At the beginning of the holiday, it is always laid back.

There is no homework during the summer holidays at Hogwarts, so young wizards can enjoy the holiday to the fullest. Ike also rarely relaxes and doesn't think about the headaches.

Of course, it was only three days. On his fourth day back at Santa Maria, Ike devoted himself to the study of the Philosopher's Stone.

The Philosopher's Stone is arguably the highest product of alchemy, even if it has been around for an unknown number of years. In fact, even Nicol Lemay himself could not create another one, something he had been claiming for centuries.

As for whether it is true or not, only he knows.

It is impossible for Ike to understand the mystery of the Philosopher's Stone with Ike's current knowledge of alchemy, but this does not prevent him from using the Philosopher's Stone. There are two most well-known uses: turning stones into gold and elixirs.

The latter is a secret of Nicol Lemay, and the former can be experimented.

The method is also very simple, and it is completely foolish.

Prepare the metal to be converted, such as an iron rod, and then stick the magic stone on the iron rod, fantasize about the appearance of gold in the bottom of your heart, and slowly inject your magic power into the magic stone, and then you can see the iron rod start from the position where it comes into contact with the magic stone, and slowly turn into a golden stick.

It's simple and quick, but the consumption of mana is a bit large. Turning a half-meter-long iron rod into a golden rod made Ike feel the emptiness of his body.

But in terms of earnings, it is still very impressive.

In addition to this, the Philosopher's Stone itself is an alchemical product with magical powers, which can replenish the consumed mana for wizards. However, these mana cannot remain in the wizard's body forever and need to be consumed within a certain period of time, otherwise it will have a bad effect on the wizard, including but not limited to aging, weakness, mana backlash, and death.

As a result of Ike's experiment, there were a lot of gold products in the room, and the gold was very beautiful.

Sorcerers turn stones into gold - no magic - draw magic from magic stones - turn stones into gold, in a way, given enough time, they can turn the earth into gold.

Of course, this is impossible, the Philosopher's Stone has a limit, and if the magic power in it is consumed excessively, it needs to be replenished by a wizard.

"In other words, this is equivalent to a power bank?"

Ike turned a golden pen in his left hand and played with the Philosopher's Stone in his right hand, and he already had a basic understanding in his heart.

As for the elixir of life, Ike didn't even think about it. Even if there was a recipe, a potion of this difficulty was not something he could make now.

Moreover, Ike only has a little more than a month to study, whether it is converting gold products or exploring the secrets of eternal life, it is better to use the magic stone to study alchemy.

Knowledge is eternal.

Hogwarts does not offer alchemy classes, but there are many books on the subject in the library. Before leaving school, Ike borrowed some alchemy books, such as "Mysterious Alchemy", "Precision, Control, Change", "Medieval Alchemy Directory", "Alchemy: From Beginner to Master", "Simple Alchemy Making Methods", etc., and even got the "Hermes Book" from the forbidden book area.

It is no exaggeration to say that as long as you fully understand these books, it is enough for a person to become the number one alchemist in the world. However, it is a pity that the Hermetic Script is completely written in ancient magic scripts, and most of the magic scripts have not been deciphered, and only a small part of them can really be understood.

It's too ambitious, "Hermes Papers" just gives Ike a goal, and he still has to start with the basics.

Entering July, Ike also has a basic understanding of alchemy. In a way, alchemy is the "science" of the wizarding world, a rigorous discipline.

To make an alchemy product, the raw materials, magic scripts, and magic arrays will almost fail, especially for the alchemy recipes handed down from ancient times.

Broadly speaking, alchemy can be divided into two categories: giving and transforming. The former is represented by various alchemy gadgets and puppets, which make an ordinary thing have magical properties through alchemy, and can move according to the established rules or according to the will of the wizard; The latter is the complete transformation of one thing into another, such as turning a stone into gold.

And there are two things in common between the two: the magic text and the magic array.

"It seems that next semester I will be studying the ancient magic text." Ike secretly made a plan.

The magic text is the key to imparting magical properties, and the simplest alchemy items often only need to be engraved with a specific magic text to succeed. For example, if you engrave a cup with the word "strong", you will get a cup that cannot be broken. Magic circles are more used in complex alchemy products, such as the refining of puppets, which requires a transformation circle.

Compared with the magic text, the magic array is a little more complicated, mainly because there is not much dabbling in the basic books of this part of the content, but there is one in the "Hermes Book", as long as you memorize the lines of the magic array, but if you don't understand the magic text, you don't know what each magic circle does.

Ike didn't dare to try, the devil knew what would happen.

In the second week of July, Ike began to experiment with simple alchemy products, such as cups that couldn't be broken, pens that couldn't be torn, and notebooks that couldn't be torn.

That's right, Ike was only able to give one item a "strong" stat, and he couldn't do anything else yet.

With half a month left, Ike finally focused his research on the Philosopher's Stone.

With a certain knowledge of alchemy, I have another feeling when looking at the Philosopher's Stone.

This magical stone was engraved with dense magical scripts, and Ike could only recognize a few dozen of them from it, and this was only a drop in the ocean.

The scripts were written in the blood of a magical creature, and it was so dense that it looked red. Ike guessed that it might be the blood of the phoenix, after all, the phoenix is an existence that can constantly nirvana, and it may be the key to the magic stone being able to refine the elixir of immortality.

Of course, it could also be a mixture of the blood of a variety of magical creatures, the mystery of which only Nicol Lemay knows.

In addition to the magic script, the flat place of the Philosopher's Stone was also inscribed with a magic array, and Ike counted it several times, and there were thirteen in total. These thirteen magic arrays and magic scripts make up the surface of the Philosopher's Stone, and as for what substance it is, Ike can only distinguish mercury and gold from it, and the rest is not recognizable at all.

The Philosopher's Stone is worthy of its status as the ceiling of contemporary alchemy, and even if it contains only a small part of the knowledge contained in it, it has greatly improved Ike's alchemy level, and he has a deeper understanding of the combination of multiple magic texts.

On July 29, Ike finally finished another alchemy item: a small wooden cart that could run on the ground on its own.

The size of a palm, running fast and silently.