The Three Supreme Arts of Alchemy

Hogwarts had begun.

After the initial few days of discomfort, Andy quickly adjusted and began a new phase of study.

According to the study plan he had made during summer vacation, aside from his regular magic practice, there were two most important goals for this term.

First, the Power of Love.

Second, learning alchemy.

The Potential Points he gained from studying magic would be used to improve his physique and mind.

The former was related to Magical Transformation, while the latter could improve Andy's learning efficiency.

Both were very important talent attributes.

After getting a pass for the Restricted Section from Professor Flitwick, Andy began his long search for books.

Although Hogwarts did not offer Alchemy Class, it had quite a few books related to alchemy.

Actually, Andy had always had a question.

Logically speaking, alchemy and Potionology were both magical arts. Though they were related to magic, they were not magical power itself, but skill-based abilities.

Well... like secondary professions in a game.

They did not involve improving magical power.

If that was the case, why did alchemy appear on the System Panel? It was not until Andy read the books' introductions to alchemy that this question was finally answered.

Alchemy and magical item crafting appeared similar. Both were arts used to create magical items. Yet in essence, they were worlds apart.

Crafting magical items required the application of spells.

For example, creating a Time-Turner required mastery of the Time Reversal Spell.

But alchemy was different.

Creating magical alchemical items could only be considered one branch of alchemy.

Alchemy was more like an entirely new field of magic.

Unlike traditional magic, in Andy's view, alchemy was more like an interpretation of the laws of the universe, followed by deriving from those laws an alchemical magic system distinct from the