Watching their backs disappear, the other girls stood up, ready to do their own thing, whether it was studying, cultivating, or creating something.
Andrea saw Yasenia giving kisses and her tail wagging as she held Yasenia away and gave Tatyana a side-eye.
She saw Tatyana's gaze on Yasenia's back and smirked. Then, she joked with Tatyana. "She ditched you for her pampered little girl. How does it fill to be abandoned for the fresher love, Madam?"
Tatyana turned her head and sighed dramatically, touching her cheek. "How do you think I feel? I can't keep the attention of an excellent woman like her for myself."
Tatyana used her finger to clean a tear that wasn't there. "Sniff, they grow so fast. They find a random girl in the streets, and then the family is just a secondary thing that can be thrown to the side. Truly tragic, I should go to my room and cry in misery."
The others laughed. Evelyn patted her shoulder with a solemn expression. "I understand. However, Tatyana, you must think about the beautiful nights as you are buried below her soft but domineering body. I bet they can help with the loneliness."
Tatyana rolled her eyes and then pinched Evelyn's cheek, smiling seductively. "Little girl. You don't really think you can steal her from me, right?"
Evelyn saw those red eyes shining with a coquettish light as the juicy lips arched deliciously. The gorgeous and elegant face looked down on her, making her feel at her mercy.
She could feel her cheeks blushing at a fast speed.
Tatyana whispered in a way that all of them felt that she was caressing their ears. "If I wanted… You wouldn't be able to touch her."
Tatyana caressed Evelyn's cheek slowly, and after glancing at the other girls, she turned to leave with a chuckle similar to that of a Lust Spirit.
They all cursed in their minds. 'Like mother, like daughter. Crap!'
However, Ghana was confused. She had a hunch because of the way everyone treated her and some words Tatyana said.
She couldn't help but ask aloud. "Miss, are you the Matriarch's mother?"
The girls paused and looked at her; a dangerous light flashed in their eyes.
Tatyana stopped walking and turned to look at Ghana.
Ghana saw Tatyana slowly turning, and after the black hair got out of the way, she saw those deep and unfathomable red eyes locked onto her own brown eyes.
Horror.
Ghana's body was drowned in the purest emotion named "Fear."
She felt like she was about to fall into a blood-soaked frozen hell, and her body couldn't help but sweat coldly. Her chest tightened, and all her muscles tensed as if she was facing the greatest enemy of her life.
Her face was pale, and her feathers were lifted as she heard Tatyana speaking slowly.
"Ghana child, being too intelligent is also a fault sometimes. There are things that you should evaluate when to saw or not."
"Usually, I wouldn't say anything as I don't really care, but you are someone she wants. A person she has worked hard to convince to her side."
Ghana was frozen in place as Tatyana spoke slowly. "You better not betray her, or I'll make you experience horrors your current imagination isn't even able to comprehend. Am I clear?"
Ghana hasn't been so fast to nod in her life.
Tatyana relaxed her expression and turned around to walk.
The others also gulped. 'As expected of Tatyana, even if her tone was normal, it really felt scarier than any demonic voice could ever be.'
The atmosphere around Tatyana returned to normal, and when she was about to leave, she turned toward Kali.
Kali instinctively straightened her back, and her two tails also straightened with her tense body.
Her answer to her gaze was formal and quick. "Is there something you would want from me, mother-in-law?"
Tatyana blinked and chuckled. "Don't be so tense with me, or little treasure will blame me and tell me I was bullying you."
Kali relaxed her posture and laughed embarrassedly. "You can't blame me, mother-in-law. When you are scary like that, I think anyone would react the same as me."
Tatyana rolled her eyes. "Anyway, I want to try some things with your [Earth Refining Cauldron]. Can you lend it to me?"
Kali quickly nodded and summoned it.
The second the Transcendent Grade cauldron appeared, the air around it seemed to warp as energy slowly spun around it.
The presence of a Transcendence treasure was already above common understanding, so it affected its surroundings if left unattended.
Ghana's eyes changed one more time, not knowing what kind of treasure that was.
She had once seen a mid-level Heaven-rank treasure, and the aura around it wasn't even close to this cauldron. She smiled nervously, feeling her heart palpitate. 'These people really aren't normal. So many things point to the fact that offending them is a huge mistake. I'll have to work hard and make those silly sisters of mine join them.'
Tatyana looked sideways for a second and saw Ghana's nervous smile. She internally smirked. 'Well, this should be enough to make her obedient for a long time, no matter what happens. Sigh, I want to leave them to their own, but I can't help but pamper my little treasure a bit and give her some advantages.'
Tatyana shook her head with a smile. 'Well, can you blame a mother for wanting to pamper a daughter as cute as Yasenia? Just imagining the wagging tail and smiling face is enough for me to pluck the Moon and give it to her.'
Then, the Death Empress hid the Cauldron in her ring and walked away toward her workshop.
The others sighed in relief, and Ghana left the house to look for the Harpies.
Meanwhile, inside Angel's workshop, Yasenia had grabbed a formation pen and was ready to draw some Formation Lines. The formation pen she used was a low-level Heaven-grade pen she had in her ring.
It wasn't the one Tatyana had given her in the past.
