The discussion of fake scientific research issues is over, at least the dean himself thinks so, he clapped his hands and tried to calm Hou Cunxin down like a kindergarten student in Hou Cunxin's eyes, there are still too many temptations and misleading in the world, and it will be too early if he is defeated here. Cinnabar. After Hou Cunxin calmed down, Dean Apprentice waved his hand to the side and back of his body, this action was like summoning a demon servant on weekdays, of course, this time it should really use magic power, because the bookshelves behind him moved out of the dark grid, and something flew out along the dark grid of the groove and landed on the palm of the professor's hand.

The wrinkled fingers carried a chain of golden oval beads end-to-end, and at the bottom of this delicate chain hung the key that Hou Cunxin wanted to get. Beyond the boy's expectations, the key dangling in front of him did not have a complicated shape, and even the key itself did not look heavy, and its delicate appearance made it feel like it would break at any moment.

Without any hesitation, the professor placed the key on the coffee table in front of Hou Cunxin, and there was only a clicking sound in the warm room, indicating that the doors of some places had been opened at this moment. Thinking of this, Hou Cunxin was immediately full of hope for the future and life, even at the moment when Dark Xiang avoided him, he had countless more courage out of thin air. However, the dean was not satisfied with this, he let go of his fingers, announced the fact that the gift was completed, and at the same time said to Hou Cunxin cautiously: "Entering there does not mean that you have found the treasure you want, young man, in the past, you have run around for the truth many times, and even made detours, you have neglected too much happiness, and always hope to give you the enjoyment that life deserves to refuse to claim to work hard, but in fact, your dissatisfaction with this practice has invisibly resisted and hindered your future." Believe me, young man, truly worth cherishing. The real important thing is that you are around, and it is not too late to remember this qiē so that there may be a chance to turn around in the future. ”

The dean looked at Hou Cunxin. But the indescribable strangeness in his eyes made the young man dare not categorically believe that it was facing his gaze, as if the old man was looking at something that was not visible at all in front of Hou Cunxin. At this moment, Hou Cunxin really felt like a fool. Grabbing this precious key lightly, the touch and quality alone made Hou Cunxin realize that this key and the lock were absolutely extraordinary, unless it was the two props held by Dark Fragrance and Lu Xiyuan that were enough to compare with it, this exquisiteness really made him love it but cautious.

"Well, I see," Hou Cunxin replied blankly.

His expression was followed by a selfless act of playing with the key, this action made the dean shake his head wordlessly, he knew that the meaning he wanted to express was not listened to by Hou Cunxin at all, and there was no possibility of understanding it at all. After this step. The dean also told him: "No matter what you and your companions find down there, remember to come to me as soon as you come back, how much do you know about alchemy?" ”

"Ah this, I don't understand, I don't understand" Hou Cunxin just looked up at the old man, but his eyes were almost completely absorbed by the golden and heavy texture, and he no longer worked hard to absorb the power released from the key all the time. This had obviously made the dean take notice, and some regret was on the old man's face, but he quietly waved his palm to remove the essence of something without casting spells or seals.

That's the chain. The golden chain was cleverly cut by the invisible blade at the same time, and dissipated into smoke and dust in mid-air, and Hou Cunxin, because he didn't fully grasp the key itself, immediately let this precious artwork fall to the ground after the chain disappeared. There wasn't even a snapping sound. The soft carpet erects a thick layer of fur that completely absorbs noise and impact.

Hou Cunxin was almost stunned, which made him stay in a daze for three seconds without reaching for the key, and when he looked at the key again, the key that had fallen on the ground and should have been stuck in a blanket area turned into a puddle of viscous liquid. The golden liquid made the boy smell rust, in short, it was an unbearable feeling of nausea, and the thick puddle of liquid was spread out on the carpet in no particular order, like a baked cake.

Just as Hou Cunxin tried to reach out and touch it, the soft acid bacteria-like liquid had a strange vitality, and it frantically stroked the liquid beads at the bottom of the liquid like an invisible race walker. Straight to the dean's side. This playful transformation made Hou Cunxin a little disheartened, but he felt the magic of magic. He lifted his body again and looked at the professor himself on the coffee table. The white-bearded old man's palms stretched upward, and his fingertips were pointed at Hou Cunxin holding the key that he had pressed on the coffee table earlier. This time, the key and chain were intact, as if Hou Cunxin's actions just now were dreaming.

The old man laughed dryly, feeling a strong question from the apprentice: "This is the essence of alchemy, are you sure you are not interested in knowing?" Then, the key flew back with the old man's arm sliding, drawing a perfect parabola and landing in front of Hou Cunxin, which made the boy look at it again, as if he was checking the prop in the magician's hand.

"In other words, this key and this chain itself is just a spell of yours, sir, I have heard my teacher tell me, the alchemy in spells is quite mysterious, but it is not open to too many learners, this powerful discipline can turn stones into gold and water into oil." Hou Cunxin looked at the old man's face, but he couldn't get any information from here lightly.

