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Alchemy is to turn something that is not gold into gold. This is alchemy. People in ancient times dreamed that if they could do such things, they would be able to earn huge economic benefits from it, but there has never been a successful example. With the development of science and technology, modern science has clearly told us that it is completely possible to turn something that is not gold into gold, and it is also possible to use modern technology, but unfortunately, the cost may be more expensive than the value of gold itself.

Chinese name: Alchemy

Type: terms
Meaning: Turn what is not gold into gold

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A Pseudoscience in Ancient Times

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Narrow sense of alchemy

Alchemy method:

First, we know that gold is actually synthesized from the fusion of light elements when a supernova explodes. Of course, this cost is too high.

Second, of course, we also have a method that is to use elements heavier than gold, and through high-speed neutron impact, we can also obtain gold isotopes by fission, or even directly get gold. The typical cheap heavy metal is lead. The laboratory can already get a small amount of gold by this method, but the separation of such gold and radioactive elements is very expensive, so no one will do it now. After all, the cost is far higher than gold.

Now we know the specific method of gold refining, but we can also see that no matter what method, it is impossible to get artificial gold cheaply. So no one will do the narrow sense of making gold.

Generalized alchemy

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What is alchemy? If it costs too much to turn ordinary substances into gold, so no one does it. To put it bluntly, that is, there is no money to make artificial gold, then can we turn one thing into another and make money from it as a kind of extensive alchemy? In short, in a broad sense, alchemy is a collection of behaviors that can make huge profits by changing one substance into another.

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For example, we can change graphite into Artificial diamond Because they are all the same elemental carbon. Isn't this alchemy?

Maybe it's more intuitive to turn it into a diamond, but if I said to prepare carbon 60, or buckyball, from graphite, would it be more profitable. Is this not alchemy?

Another example, for example, the processor we use can buy a CPU for thousands of yuan, but do you know what the core material of the CPU is? Huangsha, through purifying the silicon in Huangsha, high-purity silicon, and then photolithographic processor, Huangsha's value has suddenly increased several hundred million times. Isn't this the act of turning stone into gold?

In fact Steel Alchemist At the beginning of, there is a passage that I think is the best interpretation of alchemy. There are many alchemists in their world, but it is also illegal to refine gold. For them, alchemy is to understand, decompose, and reconstruct the material, and then make things useful to others again. This is alchemy, right, Most of the time, what we need is gold. For people in the desert, water is their gold. To be able to desalinate sea water into drinking water is gold refining for them. For different people, what we need is our gold.

The origin of alchemy

Ancient pseudoscience is nothing more than the following: claiming that other elements can be transformed into gold; Claim to cure all diseases with one medicine; It claims that human life can be prolonged by certain rituals, or life can be created directly.

Earliest study of alchemy

In short, medieval alchemy was an attempt to use certain drugs or rituals to evolve human spirit and power to a higher level. Speaking of this, Chinese Taoists and Egyptian priests were the first to study alchemy. There are many introductions of Chinese alchemy. They always use drugs to refine pills. It is said that they can prolong life , or turning stone into gold. However, the so-called technique of lead, mercury, and salvia failed to reveal the laws of life itself, and gunpowder came into being. In Egypt, the secret of alchemy is also in the hands of a few monks, Alexander There are relevant records in the classics of the Leah Library. but Ptolemaic dynasty Their people are only descendants of European rulers, Hieroglyphics The mystery of, Napoleon The Expedition and Rosetta obelisk The breakthrough on the Internet is 30 centuries later. Finally, the largest library in the world was turned into a pile of ruins with the earthquake, and the secrets of the ancient kingdom were forever overshadowed.

With the prosperity of Pan Greek civilization, the humanistic spirit also flourished, which was an age of omnipotence. Aristotle Is bit Alchemist He believes that matter can be synthesized through laws. According to his theory, the world is composed of four basic elements: water, earth, fire and air. All forms of material society are composed of these four elements according to different proportions. Therefore, as long as external influence and catalysis are exerted, soil can also become gold.

