Alchemy Black Technology at Hogwarts

Chapter 148 The Book of the Jews of Abraham

After walking into the flickering long corridor composed of pure white light, William discovered that the light here is not really white, but formed by the overlapping of a lot of pictures—they are rotating rapidly, just like Like the illustrated books that William once read.

The name of this illustrated book is Nicole Flamel.

Nicole Flamel, or as he was more formally called, Nicolas Flamel, was perhaps the most famous alchemist in France.He was born in the 14th century and is known the world over for creating the greatest work in alchemy, the Philosopher's Stone.

Through this magical stone, he can refine mercury into gold, and as long as the water soaked in the magic stone for a period of time, he can easily extend the life of a person.

But few people know that before he attained immortality, he was just a low-key bookseller living in Paris.Born in a family of ordinary people who used to be very wealthy, Nicole Flamel received a good education and was proficient in Latin and Greek, and was good at calligraphy and copying.

At that time in Paris, he made a living by selling books and copying articles, and he also took in students and taught them copying and drawing illustrations.He was often paid by nobles to transcribe rare manuscripts.

William is standing still, but his perspective is changing all the time, as if he is really walking in a bustling market in Paris, which is very close to the experience of a naked-eye 3D movie.

"It would be nice to have a recliner."

It occurred to William that he would actually like a bottle of Coke, plus half a bucket of popcorn—out of respect for Nicole Flamel, because eating the whole bucket would make him look too shameless, not because William couldn't eat it. Finish so much.

"But most of the time, it's those careless, ignorant nobles who will foolishly hand over the incomparably precious things left by their families to me, and want me to give a proper valuation."

The narration who didn't understand what William was thinking about was still explaining with a smile.

"They don't know that I am actually an alchemist. After accepting the books that they find inexplicable, I will carefully study the contents on them and make them. This unique experience made me walk in the same time. in front of all wizards of the ages."

Nicole Flamel said very proudly.

He had always led such a double life, authenticating and copying documents for the nobles during the day, and serving as tutor to the young heirs - which gave Nicole Flamel access to their family's library.At night, he would delve into magic and alchemy, and secretly put the finished products on the market in exchange for money.

With the help of money ability, Nicole Flamel, who has excellent magical talent and flexible mind, has made rapid progress in the field of alchemy. After a few years, he came into contact with "that field" - creating his own great work, and At that time, Nicole Flamel's eyes were much higher. He wanted to create "gold" in gold.

But one night, he had a dream.

"An angel with wings on his back came to my dream. He told me that I have a very strong color in the eyes of God, and he expects a lot from me. Soon, I will get a magical book, I should work hard to study the content on it, and then I will gain extraordinary power."

Nicole LeMapo said with gritted teeth.

Within a few days, he really exchanged 2 Florin coins for an ancient and huge book.It is made of fine and smooth young bark.The cover is tightly wrapped in brass...it has 7 sets of 3 pages, containing the first page, the seventh page of each set has no text, but on the seventh page of the first set, it is drawn holding a wand that was devoured by a giant snake.

The Book of Abraham the Jew, this is that ancient book.When Nicole Flamel got the book at the beginning, he was ecstatic to find a Hebrew scholar to help him translate it, but who knew it was the beginning of a nightmare.

"It does record very advanced knowledge of alchemy. Many of the techniques mentioned in it, including the transformation of elements, the properties of substances, etc., seemed to me at the time like miracles."

But "The Book of Abraham the Jew" almost completely overturned Nicole Flamel's own "great assignment". According to the instructions in the book, deduce the redstone according to the same amount of mercury, and mix them in the egg of the sage, and use a furnace called an alchemy furnace to heat it.

Only then will they finally transform into a physical existence.

"In the old days, I always regretted meeting Dumbledore too late."

Nicole Flamel said a little discouraged.

William, who had read his manuscript, naturally knew that Nicole Flamel came up with a new idea after trying to "magic gold" but suffered from Waterloo.He believes that the Philosopher's Stone is essentially a magic to achieve the sublimation of matter, so it is necessary to extract "Newma".This is the essence of matter, the root of life.

