Chapter 4 About the Soul
As Townsend leaves, Brian beckons Sarina to sit down and asks about the Chamber of Commerce's operations.
The Toby Chamber of Commerce is now a well-known chamber of commerce in the Duchy of Seneh (the new empire), and the weapons, metal mines, timber, furs, liquor and spices that are operated are all selling well, while the gems, runic weapons and potions that are secretly sold are more popular, and the wealth is rolling in, and every townsman who joined the chamber of commerce at the beginning has tasted the sweetness of the dividend and has become full of energy, and more townspeople have asked to join the chamber of commerce and get rich together.
Sarina has recently been promoting a new type of magic lamp researched by Bourne, and since the assistant mage found the trick to switch, this good thing has been closely watched by several merchants and is engaged in a price war.
Brian sighed at his good assistants and asked, "What have you been up to lately?"
"The old lady is tired and haggard, you see, there are dark circles under her eyes all day long. Although Sarina complained, her expression was still excited, "First, according to your request, we have formed an intelligence exchange mechanism with all the cooperative chambers of commerce, so we knew at the first time that Emperor Alik was going to clean up the diocese, and we could make emergency preparations. Second, you need a lot of armor-piercing potions, and we've also figured out a way, Ice Prismatic Flower is a plant that's hard to find, Estride suggested, simulate its growth environment, and artificially cultivate, it's already experimenting, this little girl is really smart. Thirdly, we have already begun to study the jars brought back by the barbarian secrets, and we also want to create demonic beings to serve in the war in the future. ”
"That jar is wicked, you have to be careful. Brian reminded.
"Rest assured, we've built an airtight laboratory specifically designed to prevent accidents. ”
"What kind of steam device is Estrid, and you're not involved?" said Brian, who had proposed it himself, and asked the three of them to work together to gather the wisdom of everyone.
"The early planning and assumption, only the girl can figure it out, we don't have the ability, to form the product in the later stage, we will discuss how to improve together. Sarina replied, "Estrid plans to build a steam-powered ship, which will be trialed in the Blue Moon River in a few days, and if it is successful, it means that in the future, there will be no need for manpower to row the boat, and the sailing speed will be several times higher, and the boat can also be built larger, which will be of great help to our waterway transportation." ”
"It's hard to imagine that steam can move a ship. Brian scratched his head, not quite convinced.
"Five days later, you can come and see, the old lady will be busy. After Sarina finished speaking, she handed Brian a recent comprehensive record of the Chamber of Commerce and walked away quickly.
Brian looked at Sarina's back and sighed, "Is this enchanted?"
In the evening, Brian finally had time to think seriously about what was going on with his soul.
Brian held the heart of the soul, looked at the big black soul fragments stored inside, and fell into deep thought, everyone, either don't understand what the soul is, or have their own unique opinions, anyway, there is no consensus, what the soul is, really can't tell.
Barbara said that the soul is a thing independent of the mind, that it is not the same as the mind, but that it is closely related to the mind. Brian felt right, death can prove it, a person dies, the soul still exists, and has the cognition and memory of the past life, but the soul is just wandering, and after losing the body, it no longer has an active consciousness, unless it is attached to something else, such as bones.
However, the soul out of the body of the witch spirit is achieved through dark magic, which is fundamentally different from death, in fact, this kind of soul is still closely related to the body, and can perceive the perception of the main plane body, and has the ability to think.
The first conclusion is that the soul should not be a physical object, it must be related to a physical object in order to form an active will.
Swift Magister believes that the soul must be related to God, belongs to God-given things, and implies God's attributes, so everyone is a potential god. Brian disagrees with this view, because many intelligent beings have souls, including the lower hedgehogs of the demon world, that is, billions of beings who are endowed by God. Why did God do this? When you are full, you have nothing to do with yourself, or it is a game, but God doesn't get any benefit from it? Brian doesn't believe that God would be stupid enough to do something thankless.
However, the old magister's words also hinted to the viscount that if the soul was really given by God, and the god was created by the Luo Ning clan, it means that the soul may be a product of the developed ancient race, which attached the soul to the life, so that these lives gained new states and abilities.
Brian suddenly remembered that in the jungle, next to the cave, Estrid had accepted a virtual soul of light, and then she was getting smarter and wiser.
The second conclusion is that the soul is made by the Luoning clan and can be derived from something that can evolve.
Why do the Luoning people make souls? We can find clues from the "Notes of Estrid", because the Luoning people want to transform themselves, they may not be perfect, and they hope to use developed technology to make themselves strong and perfect, of course, they will not test themselves first, but study the human beings who have reached the extreme size, and put the soul in the body, and observe their changes.
Later, humanity became more and more powerful, and the uncontrollable extreme life of St. Ossedin appeared, which wiped out the Ronin tribe.
Yes, it must be so, since souls can be made, they can be repaired, and the key is to find a way to repair them.
Unfortunately, Brian felt that the color of the big black soul fragments was getting lighter and lighter, and it seemed to be dissipating, it seemed that after the soul was separated from the entity, it could not exist in the main plane, and it must be placed in the underworld, only in the underworld, the soul would not be lost.
Brian hurried to the underworld without hesitation and saw Seniore and Xiao Qi clearing the banshees in the Black Forest.
The banshee is actually a powerless undead, for the bewitchment of other souls, limited to a certain range, and it takes a certain amount of time, the hedgehog they just didn't pay attention, so they suffered, once alert, the forest banshee can't do anything at all.
Filled with hatred, Seniore asked Xiao Qi to use its bone arrow to shoot the banshee hiding in the hollow of the tree, which was regarded as revenge for Dahei.
"Ugly, you look like ink, and you have to pretend to be a beautiful woman to tempt Uncle Ben, you have no bottom line of shame. Senior, seeing another banshee shot, scolded indignantly.
"Senior, let's try it together and fix the big black. Brian suggested.
"Boss, you've found a way, hehe, it's really worthy of being the boss, Xiaoqi, the banshee will be handed over to you, you must be careful. The prince was overjoyed.