Aiden was lying on the bed when the door suddenly opened and Rias entered the room carrying a lot of food.
Aiden looked at her for a moment before gerting up from the bed.
"Here, eat these boiled eggs and meat, it will help you grow stronger..." Rias placed them on the table and gestured at him to eat.
"Thankyou, I was really hungry right now." Aiden thanked her and quickly pounced on the food like a beast.
"Ok, ok, calm down, you will choke if you eat that fast." She chuckled, looking at his funny side.
After he finally finished eating, Rias sat on the ground and spoke.
"I visited the auction house today and bought a lot of stuff. They are all very useful but I managed to find two precious items that will be surely useful to you." She waved her hand and the sage gem and the mysterious item appeared on the ground.
Aiden looked at them with curiousity as they were emitting a strong power that normal people couldn't withstand.
"This is the sage gem that was created by a Chaos Supreme mid-level cultivator. I was easily able to get my hands on it because even the auction masters didn't know that this item was so precious, they stated that it was created by a Chaos Emperor rank cultivator and they only knew about the basic effects of this gem...." She explained.
"This gem can increase one's cultivation speed permanently and also contains a little amount of unknown dragon blood. The dragon blood can help someone instantly breakthrough the Chaos Practitioner level. Only people at the Chaos Disciple stage can use it otherwise they would die instantly after consumption." She continued, her words scared Aiden to a small extent when she said 'die instantly'.
After finishing her explanation, she picked up the other object from the ground, "And this is a strange item that I bought in the auction. Its has no name. After my research, i found that this item is a type of seed that can grow into a plant. As for the type and main use of the plant, we will only find out after it completely matures into a plant.
It is quite rare and only few people can grow this kind of plants. However, there are several benefits that i know about. Firstly, this plant can absorb and store high amounts of mana, thus allowing one to cultivate at a higher rate and also increases the amount of mana that can be stored in the surroundings."
Aiden felt as though he understood the meaning behind her words. "But as I have said, I still don't know about the other benifits of this plant." She continued.
Aiden nodded and then looked at the sage gem.
He was glad that he had the sage gem to help him advance in the cultivation process. It was one of the most important things for a cultivator to have. He thanked Rias in his heart multiple times before asking.
"What about the other things?" He asked as he was interested to know about the other things that she had bought from the auction.
"Ah, they are just herbs used to make pills." She shrugged her shoulders, "I picked them up because I found them useful." She added.
Aiden breathed out and sighed, he was already satisfied with what she brought him today.
"So, what are the plans for tomorrow?" He asked.
Rias looked at him for a moment before answering him.
"Tomorrow, I am going to teach you how to prepare your first potion. And then I will continue my studies on how to use the mysterious seed." After saying that, she stretched her body and got up, "I also need to buy some items for myself, so I will leave you to rest for tonight. Take care of yourself."
She said that and left the room.
After a while, Aiden went to sleep and dreamed about Rias, he was happy and full of energy as he left the desert behind him.
In the next day, Aiden woke up early in the morning and waited for Rias to arrive. When she finally came, he greeted her with a smile.
"Goodmorning, Master." Aiden greeted her with a bow.
"Good morning, Aiden." Rias replied with a smile.
"Please teach me how to make potions and pills!" He said excitedly.
"Okay, let's start, but you should wash up first." Rias said.
Aiden followed her orders and washed his face and body before going to his room where Rias was waiting.
"Good, now, let's begin our lesson." Rias said as she took a glass bottle with a liquid inside of it out of her storage ring.
"What is this thing?" Aiden asked curiously.
"This is a potion that i prepared. It is used to heal wounds and cure poison. I have made it using a low level potion recipe." She said.
Aiden looked at the liquid in the bottle and saw that it was brownish red in color.
"How does it work?" He asked.
"It works by absorbing the wound and causing the poison to disperse into the environment, thus curing it." Rias said.
"Can you give me another example of what it can do?" He asked.
"Sure, it can also be used to recover lost energy or as a source of healing." She answered.
"That's amazing!" Aiden exclaimed.
"It is also used by some people in the cultivation academys and sects to enhance their physical strength." Rias added.
"Okay, now what are the preparations required to make this potion?" Aiden asked.
"There are several things that you need to prepare to make this potion, but the most important part is the herb that you are going to add into the furnace. The other ingredients are also important." She explained.
"Before that, you will have to refine the ingedients and purify them to a certain level." She added.
"Is that necessary?" Aiden asked. He had never met an alchemist before so he only knew a very few things about concocting potions and pills.
"Because the quality of the potion depends on the purity of the ingredients and the effectivity of the potion also depends on its purity." Rias said with a serious expression.
"Okay, what are the ingedients and purification methods?" He asked again.
"It is important to note that the ingredient's purity also affects the final result of the potion's effectivity. Here are the ingedients."
1) Red flame herb (for the purpose of increasing the overall power of the potion)
2) Flaxseed (it helps to speed up the process of the potion's effects by strengthening it)
3) Pure Water (the water that will be used to boil the mixture must be purified by distillation and filtration, the temperature should be between 50 degree celcius to 125 degree celcius)
4) White milky grass (for the purpose of increasing the final product's concentration and healing factors)
5) Soft rock (to prevent the herbs from dying during boiling)
6) Salt (only salt that is refined and purified will be used. The high purity of the salt also makes the final product better)
7) Rock salt (to add taste to the potion)
8) Food preservatives (to prolong the potion's lifespan)
She handed him a list of items required and their use in the potion.
She then took out all the items and a furnace from her storage ring and placed them on the ground.
"Use these to concoct the potion." She gestured at him.
Aiden looked at the items and then back at her. He didn't understand what to do.
"Let's concoct your first potion, Alchemist Aiden...