after faes and leo signed the contract faes left the company. it was already late and others were waiting for her to have dinner. once she left the company she entered mystic fog castle.
kai immediately came to fetch faes and took her inside like always.
...
next day faes set up the teleportation array both in the natures blessing company and mystic fog castle. after which the company began to promote the new function.
"a specialized pill? lets go and see if its really the case"
"they are only accepting a particular number of requests per month? do they think they can afford it?"
"its a good opportunity for other companies to eradicate the company"
"i heard master martin has extended his working period by five years"
"i heard the company accepted another one of master alchemists could it be them who refine the new pills?"
while the people discussed the new function faes and sky had taken test to determine their alchemy level in alchemist association in nexa.
they were simply told to refine few potions and pills while if they want a master rank they need to create a recipe of their own and also refine it to epic rank at the least.
in the end both faes and sky had managed to become master alchemist. they could have become grandmaster if not for their limited age and knowledge. even the alchemist association wanted to requit them. needless to say they refused.
when faes and sky were planning to head to the port area of nexa city and take a ship to altai from there faes got a call from leo.
"faes we have finally gotten our first application. though people want specialized pills they are not confident about our company hence they want to wait for a while before sending their applications. it seems that they have found this person as a scapegoat to test us" leo said as he sent the file to faes through mail. they were not going to waste elemental crystals for things they can do without using them.
"let them wait, if we refine a good quality pill then it will only increase the popularity. alright i will mail you what i will need after i check the file" faes ended the call and opened the file in her watch reading the description.
the person was a core strengthening stage human cultivator, suffering from a curse by a devil. the curse prevents him from using his mana and was flowing in his core affecting his cultivation. the curse also makes him experience low stamina and concentration, he wasn't allergic to anything and only want a potion that can help him remove the curse.
faes smiled. it seems quite easy! she had the glowing bhrami, she just need some light element crystals, cleansing rue grass, beetshadow fruit and rainbow water along with few other herbs.
she sent a list to leo who then sent her the items without delay.
"baby do you want to refine this?" faes asked sky sharing the potions contents. sky shook her head
"i have a deal with brother kai, he is going to teach me some things" saying that sky left faes along going to find kai. while faes entered the refining area and began refining the potion. she didn't mind sky as they both usually did what they want.
cleaning and cutting the herbs and extracting the essence wasn't a problem to faes. she even used the light elemental stones easily refining it and mixing it in rainbow water forming a base. after which she heated it in the cauldron and mixed other essences and herbs in it as well. supplying it constant spiritual energy. then she let it cool before filtering it into a small glass bottle.
in an hour the potion was ready which she sent back to leo before talking out the treasure map and using her new skill to observe it and plan a way to go treasure hunting.
...
on the other hand leo received the potion bottle which he first gave to master martin who was currently with him.
"amazing! as expected from master faes. she actually managed to refine an epic rank unique potion in such a short time! now we just have to see its effects" martin's eyes sparkled as he held the potion.
"then what are we waiting for?"
leo took the potion and gave it to his assistant who went to the man while Leo and master martin watched from hiding.
the man seemed to have aged a lot due to the curse, his skin had wrinkled and there were dark circles under his eyes.
he had only come here trying his luck. when he received the potion he got his first shock. the potion was actually epic ranked potion! with this, he might have a chance to get cured. without waiting for anyone he instantly opened the small bottle and drowned the contents. the sweetly bitter taste wasn't bad as most potions and medicines. just as the potion went in his mouth he felt the curse dark energy moving away from the liquid.
he instantly began absorbing the medicinal properties of the potion. soon he coughed out black blood attracting the already interested onlookers.
the surrounding players saw the man transform slowly. the original wrinkled skin began to change into fresh and young while the dark circles below his eyes began to fade away. the man's muscles which were nonexistent began to get filled and grow.
a golden glow surrounded the man while black mist left his body. the surrounding people gasped as they noticed the man's transformation. he even jumped from core strengthening stage 2 to core strengthening stage 4 directly.
master martin and leo who were watching this all while hiding were shocked. they finally saw how incredible faes actually was. even an epic ranked potion she made was so incredible. suddenly master martin regretted giving the legendary grade pills back to faes. he should have kept them for research!
the man who finally got cured of the curse was ecstatic. he can now freely cultivate again!
"can i meet the master alchemist who refined this potion? i want to thank them personally" he asked the assistant who delivered the potion to him. but the assistant shook her head
"master aster is currently busy and not meeting anyone."
yes, faes had decided to use the name aster instead of her original name. after all she wanted to keep her identity secret. this way not many can find her and connect her and cause trouble. she had also asked others about this and they told her that the name even suited her best in their whole group.
"its a pity!" the surrounding crowd was similarly dejected. they really wanted to know who this master aster was.
"then i would like to pay for the potion, these one million money points and herbs. i also have these seeds, they are seeds for four different herbs and these herbs are all rare, each plant cost around fifty thousand money points" the man handed the payment to the assistant and left natures blessing.
the assistant arrived near leo and master martin handing them everything.
"with this we don't have to close the company, we might even become one of the best new rising companies in nadar!" leo exclaimed excited.
"looks like we will have more work to do from now on." master martin glanced at the crowd which was begin to form.
"it will be great if ms faes begins to work full time for us and refine more than ten applications per month" leo sighed but he can understand faes. she was at most a kid and this much work will hinder her growth.