Leiter was the only one left in the magnificent hall. He looked at the light projected onto the floor and reflected in golden light. He controlled the wind element to spread the volume and whispered to his shoulder, "Could it be... that Jieanka is the leader of the Blood God?"
Manu's tone was a little hesitant: "Based on their performance along the way, with the strength of Grand Mage Jianka, the probability of being knocked out by the alchemical potion made from the mixture of the several materials he mentioned is extremely small.
According to the alchemical knowledge I have, the alchemical potion mixed with Dark Soul Grass and Black Smoky Crow Blood will not produce human body reactions such as twitching and trembling, so... he must be lying.
Therefore, a great mage inexplicably had these abnormal conditions and deliberately concealed them. The answer is obvious..."
Lei Te narrowed his eyes and said to Manu at his shoulder in a voice that only Lei Te could hear: "Indeed, we should have thought of it earlier. As Gunas's alchemy assistant, he is definitely one of the candidates who has a full understanding of human alchemy experiments. It is not surprising that he is favored by the Blood Demon's clone."
"Well... and he happens to be a dark mage, which makes him even more suspicious." Manu agreed and said, "The only suspicious thing is that his personality is completely different from the Blood God leader you mentioned - this Jieanka, at this moment, does not seem to have any evil thoughts, nor does he have a cruel and tyrannical personality."
"A thousand years... who can say for sure?" Leiter said calmly: "Didn't Sherman look abnormal at that time? But a thousand years later, he swung the butcher knife at his own people..."
"That's right. Time... has infinite magic power. Everything can't escape its erosion." Manu sighed, paused, and asked, "But you didn't tell me before that Xie Man and the Blood God Cult Leader are connected, right? Now, they are a pair of very good partners."
"I didn't think of this beforehand." Lei Te said thoughtfully: "Either the Blood God Cult Leader is someone else, but I think the probability is very small. Or there are deeper secrets waiting for us to dig out..."
"So what are you going to do?" Manu asked.
"Let's observe for a while. Deidara is gone, and the Blood Demon clone may not be very peaceful..."
As Leiter spoke, he walked towards the outside world, and after transforming into an element, he instantly arrived on top of the cloud.
In the rolling sea of clouds, Rhett emitted a subtle spiritual wave.
In a short while, a shadow emerged from the white clouds, twisted and changed, and turned into a shadow demon with dense tentacles.
Deidara yawned, and the shadow on his body was no longer pitch black. Compared to a few months ago, it turned into a translucent form. He said listlessly: "What? Have you found the trace of the blood demon? To tell you the truth, the energy of the shadow clone has been exhausted. I'm afraid it will dissipate in a few days."
"I think I found it..." Lei Te said hesitantly, "But I can't confirm it 100%..."
"Hmm? Found it!" Deidara seemed to have regained his spirits, and said excitedly: "So what if we can't confirm it? It's better to kill someone by mistake than to let him go! It's just a life, how can it be compared with the safety of your entire world? As a sanctuary, you can't be so ignorant of this, right?"
Lei Te looked indifferent, shook his head and said: "At least I don't want to kill him before I confirm it thoroughly. Since you are about to disappear, why don't you answer the question I asked before - the origin of the other elves."
Deidara seemed to be angered by Lei Te's stubbornness and shouted: "If you kill him, I will tell you!"
"He is innocent..." Lei Te said with an unchanged expression, "I will keep a close eye on him. You'd better tell me the secret now, otherwise I can't guarantee that the blood demon will escape from him while I'm away!"
"You!" Deidara's face changed slightly, and the frequency of flapping his wings suddenly increased. He was very upset, but he was defeated in the end. He folded his wings and sighed, "Stupid human, there is really nothing I can do to you..."
Deidara paused for a moment before saying, "Regarding the spirits, the underworld has spent countless years researching them. This starts with the origin of power."
"I told you last time that the position of the world is not fixed. It will drift in the endless void. During this process, any world may encounter various strange things."
"The most common ones are various kinds of elves. They may be part of the origin of the world, or they may be the remains of a supreme being, or they may be artificially created disguises..."
