Chapter 283: The Opportunity to Become a God That Missed
As a concept god, power is associated with this concept.
In theory, if there was a conceptual god that was nothingness, he might be incredibly powerful and could perhaps compete with Io.
Because the universe will eventually move towards nothingness, even the gods cannot escape the fate of extinction.
The same goes for Io. He will one day perish along with the world he created, but this time will be infinitely extended, perhaps so long that it transcends the concept of time.
Of course, there are also people who believe that Io is immortal and there is no possibility of it going into nothingness.
Back to the topic, alchemy is not a broad concept, but a general term for many kinds of techniques.
To put it bluntly, even if all the alchemists in the world disappeared, it would not cause much impact. The destruction of the Alchemy City would only cause some turmoil in other countries, which is far from being unable to operate.
Therefore, even during the most glorious period of the Alchemy City, this god was at best a mediocre god.
Therefore, when the Alchemy City caused huge troubles and caused everyone to subconsciously reject alchemy, this god was naturally hit hard and fell directly to the state of weak divine power.
Amber worked so hard for so long, but he only helped the God of Alchemy recover a little bit of strength, allowing him to trick the weakened Rose Spider Queen.
And now, the God of Alchemy actually told him that alchemy would have a breakthrough development. Doesn't that mean that the power of the God of Alchemy will also become stronger? This is good news. Amber Xiu is waiting for the teacher to protect him.
"There's no problem in giving you the technical data, but I just fly a little faster, is it that important?" Amber asked curiously.
As for gods, all Amberxiu knew was the information about them recorded in books. Most of them were about who was fighting with whom and who was having an affair with whom. Amberxiu had never seen many books that truly recorded what divine power and gods were.
"You may not understand this, but your speed just now seemed to have exceeded a critical value. This is very important and is a feat that no mortal has ever accomplished." The God of Alchemy said very seriously.
"No one has ever tried to exceed the speed of sound?"
Amber Xiu was a little surprised. This world has such a long history and there are all kinds of supernatural powers, but no one has ever studied flying?
The God of Alchemy said, "Space teleportation is so convenient, who would seriously study a flying technology with great limitations? For daily life, flying skills are already enough."
This does make some sense. After the car was invented, no one studied horse-drawn carriages anymore.
If the car had come before the horse-drawn carriage, the horse-drawn carriage wouldn't even have come into being.
In the previous world, technology would not develop in such leaps and bounds, but it does in the extraordinary world.
Who wants to fly long distances when there’s teleportation?
"But since we have teleportation, what's the point of me flying so fast?" asked Amber Xiu.
The God of Alchemy said excitedly, "No, the point is not that you have exceeded the speed of sound, but that you have used some method to create a feat that no mortal has ever created. Among these methods, alchemy accounts for a large proportion, so you have opened up a new height for alchemy."
Amberxiu probably understood that it was he who proved that alchemy could reach a certain extreme, which was equivalent to broadening the scope of the concept of alchemy and expanding the ministry of the God of Alchemy.
The God of Alchemy said with emotion: "Alchemy has undergone two key changes. The first was when those bored mages wanted to study magic materials, and alchemy was born. But at that time, alchemy was just a small experiment for mages to kill time, and it was not enough to support a priesthood. The second time was when alchemy changed from a small game for mages to a real academic discipline. Those who had no talent for spellcasting also participated in alchemy and used their discoveries to change the world. It was not until this time that the concept of alchemy was enough to become the power of a god, and I became the God of Alchemy."
Amber Xiu didn't really want to talk about this topic. The old man left him alone to become a god. Although their relationship has eased a lot, Amber Xiu always has a thorn in his heart.
This old man, let's not talk about how he became a god, why didn't he come to help me after he became a god? If he had given him a little bit of benefit, Amber Xiu wouldn't have ended up in such a miserable state.
It seems like it's a great honor for a lousy alchemy apprentice to become a legend, but only Amber knows what kind of life he has been living for these hundreds of years.
He didn't have a smooth life like those protagonists. He was captured and tortured by the enemy more than once. His hands and feet were chopped off several times and were no longer original. He also saw hundreds of companions die, and most of the time he was powerless and could only flee in panic. If he was slower, he would lose his life. Amber Xiu experienced bankruptcy at least ten times in his life.
Life is full of ups and downs, and there are not many memories that can truly be called happy.
Perhaps it is for this reason that Amberxiu chose to become a lich. A lich can block a lot of negative emotions, so that he will not be tortured by these painful memories when he closes his eyes.
And if the God of Alchemy was willing to help, perhaps the pain he had suffered over the past few hundred years would be reduced by half.
But this old man just didn't do anything, which made Amber Xiu angry just thinking about it.
Now, the old man mentioned the matter of becoming a god, and Amber Xiu couldn't help but want to get to the bottom of it.
"How did you become a god in the first place?" Amber asked.
"Want to know? Then I'm afraid you'll be angry." said the God of Alchemy.
Amber Xiu sneered, and then said: "I am a lich. Apart from losing money, nothing can make me angry."