Alchemists often extract Newma from eggs, because the process of changing from eggs to chickens undergoes a fundamental change-Nicole Flamel wants more, he wants to find a phoenix to complete His great job.

From flames to phoenixes.

There is no miracle more suitable for this great cause than this, but even more than 600 years ago when the distribution of magical creatures was more widespread, the phoenix was an extremely rare and noble magical creature-converted to non-phoenix-limited As for the card pool, it is currently about one-thirteenth of 0.45%.

Nicole Flamel has been resisting this impulse for 21 years, but as he grows older and the number of disappointments continues to increase, one night, he finally can't bear this curiosity, imitating the story of "The Story of Abraham the Jew". According to the records in "Book", the Sorcerer's Stone was refined.

He succeeded with great ease.

It was a very powerful Philosopher's Stone, not only could it literally turn stones into gold, but it could also create enough elixirs for him and his wife to drink - but it was also incomplete.

After that night, no matter how Nicole Flamel tried, even if he completely reproduced the steps recorded in the book, he would never be able to create a second such miracle.And when Nicole Flamel wanted to go back to his old ways and refine his great work, he found that he could no longer try to create a great work.

For he has denied his way.

The "Great Assignment" is not a formula like a chemical experiment, but a beautiful flower produced by an alchemist's lifelong energy and thinking. It not only needs to satisfy the rules of material change in alchemy, but also requires the alchemist himself to prepare his own thoughts. Resonate with this world and let your creation be recognized by the rules of the world before the spirits.

The Great Work is magic, and beyond magic, a miracle that would otherwise be impossible.

"One is all, all is one."

The wisdom left by the great Hermes has already pointed out this point, so even if Nicole Flamel taught his ideas to another wizard and asked him to follow the exact same way, he would never succeed again. up.And even if it worked, it wouldn't be Nico Flamel's creation.

"I had the opportunity to go further, even though it was just a vision - but what did it get? A particularly powerful stone that can turn a stone into gold, and a long and boring, but not A life worth rejoicing in, and one that I dare not give up easily.”

The screen has gradually come to an end.

William saw a boxy stone platform as high as his chest, on which was a diamond-shaped crystal that radiated a devastating silver light. Obviously this was the magic that Nicole Flamel had once shown off to William. version of the movie.

"The winged angel later visited me in a dream, but at that time he had turned into a huge red dragon with seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns on his seven heads. It mocked my greed , Said that he easily fooled me, but didn't know that I was also planning my revenge-I cut out a small piece of my soul as a prison, and locked it in this crystal."

Nicole Flamel is a Frenchman.

The French have always been cautious.

"When you are ready, touch this crystal lightly, and you will enter my dream and talk to it. It is a shameless liar, an arrogant devil, but no longer omniscient Angel. If you are smart and restrained enough, you may have a chance to bite its sweet bait and escape the delicate deception it has set for you."

Nicole Flamel's extremely serious warning.

This is indeed an extremely dangerous weapon, even more dangerous than the Philosopher's Stone—after Nicole Flamel, some alchemists also made their own Philosopher's Stone, like William His old friend Dr. John Dee had great work of his own, but no Philosopher's Stone was more powerful than the one created by Nicole Flamel.

"That's why Nicole Flamel set up so many challenges. Challengers not only need to prove that they have sufficient magical skills, but also have a dialectical but not necessarily materialistic thinking."

William carefully considered the language. The words he originally wanted to say were naturally "arrogant", "stubborn", "chicken thief", "old liar", etc., but considering that the owner of this crystal is himself, this The nature of the matter becomes quite different.

He reached out and grabbed the magic crystal, wanting to put it away and study it later.This thing is naturally protected by a very complicated spell. You have to call out the corresponding password to enter Nicole Flamel's dream, and it will not be easily broken or killed at first sight.

But what William didn't expect was that the moment his fingertips touched the crystal, a net made of silver light suddenly appeared on his fingertips, swallowing the whole crystal whole.

(End of this chapter)