"The 'elves' encountered in the underworld are much more numerous than you can imagine, and the types are even more bizarre, such as mountain-like demon-suppressing stones, bloody eyeballs, beating hearts..."
The more Lei Te listened, the more he felt something was wrong, so he quickly interrupted, "Aren't there any normal elves? Why do they all sound so evil, bloody, and negative?"
"Hahaha, what is normal? Does it have to be the elemental or biological spirits that conform to the origin of your world?" Deidara said meaningfully: "Normal is relative. I forgot to tell you that the attraction emitted by different world origins is also strong or weak, and it is easier to attract things of the same origin. In our underworld, except for the dark element, we rarely encounter other elemental spirits..."
Leiter suddenly realized that after the simulation at the beginning of creation, he thought that the world attracted foreign objects randomly. Now, after being awakened, he realized that it was easier to attract objects of the same origin.
"No wonder a world of elemental power was formed..." Lei Te muttered to himself, thinking for a moment, and then said: "Besides elves, have you encountered other things?"
"Of course, but elves are just your name, the scope is too narrow." Deidara shook his head and said, "Elves are actually extremely condensed pure source power, which can pass through the world barrier without being decomposed and absorbed. They are much higher than scattered sources. In the underworld, they are collectively called source essences, and the strong men in the underworld have discovered their value after research - integrate them into the source wonders to stimulate more powerful functions!"
Rhett listened carefully and memorized the new knowledge points in his mind. The underworld is indeed a world with a longer history and richer experiences. It seems that the strongest people have discovered foreign things a long time ago and even figured out the role of the world barrier!
Now it seems that the power of origin not only has different types, but also different concentrations? And the prerequisite for becoming an elf is to at least have a sufficiently pure origin...
"What would happen if we let the elves... oh no, the essence of origin, grow?" Rhett asked, remembering that the elves had the power to evolve.
"This may not be a good thing." Deidara said quickly, "The wool comes from the sheep. The growth of the origin essence comes at the cost of absorbing nutrients from the world. It will hinder the evolution of all creatures in the local world. Unless a strong person integrates it into the origin wonders, or decomposes and absorbs it, it will be harmful to the world instead of beneficial."
Lei Te was suddenly shocked. Is there such a thing? It turns out that the arrival of the elves is a rebellion! "You said that there are strong people who can absorb the origin of the strange things. How strong do you have to be to do that?"
"Well, in the underworld, only the top-level strong men like Shadow Demon and Blood Demon can do this. There is no hope for your world." Deidara hit him mercilessly: "But you don't have to worry too much. As long as you don't take it into your body, the spirit exists alone in the world. It is equivalent to a painful and clear flesh thorn to the origin of the world. It will be suppressed with all its strength, and it will naturally die out in a short time..."
"That means no one in your underworld dares to take the essence of origin?"
"Haha, it's a capital crime for ordinary people. The top powers have already set the rules. Only with their permission can they be qualified to subdue the essence of origin." Deidara laughed, "Some top powers even collect special essences and cultivate them to make special essences or absorb them themselves. Anyway, it affects everyone in the world. And the final benefits can only be enjoyed by a small group of them, so why not do it..."
Leiter fell silent. He could understand the Pareto Principle, but even the Pareto Principle could not describe the huge gap...
Deidara waved his hands and said weakly: "Alright, go and fulfill your promise. I hope that before I disappear, I can see the moment when the blood demon clone is destroyed..."
The third floor of the Golden Blood Palace.
The entire first floor is a large laboratory, equipped with a wide variety of alchemical instruments. There are more than twenty alchemical tables alone, enough for many people to conduct simultaneous or collaborative experiments.
After Lei Te said goodbye to Deidara and came up alone, he saw Hades leading the entire alchemy project.
But the others were not idle either. Everyone had different responsibilities, such as extracting the magic plants, processing them, fusing the materials, etc., causing the whole room to be filled with a bloody and strange smell.
