elixir of life
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Whoever can turn it invisible by bending light around it will change warfare just as dramatically as the Chinese alchemist 900 years ago who was looking for the elixir of life and discovered gunpowder.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2024
Each is embellished with vibrant figures and verses, which set out the process for making the philosophers’ stone and the elixir of life.
From Nature • Apr. 28, 2020
China’s first emperor ordered his subjects to search for the elixir of life in a quest for immortality.
From The Guardian • Feb. 23, 2019
To mean "lame" To mean "bright" To mean "weird" peace tool decision The "elixir of life" is said to have been invented by scientists in Kazakhstan.
From BBC • Nov. 9, 2012
She was telling him stories about heroes, pretending they were all related to Frank: one was Xu Fu, who sailed in search of the elixir of life.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
