Chapter 282 Small Talk

[Alchemy is a magical, mysterious and charming art. It is different from vulgar magic. It is precise, rigorous but extremely creative. Over thousands of years, countless great alchemists have discovered or developed various new technologies. recipes or formulas, but no one can glimpse its full picture. Compared with those increasingly boring, dull, and stupid element sequences, alchemy can only bring us one puzzle after another, and in some cases Talented people solve them and create more puzzles, and the cycle repeats endlessly.

Of course, it is difficult for most people to understand the joy of using a scale and a speculum, and not many people can understand how much wisdom is contained in the seemingly boring ingredient lists.

I hope more people can understand and love this art as much as I do. Maybe someone can brew happiness, synthesize wealth, and even... create death. Believe me, this is not complicated. After all, most alchemists can By learning how to make happiness potions (but most pharmacists cannot), every high-level alchemist can transform stones into metals through rigorous experimental processes, and any alchemist apprentice can make various foolish attempts. It is a well-known fact that you will kill yourself, but...

Do not try to refine the human body under any circumstances, this is my only advice to you!

It is completely beyond description in words. It is the most horrific, cruel, despicable and vicious behavior in the world. It is not something that a person with a conscience can touch.

Remember this advice!

This is absolutely intolerable and is a more horrific sin than desecrating the souls of the dead.

——The 169th President of the Alchemist Association/Great Sage Neal Flames "The Book of Flames"]

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[The first time human body refining appeared in front of the world was in 5230 of the Holy Calendar. It was a turbulent era. Daos Loper, a crazy alchemist who was born in the Principality of Selibul, used this method on an innocent elf woman. The latter was twisted into a mixture of metal, flesh, thorns and thick water. She lost her ability to think and everything we can think of. She could only feel the horrible and unspeakable pain. This is the undead demon. The conclusion fed back by the mentor Ms. Janaya when she sensed the former's soul, she said that she was unable to save the other party because the elf woman's soul was torn into countless parts during Daosluo's forcible refining, and each part was Bound in her current 'body', even 'destruction' in the conventional sense cannot save that poor person.

"It's so terrible, I just don't want to think about that feeling." Ms. Janaya said to her friend while crying in a wanderer hotel: "That girl turned into a terrible thing, everything about her She is bound by every part that makes up her body. She lives in every corner of herself. I can't tell you in detail, but... even if we 'kill' her, it won't help unless it is extremely thorough. Eliminate all traces of her without leaving a trace.”

A month later, Pope Pamirs of the Church of Abundance used great magic to free the poor elf. Daosluo was executed. The Alchemist Association declared that 'human body refining' was an absolute taboo, and anyone who violated it would be permanently banned. It was removed from the list and regarded as the enemy of all intelligent creatures. Several neutral forces, including the United Holy Religion and the Magician's Union, seconded the proposal. At that time, various countries on the continent also included it in the law.

In the following hundreds of years, human body refining has never appeared in the public eye again, but until now, people's attitude towards it is still the same as before.

——"Eternal Evil: The Refining of the Human Body"]

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[There is a lot of evidence that the notorious [Bloodborne Society] possesses the research manuscripts of Daos Loper during his lifetime, and the 'human body refining' technique was also involved in dozens of large-scale vicious incidents that occurred in the year 6153 of the Holy Calendar. Shadows, obviously, those lunatics with unknown purposes are extremely harmful, even as much as most cults or false gods. They are one of the strongest shadows entrenched on this continent, and the inhumane 'Human Refining' It seems to be one of their main methods of terror. Special attention needs to be paid here. The Bloodborne Society is very likely to master a large number of dark arts. They seem to be far more persistent in many research fields than others. The big potion that disappeared ten years ago Shi Rui's gray claws and silver-maned bright tail couple may be related to them. If the information is correct, it means that the blood source will still not be extinct today thousands of years later...

