a certain scientific harry potter

Chapter 340 IX Ancient Alchemy Is Actually Very Scientific (3000+)

"I've said before that the pattern in the book is formed into an array. Little prophet, what you need to do next is to accurately depict the pattern in the book on the alchemy table."

Sure enough, the task Nicole Flamel assigned to Luna was to portray and form a formation.

The so-called refining formation is an indispensable formation in ancient alchemy.

It is based on the perfect circle pattern that represents the circulation of all powers. By drawing magic lines composed of different lines in the perfect circle and injecting corresponding elements and magic power, ancient alchemists can activate the power of refining formations to Craft alchemical items.

As for the construction of the entire refining formation, apart from the most basic perfect circle outline, the lines and symbols of the magic lines inside it vary widely depending on the items to be refined and the elements used in the formation.

To be honest, every time Nicole Flamel explained the formation, Harry would always find it inexplicably familiar, and at the same time, he would unconsciously think of a certain masterpiece from his previous life...

However, Harry must admit that this set of ancient alchemy theories is indeed a fairly logical and self-consistent power system in the current strange world of 'fantasy + technology' where demons dance wildly.

At least it is much more scientific than the magic system of modern wizards who "distort reality with magic power"~

Everything in the universe is made up of the first substance, and the original first substance, plus two of the four properties of 'cold, hot, dry, and wet', will form a corresponding Elements.

Humid and hot become wind, damp and cold become water, cold and dry become soil, hot and dry become noodles... no, it becomes fire.

Contradictory properties cannot form elements, such as hot and cold, they first cancel each other out, and it is impossible to give birth to new elements.

In Harry's view, these properties of 'hot, cold, dry and wet', as well as the four elements of 'feng shui, earth and fire' are actually the reaction conditions and important intermediate products in chemical reactions; and the entire ancient alchemy system is actually The process of producing a new product after the first substance undergoes a series of reactions.

To complete this set of procedures, alchemists who were born as ordinary people need to use a large number of tools and instruments to carry out a series of complex reactions at the same time, and finally developed into the prototype of modern chemistry; while alchemists who were born as wizards can use magic to opportunistically , put all the important 'reaction processes' into the formation.

And what Luna has to do now is to refine the one in the book into a formation diagram, and completely describe it on the alchemy table...

According to Nicole Flamel, this is already a fairly simple form of formation. The element involved is only a single water element, and its function is only to compress the eyes of the basilisk as a whole.

It's just that after clarifying her mission, Luna didn't do it immediately. Instead, she kept staring at Nicole Flamel with wide eyes, as if she was quite puzzled about it.

"Describe the refining formation on the alchemy table... What tools do I need to use?"

What Nicole Flamel prepared was an extremely wealthy pure gold alchemy table. If he wanted to draw and refine formations on it, he would definitely not be able to use an ordinary pen.

"Ha, I knew that the little prophet must be smart~" Nico smiled kindly, and stuffed an irregularly shaped dark red gemstone into Luna's hand, "You can use the Sorcerer's Stone to draw, and the sharp corners on it The part of it can be used as a paintbrush, and the flat part can erase traces. But you must remember that because impurities cannot be introduced in the process of characterization, you cannot use things like rulers or compasses for assistance, but every straight line and circle The arc still needs to be very precise, and there must be no error in the overall proportion!"

"Okay, let me try."

Luna nodded seriously, and saw that she was holding the Philosopher's Stone in her hand, and gently swipe at the alchemy table below with the pointed part, and a clear mark appeared on the pure gold alchemy table.

The edge of the mark is extremely smooth, without any stubble at all, as if it was not engraved, but a line that was left in advance when building this alchemy table.

And when Luna changed the angle of the Philosopher's Stone and brushed it across the mark with the flat side, the scratches left before disappeared quickly again, as if the Philosopher's Stone in her hand was a magical eraser.

"This is the wonder of the Philosopher's Stone." Nicole Flamel explained to Harry with a smile at this time, "Gold is the purest and most stable substance in ancient alchemy, so in the alchemy of pure gold Refining on the stage can ensure that no other impurities are introduced to the greatest extent; and the magic stone can not only turn stones into gold, but also change the shape of gold at will, which can be said to be the most suitable for depicting the formation of refining thing."

