In the past, Stellagosa's understanding of alchemy was relatively one-sided. She thought that alchemy was used to refine various potions.

Her understanding can't be wrong, but it's really not comprehensive enough.

Various potions with different effects are indeed one of the signs of alchemy, but it is only one of them.

Melia used to proudly put a word on her lips.

"Alchemy is one of the keys to unlocking the mysteries of the world. In theory, as long as there are enough resources, alchemy can create everything, even... people."

If the intelligent arcane puppets are also counted as human beings, then Melia's boasting of B is really a realization.

But this is obviously not Melia's ultimate goal.

In this introductory book written by Melia herself, the preface on the first page straight to the point stated the essence of alchemy—equivalent exchange.

No matter how alchemy transforms the form of matter, it must follow the principle of equivalent exchange.

It is impossible for 1 unit of resources to change into 2 units, but it may be attenuated due to the conversion process.

Nothing can be conjured out of thin air.

For example, if Melia transforms into a flower empty-handed, then she must have borrowed certain substances from the surrounding environment, which can be air or various free elements contained in the atmosphere.

Flipping through the records on the bookshelf, Salayan and Stellagosa became more and more frightened.

Melia has been able to use magic-infused clay for alchemical transformation, shaping them into living flesh and blood.

But it doesn't make any real sense, because the flesh and blood body she created lacks the most important thing about being human.

soul.

This is also the reason why Melia has been concentrating on researching the core of the arcane puppet in recent years. She wants to use the artificial intelligence program she compiled to replace the human soul.

Judging by the scribbles in the book, which clearly showed the owner's irritability, the experiment did not go well.

A program is always just a program, and it is very different from real people's soul perception.

Although Melia is a research madman, she has her own bottom line and will not capture living people for live experiments.

She chose many small animals to replace living people. Facts have proved that all animals in the world have souls, but there are differences in their intelligence.

"This…"

Stellagosa twitched the corners of her mouth in horror: "If her research really yields results..."

Sharlayan shook his head: "It's not that easy."

"The body is easy to make, but the soul is hard to find."

"Even the Titans can't guarantee that they know the essence of the soul well, so how can mortals easily discover the mystery."

"This seems to be just a bottleneck, and it is likely to be stuck until the day when Melia's life comes to an end."

What is the nature of the soul?

No one knows, but many people want answers.

The fundamental reason why Alpha the Great Thorn Whisperer dabbled in the power of death, which is despised by the world, was also to solve this ultimate problem that has plagued the entire universe for countless years.

'Wait a moment…'

Thinking of Thorny Whisperer's dual power of life and death, Sharlayan suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

‘Equivalent exchange, life-and-death conversion... If I study alchemy in depth, can I use it to unravel the mysteries of life and death? '

The old bear Alfa is more pragmatic. He did not directly study the mysteries of the essence of the soul, but wanted to solve the problem of life and death first.

Why do different races have different natural life spans? Why do mortals have a life limit? Why is life expectancy inversely proportional to fertility?

These are the secrets that Orfa and Sharlayan want to reveal.

After the warrior level reached the bottleneck of level 49, he couldn't make progress in a short period of time, and Sharlayan threw all the experience he had gained recently on the druid profession.

He vaguely had a premonition that the Thorny Whisperer's career template would not officially appear until the Druid's level exceeded 30 and became an elite.

"Found it!"

The dusty Melia finally raised her head from the pile of books, holding an old parchment scroll with mottled skin in her hand.

"Um?"

Seeing the alchemy books that Sharlayan placed on the desk, Melia immediately jumped out of the pile of books with bright eyes.

"Ooooh! My dear little Sharlayan, are you finally interested in alchemy!"

"Uh~"

Sharlayan's face twitched when Melia held her hand with excitement.

"Don't be so excited, just pass..."

"Don't say anything!"

Fearing that Sharlayan would go back on his word, Melia nimbly dug a large pile of books from the bookshelf.

