On the podium of the International Alchemy Congress, an alchemist about sixty years old was telling the audience about the development and decline of alchemy in recent years in broken English, which made Albert's eyelids tremble.
, almost closed his eyes and let the other party be hypnotized directly.
This morning, Albert was woken up very early. Even after drinking a large cup of strong tea, he still couldn't stop the rising sleepiness, causing him to yawn from just now until now.
Isobel, who was sitting next to her, was no better. Katherine and Valeria were sitting next to each other, taking a nap with their eyes closed.
In order to keep themselves awake and not be hypnotized by boring speeches, many wizards who came to this meeting were whispering to others. That is, the wizards on the stage used microphones to amplify their voices, otherwise they would hear the whispers from the audience.
He whispered, probably feeling helpless.
"Mr. Serra, has Professor Dumbledore never attended the International Alchemy Congress since he won the Gold Medal for Pioneering Contribution at the Cairo International Alchemy Congress?"
In order to prevent himself from falling asleep, Albert also started to chat with someone, and he also heard something from the words of the wizard on the stage.
"I don't know. However, in recent decades, I have indeed not seen Dumbledore attend the International Alchemy Conference." Serra was not surprised by this. He actually knew the reason.
There was no way, the guy on the stage was talking so much that he was talking about how everyone should promote the development of alchemy, but are those words really useful?
In Albert's view, the old guys on the stage should bear most of the responsibility for the decline of alchemy.
What's the use of just nagging for a long time? The result is just a bunch of nonsense.
If the leader does not take the lead in fulfilling his responsibilities and still does all kinds of disgusting things, it is not surprising that the International Alchemy Conference has become what it is now.
Especially to suppress newcomers, many older and experienced wizards like to do this kind of bad thing, but they forget that they are old, most of them are not able to accept new things, and they are even less innovative.
Without innovation and enterprising people ahead to pave the way for everyone, the development of alchemy will naturally become very slow.
The group of people on the stage naturally know this very well. Basically no one who can climb to a high position is a real fool, but sometimes for their own benefit, even if they know that it is wrong, some people will be willing to pretend to be fools.
Take the Barnabus Finkley Award for Excellent Spellcasting that Albert won not long ago. Shortly after he returned home, he was told by Bud that someone in Spain had filed a formal complaint with the International Federation of Wizards against him.
He expressed doubts about the championship and gold medal he won, but the International Federation of Wizards actually accepted the appeal even though all the judges agreed with the results of the competition.
If it were an ordinary underage Muggle wizard, he would probably be in a very awkward situation.
Because there is a saying that underage wizards are not considered wizards.
They basically have no say.
However, Albert had a lot of halos on his head, and he had just announced the humanoid restoration spell that could help wizards solve the werewolf problem. In addition, the Wildsmith family used their connections to help him solve the remaining problems, so this matter was so quiet.
End it quietly, otherwise God knows what trouble will happen.
Albert didn't believe that there was nothing wrong with this matter.
While chatting with Sierra, several staff members were pushing carts and distributing a book called "The Development and Research of Modern Alchemy" to people in the venue. The International Alchemy Congress was obviously not just shouting from the sidelines.
slogan, they rewrote the textbooks on alchemy.
However, after seeing the price of this book, Albert wondered if these people wanted to make money by selling the book, because the cost of this book was not cheap, at least not as cheap as a textbook.
If you really want to popularize alchemy, the price of books should at least be cheaper.
Although the content in this book is okay and more formal than the ones Albert bought the day before yesterday, it is nothing more than that.
At some point, the speaker on the stage was replaced by a wizard who was about fifty years old. This time the topic was the use of alchemy.
However, I don’t know whether it was because the gentleman was not well prepared or for other reasons. The other person’s speech was very fragmented and the content was very short. It only lasted about fifteen minutes. The speech was over, and the previous speaker who had spoken for almost an hour was
The guy is really short in comparison.
However, Albert understood what the other party wanted to express: to make alchemy practical and apply it to life, not just a written record on parchment.