Astrology in Mesopotamia

Astrology, which originated in Mesopotamia, also quoted this element. They believe that all celestial bodies in the universe - the sun, the moon and stars - have an impact on human activities on the ground. Therefore, the alchemists of later generations believed that the alchemy ceremony could succeed only when various celestial bodies were in specific positions. In the eighth and ninth centuries, Greek alchemy was introduced into Arabia, nomadic people Simplified Aristotle It is believed that all metals are composed of two elements: sulfur and mercury. Chinese Alchemy It is also introduced in the form of gunpowder the arabian peninsula The elixir of prolonging life has become the legend of the Spring of Youth in the Thousand and One Nights. Persian physicians systematically compiled these theories into volumes, which were frequently quoted by medieval alchemists.

Hermetika Anthology

At the moment, Europe is undergoing earth shaking changes. The fall of Rome marks the end of an era. The darkness and ignorance have once again enveloped the whole continent, and the humanities of the Greek system have since withered. Until the 12th century, Arab immigrants poured in Iberian Peninsula (Spain) and Sicily, through their contact with them, Europeans have renewed their interest in alchemy or Eastern mystical philosophy. Greek manuscripts passed Syria Language or Arabic intermediaries are translated into Latin. In Florence and Venice There is a book called Corpus Hermeticum, a collection of Hermeticum essays, which has aroused great controversy Ancient Egypt Thoth, the god of the moon, is believed to come from Greek mythology Helms 。 Anyway, the book mentions a lot of alchemy, astrology, magic symbols and tools, as well as various ceremonies in ancient Egypt, which is almost ancient AD&D. Other Arab scholars' papers not only have philosophical theoretical basis, but also have a large number of application examples. The most mentioned are two: Arnold ? Uilanova (1240-1313), inventor of distillation; Roger? Bacon (1214-1294) recorded in detail the composition of black powder and the manufacturing process of monocular telescope.

Alchemist's Cabin

Let's take a look at the alchemist's cabin. A typical laboratory should be dark and humid, with unknown drugs everywhere, emitting suspicious smoke. Many alchemists work at home to save money and avoid outsiders. Some people choose the kitchen, which can use the ready-made fire. Some are in the attic, so that activities at night will not be found by curious neighbors. These small makeshift places are often filled with various strange shaped instruments, manuscripts, skulls, and animal specimens. There are usually small altars for spiritual prayer. All these decorations are not so much a symbol of science and technology as a symbol of mysticism. The work carried out to refine pills was the most primitive chemical experiment, and alchemists were the pioneers who first tried to separate various elements. The extraction of white phosphorus and the synthesis of hydrochloric acid are the products of the Middle Ages; At the same time, the utensils they used, the equipment for distilling liquids, analyzing metals and various methods for controlling chemical reactions are still in use today.

Heating is every alchemy experiment necessary Conditions, whether it is heating the liquid or dissolving the lead block. In order to maintain a certain temperature, alchemists invented a water bath. Friends of science students must have done such experiments in high school. belt timer The stove of the British Museum reflects exquisite craftsmanship. There is a thermostat made in 1616 in the British Museum. People at that time already knew Bimetallic sheet Manufacturing of.

Alchemist

It is also true that there is always such a laboratory in the deep of the legendary castle. From the kings of the Mediterranean coast to the Baltic Most of the country aristocrats regarded alchemists as a shortcut to wealth. Greed is often accompanied by corruption, so scholars are mixed up. Europe is not short of clever cheats and braggadocios, and their actions can be well written into a pompous chronicle 。 However, just as not every laboratory can produce Frankenstein, the efforts of alchemists are mostly prove futile 。 If you can't keep your promise and turn it into gold, you will lose your head. The irascible Red Beard II specially made a gallows to hang the unlucky guy. The mediaeval alchemists were thus discredited because practitioners used more or less disgraceful means to save their lives. From the 15th century to the 17th century, more and more books on alchemy became more and more complex, and mysterious symbols and formulas were everywhere.

Some clever alchemists began to shift the focus of dignitaries. They claimed that they could refine the elixir to strengthen the body, so alchemy embarked on the path of medical research. One of the most famous, Phillips? Oles? Parasals (1493-1541) disagreed with the popular saying that patients originated from their own functional disorders. It is believed that the disease exists on some external carrier, looking for opportunities to invade the human body. Drugs can help fight against these diseases, which is the earliest assumption about bacteria. In addition, he also mentioned the "silver gray" substance zinc obtained in the experiment for the first time, and was the first to use "alcohol" to refer to the liquid distilled from wine.

