Formal Disciple (4-in-1)

"It actually incorporated the Philosopher's Stone into the system so quickly. This is already remarkably mature!"

"For all this time, the fundamental dilemma facing us alchemists was that if we relied solely on external objects such as lead, mercury, sulfur, and salt, it would ultimately be difficult to reach the sublimation of the soul.

Grandmaster Albertus Magnus once criticized this, saying, 'If one does not know oneself, how can one know the universe?'

This hinted at the severance between instrumental rationality and the awakening of the subject. It was also what drove later Grandmaster Paracelsus to study the Life Elixir."

"The manuscript of The Book of Solomon shows that, in the early stages, the alchemical Symbol System depicted the 'Tree of Life' as a tree growing upside down...

The formation diagram depicted by the 'Gate of Truth' was strikingly similar to the shapes of the spine and lungs. Its energy channels and acupoints, like those of the chakra system, as well as Life Energy and so on, were also astonishingly similar to the Martial Arts Cultivation system.

This suggests that material experiments gradually transformed into a symbolic system of physical and mental cultivation, indirectly promoting the development of the 'Knight Breathing Technique' as well!"

"Exactly. In essence, this is a method of cultivating the body that combines breathing exercises and meditation!"

"There's also 'As Above, So Below' and 'Unity of Heaven and Man'...

This is practically a brilliant interpretation of the words in the Emerald Tablet: 'As above, so below; as below, so above, to accomplish the miracles of the One'!"

The Academy was full of talented people who were proficient in every major field of study.

They understood it well, too.

Roy smiled and deliberately gave everyone some time to understand and digest it.

Only then did he continue,