As soon as I walked into the Francis Scholar's magical laboratory, I smelled a strange smell, like the sour saliva of the boulder worms, which made my throat and eyes feel hot and I choked and coughed.Several exhaust fans in the laboratory made a subtle humming sound at the same time, and a faint layer of smoke floated overhead, making the entire laboratory appear smoky.Scholar Francis's assistant was sitting at the desk at the door of the laboratory, and when he saw me push the door and walk in, he quickly stood up and greeted me, and said to me, "Jijia, Scholar Francis is waiting for you inside." ”Following the magical assistant into the laboratory, he saw Scholar Francis in front of a huge crucible, holding a black stick in both hands, which was stirring back and forth in the cauldron.Scholar Francis looked very tired, several spirit potion bottles were scattered on the workbench next to him, his dirty magic robes were stained with corrosive acid, and there were many holes of various sizes corroded by the acid, his nose was a little red from the choking smoke, and his skin was a little red spots, but his spirit was unusually high.Hearing the sound of footsteps, he suddenly turned around with some nervousness, and when he saw that it was me, he said very irritably: "Jijia, you got the formula for the metal softener from there, it is simply making poison gas, the exhaust fan you and Qige jointly designed at the beginning, wouldn't it be prepared for refining metal softeners, cough cough" I took out a silk handkerchief to cover my mouth and nose, approached Scholar Francis, looked at the bubbling green viscous liquid in the crucible, and asked Scholar Francis: "These are the metal softeners described in the formula?"
”"These are metal hardeners, and the softeners are over there."
Francis pointed to the wall on the left, where there was a row of wooden shelves filled with round glass containers filled with a yellowish, translucent liquid that, despite the cork, was still bubbling upwards in the glass bottles.Scholar Francis looked at me in amazement, his eyes bloodshot, he scratched his messy hair vigorously, and asked with a strange expression, "You don't even know that there are two alchemical potions written on that parchment, do you?"
”"Two potions?
How can it be?
”I exclaimed, "All I know is that it's a sheet of metal softener recipes!"
”Seeing my gaffe, Scholar Francis laughed out loud with a smug face, he took out the metal softener formula I copied for him from his arms, pointed to the words on it, and said to me with a smug face: "Haha, in fact, you are deceived by its writing format, writing this alchemy recipe is really a genius, you try it, if you read this formula backwards, does the potion attribute described above have diametrically opposite attributes?"
”In fact, if you read it the other way around, many words don't read so smoothly, and I looked at Scholar Francis with a puzzled expression.Scholar Francis stretched out his hand and turned the alchemy recipe over and said to me, "If you read this alchemy recipe upside down, you will find that there is actually another alchemy potion recorded on it." ”I followed the fingers of the Francis scholar and looked at the recipe backwards, and many places did not make sense at all.Scholar Francis probably knew about my troubles, so he told me directly: "Even if some sentences don't read well, it's also a problem with the translation of the alchemy formula, but even if the translation is a little worse, the alchemical formula on the formula does not need to be translated. ”I'm the first to say.Scholar Francis thought about it for a moment, and then said to me: "You say that it is a metal hardener, which is not very appropriate, according to my understanding of the characteristics of this alchemy potion, the formula of this alchemical potion recorded in reverse is actually accompanied by the positive record of alchemy elixir, that is to say, the two potions complement each other.If we call the former a metal softener, then this reverse alchemical should be called a metal hardener. ”He picked up a green glass bottle from the side of the crucible, gently shook the translucent green liquid inside, and said to me, "Actually, if you refine it alone, this metal curing agent itself has no function, because it is used in conjunction with a metal softener. ”As he spoke, he handed the translucent green liquid to his magical assistant, led me to the shelf by the wall, picked up a bottle of metal softener from the shelf, and walked to the front of the test table, carefully placing a piece of Mithril ingot in the glassware.As he poured the bottle of metal softener on it, he said to me, "In other words, you only have a chance to use the metal hardener if you have completely softened some metals with a metal softener." ”The laboratory was steaming again, and Scholar Francis stood under the smoke of the smoke, and after a violent cough, straightened up again, put on a pair of snakeskin gloves on his hands, and said, "When you reshape the softened metal, it looks like this" He took out the piece of mythril from the glassware, put it in his hand and rubbed it gently, the piece of mythril was like a soft piece of dough, and was kneaded into a small round ball by Scholar Francis.Scholar Francis continues: "When you have shaped, you will find that these metals have completely lost their original properties, so how do you restore those original properties?
”He casually tossed the Mithril ball into the glassware, and the Mithril ball stuck to the bottom of the glassware like a piece of mud.It dawned on me and I said to Scholar Francis, "Are you saying that I still need to use a hardener to cure the molded metal?"
”"That's right, it's some metal curing agent that can counteract the magical effect of the metal softener, and just like that, you can see that all the properties of the original metal have been restored."
Scholar Francis took the translucent green potion from his assistant, pulled out the cork, and poured the potion over the Mithril in the glassware.Although it was not obvious that anything had changed to the Mithril on the surface, when Scholar Francis removed the ball of Mithril from the glassware, I noticed that the Mithril had become hard again, and it looked like a silver coin.It turned out that this was how these metal softeners were used, and I took the remaining half bottle of metal softeners from the Francis scholars.His magical assistant handed me bottles of metal softeners on wooden shelves, and I carefully tucked them into my magic fanny pack."
Hey, Jiga."
Scholar Francis suddenly called out my name."