The alchemist seemed to think that the development of alchemy could be further promoted only after alchemy was better used.
However, in the eyes of most people, it is all empty talk, because most alchemists will try their best to turn their alchemical results into tangible and tangible benefits.
After the second alchemist finished speaking, the third, fourth, and finally the fifth alchemist finished speaking nonsense, everyone's patience was almost exhausted, and the organizer seemed to know it very well.
At this point, the meeting was suspended to let everyone go have something to eat and chat with others about alchemy, and then continue to announce the outstanding works that emerged from this year's International Alchemy Congress.
Valeria, who sank into the sofa, muttered softly: "Ah! It's so boring, I almost fell asleep."
In fact, she had no intention of coming to attend today's meeting, but she was forced to come here by Kathleen this morning.
"Is it boring?" Kathleen asked.
"Isn't it boring?" Valeria asked Albert and Isobel.
"Not bad." Albert said.
"What do you mean it's okay?" Valeria said dissatisfied, "I almost saw you fell asleep."
"If you can understand it, you will find what they say interesting." Kathleen said meaningfully.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "What do you understand?" Valeria asked suspiciously.
"The shamelessness of adults." Albert stretched out his hand to cover his yawn, "Oh, I almost forgot, I am the only one here who is not yet an adult. What a hell. However, being able to witness the shameless faces of those people is actually pretty cool.
rare."
"Are you trying to imply that we are all old?" Valeria asked with a smile.
At this moment, an old man came over.
"Congratulations, Mr. Anderson, you won the Gold Medal for Pioneering Contribution at this Cairo International Alchemy Conference." The old man smiled and told Albert the good news.
Albert didn't know why, but he felt that the smile of the old man in front of him was fake.
"However, please keep this secret first, and prepare the speech you will need to use on stage next. Everyone hopes that you can share your unique insights on alchemy."
"I understand." Albert nodded to indicate that he understood.
"My name is Richard Brick." The old man seemed to have no intention of leaving immediately, but took the initiative to chat with Albert, "Maybe you don't know me, but I have heard other French colleagues mention you.
"
"Hello Mr. Richard." Albert frowned, as if he was recalling where he had seen this name.
When he saw Isobel pointing at the book in her hand, Albert remembered who this person was.
Richard Bricker, author of "The Development and Research of Modern Alchemy".
""Development and Research of Modern Alchemy"?" Albert asked with raised eyebrows.
"Yes, I wrote that book. What do you think of that book?" Richard was very satisfied that Albert recognized him.
"To be honest, there is no alchemy course at Hogwarts." Albert did not answer directly, but talked about other things. "Although most wizards have heard of alchemy, they don't know what alchemy is.
What the hell, it’s like a wizard who hasn’t learned Transfiguration, mixing up spells and Transfiguration.”
Richard frowned, but he did not open his mouth to refute, but prepared to listen to Albert's words. Maybe the other person's words were not compliments, but they were much more useful than compliments.
To be honest, there weren't many wizards willing to give him advice.
People prefer to say nice things to compliment him.
"The Development and Research of Modern Alchemy is too superficial for people who understand alchemy, but it is difficult to understand for people who have not even started with alchemy." Albert simply said that he
Look at that book for perspective.
"Do you think "The Development and Research of Modern Alchemy" is of little value?" Richard's expression became very subtle, "I wonder what suggestions you have?"
"You can publish a simpler alchemy book to introduce alchemy to wizards who don't understand alchemy and guide them to open the door of alchemy. Then this book can be placed in the middle, and another more difficult book can be published.
The alchemy book can be regarded as a set of teaching materials from easy to difficult."
"You seem to know a lot about this matter." Richard was a little curious and was not angry at Albert's words. He was also considering the feasibility of the suggestion.
"My girlfriend is currently compiling textbooks on ancient magic texts, and I am helping her organize these materials." Albert explained with a smile.