The Golden Age of Alchemy

The Renaissance has brought the golden age of alchemy. Please do not touch on this aspect in order to revive the glory of Rome. It is illegal. It has thoroughly washed away the silence of more than ten centuries. The art and science circles have produced many dazzling achievements. Religion has also undergone tremendous changes. Protestantism completed its reorganization in the first half of the 16th century. At the moment, alchemy is composed of three parts: part science, part art, and part religion. It is also dancing briskly with the rhythm of revival. Scientific researchers were officially separated from alchemists and became independent professions. The byproducts produced by previous alchemists while pursuing precious metals, that is, their experiments, laid the foundation for Modern Chemistry The foundation of. The other part is devoted to astrology. The lower level people, such as gypsies, can be called fortune telling Numerology 。 The prevailing psychopathological research in the middle of the 20th century also used the alchemists' idealism and evocation.

astrologer

First, astrologers, just as the goal of art is to pursue the ultimate beauty, for astrologers with real wisdom and foresight, how to reach a higher level in spiritual cultivation is far more than the temptation of wealth and false fame; Beyond the limitation of the heavy and dull body like lead, let the thought be as bright and mature as gold, which is more important than its physical realization. Different from the Greek and Roman times, they are not Cynics It's not like that Stoic School That kind of talk. They face the skylight of the attic, vaguely grasp the integrity of the universe, verify the constant changes of the stars, and safely abide by the eternal moral principles in their hearts.

Astrologers regard their career as the sacred art of perfecting dualism: while completing the purification and sublimation of their own minds, they use the movement and changes of the universe to explain the practical activities in the world. Because of the open academic atmosphere in the Renaissance, they also began to challenge the ancient authority, leaving human beings alone to explore The Mystery of Nature And complete the transformation from big to small. （ Socrates Ask in the square: Who am I? Where do I come from? It is called a big philosophical problem.)

This lofty purpose undoubtedly made him a martyr, and he never saw it in his whole life Kingdom of Freedom The door of our house opens. When some people

All day long, the real scholar was buried in the beggarly grave in disappointment when he diligently sought to fill the crucible with gold.

Modern Chemistry Founder of

Let's talk about the founders of modern chemistry, who inherited the functions of the earliest alchemists. First introduce Nikolai ? Freman, an alchemist in 14th century Paris, and his disciples Material composition know nothing about. At that time, everyone believed that all physical existence was composed of four basic elements, just like Aristotle The theory of. Different element proportions lead to different cold, warm, dry and wet conditions when they are formed, so they have different forms.

From this theory, it is possible to transform metals. Freman wrote in his book that all metals come from the interior of the earth, and natural furnaces stir and mix various elements. The process is determined by a higher existence, or can be summed up Becoming a god Will. The realm of God is always perfect, so as long as the mixed elements stay in the deep earth for a long time, perhaps iron or lead at the earliest, they will gradually become gold and silver. However, some metals are always mined too early, so the metals on the earth show different forms. The mission of alchemists is to continue the unfinished work of creators and accelerate the "evolution" of metals. Today's people should also admire their strong imagination when they read this.

All alchemists are very secretive about their achievements. At the alchemy lecture in the 13th century, all people should stand up first: " My soul To swear that if you reveal to others what you see today, you will be permanently cursed. " One is called Basel? The priest of Valentine wrote: "We can only look up. If we spread a little mystery of the kingdom of heaven, the soul will fall into the deepest hell."

There are two reasons for doing so: first, the sense of superiority over others, or greed. Alchemists keep their equations tightly; Next is the church, which believes that alchemy is the interference and blasphemy , alchemists engaged in the devil's art. More noble people believe that their equations can succeed, once they fall into have got some dirty trick up one 's sleeve In the hands of the people, it will bring disaster to the society, so it should be buried. It's a very contradictory idea. Why do you study with pious enthusiasm? But considering the achievements of nuclear physics today, modern people are not qualified to make fun of them.

The professional skills of alchemy are divided into three specialized branches: potions, potions and transformations. Liquid medicine specialization can enable alchemists to make additional finished products when making consumptive potions such as healing/magic. Liquid medicine specialization can enable alchemists to make powerful and agile potions. Various kinds of mixtures and other enhancement potions can make additional finished products, while conversion specialization can enable alchemists to obtain additional finished products when converting. The additional quantity varies from 1 to 4, which means that the conversion expert alchemist may use one material to convert five original energies!

