Chapter 132 The Stone of Destiny
Rove was fascinated by listening to it. After all, this kind of secret story is also mixed with a little legend...it's really exciting!
"Do you want to read that alchemy book I call "The Book of Abraham"?" Nico asked suddenly.
"If it's convenient..." Of course Rove wanted to read it.
Nico snapped his fingers, and the scene in the entire room changed instantly:
The coffin disappeared, and the cemetery became a study.
The old man brought Rove to the chair behind the desk, and the boy found a thick book on the desk.
The old man handed the book to Rove. After the young man took it, he groped the bark carefully, and then gently flipped through it.
After only flipping through a few pages, Rove was shocked... because he couldn't understand it at all.
The words in the book were so obscure that he didn't understand them at all, as if he was reading a book from heaven, and it gave him a bit of a headache for a while.
"These characters are not English, Latin, French or other characters that Muggles can understand, but are written in ancient magic script." Nicole explained:
"I think you must have heard more than once that in an even more ancient era, there was a brilliant magical kingdom."
Rove nodded.
"Rules are the words used by wizards at that time." Nico stood up, walked slowly around the table, and said excitedly:
"The magic of that civilization is far more powerful than it is now... Much more powerful! For them, the Philosopher's Stone is only the most basic use, just like Muggles use electricity."
"As far as I know, the elective course of ancient rune will be offered in the third year of Hogwarts now."
Nico smiled wryly:
"But in my time, there was no systematic knowledge of rune at all, and only a few wizards were studying it."
"Besides, that magical civilization is too far away from us. We can only rely on some excavated ruins and cultural relics to slowly decipher those words."
"It took me a full twenty-one years to grope for those words before I could barely understand a part of the alchemy book... and then I discovered the method of refining the Philosopher's Stone."
Rove raised his eyebrows, he was more interested in Abraham than the alchemy book.
It must be fake... unless you give him a dream too!
come on! !
"Actually, I haven't studied this book thoroughly until now, and many magic items recorded cannot be manufactured." Nico said with a sad expression:
"Because there are too few ruins excavated from the ancient wizarding country, some texts cannot be deciphered, and I have no idea what it means."
"It's okay, I heard from my grandfather that the dwarves are also digging those ruins." Rove comforted: "You are immortal, and one day you will be able to decipher all the words."
"Wrong, Rove, I may not be able to wait for that day." Nico shook his head and said:
"This time may also be my last funeral. I did not refine a new Philosopher's Stone. I intend to use up the stored elixir, so I will meet death with Perenal."
"Why?" Rove was taken aback.
"Everything has its destiny, and everything has its time."
The old man stretched out his withered arm like an old bamboo, stroked his frosty temples with his fingers, and muttered to himself:
"This is the opening sentence in that alchemy book."
"Taking the elixir of life, my life span has indeed been extended, much longer than that of ordinary people, but my body is still aging irreversibly and cannot return to its youngest state."
"My bones are very fragile now, and I may break them if I come into contact with others." Nicole sighed and said:
"If this continues, one day my body will rot... The Philosopher's Stone cannot make a person live forever."
Rove thought for a while and said, "Can I create a new physical body for myself? I saw this kind of magic in the book."
In fact, Voldemort's future resurrection is to create a new physical body for himself.
"It's not impossible, Rove, but the new physical body involves the transfer of the soul." Nico waved his hand, and another book floated on the shelf.
The Theory of Magic.
Rove looked at the book, and he knew that the author of the book, Adebe Wolverine, was a great wizard who studied magic theory and was also regarded as the "father of magic theory."
"Adebe has done a lot of research in this area, and I have had many in-depth exchanges with him." Nico opened the book and quickly explained:
"After a lot of research, he summed up the first basic rule of magic, which is that the soul cannot be tampered with at will.
Once that is done, one must be prepared to suffer the most extreme and dangerous consequences. "
Nico sighed: "Recreating a young body is actually equivalent to transferring the soul, which will do a lot of damage to the soul."
The degree of damage is no less than making a Horcrux once.
"Therefore, no common-sense wizard would perform multiple body and soul modifications, including transferring the soul to a new physical body."
"What if the body's aging organs are replaced?" Rove asked.
"Of course, using alchemy to replace those aging organs is also a way to try." Nico said with a smile:
"But the final result is the alchemy of the whole person, just like a Muggle robot. Would you like to have a mechanical body to live forever?"
Rove frowned and said, "Is there no such thing as an elixir that can restore the body to a youthful state?"
"Of course!" Nico nodded and said, "There is an alchemy item that has a similar effect to the Sorcerer's Stone. It can brew a fountain of youth and restore youth to the body."
"What?"
"Stone of Destiny!"
"The Stone of Destiny?" Rove raised his eyebrows: "The Coronation Stone?"
The Stone of Destiny is a stone used in the coronation of ancient Scottish kings.
However, during the Scottish Anti-British War, Edward I, the long-legged king, took away the "Stone of Destiny" that symbolized the Scottish kingship, and brought it back to London as a spoil of war.
Edward I ordered that the stone be inlaid on a finely carved high-backed oak chair as a symbol of the occupation of Scotland. The chair is the famous "King Edward's Chair".
"The potion made from the Stone of Destiny has the effect of rejuvenating the body." Nico shook his head and said:
"But I checked it out, and the Stone of Destiny that Edward I took away was not the real Stone of Destiny."
"Fake?" Rove was a little stunned.
"Yes." Nico nodded and said, "It is rumored that the monks of Scone Monastery hid the real Stone of Destiny in the River Tay. But with the passing of these monks, no one can find it again. A Stone of Destiny."
"Is there no way to refine it?" Rove asked.
"At least there is no record in this alchemy book." The old man said:
"However, when Abraham gave me a dream, he not only told me that I would get this book, but also gave me a...prophecy."
"Prophecy?" Rove raised his eyebrows, he suddenly had a feeling of déjà vu, thinking of Helena at a certain moment.
"That's right, Rove." Nico said with a smile:
"That prophecy is about you!"
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