The thing I saw should be a life.

If not, how could it crawl around randomly and also have the magic circle effect used by the other party? If that was alchemy, it should be called an alchemy circle. It absorbed the surrounding plants and obtained that thing.

Sean does not understand the mechanism of alchemy and simply summarizes it as equivalent exchange.

But Sean still doesn't know how to exchange and how to get what he wants.

Back in the Earl's Mansion, Sean prepared some of the equipment Nisha wanted and had them moved into the conference room. He then waited with the others.

Nisha was the highest-level witch sent by the Wings of the Covering Sky this time. Her strength was close to that of a Level 8 Orderer. When she asked who knew more about alchemy and the Cain Slate, she was the first to stand up.

Regarding alchemy, I want to popularize it with myself and other witches. Because the Bashalan Empire is still a powerful country with wizards and hunters as its main combat force, there are of course many alchemists, but most of them are regarded as auxiliary professions, refining medicine, refining equipment and other necessities of life.

The snow outside the window suddenly became heavier, and the cold wind gradually made the windows rattle.

In the dim room, Sean asked the servant to light more lights.

Even the servants were curious about the utensils on the table.

There is a fire burning, and a container is placed on top

"My Lord Earl said you wanted to understand alchemy, right? I think you might be able to understand it using this intuitive method." Nisha looked in Sean's direction.

In addition to Sean, Karlyana and other witches, Aslant was also present in the room.

Of course, there were also those curious servants who would quietly lie at the door and watch.

Water was poured directly into the container that was red hot in the brazier.

Steam boiled instantly

"This is water, which can turn into gas after being burned." Nisha looked at Sean and said.

Nodded.

To explain it in physics, it means heating to boiling, which is easy for Sean to understand.

"Please continue"

"Although the amount of water has decreased, it has simply turned into gas and floated into the air. It hasn't really decreased, but we can't capture it. This is the basic principle of alchemy. Everything exists at the same time and there will be no sudden disappearance or increase. They just become something else that we can't capture." As she spoke, Nisha began to draw a circle around the burning water container.

It looks like a magic circle. It is different from the one Ulysses had placed before. This one is very simple. There are two triangles in the circle.

"Alchemy can directly create another form through decomposition and reorganization. Water freezing into ice is the simplest, and it can be achieved even in boiling water."

After a brief magic chant, a halo began to appear in the magic circle. Then Nisha directly reached her hand into the boiling water and pulled out a piece of ice crystal.

This counterintuitive approach instantly lowered the temperature of the brazier to the point where it was almost extinguished.

"This is still the simplest one. A capable alchemist can even create something made of the same substance if he uses it properly, like this." He watched the other party grab a handful of carbon ash directly from the brazier and put it together with the ice.

The magic circle has been slightly changed in a few places. This time it looks like some kind of beautiful pattern.

The effect took effect, and the carbon ash and the water transformed from the ice gradually merged together, just like pulling dough, forming a wood-like object in front of everyone's eyes.

cellulose

Sean took the thing directly in his hand, which was actually just an irregular piece of wood.

"I learned some alchemy skills in order to improve my Orderer level. It was also the first ability I learned. But after coming to Bashalan, I didn't study it in depth, so I only know these." Nisha looked at Sean and said.

“Where were you from before you came to Basaran?”

"Nisha and I both entered the headquarters of the Sky-Covering Wings when we were very young. She came from the port of Mersin and was once a Xerxes." Karyana on the side busily explained.

Kselke

Sean seemed to remember this name, and it was the name of the country that the alchemist Alphonse told him. It was a country in the southern continent and that country was a country that produced many alchemists.

"There are many alchemists from different countries in Kserk. I learned a little bit at that time. But later, due to family reasons, I followed a cargo ship north and encountered a storm on the sea. Only I and a sailor survived." Nisha talked about her experience.

There are many adopted orphan girls in the Wings of Covering Heaven. I have seen a few of them when I was there. They are all extremely talented and can enter there. I think it is because Nisha has a foundation in alchemy that her level is higher than that of children of the same age, so she was selected into the Wings of Covering Heaven.

"Actually, alchemy is based on this principle, and that's how equivalent exchange comes about. Breaking down all matter and then reconstructing it is very similar to witchcraft, but it's different from wizard magic."

Sean looked at the wood in his hand. Most of the wood is composed of cellulose, which, if broken down, is carbon, hydrogen and oxygen. So just now, Nisha used the charcoal in the brazier and the hydrogen and oxygen molecules in the water to recombine a new piece of wood.

Understood.

This is what equal exchange means.

"But according to what the Earl just described, it's probably not ordinary alchemy." Nisha suddenly brought the topic to the most crucial part.

“So what did I see?”

Sean looked at the other party, and the chaotic and irregular creature appeared in his mind.

"Even if we use the same materials as humans, we can't create a human. Even if we use the flesh and blood of countless animals, we can't create the same or any other species. With the rise of mechanics over the years, traditional alchemists can only serve as assistants. That's why they constantly try to develop stronger alchemical products. Contracts are one way to do that."

Sean looked into Nisha's eyes, and there was a hint of fear in her eyes.

"But there are very few alchemists who can understand the contract. They force sacrifices in exchange to summon something that can be attached to other objects to form combat power. And this substance seems to obey the alchemist's words. However, this method is very dangerous. If consumed improperly, it may cause greater disasters. Alchemists who use it too much will also fall into madness." Nisha said.

"What is that?" Sean asked.

But the other party also shook his head.

"I don't know how to perform alchemy contracts, and it's difficult to learn that method. Some say it costs a lot, which is why the so-called Gate of Truth protects it. I once heard a great alchemist from Lietis say that the original rules of the world are to give birth to all things. If this method is broken, it may cause..."

"What caused it"

Seeing the other party's hesitation, Sean asked again.

"Catch the attention and displeasure of Chaos in the Darkness"

These seemingly superstitious remarks seem to be terrifying to Sean today.