At the end of the Warring States Period around the 3rd century BC, Chinese alchemy sprouted; at the end of the 1st century BC, Western alchemy was born in Alexandria. With the support of Qin Shihuang and Emperor Wu of Han, Chinese alchemy entered its peak in the Jin Dynasty in the 4th century AD, and its representative figure was Ge Hong. In the 8th century AD, with the introduction of Arab ecology, Western alchemy gradually entered a period of rapid development. By the 10th century, in Spain, Western alchemy entered its heyday.

In fact, for a long time, Western alchemy only paused to the simple pursuit of obtaining "precious" metal from "bad" metal. It was not until the idea of ​​Chinese alchemy was introduced to Europe through the Arabs that Western alchemy had fundamentally completed its self-definition in the sense.

In this definition, there is a serious shadow of the thoughts of Chinese alchemists.

Chinese alchemists have the ideas of Tai Chi, the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams, including fire refining, water refining, and profound theory. Western alchemy includes philosopher stones, universal elixirs, roasting furnaces, sublimation furnaces, distillation furnaces, fusion furnaces, dissolving furnaces, solidification furnaces, etc., with fine operation.

It's the story of a very dishonest alchemist traveling to the world of alchemy...
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