"...I initially thought that Miss Freya came to study in the Theocratic Country."
After a long silence, Sherlock said: "I didn't expect you to cause such a big trouble."
Although Freya did not further explain the relationship between the Wine of Eternal Life and the Tears of Time, everyone clearly understood.
If the immortality of elves comes from the gift of Lingbo Tiansi, then the life-extending methods such as the wine of eternal life are essentially gaining part of Lingbo Tiansi's power.
But these life-extending measures come at a price.
The side effect of the life-extending potion from Star Antimony is that it only extends the life of the body, but not the life of the soul. Therefore, living too long will lead to a disconnect between the body and the soul, and will be easily killed by the necromancer.
The life extension of elves obviously also extends their souls.
——The side effect is "Ningpa".
The elves have a history of thousands of years and several generations of glorious civilizations. However, Ningbo has never been able to be cured.
The root cause is probably because... Ningpa is not a disease at all. Like dendrosis, it is a deformation caused by the influence of the power of the Tao.
Elves are the descendants of giant trees, and the blood of giant trees flows in their bodies. Because of this, the purer the bloodline, the easier it is for them to transform into trees; similarly, the more blessings they receive from Lingbo Tiansi, the more likely they will be.
Easy to condense.
That’s why those half-elves born in other places cannot turn into trees or condense into amber!
It is because their bloodline is too impure that they cannot transform into trees; and because their lifespan has declined, they cannot become amber!
"Therefore, if you want to cure Ningbo, you may have to dispel or neutralize the gift from Lingbo Tiansi. But that may cause the elves to start aging rapidly... My research is currently stuck here."
Freya held the bottle of "Tears of Time", looked down at it, and said softly: "The active ingredient of the wine of eternal life is the gift I extracted from the amber 'Elven Gem'. Its function
, in fact, it is to add a small amount of elven blood to people - this part of the blood will not make people amber, but it can indeed increase their life span.
"I have taken it myself and its safety has been verified on myself. It can effectively prolong my youth...There is nothing I shouldn't drink.
"As for the 'Tears of Time'... it is the active ingredients of the wine of eternal life that have been further purified and condensed, and then radically catalyzed to make the symbol manifest in excess. It can be used as a material for preservation techniques to greatly enhance preservation.
The effect of the technique.
"According to my calculations, if taken in small amounts, 'Tears of Time' can also permanently provide a part of the upper limit of the earth attribute mana pool for people with no elf blood; for half-elves with partial elf blood, taking Tears of Time should purify
My own blood may also cause death; but for pure-blooded elves, it is a fatal poison. Because I have taken the wine of eternal life, I have not taken it again."
"...I have a question, Freya."
Yanis raised her hand gently and asked dryly: "I heard that you alchemists...encrypt your own formulas so that even if your finished products are analyzed by others, the real formula cannot be found...
…”
If there are only a dozen people, or even thirty or forty people... it may cause turmoil, but at least the impact will not be too great.
But if the formula of "Tears of Time" is cracked and deduced...
The entire group of elves will suffer disaster!
"——I know, I will too."
Freya interrupted.
"That means-"
Yanis's eyes lit up.
But it was quickly rejected by Freya: "But I can't encrypt it in the semi-finished product. It will only cause trouble for myself and make it unclear to me what the specific ingredients are."
"...In other words?"
Yanis was almost desperate and asked with a sense of luck.
"I know what you're going to ask."
Freya thought for a moment and replied: "The fourth level... may be a bit difficult.
"Only at least the fifth energy level can it be possible to steadily work backwards from the finished product to analyze my formula - provided that the person who stole my medicine can store the medicine correctly:
"It must be kept in a brown bottle, away from direct sunlight and shaken vigorously. The temperature cannot exceed 150 degrees, nor be lower than 6 degrees. And it cannot be exposed to oxygen and water for a long time at the same time, and a black curtain must be used at night
Put it on to avoid being illuminated by the light of Venus, otherwise the effect will decline rapidly. I have not sent it into the dream world, and I am not sure whether its properties will change in the dream world, but I think it will. Therefore, it cannot pass through the altar.
to deliver it."
