Chapter 1608 The Secret of the Sorcerer's Stone

The liquid medicine in the crucible was tumbling, making a gurgling sound, and the white steam had enveloped the ceiling.

Standing in front of the material preparation table not far away, Maca gently sliced ​​the rhizome of a certain plant into thin slices with a small silver knife, and each knife was as precise as if it had been measured in advance.

After a while, when he heard the boiling sound in the cauldron gradually subside, he immediately waved his hand back at the sliced ​​roots piled up in his hand. In the next second, a certain amount of slices automatically flew into the mouth of the crucible.

"Chi--"

Accompanied by a sound like iron quenching and a large amount of steam coming out, the sound of gurgling and boiling came out from the crucible again.

Yes, Maca seems to be preparing some kind of potion, but no one knows what kind of potion he intends to make.

And at this moment, someone knocked on the door of the potion preparation room.

"Maka, Uncle Blois said you're here... In fact, I have something very important to discuss with you. Do you have time?"

"come in!"

The door was behind Maca, but he didn't look back, but he raised his hand and slightly hooked his fingers in the direction of the back while opening his mouth to respond.

Then, the door opened with a sound.

"By the way, remember to close the door after you come in, and then take a mask on the shelf next to the door and put it on yourself—if you fall down from poisoning, don't blame me for not reminding you first."

"poisonous?"

Hearing the hectic movement behind him, Maca couldn't help shaking his head slightly while cutting the materials.

After he breathed a sigh of relief and calmed down again, he saw a fat figure coming from the side aisle, and glanced cautiously at the cauldron.

"Maca, what are you cooking?"

"Don't worry about what you cook, it's useless if you know it anyway." Maca said without raising his head, "Speak directly! Noah, I went to ask Mr. Blois to come to me because he wanted to discuss 'what?"

The fat man saw Maca put on an attitude of talking about something,

It seemed that he was really busy, so he scratched his head and turned his gaze away from the steaming cauldron.

"Uh," he looked at Maca's slicing movements, and hesitated for a while before saying, "I want to say, maybe... maybe... I can help that Miss Lovegood who suffers from magic imbalance of."

"But you have to pay the price."

Maca didn't stop the movement of his hands, as if he had already expected that Noah was talking about this matter. And this obviously surprised Noah.

"You...how did you know?" He said in amazement, and then he seemed to think of something, hesitatingly said, "Just based on what I mentioned in the living room before?"

Noah naturally remembered that he did say something about the inheritance he had obtained at that time. However, he didn't go into too much detail, because even he himself only vaguely understood a lot of the content.

But of course Noah didn't know that among the three people sitting next to him at that time, two had the ability to perceive magic power. Regarding the rough embryo of the Philosopher's Stone in his body, it had been exposed to Maca and Mr. Blois from the very beginning.

And more importantly...

"I have also done some research on the Philosopher's Stone," Maca said casually. "Although it is only a Philosopher's Stone that has been damaged and lost its original characteristics, it was at least once intact, and... it has been truly 'completed. 'The Philosopher's Stone."

"The finished Philosopher's Stone? Oh, could it be Mr. Nicole Flamel's piece?" Noah's eyes lit up involuntarily when he heard it, "Can, can I have a look?"

"Well, it's not mine...and, of course, it's not mine," Maca said. "You've probably heard that Nicole Flamel destroyed his Philosopher's Stone—the There are not many people who know about it!"

"Oh, yes, I heard it from my dad." Noah shrugged, "He also said that this was a rumor that Dumbledore and Mr. Flamel shared, just to make 'some People've completely cut off their minds to seize it."

After hearing Noah's words, Maca stopped the work in his hand for a while, and then put the silver knife on the side of the table with a "click".

"Your father is right, but... I think that can only be one of the reasons?" He picked up the cotton cloth and wiped his hands, "To be honest, I don't know much about alchemy, so I used to always I haven't figured out what principle the magic stone's effectiveness comes from, but now I finally know something—"

As Maca said, he suddenly threw away the cotton cloth he had wiped his hands with and turned around, pointing at Noah's chest.

"The Philosopher's Stone can indeed be called a 'miracle'. It can transform base metals into gold, and can even refine life-sustaining medicines for longevity. However, although it cannot be called a 'poison' itself, it has the ability to The human body is harmful, right?"

"Uh--"

Noah looked at Maca, hesitated for a while, and then nodded honestly.

But Maca continued:

"It's a pity that the truth is more than that! I don't know how to convert other metals into gold, but the refining of the so-called 'elixir of life' must be carried out in the human body. The Philosopher's Stone can interact with the magic power in the human body Sources form a special cycle, and use this to refine the impurities of the human body and transform them into substances and energy that supply the new life of the human body. I dare not say whether this principle is correct, because the latter sentence is pure speculation, but the previous one The sentence must be correct."

At this point, Maca turned towards Noah's chest...to be precise, it was his heart, and then calmly said:

"After all, this is the best proof."

The meaning of Maca is actually very clear-since the Philosopher's Stone is harmful to the human body, and the refining of the elixir must be carried out in the human body. So when the user of the Philosopher's Stone tries to prolong his life, the Philosopher's Stone will inevitably affect his body.

Even Maca doesn't know exactly what the so-called "harm" is, but it's definitely not a good thing anyway!

After listening to Maca's call, Noah, who was already hesitant, seemed to be even more hesitant.

"Yes, you're right," he said after a long time, nodding his head, "or at least, based on what I know about the Philosopher's Stone, you're right—the Philosopher's Stone , it may not be such a wonderful thing as described in the legend at all.”

But after saying this, Noah suddenly turned around and said:

"However, at least it is indeed very likely to help Miss Lovegood cure the magic imbalance. And, perhaps the more critical point is that I am still just a 'crude embryo' at the moment."