Richard glanced at Isobel, then nodded slightly towards Albert and said, "I will consider your suggestion carefully."
Richard had to admit that what Albert said made sense, because except for the countries around Egypt, many schools did not offer alchemy courses, even Booth, which had a great alchemist like Nico Mele.
Barton School of Witchcraft and Wizardry also does not have alchemy courses.
"You don't seem to like him very much." Sierra asked Albert with interest as she looked at Richard's leaving figure.
"He feels very hypocritical to me." Albert said without thinking.
"You are right, Richard is indeed a very hypocritical guy. In fact, most people are very hypocritical." Nicholas did not shy away from this at all, "As long as you are valuable, they will never be stingy.
Smile. That guy is actually the Honorary Vice President of the Alchemy Research Center. He helped write the "Development and Research of Modern Alchemy". Although it looks more formal, to be honest, that book is really useless. However,
You are right not to belittle it as worthless. The Gold Medal for Pioneering Contributions that you were able to win is also thanks to that guy. They originally wanted Mr. Arria to win the Gold Medal for Pioneering Contributions."
Speaking of these secrets, several other people were no longer sleepy and came over one after another.
"Mr. Richard thinks that your alchemical results are valuable and may be used in some places in the future. However, Mr. Aria's magic transmitter is difficult to be widely used because it is difficult to find stones that can resonate.
. Of course, this matter is actually related to the fact that Sierra took you around to visit acquaintances yesterday. They all realized that you had met many famous alchemists, and you also had countless dazzling halos above your head, turning Cairo International Alchemy
It is more meaningful for the conference to award you the Gold Award for Pioneering Contribution. This matter can be used as a gimmick for publicity. The youngest winner in history, just like you won the Barnabus Finkley Award for Excellent Spellcasting Technique last time, can
This will increase the visibility of the International Alchemy Congress."
"Of course, the most important thing is that you are still young and have high investment value. At least you are a good friend. It is undeniable that you can actually make friends with people like Mr. Richard." Sierra reminded,
"But people like Mr. Richard are not suitable for deep friendship."
"The adult world is really complicated!" Albert couldn't help but joked.
In the afternoon, no one continued to waste everyone's precious time on the stage. They actually showed everyone the alchemy results of the twelve contestants.
Albert ranked seventh.
The first contestant is a middle-aged wizard who successfully used alchemy to extract and create a pill similar to a tranquilizer. Although that pill is not as effective as a tranquilizer, it is easier to store and carry, and it has the same calming effect when taken.
Can be used to deal with more emergency situations.
However, this technology is not promising because the manufacturing process is cumbersome.
The second contestant is a wizard in his thirties. He used alchemy to create a pair of multi-functional glasses that enable the wearer to see the surrounding environment clearly in the dark. It is said that he also has the ability to see through invisibility. However, dark awareness
The technology to detect objects and see through invisibility has actually been around for a long time, and many wizards think it is not an alchemical achievement.
The third one is a witch in her twenties. She extracted the essence from gilly grass and prepared an alchemical potion that claimed to allow people to breathe underwater. As a result, many alchemists believed that this method was
There is no need to waste gillweed.
The fourth place is Aria. His magic transmitter is favored by many people because it seems to be able to transmit information across long distances and is very helpful for cross-border communications.
Albert, who was in fifth, sixth and seventh place, his profile picture, basic information and alchemy results were played on the projector. There was a sudden murmur in the audience. Flying ointment is indeed a relatively new thing.
But that's all, because this thing has no use at all at present, but there is no doubt that it is useful.
However, what most people paid attention to was not the flying ointment, but Albert's age. They obviously did not expect that there was an underage child among them.
However, what everyone didn't expect was that Albert became the winner of the Pioneering Contribution Gold Award.
Many alchemists cast strange looks at Albert, seeming to be discussing whether there was a shady story behind this matter.
None of them could understand how a minor wizard could win the Gold Award for Pioneering Contributions.
Is Mr. Aria's magic transmitter really inferior to flying ointment?