() "Are you Merlin?" At this point in the story, Xiao Yu pointed at the wretched old man in front of him in surprise.
"Yes, but no." Merlin nodded heavily.
"What do you mean? How many years have you lived?" Xiao Yu asked in confusion.
"I am only over two thousand years old, but I have lived for at least a billion years." Merlin replied helplessly.
"You mean, your soul...?" Xiao Yu said thoughtfully.
"Yes, my soul is always reborn with the original imprint, but cannot truly rest like others..." Merlin said painfully.
"Why is that?" Xiao Yu asked again.
"You will know if you listen to what I continue to say," Merlin thought for a moment and then added, "This is not only the history of this world, but also the history of us alchemists."
"Oh..." Xiao Yu nodded.
When the five sages of the human race began to be active in the human world and even other continents, the main war factions of each race naturally stood up and expressed the need to eliminate these signs of unrest. At that time, the leaders of each race began to
Considering the interests, I naturally agreed.
In a round of siege, not only were these sages not eliminated, but they also learned bit by bit the real advanced skills of other races. At the same time, in the process, the number of people called sages also gradually increased.
increase, and is no longer limited to humans.
The Black Dragon King from the Dragon Clan, the Holy Demon Queen and the Moon Demon Princess from the Demon Clan, the Yuan Dynasty Emperor from the Elemental Clan, the Lich King from the Underworld Clan, the Enchanted Fox Queen from the Monster Clan, and the fallen from the Angel Clan.
The Queen of Angels has successively joined the team of sages under different names and identities. Later generations will refer to these sages who gave themselves strange titles as the Twelve Sages.
What followed was the skill change within the Twelve Sages after integrating the skills of various races. The first people to propose this change were Merlin and Solomon, who were both magicians. The two had already met each other and came from a casting family.
After Nan, the heretic, came up with the idea of using magic to replace various tools, and with the subsequent integration of technology from various races, this idea became more and more mature.
Finally, on a dark and stormy night, the two of them successfully completed the first alchemical experiment in human history for the first time, and pioneered the use of alchemy.
Coincidentally, that period was also the peak period of various races' suppression of traitors and sages. The twelve sages were simply too lazy to fight with those little mortal flies. They collectively entered the secret base and began to study alchemy.
Research and development. And this secret base is the predecessor of the Sanctuary.
After the first alchemy experiment was successful, the development of alchemy by the sages also began to enter a steady and rapid period of growth, so that in the following hundreds of years, humans and many disadvantaged races once again fell into
We are in a situation where we have lost our backbone. The angel clan, the fairy clan alliance and the third party undead clan also decided not to buy the face of a few goddesses, and took advantage of the opportunity when the weak race was depressed again to completely defeat and occupy the human world continent.
This big cake.
The precursors of war are almost as obvious as the crow among the white swans.
It was during this period that the twelve sages integrated their own specialties and preferences into the newly developed alchemy. These are the twelve basic alchemy techniques that Xiao Yu knows. However,
It was basic alchemy. In fact, it was the only twelve kinds of alchemy at that time.
After that, the twelve sages naturally could not sit idly by and ignore the war that was about to break out in the outside world. Not only did they become widely disciples and spread this advanced skill that was nominally derived from human beings themselves, they themselves also joined the first line of the war.
In the group. However, before they left the sanctuary, everyone relied on what they had learned and stored throughout their lives to refine a crystal. Although, each crystal had different characteristics according to the personality of the maker.
appearance and use, but they all have a common name, called the Philosopher's Stone.
The so-called sage naturally means hero, and heroes are generally born for war. Therefore, when the Third Holy War broke out, the heroes naturally charged to the front line of the battlefield.
But sadly, the reason why heroes are called heroes is largely because their fearless sacrifices led to great success.
Naturally, the Twelve Sages did not escape the fate of sacrifice.
After the end of the Third Holy War, the human world was once again defended. Seven of the twelve sages died, and three of them did not even leave their souls.
Among the remaining five sages, in order to resist Hades, the Lord of the Underworld, Merlin stubbornly accepted the curse of eternal life and sent him into reincarnation; Solomon was disheartened and disappeared from people's eyes.
; The Holy Demon Queen returned to hell with the Moon Demon Princess's bones. With the help of the Fallen Angel Queen, she unified the demon world and transformed into the Evil Moon Pool together with the Moon Demon Queen's body to wait for the successor to appear; the last remaining ones
The Fox Queen led the Warcraft Tribe to form an alliance with the Elf Tribe and the Human Tribe, and became the permanent patron saint of the human world.
