"Hm, let's wrrite the formula first to avoid wasting some ingredients." Xian said to herself before her figure vanished from the spot where she was originally standing.
Appearing at her bedroom, Xian opened her table's drawer and took a piece of brownish paper, a quill, and an ink.
Sitting at chair that was facing the table, Xian wrote down the formula of the potion in the brownish paper using the quill and ink above the table.
"Bane Vanilla."
"Ingredients: 5 pieces of Vanila flower, 5 grams of skin colored bark, 5 pieces of three clover leaf, 3 grams of salmon ash, and 3 cups of purified water."
"Brewing method: Add all of the purified water in the pot, after the water boils, add the salmon ash along side of the skin colored bark, then mix and add the rest of the ingredients one by one."
"Drinking method: Drink the bane Vanilla after it cools down."
With that, Xian nodded at herself and vanished again from her spot as her figure slowly took form at the kitchen.
Wasting any more time, Xian went to brought the 3 and a half cups of water from the dishwasher and filled the pot with it.
After a while, Xian took the skin colored bark that was rough in texture and threw it at the boiling pot along side the salmon ash that was fishy in smell.
Mixing it, Xian threw the rest after the color of the water inside change into that of a skin colored.
Then, she took the boiling pot with bare hands to the dishwasher area to cool it down. Feeling the hotness of the pot, she didn't care as she had a transcending power.
"That should do it." She said before cleaning the table that she used.
After a while, the pot bacame cold as moist begun to appear on it.
"The side effects of the potion, Well, better drink it while it was cold." Xian said as she took the cold pot barehanded again and placed it above her head.
Opening her mouth, she chugged the whole potion on the pot to her mouth. Savoring the cold sweet vanilla flavor, Xian felt that the potion is more tastier that before.
Then after drinking the rest of the potion, she felt that her blood vains is bulging and blood from her heart begun to flow through her whole body. The potion effects were making Xian more powerful than before but she felt that it wasn't enough.
"Mother said this was the best method after 10 years of physical training." She said to herself.
Potions and Elixirs are actually rare to see. They can boost a person for a short or even a long time after drinking but Trancendants didn't encourage to use the method among themselves because of it's 'temporary' effects.
But the potions and elixirs written in Xen's book were more longer and even permanent than other potions. This is because Xen's bloodline were actually an alchemists and the potions were pass by generation from generation making the potions more greater than ever.
This secret is being kept by the family and the family only.
Xian moaned in pleasure and said. "Ah, that was better."
Then she cleaned the pot at the dishwasher and brought it back where it belongs. After that, she quickly vanished and appeared just before the door at the living room.
After opening the door, Xian saw her mother, Xen who's staring at the window and standing there like a statue.
"Mother, I'll go now." Xian said to her mother.
Xen on the other hand didn't reply but she turn her head towards Xian. After that, Xian nodded at her and went outside.
Walking through the field, she arrived at the edge where the wall of thick gray fog stood tall, then she forced herself and entered the gray fog.
Feeling her transcending power is being drained, Xian who was used to it didn't struggle as she calmly closed her eyes.
Then after a while, she opened it and saw the ceiling of the rented room.
A sigh of relief came out of her mouth as she sat up from being laid down. Then, she glance at her fist as she clenched it.
"The effects are the same as there in the special space, good." She said to herself before standing up, looking at the sky through the gap between the window, Xian can saw the orange sun is about to reach it's peak.
"I have probably no more than two hours for the rent." She said before cracking her head as she walked outside to the hallway.
Walking through the hallway towards the staircase leading down the first floor, Xian can hear few people in the tavern and she also smells different kinds of delicacies.
Arriving at the counter, she tapped the table as she sat down and the bartender came infront of her.
"The best lunch you had and an orange juice." Xian ordered.
"One silver in total." The bartender said to Xian as he walked to the kitchen.
Xian brought a silver coin in her trouser's pocket and placed it at the table then after a while the bartender came with a plate and an orange juice in both hands infront of her.
Receiving the order, Xian gulped a mouthful of saliva as she sized up the food infront of her and the smell of delicacies came to her nose making her more gluttonous.
Wasting no time, Xian started to eat slowly. After each mouthful of food, she will drink a mouthful of orange too. Savoring the taste of the food and the sweetness of the orange juice, Xian finished after a while.
She stood up and walked towards the staircase leading at the second floor with her hand on her abdomen.
"This isn't enough." She said. "I'll continue to eat later as I hunt."
With that, she arrived at the second floor and stopped by the washroom to wash her face.