——"Shadows in the Sun: Modern Times"]

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"Oh, interesting~"

Mo Tan, who sneaked into the restricted book section of the large library in Salamoen Trade District, smiled and closed the copy of "Shadows in the Sun" in his hand, stretched out comfortably between two rows of old bookshelves, and then put his feet up The pile of old and new books beside him were all put into his bag, and he took out a bottle of healing potion full of wine and took a sip: "This world is really not boring at all, SUN, cults, False gods, beliefs, secret societies, human body refining, haha, no matter which one it is, it seems to bring me endless fun, it’s great, it’s simply great!”

Mo Tan raised his glass to the air, then poured the bottle of 'potion' in his hand, whose therapeutic effect had been reduced to almost zero, into his mouth, and chuckled softly: "Speaking of which, my luck is really good this time. I didn't expect that little girl Luna's level of human body refining to be able to directly reshape the body and organs. It just took a lot of energy. If I had known better, I should have taken some oil while she was weak and explored it further. The system's judgment rules for language induction are really careless..."

Of course, only he would think of such a thing now. At this moment, Mo Tan also knew very well that when he logged into the game again with an absolutely neutral personality, even if he had the same chance, he would not really treat Luna Do something.

"Would you consider going to Misha County and pretending to be yourself to get more information?"

Mo Tan walked downstairs while talking to himself. At this moment, he was wearing a dark blue robe, and his face was transformed into a dwarf old man who looked energetic. He also wore a The single eye looks wise and elegant.

A human girl standing guard outside lowered her head respectfully: "Mr. Curator, are you going back?"

"Well, thank you for your hard work, dear Bella." Mo Tan smiled and patted the cloth bag on his waist, then turned and walked towards the hall, saying without looking back: "Don't tell anyone else about my day today. I have been here before, and these few books are not suitable. It would be over if my wife knew about it."

The little girl nodded subconsciously, and then suddenly said in a daze: "But didn't your wife pass away three years ago?"

Mo Tan stopped, then turned around and gave the girl a crazy and painful look: "No, she is still alive, I know she is still alive, I see her every day when I go home, she is always with me , I just don’t speak, but I can see...I can see..."

The little girl really couldn't shake her head under the other party's indescribable eyes, so she just lowered her head and remained silent with red eyes.

"Thank you……"

Mo Tan let out a long sigh, and then walked away quickly with his short legs. As for how the real director of the library would be discussed in the future, it was not within his scope of consideration.

ten minutes later

[Research on human body refining should be put aside for now, there are still a lot of things to do~]

Mo Tan, who had returned to his normal appearance, hummed a little tune and walked into Liuli Pavilion. However, he did not go to find Remilia who lived on the top floor as usual. Instead, he returned to his own room, where someone was already waiting. She did.

"Welcome back, sir."

Ai Fanye, the priest of the Sun God Cult who was born in Pato City, immediately stood up from the sofa, stepped forward and took the robe from Mo Tan, and then carefully hung it in the closet next to it, where there were a lot of different things. The styles and styles of clothing range from the bard robes, travel cloaks, and leather armor suits that are most commonly worn by Mo Tan, to the complicated noble ceremonial robes, low-level knight armor, and civilian attire.

"Thank you~" Mo Tan smiled slightly, then walked to the sofa and sat down. While holding Baizhou in his hand and playing with it, he asked with a chuckle: "How is the progress?"

Xiao Ai took two plates of snacks from the cabinet next to him and placed them in front of Mo Tan. He shook his head uneasily: "It still feels a little difficult. I can barely use Yang Yan in a different way than before. It's a magical technique, but the effect is very poor and unstable..."

"You've done a great job, sit down."

Mo Tan raised his eyebrows, then pointed to the position opposite him, picked up a biscuit and threw it into his mouth, and whistled frivolously: "This speed is much beyond my expectation, because you no longer have Did you believe in the Sun God that much before?"

"Sorry, I'm not sure..."

Xiao Ai shook her head hesitantly, then looked down at her palm. After a moment, two rays of golden fire bloomed in her hand, beating tremblingly.

