Alchemists believed gold contained a substance that could transmute the corruptible human body into an incorruptible and eternal one.炼金术士相信黄金中有一种物质，能让本会腐烂的人体永不朽坏。The ancient alchemists hoped to transubstantiate base metals into gold.古代的炼金术士希望把贱金属变成金子。