Chapter 10: The Isis Grading Examination
Inside the laboratory of Master Charles.
Victor handed over the successfully refined ethanol potion to Master Charles, who took the potion, and Master Charles began to test the potion.
There is no high-purity liquor in this world, which means that the ethanol of Victor is unique, and in this world, the laboratory does not use "alcohol", unlike the earth, the fuel used in the "alcohol lamp" in this world is a special liquid similar to kerosene. Seeing that Master Charles ignited a little ethanol, Victor suddenly thought of this, and his heart was overjoyed, and he spoke: "Master, I think the biggest effect of the potion I tried to make is to fuel the alcohol lamp in the laboratory. ”
Because the calorific value provided by kerosene lamps is too high, human intervention is always required to get the right temperature in the experiment, and ethanol has a lower calorific value and is more stable, which is much better than kerosene. For experiments, a stable temperature is extremely important.
Originally, Master Charles didn't pay much attention to this potion, but after listening to Victor's words, he also felt a little interesting. He took a new "alcohol lamp" from the lab, poured the ethanol into it, lit the wick, and his previous contempt was gone. I saw that this new "alcohol lamp" emitted a blue and red light.
Victor still remembers that the temperature of the outer flame of the alcohol lamp is 400 °C, the medium flame is 500 °C, and the inner flame is 300 °C, which is not a little worse than the kerosene lamp, the outer flame temperature of the gas lamp is 940 °C, the medium flame temperature is 860 °C, and the internal flame temperature is 800 °C.
The failure of many potions on this continent is due to the poor control of "heat", and Victor has developed alcohol, which can be said to have benefited a large number of potions. Originally, Master Charles was going to give Vidor a medium rating, but seeing that alcohol was so easy to use, he was no longer willing to give only an intermediate rating.
"Victor, why don't you apply for a high-grade potion for the ethanol potion as well?" Master Charles couldn't help but open his mouth as he looked at the blue and red flames.
Listening to Master Charles's words, Victor almost couldn't help but agree. But after thinking about it and wanting to wait for a month, he still resisted the temptation and refused. In order to prevent the indiscriminate declaration of potions, the Alchemy Guild has established a monthly review system, and each alchemist can only submit advanced potions for approval once a month, and since Victor has already submitted sulfuric acid potions, he must wait until a month later if he wants to submit ethanol potions.
Ask Karina to wait a month, Vidoko can't do it.
Seeing that Vidor refused, Master Charles also guessed, he thought for a while and said, "Vidor, you didn't apply for the advanced assessment for the sake of the dark potion!"
"Well, my teacher wants to run for the Magic Council, and I can't wait any longer. Victor sighed and nodded.
"Huh, Victor, in fact, in addition to the point exchange method I told you last time, there are other points exchange methods, I didn't mention it last time, this time I think I should tell you. Master Charles exhaled, turned around and took something out of his desk.
Master Charles took out a parchment scroll, handed it to Victor, and took it, only to see that it read the rules for applying for the Isis Grading Certification Exam.
"Master, what is this?" asked Victor with deep doubt, he had never heard of alchemists and exams.
Master Charles naturally knew that Victor had never seen this thing, and the Alchemy Level Certification Exam was a secret of alchemy, and not many people knew about it even within the Alchemy Guild.
If it weren't for the real-name system of the Alchemy Guild points, he would have lent Victor points a long time ago, and he took out this thing as if it were cutting meat, with a little reluctance, Master Charles said cautiously: "Victor, this is the Isis points exam paper!"
Some alchemists can't see this thing in their lifetime, and the Alchemy Guild has a special department that recruits geniuses, and this Isis point exam paper is a stepping stone to enter that department.
"What is Isis Points?" asked Vidor, blankly.
"Victor, alchemy, like the Magic Guild, has two kinds of points. The Magic Council has two kinds of points: magic points and arcane points, and the Alchemy Guild has alchemy points and Isis points, which you shouldn't know. Charles said again with some emotion.
Hearing this, Vidor suddenly remembered the geometry problem he had done the other day, and he still remembered that the question read: Prove this theory, the Magic Council rewards points: 10,000 points. Arcane Points Bonus: 10 points. He knew that there were two kinds of points.
"Master, this Isis Score Book can also be exchanged for alchemy points?" asked Victor, glancing at the parchment scroll in his hand again.
"Vidor, one Isis point can be exchanged for ten bottles of dark potion, this is the exam paper of the Isis level certification exam. By passing the Isis Level Certification Exam, you can earn Isis Points. Master Charles finished the sentence in one breath.
Hearing Master Charles's words, Victor was really shocked, he never thought that what he was holding in his hand was a test paper, let alone that this test paper was so "valuable". Seeing that Vidor didn't speak, Master Charles thought that Vidor was afraid, patted Vidor on the shoulder, and said, "Vidor, this is a rare opportunity, if it weren't for the fact that you made two high-grade potions in a row, I wouldn't have given this thing to you." ”
Victor naturally wanted to take the test, on the one hand, for the points, and on the other hand, he wanted to understand the foundation of the Alchemy Guild. Knowing that Master Charles had misunderstood, Vido calmed down, organized his language, and hurriedly said, "Master, if you are invigilating, then let's start now!"