These alchemy books from shallow to deep can really be regarded as from the beginning to the buried.

"Come on! You accept these books and study them when you have time."

"correct."

Melia suddenly remembered something, ran into the nearby warehouse in a hurry, and rummaged for a while.

"Here, take it."

Sarlayan reached out to catch the cloth bag thrown by Melia. The cloth in his hand was very soft, and he could tell it was a high-end product at a glance.

"This is... a space package?"

"Um!"

Melia proudly put her hands on her hips: "This is the high-level space package that Xiao Mi made with my transformed magic rune cloth last month."

"Are you still using the rag that Julian gave you? It's time to change it. Use this!"

The space package is also divided into quality.

As Melia said, the space package that Julian gave to Sharlayan was not a high-end product, as long as you have money, you can buy it.

Sharlayan knew who the "Little Mi" in Melia's mouth was. Her original name was Miria Sunscar, and she was the leading tailor master in Quel'Thalas and even the entire Eastern Kingdom.

"...In order to lure me into learning alchemy, you are really willing to spend your money."

Melia waved her hand indifferently: "You can't say that, just make the best use of everything."

"This thing can only eat ashes in my place, just to pack a little more for you."

Sharlayan shook his head and laughed, and transferred all the contents of the old space package to the enchanted runecloth package in front of Melia.

"Okay, I accept it, I will study alchemy carefully when I have time."

"Enn~"

Melia gave her thumbs up happily: "I believe you will be able to comprehend something useful to yourself from the profound and profound alchemy...Here, these are the teleportation coordinates you want."

Melia spread out the parchment on the table: "Because the magic net structure of Crystal Song Forest is too chaotic to record the spatial coordinates, the transfer location I chose is Grizzly Hills."

Even after thousands of years, Crystal Song Forest is still filled with a large amount of distorted and dangerous arcane energy, and opening the portal rashly there is purely courting death.

Zul'Drak is the lair of the frost trolls, and Melia is not stupid, it is impossible to record the coordinates there.

Originally, Melia planned to cross the Icecrown Glacier and go to the Titan Laboratory in the west of Northrend - Sholazar Basin to continue exploring.

However, due to a change of plans, she returned to Quel'Thalas without completing her exploration plan.

The space coordinates recommended by Melia are located in Rock Spring in the west of Grizzly Hills, very close to Dragonbone Wilderness.

"The Grizzly Hills is a relatively safe area in Northrend. There are many mild-tempered and peaceful furbolgs living there, as well as a small number of Drakkari frost giants who came from Zul'Drak in the north and tried to invade the furbolg territory. magic."

Loathing trolls is an instinct engraved into the DNA of the high elves. When mentioning the Drakkari trolls, Melia looked disgusted and didn't like them at all.

"Trolls all over the world are ghosts, savage, primitive, self-righteous, holding on to the glory of the past and unwilling to face reality."

Melia tapped the Zuldak area heavily with her fingers a few times.

"If there is nothing urgent, UU Reading www.uukanshu.com must not enter this area, and let those blue-skinned fang monsters fend for themselves."

Sharlayan shrugged: "I don't have time to chat with the trolls. This trip will probably come and go in a hurry. Next time I have a chance, I will be patient with them."

With the help of the infinite magic power of the Sunwell, Melia easily opened the portal to the Grizzly Hills.

"Put more clothes on. The climate in Northrend is no better than the Eversong Forest, which is like spring all the year round. Don't catch yourself a cold!"

Sharlayan stepped through the portal, waving at Melia with his back.

"I see, this is not my first day out on a trip."

"You should also pay attention to rest, don't throw yourself on the test bench all day long, remember to combine work and rest."

The portal closed, and Sharlayan, who was still playing handsome just now, suddenly shrank into a ball, and hurriedly took out his clothes from the magic rune bag he had just acquired.

"Hiss! Although I have been mentally prepared for it, it's too cold!"