Chapter 2058 - 551: Far Beyond the Demon King's Expectations_4

The information on the manuscript is becoming increasingly shocking.

At this moment, Luo Yan finally understood why the Great Sage dared to openly allow him, a prince from the Imperial, to freely examine the library of the Source Magic Tower.

Because those soul-touching secrets were simply not in the library, nor were they in the Mage Tower on the snowy plains!

This group of madmen actually researched a set of methods completely bypassing the "Faith System," outside the sight of God!

It was a standardized slaughter assembly line, extracting all physical value from a person, using cold Magic Guidance Technology to achieve the "ascension of the soul"!

This is the so-called "Holy Water"!

It's like an omnipotent Wish Machine, liquid God!

Those who thirst for Strength drink it and easily break through ranks, while those who desire immortality drink it to delay the aging of their shell—

It will achieve the miracle that even the Emperor has never truly realized!

"...This looks just like the 'Philosopher's Stone.'" Flipping the page of the manuscript in his hand, Luo Yan murmured to himself.

Compared to this thing, the miracles that Taufu and he cultivated are nothing in comparison, after all, this thing directly bypasses the limitations of faith!

Harvest everyone's faith?

Release fear through terror?

Promote the progress of civilization to achieve collective prosperity?

That's too inefficient.

Like picking fleas off a monkey, it wastes both the monkey and the fleas.

Thus, these mages have developed a more efficient way.

Which is to throw the monkey into a pot and stew it along with the fleas.

Faith was originally the resonance of souls, and it resonates the same in the stomach, avoiding waste of materials and integrating everyone's miscellaneous thoughts.

That is true arrogance—

I don't care anymore.

Whether you believe or not doesn't matter, just like your joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness. Once you're in my stomach, everything of yours is mine!

Remembering the face of Great Sage Duosuke, a faint cold sweat slowly slid down Prince Colin's neck.

"Philosopher's Stone?" Seeing Colin's grim face, a hint of concern appeared in Erin's eyes as she lowered her voice and asked, "What is that?"

"Nothing, just a legend in alchemy."

Luo Yan casually brushed her off, leaving Erin perplexed and continued reading.

The theories recorded in the experiment quickly reminded him of an old acquaintance, Professor Uriel Acle.

As a professor of the Holy Power School, and a Wise Candidate succeeding from Arist Thorne, his specialty is the forbidden soul-grafting Secret Technique called "Soul Weaving Technique."

Even by Hell's standards, it is an extremely evil and dangerous technique.

It equates to forcibly merging fragments of one's soul onto another, like kneading two lumps of clay together!

However, this secret technique evidently has risks, any carelessness can lead to the recipient's mental breakdown, or even drive them insane.

After all, using another's soul to repair oneself often means "I" will no longer be "me," at least not purely "me."

Luo Yan thought of the witch he encountered on his way to the Academic State named "Green Teeth" Hecajelin.

She is a typical failed case.

After devouring several innocent villagers' souls, although the Magic Apprentice gained Strength and broke through inherent shackles, she also suffered from schizophrenia, turning into a "living Witch Demon."

Eventually, she landed on the adventurer guild's bounty list, and even if she wasn't slain by Sarah's sword, she would certainly be taken out by bounty hunters or the local Lord due to the growing reward.

However, the researchers of this underground laboratory resolved the most severe issue of "soul rejection" in an extremely cruel manner.

The method recorded in the experiment is not complicated, even crude in simplicity.

First, ensure species uniformity, Human souls combine with the least rejection, similarly Ratmen souls with Ratmen.

Secondly, according to the Soul School's viewpoint, a Human's spiritual body consists of two parts, "Spirit" and "Soul."

"Soul" is the innate source of Life, also the substance that enters reincarnation. While "Spirit" is the part that grows later, containing memory, emotions, self-awareness, and learned experiences later in life.

"Spiritual Essence" differs from "soul quality," the former does not usually enter reincarnation, but dissipates along with Soul Quality's entrance into reincarnation or natural dispersion.

"Spiritual Essence" often represents a person's existence in the Mortal World, its value is beyond doubt, even it's said to embody "conscious awareness" entirely.

However, these strongly personal imprinted "Spiritual Essences" often lead to the recipient's mental disorder, and become the root cause of inducing "soul rejection."

If so, then filter out these "garbage"!

Just like desulfurizing iron ore.

After years of accumulated research and relentless exploration, perhaps referencing Void Realm experiences, the "professor" hidden in Ten Thousand Ridges Mountain Range finally achieved the separation of Spirit and Soul.

He first tortured Ryan people slaves repeatedly through Ratmen's cruelty, breaking their character, driving them insane...

This process is equivalent to preprocessing ore, like a steel factory needing to smash the ore before sending it into the smelting furnace.

This is an essential step.

And this is why those survivors say the mad ones seeking death are sent back to the prison, only to receive another round of beatings.