This, of course, in turn, was used to make the elixir of life, which many claim had made the monk immortal.

哦，当然反之也被用做研究长生不老药，能够让修士成仙。

People will seize on the elixir of life if it becomes available.

如果有长生不老药，人们就会抓住它。

The name brought back to me the memory of some snippet from a newspaper which spoke of an obscure scientist who was striving in some unknown way for the secret of rejuvenescence and the elixir of life.

这个名字让我想起了报纸上的一些片段， 其中提到一位默默无闻的科学家正在以某种不为人知的方式努力寻找恢复青春的秘密和长生不老药。