The invisible realm unfolded by the mithril tag blocked the perception of the outside world. In the room, Ma Wei looked at the shadow floating in the air and answered Buggy's question: "We dug out some clay pots under the house. These black mud pastes, It’s scraped from a clay pot.”
"Is there anything else in the clay pot?" Buggy suddenly asked.
"how do you know?"
"Huh... I didn't expect you to find soul mud."
Buggy took a deep breath and glanced at the ancient clay pot aside. While thinking, he said slowly: "Soul mud paste is a special food that appeared in the golden age. The raw material required for its production is the 'dead soil' that has lost its life." , the 'spiritual anointing oil' made from the soul of a living creature is boiled, and finally the 'bone meal' of that living creature is mixed together. It is not complicated to make and is generally used to feed the pets of the golden gods. food."
As Baji spoke, Mavie wrote down all the names of the materials she mentioned.
Although I have never heard of the name soul mud paste, all the raw materials for making mud paste are recorded in the classics.
The 'dead soil' that has lost its life refers to the special material in alchemy - 'dead matter'.
In alchemy, after all matter dies, it will turn into something like scorched earth. For example, the scorched earth zone formed after activating the Black Sun is made of 'dead earth'.
As for the 'spiritual anointing oil', it is a thick soup made from the souls extracted from living creatures. It requires special means to extract the souls of living creatures and put them into a sealed container with other extraordinary ingredients such as white root flower, Hague root, and patchouli. The herbs are refined until the soul and these materials are completely integrated, no longer wailing and a thick layer of black oil appears on the surface, then the top layer of oil is taken, which is the 'spiritual anointing oil'.
Normally, 'Spiritual Anointing Oil' should be used together with 'Bone Powder'. The 'Bone Powder' here refers to the bones in the body of the soul owner. Only the powder made from the bones of the original owner can be used with 'Spiritual Anointing Oil' Perfect blend, no rejection reaction.
The classics only mentioned that materials such as 'spiritual anointing oil' and 'bone meal' would be used in some special sacrificial rituals. I didn't expect that they could also be made into food for pets...
"The pet of the golden gods, do you mean the millipede in the clay pot?"
"Well, this kind of bug is indeed an envoy raised by the Golden Gods. Your Church of Truth uses cats as its envoys. The Golden Gods use insects, but the cats you raise are ordinary cats. The millipedes of the Golden Gods only need If you take soul mud ointment for a long time, you will undergo transformation and become an extraordinary creature..."
Buggy looked at the black mud in the teacup and said, "If, I mean if, if you give the cats soul mud, maybe it can transform them."
Give Fat Orange and the others soul mud paste?
Are you kidding....
After taking the soul mud ointment, the millipede becomes evil and sneaky. So what if it has great power?
What's more, the method of extracting the souls of living creatures and boiling them into mud paste was too cruel, and Ma Wei was very resistant to it.
"That's not right!" Yunia, who was sitting next to her and nibbling on an apple, asked doubtfully, "Isn't this London? Why are there clay pots from the Golden Age buried underground?"
According to the previous speculation between Ma Wei and Holmes, the Golden Age should refer to the era created by the gods who existed ten thousand years ago, that is, the master of the gray and blue bone hand behind the golden door.
Mentioning this matter, Ma Wei suddenly thought of Atlantis and took this opportunity to ask Buggy.
"Budge, have you heard of Atlantis?"
"Of course I have heard of Atlantis, the kingdom created by the Golden God. Not only have I heard about it, I have also seen it with my own eyes." Budge said calmly: "It's just that this legendary The giant city has been exiled into the endless darkness. Like me, I have not been able to escape the fate of believing in God... Behind the giant golden gate you see is Atlantis, a city made of gold and mithril. The city forged, the true city of gold.”
There are very few existences that can be recognized by Buggy. The legendary golden city may be real.
"People living on the South Road have rumors that Atlantis is a city powered by giant crystals and that it also invented a manned airship. Has the technology of the Golden Age already reached that level of development?"