"It's really convenient, but without the aid of tools, it's not easy for Luna to draw horizontally and vertically, with perfect arcs."

Harry peeked at it, and Luna was already in a hard fight at this moment. She had already painted and corrected the round shape of the outline many times.

In fact, Harry felt that Nicole Flamel should let himself complete this step.

After all, he was a forensic doctor in his previous life, and it was common for him to use a scalpel. The accuracy of his hand must be better than that of Luna, at least he will never shake when he draws a straight line.

"Doctor, I know... It might be better for you to complete this step, but this is the training that little prophets must go through." Nico seemed to have read Harry's mind, looking at Luna who was working hard and muttering to himself Said, "Your hands are indeed very steady, but you in the past did not have the insightful eyes of the little prophet. Even though later, your eyesight was strengthened due to the influence of the water element, you and the little prophet, but There is still a difference that cannot be ignored."

Nicole Flamel turned his head, raised his hand tremblingly, and tapped Harry's forehead: "Doctor, although you seem a little emotional because of your silence, you are a rational person. Ancient alchemy The magic pattern is full of strange things, and often requires a flash of inspiration to achieve the purpose of refining it. In this respect, the little prophet is better than you~"

"Indeed, when it comes to whimsy, I really can't compare to Luna."

Harry smiled calmly. Although he was being compared, he didn't mind it. On the contrary, he was very happy that Luna was recognized by Nicole Flamel in this way.

Those magic lines that look like ghostly symbols in the formation can actually be regarded as certain reaction conditions in ancient alchemy, and the process of depicting them is equivalent to determining the specifics of all the reactions from 'raw materials to finished products'.

However, unlike general chemistry, ancient alchemy sometimes had a very outrageous transformation process, such as the transformation from mercury to gold that many people are familiar with.

If it was really necessary to draw such a formation, Harry would definitely not be able to do it, because he simply did not believe that there would be a reaction from pure mercury to pure gold.

Unless this so-called piece of mercury is actually a piece of gold amalgam with gold dissolved in it, the gold inside can be separated by volatilizing the mercury.

Therefore, Harry would actually be limited by such 'scientific' thinking.

But Luna was different.

This girl is born with all kinds of peculiar thinking, and she will probably believe in things that others don't want to believe in no matter what.

Therefore, as long as she is convinced that 'pure mercury can really be transformed into pure gold', she may finally be able to create a refining formation diagram that transforms mercury into gold.

So from this point of view, Luna is really more suitable than Harry to be an ancient alchemist, because to make those alchemy items with various special functions, what is needed is her incomparable ability. whimsy.

"It seems that there is still a long time for the little prophet to succeed. Doctor, you should also start to study the eye of the basilisk. Manipulate the water element to confirm the structure of the eyeball, and try to recreate it with magic power. activation."

Seeing that Luna seemed to be progressing slowly, Nico was not in a hurry, and instead arranged a task for Harry.

"Okay, teacher." Harry nodded seriously, carefully poking his magic power and water element into the eyes of the basilisk.

Including the eye of the basilisk, many magic materials and magic items are actually 'alive'. Of course, the so-called alive here does not mean that they still have life, but that they still have different elements mixed inside. magic.

The sound of magic that Harry could hear all the time actually came from this.

The tail hairs of unicorns and phoenixes can be used as rod cores, so in theory, as long as Harry can understand the structure of the basilisk eye, he can use his own magic power to replace the magic power of the basilisk monster, thus inspiring the basilisk monster alone. There are petrified gazes.

And this process doesn't have much technical content, it just needs to be careful and careful.

The most important component of the eyeball is water, as long as Harry manipulates the water with his heart, they can finally help Harry outline the magic circuit inside the eye of the basilisk.

Just like blood flows in blood vessels, if the magic power of magical animals wants to flow, it also needs a network system similar to blood vessels, which is the magic power circuit.

There is such a magic power circuit in the eyes of the basilisk. When the magic power of the basilisk fills the entire circuit, its death/petrification gaze will be activated, thereby achieving the terrifying effect of staring at everyone.

It took him a long time back and forth, and he finally sensed the existence of the magic power circuit, and the next step, he was about to slowly inject magic power into it.

