Hogwarts: Starting from Luna's Home, I Became a God Through Relentless Cultivation
Chapter 860

The Magic of the Golden Egg Itself

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The riddle in the Golden Egg's song was still very interesting in terms of entertainment value.

Vizet could tell that the entire riddle was closely connected to Alchemy;

The Referee panel's concern was probably that some Champions might not be good at Alchemy, so they had given an important hint at the end of the sung riddle: "Great Work."

The "Great Work" was a core concept related to Alchemy. The concept of the "Great Work" could be broken down into three stages: nigredo, albedo, and the final rubedo.

When linked to the contents of the sung riddle, "you will be placed in dangerous darkness" was the so-called nigredo, the initial stage of Alchemy, symbolizing chaos and ignorance;

"The treasure you depend on to live is hidden by us in something pure" mentioned "something pure," which was actually the result pursued by albedo;

And the final line, "do your best to complete the 'Great Work,'" was the true beginning of the Second Task. After the Champions passed the trial, they would have completed "rubedo" and completed the "Great Work."

After noticing these elements, Vizet could also infer that the "treasure you depend on to live" referred to the Wand;

After all, for most Wizards, losing the aid of a Wand made it practically impossible to move an inch.

In that case, the contents of the sung riddle could also be used to summarize part of a Wizard's experience;

A Wizard, especially a Muggle-born Wizard, might fall into a relatively chaotic "nigredo" period of knowing nothing about himself because of a Magical Outburst before entering a Magic School;

After obtaining his own Wand and entering a Magic School, he began tempering his Magical Ability, thus entering the process of "albedo";

As time went on, and the Wizard mastered more and more magic

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