From Prisoner to Si Chen..

Chapter 362 Silver Bottle Five

Time flies, and ten days have passed unknowingly.

During these ten days, the three apprentices, Gillan, Lemay and Galken, lived in the wooden cabin, and at most they would take a walk in the surrounding woods or by the stream.

According to Mrs. McCalla, there were actually wild animals roaming around the cabin, but the three of them had never encountered any. At most, they only saw some small animals such as hares, pheasants and squirrels.

Lemay and Galken were both weak and powerless, but Gilan used stones he picked up to catch a few rabbits with a flick of his fingers, which provided a meal for everyone.

This move of Lu was actually nothing special, but it surprised the noble girl Flamel and she exclaimed in surprise.

Galken watched silently, feeling quite envious, and even tentatively asked about the technique of throwing stones before going to bed at night.

Jilan just smiled and said a few perfunctory words, asking him to eat more and exercise more.

The study life in the wooden house is peaceful but not boring.

Learning alchemy always makes people feel novel.

In addition to helping their teacher, Mrs. McCalla, with chores and doing some physical work, the three apprentices of Gilan continued to draw and memorize basic alchemy arrays to gain a deep understanding of their principles.

Apart from checking on everyone's progress and answering questions during dinner every evening, Mrs. McCullagh usually stayed in the attic of the main house doing research and seldom showed up.

Every two or three days, LeMay's family would send someone to deliver some supplies by carriage. Mrs. McCullagh did not refuse because it saved her time for purchasing.

This evening.

While eating, Mrs. McCalla checked the learning progress of the three people.

Jilan was the first to show off his learning results.

He dipped the feather pen given by his wife into ink and drew nine basic alchemical arrays on the parchment in one go. The lines were perfect, the characters were clear, and the positions were accurate.

Immediately afterwards, Jilan continued to move and added four more complex alchemy arrays.

He used fluent ancient Romani to explain the effects, principles, and uses of these alchemical arrays. As for the four alchemical arrays that were not taught by Mrs. McCalla, they were high-level structures that he learned by analogy and without any instruction.

"Very good." Mrs. McCullagh praised generously. "It's amazing to achieve this in just ten days. I originally expected it to take a month, but I didn't expect it to be so fast."

"Especially these four more complex alchemy arrays. Although they have flaws and omissions, they are still effective... You really have a talent for mysticism, Jilan."

"Madam, you are so kind. This is the result of your patient teaching and answering questions."

Jilan bowed his head slightly and said respectfully.

In fact, the reason why he can learn so quickly is because of his solid "foundation".

The "foundation" here does not refer to mysticism, but to his body and his brain.

Because he is a 4th-level Jiuze, and because he has mastered the "White Cross Body Building Technique", Jilan's brain has undergone secondary development, and his perception, memory, thinking ability and spirituality are far superior to those of ordinary people.

Learning a new knowledge on this basis should not be too efficient. Gillan did not even use his own mysterious points, and he easily mastered the knowledge taught by Mrs. McCara.

"Haha, no need to be modest."

Mrs. McCullagh shook her head and said gently.

"The faster and better you learn, the happier I will be."

Having said that, she turned to look at the other two apprentices.

Instantly, Flamel and Galken's faces tensed, and they felt an indescribable pressure. And this pressure came from their genius companion, Gillan Iros.

The two of them showed their learning results one after another.

The nine basic alchemical arrays drawn by Flamel were all qualified without any major flaws, and their working principles were also clearly explained.

But Galken's performance was slightly worse.

Among the nine basic alchemy arrays, one had an obvious omission, forgetting to draw two key symbols. As for the description of the principle and its use, it was a bit stumbling, as if it was memorized by rote without real understanding.

However, Mrs. McCullagh did not show disappointment or blame him. Instead, she said:
"That's great, Mr. Galken. I believe you can master them all after consolidating them for a while."

Then, she looked at Flamel and praised:
"Miss Flamel is also very good. I am proud of you."

"Thank you for your teaching, ma'am."

The two of them couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief, and at the same time felt incomparable joy. They also became more motivated to learn alchemy.

Then, Mrs. McCullagh took out some materials such as white wax stone, gold powder, mercury, sage and sulfur, and said:

"The formal depiction of the alchemy array requires the selection of materials based on their specific purpose. There are many types and the variability is extremely strong... Of course, there are also many precautions. Each one is the valuable experience summed up by countless alchemists through repeated failures."

"I will start from the first basic alchemical array, the 'Mars Triangle'. Please listen carefully..."

"Yes, ma'am."

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Mrs. McCulla's lecture lasted nearly two hours. The three apprentices wrote down all the contents on parchment with quill pens for review and consolidation.

But in fact, Gillan was just pretending, because he had memorized them all after listening to them only once.