"The Golden Gods followed the path of alchemical technology. They relied on their profound knowledge of alchemy to create the magical material Mithril... The birth of Mithril actually has something to do with me. I put it All the crystal cores of the Alchemy God Tree were bought, so they could only take the wrong approach and were forced to invent mithril." Buggy said calmly: "In addition to mithril, the Golden Gods also created the Golden Law. This is a power that is almost lawful, and their attainments in alchemy technology can be called a miracle...I am talking about the ancient gods."
"Weren't such powerful golden gods eventually overthrown by the natural gods?" Ma Wei shook his head: "Presumably their attainments in alchemy have not surpassed that of the ancient gods."
"No, you are wrong." Buggy said in a serious tone: "Alchemy did reach its peak in the Golden Age. Since then, alchemy has been on the decline. The secrets of alchemy mastered by human sages have not It was just superficial in the eyes of the golden gods. It was an era that truly belonged to alchemy. Everyone, including the gods, made alchemy. Even a child of three or four years old could condense gold from dead matter."
"If the Golden Age was so powerful, why did the Golden Gods lose to Odin and the others?" the message asked.
"Because the Golden Gods were too arrogant, they mastered the Golden Rule, but encountered a bottleneck, so they taught the secrets of alchemy to humans, intending to gather all their strength to usher in an era of vigorous development for alchemy. They did it , but the Odin pantheon, using the alchemy they taught, created the natural laws of thunder, water and fire..."
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Baji said quietly: "The birth of the God of Faith represents the will of the human race to resist the rule of the ancient gods. The golden age is the peak period of mankind after stealing fire, and it is also the only era in which mankind can control its own destiny. Unfortunately... The Golden God System did not lose to the Odin God System, but it lost to fate!"
destiny?
Ma Wei has heard this word many times.
He knew that the system of belief in gods was the product of human resistance to the rule of ancient gods, but he never expected...
Destiny actually appeared in Buggy's mouth.
Do even those who first believed in God believe that there is such a thing as destiny in the world?
"The Odin pantheon is very powerful, but they are a generation full of original sin. Starting from the Odin pantheon, the distance between humans and gods quickly widened, humans and gods were no longer close, and the power structure changed. Odin It brought order to mankind, but also put shackles on mankind again..." Buggy said: "This is the fundamental reason why the God of Liberty, Luca, betrayed Odin."
Ma Wei was silent, Lai Wen, Daniel and others were also silent. Through Badji's narration, they roughly understood the inside story between some gods.
In the Golden Age, alchemy developed vigorously. Everyone could alchemy and everyone had power. However, the emergence of cruel potions such as Soul Mud also showed that the Golden Age was not as beautiful as they imagined.
Once anything floods, it will bring disaster, and gold is no exception.
Although the divine kingdom of Atlantis is great, during the period when alchemy was booming, many hidden dangers were suppressed. Once alchemy technology falls into a bottleneck period and cannot break through for a long time...
Hidden in the dark, hidden dangers that are difficult to detect will explode one after another.
I am afraid that the Odin pantheon seized this opportunity to overthrow the rule of the Golden Gods.
It was also from the generation of the Odin pantheon that power was no longer possessed by ordinary people and became the exclusive power of the ruler.
In the final analysis, Atlantis is nothing more than the outcome of humankind’s failed ascension.
"You seem to want to follow the old path of the Golden Gods." Buggy looked at Ma Wei and said, "They have proven with actual actions that this path is not feasible."
"The Golden Gods lost not to fate, but to themselves." Ma Wei said softly: "They are a group of very good scientists, but they are by no means good rulers. Odin and the others are powerful rulers, but they are by no means good rulers. Excellent scientists.... And truth is the product of the perfect combination of governance and science. I will not make the mistakes that the golden gods made."
"Maybe." Buggy shook his head and refused to comment.
"You haven't answered Emma's question yet." Ma Wei said: "Why are there pottery pots from the Golden Age buried underground in London? Wasn't the Golden Age ten thousand years ago?"
"It is indeed ten thousand years ago, but wasn't the city of London only established in the past two thousand years? It is not surprising that there are ruins of the Golden Age below this city. There have long been traces of human survival activities here. .”
Ma Wei narrowed his eyes: "Underground in London...are there ruins from the Golden Age?"
"Let me think about it... the ruins should be called Londinium, yes, that's the name."
