From Prisoner to Si Chen

Time flies, and ten days have passed unknowingly.

During these ten days, the three apprentices, Gillan, Lemay and Galken, lived in the cabin, and at most went to the surrounding woods or streams for a walk.

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

Lemay and Galken were both weak and weak, but Gillan used the stones he picked up to hit a few hares with a flick of his finger, adding food to everyone.

This move was actually nothing, but it surprised the noble girl Lemay and exclaimed repeatedly.

Galken watched silently, quite envious, and tentatively asked about the technique of throwing stones when he went to bed at night.

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

The study life in the cabin was peaceful but not boring.

Learning alchemy always makes people feel novel.

In addition to helping their teacher, Mrs. McCara, with chores and physical work, the three apprentices of Gillan constantly draw and memorize basic alchemy arrays to deeply understand their principles.

Except for checking everyone's progress and answering questions during dinner every evening, Mrs. McCara usually stays in the attic of the main house to do research and rarely shows up.

Every two or three days, Flamel's family will send some supplies by carriage, and Mrs. McCara did not refuse, because this also saved her time for procurement.

That evening.

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

Gillan was the first to show his learning results.

He dipped the feather pen given by the lady into ink and drew nine basic alchemy arrays on parchment in one go, with perfect lines, clear characters, and accurate positions.

Then, Gillan kept moving and added four more complex alchemy arrays.

He used fluent ancient Romanic to describe the effects, principles and uses of these alchemy arrays. As for the four alchemy arrays that were not taught by Mrs. McCullagh, they were high-level structures that he learned by analogy without a teacher.

"Very good." Mrs. McCullagh praised generously. "It is amazing to achieve this level 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 there are defects and omissions, they are still effective... You are really talented in mysticism, Jilan."

"Madam, you are too kind, this is the result of your patient teaching and solving doubts."

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 Jiushi, and he has mastered the "White Cross Body Forging Technique", Jilan's brain has been redeveloped, and his perception, memory, thinking ability and spirituality are far superior to ordinary people.

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

"Hehe, no need to be modest."

Mrs. McCara shook her head and said gently.

"The faster you learn, the better, and the more relieved I am."

As she said, she turned her head and looked at the other two apprentices.

In an instant, Lemay and Galken's faces tightened, and they felt an unspeakable pressure. And this pressure came from the genius companion, Jilan Iros.

The two showed their learning results one after another.

The nine basic alchemy arrays drawn by Lemay were all qualified, and there were no major problems. At the same time, they could also explain their working principles clearly.

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 principles and uses, it was a bit stumbling, as if he had memorized them by rote and did not really understand them.

However, Mrs. McCullagh did not show disappointment or blame him, but said:

"Great, Mr. Galken, I believe you can master them all after consolidating 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, madam."

The two of them couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and at the same time felt incomparable joy. They also had greater motivation 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 according to its specific purpose. There are many types and strong variability... Of course, there are also many precautions, each of which is a valuable experience summed up by countless alchemists through repeated failures."

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

"Yes, madam."

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Mrs. McCullagh'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 in his mind after only listening to it once.

"Okay, that's all for today."

Mrs. McCullagh smiled.

"Thank you for your teaching, Madam."

The three apprentices thanked the silver-robed lady 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 can you simplify it continuously in the future, and even with the help of the 'alchemical catalyst', you can summon the alchemy array anytime and anywhere in a very short time."

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

Just now, I heard from Madam McCara that it takes at least an hour for an ordinary alchemist to draw an alchemy array.

For beginners like them, it may take longer, and maybe a whole day, but they can't draw a complete alchemy array.

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

Madam McCara laughed.

"?!" Flamel and Galken widened their eyes and looked very surprised. "One second... less than?!"

"Yes, just like this."

As she said, Madam McCara raised her hand.

Buzz——

I saw a silver alchemy array appearing out of thin air in the air above the table.

It looked very simple, just a basic alchemy array structure, but if you look closely, you will find that it is full of dense and fine symbols.

Mrs. McCullagh moved her finger slightly and pointed at a Davidia involucrata tree not far away.

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

And Mrs. McCullagh knocked on the table again.

Knock knock.

Silver light 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?"

Le May asked in shock.

"That's right." Mrs. McCullagh nodded. "Of course it can be like this..."

As she said that, she knocked on the table again.

Knock knock.

Under the stack of wooden bowls, silver light appeared, accompanied by the outline of the alchemy array.

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

Mrs. McCullagh continued to knock on the table in the incredulous expressions of the three people.

Knock knock.

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

Knock knock.

The pearl turned into a piece of bread.

The bread turned into a leather jacket.

The leather jacket turned into a bronze statue of a pelican...

The three people watched 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, and the gap in the original Davidia involucrata tree was filled up and restored to its original state.

"Madam, this is simply a miracle!"

Flamel exclaimed.

"Can anything be created?"

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

Mrs. McCullagh laughed.

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

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

His original knowledge of alchemy was very shallow. After learning these basic knowledge from Mrs. McCullagh, Gillan realized how powerful his teacher Para Celsus was.

'With "Banlan", I will be able to make rapid progress in a very short time and master a solid foundation... After watching the movie, I will learn more profound alchemy knowledge from Teacher Para! '

Gillan thought to himself.

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"Hey, Gillan, show me the four alchemy arrays you have researched."

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

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

"Hey! I'm talking to you!"

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

In recent days, she has always been polite and sensible in front of Madam McCullagh, but when she is with the two male apprentices, she shows her noble arrogance and pampering to the fullest.

Galken was completely dominated by her and did not dare to resist at all. He was always submissive and obedient.

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

"Miss Flamel, why should I show you my research?"

Gillan stood up with the bundle of firewood without looking back and said lightly.

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

Flamel still put his hands on his waist and snorted.

Gillan shook his head.

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

Hearing this, Galken, who was tying two bundles of firewood, was stunned, then smiled foolishly and said:

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