bookbashuk Chapter 244 Physical Transformation
Chapter 244 Physical Transformation
Chapter 244 Physical Transformation
When the white substance in the flask has completely turned into a golden liquid.
The once dazzling golden liquid suddenly lost its brilliance and stopped emitting its dazzling light.
Seeing this, Dui finally breathed a sigh of relief, feeling mentally exhausted.
Without the golden light enveloping him, his five senses, which had been amplified to the extreme, finally subsided, no longer causing him discomfort or pain.
It's worth noting that in the end, Dui was tormented by his five senses to the point of unbearable pain, and several times he had the urge to give up, but he gritted his teeth and suppressed it each time.
But the results of his persistence were good; Dui found that his five senses had been enhanced by more than double.
His eyes could clearly see the city of Hogsmeade below the mountain, and even the travelers walking on the East-West Avenue more than ten miles away, as well as the clothes they wore.
He could also hear faint sounds coming from far away. At that moment, he heard a bard reciting poems praising Hogwarts in a high-spirited manner by the Black Lake at the foot of the mountain.
"The language is beautiful, but the quality is mediocre," Dui thought to himself.
The enhanced sense of smell allowed Dui to smell grass, various flowers, white privet, and tortoise shells.
He could even close his eyes and, by relying solely on his sense of touch, distinguish which floral scents were carried in the breeze and track their direction.
"So, does this mean I have a dog's nose?"
The idea popped into Dui's head.
The enhanced sense of touch gave Dui a heightened perception of his surroundings, granting him a kind of "spider-sense" ability that allowed him to proactively warn of danger.
For example, when launching a sneak attack from behind an enemy, one can sense changes in wind speed in advance, thus allowing them to dodge the attack or react accordingly.
Despite the significant enhancement of his five senses, Dui did not experience any distress this time. In fact, he was able to actively control his senses and did not experience the extreme discomfort he had before.
It can be said that after having his five senses enhanced, Dui's physical abilities are now comparable to those of an elf, and not just in terms of strength.
It is also reflected in its exceptional sensitivity.
In addition, what surprised Dui even more was that his life potential was also stimulated and increased, and his lifespan was greatly extended.
Even without the means to achieve immortality, with his current transformed body, he could easily live for three or four hundred years, which would be no less than the long-lived Dunedan people among humans.
Dui was naturally very happy to have gained so much.
He extinguished the dragon blood flames in the furnace, opened the furnace, and took out the flask inside.
Meanwhile, the Arkenstone, which he had also thrown into the furnace to burn, miraculously remained unburnt. However, after having too much earth elemental power extracted, the gem, which had originally emitted a dazzling white light, had become dim and no longer possessed its former brilliance.
Dui put away the Arkenboro and then looked at the golden liquid in the flask.
The golden liquid spun on its own inside the bottle, forming a miniature storm that emitted a faint golden light, not as dazzling as before, but containing even more powerful energy.
This is a sign of the successful transformation of the Philosopher's Stone into its third stage, known as the "Sun Wheel" stage or the Yellowing stage.
At this stage, the golden liquid in the bottle, while unable to turn stone into gold, can extend one's lifespan.
If taken directly, it can make people live for a very long time, at least six or seven hundred years, or even a thousand years.
Of course, if an alchemist had reached this level of mastery, no one would pick up a sesame seed and lose a watermelon, abandoning the readily available magic stone to choose to consume the golden liquid and extend their life by hundreds of years.
Therefore, the idea that taking the golden liquid can extend one's lifespan is just speculation, and no one would actually try it.
Having completed the yellowing stage of the magic stone, only the final "reddening" stage remains.
Once the red transformation is complete, the red magic stone will take shape and become a treasure that can grant immortality and turn stone into gold.
"Congratulations, Duir, your Philosopher's Stone is just one step away from success."
Outside Stonehenge, Alwen, who had been waiting for a long time, was genuinely happy for Dui.
Upon hearing this, Dui gently stroked Alvin's face with tender eyes, smiled, and placed the flask containing the golden liquid in her hands. Seeing the confusion in her eyes, he solemnly said:
"Once the Philosopher's Stone is crafted, I will use it as a betrothal gift to ask Lord Elrond for your hand in marriage!"
Alvin's eyes widened in surprise, then tears welled up in her starry eyes, blossoming into a radiant smile that could captivate anyone.
"Okay! I'm looking forward to it."
The final stage of crafting the Philosopher's Stone requires the fusion of fire and air elements, and must be carried out during the celestial conjunction of Venus and Mars.
The conjunction of Venus and Mars is a phenomenon where Venus and Mars appear in the night sky simultaneously, occurring almost once a year and lasting from a few days to several dozen days.
According to Elrond's prediction, this year's Venus-Mars conjunction will occur after January, and will be the longest one yet.
It will last for a full two and a half months.
Therefore, this time, Dui won't have to wait long before he can start the next stage of the magic stone crafting quest.
