Avicenna was born in the Tianfang Empire. This doctor who has emerged since he was nineteen years old, his reputation has now spread to the Mediterranean coast. With the funding of the Governor of the Island Republic, he completed the medical masterpiece "Medical Classic" of nearly one million words.
, its content far exceeds Celsus' "Art of Medicine" and is regarded as the pinnacle of contemporary medicine.
With such achievements, when the name "Paracelsus" first appeared in front of the world, everyone immediately turned their attention to Avicenna. Unfortunately, Avicenna was not an alchemist.
Alchemist. He did not go to an alchemical university, and was even a famous critic of alchemy.
Therefore, when the Governor of the Island Republic appointed Avicenna as a member of the Alchemy University Committee, even the most obtuse person immediately understood that the Governor was dissatisfied with the Alchemy University.
The decision to suspend the payment of subsidies to those who have obtained tutor qualifications was passed under Avicenna's initiative.
Therefore, as soon as Avicenna appeared at the school gate, the teachers and students of the school all cast hostile glances at him. But Avicenna ignored these teachers and students at all and walked toward the high-rise building where the committee was located as if no one else was around.
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Avicenna looked a little surprised when he saw the pirates next to the high-rise building. But he soon smiled calmly and taunted Lacy: "Is this the bodyguard you hired? Or is it your new student?"
"No, these people were brought by a girl who wants to enter school. That girl should be taking the entrance test now."
Lacy's satisfactory answer made Avicenna snort, and walked into the building, throwing away his hands. The alchemists who had just ran out of the building were now following Avicenna at a distance, and no one was there.
Dare to step forward to stop him.
Avicenna walked all the way to the committee's office, where the little old man was standing in front of the door with a heavy face, waiting for him.
The little old man's name is John. De Rupisisa, he is the president of this alchemical university and one of the members of the committee. John, Lacy, Avicenna, and the dwarf who followed Avicenna
Two businessmen, Fat and Tall, Thin, these five people make up the current committee of the university.
"Avicenna, when will the tutors' allowances be re-issued?" John De Rupisisa asked aloud.
"Don't worry, principal, I'm here today just for this matter." Avicenna pointed to himself and the two committee members behind him, "The three of us committee members have reached an agreement and will review the qualifications of the tutors today.
Tutors who remain at the university after this review is completed will not only be able to get their allowances again, but their past arrears of allowances will also be repaid."
"Censorship? How do you want to censor it? You should also know that no one can create the Philosopher's Stone yet!" John de Rupisisa stared and said, "You might as well expel us all and destroy this university directly.
It’s closed!”
"We will review the research results of each mentor, judge the possibility of successfully preparing the Philosopher's Stone along these lines, and finally make a decision. It is not just me who makes the decision, but all the members of the committee. John, also
There is Lazi, and of course you are among them."
"Can we say no?"
Avicenna smiled slightly: "Of course, you don't have to participate in the review. However, the review will continue. Because this review has been approved by a majority vote by me and the two committee members behind me."
Three of the five-member committee were appointed by the Governor of the Island Republic, which means that the university is actually completely controlled by the Governor of the Island Republic. The proposal passed by three votes, Lacy and John de Rupisisa did not have the power to object.
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Seeing that John de Lupisisa had stopped speaking, Avicenna turned around and cast his gaze at the alchemists in the distance. He pointed at an alchemist at random and asked him to come forward.
"What's your name?" Avicenna asked arrogantly.
Compared with Avicenna, the alchemist's momentum was obviously much weaker: "Ka... Castro."
"The alchemists around you are all smoked black, but you are the only one who is white and pure, which arouses my curiosity. Come, take me to your alchemy laboratory."
Castro took out his handkerchief and wiped his sweat, then reluctantly led Avicenna into a house. The other four committee members followed him into the room, and others gathered around the outside to watch.
Compared with other alchemy laboratories, this house is extremely clean, and it doesn't even have a boiler. Avicenna looked at Castro meaningfully: "You don't look like an alchemist at all."
"The focus of Castro's research is on the collection and deciphering of ancient alchemical documents, rather than practical operations." John de Rupisisa said helpfully.
"I see, then I can just relax for a while." Avicenna sat down on the only chair in the room and put the book in his hand aside, "How did people in ancient times prepare the philosopher's stone?
Is there any relevant literature?”
When Avicenna mentioned this, Castro suddenly became energetic: "Yes! Although the method of making the philosopher's stone has been lost after alchemy was banned in the Seven Hills Empire, through my efforts, I still succeeded.
The necessary steps for preparing the philosopher's stone were restored from the remaining documents!"
"Oh? Is it really true? Tell me?"
"First of all, the container for making the Philosopher's Stone needs to be sealed from both sides, shaped like an egg - of course, it is open at the beginning, and the correct starting materials must be put into it before the container is closed with fire. Put the container into the furnace
, control the temperature carefully, otherwise this airtight container will explode. If the temperature is correct, the material in the bottle will turn black. At this time, the first step in preparing the philosopher's stone - the blackening process - is completed.
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Castro felt that dictation was not enough to explain the steps, so he picked up a carbon rod and demonstrated it to Avicenna on a piece of paper hanging on the wall.
"Continue to heat the container, and the black color will fade over a few weeks, and many temporary colors will emerge one after another, like a peacock. Eventually, the color will settle on white. This is the second step in preparing the Philosopher's Stone - the albino process. This
When the time comes, you need to gradually increase the temperature. The white color will go through the stages of yellowing and reddening successively. When the color turns into deep red, the preparation of the philosopher's stone is completed. However, it cannot be used directly. It needs to be mixed with the real stone first.
Gold is mixed so that it can convert other metals into gold."
Avicenna smiled and applauded: "Thank you for your hard work. It's hard to put together such a complete process from those incomplete materials, isn't it?"
Castro nodded flattered, then shook his head hurriedly: "It's hard work... no, no, no, it's not hard, I'm just doing some work of searching for information and translating."
Avicenna winked at the other two committee members, then smiled and stretched out his hand towards Castro: "Bring it here."
Castro was stunned: "Bring it? What to bring?"
"Take off your black robe and badge and put them in my hands."
After understanding the meaning of Avicenna's words, Castro shouted like crazy: "Why? I have been working seriously!"
"People who don't have their own ideas, who just keep repeating what the ancients said and regard them as golden rules - such people have no value at all. You can't make a philosopher's stone now, but the ancients more than a thousand years ago did
It's even more impossible to make it. To me, what you translated is just the drunken gibberish of ancient people."
Avicenna cast his eyes coldly at the other alchemists standing at the door.