Early morning, Austria, in the land of the Göttingen family, in a black low building.

Charlotte and Lu Mingfei stood at a large table.

As a desk, the table was a little too big, almost comparable to the long table used for banquets in a noble castle in a movie, densely packed with all kinds of utensils, materials, and papers.

"Since Mr. Lu Mingfei, you have already understood the seven essentia ......," Charlotte said this, pausing unconsciously, feeling a little stuffy in her chest, "Let's teach alchemy techniques and formulas next." ”

"Modern science believes that chemistry originated from ancient alchemy, the simplest example is that the Chinese Taoist priests created explosives during alchemy, and later the method of refining gunpowder was also recorded in the "Heavenly Creations" - 'all gunpowder is mainly saltpeter and sulfur, supplemented by plant ash. Ninitrate to yin, sulfur to yang, yin and yang two gods meet in a seamless place'. ”

"You still know Chinese alchemy?" Lu Mingfei was stunned.

"I understand a little, alchemist is a profession that will never be overly knowledgeable," Charlotte said, "but the alchemy of the Goettingen family is a fusion of many kinds of alchemy in Europe, and it is a family of its own, and my energy is mainly focused on family alchemy, and my understanding of Eastern alchemy is limited, so I don't ...... If I'm not mistaken, one of the places where Eastern alchemy now converges is the Dragon Tiger Mountain in China, but the Goettingen family and the Dragon Tiger Mountain have never intersected. ”

How do the words Longhu Mountain and alchemy don't match, Lu Mingfei said in his heart that it should be said that alchemy may be more appropriate.

"To get back to the point, alchemy and chemistry do have similarities, but alchemy, as a dragon technology, is fundamentally different from chemistry as a human technology." Charlotte clapped her hands lightly and motioned for Lu Mingfei to look at her.

"Chemistry is not a spiritual element to participate in science and technology, but alchemy is inseparable from spiritual elements, which is the biggest difference between chemistry and alchemy - for chemical creations, as long as the steps are strictly followed, whether it is a world-renowned researcher or a student in a high school classroom, the same experiment can be completed and the same substance can be produced."

Charlotte picked up a quartz test tube, which contained about one-third of the transparent crystals, and the surface was glowing with a metallic color: "But alchemy must have the alchemist's spiritual elements involved in it, so the strength and activity of the alchemist's spiritual power determines whether he can refine the substance he wants, such as these crystals in my hand are called' Star Antimony', only a very skilled alchemist can extract it, I have known its formula since I was a child, and I have watched my grandfather refine it I don't know how many times, but it was not until last year that I was barely able to refine Star Antimony alone. ”

So you're beating around the bush and saying you're good? Lu Mingfei complained in his heart.

"Because of this, in addition to spiritual strength, alchemists' skills in guiding the changes of matter and elements in the process of alchemy are also the most important," Charlotte said, "There is no doubt that you are excellent in terms of spiritual power, but in terms of alchemy skills, it often takes years of study and practice to accumulate." ”

Lu Mingfei looked humble and studious, nodding while listening.

Charlotte fiddled with the bottles and cans on the table while secretly looking at Lu Mingfei - I don't believe you have such a perverted talent for alchemy skills!

"In alchemy, there are several basic but important substances, such as refined sulfur, mercury solution, mythril and living crystals, as a first lesson, I will teach you how to make these most basic substances." Charlotte said, "Although it is the foundation, this refers to the foundation of the Goettingen family, which is already considered a difficult course for ordinary alchemists, and the Kassel Academy will not include it in the curriculum." If it goes well, you should be able to make them on your own within a month. ”

At night.

Lu Mingfei put a bright blue crystal in front of his eyes, and was surprised: "......Is this a living crystal?"

"Yes, it is the carrier that carries the alchemy circuit in most large alchemy instruments." Charlotte said expressionlessly.

One day, no, a daytime to be exact, Lu Mingfei learned to make refined sulfur and living crystals.

It took her a week to learn how to make these two materials, and the purity of the refinement was obviously one level worse than Lu Mingfei's.

At this moment, looking at Lu Mingfei, who was as interested as a schoolboy who had seen a shell, Charlotte had the urge to pull him by the collar and ask him, "Are you still human".

Even the resurrection of the legendary sage Merlin is probably nothing more than that!

"Charlotte, how do you see how my crystal is refined, is it pure enough?" Lu Mingfei handed the crystal clear blue crystal to Charlotte's eyes.

Charlotte: ......

After a moment of silence, Charlotte showed a decent but not very heartfelt smile towards Lu Mingfei: "The purity is very high, Mr. Lu Mingfei, you are very talented, even slightly stronger than me, I couldn't refine such a high-purity active crystal when I was a beginner." ”

"Miss Charlotte, you've won the award," Lu Mingfei instinctively modestly said, "It should be just because I understand more essentia, so I take advantage of my mental power." ”

Charlotte: ......

