In the center of the island, a group of islanders were gathering noisily at the bottom of the mountain. A heavy metal door appeared at the entrance of the cave, unnaturally blocking the way into the cave, while some male islanders were holding
The pickaxe tried to chip away at it.
Lily Mistertin was also in the crowd, directing the actions of the islanders with an anxious look on her face.
"This is it! According to the boss, this door is a mechanism made by the Priest of Tepui. Once it falls, it can only be opened when the sea tide rises. I also tried to dig it with a chisel, but no hole was dug out."
"Can it be opened when the tide rises?" Ella shook her head in disinterest - a trap of this level was probably not enough to kill Hestein.
She pushed through the crowd and approached the metal door. The metal was silver in color. Ella rubbed it, touched it, and then tried scratching it with a stone chip.
Amy asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty, is this silver? Such a large piece of silver should be worth a lot of money, right?"
"It can't be silver. Don't forget that this is a mechanism made by the priests of Tepui, more than two thousand years ago. If it is silver, it should be black now."
"Then, what kind of metal is this?"
"This is definitely not a naturally occurring metal, but a work of alchemy. The Tepuis are not only able to manipulate snakes, but their achievements in alchemy are far beyond today's. Look at the relief on this door.
The snake that makes a circle and finally holds its own tail is a symbol of alchemy often used by the Tepui people."
Having said this, Ella was suddenly stunned for a moment, as if she thought of something. Suddenly, she turned around and pushed away the crowd, and ran away!
"Shield Girl? Where are you going? The people on the island seem to be planning to use swords to open the door. It sounds unreliable to me. You can help me with some ideas..."
Ella said without looking back: "Let them don't bother. The door will open by itself soon, and there will be no time to do anything."
It took Amy a long time to squeeze out of the crowd and chased Ella all the way back to the beach: "Your Majesty? Why did you run back so quickly? Even if you are pretending, you should pretend to care more about Hestein.
.”
"It's too noisy there, which affects my thinking - Amy, I should have realized it earlier. It has been written in "Dinaka" that the Tepui people will use Basilik's meat and poison as alchemical materials.
"
"Yes - so what?"
"Since it can be used as a material, it means that the Tepui people have mastered the method of storing Basiliq venom! And since it is used in alchemy, then there may be corresponding records in Tepui's alchemy documents! Why?
I never thought of that!"
With that said, Ella found a stone to sit on next to the beach, and once again let her consciousness drift into the Wang Family Library in her memory.
The alchemical documents of the Tepui civilization are quite old. Ella wiped away the dust on the ancient texts lying in the corner of the Royal Library with her hands, and read out the characters on the cover: "Leiden Papyrus"
", "Stockholm Papyrus", Democritus, Panopolis, Zosimos... Because the Tepui civilization is too old, even the Royal Library of the Seven Hills Empire does not exist.
There are so many related books. But the answer Ella is looking for may be among these books.
As time passed, Amy noticed more and more beads of sweat appearing on Ella's head - this method of searching for memories was very energy-consuming.
There was a slight chill on her feet, as the sea water touched Amy's skin - the tide was beginning to rise.
And Ella also opened her eyes at this time.
"Your Majesty, look, the tide is coming! Did Your Majesty know that the tide was about to rise, so he didn't let them do anything? But how did Your Majesty know the time of high tide? Even in the Seven Hills Empire, the tide times in different areas are different.
There will be some differences, not to mention we are so far away from the Qiqiu Empire now..."
"The time will be different, but the rules are the same. We have been sailing in this sea area for more than a day or two." Ella replied lightly, "Okay, it's time to come out to Hestein and go take a look.
His condition."
Amy followed Ella closely: "So, has His Majesty found a way to store Basilik's venom?"
"No. Alchemical texts always use various code words to encrypt knowledge, and people who are not familiar with alchemy can't decipher it at all. If it were Dan, I might be able to find the method from those code words, but I can't."
Ella said as she continued to walk in the direction of the cave.
"But Your Majesty, your current expression doesn't look like you are helpless at all."
"Because I suddenly realized: Even if we find a method, if it is a metal that requires alchemy, we don't have the conditions to make it. It's better to be simpler - use the common sense of alchemy to try it."
"Common sense about alchemy?"
Ella asked curiously.
While talking, the two of them had already returned to the entrance of the cave. The metal door had retracted, and a group of pirates rushed out carrying Hestein, shouting to the crowd: "Is there a doctor? Is there a doctor here?"
Lily Mistertin couldn't see what was happening and asked repeatedly: "Is the door open? Where is Hestein? Where is Hestein?"
Bjorn lowered his head and walked to Lily Mistertin and whispered: "Miss, our boss can't speak now..."
Lily Mistertin trembled: "What's going on? What's going on! What happened to Hestein? Is he poisoned by Baslik?"
"No... the boss was not poisoned. But he protected the brothers for a whole night and then fainted..."
Ella listened to the conversation between the two. Hestein was not poisoned. In other words, it would not be pleasant to die like this.
——Haystein must be given a push so that he can truly accept the embrace of death.
"But, the only doctor on the island went to Alemany a few days ago..." Lily Mistertin said with some embarrassment.
Seeing this, Ella took a deep breath and stepped forward: "Leave it to me, I am barely a well-trained doctor."
Seeing Ella coming out, Bjorn showed a surprised expression.
Ella didn't pay attention to Bjorn's gaze and continued: "I will collect the herbs I need myself, but I need a cup - preferably a cup made of gold. If not, silver will do."
Hestein once mentioned his suspicions about Ella in front of Bjorn, so Bjorn was more cautious than other pirates. Hearing Ella's words, he frowned and asked: "The golden cup
?Why?"
Ella stared into Bjorn's eyes and asked, "Didn't Dan tell you that gold can be used as medicine?"
This statement is not nonsense by Ella. In the knowledge system of alchemy, gold is indeed considered to be used as medicine to treat some diseases.
Sure enough, Bjorn hesitated: "So, it seems that Dan did say something similar..."
"Is it a cup made of gold? I'll prepare it." Lily Mistertin held Ella's hand, "Please make sure my Heystein recovers as soon as possible!"
