Hogwarts Mental Rehabilitation Center

A class had just ended, and after making sure there were no other classes today, Travis went to the library with a group of Ravenclaw students.

This made some Gryffindor students who had previously complained about Travis feel in awe, and their attitude towards Travis has improved significantly, and it can even be said to be a major reversal.

However, they didn't know that Travis had already chosen his faith a minute ago.

As a descendant of the dragon, Travis's attitude towards faith is very clear: when necessary, choose the corresponding faith based on specific needs.

This type of person is generally called a pragmatic agnostic.

But Travis doesn't think so.

"The so-called pragmatism is actually equivalent exchange in a sense. As far as faith is concerned, I use my time, energy and even money to worship God, and God should give me certain positive feedback. Even if it is not material , spiritual comfort is enough. But if one day this god can’t even give me spiritual comfort, shouldn’t I change to another one?”

"And this principle of equivalent exchange is in the magical world..."

Travis stood in front of a bookshelf and took down a book from the third shelf from the bottom.

"The Origin and Development of Alchemy (1)"

This is a series with a total of twelve books, but Travis learned from the librarian that these twelve books were not put together, which can be said to be very annoying to his father.

So after picking up the first book, Travis moved his position and continued to pick up the second, third, and fourth books. It took him half an hour to find all twelve books, and then he held them and stacked them up, which was bigger than him. Gao Shushan returns to the reading area.

People passing by gave way to Travis, as if they were worried that the mountain of books would slide and bury them.

Bang!

Travis put the book on the table and almost crushed the table.

Of course, this is just an illusion. The tables in Hogwarts are still very sturdy - even if some of them look very old.

Taking off the top book and placing it on the right, and then taking the remaining books one by one, Travis completed the rearrangement of the mountain of books. The top book now is the first book in the set.

Alchemy, the essence of alchemy is equivalent exchange.

For example, turning a glass of water into a glass of wine or turning a stone into gold are very equivalent!

"Different items have different values ​​because people think they are different, but the object of alchemy's transaction is obviously not a person, and it cannot have human values."

"However, the problem is that the party proposing the transaction knows that the values ​​of the items are different, and he does not think it is an exchange of equal value. The party proposing the transaction does not think it is an exchange of equal value, so how can this exchange be completed?"

Travis couldn't help but frown.

If the exchange is between people or between people and animals, you can still deceive the other party through disguise, deception, and IQ crushing. However, the transaction object of alchemy is not a lower-ranking person, but a higher-ranking, almost omniscient and omnipotent existence. .

"It's impossible to deceive the other party. At best, you can only deceive yourself... Is it powerful self-hypnosis? But is it possible to deceive someone with that level of self-hypnosis?"

A picture emerged in Travis' mind: a man who had gone through all kinds of hardships to master alchemy and hypnotized himself to turn stones into gold. When he successfully turned stones into gold, he couldn't do it because of self-hypnosis. As a result, he didn't think the gold was valuable, so he threw the gold away~

Suddenly, something moved in Travis's mind. He reopened the first book and took out his small notebook to record it.

At present, Travis has read the third book when he has a choice. Although it does not mention any specific alchemy formula, the book lists many fairly specific examples.

For example: a wizard transformed something into something on a certain day of a certain year and month.

Travis's eyes suddenly lit up after extracting all the examples, and he saw that the fifteen examples could be divided into two categories, namely: true equivalent exchange and non-equivalent exchange.

Auxiliary props appear in all non-equivalent exchanges. Different alchemy techniques use different props, and each prop is exclusive.

The most famous of them is the ancient alchemical masterpiece that can turn stone into gold - the Philosopher's Stone!

"I understand!"

"Constant the alchemical formula on an object. The object has no consciousness and naturally has no human values. Then, use this prop as an intermediary to carry out "equivalent" exchange with the world... No, to be precise, people are only responsible for transferring the chips. Place and activate the props, and the real exchange with the world is the props themselves!”

"That means in theory I can exchange a grain of sand for gold as big as the earth!"

Travis pushed the non-existent glasses on his face with his middle finger. He felt that he had mastered the true meaning of alchemy!

However, Travis soon frowned again, because he suddenly thought that he did not have such an outrageous alchemical formula, and he did not know how to fix the alchemical formula on an object.

He doesn't even have a single alchemy formula yet.

“Let go of your fantasies and get down to earth.”

Travis took a deep breath, got rid of distracting thoughts, and continued reading honestly, hoping to get a few alchemical formulas from the next nine books. It would be better if he could find a way to fix the alchemical formulas on objects.

At this glance, I saw that it was dark, the students around me were leaving cleanly again, and the librarian's voice could be heard in the distance.

Travis slumped on the table, breathing in more than out.

So he is very angry now!

"You shouldn't. You've written so many words about water, why can't you record a usable alchemy formula? Even one!"

"How dare you publish a physical book at this level? Even writing online articles is not that good!"

Bang!

After punching the book hard, Travis was still upset and stood up, picked up the book and banged it on the table.

As he was smashing it, Travis suddenly felt that something was wrong.

Turning around, he saw the librarian, Ms. Pince, staring at him with fire in her eyes.

"Ha, that... that... I am cleaning the dust of the book... Yes! I am cleaning it!"

While explaining, Travis also blew on the books in a decent manner. Not to mention, he actually blew up a layer of dust... and scraps of paper.

Travis suddenly felt even more embarrassed, and his awkward smile froze on his face.

Mrs. Pince quietly watched Travis' poor performance. After watching it for ten seconds, she took a deep breath and pointed hard in the direction of the library door.

"Get out! You're not welcome here! Ever!"

"yesmadam!"

Travis snapped a salute and hurried away.

Before leaving, Travis looked back and found Mrs. Pince carefully stroking the book that Travis had smashed again and again with a heartbroken look on her face.