She first wanted to see if she could do things without Tatyana's gifted items. As long as she confirmed it, she was ready to use
These nine treasures could be used for Alchemy, Cooking, Blacksmithing, and Formations. Their names were [Black Gold Smithing Hammer], [Black Gold Tongs], [Black Gold Cooking Pan], [Black Gold Herb Refiner], [Black Gold Ink Bowl], [Burning Hell Oven], [Devil's Heating Furnace], [Spring Tree Pill Cauldron], and [Earth Dragon Nail Formation Pen].
All of them appeared in the middle-level Heaven rank. However, Yasenia had analyzed them in the past and realized they were failed prototypes created by Elder Irina, which could grow until the peak of the Heaven grade with their use.
She was familiar with these as Elder Irina was her mentor for blacksmithing when she was young.
Also, Yasenia called them "failed items" because Elder Irina wanted to create something that could grow much more and maybe develop a Treasure Spirit.
These items with a little bit of sentience were called soul equipment.
Extremely rare, even between the highest-leveled items.
Mirrory could enter this category. However, her quality was astronomically higher and was already way past that level.
Yasenia stopped her thoughts from wandering anymore and focused on the task before her.
Looking at the formation-building materials in her ring, she decided to go from a low level and slowly climb up to rebuild familiarity. Even though she never stopped studying during the Trial, the twenty years of abstinence in practice were determinantal.
Angel smiled and relaxed the tensed Yasenia. "Don't worry, Yasenia! Even if you fail, I'm here to correct your mistakes."
Yasenia paused and looked down to her side, looking into Angel's round, watery blue eyes.
Her cute stare made Yasenia involuntarily smile. "I know, baby. Thank you."
Yasenia let out a breath, and her mood relaxed.
Her whole being changed as concentration built up in her thinning golden eyes.
Yasenia wasn't ambitious for her first try and took out some spirit-ranked herbs and minerals.
Then, she began mixing them in an [Ink Bowl].
Spirit rank was the rank below Magic rank, so doing the mixing was elementary. For someone like Yasenia, whose knowledge compared with skilled Heaven-ranked Formation Masters, it was simple and basic.
The objective of mixing these minerals and herbs was to create [Formation Ink]. Usually, to build Formation Lines, you need this Ink. There were exceptions, but this was another reason most people could not use formations mid-battle.
Naturally, the better this ink quality was, the easier it would be to create specific formations.
This [Formation Ink] will also make creating the specific formation easier or harder.
Yasenia's theoretical knowledge was high, and she could mix in the past, so her skills while doing so weren't low.
Angel was momentarily surprised.
Although it was a bit rough in her eyes, Yasenia's mastery while mixing could compare to peak-ranked Earth formation master. 'Wow~, my Yasenia is so talented~.'
The trick to mixing the ink was using the materials' properties to melt the minerals and herbs without heating them.
The bowl to do so also had some unique qualities that allowed the fluid matter to stay fluid without solidifying again.
The materials would react with each other, and then the formation master would use energy to balance, mix, purify, and expel.
The chosen materials would have to be related to the things you want to create.
For example, if you wanted to create an attack formation that would use the fire element, the Formation Master would use items like [Burning fungus], [Fire Herb], [Magma rock], and similar things. However, they would need [Fire Catalyst Herb], [Fire Taming Rock], and similar materials to melt those and make them react.
The list of materials was never-ending since even herbs or minerals used for Blacksmithing and Alchemy could be used to create [Formation Ink].
When Yasenia used her hands to hold the bowl and circulate her energy inside, she was surprised. "Huh?"
Angel heard her exclamation and saw Yasenia's strange face. She looked down and observed that Yasenia's method was flawless for the moment.
Naturally, working flawlessly with Spirit-ranked items was not impressive, so Angel was curious about her exclamation. "What's wrong? You are doing very well, Yasenia. Are you dissatisfied with something?"
Yasenia patted Angel with her tail without losing focus on the [Ink Bowl]. "Don't worry. It's just… In the past, even when mixing materials, I felt some resistance. However, now, my energy is flowing smoothly through the [Formation Ink Bowl]."
Yasenia smiled happily and commented. "I know how my energy will move inside the item and across the Ink. I can visualize the paths and move them to my will instead of fighting against my energy rebelling against me."
Angel smiled happily for her dragoness. "That's good!"
Then, she looked at the ink and commented. "Yasenia, you should stop in about ten seconds, or the ink will begin losing purity, and the [Formation Pen] won't work smoothly."
Yasenia nodded and warned. "I've never gone past this point without causing something to break or explode, so be prepared, baby."
Angel nodded but shrugged right after. "Well, you are using very low-level materials, so even if it explodes as violently as it can, it won't hurt us. Go ahead without worrying."
Yasenia agreed, but it was better to be safe than sorry. "Even then, watch out."
Angel wouldn't disobey her dearest dragoness, so she nodded and paid attention.
Yasenia picked the formation pen and dipped the tip in the [Formation ink].
When Yasenia's energy activated the [Formation Pen], the tip opened slightly, and a suction force appeared.
Then, it began sucking it and storing it inside of itself.
Yasenia's materials this time were related to Plants since she wanted to create the most basic [Plant Growth Enhancement Formation].
The [Formation Pen] changed colors from white to a muddy green.