frightfiction 387 Ancient Scroll
387 Ancient Scroll
Snow mountain camp.
The bonfire was burning, and the sound of crackling wood could be heard from time to time.
Sugar sat silently by the campfire alone, looking down at the alchemy diary.
Abedo knew that Su Cheng was the manager of the elf shop and had taken care of Keli, so his attitude naturally became gentle.
In my impression, those who are immersed in research tend to be less talkative or dull and serious.
None of these appeared in Abedo.
He was not as eccentric and taciturn as the Mondstadt rumors said, but appeared to be very talkative.
Speaking of elves.
He has a strong interest in Keli's water otters and has conducted in-depth investigations and research.
"I found that the elemental composition of the elf next to Keli was similar to the monsters on the Teyvat continent, and the move that Keli commanded it to use, the water gun. I compared it with Barbara's water magic, and found out the principle It's a bit similar." Abe talked eloquently.
Su Cheng was not surprised by this conclusion. He had mentioned it to people from the Knights just after he started selling elves.
After the two had a friendly exchange of views on elves and monsters, Albedo decided that after he completed a series of sketches on the snowy mountains, he would go to Mondstadt to buy an elf from him.
Su Cheng also wanted to get close to Abedo, and wanted to talk some words into him, so he had to talk to Xingqiu, "I was in Liyue, and I heard Xingqiu mentioned you."
"You're talking about Aqiu," Abedo pondered for a moment, "The illustrations he asked me to make last time were as high as 180 in one book. Think about it, his book only has more than 200 pages. I don't care. I don’t know whether to sell my collection of paintings or his novels.”
"I heard that his novels have little market in Liyue, but they are quite popular in Daozi."
"Isn't that right? Yaeitang Publishing House has been beating the drum, asking me to change the author to cooperate, saying that the royalties will be higher. What a joke, do I look like someone who is short of that little money?" Abedo shook his head and laughed.
While Su Cheng was chatting with Abedo, Raiden Zhen quietly used his elemental vision to examine Abedo in front of him.
From the star pendant on the chest, there are faint fluctuations of the rock element.
This person is the true owner of the Eye of God.
If Poison Dragon Dulin's consciousness is transformed and he is disguised as a trickster, the elements revealed on his body will be wrong.
Only then did she relax her vigilance.
After chatting for a while.
The tea kettle boiled on the campfire.
Abedo poured a cup of steaming boiled water for Raiden Zhen, Sugar, and Su Cheng. It smelled faintly of mint, "There is nothing to entertain above the snow-capped mountains. The mint soaked water here is very refreshing."
Su Cheng took it and said, "Mr. Abedo, can I ask you something about your master Reindot?"
Upon hearing this, Sugar shrank her neck and buried her head between her knees. She lowered her eyes and occasionally glanced at Su Cheng and Abedo's expressions secretly.
Abedo was stunned for a moment, thinking that the store manager just came to him to sell elves and discuss things about elves.
Unexpectedly, he asked about his master who had been missing for many years.
Abedo took a sip of warm water and said slowly, "What do you want to ask?"
"I want to know if she has ever mentioned to you the concept of biological immortality?"
eternal life?
Hearing this, Abedo shook his head and said, "No, no. Although alchemy can turn black soil into gold, it is only a change in the technique. All changes follow certain rules. It cannot be achieved casually. You say this concept is too ridiculous."
Su Cheng was silent for a moment, but Abedo answered so simply.
He looked calm and didn't dodge.
There's no problem with the tone either.
Doesn't seem like he's lying.
Unless he was an expert in lying, it would be impossible for him to answer so simply.
"How do you explain the bio-alchemy of sugar? You said that this field is not involved in your alchemy, but I saw the prototype of the concept of immortality in the alchemy of sugar."
Abedo was slightly startled when he heard this, "Eternal life? You mean, alchemy can make people immortal? This sounds too absurd. Oh, I understand. You have been to Liyue. People there believe that immortals exist. , asked about the concept of immortality, Xingqiu also mentioned it to me."
Su Cheng saw that Abedo refused to say anything, so it was pointless to ask further and he would not get the desired result.
It's not this issue that has been entangled.
"Your master should have gone to Xumi often before he disappeared, right?"
"We often look for materials and do experiments together. Xumiru is rich in products and the forest is vast, so there are naturally a lot of alchemy materials."
"How well do you know Xumi?"
Abedo was silent for a moment and said, "There are moon lotus, tree king holy mushroom, calamity wave lotus, patisalan, fragrant fruit over there..."
Abedo kept mumbling and listed a lot of Sumiru's specialties.
Su Cheng smiled and said, "So, Mr. Abedo knows Xumi very well. Have you ever heard of the Xumi Order and the Great Ci Tree King?"
Abedo smiled, "I'm not familiar with the affairs of the Order Academy. You should ask Lisa, the librarian, about this. She is the genius of the Order Academy. She is more familiar with it. As for the Great Ci Tree King, let alone that, I usually When I have nothing to do, I do alchemy, sketching, and occasionally go back to Mondstadt to take care of the baby. I don’t know the Great Ci Tree King very well.”
Seeing Abedo asking questions, he didn't know.
Raiden Zhenya was a little confused. Before he came, he heard from the knights and his assistants that Albedo was a knowledgeable scholar.
Why do I suddenly feel that he is a bit like a vendor in the vegetable market who likes to argue with others.
Moreover, it is difficult to understand clearly once you pull it apart.
"If you must look for my master's secret, I can tell you a place. On Inazuma's Benlian Island, my master once told me that she had conducted alchemy experiments there. However, due to the local The Demon God abandoned it halfway through. It is said that that experiment was far beyond the scope of alchemy. If you want to know, you can go over there and have a look."
Good guy.
Su Cheng is a straight up good guy.
Just make the tiger leave the mountain, right?
Seeing Su Cheng and Raiden Zhen, there were expressions of disbelief on their faces.
Abedo stood up, walked to a shelf, and took out an ancient parchment roll, which he spread out half a meter long.
The writing on it is blurred and severely corroded.
But the distribution and direction of the islands can be vaguely seen. It is a lonely island to the northeast of Inazuma Island.
For Inazuma, Raiden is really familiar.
She recognized at a glance that the location of the small island was not far from the offshore island, and it only took half a day to go back and forth by boat.
"If you two want to investigate the family master's affairs, then count me in. I also want to know where the family master has been over the years." Abedo handed the scroll to Su Cheng.
"Aren't you going together?" Lei Dianzhen asked.
"I still have to paint in the snowy mountains. In addition, I have to find time to go back to the city to visit Keli. I can't travel far."
Lei Dianzhen and Su Cheng looked at each other, puzzled by Abedo's inexplicable wrangling and inexplicable seriousness.
Perhaps, this is the helplessness of the chief alchemist.
The two of them couldn't dig deeper and had to leave.