Chapter 119

Chapter 119

August 5th, morning, first experiment.

Attempting to replicate Lavaxi's "Twenty-Day Experiment," heating mercury in the curved-neck flask to produce mercuric oxide.

Measuring 100 grams of mercury, adding it to the curved-neck flask (thank you, mage tower, for using metric units, must be the legacy of a predecessor from another era), and heating it with a furnace.

One hour, no change.

Two hours, no change.

Three hours, no change.

Suspected that the heating temperature wasn't high enough for mercury to react with oxygen.

Moved the curved-neck flask closer to the furnace.

The curved-neck flask exploded...

August 5th, afternoon, second experiment.

Red powder appeared on the surface of mercury, suspected to be mercuric oxide.

The curved-neck flask exploded again...

Improper temperature control. Let me think of another way; the mercury thermometer is definitely not working.

August 6th, morning.

Bimetallic thermometer! Success!

The mage tower is truly extravagant; having platinum... a bimetallic element made with platinum and copper strips is the best!

August 6th, afternoon.

Continued the mercuric oxide experiment. Using the bimetallic thermometer to indicate temperature is indeed convenient... no more fear of the curved-neck flask exploding.

August 7th, morning.

Slipped while adding charcoal, and the furnace went out... luckily, quickly rekindled the fire. Really wish I had a furnace boy to watch over it.

August 7th, afternoon.

Continued burning.

August 8th, morning.

Continued burning.

August 8th, afternoon.

So, pointing the construct used to gather "combustible essence" with mental power toward the combustible material; pointing the construct used to select "good air" toward the carried oxygen used as spell material

What would happen if done this way?

Garrett heard his heart pounding. He rushed out of his room, went up to the fourth floor alchemy room, and set up the alchemical apparatus for heating mercuric oxide and extracting oxygen once again. After the oxygen collection in the test tube was complete, he sneaked down the Mage Tower with the test tube.

"Garrett, where are you going?"

Someone spoke in the dark night. Garrett paused, slowly turned his head:

"Elliott? Sorry, did I wake you up just now?"

"No problem, I wasn't asleep anyway. Hey, in the middle of the night, where are you going without even turning on a light?"

Saying that, he snapped his fingers, and four light orbs floated up silently in front, back, left, and right. Garrett followed him down, answering in a low voice:

"I improved the Burning Hand and wanted to try it out..."

"Burning Hand? You learn so fast!" Elliott praised. He and Garrett walked into the dark night, arriving at a square behind the Mage Tower. This was the place mages used to practice magic. Elliott slightly focused and raised his hand

A cone of red flames spewed forward. Five meters away, a humanoid wooden target was engulfed in flames, immediately burning.

Elliott waved his hand, extinguishing the flames. He turned to Garrett, eyes shining with curiosity:

"Give it a try!"

"I might be a bit slow..." Garrett replied in a low voice. Holding his breath, concentrating, trying to enter a spellcasting state:

Meditate!

Recite the incantation!

Use mental power to outline the spell model!

Extend mental power, resonate the spell model with the surroundings, and pay attention, the construct for filtering air must be pointed towards the oxygen in the test tube!

Reach out, push forward

Boom!

A blazingly white flame sprayed out from Garrett's palm, bursting forward.

Within ten meters, a 60-degree fan-shaped area in front was engulfed by the bright white flame. Where the flames passed, the humanoid wooden target immediately turned into fragments, standing on a metal stake on the ground, bursting with bright and dazzling sparks like lightning.

Beside him, Mage Elliott slowly widened his mouth.

"Is this... the Burning Hand? It's twice as far as mine, and the flame is more than twice as strong! Garrett, are you really just a level 1 mage?!"

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