Chapter 154 Alchemy (Part 2)

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When Kemospier returned home, it was completely dark.

After dinner with his family, he returned to his study and wrote the raw materials and material selection experience of crystal glass into his book "The Gate of Alchemy", which records his journey from an apprentice to a chief alchemist, and also includes all the alchemy formulas summarized over the years at Chishui City Alchemy Workshop.

Kaimo believed that with this book, he would leave his name in history, and even thousands of years later, those alchemists would remember his name deeply.

It was not until the candle flame approached the base that Kaimo put down his quill and prepared to take off his clothes and sleep.

Suddenly, he remembered that there was still a letter from the prince that had not been opened and glanced at the candle that was only the length of fingernails. He decided to use this last time to read the letter and verbally reply to the messenger's small half of the candle tail, which was only enough for him to write dozens of words, but it was enough to read a worthless letter.

When I opened the envelope, there were three sheets of tissue paper in it. The first page was a common polite saying, introducing my title and territory. Kaimo was too lazy to read it, so he jumped directly to the second page.

The content on the second page surprised him slightly. It was neither recruitment nor reprimand, but rather a strange formula for the five elements. If you look closely, each formula consists of three sentences.

Haha, it was a bit interesting, he smiled, no matter what the prince’s purpose was, at least he would be quite mysterious.

He swept the first line of the formula.

Saltpeter is dried to produce nitric acid.

Saltpeter...dry distillation...acid is all alchemy terms.Wait, Kaimo suddenly became stunned. Isn’t this one of the double stone acid-making methods in the alchemy shop?

The acid liquid distilled from saltpeter must be collected through a special container, which looks no different from ordinary water vapor, making it difficult to attract attention.

But its corrosion is very strong, not only ablation of the skin, but also dissolves some metals.

This...is actually an alchemy formula?Could it be that there is an alchemist in Bianfeng Town?

He quickly moved his gaze to the next line

If the first sentence surprised him, the second sentence would be incredible.

It consists of a bunch of inexplicable symbols, which are arranged side by side, forming two equations.Kaimo frowned. He had never seen such a weird symbol before.

Further down, the third sentence seems to be an explanation of the second sentence, including the names and meanings of those symbols. He still couldn't figure it out after reading it. Those difficult words seemed to be all biographical words. He needed to read it repeatedly to connect the words with the symbols. Despite this, the meaning of the whole sentence still made him confused.

At this moment, the flame of the candle shook twice and went out.

Hell!Kaimo cursed in his heart, and without hesitation, he took out a candle from the drawer and lit it again.

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When the second candle was halfway through, the chief alchemist's hand holding the letter was shaking slightly.

The letter paper that seems to have no content takes several times more time than usual reading.

The five elements formulas on the second page of the letter paper are actually all alchemy formulas!

It would be fine if it was just like this. It was not unimaginable that an outstanding alchemist summed up five formulas with his personal strength. However, except for the first acid-making method, these five formulas are all echoing each other.

Some biographical words recur, forming a seemingly balanced cycle.

Nitrate and silver react to produce silver nitrate, water and nitric oxide.

Silver nitrate reacts with iron to form ferrous nitrate and silver nitrate.

Silver nitrate reacts with copper to form copper nitrate and silver.

Copper nitrate reacts with iron to form ferrous nitrate and copper.

He also did the alchemy reaction of placing the silver rod in acid. Some of the silver rods were clearly dissolved by acid and disappeared intovisible. This is the characteristic of acid, corroding all things.

But he said confidently that because silver nitrate dissolves in water, it looks like it has disappeared on the surface, but in fact, silver only exists in another form, not annihilation.

How is this possible?

No...Kaimo shook his head. Obviously, the other party also expected his thoughts. It was not accidental that these formulas echo each other. He realized that the other party was giving him the opportunity to verify whether it was silver, iron or copper, which were common minerals.

If the following formula is followed, the silver can be replaced again to prove that it is not annihilated, but still exists in the acid liquid.

Seeing the neatly arranged formulas on the paper, he felt that it became difficult for him to breathe. If these alchemy formulas could be established, the experience he had accumulated over the years and the efforts of his colleagues, the "Alchemy Gate" being written was all just a joke!

You and the child sleep first, I'll go to the alchemy workshop!

Without caring about his wife's surprise gaze, Kaimo put on his coat and rushed straight into the night.

When he arrived at the alchemy workshop, he immediately called three disciples of his duties and told him that he would conduct an alchemy experiment and asked them to light torches and candles, the more the better.

The order was quickly executed, and his long table was illuminated by the fire. The disciples shuttled between the material room warehouse and the refining room to prepare experimental materials for the chief alchemist.

There is still a lot of acid left after the dry distillation of saltpeter, so the verification can be directly started from the formula in the second line.

He took out some acid and poured it into a glass, then put it in a silver stick.As the reaction began, the rod body gradually became corroded, accompanied by bubbles.

While waiting anxiously, Kaimo unfolded the third page of the letter paper.

There is only one short sentence above: I just did a little work. If you want to know more answers, come to Bianfeng Town.

Damn it, if you write this sentence, it means you didn’t!

If he could really verify what was said on the letter, he would go to see this unknown alchemy master as he said.

Otherwise, I will be unable to sleep or eat in the future.

He took out the broken silver rod and put a small piece of copper into the cup until the bubbles stopped popping up.

An incredible thing happened, and the surface of the copper sheet quickly appeared on the white slab, like a ladybug's carapace. The white spots became larger and larger, slowly covering the entire copper sheet, and the acid liquid in the cup also changed from colorless to blue.

It's exactly the same as described in the letter!

The white precipitate is silver, and the newly generated substance copper nitrate is as soluble in water as silver nitrate, but its solution is blue.

Kemostrier looked at the result in the cup and stood there.

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The next morning, when Chames arrived at the alchemy workshop, he was shocked by the chief alchemist with dark circles and haggard face.

Did you not sleep all night yesterday?He was very surprised, for the second batch of crystal glass?

Kaimo shook his head, pulled Chames to the long table, and asked tiredly: You were my most proud disciple. I would like to ask, what do you think of alchemy?

Uh… Just like those you taught me, he noticed that there were glasses on the table, several of which were filled with solutions of different colors, one of which was sky blue, which was very eye-catching.

Could this be the reason why the Chief Adult did not sleep all night last night?

Although Chames was full of confusion, he answered honestly, and I also felt that the essence of alchemy was to find the truth of the world in disorder and chaos...

No no no no, Chames, I was wrong, Kaimo interrupted, Everyone was wrong, Alchemy was not the case.

Not so...?

Chames felt that the other party was really strange. He first went all night to alchemy, and now he asked some inexplicable questions. But before he could ask further, the chief lord said to himself: Alchemy is more orderly than you and I imagined, and it can even be said to be rigid as one plus one equals two. No matter how it changes, matter will not increase or disappear.

Will not increase or disappear?What are you talking about?Isn’t this something alchemists often do to siftly combine some common raw materials to create incredible new things?He said inexplicably.

It was Ah, and I thought so, until the lord of Border Town wrote me a letter... Kemospier patted his shoulder, but the words he said made Chames feel shocked. I will leave here soon and go to Border Town to find the answer.Do you...will me go with you?