"Well, since you want to know, I will first tell you the one that will make you most distressed. Do you know how I became a god? It was because of you. The second turning point of alchemy allowed people with weak spellcasting talents to change the world through alchemy. This is exactly what you brought."
Amber Xiu looked as if he didn't understand.
"I'm so amazing, how come I don't know it?"
Amber was not being modest. He was very clear about his level of alchemy. Amber had never created any new theories. Most of his theories were improvements based on those of his predecessors. In other words, he was not a genius who could go from zero to one. He could only go from one to ten.
Perhaps he is better than many ordinary people, but Amber is well aware that there is a huge gap between him and a true genius.
The only area that makes him confident is the study of the soul. In this aspect, he is indeed the best under the gods.
The God of Alchemy asked, "Have you improved the alchemical instruments, such as the constant pressure dropper, water separator, pipette, etc.?"
Amber Xiu nodded. After all, he was born in a laboratory in his previous life. Many alchemy instruments in this world were not easy for him to use, so he improved them himself. This kind of thing, once used, is easy to reproduce. After all, there is not much technical difficulty, the most is the problem of accuracy.
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"What does this have to do with your becoming a god? Before I improved those things, instruments with the same functions already existed." Amber said.
“No, this is completely different. Alchemy before was a game played by wizards, so each tool was invented by a different inventor who designed it based on his own habits. Therefore, they were not compatible with each other and were extremely troublesome to use.
"But your improvement accommodates all commonly used instruments into the same system. It is because of the promotion of your set of tools that alchemy has its first set of standard instruments. It is also because of this foundation that the previously chaotic alchemy began to be summarized into the same system. The record of alchemical formulas has also become simpler. In the past, various instruments had different shapes and no specific naming method. If the formulas were not accompanied by pictures, others would not be able to understand them at all.
"It was with this set of highly efficient and standardized instruments that alchemy developed. With the emergence of various formulas, the concept of alchemy continued to expand until it was enough to support me becoming a god."
When An Boxiu heard this, he felt something was wrong and said quickly, "Wait, this is not right. I invented this device, so why do you become a god? It should be me anyway!"
The God of Alchemy spread his hands helplessly and said, "Who can I blame? You named this instrument after me and said that this is what I taught you."
"I just pretended to have a great teacher to avoid trouble!" Amber Xiu said angrily.
It is difficult for a young man with no background to survive in society, so Amberxiu had to invent a powerful wizard and alchemist to be his teacher.
This instrument is really useful, so when he sold the copyright to make his first pot of gold, he was afraid that others would cheat him, so he made up his teacher into a powerful legendary wizard. Others don't know whether what Amber Xiu said is true or not, but this instrument does look powerful, and it doesn't seem like a young man's idea.
That’s how Amber earned his first pot of gold.
Who would have thought that the price would be losing the chance to become a god.
The God of Alchemy said innocently: "I was already dead at that time, and my soul fell into hell and became the currency of the devils. As a result, this huge power resurrected me, and then I became the God of Alchemy."
An Boxiu said excitedly: "Why don't you come back to me? At least give me some benefits! The first big money I made was robbed within a few days, don't you know?"
"I really don't know." The God of Alchemy sighed and said, "Becoming a god is not that simple. Although the concept of alchemy made me a god, I was in hell at the time, and it was not easy to leave. It took me many years to leave hell, and then I had to accept the test of Io. I don't know how long it took me to get his recognition and officially become a god. Then, I thought about coming back to find you, but I couldn't find you."
Amber Xiu said loudly: "How can I not find it? You are a god!"
The God of Alchemy said even louder: "The gods are not omniscient and omnipotent, and my alchemy priesthood does not have the ability to find people. When I returned to where I used to live, you would have already run away. You are not a believer in any god, so who can you blame for being a non-believer? If I knew that you believed in a certain god, I could also ask Him to help find you. Who would have known that you changed dozens of pseudonyms in your life?! If you hadn't been involved in the troubles of the Alchemy City, I wouldn't have been able to find you. I thought you had died and gone to hell!"
The God of Alchemy spoke completely from the heart. He even created a magic mirror to find Amberhu. In the end, he found him, but by then he had already become a lich.
Amber Xiu was speechless. He changed his pseudonym because he had used the same name too many times and his enemies would come to visit him. He couldn't be blamed for that! "No, we can't just let it go. You still owe me!"
Although it was all a misunderstanding, Amber Xiu still couldn't swallow this.
The God of Alchemy said disdainfully, "Okay, okay, I owe you. Take it. I'll give you these four priesthoods. At worst, you can integrate them into yourself and become a god immediately, and then I will die with you and your disciple. Let me make it clear first, I can't withstand the siege of the four goddesses, and you definitely can't either. Shar alone can crush you to death like a bug!"
An Boxiu tightly grasped the four small boxes and said firmly: "I don't care. You have to help me solve this problem. I want to become a god. I want to take back what originally belonged to me!"
(End of this chapter)