Chapter 268 Alchemy Crafting
A short minute passed as all the students stood against the railing on all three sides of the giant cauldron on the first floor. They were spread out equally, with their teacher, Madam Scarlett, in the middle.
Gazing down into it from above, Lyrian noticed that the cauldron wasn't empty. Inside it seemed to be some sort of purple haze. From his distance, he couldn't discern if it was a liquid or not.
Truth be told, Lyrian barely knew the basics of this class—let alone how to create anything with alchemy.
"As you all know," Scarlett began to say, as Lyrian heaved a light sigh of relief.
'Perfect... she might explain some stuff. I don't want to completely flop this.'
"Alchemy is a form of creation. We alchemists are the backbones of the front-line mages and warriors. The horse of the stable!" She began to proclaim.
"However, a wounded or inexperienced horse is never taken out to battle. Unless, of course, the kingdom is in a dire time. You all must prove today that you are not inexperienced horses, for those beasts lead to the death of the rider." She said fiercely.
She reached forward to a table in front of her behind the railing which held several items on it and grabbed an orange feather. She threw it in the air in front of her, and it floated down into the cauldron.
As soon as it touched the purple haze within, a reverberation of enlightened energy rippled through it.
"Fire Parrot's Feather,"
Taking in a calm breath, she threw the next item inside; a fairly large white horn with sparks of blue lightning surrounding it. It caused the same reaction as the feather.
"Lightning Wolf Fang,"
Finally, she threw in the final item. It was a diamond-shaped red gem.
"Rubus Tiger Magia Ruby."
Lyrian expected something to happen as she announced the final item, but no such thing occurred. He looked at the faces of the other students, and they all kept their gazes locked onto the cauldron. They concentrated and focused. Looking directly in front of him, he saw Linus on the other side of the cauldron. He looked to be the only one with his eyes closed for some reason.
Finally, Scarlett closed her eyes, as a few heads turned to look at her. Taking another deep breath, she clasped her palms together and began to mumble something under her breath.
"By thine glory and thy power, bestow upon me the ultimate creation. All strength to Gaia."
'What? Is this alchemy a religious practice?' Lyrian couldn't help but be slightly confused by this. If it did happen to be a religious art, then Lyrian would find himself quite worried, as he hadn't ever been very religious before.
At that moment, Scarlett's eyelids flew open. A few kids gasped in awe, as the ingredients that had disappeared inside the purple haze of the cauldron showed themselves again at the surface of the substance.
The ingredients stirred around in the gaseous substance and dissolved into another substance that looked like mana—colorful and free-moving.
A loud hum began to resonate from the cauldron as the mana blended into the purple haze. It swirled faster and faster, spinning to the middle of the bowl.
Finally, the colorful substance met in the middle and condensed into a single, minuscule point. It shook violently, as though it was unstable.
This entire time, Scarlett had her hands clasped together. After a few more seconds of this, the small orb in the middle became still.
It lost its rainbow color and cooled into a red sphere the size of a marble. Finally, Scarlett fetched it up to where she was with the swipe of a hand.
After catching it, she showed it to the entire class. "Luxury Unstable Pill!" She exclaimed as many let out impressed sounds.
"This pill is of the Normal grade. Just like weapons, armor, and cultivation techniques, alchemy products have grades, or tiers, as well. From weakest to strongest, it goes as follows." She paused, allowing everyone to catch.
Her next words were going to hold the utmost importance. "Trash, Unstable, Normal, Potent, Vigorous, Vitalizing. However, keep in mind that although Unstable grade alchemy products are usually in between trash and normal in terms of strength, sometimes, they can be even greater than Vitalizing!"
As she said this, a wave of surprised gasps resonated through the crowd. Lyrian's intrigue was also piqued.
"Unstable simply means that the product is at its last stage of creation, but hasn't been stabilized yet. As you saw at the end of the process of creating this pill," She raised the pill once again, "It shook uncontrollably. If I had stopped there, it would have become an Unstable grade pill—that is, if it didn't fizzle into nothing beforehand and waste all of those materials."
After this, all of the students were allowed to go into a connected room to the main one where an inventory of vast materials was stored.
None of them were very high-grade materials, but high-grade materials didn't always mean high-grade products. It depended on the skill of the alchemist, and also the combination of the products.
With the several rows and shelves to pick from, Lyrian tried to think of a good combination. In total, he had to pick three items.
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Name: Lightning Maned Lion Fur
Description: Precisely cut hide of a Lightning Maned Lion. This item is slightly valuable. It can be used for low to normal-grade armor. The precise grade cut also increases its value.
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'I don't know about fur... I'd rather go with a more valuable item...'
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Name: Garr's Horns
Description: Cleanly maintained horns of the Garr. This item is fairly valuable. It can be used for alchemy crafting and armor enchanting.
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Name: King Crocodile's Crescent Diamond
Description: A crescent-shaped diamond from a King Crocodile. This item is fairly valuable. It can be used for alchemy crafting, armor enchanting, and also weapon crafting.
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