"Is it over?" Seeing that Merlin stopped talking, Xiao Yu asked.
"Well, yes." Merlin nodded.
"You talked so much nonsense just to tell me that you are the first alchemist in the world and that the Philosopher's Stone has a special purpose?" Xiao Yu asked in disbelief.
"No, we were all too naive at that time." Merlin said painfully.
"What do you mean?" Xiao Yu asked.
"We all thought that we were the founders of alchemy at one time, but it wasn't until much later, when all our old friends were almost dead, that I discovered that we were too naive at the time." Merlin said with a bitter smile, "This world
The first alchemist in the world was the Mother Goddess.”
"You mean those gods?" Xiao Yu said with a clear face.
"No, it's not just that," Merlin continued with a grimace, "Actually, according to Solomon and I's later research, in fact, at the beginning of the creation, the Mother Goddess only used her own body as an exchange price to create the eight-bit...
The *god, the goddess of order. The gods that followed were all accomplished by the soul of the Mother Goddess and the alchemy of the Yuan** gods."
"In other words, alchemy has been completed long before you?" Xiao Yu asked.
"Yes, and even among all the non-god races, we were not the first to discover alchemy." Merlin continued, "As early as after the Second Holy War, the birdman Jehovah had already mastered alchemy.
, and refined seven truly perfect products, which are the scented angels."
"This..." Xiao Yu was speechless for a moment.
"This is also the main reason for Solomon's frustration." Merlin nodded, "Until the last time I saw Solomon, he had not been able to successfully refine a living body. And as early as billions of years ago, our largest
His opponent, Jehovah has already created seven female angels. This is a huge blow to him."
Xiao Yu nodded dullly, but didn't know what to say.
"Do you know? I have seen those seven archangels before," Merlin suddenly said with a fierce look on his face, "I originally wanted to capture them and use them as my little harem, but I didn't expect that those beauties not only look so beautiful
To overwhelm a country or a city, even its combat power can overwhelm a country with one move or overwhelm a city with one strike."
"Um...then why are you not dead?" Xiao Yu felt that Merlin's spirit seemed to have recovered a little, so he started to joke carefully.
"My alchemy focuses on defense. As long as there are materials around me that can be used to make it, it is almost impossible to kill me," Merlin explained. "At that time, seven of the archangels were sent to assassinate me, but the result was only
He only injured me, but those seven girls have never been seen on the battlefield again. They were probably seriously injured by my counterattack."
When Merlin was talking, Xiao Yu suddenly felt that he saw some kind of glory in him, a glory that belonged to the past. And Merlin himself was obviously immersed in this kind of glory. For a while, neither of them spoke, until Merlin spoke again.
After coming back to his senses, the silence was broken again.
"Haha, it's always easier for people to remember things when they get older," Merlin smiled sheepishly, "By the way, regarding your Ring of the Moon, it was Solomon's most beloved equipment. I guess he was completely discouraged.
So I left the ring there and didn’t take it with me.”
"What about the Tears of the Moon God?" Xiao Yu asked.
"This is, of course, Solomon's Philosopher's Stone," Merlin replied. "Solomon is good at water magic, so his alchemy tends to be gentle. As for how to use his Philosopher's Stone, I think
, then it should be more suitable to be embedded in equipment, and it may be able to add a lot of continuous effects."
"Okay, I will try." Xiao Yu nodded.
"Forget it, since the Philosopher's Stone has appeared, I won't hide it anymore." Merlin suddenly said without any clue.
Then, he began to search endlessly in his storage space.
"Ah! Yes, here are a few things for you." Merlin took out a round yellow spar, a scroll and an ancient book and threw them to Xiao Yu.
"What is this?" Xiao Yu asked puzzledly.
"Well...my Philosopher's Stone, Glory of the Sun God," Merlin replied, "and my Alchemy, Alchemy (Romance) learning scroll."
"What about this?" Xiao Yu put the scroll and the Philosopher's Stone into the ring, then waved the book in his hand and asked.
"Ancient Human Language Dictionary," Merlin simply replied, "I have read the books you picked up, and they are basically notes about skills written in ancient languages. Especially Solomon's notes, without his personal transmission,
In the case of skills or skill scrolls, you can only explore his alchemy based on his notes. Of course, if you are lucky enough to meet him one day, that would be even better."
"Oh." Xiao Yu nodded and put the dictionary back into the ring.
"Okay, I've told you the story, and the time is almost up. If you have anything else to ask me, just ask me quickly! The Lord God is already urging me to throw you back to your world as soon as possible."