What the hell are you ...... It's as if your understanding of essentia is picked up or sent by playing games to charge money, and the speed of your understanding of essentia is enough to poke a knife in the heart of the old lady, and now you have to make up for it!

Due to the strict education she received since childhood, Charlotte can barely maintain the "aristocratic lady-style smile" without collapsing, but deep down she is already roaring in her heart - "I want to hit him!" What should I do if I want to hit him! ”

This is Charlotte misunderstood Lu Mingfei, Lu Mingfei himself knew that it didn't take him a day to understand all the essentia, in fact, it took him more than ten days, and it was at that time that he had already learned a lot of spiritual magic knowledge from the ancient mage, and he was able to touch the bypass. It's just that he spends time in another world, so it seems to Charlotte that he only spent one day.

Considering that Charlotte had said before that she was about the same talent as herself, Lu Mingfei estimated that she must not have understood the seven essentia when she first tried to refine it, so she would have just said it.

When she came out of the small building with Lu Mingfei, although Charlotte's expression and demeanor were still decent, if you looked closely, you could find that there was no highlight in her eyes.

……

On the third pole of the moon, Charlotte's bedroom.

Charlotte sat at her desk, a large book spread out on the table, and Charlotte was reading a book while writing something on a leather notebook.

"Miss, it's late, it's time for you to go to bed," the maid who had taken care of her since childhood came over with a cup and reminded softly, "You've been staying up late lately, and you haven't slept on time for a long time." ”

"Wait, I'll see later." Charlotte didn't lift her head.

"Miss, didn't you often say that staying up late would be bad for your skin?" The maid was a little puzzled.

"It's okay, I'm half-blood, and I have good skin." Charlotte took the milk and drank it down, licking the milk stains from the corners of her mouth, and continued to concentrate on the book.

"What the hell is wrong with you?" The maid became more and more puzzled, "Back then, the master asked you to work harder, and you always used genius to prevaricate by combining work and rest, why are you suddenly working so hard now?" ”

"Could it be that it is because of the master's condition, which has deteriorated again......" The maid said this, subconsciously covering her mouth, tears in the corners of her eyes.

"Don't guess! Grandpa is good! Charlotte turned her head and glared at the maid with a dark face, "Can't you hope for something good?" ”

"I'm sorry Miss!" The maid hurriedly bowed and apologized, a little aggrieved, "It's just that your diligence has been a little abnormal recently, and I'm a little worried......"

"You don't have to worry about this!" Charlotte snorted and turned her head away.

What did she say? Recently, a young man who is more talented than her came to the family to break her defense, making her unable to sleep and eat, and she can't sleep if she doesn't study? Then do you want the face of the genius girl of her Goettingen family?

The reprimanded maid lowered her head, her eyes twinkling where Charlotte couldn't see.

……

In Lu Mingfei's diligent study, half a month passed in a blink of an eye.

In the black low building, Lu Mingfei was looking through a parchment roll, and Charlotte walked over with a brand-new leather notebook.

Lu Mingfei looked at Charlotte who came over - she wore a black dress today, wrapped from her shoulders to her calves, outlining the girl's youthful and beautiful curves, but her face was obviously a lot haggard than when she first came, especially the shallow dark circles, which inexplicably added a bit of gloomy beauty temperament to her.

"Mr. Lu Mingfei, you're going back tomorrow, right?" Charlotte asked, leaning closer.

"Well, I'm a student anyway, so I can't skip class all the time," Lu Mingfei scratched his head, "The principal said that except for Professor Mance, who teaches magic mechanical design, the teachers have all gone to him to complain about me, and I have to go back to class for a while before coming back." Well...... If you come again, it might be winter vacation. ”

The teacher asked the principal to complain about the student, but there is still such a thing? Charlotte complained in her heart, but thinking that the person concerned was Lu Mingfei, she felt that it seemed to be quite normal.

"The Goettingen family's books are not allowed to be taken out, so I have written down the lessons you are going to study next in this book, and you can follow the contents of the books on your own when you are at school." Charlotte handed the notebook to Lu Mingfei.

Lu Mingfei opened the book and took a look, all of which were handwritten various alchemy knowledge, symbols and ritual patterns.

"This is the essence of my extraction from the ten parchment scrolls, and it can be regarded as a small circumvention of the loopholes in the family regulations." Charlotte sat down next to Lu Mingfei and leaned back in her chair relaxedly.

Maybe it's because she's familiar with it, but now she can let go a little more in front of Lu Mingfei, at least she doesn't have to maintain the quality of the eldest lady all the time.

