"Of course it is, but that doesn't mean it doesn't have other meanings. The blending of flesh and blood and soul is an extremely profound knowledge in alchemy. You should know that we [Rosicrucian Order] focus on alchemical techniques. I am reading the documents left by the order.
When I was reading information, I saw an alchemist from the Fifth Age commenting on this sentence."
Ms. Hope spoke very slowly, so Shade heard clearly:
"Emotions are a rope that connects two different individuals. Although the emotions themselves are not entities, the soul is not an entity either. A deep enough emotion can form a bond between two souls across space. No matter how far the distance is, they cannot be separated.
connect."
"Soul? I haven't done much research on this. However, emotions do have an impact on the effect of spell casting. I know this."
Shade said, and Ms. Hope nodded:
"The alchemy notes even mentioned that she was studying a method to harmlessly and briefly merge two souls, so that two people could become one person."
"What? Did she succeed?"
"Of course it didn't succeed. According to the records of the Order, the alchemy master of the Fifth Era created a terrifying fused undead. The resulting disaster was finally suppressed and quelled by the personal action of a witch emperor at that time.
Come down. Relevant records of this matter can still be found in the Holy See libraries of the Sun Church and the Peace Church. Our religious group left this dangerous information to warn those who came after us not to interfere with souls at will. I think
, this is probably why in our era, the Zhengshen Church strictly prohibits any soul sales and soul transformation knowledge."
After learning some knowledge about soul fusion from Ms. Hope, Shade took her approval note and finally went to find Mr. Upton.
This gentleman was also evaluated as having an eccentric personality by the Fulan brothers, Ms. Hope and Mr. Richard, so Shade was also prepared to be made things difficult for him.
After he adjusted his mood and put on a formulaic smile on his face, he raised his hand and knocked on the door. After waiting for a long time, he heard footsteps coming from the door, and then the door was opened a crack, but
The anti-theft chain has not been removed.
A man with messy hair and half-white hair who looked to be in his fifties asked impatiently from the crack of the door:
"who is it?"
This tone is very similar to Dorothy's reaction after being interrupted while writing.
"Friends of Brother Fulan, I'm here..."
"not see."
"etc!"
Shade hurriedly grabbed the door that was about to be closed. The man inside the door pulled hard again, but found that the door did not move at all. Realizing that Shade's power was far stronger than him, he took a deep breath and said:
"What did Eric and Charles ask you to do?"
"Can we go in and talk? I won't interrupt for long. This is a note from Ms. Hope. I want to buy a piece of knowledge."
Mr. Upton's mouth twitched and he looked Shade up and down:
"Okay, but please wait a moment while I clean up the room."
"no problem."
Shade let go of the door and let it close. Mr. Upton's footsteps walked into the room, but he came back within thirty seconds. This time he unlocked the anti-theft chain and opened the door completely.
This room is on the same floor as the room where Ms. Hope lives, so the internal structure is basically similar. Originally, Shade thought that since Upton looked unkempt, the room would be messy, but in fact it was very neat.
The furniture arrangement and indoor atmosphere are normal. The only thing worth noting is the wooden easel placed in the living room. However, the painting board on the easel is covered by white cloth, so Shade cannot see what kind of oil painting it is. But just now Earp
When Mr. Dayton said he wanted to go into the room and tidy up, he was probably referring to this painting.
Shade didn't feel any elements, so he didn't care. He just thought it was Mr. Upton's privacy.
After the two parties sat down, Shade also briefly explained his purpose. Even though Mr. Upton was a little impatient about the magic of the cult that Shade wanted to obtain, he still listened to Shade's story in detail and was quite serious.
He asked Shade why he wanted to learn magic, and emphasized the taboos on using this magic:
"When your hand is held with another person's hand, you must remain in awe of this emotion. Whether it is love or other emotions, it is the most valuable power that our mortal souls can burst out. Don't
Give up easily, any girl who is willing to hold hands with you. Young people, countless ring warlocks who have learned this magic, one day will be forced or voluntarily watched that figure go away, they will regret it from the bottom of their hearts.
I have experienced the feeling of soul and soul touching each other through divine magic."
His expression was serious:
"Are you sure you want to learn it?"
"No, I don't want to learn it yet. I want to buy this knowledge for a pair of...twin girls."
Shade nodded firmly, and then Mr. Upton nodded:
"Then the risk is not great. But you have to sign an additional contract to ensure that the knowledge will not be leaked."
"Of course, that makes sense."
After Xia De finished speaking, he asked curiously:
"Like Ms. Hope, have you studied the knowledge of soul contact and even fusion?"
