Volume 5 The Trial of the Twins Chapter 38 Start with Intelligence!
Fang Qiuling first went through the ancient books roughly, then quickly swept away the food on the table, and then ordered some snacks such as fried sausages, crepes, and baked potatoes, and then began to carefully hold the ancient books in his hands under the light.
The whole ancient book is bound out of parchment, which seems to be a thick book, but in fact it is less than 200 pages. The language used to write is mainly Old Ionian cryptography, an ancient language with a slight magical power. At the same time, a small number of descriptive statements are in Old Romance language.
Judging from the way of textual description, the tone of the narrative, and the cognitive perspective of affairs, Fang Qiuling believes that it is more likely that this ancient book was written by Nicolas Flamel himself, rather than by some impostor author.
The Secret Realm Magic Book of Flamel chronicles Nicholas Flamel's experiences in the Shepherd's Forest. Ancient books take one day as a chapter, no more, no less than a hundred chapters, a bit of a diary feeling. However, the actual recorded time is definitely not a hundred days, Fang Qiuling roughly flipped through it and saw several time gaps, the longest time gap was twenty days, and I felt that the time of the entire record should be almost one hundred and fifty days to two hundred days.
Diary such a thing, write what you want to say, one day it will be seen, will it be a social death or something else messy next? If you don't write what you want to say, why do you write this thing for, and wait for ten years to make yourself look embarrassed? Anyway, Fang Qiuling, who calls himself a "serious person", definitely doesn't keep a diary.
Nicholas Flamel, whether this legendary alchemist master was a serious person or not, Fang Qiuling didn't know, and he couldn't know, but he was inclined to believe that this alchemist was a serious person. Based on the fact that "serious people don't write diaries", Fang Qiuling tried his best to understand the ancient books in his hand in terms of experimental records and exploration records.
A third of the ancient books are devoted to Nicholas Flamel's study and exposition of alchemy. Fang Qiuling picked this part of the content first and looked at it, and then became extremely excited.
- Luck is just too good! Finally, I'm also a child of luck!
It is not for nothing that this ancient book is called "Flamel's Secret Realm Magic Book", which records the lifelong work of Nicholas Flamelmel, a master alchemist, - Flamel Alchemy.
Also as a master of alchemy, Fang Qiuling knew about Flamel alchemy a long time ago, and even knew a little bit about himself. Flamel Alchemy, also known as "Supreme Alchemy", is a type of blood sacrifice type of alchemy.
Blood sacrifice alchemy, as the name suggests, uses either one's own body tissue or bleeding oneself in the process of refining, which is a rather murderous alchemy. Whether it is in this life or Elune, blood sacrifice alchemy is forbidden knowledge.
However, the supreme alchemy of Nicholas Flamel is different. He used the Philosopher's Stone very skillfully to avoid the blood sacrifice part of the alchemy process, so that the alchemy technique has made a great leap forward - it can be seen from the domineering word "supreme" that Nicholas Flamel has any ambition for his craft.
Fang Qiuling quickly read the part of the Supreme Alchemy, and immediately had an epiphany in his heart.
- This thing is a peerless one, the kind that has no place to learn if you want to, and no place to pay the price at any cost!
But...... Supreme alchemy is not without its shortcomings, and its biggest problem is that it can only have the power of "refining all things in the world" with the magic stone. Therefore, if you want to play supreme alchemy and play well, you must first have a magic stone in hand.
The Philosopher's Stone is known as "the 'only substance' in alchemy", "the elixir of everything", and "the fifth element", which should not theoretically exist! Whether it is "spirit" or "reason", the existence of the Philosopher's Stone is a bug, and even many alchemists believe that it should not "exist". If there is a philosopher's stone that "survives", it must belong to the creator, not the work of the master alchemist.
The Philosopher's Stone mentioned in Flammel's Book of Secret Spells can actually be regarded as an energy gem that can store a large amount of the power of the "Source Sea". This power gem can turn stones into gold - it is really not difficult to turn stones into gold in the "inner world", and it can also be used as a spell amplifier, which has many similarities with the Philosopher's Stone in terms of function and effect, and can be used as a substitute for the Philosopher's Stone to some extent. And most importantly, the difficulty of making this energy gem is not high!
This made Fang Qiuling feel slightly dizzy, quite a bit of a pie in the sky.
After holding back the excitement in his heart and repeatedly admonishing himself to calm down, Fang Qiuling continued to read.
The remaining two-thirds of the ancient book can be divided into two parts. Half of the pages are devoted to the author, Nicolas Flamel himself, and his experiences in the secret realm of the Shepherd's Forest. The remaining half, which occupies less than a third of the estimated space, is Nicholas Flammel's analysis and elaboration of the scenes and mechanics of the secret realm—these contents are what Fang Qiuling needs most urgently at the moment!
