Practical practice! Practical alchemy practice!

Found it!

Ahao saw a book called "A Practical Guide to Alchemy - Preparation of Gold". The cover of the book said that it explained in detail how to make gold.

He excitedly opened it and read it, excluding the useless nonsense. The core idea in it was just one sentence:

[...By making copper and zinc into an alloy, you can create a precious metal that is very close to gold in appearance and hardness...]

That's it?

Ahao knows why alchemy is looked down upon by others. Isn’t it just a lie? This isn’t it.

Next book! "The Mystery of Alchemy: The Fifth Element" looks amazing.

This book is interesting, but it is also written in such a mysterious way that it is difficult to understand.

The author restructured the four major elements of alchemy and added the concept of a fifth element.

It regards fire as a symbol of the supreme soul, while earth represents the materiality of the supreme soul.

"If you understand it this way, dividing earth from fire means extracting soul from matter." Ahao thought to himself.

The book implies that by stripping away the materiality of the supreme soul from spirituality and continuously purifying it, the fifth element - the Philosopher's Stone - can be obtained.

The author describes the Philosopher's Stone in an extremely alluring way, believing that the Philosopher's Stone can not only refine the elixir of life, but also turn stone into gold.

But Ah Hao doesn't quite believe this. If it were true, he wouldn't see this book in a hall that only charges admission fees.

No one is a fool.

Ah Hao read many books one after another.

The more books he reads, the clearer the answer Ahao feels in his mind.

The separation of earth into fire can be understood as calcination in alchemy, which is the first step in the alchemist's desire to refine gold.

Then the second step is very likely to be [turning stone into gold].

However, if we change our thinking, according to the concept in the book "The Fifth Element", dividing earth from fire is to extract the essence from matter.

Then the second step is more likely to be [extracting the essence]. No, it is more appropriate to use [extracting the essence from the rough].

[Separate earth from fire, turn stone into gold] or [separate earth from fire, extract essence from roughness].

Ah Hao feels that these are the two answers he agrees with more.

The moment he realized these two sentences, he smelled it.

A faint fragrance emanated from his body.

Like fragrant ink, like an open page of paper.

It's the smell of that door!

Ah Hao stood up from the seat in front of the bookshelf excitedly, causing everyone around him to look over.

He knew that he should have found the answer!

He had a hunch that as long as he saw that door again, he would be able to open it!

There is indeed gold in the book! Today is really a fruitful day!

Looking at the sky, it was getting late, so he planned to go back to the store first.

He left the library with excitement.

...

In Zunana perfume store.

The store manager crossed his face again.

"Why have you been gone so long?"

"Mrs. Rich's home is quite far away."

"Why are you still carrying the bag? Did you send the perfume?"

"No, Mrs. Fu is not at home. I plan to go there again in the evening."

The store manager didn't say anything anymore, he just kept looking at him with a sullen face.

Ah Hao smelled a sour smell coming from him, which was a smell that he was not satisfied with.

Ahao pretended not to smell it, walked around the store, arranged the perfume, and opened the bottle to smell it.

He has already made up his mind to leave.

Before leaving, he wanted to write down the smells of all the perfumes in the store. This would make it easier for him to "learn from" them in the future.

The reason why I left in a hurry was not entirely because of the store manager's attitude.

Mainly because of today's harvest, he had a new understanding of the door in his heart - the stone door that towered above the sky.

He could probably guess that the door was not the door of arcana, but the door of alchemy.

He guessed this not only because of the puzzle of dividing earth and fire, but also because of the pattern on the door.

After initially learning about alchemy, he recalled the patterns on the door and vaguely felt that the patterns contained the knowledge of alchemy.

The true secrets of alchemy may all be hidden behind the door.

He was a little worried, not knowing that in this era when alchemy was despised, and when everyone practiced arcane magic and technology.

Opening the door of alchemy, is it good or bad?

"You may not be able to be an arcane mage anymore, Ahao."

What Wen De's grandmother once said to him suddenly rang in his heart.

He really can no longer be an arcane mage, and none of his sects should be arcane sects!

"Did she already know it?" Ahao felt a trace of doubt in his heart.

Ah Hao remembered that Grandma Wen De said that the bigger the door, the greater the potential! And his own door was so big that it was boundless! Thinking of this, he gained more confidence.

And he already has the key to open the door. There may be two more! This time he won't push the door, he will use the key to open the door!

Even if his door is not the arcane door, even if his door is the alchemy door that has been abandoned by the times, he still believes that he can find a different path!

"Ah Hao, please stay and lock the door. You have the key, right? I'll leave first today."

The store manager with a sullen face began to open the cash box and take stock of today's harvest, and was about to leave.

"Okay, store manager, I have the key." After saying this, Ahao suddenly laughed.

Ahao could smell that the store manager's dissatisfaction with him had not improved.

But he doesn't care.

All he wants now is to quickly open his own door and embark on a road that may be bumpy, but must be extremely exciting.

He thought for a while, and if he wanted to push the door open, he would have to go to Wende's grandmother, Mrs. Northam, and ask her to help him open the door again.

If you want to see his grandma, you must first go to the downtown bar to find Wen De.

To get Wen De to agree to him, it's best to help him establish a good relationship with Boss Qiao first.

The key to building a good relationship is to prepare and bring him the 6 bottles of [Pina Colada] that he owes.

It is known that he has 3 bottles of perfume in stock, and now he needs to make 3 bottles of perfume.

Rounding it all off, making 3 bottles of perfume = reaching the pinnacle of life!

It’s exciting just thinking about it!

Get the store manager away quickly, and you can start making perfume openly and openly using the equipment in the warehouse later.

Why is this slow guy still counting money at the counter?

He blocked his way to the top of his life!

"Let's go, remember to lock the door!"

"Yeah, bye!"

With the sound of the bell, Ahao watched the store manager leave the street.

Then he also opened the store door, poked his head to confirm that the store manager had really left, and then quickly turned the "Opening" sign at the door into "On Break".

I went back to the store and looked at the clock on the wall. It was 5:30.

"Hey, I exploited the store manager's time for another half an hour, so I made a profit!"

Ahao happily locked the store door from the inside and walked to the warehouse.

Dig out the raw materials for all perfumes, to be precise, they are semi-finished products.

Figs, ylang ylang, lemon and other raw materials are all extracted by Ahao himself and stored in the form of hydrosol or essential oil.

There is no place to put fresh ingredients in the store. Ahao is purchased in small batches and made in batches.

It took him several months to make just these vials.
To be continued...