Chapter 4009: The First Child and the [Emerald Tablet]

This doll body of Miss Feilian was, of course, not her true form. She had projected herself in through a ritual, so even if Xia De left in a while, she would have to remain here, waiting to walk out together with everyone else.

In the remaining time, everyone watched as those flesh-and-blood organs pieced together a humanoid shape on the ground, all feeling as if they had understood something. The demigod witch took this opportunity to give Xia De new guidance:

"Just now, you fused the fire seed from the Fire Seed Source into your own moonlight. This was excellent. When light exists alone, its purity can indeed manifest the characteristics of power more effectively. But light can also become a carrier. Xia De, you can think about this later: if the red moon can carry life, then what can silver moonlight and yellow moonlight carry?"

Although she could not bring all of her power, the petite Miss Feilianna still possessed knowledge that surpassed all the witches present combined. She then taught Xia De how to fuse "light" with other types of power; as the Great Witch of "Light," Miss Feilianna was exceptionally proficient in this method.

Xia De naturally asked Miss Feilian if he needed to bring her some spellcasting materials next time, and the doll lady only suggested needing some basic materials to craft doll-form decoys for everyone.

This did not require very precious materials, nor did it need relics, so Xia De could bring all of these things. The other three companions did not make too many requests this time; with what Xia De brought this time, they could already sustain themselves for a long time.

"Don't forget the way to suppress 'Wither,' as well as the things I instructed you on just now."

The doll lady on his shoulder urged him again, then asked if Xia De had any other questions he wanted her to answer.

"Regarding 【Active Metal】, Miss Feilian, do you know its specific origin?"

Xia De then asked, and the halfling girl, who held the demigod witch in great awe, interjected:

"Big sister once said that the uniqueness of 【Active Metal】 is related to that ancient God of Creation. That is all I know."

Miss Doll nodded:

"Your sister is right. But I have only heard some legends about this myself, so Xia De, just listen to it as a story."

Everyone looked at her with interest, and the blonde Miss Doll continued:

"That is a story from the beginning of creation. In that ancient era, the world had not yet fully returned from chaos to order, so the ancient God of Creation attempted to create a life form that could survive in such a difficult environment, wanting to use them to reshape the world."

Thus, a certain powerful life form was born. They were the initial creations of the 【Dusk Creator】, the first batch of ancient life forms that predated even the Thunder Titans. They were what are known as—the Children of the Beginning."

Miss Blade Wei shrank beside Gina, looking as if she wanted to use Gina's large tail to cover herself:

"You mean, Active Metal is..."

"Possibly a part of the 'Children of the Beginning'."

The demigod witch said softly. The four people sitting in a circle all gasped slightly, but no one dared to ask more. This story traced back to the very first years of the Mythical Era; such matters were clearly not suitable for discussion here.

"Is there anything else you wish to ask, Xia De?"

Miss Doll asked again, and Xia De thought of the 【Emerald Tablet】 and Vigo's mother:

"Miss Feilianna, have you ever seen the Unknown-level relic, the 【Emerald Tablet】?"

He told his companions the story of that female alchemist and the skin-thing, and repeated the few sentences he had heard from the black stone tablet. The witches' hatred for the skin-thing was intense; even the old witch showed an expression of disgust on her face:

"I originally thought that after the Fourth Era ended, such things would never happen in the material world again."

Miss Doll thought for a moment:

"I have heard of the 【Emerald Tablet】 and know some of the knowledge within it, but I have never truly seen it. However, I can understand a little of what that female alchemist wanted to do: by creating a 'Perfect Child,' she sought to verify the power in the 【Emerald Tablet】 suspected to belong to that ancient God of Creation, thereby allowing herself to comprehend the origin of creation."

"But I don't understand, Principal Feilianna. Since Xia De said the 'Perfect Child' had already been born, then she had already succeeded. Why did she still need to divide it into four?"

Gina asked, puzzled, and Miss Doll smiled:

"Ms. Gustav, can you guess why?"

The old witch, having been named, replied:

"To create a Perfect Child, it is impossible to just adjust one's own flesh and blood and then have intimate contact with a monster like the skin-thing. I suspect that the thing she gave birth to was not the true 'Perfect Child,' and subsequent steps were needed to adjust it."

The little doll nodded in agreement:

"Xia De, you must be careful. Assuming that female alchemist was a villain, the fact that the stone tablet she left behind said 【'The Perfect Child can heal descendants'】 is likely not out of kindness for her descendants."