The dean didn't comment on this metaphor, he just said his own words: "Alchemy has many categories and has a long history, but it is not difficult for you to understand the original meaning of alchemy. The transformation of something into something is only the most basic achievement of the enlightened person, and the purpose of alchemy is to use the subjective will to change all objective things after acknowledging the existence of the desire to think. In other words, the process of learning alchemy is a process of exploring the desire to think, and only through continuous learning can we finally reach the source and become omnipotent. The tall, short, fat and thin in human characteristics, the priority in the characteristics of events, and the horizontal and vertical speed in time, these kinds of quantifiers are just children in the face of thinking desires. ”

After being named by the professor, Hou Cunxin discovered the key point, and sure enough, alchemy was related to the rumored remote control artifact. didn't wait for Cunxin to continue asking. As if he couldn't bear it, the dean continued: "Many years ago, there was also a student who had a unique interest in the subject of alchemy, and he was constantly thirsty for knowledge. I tutored him one-on-one in this academy. Seeing that he was honest and studious, I tried to tell him the mysteries and basic tenets of alchemy. At first, he studied very smoothly and mastered the mysteries, but then he got carried away and walked arrogantly in the ocean of knowledge, ignoring the principles and the tenets. He has caused irreparable damage and set off a war of resentful spirits that has terrified even the other worlds. At that time, the power of the originally declining Imperial Three Families was greatly consolidated, and the necromancer and Provence also followed the apprentice to initiate a reform of the otherworldly humans, and they tried in vain to control the world by brute force. And together with the demon realm, he ruled and changed to the existence of the gods. ”

Hearing him say this, Hou Cunxin briefly reviewed the history he had studied in the Kamen Legion, and sure enough, this dean was from the era of the First Wraith War, and the apprentice he kept saying was the dark * master Haroda. Moles. Although Hou Cunxin was a little surprised, if the * master of the Arcane Nuclear Council, Aleclet Lamp, could live for so long, why couldn't this dean. Now this is not important, what matters is what the dean wants to explain to Hou Cunxin.

"Didn't you stop your students at the time? That Harroda could have become so powerful. Hou Cunxin asked cautiously, he didn't expect the old man to tell the whole truth.

However, the dean did not mind. Although he was a little sad, he still said: "As I said before, there is an underground accepted saying that the cultivation of alchemy is natural selection. Do you know the alchemy training contest held by Si Ling? Only a small number of people will be favored, and the more cultivators kill people who also have a certain amount of alchemy cultivation, this is the possible condition for thinking and wanting to agree. ”

"So what Harroda really did wrong was to kill someone who also had alchemy cultivation, and he wanted to make his cultivation high enough so that he could use it to get closer to his desire to think, right?" Hou Cunxin asked.

The old man didn't answer here, but apparently this was the case, Haroda, who had created the grand occasion of the collapse of the sky, had obtained the fragment of his mental desire, and the core of truth must now be in Virgil's hands. Then he used the cultivation of alchemy to obtain the remote control, in a vain attempt to control the true nuclear control of the desire to think.

The so-called remote control artifact is nothing more than a gift that the mind wants to give to the highest cultivator of alchemy. Give him the opportunity to control his desires, and then the whole world. This guess was generated in Hou Cunxin's mind. It can't be dispersed. The boy didn't ask this question, but instead asked something else: "I don't know if it's convenient, but why did that Harroda do such a thing, if it was a person who was extremely greedy in the first place, you wouldn't be unable to see it, right?" ”

These words obviously hit the old man's heart, so that Hou Cunxin saw the gray-bearded old man's expression even more painful, his dim eyes trembled helplessly for the first time, and then said: "There are some tragedies, the young man called Haroda has a righteous brother, has a wife who loves him, this man who thinks of everything is good, actively cultivates, and at the same time eliminates evil and promotes good. However, many of the nobles' actions broke Haroda's heart, and it was not the first time that he was sent on a mission to do something he didn't like, and I think the little girl named Riya could understand this feeling. ”

Indeed, Hou Cunxin knew the unpleasantness of doing things under that group of people, the upper echelons of the mask possessed extremely selfish darkness, and the upper echelons of the magicians also had hated nobles, Hou Cunxin had a trace of sympathy and understanding, but he still listened carefully to the dean's words.

"It is guilty of the things judged by the upper echelons even if they oppose it, and Harroda doesn't care about such things at all, and he insists on ignoring the safety of his own life and that of his companions, and finally the upper echelons begin to rectify his friends. Originally, it was just an act of wanting to make an example of a hundred people, but after that, you know, disputes, wars and sacrifices can be avoided, obviously you can" The old man didn't want to continue, and in pain he raised his hands and hugged his head.

That was enough, and Hou Cunxin was already able to guess what was going on. He slowly got up, solemnly clenched the key in his hand and stopped paying attention to alchemy. With sympathy and gratitude, he got up and left his seat, but when he arrived at the door, the old man said one last thing to him: "Don't do anything that makes you regret, imagine what makes you strong, don't be like Harroda who ends up losing a qiē because of his pursuit, I want to believe you because of it" (To be continued)

ps: The further back it goes, the heavier it feels, and the more substitutions there will be