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Chapter 228 Merlin: This has nothing to do with me!_2

The saints could never have imagined that the second question on the exam was an essay question; they were only given one multiple-choice question, like it was some kind of charity!

They feared that if they were given too many, they might guess one or two correctly by sheer luck.

This unprecedented design of exam questions was truly without rival, both before and since. His Excellency Merlin, truly deserving of the title God of Law, created questions that were nothing short of divine.

The second question was from the Alchemical Church, which generally tested knowledge of Alchemical Array composition, the principles of Alchemical Circuits, and alchemy theory. They looked at the second question,

[The God of Alchemy smelts all things. Please describe the steps to extract black silk from crude oil using alchemical methods.]

Divine.

All the saints' faces turned as black as if they had been scorched. They stared at the question for a long while. Although they recognized every single word, when put together, these words became an unfathomable enigma.

What could possibly be the connection between crude oil and black silk?

In this world, there were so-called stockings, but their fabric was made from demon beasts like velvet worms and were expensive alchemical garments, usually worn only by nobility. But never had they heard of black silk being alchemically extracted from petroleum.

How could that dark, smelly pile of liquid ever be turned into soft and smooth stockings!

As they glanced at the witches' black silk stockings, how could such a heavenly relic be connected to that unrefined crude oil!

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They absolutely couldn't comprehend the question, couldn't understand the brilliant intention of His Excellency Merlin. His Excellency Merlin's revolutionary thinking was indeed beyond the ken of ordinary folks. They had barely grasped the peak of Holy Light, only to be defeated by black silk stockings.

Merlin, that bastard, does he ever re