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”Moreover, its contents... ”It's the words on this seal …” San Tu turned the golden seal over, turning the side of the character towards us. I saw some curved lines and simple geometric figures engraved on it, and I could see that it was a kind of glyph-like glyphs.
”It's not Chinese, nor is it Sanskrit. We consulted a lot of experts in ancient languages, and we confirmed that it's an ancient Hebrew language, a language used by a branch of the Semitic race. This branch is also known by Jewish researchers as the race of King Solomon.
San Tu paused for a moment before continuing, ”We had once sent a copy of the book to an expert in ancient Hebrew at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem to have a look, but they were unable to translate it either, they could only vaguely tell what kind of spell it was.”
San Tu held the golden seal up and held it up so that all of us could see it. Then he placed it back in the groove of the embroidered box and closed the lid.
”Tsk, I thought it was some weird stuff. After all that trouble, it was just a broken seal. Even if it's made of gold, it's not worth much right now. It can't even be exchanged for a catty of rice!” Monkey straightened up and said in disdain.
”This is no trivial discovery …” San Tu was very excited, he adjusted the black-framed glasses on his nose, and spoke with confidence and confidence, as if he was a professor lecturing on a podium, ”You have to know that the construction of the Thunder Peak Tower was more than a thousand years ago. At that time, in order to imitate the story of Ah Yu King, King Qian of Wu Yue created eighty-four thousand pagodas, and gave the order to build eighty-four thousand gold towers within the borders of Wu Yue, Lei Feng Pagoda is the most important one of these gold towers.”
”You must know that Qian Chi is a king who respects Buddha very much. He even let one of his sons shave his family, but why should such a pious believer worship an object that is obviously pagan in such an important pagoda? It is as incomprehensible as the fact that a Muslim family does not worship the Koran, but instead has erected a Jesus! ”
A thought struck me and I recalled the story that the Taoist had told me about Solam and Solomon's treasure deposit.
”This …” I immediately forgot the name on San Tu's name card, so I could only follow San Mao's way of calling him: ”San Tu … Teacher, what's so special about the snake coiled on this imprint? ”
”There's another oddity to this golden seal …” San Tu didn't mind my addressing and smacked his lips: ”This Biting-tail Snake should be said to be one of the oldest mythical symbols in the world, it has existed in all kinds of ancient civilizations in the world.”
”In ancient Greek culture, the Biting-tail Snake was also known as Ouroboros. This snake coiled around the entire universe, separating it from the endless primal chaos and maintaining the order of the universe. When it devours its own body, the universe dies. Then it spits out the body, and the universe is born again, meaning infinite cycles, eternity, immortality. ”
”Now, some quantum physicists believe that the process of Ouroboros swallowing the universe and spitting it out is a metaphor for the Big Bang principle of the universe. From a small dot exploding to a universe, then shrinking back to a dot, in modern mathematics, the symbol ∞ that represents an infinite number is a horizontal number 8, which is transformed from the image of the Biting-tail Snake.”
In the legends of the East, or even in the philosophical systems, Biting-tail Snake often signifies reincarnation, an infinite number of times. In the legends of India, the Serpent God Shesha encircled the Turtle God, supporting the eight elephants that were responsible for carrying the entire world on their back.
”Of course, the most famous usage of Biting-tail Snake is alchemy. In alchemy, the symbol of the Biting-tail Snake is a magic spell that contains the power to cleanse. The alchemist thinks that the Biting-tail Snake is a dramatic symbol that can combine and assimilate opposites. The feedback from this process of self-integration and assimilation is immortality. Because while the Biting-tail Snake is destroying itself, it is also giving it life. It is nurturing itself and thus allowing it to gain life. ”
”Whether it is the alchemists from the east or the alchemists from the west, all of them have the human body as their ultimate goal. The basic meaning of Biting-tail Snake is that they can live forever …”
”Hmph, immortal?” San Mao suddenly said evilly: ”Isn't that the damn zombies outside?”