Hades stood in front of a crucible, in which were soaked horrific human remains, heart organs, magic plant condensate, magic beast blood, etc., and used invisible mental power to control the fusion of various materials, or separate them at the right time, so that different materials could produce countless combinations in different time periods and different temperatures.
From time to time, bubbles would pop up and then quickly burst.
After walking around the alchemy laboratory several times, Rhett did not disturb anyone, and finally his eyes stopped in front of the alchemy crucible controlled by Hades.
From day to night, and from night to the next day's dusk...
The golden setting sun shone in. Hades was still concentrating at this moment. The fluctuations of his mental power were sometimes high and sometimes low. The liquid in the alchemical crucible in front of him had turned from black and red to blood red.
In addition to human blood, it seemed that all the magic plants, magic beasts' blood, and other materials were completely absorbed.
At this moment, the liquid in the crucible has become quite viscous, its volume has shrunk several times, and the water level has dropped by two-thirds. Only a layer of jelly-like liquid remains at the bottom, which keeps churning.
A strange color flashed in Lei Te's eyes. This breath became more and more familiar. It was somewhat similar to the original version of the blood-red blood source bead...
Another day passed.
There was no more stench in the entire room, only a pure scent of blood.
Except for Hades, everyone's mission has been completed. Everyone holds their breath and stares at the blood light shining in the crucible.
The blood light illuminated the entire room in an extremely eerie manner, overshadowing the golden afterglow of the sunset.
Hades's expression was no longer as calm as it was two days ago. His brows were slightly furrowed, his face was extremely solemn, and the muscles on his cheeks would occasionally twitch. He also held his breath. The alchemy experiment had reached the final step at this time, and there could be no mistakes! Jessica stood by the window, holding a stack of information in her hands, looking at the strange red light with a confused look.
In the tense atmosphere, time passed and night fell.
A crescent moon hung in the night sky, and the light of the stars sprinkled on the entire Golden Blood Palace. At this moment, in the laboratory on the third floor, a ray of blood light was extremely bright, and then quickly dimmed.
There was total silence and the room fell into darkness.
After a moment.
"Turn on the light! How could someone not turn on the light when it's dark? What are you daydreaming about?" Hades' hoarse voice rang out in the darkness.
With a click, someone pressed the switch of the crystal lamp, and the room became bright again. The bright white light shone on everyone, making many people breathe a sigh of relief.
The blood light was so strange that everyone felt depressed after watching it for such a long time.
Fortunately, after this alchemy experiment was over, everyone quickly calmed down and looked at Hades standing in the front with hope. Although they were still upset about the death of the dean, most people held the same view that it was unlikely that Hades and Willas had acted so brazenly - the murderer was someone else.
In addition, the long research finally produced a successful result. Everyone recognized the Sanctuary Alchemist who led them to victory. They all showed joy on their faces and cheered in celebration.
"Ahem, everyone...be quiet." Hades took a deep breath, and under the gaze of everyone, he stretched out his hand and pinched out a round blood-red bead from the crucible. His eyes were a little blurry, and he said softly: "Our experiment has finally achieved initial results. This bead is the product of the experiment..."
"Lord Hades, what is the use of this bead?" Sherman quickly raised his hand to ask. Gunas was particularly concerned about this experiment, so he naturally took it very seriously as well.
Hades glanced at the corner of the room and said, "I don't know the function of the beads at the moment. In fact, the alchemy steps and links we are using today, as well as the newly added materials involved, are all the notes left by Dean Gunas. They are the breakthrough results achieved in the past year. I just slightly integrated and optimized them. This is the glory of the Golden Blood Academy!"
“The glory of Golden Blood Academy…” After hearing this, Sheman froze in his place, tears welling up in his eyes, but he tried hard to control himself and said loudly, “Thank you, Lord Hades!”
Hades smiled slightly, shook his head and said, "Everyone has worked hard in this alchemy experiment. After testing the effect of this blood-colored bead, everyone can go back and rest."
"According to Gunas's speculation, the effect of this bead can improve the knight's fighting spirit, and the effect is even stronger than that of potions. So, is there anyone willing to volunteer to taste this bead?"
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