Doomsday Code

Chapter 637: Memories of Chikuwa

So Samlett curled his lips and said:

"You have some truth in what you said, but I'm not sure if you can make it through this path."

"Okay, let's get back to the point. I didn't ask you to show off your alchemy skills, but to ask about your understanding of alchemists."

"You are a very important figure in the alchemist circle. Back then, those crazy people often came to you for advice.

Do you have any impression of someone with extraordinary talent in alchemy? Remember, the extraordinary talent I'm talking about here means talent that exceeds yours."

Through Chen Cheng's words, Samlet and Herlous could naturally confirm that the alchemy of the alchemist behind the scenes had indeed reached the demigod level.

Because this guy has already used alchemy to involve the level of life, and Samlett and the others, with their high vantage point, can naturally deduce the means of legendary alchemy.

When Zhu Wan heard what Samlet said, his thoughts instantly drifted away, flying back to the passionate period of his past.

At that time, he used limb-breaking alchemy to accomplish the alchemy that alchemists had dreamed of since ancient times, turning stone into gold, and he became famous because of it.

Afterwards, countless alchemists came to him, either wanting to learn from him or to challenge him with alchemy.

Because at that time he might not be the strongest among the alchemists in terms of combat power, but in terms of alchemy he was already ahead of all the alchemists at that time.

His alchemy does not rely on external objects, nor does it seek outside, but rather seeks within, refining his own five elements as a fulcrum to leverage the five elements of real matter.

This also means that he is one of the very few alchemists who is not wanted by the empire.

So that was when he was at his most ambitious.

He accepted challenges from alchemists from all sides and defeated them one by one.

Afterwards, he also accepted inquiries from younger generations who yearned for the art of turning stone into gold, and spared no effort to teach them his alchemy philosophy of seeking within rather than outside.

In the end, the only person who truly agreed with his ideas was his only disciple.

It was also at that time that he accepted the challenge of a younger alchemist.

Needless to say, the result was that he, who was already the greatest alchemist of ancient and modern times, naturally defeated the younger generation who came to challenge him.

But it was also at that time that he saw that there were alchemists in the world who were even more talented than him.

"You lost."

Zhu Wan put away the alchemy rod that had brought him great alchemy skills, and then looked at the younger challenger in front of him who had changed his appearance.

"Judging from your techniques, you must be a novice. However, during the battle just now, your reaction speed and understanding of alchemy really surprised me. Your future alchemy attainments will surely not be inferior to mine."

After changing her appearance, Mekas sat down cross-legged. When she heard the words of the number one alchemist in front of her, she just smiled.

Then she bowed to the bamboo wheel and said:

"Please teach me, senior."

Chikuwa admired her talent very much, and he didn't mind supporting the younger generation.

Then, Zhu Wen continued to express his idea of seeking within rather than outside.

"I don't want someone as talented as you to end up following the same path as those alchemists. We alchemists don't need external aids. In fact, we ourselves are the best vehicles for alchemy."

At this time, Chikuwa said that other alchemy methods were wrong paths and no one could refute him because he had achieved the ultimate dream pursued by alchemists since their emergence.

"Would you mind showing me?"

Zhu Wan smiled lightly, then picked up an ordinary stone beside him.

What he didn't know was that it was his demonstration that would create a true demigod-level alchemist in the future.

Watching the ordinary stone turn into gold in Zhuwan's hands, Mekas' eyes were filled with a burning fighting spirit.

After Zhulun turned the gold back into stone, Mekas seemed to have found a fatal flaw and said excitedly:

"Teacher, you said your alchemy is about seeking within, not looking outside. But just now, you used alchemy to mobilize the magical power between heaven and earth. Isn't that also seeking outside?"

Zhuwa always remembered the excitement in Mekas' eyes and her words at that time. It was because of her words that Zhuwa realized that the talent of this junior was more than what she could compare with.

But at that time, he couldn't do it as easily as he does now, and he couldn't truly rely on himself instead of relying on external things.

So at that time, all he could give Mekas was silence.

What happened next was that he was approached by the empire and later worked out a plan with the empire to govern the vast desert.

In the end, the empire collapsed and his plan failed.

Only then did he have time to think about what Mekas had said. After that, he became like a madman, using alchemy all day long, turning stones into gold, just wanting to do as Mekas said, truly not seeking external things but only seeking internal things.

However, he discovered that in today's world, there was no place that was completely free of magic and suitable for human habitation.

At that time, the only place he could think of that could kill all demons was the vast desert. However, that place was not only free from demons, but also a forbidden zone that cut off all life.

In the end, he was arrested by the Church of Light on charges of refining gold and disrupting the market, and was then imprisoned in the dungeon of the Holy City.

And there, he finally found an ideal place.

But he just didn't know whether he would be able to see that junior again in this life, and then tell him that he, Zhulun, had done it, achieved the alchemy of seeking only the inner self and not the outer self.

Waking up from his memories, Zhu Wan looked at Samlet and nodded:

"I've seen a junior like this before. He was in disguise at the time, so I don't know his true appearance. However, his talent in alchemy is absolutely unprecedented.

If there's one person besides myself who can truly bring alchemy to the pinnacle, it's him."

These last words were not self-praise on Chikuwa's part, but because he could truly be said to have mastered alchemy today, the only thing he lacked was time to practice.

After all, during the more than one hundred years of being imprisoned in the Holy City, he really had no access to any magic power for practice.

After listening to this, Samlet said to Chen Cheng:

"Your Majesty, although this guy may be suspected of boasting about himself, his vision is still good. The guy you met, Your Majesty, should be the talented junior he mentioned."

Zhu Wan is still a little confused now, not knowing what this has to do with the genius younger generation he met hundreds of years ago.

It was not until he listened to the explanation of the Black Dragon King beside him that Zhu Wen realized that during the more than 100 years he had been imprisoned, a demigod who had ascended to heaven through alchemy had actually appeared in this world.

The only thing that made Zhu Wan sad was that listening to Chen Cheng's description of that guy's alchemy, he realized that he was a complete alchemist who had gone astray.

Among all the people present at this moment, the one who was most sad was none other than Takewa.

He was an alchemist and the most representative figure among alchemists.

All he wanted was to truly promote alchemy so that it could become the third path of cultivation in the world along with magic and combat.

Therefore, he developed the alchemy of limb fracture, using his own body as the alchemical material to achieve external changes of the five elements.

This led to him being called a fool when he first started on this path, and everyone thought he was daydreaming.

So in order to prove that his teachings were true, he achieved the highest goal pursued by alchemists since ancient times - turning stone into gold.