199 Waking up (1/2)
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It's been a month and a half since Raven lost consciousness.
The Kingdom and its residents had already moved on from the huge battle that occurred back then, their lifestyles experienced no huge change apart from the fact that they have something new to gossip on.
The Mort Family Estate is no more, their territory has been seized and has been off limits ever since. It was rumored that it is under re-construction. As far as who received the place and their plans about it, no one has any idea at all.
Back in Luis' office, him and his wife resumed their daily lives as well. Of course, they would check up on Raven from time to time but they know that it's only a matter of time before he wakes up so majority of their worries are now gone.
Raven's unconscious body is situated at one of the heavily guarded rooms which Luis specifically transformed for his use. He laid in a tub full of medicinal fluids that Richard concocted personally, his breathing was even and his face was in peace.
No one else aside from him was inside of this room. Thus, when he woke up from his long sleep, he was greeted with a somewhat unfamiliar ceiling.
*Groans*
A groan escaped from his lips. It sounded dry, probably because his throat was parched as well. His head was slightly throbbing, he tried moving some parts of his body but his joints were somewhat stiff, making it difficult for him to do so.
'I was probably out for quite sometime huh?' Raven inwardly thought.
A sigh escaped from his lips. With a few more efforts, he managed to lift his arms then his head and eventually he was able to sit down.
Raven blinked as he just now realized that he was lying in a tub of water. He inspected the waters and took a whiff of it, a joyful glint appeared in his eyes as he thought; 'Wonderful job Richard! You've learned Elemental Alchemy! Giving you the Sacred Leaf Holy Scripture was truly worth it.'
It was precisely before the battle that Richard was able to achieve breakthrough. [Elemental Alchemy] is precisely the method that Raven used to concoct the Longevity Pills. In this stage, an alchemist no longer needed a pill furnace to concoct, he/she only requires the ingredients as well as the Heaven and Earth as a witness for their concoction.
Richard placed Raven in a medicine called 'Thousand Leaf Sap'. A highly concentrated medicine that has an immense healing properties and could heal even hidden injuries that one never knew about. And since it was concocted using Elemental Alchemy, there are no impurities in the medicine, so one could freely consume it without worries.
Without hesitations, Raven scooped the medicinal fluid around him and drank it. After taking in several gulps, he sat cross-legged in the tub and cultivated.
His stagnant Energy Network mobilized once again. Adding to his initial surprise from Richard's breakthrough, he also greeted with the fact that he had reached a 100% conversion of regular Energy to Energy Essence during his unconscious state.
Preventing glee from distracting him. Raven used his meticulous control of energies to help him dissolve the healing properties of the medicinal fluid. Not bad as his first drink after a month and half of being unconscious.
His body shivered in joy, during his unconscious state his body had been passively absorbing this stuff but was quite able to properly digest it as it requires his initiative. Now that he was personally taking over the task, he wantonly absorbed the remaining efficacy on the liquid even without direct ingestion. Now the recovery of his body went on full throttle. The medicinal essence flowed in every thread of his body, healing the remaining injuries and hidden ones at that.
It could even be said that some the longevity that he used using the 'Life Conversion Technique' was restored by the medicine. From the way his blood essence looked, it seems that he restored at least 20 years of longevity, the same amount of longevity he used to cast the Ruler's Vision.