Chapter 646
**Chapter 330: Flesh Alchemy**
The paper on flesh alchemy had been a subject of extensive study for Xia Er. During that year in the Old Tower, she had lost count of how many documents and experimental records she had gone through.
All this information was safely stored in Xia Er's mind.
She could easily publish these findings to attract the attention of the Redemption Society and the Natura Medical Group for further research...
Ultimately, she could bring back the new studies and data to the Old Days, allowing for a more complete development of the technology...
Not just in the realm of extraordinary medicine.
Xia Er decided to bring back all research related to potions and seals.
All this knowledge would be further refined in the Old Days, then stored in the Otherworld, ready to be accessed whenever needed, yielding more complete techniques.
Then, she would bring these refined techniques back to the Old Days, continuing to enhance the Tower and perpetually update the technology...
No.
Perhaps all of this had already been set in motion?
Take, for instance, the Artificial Divine Essence Project.
The green brains guarded in the castle of the Otherworld.
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In the Salvation Monastery, Xia Er sat at a desk in a room, quickly scribbling on the sheets of paper before her.
Her writing was so rapid that the ink-dipped quill frequently faltered, resulting in somewhat messy handwriting, but she seemed unconcerned about the neatness of her script.
Yet, she would occasionally pause to reflect, indicating that she wasn’t merely transcribing from memory.
She was drafting a manuscript, a brief introduction and technical summary of Hecate's flesh alchemy from the Old Days.
In addition to translating the Spirit Language into Ansu, Xia Er needed to adapt some techniques that had not been passed down in reality...
But that wasn’t the most critical part; the real issue was the absence of certain materials, which rendered many experiments impossible to replicate.
With a rip, Xia Er tore the paper into shreds and began drafting a new version.
Tala stood nearby, assisting Xia Er by adding ink and tea, while Adele sat upright on a bench behind her, hands resting on her knees, deep in thought, resembling a diligent student awaiting an assignment from the teacher.
Adele was not so much pondering as she was daydreaming, reflecting on the earlier scene and the relationship between Xia Er and the Salvation Goddess Church...
Though she couldn’t quite grasp it, she sensed that Xia Er seemed poised to embark on something quite wicked.
Mainly, the aura Xia Er exuded earlier was overwhelming, combined with the torrential rain and the terrifying backdrop, along with her casual commands to the higher-ups, making her resemble the evil antagonist from a knightly tale.
So... did that make her the evil henchman of the villain? No, my sister taught me to be virtuous... Wait, isn’t my sister part of the Salvation Goddess Church?
Then it’s all good.
Adele took a deep breath, squinting her eyes slightly to give her gaze a sharper edge, trying to embody the essence of a grand villain...
And her expression... she needed to wear a wicked grin...
Right... what does a grand villain do? Uh... do they kidnap foreign princesses with Xia Er or something?
“You... are your eyes feeling okay?”
Xia Er’s puzzled voice broke through Adele’s train of thought. It was only then that she noticed Xia Er standing right in front of her, extending her right hand with a stack of papers.
But now, Xia Er’s gaze seemed a bit off.
“Cough, cough, cough!!!” Adele tried to lower her voice to sound “evil,” but ended up choking on her own saliva, leading to an uncontrollable coughing fit.
Adele covered her throat with one hand, reaching out with her right hand to take the papers from Xia Er, but Xia Er withdrew her hand.
A hint of concern crossed Xia Er’s face as she turned to Tala behind her.
Tala immediately understood what Xia Er was thinking, having noticed something was amiss.
She stepped forward, gently waving her hand in front of Adele’s eyes, a faint white shadow blocking her vision. Then, Tala placed her hand on Adele’s shoulder.
She was activating the “Penance” ability, taking on Adele’s physical pain to check if her mind or spirit had been harmed.
But after a few seconds, a look of confusion appeared on Tala’s face. Hesitantly, she withdrew her hand from Adele’s shoulder, but after considering Adele’s earlier behavior, she placed her hand back on her shoulder and activated her ability again.
“Is it serious?” Xia Er asked, observing Tala’s grave expression.
After a few more seconds, Tala slowly withdrew her hand, turning to Xia Er with an incredulous look. “She... is very... healthy, Lady Xia Er. There are no issues with her body or mind.”
Tala had intended to say “normal,” but the word wouldn’t come out, so she settled for “healthy.”
Xia Er: “...”
Xia Er looked at Adele with a mix of exasperation and curiosity.
At that moment, Adele seemed to realize she had done something wrong. She squeezed her legs together, looking up at Xia Er with an innocent expression.
“What were you doing just now?” Xia Er asked, a hint of frustration in her voice.
Initially, she thought it might have been the presence of Leimeides or Sadana that had tainted Adele’s spirit, but it seemed that the strange expression and voice were merely Adele’s own “creative musings.”
“I was trying to adapt...” Adele said, a bit embarrassed. “Does it not look right?”
Xia Er: “Look like what?”
Adele: “A minor villain.”
Xia Er: “...”
What was going on in Adele’s mind was something Xia Er couldn’t quite grasp, so she decided not to dwell on it further.
Confirming that Adele was indeed not mentally tainted, Xia Er handed the small stack of papers to her.
Adele took the papers and began to read.
At first, her expression softened, but as she continued reading, her demeanor gradually turned serious.
Before she could finish, she abruptly looked up at Xia Er, disbelief etched on her face. “This...”
Adele wanted to say that this was all nonsense, and if it were published as a paper, it would surely earn her a scathing rebuke from professors, becoming a laughingstock in the entire field of extraordinary medicine...
But she knew the weight of the words coming from Xia Er.
Suppressing her urge to nitpick, Adele continued reading, assuming Xia Er’s hypothesis was correct.
Only after finishing the last page did Adele let out a long sigh. She looked up at Xia Er and said, “Are you saying... all the current sealed objects were made this way? They are all... treasures from ancient times?”
“Mm.” Xia Er nodded, affirming her statement directly.
Xia Er could ascertain the original names of those sealed objects through the system, such as “Gaze of Death,” “Sewing Ring of the Spider Doctor,” and “Armory of the Sage Brain”...
Xia Er had already seen the true “Gaze of Death” in the Old Days, and even the “Uniqueness” pathway could align with modern understanding, confirming that it was created by the Tower using the corpses of those who had attained “Uniqueness.”
Next time she visited the Old Days, even if she encountered the “Spider Doctor” or the “Sage Brain,” Xia Er wouldn’t find it strange at all.
The definition of sealed objects had never been clearly established by the people of the Holy Era. Some believed they were relics from the Holy War, while others thought they were items transformed from the characteristics of extraordinary beings during their lifetimes.
The extraordinary beings of Ansu clearly adopted the latter view, hence most referred to them as “sealed objects,” while those who accepted the former would call them “relics” or “holy war artifacts.”
In truth, both interpretations held merit.
These were indeed made from the corpses of extraordinary beings and were also ancient relics, only the time and the era of the corpses far exceeded modern imagination.
“Isn’t this a bit...” Adele bit her lip, hesitating. “Too cruel...”
She could understand the earlier animal experiments, but the conclusions Xia Er had drawn later clearly pointed towards human experimentation, using various animal tests to validate the feasibility of human trials...
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