Xia De understood what she meant:

"Is Vigo also a part of completing the 'Perfect Child'? Did that female alchemist deliberately lure Vigo into contacting her sister, and then let the two produce some kind of reaction?"

"It is hard to say; just remember to be on guard. What I really want to tell you is the second sentence on the stone tablet you mentioned—【'The "Philosopher's Stone" is Earth, the "Seed of Fire" is Fire; this is the path to opening the primal creation'】.

Gina, in alchemy, what do fire and earth generally represent?"

This was relatively basic content in alchemy. The named dragon girl immediately sat up straight to answer, but ended up hitting her head on the metal plate of the shelter:

"Oh, sorry. I mean, earth generally represents our physical body, while fire represents the spirit."

Miss Feilianna nodded:

"Spirit and body constitute life itself. Xia De, perhaps you have already realized that the 'Death' system's definition of life places more importance on whether the soul exists. But in the 'Creation' system, more importance is placed on whether the spirit and body are complete, and the soul can spontaneously emerge from the spirituality of the body and spirit.

Alchemists of our era consider creating the 'Philosopher's Stone' the highest skill of alchemy, but in the Fourth Era and before, actually creating new life through alchemy was the most profound subject of alchemy."

Mrs. Gustav nodded in agreement:

"It is just that after the Fourth Era, this kind of research became a taboo, so now in the Fifth Era, one almost never hears people talk about it."

Miss Feilianna continued:

"The second sentence on the stone tablet you found is clearly the path to creating life that the female alchemist found—the body is the Philosopher's Stone, and the spirit is the life seed. I admit this sounds feasible, but how to let the Philosopher's Stone shape the body, how to manipulate the life seed, and how to combine the two together—that is the key.

The specimen bottle you obtained from the factory already shows that the Philosopher's Stone cannot be easily fused into a body, and manipulating the life seed is clearly not something an ordinary mortal can do. She likely used a shortcut, which was to mate with another version of herself wearing the skin-thing, so after giving birth to that child, she still needed other steps to perfect the child's essence and remove the impurities within."

Xia De imagined in his mind the scene of molding the Philosopher's Stone into a human shape, then embedding the life seed into that red stone figure, and then the "little red man" moving. For some reason, he wanted to laugh.

"I think this is likely the truth."

He said, and Mrs. Gustav looked very complicated:

"This is a very taboo practice, but I admit that the female alchemist you mentioned was truly very talented. On the path of creating flesh and blood, she went very far... Fortunately, she was not born in the Fourth Era."

The petite Miss Feilianna smiled, and then she keenly sensed white mist swirling around Xia De. Xia De's time was almost up, so she hurriedly said:

"Although I have never seen the 【Emerald Tablet】 with my own eyes, I once heard someone repeat a sentence from the 【Emerald Tablet】.

The thirteen sentences recorded in that Unknown-level relic are themselves the most important components of the relic, so even if one knows these thirteen sentences, they cannot be easily told to others. Speaking those sentences is equivalent to taking out a part of the relic."

Xia De nodded gently. After learning one of the sentences from Vigo, he also discovered that he could not easily speak it, but Vigo herself could.

"Now I will tell you this sentence. I think part of that female alchemist's inspiration must have come from this sentence."

She turned on Xia De's shoulder and leaned her head close to Xia De's ear again, ensuring that only Xia De could hear the sentence:

"【'The Sun is the father, the Moon is the mother, conceived from the wind, and nurtured by the earth.'】"

Xia De's eyes instantly became vacant. The witch, who had long since sensed part of Xia De's secrets, curled her lips, and before he completely disappeared from this time and space, she added:

"Of course, after being interpreted by ancient alchemists, this sentence has an even more detailed interpretation method—"

"【'The Sun and Moon are the parents, conceived from the wind of spirituality, and nurtured by the stone of miracles.' This is the most basic step to creating life.】"

Xia De's figure faded into the white mist. Gina, worried that the doll would fall to the ground, hurriedly reached out to catch her, but the doll floated in the air on her own, letting the "life seed" that Xia De had failed to take away float in front of her.

Although the doll was small compared to a normal-sized human, she was large compared to this life seed, which was the size of a normal eye.

"Xia De is gone."

She sighed softly, then extended her finger to gently tap the metal eye, and the life seed quickly transformed into a flame-shaped eye.