"Okay, that's all for today."

Mrs. McCulla laughed.

"Thank you for your lecture, ma'am."

The three apprentices thanked the lady in silver robe respectfully.

The lady smiled and added:

"Don't think that drawing an alchemy array is complicated and troublesome. This is a necessary foundation. Only when you are proficient enough in it can you continue to simplify it in the future. Even with the help of the 'alchemy catalyst', you can summon the alchemy array anytime and anywhere in a very short time."

"In a very short time?" Flamel was surprised. "How fast is that?"

I just heard from Mrs. McCalla that it takes at least an hour for an average alchemist to draw an alchemy array.

For beginners like them, it would probably take longer, perhaps even a whole day, and still not be able to completely draw the alchemy array.

"If you do it to the extreme, it will take less than a second."

Mrs. McCullagh laughed. "?!" Flamel and Galken widened their eyes, looking very surprised. "Less than a second...?!"

"Yes, just like that."

Mrs. McCullagh raised her hand.

hum-

I saw a silver alchemy array suddenly appear in the air above the table.

It looks very simple, just a basic alchemy array structure, but if you look closely, you will find that it is filled with densely packed and delicate symbols.

Mrs. McCalla moved her finger slightly and pointed towards a Davidia involucrata tree not far away.

The silver alchemy array disappeared in mid-air and reappeared on the surface of the tree trunk. In an instant, a part of the center of the tree was missing, and a square hole of about ten centimeters was hollowed out.

And Mrs. McCullagh knocked on the table again.

Tuk Tuk.

Silver light suddenly appeared on the table again, and at the same time, a stack of wooden bowls appeared.

"This... is this transformed from the material of that tree?"

Flamel asked, looking shocked.

"That's right." Mrs. McCullagh nodded. "Of course, it can also be done this way..."

As she spoke, she knocked on the table again.

Tuk Tuk.

A silver light flashed beneath the stack of wooden bowls, along with the flickering outline of the alchemy array.

The wooden bowl turned into powder in an instant and then gathered into an iron hatchet.

Mrs. McCalla continued to knock on the table as the three people looked at her incredulously.

Tuk Tuk.

A silver light flashed, and the hatchet turned into a pearl as thick as a thumb.

Tuk Tuk.

The pearl turned into a piece of bread again.

Bread turns into leather clothes.

The leather jacket turned into a bronze statue of a pelican again…

The three of them stared intently, with deep awe and admiration in their eyes.

Finally, Mrs. McCullagh waved her hand.

The bronze statue on the table turned into powder and flew away, but the gap left by the Davidia involucrata tree was filled up again and restored to its original state.

"Ma'am, this is simply a miracle!"

exclaimed Flamel.

“Can anything be created?”

"It's not creation, but 'decomposition' and 'reconstruction'... Of course, this process looks simple, but it is actually very complicated, and requires the addition of corresponding 'alchemical medicine' to assist and catalyze it."

Mrs. McCulla laughed.

Galken's Adam's apple rolled and his cheeks flushed with excitement.

And Jillan couldn't help but take a deep breath, feeling shocked and eager.

His original knowledge of alchemy was very superficial. After learning the basics from Madam McCullagh, Gillan finally understood how powerful his teacher Para Celsus was.

'With "Ban Lan" by my side, I will surely be able to make rapid progress in a very short period of time and master a solid foundation... After watching the movie, I will learn more profound alchemy knowledge from Teacher Pala!'

Ji Lan secretly thought.

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"Hey, Jilan, show me those four alchemy arrays you researched."

The next morning, three apprentices were picking up dead branches in the woods when the noble girl Flamel said with her hands on her hips.

Jilan ignored her and squatted on the ground, tying the branches he picked up with a hemp rope.

"Hey! I'm talking to you!"

Flamel was a little angry, frowned and emphasized his tone.

During these days, she had always behaved politely and sensibly in front of Madam McCulla, but when interacting with the two male apprentices, she displayed her aristocratic arrogance and pampering to the fullest.

Galken was completely under her control and dared not resist at all. He was always submissive and did whatever she told him to do. He was very obedient.

But what made Flamel depressed was that Gillan Iros basically ignored her, which made her feel extremely embarrassed.

"Ms. Flamel, why should I show you my research?"

Without even turning his head, Jilan stood up with the bundle of firewood and said calmly.

"Because we are all apprentices of Madam McCulla, we should help each other and make progress together!"

Flamel still had his hands on his hips and snorted.

Gillan shook his head.

"Then why don't you do your own work and leave it to Galken? Is this also your way of helping him?"

Hearing this, Galken, who was tying two bundles of firewood, was startled, then he smirked and said,

"Brother Gillan, it's okay. Miss Flamel is a woman, and a noble..."

(End of this chapter)