"Sounds fine..."
After hearing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
It is already very difficult just to avoid shaking it hard, avoid moisture, and keep it sealed. It is basically impossible to transport it to Star Antimony for analysis by water transportation. In the Theocracy, there is no such thing as Freya.
A level alchemist.
...Unless it's Professor Moriarty.
Aiwass added in his mind.
He was not sure about Freya's attitude towards his biological father, so he did not dare to say it directly.
Although Aiwass had never seen that guy at all since he came to the Theocracy...but he always felt like he was always with him and would appear in any event.
"Wait a minute, Sister Freya, you just said... semi-finished product?"
Aiwass suddenly realized something: "Then what did you originally plan to do with the Tears of Time?"
"It's not difficult to dissolve the gift - just like if a person's liver is sick, cut it off and replace it with a new one. But you can't just cut it without replacing it, it's the same as killing someone."
Freya crossed her arms and replied simply: "The grace of Tiansi and Pillar God can be offset by committing equal weight of 'sins' on the corresponding path. So I think - only at present, those who are active
It is not easy for elves to become amber, because they have offset part of the gift, so the amber phenomenon is reversible. If it is really a disease, then the parts that have become amber should not go back.
"But the problem is that once the blessing is completely eliminated, the life span will also be shortened. I must find a life extension method that will not freeze as a substitute for the treatment method. The tears of time are my 'artificial liver'
.”
Hearing this, Aiwass's heart moved.
——He thought of his "jujube".
It seems to be able to dissolve Ningpa.
The fruit of the sin thorn...is there "sin" in it?
He wanted to raise this possibility with Freya, but he didn't have those fruits on hand. He might as well wait until the next time his eyes grow fruits again and bring them over to Freya to see.
"Why don't you destroy them first?"
Yanis looked at the bottle of Tears of Time with some fear: "I felt a little panicked when I saw it... What if the rest of these were also stolen? Compared with the progress of leprosy, I think we need to prevent it from spreading further.
More importantly...you remember the recipe anyway, right? Maybe the other party didn't store it properly and destroyed it, and then came back to find it again?"
Knowing that Freya was synthesizing such a lethal substance without an antidote, it was impossible for Yanis to keep watching.
And Freya couldn't hear anything when she was working. It was really easy to be stolen.
The other party only took one third last time, but maybe they can take it all next time?
"……well."
Freya sighed: "It took me three months to extract this..."
She felt a little distressed, but she also knew that Yannis was right.
She could only place it casually on the heating container next to her, and watched with pain on her face as it quickly turned turbid - looking as if she was about to cry.
The originally stagnant oil-like liquid becomes increasingly clear and transparent under heating.
"What I'm most worried about now is whether the person who stole this bottle of medicine will be harmful to Gray..."
Yanis frowned: "There are still two weeks...March 3rd is the Pope's election day. If those crazy people with controlled fire cause the Gray scene to freeze, then there will be big trouble...Is there anything?
Can we report Cardinal Loki to His Majesty the Pope with definite evidence?"
"...The bad news is that there really is no such thing. Because it really doesn't have to be him - there are too many clues about him, and this may be misleading."
Aiwass replied: "The worse news is that the other party does have ill intentions towards Her Highness the Saint.
"Because Gloria is a friend of Her Majesty the Virgin, and so is Bishop Mercedes - one of them killed the other, and the body was in my closet. If there hadn't been an unexpected incident that day,
This corpse should have been discovered by Her Majesty the Holy Lady herself."
At that time, Aiwass just thought that this might be an attempt to stimulate Gray's spirit and intensify her coagulation.
But now, after investigating the information about "Tears of Time", a poison that is 100% fatal to elves, especially elves that have begun to condense, the meaning of this matter is completely different.
