Both of them climbed into the small cart, but the sprite did not hurry to start. He seemed to have something to say to Elwyn.
"We have to hurry, Mr. Mason." Zuo Sai said to himself, his voice sharp and piercing, "I'm not like you. My time is very precious, and there are many things waiting for me to do …"
"Yes!" Elwyn looked at the old sprite, not understanding what he meant.
"I don't know what you want, but you definitely won't succeed." Zuo Sai continued, taking out a pocket watch and looking at it. In an infuriating tone, he said, "I even doubt if you can understand the hieroglyphs of ancient Egypt."
To be honest, Elwyn really did not understand hieroglyphs. He only knew the meaning of a few special symbols.
"I'm sorry, I don't understand what you mean …" he asked directly.
"What I mean is, looking at the original and translated versions of the Emerald Jade Record doesn't mean much to you. I've seen too many arrogant human wizards like you come here to find the true secret of the Emerald Jade Record, but they didn't get anything. " Zuo Sai said, put away the pocket watch, and turned to look at Elwyn, "The rumors outside are all nonsense. Other than the knowledge on it, the legendary magic item is just a normal stone tablet. It doesn't have any magic power that you want to obtain."
"Knowledge itself is priceless. Maybe the hieroglyphs of ancient Egypt will give me some inspiration." Elwyn said.
He understood what Zuo Sai meant. This sprite looked down on him, and thought that there was no need for him to look at the original Emerald Jade Record.
"So troublesome, such a waste of time …" Zuo Sai muttered.
After that, neither of them said anything. The small cart sped along the maze-like winding tunnel.
Soon, Elwyn was confused. The terrain here was much more complicated than under London. Many places were filled with gravel, and a narrow path was maintained by magic for them to pass through. After the cart passed through, it became a pile of quicksand.
Cold air whizzed past them. Ten minutes later, they reached the depths of the ground.
In the yellow gravel and rocks, Elwyn saw many ancient ruins of different ages. They were in different layers according to time. This was probably a characteristic of Egypt. Only this country and this city could have so many ancient relics.
As time went on, they went deeper and deeper, picking up speed.
At the sharp turn, the air became even colder and piercingly cold. The small cart clattered as it arrived above a mountain stream.
"We're here!" Zuo Sai snapped her fingers, and countless torches lit up, dispersing the darkness around them.
Elwyn saw that in front of them was a huge stone, unlike the complicated and heavy iron door of Gringotts' vault in London.
Zuo Sai walked in front of the rock, and said solemnly. "Sesame, open the door!"
He stretched out a long finger and gently knocked on the huge rock. Suddenly, a wide path appeared in front of the big rock.
Elwyn looked at him speechlessly. The pixies of Gringotts definitely hadn't read the book >. Or perhaps the story of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves came from here, and the thieves' cave was designed by the pixies.
His attention quickly shifted to the room behind the rock. Under the light of the fire, a green stone emitted a gentle glow.
It was a huge green stone slab, made entirely out of emerald, and carved with ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs.
The edges of the stone slab were irregular, and there was a huge crack on the top left, as though it was forcefully knocked down from somewhere.
"This is the > you wanted to see, Mr Mason!" Zuo Sai said, and revealed a malicious smile. "A thousand years ago, the ancient Egyptian wizards recovered this priceless treasure from the hands of the tomb robbers. It was originally hidden in the secret room of the Pharaoh Hermes' pyramid, and that pyramid has now become a ruin. Unfortunately, the text on it is incomplete, and the important information has been lost. "
"It is indeed a pity." Elwyn said, and carefully looked at the > in the middle of the room.
"The Egyptian Ministry of Magic asked Gringotts to protect this priceless alchemy book. The temperature and humidity inside are strictly controlled, and no one has entered this place for decades. Because looking at it too much will damage the >."
"En, I understand. Mr Zuo Sai, can I go in and take a look?" Elwyn said, "I can't see it clearly from here."
He didn't rashly enter the room. He could feel traces of magic inside, and there were at least tens of protection spells and curses.
This pixies didn't have any good intentions, and kept standing beside the rock watching Elwyn without warning him.
If he couldn't resist entering the room, he would probably suffer.
"Of course." Zuo Sai said, and the smile on his face gradually disappeared. He pointed again, "Please, Mr Mason."
Elwyn walked in, and behind him, the pixies closely stared at him, which made him feel very uncomfortable.
Just like what Djoser said, Elwyn couldn't understand what was written on the >. It was the most primitive ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs.
He walked around the slate twice, and then returned to the original spot, to make sure there was no magic on it.
Because of Elwyn's action, the pixies sneered.
"Do you want to continue watching?" Zuo Sai asked softly, and took out the pocket watch again, "I told you, you are wasting time."
Elwyn ignored him. He had read the translated version of > before, and compared it with the hieroglyphs in his memory.
The existing > had 13 simple and comprehensive sayings, which guided the reader on how to contact the deep and divine spiritual world, which was the foundation of alchemy.
But this was not all. Nicole Lemour had told him that > hid more than just the secret of extracting magic stones from everything in the world.
Only the alchemist who had the key could know the real secret.
This key was the > that Elwyn had, which was the most orthodox inheritance of >.
Elwyn took a deep breath, concentrated, and started to chant the first incantation of >.
As he moved, the words on the slate started to change.
As if it sensed something, it started to emit a faint green light, which was getting brighter and brighter.
In the green light, the words on the 《Emerald Jade Record》 started to emit wisps of smoke. They slowly floated up from the stone slab and gradually appeared around Ivan, surrounding him...
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