Skill name in World of Warcraft

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Alchemy is a game《 World of Warcraft 》A skill name in, which can process herbs, other plants and other materials into a skill to improve the character's ability or HP, MP medicine.

Skill introduction

alchemy

Alchemy is a skill that can process herbs, other plants and other materials into characters' ability or HP, MP medicaments. Alchemy is a professional skill in World of Warcraft.

Career strategy

1-60： The primary therapeutic liquid can make the alchemy reach 60. It needs to make 60-65 bottles. Materials: 60-65 silverleaf grass, 60-65 Ningshen flowers and 60-65 empty bottles.

60-80： Primary fortitude potion. It takes 20 bottles to make it to reach 80. Materials: 40 Digen grass, 20 Ningshen flowers and 20 empty bottles.

80-100： Black mouth fish oil can be made into 40 bottles, and the alchemy skill can reach about 100. Ingredients: 80 black mouth fish and 40 empty bottles.

100-120： Make 20 bottles of underwater breathing medicine to make 120 gold refining. Ingredients: 40 bottles of black mouth fish oil, 20 thorn algae and 20 empty bottles.

120-130： secondary Mana Potion , make 10 bottles to make 130 gold refining. Material: 10 Demon Emperor Grass, 10 thorn algae and 10 empty bottles.

130-150： Upgrade alchemy to advanced level, and learn the oil of fire. Make 20 bottles of oil of fire, making alchemy reach 150. Materials: 40 fire scale eels, 20 empty bottles.

150-160： Fire medicine, make 10 bottles to make 160 gold refining. Materials: 20 bottles of flame oil, 10 pieces of blood herb, 10 pieces of lead bottles.

160-195： This is a powerful healing potion. It can be used to refine gold to 195. About 40-45 bottles of materials need to be made: 40-45 live root grass, 40-45 royal blood grass and 40-45 lead bottles.

195-205： Make 10 bottles of Agility Potion to reach 205. Ingredients: 10 thorn algae, 10 golden thorn grass and 10 lead bottles.

205-215： Potent Mana Potion , make 10 bottles to make 215 gold refining. Materials: 10 Khadgar's beard 10 golden thorn grass and 10 lead bottles.

215-235： Upgrade alchemy to master level, and learn to make another 20 bottles of super strong healing potion, so that the alchemy reaches 235. Ingredients: 20 Khadgar beards, 20 heliophylls and 20 crystal bottles.

235-250： This is an arcane potion. Make 15 bottles to make 250 gold refining. Materials: 15 blind grass, 15 golden thorn grass and 15 crystal bottles.

250-275： This is a powerful agility potion. It can make 275 alchemy bottles. It takes about 30-35 bottles to make it. Materials: 30-35 sun grass, 30-35 golden thorn grass and a 30-35 crystal bottle.

275-300： Buy extremely effective therapeutic liquid and Mana Potion You can use or sell the formula of

stay Gakison Can be purchased by the refining supplier of Touchstone And the formula for embellishing the gold. You can use one arcane crystal and one zither after making the gold point stone silver ingot It has become an Olympic gold ingot.

Total amount of materials required:

Silver leaf grass 60-65 Ningshenhua 80-85 Groundroot grass 40 Demon Emperor Grass 10 Thorn alga 40 Royal blood grass 50-55 Living root grass 40-45

Kadega's beard 30 Golden thorn grass 65-70 Blind grass 15 Solar grass 50-55

Blackmouth fish 80 Fire scale eel 40

Empty bottle 170-175 Lead bottle 70-75 Crystal bottle 65-70

301-315

Unstable Treatment Potion (1 Golden Ginseng, 1 Magic Algae, 1 Potion Bottle) X 20

You can also use special effects if you want Mana Potion To rush here, we need to make about 25 bottles

316-330

Secret Action Potion (2 ragweed, 1 magic algae, 1 bottle of potion) X 20

331-350

Super healing potion (2 dream flowers, 1 magic algae, 1 magic bottle) X 20

351-375

Special sleeping potion (1 Mengyu flower, 1 Mengyan vine, 1 Potion of Enchantment) X 40

It will turn green at 370, but it is still easy to improve at this stage, which is cheaper than finding new formulas with low loss rate and consuming additional materials

Formula Alliance players can buy it from Leeli Longhaggle located in Aurelia Fortress（ Terokkar Forest ）, tribal players can buy it from Daga Ramba in the Thor Fortress（ Daofeng Mountain ）

Total materials needed to improve skills

20 Golden Ginseng

60 Magic Algae

100 Potion Bottle

40 ragweed

80 Dreaming flowers

40 Nightmare Rattan

Branch Task

On《 Burning expedition 》Many new contents have been added to each professional skill. As one of the most popular professional skills, alchemy has not only added many new liquid medicine formulas, but also added something similar to forging ， Leather making The specialized branch of.

