“It is the first time that mythical ‘immortality medicines’ have been found in China,” said Shi Jiazhen, head of the Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology in Luoyang. The elixirs themselves, despite their widespread popularity among the dead, are not often found in their resting places. The last killed by the search for immortality was the Yongzheng Emperor in 1735. Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of a united China who was entombed with the great Terracotta Army in a mausoleum complete with rivers of mercury, is said to have been the first emperor to die (in 210 B.C.) from elixir poisoning. Taiost literature records many nobles, even emperors, having died from elixir of life poisoning. Mercury and lead were the foundation of most formulae and it might seem ironic that they are both deadly poisons but it isn’t, really, because the power to end life was seen as the other side of their putative power to extend life. that describe the artificial creation of elixirs of life. There are surviving texts going back to the second century B.C. Waidan, meaning external elixir, was the earliest branch of Chinese alchemy, focusing on the achievement of immortality by combining metals and chemicals in a bronze crucible. These are two ingredients that according to ancient Taoist texts could be used to create an elixir of immortality. In fact it is a mixture of potassium nitrate and alunite, an aluminium potassium sulfate mineral. Laboratory testing on the fluid has found that the preliminary identification of grain wine was incorrect. The pot-bellied bronze vessel’s lid was still in place, and the seal was firm enough to prevent its evaporation. This find was of particular note because so much of the liquid had survived. Other tombs dating to the Western Han Dynasty (202 B.C.- 8 A.D.) have been found to include rice or sorghum wine stored in elaborate bronze vessels and the alcohol was known to have played an important ritual role in funerary practices of the period. It was yellow and smelled of alcohol, similar in appearance and scent to rice wine. When archaeologists discovered 3.5 liters of fluid in a bronze vessel in a 2,000-year-old tomb in Luoyang, central China, last October, they thought it was wine. Alchemists in various ages and cultures sought the means of formulating the elixir. This elixir was also said to cure all diseases. Another possibility is that the Fountain of Youth is a term limited only to the Funimation dub, as Funimation makes numerous alterations from the Japanese dub.The elixir of life, also known as elixir of immortality and sometimes equated with the philosopher’s stone, is a potion that supposedly grants the drinker eternal life and/or eternal youth. Otherwise, the Elixir may be an entirely different term than the Fountain. In several manga translations, it is stated that Master Roshi drank the "Immortality Elixir", which may indicate that the Elixir was formulated from ingredients and chemical compounds gathered from the Fountain of Youth. The Fountain of Youth originated from mythical tales in folklore, such as Greek and European accounts and theories.It is however revealed in the King Piccolo Saga that Roshi had lied about drinking the Elixir of Immortality, which is why he dies in battle with King Piccolo. It was first mentioned by Turtle, who argued against Master Roshi by stating that he had used the Fountain of Youth and therefore was not as old as he had informed Goku this was after Roshi had requested to see Bulma's breasts in exchange for the Bansho Fan and said it would be his last wish before he passes away. The elixir from the fountain made those who drank it completely Immortal - as it was said that if Roshi had drank it King Piccolo would be unable to kill him. The Fountain of Youth (also called the Elixir of Immortality) is a mythical fountain with mystical rejuvenating properties, which has the prophesied ability to restore a being's body to its prime, or at the very least, prevent them from fatalities such as death.
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