Chapter 434: Ash’s capability as an Alchemist part 1 (1/2)
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Inside the huge room, only two tables were facing each other, obviously for Ash and Ellen.
Ash slowly walked towards the chair located at the back and sat down before looking at Ellen, who was preparing some papers on the table in front.
”Are you ready?” Ellen asked while looking at Ash with a smile on her face.
”Yes,” Ash nodded in response.
”Then you can begin,” Ellen said before sitting on the chair and her expression turning serious.
Ash waved her hand, taking out the ingredients for the poison that she was planning to concoct to pass this Alchemist test. She already knew a few pieces of information about the Alchemist test, which includes bringing their own ingredients, the criteria, and how to pass the test.
The ingredients that Ash took out were common Magical resources. There are five stalks of Purple Lavender, three stalks of Yellow Palm, two leaves of Snake Plant, one stem of Dreamy Ivy, one flower of Peace Lily, and most importantly, a single vial of mucus of a Sleepingworm.
Looking at the ingredients, Ellen was quickly able to guess that Ash is concocting a Sleeping Potion.
Just like its name, Sleeping Potion is simply potions to make a person sleep for an entire day, or depending on that person's strength, once they drink it. A small Sleeping Potion is only effective against a No Star to 2 Star level, a medium Sleeping Potion is effective for No Star to 4 Star level, and a large Sleeping Potion is effective for a No Star to 5 Star level.
However, what surprised Ellen the most was, the ingredients that Ash prepared weren't actually for concocting a small Sleeping Potion, nor was it for a medium Sleeping Potion, but surprisingly for a large Sleeping Potion.
”Miss Ash, are you perhaps concocting a large Sleeping Potion?” Ellen asked to confirm whether that was really Ash's intention or not.
”Oh, you actually noticed? As expected for a receptionist of an Alchemist Association, you really know a thing or two,” Ash replied before turning to look at her table and taking out a small silver-colored cauldron.
”I'll begin then,” Ash said as she right after casted a small ball of fire and put it under the cauldron.
Hearing Ash's words, Ellen immediately wanted to stop her. The Alchemist test that she was conducting only needed Ash to make a small poison or something similar. Any higher than that and it would not be under her jurisdiction anymore. But as soon as she saw Ash lighting up a fire, it was already too late for her to stop her. As someone who has interacted with Alchemist for basically almost all of her entire life, she knew that once an Alchemist starts making something, it is a big taboo to disturb them.
After the fire was lit up and the cauldron became hot enough, Ash immediately put inside the mucus of the Sleepingworm to turn it into its liquid form.
While that was in process, Ash quickly began mashing the five stalks of Purple Lavender, three stalks of Yellow Palm, two leaves of Snake Plant, one stem of Dreamy Ivy, and one flower of Peace Lily, before mixing them together, soon making a paste with a gray color.
Once Ash was finished with that, the mucus of the Sleepingworm was finally in its liquid form. Right after, she put it inside the gray-colored paste and closed the lid of the cauldron.
As soon as the lid of the cauldron was closed, Ash closed her eyes and began controlling the heat of the fire through her consciousness, and at the same time, she sent a wisp of her own Mana inside the cauldron and began mixing together the ingredients.
After ten minutes or so, Ash waved her hand, quickly making the fire disappear and opening the lid of the cauldron. She then used the wisp of Mana she sent inside to slowly take out the liquid inside the cauldron and carefully putting it inside a large vial she had long already prepared at the side of the table.
When the liquid was put inside the large vial, Ash quickly closed it and began shaking its content through the help of the wisp of Mana, obviously to thoroughly mixed the ingredients together.
Ash only stopped shaking after a minute passes. She then casted an Ice Magic to seal the entire large vial with ice. The purpose of doing this was to cool down the still hot Sleeping Potion. After all, she had only taken the liquid out of the cauldron for a minute or so, hence it's still hot.
It was only after five minutes that Ash finally decided to break the ice.
Whooooosh!
The ice turned into a cold mist and slowly disappeared. Soon, it revealed to everyone a large vial that contains a gray-colored liquid, obviously the Sleeping Potion.