The prerequisite for learning specialization is that the alchemy skill reaches 325 and the character level reaches 68. When the above conditions are met, you can find the corresponding NPC to obtain three types of specialized tasks. Cenarion Refuge Laurene Saville of the Ecoship will give you a task to specialize in potions. You need to get the botanist's guide from Frewin, the senior botanist of the Ecoship, and 5 bottles of super therapeutic potions and 5 bottles of super therapeutic potions Mana Potion Give it to Saville with 5 bottles of special dreamless sleep potions to learn the potion expertise. Shattrath City Slum Crowman Roro Kim You need to obtain 10 eternal essences from the elite monster in the dark marsh, and add 5 bottles of special defense potions, 5 bottles of control potions and 5 bottles of special effects Agility Potion In exchange for potion expertise. Relatively speaking, the task of transforming expertise will be relatively simple. You only need to submit 4 points of original students' ability to Nether Storm Saravi on the Storm Tower can learn transformation expertise.

Learning alchemy expertise allows you to obtain more refined gold products. Whether you want to exchange these potions for more gold coins or use them in replica warfare, the emergence of alchemy expertise can benefit alchemists deeply.

Occupational benefits

The alchemist can alchemy Learn this skill from the alchemy trainer when the skill is 50—— Mixed medicament The effect is that if you drink the mixture or medicament If you can make it yourself, the duration will be doubled (the medicament will be changed from 1 hour to 2 hours, and the mixture will be changed from 2 hours to 4 hours). At the same time, the effect will also be increased. The increase range of different medicaments and mixtures will be different. The following is a list, and the increase range of effect is shown in parentheses.

Aizelasi The Continent, the Burning Expedition and the Echo of the End of 3.0

Colorful miracle mixture , the original effect is 35 full resistance, 18 full attributes, Mixed medicament ->39 full anti, 22 full attributes (11%/22%)

Blind Light Mixture , the original effect is+80 Arcane arts , natural, divine spell energy, mixed potion ->+103 arcane, natural, divine spell energy (29%)

Strong cementing agent , original effect 500Hp 10 Defense level , mixed agent ->721HP, 15 defense levels (44%/50%)

Strong recovery agent , the original effect regenerates in 25 five seconds, and the mixed medicine ->regenerates in 38 five seconds (50%)

Heartless Assault Mixture , original effect+120 attack power, mixed medicine ->+160 attack power (33%)

Pure Death Mixture , original effect+80 shadow, fire, frost spell energy, Mixed medicament ->+103 Shadow, fire and frost spell energy (29%)

Refine Wisdom Mixture , original effect+65 intelligence, mixed medicine ->+85 intelligence (31%)

Super energy mixture , original effect+70 spell energy, mixed medicament ->+93 spell energy (43%)

Magic potion , original effect+24 spell energy,+24 spell critical hit level, mixed potion ->+33 spell energy,+33 spell critical hit level (37,5%)

*Note: Use Ilidare stamp The exchanged Shatasi mixture series cannot enjoy this benefit.

Lich King Anger

Endless Fury Refining Potion , original effect+180 attack power, Mixed medicament ->+244 Attack power (35%)

Stone Blood Refining Reagent , mixed medicament ->+1300 max HP, mixed medicament ->+1620 max HP

Ice Dragon Refining Potion , original effect+125 spell energy, mixed medicament ->162 spell energy (29.6%)

Pure Demon Essence Refining Potion , the original effect is 38 five second regeneration mixed reagent ->51 five second regeneration

Other benefits of alchemy

In the Wrath of the Lich King, the alchemist can make a arena The magic and life potions drunk inside can only be drunk when the alchemy skill is 400. The material is 10 new bottles of Big Blue or Big Red.

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