The Alchemy lab was quiet, save for the faint hum of the overhead lights and the occasional bubbling of a potion somewhere in the background. Ao Weihn stood beside me, arms crossed, clearly unimpressed as I flipped through the practical guidebook on potion crafting.
"So, where do we start?"
"Page 173…" She answered shortly in a cold tone as she meticulously arranged the tools at our station. Her heterochromatic eyes narrowed in concentration and her demeanor was all business.
I kept flipping the crinkled yellowed pages until I found the recipe we were assigned: Shadow Vein Toxin.
"To make 100 milliliters of the potion, first… Start by crushing 100 grams of the dried Nighthollow root into a fine powder…" I read aloud, scanning the list of steps. My gaze fell on a gnarled root with a purplish-gray hue lying among the ingredients. "Geez. This thing looked like it had been dead for centuries…" I mumbled as I reached for it.