He had to be extremely careful during this process, because the structure of the magic power circuit of the Basilisk Eye was very fragile. If Harry injected too much magic power at one time, it would easily lead to complete damage to the magic power circuit.

At that time, it may cause a terrible accident like a broken wand backfiring.

However, if the magic power he outputs is too small, there is no way to successfully fill the entire circuit, let alone inspire any petrified gaze.

At this point, what Harry has to do is actually the same as Luna, only repeated trials and failures are left.

And this is also the most boring and exhausting process in this training.

(The picture in ps... I just posted it temporarily to occupy a place. I have been busy recently, and the drawing is also lagging behind. Please forgive me.)

Chapter 350 When refining, there is a chance to meet elemental spirits (3000+)

Since the beginning of this refinement, Harry and Luna can be said to have completely entered a state of forgetting to sleep and eat.

When I’m hungry, I leave the lab bench for a simple bite, and when I’m sleepy, I just find a corner to take a nap, and I even go to the toilet very few times.

And what they experienced, in the mouth of Nicole Flamel, is a very normal situation.

"Ancient alchemy is not a simple solidification of spells, but a process of creating new items from scratch, so the duration of an alchemy is often difficult to determine. What you have done this time is just the simplest condensing and Inlaying, the time and energy spent on more complex refining in the future will be beyond your imagination, and then you will experience real sleeplessness."

To be honest, after spending so much time in Nicole Flamel's alchemy laboratory, Harry really didn't think the after-school Potions class taught by Si was nothing.

Although brewing potions may last for dozens of days, it is basically a pretreatment of certain medicinal materials. As long as the crucible is kept on the fire, and some small functions such as automatic stirring are added, people will not be able to use it. There's nothing wrong with watching it all the time.

Otherwise, if he boiled a pot of Veritaserum for a month, Snape wouldn't be able to attend class?

But the ancient alchemy was not good. Not only did many of the processes take a long time, but it also required the alchemist to maintain a high degree of concentration at all times, without even a single slack.

In other words, if an alchemist doesn't hold the Philosopher's Stone in his hand like Nicole Flamel, it is very likely that he will be refining in an alchemy. Instead of refining anything, he will kill people first~

So, do you understand why Nicole Flamel values ​​Harry and Luna so much this time?

The skill of ancient alchemy is really too difficult to pass on. Although Niko has never really experienced the era when ancient alchemists were active, but based on his understanding, alchemists and his direct disciples should basically be passed down in the same line. …Because there are simply not so many descendants to be found.

Therefore, in order to pass on the memory of alchemy, alchemists will definitely treat their disciples as treasures... If anyone dares to touch my disciples, they will go all out with him~

...

Time kept slipping away in the tormenting failures and attempts, and finally at a certain time, when Harry felt that he was about to exhaust himself physically and mentally, the magic power he released finally completely lit up the entire magic power circuit of the Basilisk Eye!

hum~

The pupil of the Basilisk Eye suddenly constricted, and a faint, almost invisible light shot out from the needle-shaped pupil!

"Success!" Harry regained his energy in an instant.

Although he didn't really see it clearly, he was sure that the Basilisk Eye absolutely released a gaze just now, and it didn't completely dissipate until it hit the wall of the house.

"My side is fine too." On the other side, Luna, who was already disheveled and her eye circles were flushed, just finished the last touch at this moment.

On the pure gold alchemy table that was smooth and flat before, there is now an extra pair of alchemy formations nested by perfect circles.

Whether it is an arc or a straight line, every connection and turn is perfect.

"Beautiful drawing, Luna... are you okay?!"

Harry, who came close, wanted to praise Luna, but Luna suddenly swayed and fell straight into Harry's arms, so scared that he hurriedly hugged her.

"It's okay, I'm just a little tired..."

There was deep fatigue in Luna's voice, and Harry looked at her face close at hand, and found that she was obviously so sleepy that her upper and lower eyelids were constantly fighting, and he couldn't help feeling very distressed for a while.

"Doctor, it's not time to relax yet, you still have the next process to complete." Nicole Flamel reminded aloud from the side, "Now that the little prophet has been drawn and formed, you have to The basilisk eye has started to be refined. You need to condense and compress it to a size that can be used for inlays without destroying its overall structure, understand?"