"Is it okay to drill into the loopholes of the house rules like this? Will it affect you, Miss Charlotte? Lu Mingfei was a little worried, and put the book down, "Actually, I'm not in such a hurry, it's okay to continue studying after I come." ”

"How's that going to work?" Charlotte frowned slightly, "I can't let an alchemy genius waste time. ”

Lu Mingfei wanted to say something, but Charlotte directly picked up the notebook and handed it to Lu Mingfei: "Don't worry, I'm at least the patriarch of the generation, and I won't be found if I drill a loophole." ”

Lu Mingfei hesitated, no longer insisted, and took the notebook: "Thank you, Miss Charlotte." ”

"I heard you call me Miss Charlotte for half a month," Charlotte looked at Lu Mingfei and chuckled, "We should be friends, if you don't mind, you can call me by my name." ”

"Thanks, Charlotte." Lu Ming is not homeopathic.

Charlotte nodded, accepted Lu Mingfei's thanks, and then said: "By the way, the last few pages of the book are empty, I don't know what to write, so I wrote in a skill of the path of the gods, your path of fire sword has already understood the seven essentia, even if you use the path of the gods to stimulate the bloodline, the side effects are so small that they can be ignored." ”

The so-called path of the gods, in a broad sense, refers to all means that can improve the bloodline of the half-blood, and in the narrow sense, it refers to those skills that can make the bloodline explode without relying on external objects, and overdraw the power from it, in the Middle Ages, the half-blood considered it a type of "black magic" or "black witchcraft", because the use of this power would make the half-blood more likely to become Deadpool.

"The path of the fire sword still has this effect?" Lu Mingfei was stunned.

Charlotte nodded: "The stability of spiritual power can almost be said to be a panacea, and it can be applied in all aspects, including resisting the erosion of dragon blood. ”

Speaking of this, Charlotte paused, got up with a mysterious face, and approached Lu Mingfei's side: "I'll tell you a secret secret." ”

The delicate aroma on the girl's body and her low voice drifted towards Lu Mingfei: "Principal Ange learned the path of the fire sword from my grandfather, I heard him tell my grandfather that he himself will have a skill called 'Violent Blood' that has been passed down from the Lionheart Society, because he understands the seven essentia, he has almost no side effects when using 'Violent Blood'. ”

Lu Mingfei was stunned for a moment.

He really didn't know that the headmaster still had this kind of method, but considering that as a legendary dragon slayer who had been famous in Europe for nearly a hundred years, it didn't seem unusual for the headmaster to order anything.

"By the way, remember to keep it secret, now the secret party has made this technique of squeezing power from the bloodline taboo," after sharing the secret with Lu Mingfei, Charlotte sat back down, "Although the seven elements can offset the side effects of the path of the gods, but from the surface of the rules, no one can use the power of the path of the gods, and if they are discovered, they will be subject to strict scrutiny to eliminate the risk of their deathpool." ”

Lu Mingfei nodded seriously: "I understand, Charlotte, don't worry, I will never divulge this secret, and I will never pass on the skills of the path of the gods." ”

"Actually, it's okay in the Gaiden, although the path of the gods is a bit valuable, but for thousands of years, the half-breeds have developed a lot of similar techniques, and the bigger families will have similar things as hole cards, so it's actually not a very precious thing, just as I give you a private gift, you can do whatever you want," Charlotte said indifferently, "But I do suggest that you don't show it to others, others don't have the mental stability of yours, and the price of rashly using the path of the gods is unbearable." ”

Lu Mingfei nodded again and again, indicating that he understood.

……

The next morning, Charlotte stood by her bedroom window on the third floor, watching the white electric car drive out of the manor—Lu Mingfei was in the car, and the butler took him to the airport.

Seeing Lu Mingfei leave, she suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.

Shaking her head and shaking off this outrageous thought, Charlotte went downstairs alone, entered the study, opened a small hidden door, and strolled along the long passage.

As her eyes widened and brightened, Charlotte exhaled softly, the mist condensing in front of her.

She looked into the room at the end of the hallway, where there was a huge life-support device that combined alchemy and biotechnology, with countless pipes extending to a dentist's operating table-like seat, on which lay an old man.

"Grandpa." Charlotte called softly.

The old man was covered in an abnormal iron gray, slowly opened his eyelids, and looked at Charlotte with almost no pupils: "Principal Ange's junior has returned?" ”

"Hmm." Charlotte nodded.

"What a gifted child," the old man sighed lightly, "I really envy Principal Angers for meeting such an excellent heir." ”

"I don't think he should inherit the position of Headmaster and engage in political battles with the old foxes of the Secret Party," Charlotte shook her head, "He should be an alchemist like Mentor Flamell, and provide his own wisdom to the Secret Party, which is more valuable than fighting the battlefield or fighting with the school directors." ”

"Don't forget that you're a school director yourself," the old man smiled weakly, "but ...... You're actually right. ”

Without waiting for Charlotte to reply, the old man continued to speak, "You say, how about we absorb him into the Golden Dawn?" ”

(End of chapter)