"No, no, my research direction is not this. What I study is..."
Some unkempt men glanced at the covered oil painting inadvertently:
"What I study is the relationship between the body and the body under the influence of love."
Shade blinked. The other party's statement was very strange. He suspected that he had guessed wrong:
"You can't mean..."
"Yes, have you heard of [Pink Book]? That's the kind of knowledge I study. Love is not a pure spiritual communication. A young man like you should know better than me."
said Mr. Upton, shrugging his shoulders at Shade:
"But under the general social morality, studying this kind of knowledge is not suitable for telling everyone. So I pretended to be weird and asked them to stop bothering me. Although this will make my reputation worse, at least I avoid becoming
worse."
Shade nodded to express his understanding. He had also studied "The Pink Book" and knew that the book, which contained a wealth of knowledge, was indeed not suitable for discussion with too many people.
Since Mr. Upton agreed to let him learn magic, he was going to leave, go to Ms. Hope's place to pay the money, and then go upstairs to find Mr. Richard to get the magic learning ritual.
However, when Shade stood up, Mr. Upton signaled Shade not to leave so quickly.
"As for the maxim you mentioned, I actually have my own way of understanding it."
Mr. Upton said, then asked Shade a question:
"Do you believe that two different bodies can be merged into one person?"
Shade thought for a while and nodded decisively:
"Of course I believe it. For example, two girls who are fifteen or sixteen years old will become eighteen years old after fusion.
Mr. Upton nodded in surprise:
"I thought you would say that this is not in line with the theory of the Ring Warlock system. But it doesn't matter, it seems that you still have some talent. My research direction is not the fusion of soul and soul, but with the help of the [Pink Book]
System, studying the moments of emotional outbursts and physical pleasure, and the complex interactions between flesh and flesh.”
He took a deep breath:
"In my opinion, the ultimate goal of this research is to realize that two people become one person on a material level."
Shade frowned slightly and said hesitantly:
"I don't know if you know that in necromancy, many corpses can be sewn together to create something like an 'undead suture monster'."
He always felt that something was wrong with the spirit of the gentleman in front of him. He seemed to be too excited. Therefore, Shade was worried that the gentleman in front of him would eventually create an incredible monster.
"No, no. You misunderstood me. What I study is living people, not corpses. This is completely different. Corpses have no emotions and cannot experience joy. They are meaningless."
Mr. Upton shook his head:
"And I won't start experimenting with humans right away. My current progress is just to try to let myself gain the power of animals through contact with animals. This is what ancient Dru Yin could only learn after getting close to animal partners.
Secret method.”
"That doesn't sound strange."
Shade commented with a smile, and Mr. Upton finally smiled:
"I knew there would always be someone who understood me."
He looked at the oil painting covered by the white cloth again, as if he had made up his mind:
"In fact, I got a very strange oil painting more than a year ago. It convinced me that my idea was absolutely correct. The purest emotions and the most extreme charm will burst out in the fusion of flesh and blood.
It brings out powerful power. I would like to invite you to take a look at this painting, so that you can know what I want to study."
He pointed at the white cloth, and Shade asked:
"Who created this painting? What year is it from?"
"Probably in the early sixth era, a painter who was traveling to sea caught a glimpse of an extremely beautiful lady in the water in the heavy fog one morning. He was stimulated by the beauty of that moment.
Only then did he paint this painting. But then the painter went crazy, and other ordinary people who saw this painting also went crazy. I suspect that he had a glimpse of some kind of alien creature, such as a mermaid or something."
After saying that, he stood up and pulled the canvas gently. Shade looked over subconsciously, and his first impression was that it was an oil painting with quite bright colors.
Although it depicts an underwater scene, the woman who occupies the main body of the picture has long orange-red hair floating in the water and fair, almost glowing skin, which makes the underwater scene quite bright. Her side face is facing the picture.
Outside, his eyes were slightly narrowed, looking charming and lazy.
Surrounding the lady in the picture, various shellfish and fish form the background, while the underwater water flow is outlined with abstract lines by the brush, making the details of the picture richer and more compact.
"It's so beautiful."
This was the thought that immediately came to Xia De's mind, and then he expressed it.
He smiled and looked at the painting, admiring the beauty of the underwater lady in the painting. She was as natural as the underwater world, as if she should exist in the water. The perfect appearance just stopped at that second, but
The beauty and charm have been recorded for a long time.
"It's so beautiful."
Shade sighed again, staring at the painting and feeling like he didn't want to look away. He even thought that the woman in the painting was more beautiful than the witches he knew...