"I know!" Harry nodded earnestly, then pulled himself together, and placed the Basilisk Eye, which he had studied for an unknown amount of time, in the center of the forming formation.

"Now let's inject magic power into the formation formation. Be careful to let the magic power guide the water element to run at any time, and eventually cover every magic pattern in the formation formation."

After being reminded by Nicole Flamel, Harry immediately began to continuously inject water elements and magic power into the formation formation, and has been precisely controlling the balance of the two forces.

This step was no difficulty for him at all. After the training of the capillary-like complex magic power circuit in the eyes of the Basilisk, Harry saw the formation formed by Luna at this moment, and suddenly felt that the magic lines , it is clearly like the aorta in the human body~

Of course, the mana supply required for the formation of the entire formation is definitely at the level of the aorta. Harry now feels that his body is like a faucet that has been completely released, and it is flowing out like running water. magic.

"Doctor, your magic power seems to be a bit reluctant... That's right, it's different from then, after all, you are only 13 years old now." Seeing that Harry seemed to be a bit weak, Nico could not help but tighten his grip on the alchemy table. The Philosopher's Stone, seemed ready to assist Harry at any moment.

The Harry that Nicole Flamel met before was a powerful wizard who had grown up and experienced countless battles, and his body was full of tempered magic power; but today's Harry, although he still has many powers such as water element and silence, He even has more adventures than himself, but it can't change the fact that he is only a 13-year-old boy.

His magic power has not been tempered by too many battles, and it is indeed difficult to survive a complete alchemy.

However, Harry didn't waver at all: "It's okay, I will definitely succeed."

"Hmm..." At this time, Luna seemed to be too tired to stand still, and she simply leaned her whole body on Harry's back, and fell asleep with her eyes closed.

"Are you asleep, that's okay... When she wakes up, I must have succeeded!"

Harry smiled slightly. Instead of being disturbed, he even increased his magic power output once again.

The more you carry behind you, the less you can be crushed by the burden, but you have to carry them forward together!

wow~

When the magic power in Harry's body was almost exhausted, the entire formation was finally completely filled with a light blue halo, and in a phantom mist intertwined with light and shadow, the formation in front of Harry seemed to become a Sparkling lake.

A figure with a graceful figure and a long tail suddenly leaped out from the center of the formation, creating an illusory spray at the same time.

It was an extremely beautiful mermaid girl. After swimming around above the formation formation, she showed a beautiful smile to Harry, and then her figure became unreal for a while, turning into a little bit of blue light and falling back to the formation formation. In formation.

At this moment, the eye of the basilisk placed in the center of the refining formation has been compressed into a crystal clear orange gemstone of just the right size.

The gemstone is round as a whole, and the middle part is the dark orange fundus of the basilisk, as well as the tightly closed vertical pupils.

"Successful... But, what was that just now?"

When he held the gemstone in his hand, Harry finally relaxed, but then a trace of doubt arose.

What happened to the girl who looked like a mermaid that appeared earlier?

"That's Undine, the water elf, one of the elemental elves." Nico explained aloud, "Elemental elves are special existences without souls, and you can think of them as the incarnations of elements. They often live in the same In the corresponding environment, and when a certain element is highly pure and concentrated, it is also possible to summon them. Since Wendini can appear, it means that the power of the water element that you just gathered has satisfied the elemental elves. .”

"So that's how it is. Then it seems that the cultivation was relatively successful this time." Harry asked with a smile, "Teacher, have you ever seen other elemental elves?"

"No, and even if it's Undine, the water elf, I've only seen it twice in my life. One was just now, and the other time..." Nicole Flamel paused for a moment, but suddenly there was a crisp sound from his neck. "It was decades ago, and I was also attracted by you."

"Decades ago..." Harry's heart moved slightly when he heard the words, and he unconsciously turned his head to look at Luna who was sleeping soundly behind him.

"The little prophet will definitely do his best for your affairs." Nico also sighed softly, even if his neck was twisted into a twist, he didn't care at all, "When I was building this ring, She even worked harder than she did now, but finally succeeded."

"Hmm..." Harry responded softly, looking at Luna, it seemed to be full of endless memories.

In the past, it was also a similar alchemy laboratory. The grown-up girl was drawing and refining the array day and night, just to help herself make a magic tool that could suppress Moran.