In the realm of the occult, prepared raids and unprepared encounters can have diametrically opposite results, as there is a very clear mutual restraint in the occult. If we can make targeted preparations in advance, it is completely possible to defeat the strong with the weak, and it is actually not as difficult as imagined to be outnumbered.
After getting off the plane, Qiu Ling didn't go straight to the Shepherd's Forest, because he didn't know what the scene in the secret realm was. In case you encounter the kind of restraint on the other party's Qiu Ling's ability, you don't need to be fully restrained, half restraint or slight restraint is enough to make people uncomfortable.
The battle between Gunifa and the Jing Clan and the Akira Worm made Fang Qiuling remember it vividly.
The strength of the crystal clan lies in the powerful and changeable spells, but under the strong magic resistance of Gunifa, it does not play its due role at all, and in the end it can only rudely carry out the "hidden weapon" mutual throw. This Jing clan can be said to have died quite aggrieved.
The Akira Bugmen are also good at spells, and they are also psychic spells. Countless races have succumbed to the mighty psychic power of the Akira Bugs. However, encountering Gunifa, a monster that is completely immune to psychic power, can only be regarded as unlucky! The Akira Zerg's proudest mind spell was completely ineffective against Gunifa, and if it weren't for the fact that they could still form a powerful psychic network, the battle situation would have been Gunifa rushing into their middle to open the matchless!
To deal with the Gunifa in its current state, it is most appropriate to crush it directly with force. Although the little orange cat is very agile, it is not very powerful, and a troll can completely suppress it. Both the Crystals and the Akira Worms had clearly chosen the wrong way.
And now with Nicholas Flamel, a master of alchemy, as the forerunner, Fang Qiuling's understanding of the secret realm of the Shepherd's Forest immediately rose to a higher level, and a preliminary plan quickly appeared in his heart.
After pondering for a moment, Fang Qiuling silently closed the ancient book, and then casually picked up a small piece of sausage and put it in his mouth.
Although it is a very random choice of restaurant, the taste of the meal is quite good, especially very in line with the requirements of "carnivores", which makes Fang Qiuling particularly satisfied. Merely...... He had deliberately avoided alcoholic beverages, but in the end he was unfortunate enough to be hit.
The waiter brought a juice drink mixed with a little whiskey, a glass of flavored fruit juice. This glass of flavored juice is very beautiful, showing a gradient color from top to bottom, which is quite a bit of an Internet celebrity drink. On the palate, it has a hint of sweetness and is very refreshing.
Fang Qiuling raised his glass frequently unconsciously, and soon drank to the bottom.
- Delicious! One more drink...... No, can't drink anymore.
With Fang Qiuling's current physique, five or six more juice drinks mixed with whiskey couldn't put him down. However, it is easy to make mistakes when drinking, and now that there are important things on the body, you must not drink anymore. After finding Xiao Hanyun, you can drink as much as you want......
Fang Qiuling picked up a piece of baked potato again and put it in his mouth, and after chewing it a few times, he decisively called the waiter and ordered a glass of milk.
- Milk is a dairy product, and dairy products should not be flavored with whiskey!
The night is getting darker.
Several waiters pushed the door of the restaurant open and set up stalls outside the restaurant with large and small cabinets. Soon, a small open-air bar appeared on the street outside the restaurant.
In Fang Qiuling's surprised gaze, the restaurants on both sides of the street seemed to be magical, and they set up open-air counters one after another. In the blink of an eye, the street turned into a noisy bar. Men and women began to cheer and toast each other.
- This is ...... What festivals?
Fang Qiuling came to Romania for the first time and did not know the customs here. However, he attended a few Oktoberfests in his hometown - as a temporary worker, working as a coolie to earn pocket money, so the scene in front of him did not seem strange.
He silently put the ancient book into the embrace of Violet, the storage ring in his right hand, then raised the transparent glass and drank the milk in the glass, and then got up and walked out of the restaurant.
- It's time to go to rest. We must recharge our batteries tonight and ...... tomorrow morning
Not far away, a beautiful figure holding a wine bottle and pouring it directly into his mouth attracted Fang Qiuling's attention. Of course, it's not that the girl's posture is too beautiful, and it's not because the girl drinks as if she were drinking water, but ......
“…… Rustling? ”
Fang Qiuling immediately squeezed through the crowd and came up, and then called tentatively.
The girl's cheeks were flushed and her eyes were misty, apparently too drunk to do so. However, she still reacted to Fang Qiuling's call, and looked at her with drunken eyes.
"Xiao Xiao! It's you! ”
- That's great! You're okay!
Fang Qiuling couldn't wait to step forward and hug the girl, and the smile on her face couldn't be hidden.
"You're alright! That's great! ”
The girl obviously didn't recognize the figure in front of her anymore: "You...... Who are you? ”
"Me? I'm Fang Qiuling, Xiulik. How much did you drink? Belch...... It doesn't look like the wine is very good, so drink less in the future...... Not...... Don't, don't, don't pour me! ”