The stories of the famous alchemists who had dedicated their entire lives to purifies metal as they believed that, if a metal were heated for many years, it would free itself of all its individual properties, and what was left would be the Soul of the World which allowed them to understand anything on earth, because it was the universal language that understood by everybody.
The discovery called the Master Work, contains of the liquid part was called the Elixir of Life that cured all illness, and the solid part was called the Philosopher's Stone that can transform metal into gold.
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