Chapter 36 The End of the Calm (1/2)

Chapter 36 The End of the Calht The oldmasters andat his desk, with a look filled orry

He was currently thinking of what he should do with Mea, his old student's daughter

Within his mind, he was thorn between a few different choices The first, was to send her away, and find a way for her to live safely sonized Unfortunately, at thewatched carefully byhad either left or had been sent away, so, the first one, would definitely rise some people's brows in curiosity

His second choice, was to keep her within his building Only then would he have the chance to protect her in case she would have been recognized And if she did end up being found out, he could still try to plead with the king to spare her

Another choice, proposed by the old alchemist himself, was to make her join the Gold Cauldron, where the old alchemist would have been able to protect her for hiht away The old alche hierous of a favor to ask Even if he had offered

On the other side of the building, within a roo as the old master-at-arms, the old alchee cauldron, and under this cauldron, a dense green flame slowly danced

The old alche wooden ladle stirred the content of the cauldron gently, while one ingredient after another appeared right next to the old alchemist's hand, and slowly floated into it

All these ingredients were spiritual plants, and their worth was extre the burnt on his wallet And instead, he looked like he had been siht was a quiet one The neighborhood festivity had just finished, and the streets were peaceful and devoid of people

The only noises ca, inside and around which, various groups of disciples, young ht

A e tree

They were Reila, Finn, Mea, Riri, Miri, and Nilo

The six were chatting happily under the s of food which Reila and Mea had prepared

”So what's wrong between the two of you?” Asked Reila curiously while looking at Finn and Miri

Riri couldn't bear to listen to Finn and Miri bicker anymore, so, the moment Reila asked, she hissed and looked away She tried to change topic and start a conversation with Mea, but then she heard Nilo's laugh

”Hahaha! You've got to hear that story So”

Nilo then recounted the story behind Finn's and Miri's bad blood Apparently, the two had been an on and off couple since they had been kids, and each of their breakup had a funny story behind

For the next few 's garden Until suddenly

Within the city of Phyrri, the heads of each and every cultivator above the sixth rank rose rapidly They had all collectively felt an abnor

The first ones to notice this abnormality, were the old alchemist and the old ave up the control over the flaredients within the cauldron, and therefore failing the process ofto make He then disappeared fro

The moment he appeared in mid air, the old master-at-ar

The two see as happening

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The abnormality which attracted the attention of every expert within the city, was not visible to the eyes, and for anyone asn't in the i Yet, the shock it caused was beyond what anyone had felt before

A huge vortex had for

What picked people's attention was the nature of this vortex, as it did not attract physical items, but instead, attracted mana

Mana had always been o that existed had his distinctive type ofmen and beasts, whose types of mana were called Ki and Beast Essence

This vortex did not forcefully absorb the Mana in the surroundings, it simply attracted it What the expert within Phyrri had felt, was a sudden faint instability within their ki, which see, as if netically attracted

Unable to extract the s, the only mana that forcefully made its way towards the center of the vortex, was the one that had the ability to ht, ht and that of the water particles present within the air

That had caused a beautiful pheno A ht andcarried by the wind into the vortex

It looked as if hter one