Mo Tan leaned up and looked at it carefully for a while, then laughed with great interest: "Is this the magic of the Sun God System?"

"Yes, this is Yang Yan. Although it is a basic divine spell, if the caster is both pious and powerful... it will also exert great power to heal one's own wounds or attack the enemy..." Xiao Ai stumbled. He explained babously, and then shook his head in frustration: "But I can only do lighting."

Mo Tan nodded slightly, then leaned back on the sofa thoughtfully and began to meditate. After a while, he smiled gently at Xiao Ai and said, "I heard that guy talk about your recent performance. Thank you for your hard work."

The girl immediately stroked the hair on her shoulders nervously, shook her head vigorously and said: "No... no, I am honored to be able to help you, sir, but I am just a little worried that I can't do it well... After all, I only come from a small place. The trainee priests have hardly experienced the grace and power of God. If they are those powerful chief priests or..."

"If it's those powerful officiants or something else~"

Mo Tan interrupted him with a chuckle, and said calmly: "It is absolutely impossible to do better than you, and you may even be punished by God. You can give yourself more confidence."

"Huh?" Xiao Ai blinked in confusion, then lowered his head and whispered: "I don't understand, sir."

Mo Tan shook his finger: "I can't let you understand too much."

"It's okay, sir." Xiao Ai was not disappointed at all. He just nodded obediently and said, "I will follow any of your instructions."

"Thank you~"

Mo Tan nodded lightly and did not continue the topic of loyalty. Instead, he asked Xiao Ai a very strange question: "Do you think the Sun God Tisu is great?"

The young priest was a little confused, but after seeing that Mo Tan had no intention of explaining or guiding, he slowly nodded: "I think it is great."

"Very good, very honest answer. I guess you have already seen that I have no respect for your gods."

Mo Tan snapped his fingers, then suppressed the smile on his lips, and his tone became a little more serious: "I want to have a casual chat with you next, but before that I need to ensure a few key things. Click to avoid accidents~"

Xiao Ai subconsciously sat upright: "Yeah!"

"First of all, you must maintain respect for the gods, especially Tisu, the sun god you believe in."

Mo Tan said this very naturally, which made the girl confused, and then looked into Xiao Ai's eyes and asked softly: "Secondly, I allow you to discuss and argue with me in the following process, but no You are allowed to remain silent or say something against your will out of respect for me when you have conflicting views, do you understand?"

Xiao Ai blinked, his eyes full of curiosity: "Understood."

"Great, then...are you loyal to me?"

"Yes, I am loyal to you."

"Do you believe in me?"

"I……"

A trace of confusion flashed in Xiao Ai's eyes, and he shook his head slightly: "I don't know, I'm not sure if I believe in you."

"That's a good answer, I believe you come from the bottom of your heart~" Mo Tan clapped his hands briskly, and then continued to ask: "Then do you believe in the sun god Tisu?"

"Yes, I believe in my Lord."

"Are you loyal to him?"

"I am loyal to him." Xiao Ai gave the answer almost without hesitation, but continued with a very serious expression the next second: "But I am more loyal to you."

Mo Tan blew a frivolous kiss to Xiao Ai: "Because I saved you and Cole, avenged Lada, and left Lorna's soul?"

The girl nodded vigorously: "Yes, you are right."

Mo Tan quickened the pace of his questions: "Does it have anything to do with me being handsome?"

"Well, I guess it doesn't matter."

"Then do you think I'm handsome? Well, now with this face."

"I thought it was quite ordinary at first, but as time went on, I found it quite handsome."

Xiao Ai's honest answer fully complied with Mo Tan's previous request and did not say anything against his will.

The latter was lying on the ground in the OTZ position, somewhat injured, with black lines all over his head.

Xiao Ai was relieved at that time: "Um, sir, I..."

"Has your god helped you?"

"ah……?"

"Has your god noticed you?"

"I……"

"Your god~" Mo Tan stood up slowly, with a smile of unknown meaning at the corner of his mouth: "Is he really a 'god'?"

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Chapter 279: End