my age of magic

Chapter 1268 72. The Discovery of the Francis Scholar
As soon as I walked into the magic laboratory of the Francis scholar, I smelled a strange smell, like the sour saliva of the giant rock worm, which made my throat and eyes feel hot, and made me cough repeatedly.

Several exhaust fans in the laboratory hummed slightly at the same time, and a faint layer of smoke floated overhead, making the entire laboratory appear smoggy.

The assistant of Scholar Francis was sitting at the office desk at the entrance of the laboratory. When he saw me push the door and walked in, he stood up and greeted me, and said to me: "Ji Jia, Scholar Francis is waiting for you inside."

Following the magic assistant into the laboratory, he saw that the Francis scholar was in front of a huge crucible, holding a black lacquered stick in both hands, and was stirring it back and forth in the crucible.

Scholar Francis looked very tired. Several spirit potion bottles were scattered on the workbench next to him. The dirty magic robe was stained with corrosive acid, which had many holes of different sizes corroded by the acid, and his nose was choked. The person's smoke is a little red, and there are some red spots on the skin, but the spirit is extremely excited.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, he turned around nervously, saw me, and said very irritably: "Jijia, you got it from the formula of metal softener, it's like making poisonous gas, when you and Qi The exhaust fan jointly designed by Ge, could it not be prepared for the refining of metal softeners, cough cough..."

I took out a silk handkerchief to cover my mouth and nose, leaned closer to 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 softener is over there." Francis pointed to the left wall, where there was a row of wooden racks filled with round glass containers filled with light yellow translucent liquid , Although the cork is plugged, the liquid is still bubbling upwards in the glass bottle.

Scholar Francis looked at me in amazement, his eyes were bloodshot, he scratched his messy hair vigorously, and asked with a strange face: "Is it possible that you don't even know what is recorded on that parchment?" Are they two alchemy potions?"

"Two potions? How is that possible?" I said loudly, "I only know it's a recipe for a metal softener!"

Seeing my gaffe, Scholar Francis laughed out loud with pride on his 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 face of pride : "Haha, in fact, you were deceived by its writing format. It is really a genius to write this alchemy formula. Try it. If you read this formula backwards, does the potion property described above have the opposite effect? attributes?"

In fact, if you read it backwards, many words do not read so smoothly. I looked at Scholar Francis with a puzzled face.

Scholar Francis reached out and turned the alchemy formula over, and said to me: "If you read this alchemy formula upside down, you will find that there is actually another alchemy potion recorded on it."

I followed the Francis scholar's finger and looked at the formula in reverse, and many places were simply not fluent.

The Francis scholar probably knew my troubles, so he told me directly: "Even if some sentences do not read smoothly, it is also a problem with the translation of the alchemy formula. , In fact, this alchemy formula not only records a metal softener, but also records a..."

"Metal hardener?" I said first.

Scholar Francis thought about it seriously, and then said to me: "You call it a metal hardener. In fact, it exists along with the alchemy potion recorded in the forward direction, that is to say, the two potions complement each other. If we call the former a metal softener, then the alchemy potion recorded in the reverse direction should be called a metal hardener.”

He conveniently 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 effect, because It is used in conjunction with metal softeners."

As he said that, he handed the bottle of translucent green liquid to the magic assistant beside him, took me to the shelf next to the wall, picked up a bottle of metal softener from the shelf, came to the front of the experiment table, and put a piece of mithril ingot Carefully place in glassware.

While pouring the bottle of metal softener on it, he said to me: "That is to say, only after you use the metal softener to completely soften certain metals, can you use those metal hardeners."

The choking smell was once again steaming in the laboratory. Standing under the lingering smoke, the Francis scholar straightened up again after coughing violently, put on a pair of snakeskin gloves on his hands, and said: "When you are softened metal reshaping, like this..."

He took out the piece of mithril from the glass vessel and rubbed it gently in his hand. The piece of mithril was like a piece of soft dough, which was kneaded into a small ball by the Francis scholar.

The Francis scholar continued: "After shaping, you will find that these metals have completely lost their original properties, so how can we restore those original properties?"

He casually threw the mithril ball into the glass container, and the mithril ball stuck to the bottom of the glass container like a piece of mud.

I suddenly realized, and said to the Francis scholar: "You mean that I still need to use a curing agent to cure the molded metal?"

"That's right, some metal hardeners can counteract the magical effect of metal softeners, just like this, you see... all the properties of the original metal have been restored." Scholar Francis took the translucent green potion handed over by the assistant and pulled it out. Take out the cork and pour the potion inside on top of the mithril in the glass vessel.

Although I can't tell what happened to this piece of mithril from the surface, when Francis scholar took the ball of mithril out of the glass vessel, I found that the mithril became hard again, looking like a silver coin .

It turned out that these metal softeners were used in this way, and I took the remaining half bottle of metal softener from Francis Scholar.

His magic assistant handed me bottles of metal softener on the wooden shelf, and I carefully put them into the magic pocket.

"Hello, Jijia." Francis scholar suddenly called out my name.

"Scholar Francis, what can I do for you?" I stopped and turned to look at Scholar Francis with a haggard face. His entire life seemed to be in this magic laboratory.

"If there is such a magical and interesting alchemy formula in the future, don't forget to give it to me." Francis scholar said to me.

