Chapter 28 Refining Failure

The original goal of alchemy was to transform base metals into precious metals, especially gold. Later, different research was developed, such as making panaceas, finding the philosopher's stone, and creating artificial humans.

To date, the only person who has achieved the goal of turning stone into gold and immortality in this field is Nicolas Flamel.

However, in the course of its development, various magical props have also appeared, such as: Pensieve, Time Converter, Vanishing Cabinet, etc.

Although these props have nothing to do with the three ultimate goals of alchemy, they still have very magical effects.

Cyrus used a spell to spread out the invisibility cloak.

These days, he has carefully read a lot of alchemy books, and it is not difficult to find the unusualness of this cloak. First of all, the material is completely different from ordinary cloaks.

Ordinary invisibility cloaks are made of the fur of invisible beasts, which are silver, magical animals similar to orangutans, but the cloak in Cyrus's hand feels much colder.

"The Invisible Beast is the only magical animal that can become invisible. Its ability is represented by 0 in the runes. If the material of this cloak is not the hair of the Invisible Beast, what else could it be?"

Cyrus raised his wand, and the tip of the wand emitted a faint light. The light shone on the transparent cloak, immediately reflecting the texture of the cloak.

The texture contained countless runes.

Cyrus clearly saw "teiwaz" and "algiz", the former means immortality, and the latter means protection.

In ancient times, it was very common to use runes on alchemical products. These words have great magical power, but they cannot be released through spells. Inscribed on magic products, they can better exert the power of these words.

But another problem is that runes are obscure and difficult to understand. This is not just a foreign language. In fact, even if most people understand the meaning of the words, they may not be able to resonate with the words and stimulate the magic in the words.

Nowadays, runes have become a subject similar to translation, as if they have no other use except for archaeology.

"There is indeed a powerful disembodiment spell hidden in this cloak."

Powerful spells, immortal materials, perhaps it is because of the combination of these two that the magic of this cloak will never disappear.

Cyrus guessed that the effect of the Elder Wand is similar.

The Elder Wand is made of elder and thestral hair. Although the number of elder is small, it can still be found if you really want to find it. However, Gregorovitch has been constantly imitating the Elder Spell, but has never created any wand that can match it.

Cyrus guessed that the secret of the Elder Wand's power may lie in its curse itself.

Dumbledore and Harry both believed that once the original owner of the Elder Wand died normally, the power of the Elder Wand would be destroyed. This is because the curse of the wand is broken, so this legendary wand will become as mediocre as an ordinary wand.

Then, Cyrus put down the cloak.

He couldn't have the cloak for too long. It was impossible to completely crack the secret of the cloak in just a few days. In contrast, it was more important to study how to make the Philosopher's Stone.

Opening Nico's manual, skipping the dreams and revelations, Cyrus saw this passage.

"The Philosopher's Stone is the oldest and most mysterious or the most unknown, the most incomprehensible in nature, and the blessing and sacredness of heaven. It is the mystery of mysteries. It is the power of morality and God, the limit and purpose of all things under heaven, and the final and incredible result of all sages' operations. It is the perfect essence of all elements, an indestructible object that cannot be damaged or destroyed by any element, and the fifth element. It is the dual and living mercury with its own spirit, which can handle all weak and imperfect metals. It is eternal glory, a panacea that can cure all diseases, an immortal bird that blesses the glory of heaven, the most precious treasure among all wealth, and an important property of the entire nature."

"The materials for refining the Philosopher's Stone are mercury, sulfur, and salt... It must be refined with the four elements, heat, cold, dryness, and moisture to break the internal and external elements of matter..."

Cyrus poured the mercury into the crucible and then ignited the fire.

"The flame represents heat and dryness - water represents cold and moisture -"

While stirring the crucible, his magic flowed into the mercury, and then he poured in sulfur, salt blocks, and soil.

"Soil is heat and moisture..."

The contents of the crucible boiled, and the color slowly turned red.

The Philosopher's Stone in the records was indeed red, but the ball of things now was difficult to form. The flame kept burning, the water in the crucible was boiled, and the cold and moisture were driven away, until finally, only a little red powder was left in the crucible.

Cyrus picked them up with his fingers, and did not feel any breath of life from them.

"Failed."

He was not discouraged and continued to look through Nico's notes, but even Nico Flamel himself did not understand how he succeeded.

For centuries, he has been trying to replicate that miracle, but he has never succeeded a second time.

"The formula of the Philosopher's Stone cannot be so simple. Nico's manuscript may not be of much help." Cyrus thought.

Nicolas Flamel must have encountered some unexpected accidents and coincidences in the process of refining the Philosopher's Stone, and this coincidence was not noticed by himself.

In the wizarding world, sometimes even a gust of wind or a ray of sunshine may affect the results of alchemy or potions. Sometimes even sound is a key factor.

For example, when practicing Animagus, you need dew that cannot see the sun and the first thunder in the storm as a revelation.

Cyrus felt a little urgent. He could indeed revive without using the Philosopher's Stone, but this would require absorbing all of Ginny's vitality to achieve it, but in this way, Ginny would definitely die.

But he had already regarded Ginny as his friend, and he could not do such a thing as harming his friend's life for his own resurrection.

'If it really doesn't work, I can only absorb some of the life first and then leave. '

If he still can't successfully refine the Philosopher's Stone at the end of this school year, he can only leave Hogwarts in the state in the movie.

No, it may even be worse than the state in the original book.

In the original book, Ginny's state is still too dangerous, almost hanging by a thread.

"Perhaps, I need to change a host."

Cyrus put away the crucible.