I went to a fake college

Chapter 56: The Invention of Gunpowder
Entering the college library, Lin Xiao found a book about alchemy and began to study it.

Looking at this alchemy book, Lin Xiao suddenly had an idea: Yes, I can make some weapons with my own wisdom, such as guns, detonators, or grenades.

Thinking of this, Lin Xiao had an idea, thinking that he should start with the invention of gunpowder, because it would be useless to have a gun without bullets, and bullets need gunpowder.

Lin Xiao knew the composition of gunpowder since he was a child, and it was one of the four great inventions of his hometown.

Gunpowder is a mixture of potassium nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur. As for the ratio, Lin Xiao no longer remembers.

Speaking of these three substances, Lin Xiao looked through the alchemy manual again and found that charcoal and sulfur can be bought, but potassium nitrate is not available here.

Lin Xiao probably remembers how to make potassium nitrate. He saw his grandfather in his hometown make it when he was a child.

That is to mix the plant ash and nitrate soil, and the plant ash is the ashes obtained from burning straw. As for the nitrate soil, it is the soil in the cave that has not been washed by rain.

After having this idea, Lin Xiao immediately put down the alchemy manual in his hand and walked out of the library.

Through the relationship, I bought some charcoal powder and sulfur powder.

After having these two things, all that is left is to refine potassium nitrate crystals, which is a technical job and takes a little time.

To make potassium nitrate, you have to collect plant ash and nitrate.

Plant ash is easier to collect. At noon that day, Lin Xiao got a knife and came to the track and field of the college.

The college's track and field field is very large, and it is the place where students usually practice agility. The grass in many places is either trampled to death or destroyed by magic, but the wild grass is relatively lush in the corners of the track and field field.

So Lin Xiao took the knife and walked towards the edge of the track and field, and began to harvest weeds.

It's autumn now, and the weeds are more withered and yellow, and they are easier to burn.

After collecting a certain amount of straw, Lin Xiao found a place, lit the weeds, and collected the ashes.

The students practicing on the track and field thought that Lin Xiao was a fire magician after seeing the situation there.

The two bodyguards didn't know what the deputy leader was doing.

After collecting the ashes, Lin Xiao didn't let the two bodyguards idle, and said to one of the bodyguards, "I want to ask you for a favor."

"Deputy gang leader, just give orders."

Lin Xiao nodded, "Go to the cave on the mountain behind the college and dig some nitrate."

"Nitrate?"

"Oh, it's the soil from the cave, the gray one is the best."

"Okay, but, deputy gang leader, what are you doing?"

Lin Xiao just said, "I am also a kind of alchemy, so don't ask too much."

The warrior nodded, then turned and left.

Not long after, he fetched the nitre, packed it in a bag, and it looked good.

With nitrate and plant ash, the next step is the process of chemical reaction and refining.

In order to complete this experiment, thanks to the relationship of the gang leader Martha, Lin Xiao specially asked for a secret room as his laboratory, and Lin Xiao also spent some gold coins to get some utensils from the alchemy teacher, such as cups, filters, and A flammable energy spar.

The experiment officially begins.

In the first step, plant ash and nitrate are mixed together, add water and stir.

In the second step, impurities are filtered out to obtain a mixed solution.

The third step is to heat and evaporate, let the two fully react, and evaporate the excess water.

The fourth step is to cool to room temperature, and the white crystals that are separated out are potassium nitrate crystals.

After several attempts, Lin Xiao finally saw the white crystal, and he was overjoyed!
All that's left is to filter those white crystals out!

When Lin Xiao collected those white crystals, he was very excited, and immediately took out sulfur powder and charcoal powder from his pocket, mixed them in different proportions, and made ten sets of mixtures in total.

Thus, in this world, gunpowder was born!

Seeing these dark powders, Lin Xiao was overjoyed: in the future, those who kill me will have a taste of the 'souvenirs' of my hometown.

Ten groups of mixtures were put into ten airtight containers, and data records were made.

All that remains is to experiment with the explosive power of these mixtures.

Lin Xiao thought about the location of the explosion, and decided that it would be better to choose the small forest in the college, because it is more hidden.

Thinking of this, Lin Xiao took ten sets of potions and went to the academy grove, followed by two bodyguards.

Lin Xiao waved, and two bodyguards walked over immediately.

"Vice leader, what are your orders?"

Lin Xiao took out ten sets of mixtures from his pocket, and said, "You two, this is something refined through the alchemy manual. I'm afraid it's too powerful, so don't let anyone approach it when you test it."

Both of them nodded, "Okay, deputy gang leader."

After Lin Xiao explained the matter, he entered the small woods.

This place is relatively hidden. After checking, I found that there was no one in this small forest. It may be because of this point that everyone is in class.

Lin Xiao took out the No. [-] mixture, ignited it and threw it forward.

There was a sound, a burst of fireworks lit up, and then went out.

First shot, dumb.

Lin Xiao took out the No. [-] mixture, ignited it and threw it out.

boom!There was a muffled sound, like farting, with such a little power, I am afraid that even a fly could not be killed.

Then came the No. [-] mixture. What Lin Xiao didn't expect was that the No. [-] mixture was like a sky cannon. After being ignited, the No. [-] mixture flew several meters away, exploded, and the sound was not loud.

It was so disappointing, Lin Xiao was a little disheartened.

Then came the fourth, fifth, and sixth mixtures, all of which were unsatisfactory.

When it was the seventh shot, Lin Xiao felt something was wrong, and quickly hid behind a big tree.

boom!There was a huge explosion, and the explosion was loud and deafening!
Lin Xiao's face was pressed tightly against the back of the big tree, and there was still some dust on his face, but he was very excited in his heart.

I saw flowers blooming on the ground in front of me, and the surrounding trees were blown to pieces.

The students walking near the grove looked at it, not knowing what happened inside.

"What's going on, did some students fight in the grove?"

"With such great power, at least a seventh-level magician."

"Yeah, what a terrifying explosive power, what kind of magic is this?"

"I don't know. I think it might be black magic. Those witches like to cast this kind of magic the most."

Some students talked a lot.

"So this is the art of explosion! Not bad!" Lin Xiao felt that the explosive power of this group of mixtures met his expectations.

Lin Xiao was just about to go over to check the scene of the explosion, when suddenly two figures descended from the sky. After a closer look, he found that they were two boys from the academy.

When the two boys saw Lin Xiao, they ran away immediately, shouting as they ran, "Run away, this is black magic, he is a wizard!"

At this time, I only heard Swish Swish Swish!From the top of a nearby tree, a group of people jumped down one after another, and these people quickly disappeared.

My God, everyone is on the tree, what are they doing on the tree?Lin Xiao was shocked.

(End of this chapter)