Scholar Francis, there's something I need to do for you."
I paused and turned to look at the haggard-faced Scholar Francis, whose entire life seemed to be in this magical laboratory."
If there is such a magical and interesting alchemy recipe in the future, don't forget to bring it to me."
Scholar Francis said to me.I know that he is the kind of magician who is destined to devote his life to alchemy, destined to die in the laboratory, and it seems that there is only alchemy in his life."
Okay, I'll go back and look in the warehouse."
I replied cheerfully.Scholar Francis was overjoyed to see my answer so cheerful, pulled a stool and sat down beside me, and said, "If I'm right, this alchemical recipe must come from a very old lineage.Jijia, you found this alchemy recipe in the ancient ruins?
Or did you buy it at an auction house?
”I thought about it for a moment, and said to Scholar Francis, "I guess I found it from the ancient ruins, in fact, it was at the bottom of a treasure chest full of magic gems. ”"I see!"
Scholar Francis said: "I have only had time to refine half of the metal curing agent, and the rest will take a day to complete the refining completely, and now these are only semi-finished products, remember to come and pick them up after tomorrow afternoon." ”"Got it, Scholar Francis."
I said.During the conversation, the magic assistant had already handed me all the two dozen bottles of metal softener on the wooden shelf, and ran to the test bench, and brought over a dozen bottles of metal curing agent for me to put in my magic waist bag.When I had packed up all the alchemical potions, Scholar Francis impatiently waved his hand to the magical assistant and motioned for him to go out for a while.There were only two people left in the lab, me and Scholar Francis, and perhaps after staying in the lab for a long time, the feeling of choking was not so strong.I asked the Scholar Francis, "Is there anything else?"
Francis Scholar. ”He hesitated for a moment and said to me, "Ji Jia, if you don't want to cause trouble, then you must not show this alchemy recipe to outsiders at will, this alchemy potion should belong to the kind of thing that is not visible." ”I asked rhetorically, "What can't be seen?"
”Scholar Francis said solemnly: "That's right, the alchemy formula of this metal curing agent should be regarded as an alchemical potion abandoned by the gods. ”His gaze fell on the bubbling cauldron not far away, and he said to me, "In some magical attributes, it itself has violated the laws of this world, roughly using the power of magic to reorganize the arrangement of magical metals, and this is an unbelievable design concept, which cleverly circumvents those laws. ”"If I'm right, it's not humans who designed this alchemy formula, nor the elves who were born with magical powers, nor the dwarves born in the mines with hammers in their hands, but the great goblin inventors of the Hextech era."
Scholar Francis said in a tone of utmost affirmation."
Alchemical potions from the age of Hex?"
I found myself now a language repeater, and I didn't know how to explain it to Scholar Francis other than to repeat it.Scholar Francis gave me a meaningful look and said, "I think you should be able to think of something, I have no doubt peeped into your secrets, and I just want you to hide them a little deeper." ”Seeing my hesitation, he patted me on the shoulder and said to me, "You may not realize the joy of this kind of alchemy now, are you interested in coming to me to learn some alchemy?"
”Being favored by a magician at the Imperial Capital Magic Research Institute is definitely something to celebrate for young magicians.At this time, you should not think about anything, and first decisively agree.But for me, there weren't so many surprises."
Scholar Francis, although I am very interested in alchemy, I am a junior master."
I was a little surprised, but I said this to Scholar Francis.Scholar Francis seemed to remember my identity all of a sudden, so he sighed softly and said, "Well, remember to find this alchemy recipe for the Lost Sight next time, and don't forget to show it to me." ”"Got it, Scholar Francis," I promised Scholar Francis.I left the Francis Scholar's magic lab.At this time, Ying Li, Helena, and Becky were still waiting for me in the inner courtyard garden of the Institute of Magic.Turning around an inner corridor, I happened to see Helena sitting on a swing and being accosted by two young magic assistants, with a helpless smile on her face, just quietly listening to the two magic assistants standing in front of the swing and talking.The young magician who can stay at the Academy of Magic as a magical assistant must have some extraordinary background, if not with outstanding magical talents.Ying Li and Becky sat back to back on the benches next to them, pillowed each other's shoulders, and looked up at the magic gems set in the dome of the Academy, as if they were still whispering something.Seeing me walk in through the archway, Helena finally had a sweet smile on her face, jumped off the swing, ran briskly to me, and said to me affectionately, "Why have you been here for so long?"
I couldn't name the two magical assistants, but they knew me, and when they saw Helena walking up to me and holding my arm affectionately, they said to me, "Hey, Jiga, you know this girl!"
”I nodded at them, trying to think of their names, when they hurried out of the courtyard without giving me a chance to speak."
You know them?"
Ying Li stood up from the bench and asked me.I shook my head.Ying Li smiled slightly, and asked me again: "Is this matter done?"
”I nodded and said, "Well, let's go!"
”On the way out of the Magic Research Institute, I met some magical assistants who also took the initiative to greet me, I actually know some people, some people have seen but don't know their names, and some people simply don't have any impression, I can only vaguely respond to these people.It's been a year since I came to the Imperial Capital Magic Research Institute, and before I knew it, I had changed from a newcomer who took the initiative to greet other magical assistants to a senior magical assistant who was actively greeted by others.Ying Li and I rushed to the twelve marble pillars in the Tower of Pride Square, but we didn't expect that we would be the first to arrive here.After waiting for a while, I saw Noah and Shirley.
Newman and the two walked out of the magic market with a lot of things in their hands.