In addition, when crafting the magic stone, Dui also needs to fuse air and fire elements.
These two elements are exactly what the Ring of Air and the Ring of Fire can condense, so Dui only needs to ask Elrond and Gandalf for help.
Elrond mostly lives in the Valley, so they're easy to contact.
But Gandalf is a restless man, with no fixed abode, and not easy to find.
Although Dui could use the guardian deity to send messages, the guardian deity was not omnipotent. If the distance was too far, it would be like a poor signal, and even the form of the guardian deity could not be maintained, let alone send messages.
So Dui simply went up to the Owl Tower and asked the owls there for help.
The Owl Tower is a standalone tower in the northwest corner of Hogwarts Castle. The top of the tower houses the owl enclosure, while the bottom is occupied by horses.
The owls here are all snowcuckoos that Dui brought from the northwest Anuminas. They are creatures from Númenor Island and now live with the giant eagle Solondo who lives in the Mauron tree. They are much smarter than ordinary owls.
Dui used them as his own personal messengers, so he specially created an owl potion.
Owls are an important part of the magical world, serving as messengers for wizards. They are not only intelligent enough to understand human speech, but they can also deliver messages accurately to their intended recipients, even if the recipient is constantly moving.
However, not all owls are like this; owls in the Muggle world, for example, do not have this ability.
The reason for the difference between the two is that owls in the magical world are all tamed by wizards through special means.
In places like Diagon Alley in the wizarding world, there are shops that specialize in selling all kinds of owls, from Greywood, Hornbills, Grasscuckoos, and Waggle Hawks to Snowcrawlers.
These owls were originally no different from ordinary wild owls, but the wizards who sold the owls would specially make an owl potion. After feeding it to the owls, it would enhance the owls' location and message-delivering abilities, making them smarter.
The quality of the owl potion determines how intelligent the owl becomes after taking it: owls fed with lower-quality owl potions tend to be dull, while owls fed with high-quality potions are quite intelligent.
Therefore, the prices at owl shops vary depending on the owl's intelligence level.
Professor Snape, a Potions Master, created perfect Owl Potions for Owl Shop when he was still a student.
This is how they earn a living.
So he recorded this unorthodox potion in his notebook, and even improved the potion to make it more effective.
After learning how to make this potion, Dui specially prepared a potion of owl potion for his messengers.
After taking the owl potion, the already intelligent snow crows became even more intelligent, able to understand human speech, and their location abilities were enhanced. They even gained magical affinity.
As long as you hand the letter to them, even without a specific address, as long as you say the name, the snow pigeons can find the recipient.
So Duy gave the letter he wrote to Gandalf to one of the snowmen, fed it some meat, and then the snowman carried the letter away into the distance.
Then, a week later, the snow raven brought back Gandalf's letter.
From the letter, Duy learned that Gandalf was currently in Minas Tirith, the capital of Gondor, and promised to return a week before Venus and Mars were in conjunction.
After receiving Gandalf's reply, Dui was relieved.
During his free time, he also turned his attention back to the production of the invisibility cloak.
The invisibility cloak was half-finished by Alvin. The cloak's material was mainly made of the spider silk of the giant spider Hilob, supplemented with mithril silk and Alvin's hair, and the overall color was black.
Then, silver threads are woven into it, forming mysterious runes and patterns the size of tadpoles. From a distance, they look like stars shining silver in the night sky, which are very mysterious and eye-catching.
Dui contributed the least to the production of the invisibility cloak; aside from providing design drawings and concepts, Alvin did almost all the textile work.
Every inch of the invisibility cloak is woven with magical runes, and each rune is different yet connected to form a unified magical effect. In total, tens of thousands of runes must be woven, making it extremely difficult.
If Dui were to do it himself, he didn't think he had the patience to weave little by little for three whole years.
But Alwen surprised Dui. Not only was the weaving technique exquisite and the invisibility cloak beautifully crafted, but the runes on the cloak were also perfectly dynamic and integrated with the overall design, containing extraordinary magic.
At the same time, the speed and efficiency of textile production are also extremely fast, directly reducing the time by two to three times, and it is gradually accelerating, but without affecting the level of textile production.
At Alvin's current weaving speed, the invisibility cloak will be completely woven in less than six months.
By then, the Philosopher's Stone will be almost finished, and with the Invisibility Cloak, that's two gains.
As January drew to a close, a week before Venus was conjunct Mars, Dui arrived in Eisengard to begin preparations on Osankta.
The final stage of the Philosopher's Stone making process is the most dramatic and requires the most energy. Only by using the Wizard's Tower, Orsank Tower, to amplify the power can the success of the Philosopher's Stone making be guaranteed.
So Dui didn't mind the trouble and moved the furnace to the Osank Tower. Then, he used mithril to begin drawing arrays and runes little by little on the top of the tower.
Meanwhile, Gandalf, riding his horse Shadow, arrived in Isengard from the south.
"Long time no see, Duir! I'm not late, am I?" Gandalf said with a smile.