Publishedat 11th of August 2019 12:35:09 PMChapter 135
One young man of just below average height, with hair that was of both black and white stretching in long lengths over his narrow shoulders to fall below his pert bottom, stepped out, in a slight daze, of the small cottage that had but one room though it was filled with the necessities of living . Following him, was a taller young man with the stature of one spoke of in tales of immortals, his long black hair tamed in a silver crown and red jade pin upon his head . His aura seemed other-worldly, despite the poorer quality of his robes and trousers, and yet that look was slightly marred by the smirk upon his devilishly handsome face .
The taller youth shut the door behind him, startling the smaller one out of his daze and a blush rose upon his pale cheeks . The thick gla.s.ses upon his nose could not hide this . The grin upon the other"s lips widened more as he reached and grabbed the other before covering his mouth dominantly, until the knees of the smaller youth weakened and he could only cling onto the taller one to keep himself upright .
"This Lord will be leaving now," Jin Li declared as his obsidian eyes glanced downward with a satisfied glint, preening inwardly over the appearance of Leon"s swollen lips .
"O-o-o-Okay," Leon could only stutter breathlessly before watching Jin Li run off into the distance . He pinched himself to make sure he was awake, before his core swelled with a glowing heat . That heat seemed like his small chest would not be able to contain it as it pushed against his ribs and galloping heart and Leon felt as if he would burst . Of course, he did not, but he did have to calm his innersea from swirling merrily out of control due to the overwhelming happiness he felt .
He couldn"t say which path he took to walk to the Food Hall, nor could he tell you what he ate . With hidden smiling eyes and lips that had formed a seemingly permanent curve, he entered the Herb Hall after abandoning his breakfast a little later . Maimai happened to be there, amongst the small crowd and the moment her sharp eyes clapped upon Leon"s face did she squeal and leap on him in a clingy hug .
"I want details," she whispered into his ear, causing his face to glow red .
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Fortunately, before he could answer, Teacher Sagi appeared and with a kind smile, beckoned Leon over to him . Leon gently pushed Maimai aside with light words before making his way to his Master . However, a moment later, he found himself on the floor having face planted .
"Are you alright, Leon?" Teacher Sagi asked as Maimai kneeled beside him . Leon frown as he rubbed his ankle .
"I"m ok-Kay," Leon replied as he got to his feet, pretending not to see the sweeping looks of disdain and mockery, while others turned their heads aside pretending not to notice him . He shook his head inwardly, deciding not to worry about it and followed Teacher Sagi out of the back door .
The Teacher wished to share with him some techniques about caring for plants, particularly uncommon and rare plants . Although Leon"s small achievement of late had been mentioned amongst the Alchemist Teachers, the majority still were biased to those with the ability to produce good and high quality pills, thus Leon was still unworthy in their eyes . Leon was in his third year, there was still plenty of time until the youth would be forced to leave the school due to age, but his repertoire was on par with a student a year behind and his pills still average . Thus Teacher Sagi decided to teach Leon about other things as well to expand his knowledge base and ensure his future .
Leon was fine with this for the more he knew about herbs, the more he thought he might be able to improve his pills, thus this lesson was satisfactory to Leon .
In the afternoon, he was given the recipe for Burning Blood Pills and began to practice this violent pill . Just like its predecessor, the Burning Blood Pill required a very hot fire and great deal of attention . It was aimed at giving cultivators of the second and third stage a boost in ability with the side effect of weakness once the boost had worn off .
Some of the ingredients were familiar to Leon, as they were used in the Burning Energy Pills, but the purple spirit gra.s.s had been replaced by songmist moss and there was the addition of a couple of other herbs as well; Devil"s eye nettles and Crimson knotweed . Just as with his first attempt at making Burning Energy Pills, he failed with the Burning Blood Pills; three times in the end, even caused the cauldron to crack . He pondered over what to do .
With the Burning Energy Pills, he knew to use a little sap from the purple spirit gra.s.s to stop the ingredients burning to dust, but the songmist moss did not have the same succulent dew hidden in its form . As he pondered this problem, Maimai entered the room in the Teaching Hall wanting advice, but paused as she glanced at his ingredients .
"Why do you have false nettles?" She asked picking the "devil"s eye" off of the ground .
He glanced up at her and then stared hard at the herb in hand . No wonder he couldn"t get the pills to form, he"d been using the wrong herb! "M-must h-have b-been m-mixed in b-by m-m-mistake?" Leon suggested as he picked up another length of the nettle . False nettle was such a tricky little weed, but he should have noticed that the stem tips were indeed the wrong colour . They were white like the bulbous rootcrop, not black like that of the devil"s eye . The false nettle could only mimic another nettle"s leaves, not it"s shoot .
"Be more careful next time," Maimai suggested as she went to get him some actual devil"s eye nettles . Leon sighed and went to get himself a new cauldron .