"To Jerusalem!"

Legend has it that St. Helena, the mother of Constantine the Great, was discovered during a pilgrimage to the Holy Land around 326. During www.biquge.info the Crusades, the Arabs entered Jerusalem to seize the True Cross, and the Knights Templar who guarded the True Cross resisted stubbornly and were finally destroyed, resulting in the destruction of the True Cross.

Because the True Cross was worshipped, its fragments became sacred and were frequently traded. Some Catholic theologians believe that the blood of Christ makes the true cross less perishable, so no matter how much is removed, the total volume does not decrease. Therefore, wherever the power of medieval Christianity reached, the believers were always proud to have a fragment of a true cross.

Wu Tianyuan flew directly to the holy land of Jerusalem, saw a fragment of a true cross in the museum, and found some clues.

"Are you the Holy Spike?"

A day later, he finally found two holy objects, but not a cross, but the nails that crucified Jesus!

Holy nails are the three or four nails that were used in history to crucify Jesus.

Legend has it that it was found, and some say that a total of three were used in history, and some argue that four were used. Legend has it that one of the nails was melted and other mysterious metals were added. Another one, in order to calm the tsunami, was thrown into the rough sea, and the sea was immediately calm.

"What? You say the mystical metal is Mithril! ”

Wu Tianyuan was very surprised, he didn't expect the Holy Nail to say that the mysterious metal integrated into his body turned out to be the legendary Mithril! A rare metal that has been refined in a secret ingredient.

Mithril has always been a metal in Tolkien's fantastical works, and it is very valuable, silvery-white in appearance, much stronger than steel, but lightweight. It first appeared in Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy series, and was later recounted in the revised version of The Hobbit, where Mithril is also referred to as "Silver Iron".

"Mithril, all the people in the world will break their heads for it! It is as malleable as bronze and can be polished like glass. Dwarves can make it a metal that is stronger than steel, but light as a goose's feather. It's as beautiful as silver, but the luster of Mithril doesn't fade with time. ”

Later, many people associated it with platinum, but it was too heavy as a qualified candidate for platinum. It is also possible that this legendary substance is titanium, which is as abundant as iron ore but expensive to produce, and has some properties similar to Mithril, such as strength, bright silver luster, corrosion resistance, and lightness.

The rest may be aluminum or magnesium, which are lighter than titanium, but not hard enough and much cheaper to make pure metal. There is no doubt that Tolkien, as a highly educated person, should have known these three metals and knew how difficult it was to produce them.

So most likely, it is a high-strength aluminum alloy rather than a single pure aluminum. In reality, high-tech aluminum alloys such as aerospace grade aluminum alloys have advantages such as strong properties that surpass steel, and are lightweight and stainless steel. It fits well with the description of Mithril's properties - silvery-white, lightweight, and hard.

"I didn't expect the legendary Mithril to really exist!"

Wu Tianyuan became excited, this discovery was very important, especially for the Holy See. According to the Pope's secret archives, there are many alchemical recipes that have been handed down from the Middle Ages to improve the efficiency of meditation and prayer.

However, due to the lack of a suitable metal carrier, it cannot be produced on a large scale, and can only be used on a small scale for the highest level. Andrew has a ring that never leaves his body, and in his words he is full of the light and wisdom of the Lord, and every time he meditates, he hears God's guidance!

The Holy Nail that was accidentally discovered this time actually had this mysterious metal, Wu Tianyuan naturally couldn't let it go, once he found the Mithril Mine, it would be the biggest nirvana to negotiate with the Holy See.

"Mithril turned out to be a meteorite!"

Wu Tianyuan and his entourage went to the West Asian wilderness under the guidance of the Holy Nail, and finally found a huge meteorite sinkhole, and finally found a lot of black meteorite fragments.

"No wonder it's so mysterious, it turned out to be a meteorite from outer space!"

This can be explained, not to mention Mithril, there are many mysterious unsolved metals in meteorites falling from outer space, otherwise Dr. Haig would not be so obsessed with collecting meteorites. Even NASA bought it at a high price, just to find and study unknown metals.

"Contact the Pope and shock the old man!"

Wu Tianyuan called the Pope to inform him that he had found two holy nails and would immediately go to the Vatican to meet him.

"Believers welcome the glorious return of the Lord!"

The Pope knelt down to greet the Holy Nail with a reverent face, and it took a while to complete the complicated ceremony, and said excitedly: "This time you have made a great contribution, and the Holy Nail is of great significance to the Holy See because there is Mithril, and you don't know ......."

Wu Tianyuan smiled and waved his hand: "I know everything!" Isn't it Mithril? Look at this! ”

The Pope's puzzled face turned out to be a piece of black ore, and his face suddenly changed greatly, and he said incredulously: "What kind of metal is this?" It contains such a strong light energy! ”

Without saying a word, he began to meditate, and after a while, he was excited and said, "What a miracle! These wonderful metals can greatly increase the effect of my meditation, and the holy power has increased a lot! ”

Wu Tianyuan didn't know what their so-called holy power was? But if it works!

"How many of these metals do you have?" The Pope grabbed Wu Tianyuan in a faux puff and said excitedly: "No matter what the price is, the Holy See will also get it all!" ”

Wu Tianyuan smiled, this can be had, but what is the price? I haven't thought of it yet.

Seeing that Wu Tianyuan was silent, the Pope hurriedly added: "Don't you like Chinese cultural relics?" In this way, I can give you all the Chinese artifacts that the Vatican has collected for hundreds of years! ”

Wu Tianyuan smiled slightly: "Dear His Majesty the Pope, I will definitely collect Chinese cultural relics, but recently I opened a Western art museum, and I am also interested in the master's oil paintings, otherwise so!" ”

Wu Tianyuan stood up and said, "In the future, as long as I find Mithril, how about exchanging 100 grams for a top-grade oil painting?" ”

"This ......"

The Pope hesitated, looked at the Mithril he was holding in his hand, thought about its magical effect, gritted his teeth, and agreed.

Money counts as a fart! For them, eternal life and rights are the ultimate goal!

With this weight, the Pope can greatly increase his power in the Church, and the treasure who can improve meditation is not only a dream of a cardinal, but even a governor in white!

Think about the mountains of famous paintings in the Vatican's secret room over the past hundred years, all donated by the faithful, what's the use? It's better to change Mithril.

In the end, Wu Tianyuan left a small part of the Mithril mine to continue the treasure hunt, and all the rest were replaced with cultural relics and famous paintings, and more than 300 master oil paintings returned to the capital and officially settled in the Tianyuan Western Art Museum.

"You robbed the Vatican?"

Everyone looked at the half-filled oil painting gallery in an instant, and was shocked, each one is a masterpiece, can the treasures treasured by the Holy See be poor?

"Hehe, I found a good way, exchange stones for famous paintings, clearly mark the price, and the children are not bullied!" (To be continued.) )