"A weapon is a weapon; it only follows the hand and arm of its user, swinging towards its designated target. When it strikes robbers and villains, it is righteous; when it strikes civilians and the good, it is evil! Alchemy is the same..."

Father Paul suddenly interrupted the monk, shouting at the top of his lungs, "Alchemy is heresy! It's magic that summons demons!"

Todd laughed, his words ringing out firmly: "Then I'm puzzled. Alchemy originated 2,500 years ago. A thousand years later, the Bible, which records the words and deeds of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, did not define it as heresy or evil magic; two thousand years later, a Church decree sent it to the guillotine of evil witchcraft. Could it be that the Church is wiser than the Father? Has it discovered a truth that even the Most High could not perceive?!"

Everyone was stunned by these words.

Queen Mary sat up straight, a smile slowly spreading across her face. Her heart pounded like a turbulent lake, unable to find peace.

Todd glanced at the chemical reagents and material containers on the table, handed back the knight's longsword, and said to everyone in the hall, "I, Todd, will now prove to you that alchemy has a righteous side! It can serve as a sacred mirror under the Father's rule, distinguishing between light and darkness!"

Next, he proposed to the court that they select several vicious and hardened criminals from the prison, and then find some kind, law-abiding, and honest civilians from the square, and mix them together. He could use alchemy to gain the Father's true eye and distinguish between good and evil.

This sounds like a complete fantasy.

Father Paul immediately objected, but his voice was quickly drowned out by cheers and applause.

Those idle nobles held great interest and enthusiasm for this sacred and interesting matter.

The document requesting the death row inmates was quickly drafted and sent to the prison.

The news that Todd was about to use alchemy to distinguish between good and evil quickly spread throughout the cathedral square. The crowd was in an uproar; it was simply unimaginable that evil alchemy could use the divine power of the Holy Spirit to discern good from evil in the world?

Taking advantage of this moment, Todd walked to the experimental table and, in full view of everyone, began to adjust the so-called "Eye of God".

Queen Mary moved her chair forward slightly, quietly lifted the curtain in front of her, and looked at the monks busy with their experiments, her sky-blue eyes gleaming.

Soon, death row inmates and innocent people were brought in, and Todd completed the preparation of the reagents.

The first group of five defendants walked onto the pulpit.

Todd raised the cross before them and cried out, “Almighty Creator, send down your holy fire! The sinner will suffer unspeakable torment in eternal purgatory! His blood will evaporate, his bones will break, his flesh will linger, and his soul will be tormented! He will forever be a rootless ghost, lamenting and suffering, never to die a peaceful death…”

While reciting these frightening-sounding prayers, Todd used his 'clairvoyance' ability to carefully observe the heartbeats and blood circulation of the five people in front of him.

Four people were perfectly normal, except for the one on the far left with a face full of scars, whose heart was pounding violently, whose blood circulation was accelerating, and whose body temperature was rising rapidly.

Confident in his abilities, he took out a cup of "Eye of God" and dipped their hands into the solution from right to left.

The first four people were all normal. But when Todd grabbed the leftmost person's hand and they were immersed in the solution, he flipped his sleeve, and the originally crystal-clear water suddenly turned a deep brown.

Everyone was astonished by this change.

The monk feigned surprise, pointed at the scarred man in front of him, and loudly proclaimed, "The Heavenly Father has issued a holy decree: you are an evil person!"

The judge later announced the verdict.

Just as Todd said, that man was a death row inmate!

The entire hall erupted in excitement. Alchemy could actually gain the Father's true eye to discern good from evil!

Todd smiled. The so-called "Eye of God" was actually a ferric chloride solution (FeCl3). He had concealed a sodium acetate solution (3CH3COONa) in his sleeve. A chemical reaction between the two would produce a dark brown ferric acetate solution (Fe[CH3COO]3) and sodium chloride (NaCl).

One person, with a gloomy expression, voiced his doubts.

“I demand another round!” Father Paul said, glancing at the scarred man. “A black cloth must be placed over the head of the judge.”

The second time, Todd once again successfully identified the culprit.

Paul was unwilling to give up and made another attempt, this time by putting a black cloth over Todd's head. This unsportsmanlike act almost got him drowned out by boos.

The cultivator didn't care at all; his ability to see through things completely penetrated the black cloth covering his face, and the result of the third time was exactly the same as the first two.

Father Paul collapsed to the ground, his face ashen: "How is this possible? Alchemy can borrow the Father's true eye, how is this possible?"

Bishop Fabian covered his forehead with both hands, looking distressed.

The trial against Todd was a complete failure!

When everyone stood up, expressing their excitement and respect with cheers or whistles.

A knight and several soldiers escorted an unconscious monk into the hall.

Reaching the pulpit, the knight lifted the monk's hood and addressed the courtiers, saying, "We discovered this man during our patrol. He was hiding in the cathedral's backyard, carrying a large amount of flammable material, and it seems he intends to set it on fire."

Clang!

The bronze cup containing the "Eye of God" in Todd's hand fell to the ground with a loud thud.

He knew the face under the hood all too well.

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