"Haha, okay, I really didn't see the wrong person. Victor, since you want to take the test, then you can take the test now! Do one question correctly, and you can get the dark potion. Master Charles pointed to his desk and waved his hand as he motioned for Victor to sit down for the exam.
Isis, one of the six main gods of the Starlight Continent, the god of alchemy, the ancestor of the first god-level alchemist, and the original founder of the Alchemy Guild. The examination paper is named after God, which shows the dignity of this examination paper. Three years ago, Master Charles exchanged all his wealth for two Isis level certification exam papers, and if it weren't for his zero score in the first exam, he would never have given this second precious exam paper to Victor.
The test paper is specially made by the Alchemy Guild, except for the examiner, no one can see the content on the test paper, and the score is also automatically judged by the test paper, so there is absolutely no cheating, there is a trace of divine power on the test paper, and this divine power can judge right and wrong to the fair, and there is no misjudgment.
In his sixteen years as a student in Huaxia, Victor has seen countless test papers, and when he opened this test paper, he suddenly felt that he had returned to the earth.
This test paper is divided into 12 parts, with a total of 36 questions, and I saw that it is full of theoretical knowledge of alchemy, such as judgment, choice, fill-in-the-blank, short answer, compound questions, calculations, and application questions.
Picking up the quill, Victor took a breath and looked towards the first question, only to see that the first question was: Please write down the eighteen special components of Thornwell ore. This is a fill-in-the-blank question.
It's only been three days since he came to this world, and Victor has never heard of any Thornwell ore.
Question 2: Please write about the main properties, structures, and states of the three types of living and volitional alchemical substances. "It's the same fill-in-the-blank question, and the second question is even more perverted.
There are no living chemicals on Earth, and neither will Victor.
The third question is a short-answer question, but it is another strange question: the types and characteristics of pathogens can continue to multiply over time, please write about the six pathogen plagues that broke out in the Third Reich in the ancient Enzes era, and the mutations of pathogens in the later period. ”
Victor was an alchemist, not a continental historian or archaeologist, and he had no idea what kind of plague broke out in the Third Reich at any time, let alone the mutations.
Seeing this, Victor suddenly thought of a story: Xiao Ming was left with a psychological shadow after being beaten, and asked for the area of the shadow. In his eyes, this topic is almost the same as "the shadow area of Xiao Ming's heart".
The first three questions will not be done, and the fourth question will finally give Victor hope. This is a multiple-choice question.
Question 4: It is known that there are eighteen substances in the figure below, and eleven of them are active and can form compounds with other elemental substances. There are seven substances that are inactive and do not easily form compounds with other substances, please tick below the substances with active properties. In the question, several solids resembling stones are drawn in the eighteen squares.
After a long time, Victor, with his rich knowledge, finally found out what he thought was eleven living substances, and ticked them below. The pictures are all kinds of metals, iron, aluminum, calcium, copper, zinc, some of which Victor knows and some of which he does not, and he is also lucky with this question.
After eleven ticks, the test paper was scored, with a full score of thirty-six, and Victor got his first score.
Fifth, sixth, and all the way down, Victor couldn't do all of it, and until the thirty-fifth question, Victor didn't get any of them right.
When it came to question 36, Victor took a breath, and when he calmed down, he looked at the content of the question: everything in the world can be summarized into more than 100 dominant properties in terms of their composition, and alchemy lies in skillfully using the explicit properties of various substances to create a wide variety of hidden properties, please try to separate, imitate, design or synthesize a new hidden substance.
After reading this question, Victor was stunned, not because it was difficult, but because he didn't expect it to be so simple, this question translated into Huaxia is: please complete a simple chemical reaction experiment independently.
Victor only finished the sulfuric acid potion yesterday, he didn't expect it to be useful today, he directly wrote the refining process of the sulfuric acid potion on the test paper.
By the way, Vitol also wrote about the hydrochloric acid trial production method.
Neither Victor nor Master Charles knew that the last question of this test paper was "sending points", and they saw that after Victor finished the test paper, a big number "6" appeared on the test paper. The world's "scoring question" does not mean that this question is simple, but that it is really a score of sending points! After answering this question, Vidor's final score is: 7 points.
After scoring 7 points, Vidor trembled slightly, put down the quill in his hand, and was just about to get up when a voice sounded.
"Hell, 7 points, Victor, you're developed. Master Charles stood behind Victor, and when the exam was done, he also saw the scores.
Victoria didn't know what these 7 points meant, and seeing that Master Charles was so excited, he had no choice but to smile with him. After completing this test paper, Victor was also relieved. Knowing that Vidor wanted the dark potion, Master Charles didn't talk nonsense, took the test paper, he took Vidor to get the potion, and when he came out of the laboratory, Vidor and Master Charles went straight to the advanced potion room.