I knew that he was the kind of magic scholar who was destined to devote his whole life to alchemy, and was destined to die in a laboratory. It seemed that his life was only alchemy.

"Okay, I'll go back and look in the warehouse." I replied readily.

Scholar Francis was very happy to see my answer so readily, pulled a stool and sat down beside me, and said, "If I guess right, this alchemy formula should come from a very ancient tradition. Ji Jia, Did you find this alchemy formula in the ancient ruins? Or did you buy it in an auction house?"

I thought about it, and said to Francis Scholar: "I found it from the ancient ruins, in fact, it was placed at the bottom of a treasure chest, and the treasure chest was full of magic gems."

"So that's how it is!" Scholar Francis said, "I only had time to refine half of the metal curing agent, and the rest will take a day to completely refine. Now these are only semi-finished products. Remember to come after tomorrow afternoon." Take them away."

"Got it, Francis Scholar," I said.

During the conversation, the magic assistant had already handed me all the twenty-odd bottles of metal softener on the wooden shelf, and then ran to the test bench, brought over a dozen bottles of metal hardener, and asked me to put them in the magic pocket.

After I packed all these alchemy potions, Scholar Francis impatiently waved to the magic assistant, signaling him to go out and stay for a while.

There are only me and the Francis scholar left in the laboratory. Perhaps after staying in the laboratory for a long time, the choking feeling is no longer so strong.

I asked Francis Scholar: "Anything else, Francis Scholar."

He hesitated for a moment, and said to me: "Jijia, if you don't want to cause trouble, then you must not show this alchemy formula to outsiders. This alchemy potion should belong to the kind of shady things."

I asked back: "Things that cannot be seen?"

Scholar Francis said solemnly: "That's right, the alchemical formula of the metal curing agent should be regarded as an alchemical potion abandoned by the gods."

His eyes fell on the crucible that was bubbling and bubbling not far away, and he said to me: "In terms of certain magical properties, it has already violated the laws of this world, roughly reorganizing the arrangement of magical metals with magical power Structure, this is an unbelievable design concept, which cleverly circumvents those laws."

"If my guess is correct, it should not be humans who designed this alchemy formula, nor elves who were born with magical powers, nor those dwarves who were born in mines with hammers in their hands. This alchemy potion It should have been created by the great goblin inventors of the Hex technology era." Francis Scholar said in a very affirmative tone.

"The alchemy potion in the era of Hex?" I found that I had become a language repeater at this time, and I didn't know how to explain it to him other than repeating the words of the Francis scholar.

The Francis scholar took a meaningful look and said to me: "I think you should be able to recall something. I have undoubtedly peeped into your secrets, but I just hope you can hide them a little deeper."

Seeing my hesitation, he patted my shoulder and said to me: "You may not realize the fun of this kind of alchemy, are you interested in learning some alchemy from me?"

To be spotted by a magician from the Imperial Academy of Magic is definitely something worth celebrating for young magicians.

At this time, you should not think about anything and agree decisively first.

But it wasn't that much of a surprise to me.

"Eh... Scholar Francis, although I am very interested in alchemy, I am a junior inscriber." Although I felt a little surprised, I still said this to Scholar Francis.

Scholar Francis seemed to remember my identity all of a sudden, so he sighed softly, and said, "Okay, remember to find this alchemy formula from a lost civilization next time, and don't forget to show it to me. .”

"Understood, Francis Scholar..." I promised Francis Scholar.

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I leave the magic laboratory of the Francis scholar.

At this time, Yingli, Helena, and Becky were still waiting for me in the inner garden of the Academy of Magic.

Turning around an inner corridor, I happened to see Helena sitting on a swing being accosted by two young magic assistants. With a helpless smile on her face, she just quietly listened to the two magic assistants standing in front of the swing. Talk eloquently.

If a young magician who can stay in the Magic Research Institute as a magic assistant, if he doesn't have outstanding magic talent, then he must have some extraordinary background.

Ying Li and Becky sat back to back on the bench next to each other, leaning on each other's shoulders, looking up at the magic gemstones inlaid on the arched dome of the institute, as if they were still talking in a low voice.

Seeing me coming in from outside the arch, Helena finally had a sweet smile on her face, jumped off the swing, ran to me briskly, and said to me affectionately: "Why have you been here for so long..."

I can't remember the names of the two magic assistants, but they knew me. When they saw Helena approaching me and took my arm affectionately, they said to me, "Hey, Giga, so this You know the girl!"

I nodded to them, trying to think of their names, they left the courtyard in a hurry 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 the matter here finished?"

I nodded and said, "Well, let's go!"

On the way away from the Magic Research Institute, I met some magic assistants who also took the initiative to say hello to me. I actually know some people, some people have met but don’t know their names, and some people simply don’t have any impression. I can only answer vaguely.

It has been a year since I came to the Imperial Academy of Magic. Before I knew it, I had changed from a newcomer who greeted other magic assistants to a "senior" magic assistant who was greeted by others.

Ying Li and I rushed to the side of the twelve marble pillars in Tower of Pride Square, unexpectedly we were the first to arrive here.

After waiting for a while, I saw Noah and Shirley Newman walking out of the magic market with a lot of things in their hands, with faces full of desire.

(End of this chapter)