Arriving at the rented room, Xian dried her face as she thought. 'I haven't showered for two days now... Do I smell bad?'
Shaking her head after drying her face, she said. "I'll find a river for now to shower myself and to wash my clothes."
With that, she brought the sword and sling bag to the table. Then, she prepared her belongings and packed it in the bag with neatness.
Then, Xian who wore the dark cloak already brought her bag to her back and her sword belted in her waist. She then cleaned the room as it was used to be before she came here to rent, this is because of her hobby.
Closing the door with a brass key in hand, Xian walked through the hallway and went downstairs.
Arriving at the counter where the Boss Lyza is present. Xian tapped the table and the Boss glanced at her.
"Here's the key, thanks for the room and food." Said Xian as she placed the brass keys in the table.
"Good luck on your journey, adventurer." Said by the Boss as she picked up the brass keys.
"Just Xian, I'll see you in the future." Xian said as she walked away through the exit.
"Xian huh, I'll remember that." Lyza said with a grin on her face.
Xian arrived at the street outside the tavern, there were few people walking on the streets paved by the cobbled stone. The orange sun was at it's peak and the clang of the bell at the Church of Helera is being heard by the whole village, this means that it was finnaly daypeak.
Xian walked through the streets towards the village center. Arriving there, she saw worshipers of Goddess Helera entering the church of Sun. Then, she glanced at the marketplace at the distance and saw that it was the same as the street next to it, it was not crowded and the merchants are either polishing their stalls or was eating their lunch.
Xian glanced at the fountain of the village one last time before walking at the right side where she came from at the very start.
Walking at the street, Xian glanced at the gate that leads outside the village.
"Now, through the forest I'll go." She said as she walked.
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"The final preparations are ready, mother." Informed by a girl in her teens, she wore a simple white dress as her blonde hair cascaded until her shoulders. Her blue eyes was beautiful but there was a glimpse of anxiousness.
The girl stood barefooted at the floor, written below it is complicated symbols, at the center is a circle and three more circle was drawn to surround the center. The symbols were written in white ash, inside the three circles that surrounds the center are orbs that was colored light blue, green, and an empty transparent one.
This was an important step to become a greater mage, this is a ritual to ascend from one rank to another above. Which starts from blue core, and to move forward, a mage needs to meet the required status and mana, ingredients and the ritual.
"Clear your mind for now, don't be anxious." Said by a woman taller than the girl and the two almost had the same appearance, the lady stood at the corner of the room with blonde hair that cascaded until her waist and a blue and beautiful eyes that gives charms to both genders.
After a while, the girl at the center nodded at the tall lady, then the latter nodded back and ordered. "Once you're ready, drop your blood at the circle in the center."
After hearing those orders, the girl at the center bent her body as she opened her left palm, with her right hand, she sliced the left palm just enough to bleed and drop a little blood with her nails.
The girl moaned a little as the crimson blood fell to the white ash at the center circle. After a couple of drops, the white ash slowly became red and spread the redness to it's surrounding white ash.
The girl stood up and prepared herself, after a couple of seconds, the redness of the ash was finnaly conquered all the white ash. Then, after that, the red ash glows as they surround the three orbs.
The light blue, green, and transparent orbs slowly flew up as the red ash engulfed them, after that, the red ash finnaly engulfed and devoured the orbs and they started to surround the girl at the center next.
Swoosh!
The red ash became red, translucent energy like wave as they surrounds the girl and engulfed her.
"Ah!" Moaned by the girl as the red translucent wave devoured her slowly and slowly.
"Calm your mind Reine!" Shouted by the lady at the corner.
The girl named Reine clenched her fist as she stood there. The pain makes her trembling and was about to fall down at the floor from exhaustion.
Then, the red translucent energy like waves finnaly subdued, after that, the aura like that surrounds Reine became blue and was slowly turning into green.
At last, Reine opened her eyes as she looked at her hands.
"I-Is it over, mother?" She asked her mother at the corner.
"Not yet," Her mother answered and continued. "Absorb the surrounding mana and gather it around your core."
Reine closed her eyes upon hearing those orders as she focused her mind on a particular spot in her body that cannot be seen. That spot was her core which is now colored in green.
She slowly focused to absorb the mana in her surroundings as she ordered it to surround the green core inside her, slowly and slowly, the green core lit up like a bulb as it shones with green color.
After seeing this, the mother at the corner walked towards her as she patted her daughter's head.
She said to her daughter. "Good job and congratulations, you're now an ascended mage."