectfully.

Mrs. McCullar nodded and looked at the sky.

"It's getting late. I'll give you some final homework, and then you can all go wash up and rest."

"Yes, ma'am."

"Hmm..." Mrs. McCullagh pondered for a moment. "Based on what I'm talking about today, each of you will practice a 'magnetism ritual' to cleanse the residents of Andea and exorcise evil spirits."

"Everyone has limited materials, but at least they need to succeed once."

Hearing this, the three apprentices agreed.

…

…

The next morning.

Ji Lan is tinkering with the materials needed for the "magnetic swing ceremony" in the courtyard.

He kept working, pouring a portion of "magnetic water" extracted by the alchemical array into a thin-necked, fat-bellied glass bottle, adding precious metal fragments and glass powder, and then putting it into another alchemical array to prepare for transformation.

Jilan felt funny in his heart.

Speaking of the "magnetic ritual", he once used it as an excuse to exorcise the devil for the noble lady.

In fact, he didn't understand it at all at the time, and relied on the spells of Weiwei, the devil noble, to "cheat", but fortunately the result was similar.

After all, it restored people to normal.

Jilan shook his head.

He ignited sulfur and burned the glass bottle, causing the liquid inside to undergo a transmutation reaction.

'According to Mrs. McCalla, the unconscious power combined with the cosmic elements will cause the spirit to produce a substance called "ether". '

Jilan thought.

‘But mortals don’t know how to meditate and practice, and their poor spiritual knowledge makes them “ignorant” and unable to see the cosmic elements, so they can’t absorb them…’

He looked at the alchemy array in his hand, and the liquid in the glass bottle was boiling in the flames, gradually turning into a translucent thick liquid.

‘The smell of this “magnetic water” can make mortals enter a trance and unconscious state, and use the magnetic force contained in it to force the cosmic elements into their bodies, thereby generating “ether” to help mortals get rid of the mysterious magnetic field and even curses that are harmful to the body, and become healthier. ’

Not long after.

The alchemy array in Gilan’s hand faded.

Only the glass bottle was left standing on the ground.

“It’s done.” He reached out and picked it up and looked at it. “This is actually a very simple alchemy medicine.”

Gilan was about to put it away, and then he left the wooden house and went to the center of Andrea’s town to find people who needed help.

But at this moment.

Galken walked out of the wooden house, also holding a bottle of “magnetic water” in his hand. Seeing Jilan squatting in the yard, he was startled.

"Brother Jilan, have you finished your practice?" he asked.

"Yes." Jilan nodded. "I'm just about to go out."

As he said that, his eyes suddenly condensed.

Because through spiritual vision, Jilan found that Galken's spirituality was a little dark, as if he was contaminated with some harmful magnetic field.

'I didn't notice it a few days ago. When did Galken's situation appear? '

Jilan said secretly.

But he smiled:

"It's just right. Since you are here, why don't we try each other first and see if there is any effect?"

"Well... OK." Galken did not refuse and stepped forward shyly. "Brother Jilan, how to try?"

"Just treat me as an ordinary person in need, and try to cleanse me."

Jilan smiled.

Galken hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded.

At this time, Lemay in another wooden house also came out with the "magnetic water" he had refined. Seeing this, he was also interested in joining in.

Gillan did not refuse.

So he found a chair and sat down, letting Galken operate beside him.

The civilian youth uncorked the bottle and let Gillan sniff it. Suddenly, a fishy smell like ammonia entered his nostrils.

Immediately, Gillan felt a slight drowsiness.

But almost the next moment, this drowsiness was dispelled by his kingdom's mark.

"It should be successfully refined. It does have a psychedelic effect."

He said softly.

Galken nodded and carefully sprinkled some magnetic water on Gillan's shoulders.

After Gillan opened his spiritual vision, he saw that some of the four-color particles floating around floated over and merged into the "magnetic water" on his body, and finally evaporated and entered his body.

Unfortunately, Gillan's spirituality had already reached the perfect state of mortals, and all these cosmic elements were rejected.

"Not bad, it works."

Gillan grinned at Galken.

The latter was stunned at first, and then he also showed a happy and excited expression.

"Great... After learning from the lady for so long, I finally succeeded in refining alchemical medicine."

Galken put the cork back and said with a red face.

Then, Gillan tried Flamel's "magnetic water" again, which also worked, and the effect was better than Galken's... This shows that Flamel's alchemy talent is really good, and he can definitely be called a genius.

Finally, Gillan asked Galken to sit on the chair and tried to magnetize him.

After some operations, Galken fell into an unconscious coma, and then the noble girl Flamel who had been watching changed her face slightly.

After Gillan sprinkled "magnetic water" on Galken's shoulders, in less than ten seconds, the face of the civilian youth appeared blue-gray.

His expression was also somewhat painful.

"Puff——" Suddenly, Galken spat out a large mouthful of black water!

"Gilan, what happened to him?!"

Lemei exclaimed.

Gilan's eyes were deep, and he said in a deep voice:

"He was cursed..."