Chapter 179: Regret
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"Nicol Lemay created the Philosopher's Stone, which gave him immortality. I don't envy him for that, but I envy him for having enough time to study alchemy. ”
"So you created the Time Turner?" Tang Bai blinked.
"yes, I created the Time Converter." Hebrew Bock smiled wryly: "I can't steal time from the future, but I can do it by reusing time that has passed." In this way, I extended the time I spent studying alchemy. It will not make me immortal, but it will more or less fulfill the purpose for which I created it. ”
"You made it, didn't you?" Tang Bai held the note in his hand, looked at Hebrew Bock's avatar and said seriously.
"Yes, I succeeded, but at the same time I failed. The time turner isn't perfect. It went against time, but not with my energy and stamina. Time is still ticking. Hebrew-Bock said with a look of regret.
"What do you mean? Does it mean that the passage of time has not changed at all? Tang Bai asked with a frown.
"No, time is reversed, but my time is not. I thought that going against the clock was a disguised increase in my lifespan, but in fact there was nothing at all. Hebrew-Bock shook his head, "Time didn't give me this loophole. ”
"In other words, you've gone against the flow of time, but you haven't increased the amount of time you have?" Don Bai understood Hebrew Bock's words.
"yes, my life is constantly folded. I can do a lot of things in the same amount of time, but the time spent doing them is not discounted in the slightest. So the role and ability of the time converter is not as great as you think. If you use too much, it will also make you have a sense of confusion and ambiguity about time, which is not a good effect. Hebrew Bock replied with an approving nod.
"Haven't you thought about perfecting it?" Tang Bai felt a little regretful.
"Its appearance is somewhat fortuitous. I've thought about perfecting it too! That's the glory of an alchemist! If it could be perfected, perhaps the greatest alchemical product in the history of alchemy for hundreds of years would not have come from Nicol Lemay's Philosopher's Stone, but from the time-turner I created. ”
As he spoke, Hebrew-Bock shook his head helplessly: "I spent a lot of time studying and perfecting it, but it didn't work out. It's already a formed alchemy item. ”
"And now?"
"Now? I've been dead for hundreds of years, and now I'm just a portrait that can't be learned, doesn't know how to create. I can't fight for anything more. Hebrew Bock smacked his lips and glanced at Tang Bai with a little intimacy.
"I'm glad you were patient to listen to an old man like me, who has been dead for hundreds of years, but it's time for us to say goodbye. The power of my descendants' bloodline is waning in this notebook. If you want to learn alchemy with me, then I'll be glad to see you and Bojin next time. ”
As he spoke, Hebrew Bock's eyes widened again, and the expression on his face returned to the calm it had fallen asleep. The handwriting displayed in the blank space under the portrait also gradually blurred under Tang Bai's eyelids and disappeared completely with a trace of being impregnated and faded by water stains.
Tang Bai understood what Hebrew Bock said at the end. That is to say, if it is a simple chat, he does not reject it. But if you want to learn alchemy with him, then Tang Bai must have the permission and guarantee of Bojin Bock.
This is nothing to Tang Bai. After all, Bogin Bock has already moved here, and if Tang Bai wants to, he can be invited out of the studio at any time, and then help himself issue such permission to the characters in this notebook.
As for the time converter, despite its various flaws, there is no doubt that it can reverse the effect of time.
For those who don't need to worry about their longevity for the time being, it is not difficult to use the role of a time converter to do more in the same amount of time.
Is time important for Tang Bai?
Very important!
Tang Bai was now eager to divide himself into several parts.
But at the same time, for Tang Bai, who could use the clover of life and death grass to continuously enhance his physique and increase his lifespan, time was not important for at least hundreds of years.