Chapter 104 Crystals (1/2)
”I can learn how to create the of the possibilities If he could create Essence Crystals hi an unlimited supply of the Essence,” Snowcloud said ”It's not particularly difficult work, but it's extreh at this He had known there would be a catch, but sos would be sie was simple, there would probably beit?” he asked If it was going to be sloork, he'd best start as soon as he could
”Now,” Snowcloud said, then handed Arran a scroll ”This explains the process for purifying Essence Study it well, and then you can start practicing”
Arran worked his way through the scroll eagerly and found that the process seeh All he had to do was draw out a sradually separate it into its constituent parts and discard all the unneeded bits
Yet although the idea was simple, when he actually tried it, it proved to be all but iled, but he didn't ,” he said eventually, discouraged by his failure to even identify the different parts of the Essence, htful look ”Do you have any other Realms besides Fire and Wind?” she asked
”I also have Shadow and Force Realms,” Arran said, almost surprised that she hadn't sensed this already
”Four Realh ”Then this will be far more difficult than I expected The le type of Essence without traces of the others With three Realms, it would have been difficult With four… it could take you months to succeed”
”What if I seal my other Realms?” Arran asked
”Seal them?” Snowcloud raised an eyebrow ”You have a way to seal your Real Shadow Essence,” Arran said ”If I seal all my Realms except for Shadoould that help?”
Snowcloud looked at him in shock ”You kno to use Shadow seals?!”
”My old teacher taught me how to use them,” Arran said hesitantly, taken aback by Snowcloud's reaction
”Your teacher?” Snowcloud looked at Arran intently ”Who was he? And where did you e…”
Arran relayed the story of how he had es Although he told her most of it, he left out that he had a forbidden Real Fire Realm
Snowcloud didn't seem particularly interested in Arran's part of the story, however All her attention was on what he told her about Master Zhao, and to that, she listened to with great interest
By the ti at him hat looked like a mixture of awe and disbelief
”That Master Zhao of yours,” she said in an excited voice ”He's a Shadowflaave her a puzzled look ”A Shadowflae? Master Zhao?”
”The Shadow seals… that's a secret Shadowfla in Fire and Shadow? Plus, the disguises… I know that some of the more powerful Elders are able to do that And it explains how he taught you that Body Refineh Master Zhao had not taught hi else about it ht, it would also explain why Master Zhao had sent him from the eastern part of the Empire to the Shadowflame Society, which lay at the western border
”You can't tell anyone else about him,” Snowcloud said, her tone serious ”If my suspicions are correct, he infiltrated the Academy, and after he left you, he may have returned I wouldn't be surprised if there are Academy spies in the Society, and if any of them found out…”
”I'll keep my mouth shut,” Arran said
”Youse in the Acadeht excited her
”But those Shadow seals…” Arran began ”Can they helpa Shadowflaht now, Arran wasto purify Essence What he needed was to grow stronger, and quickly
”Help you?” Snowcloud looked puzzled for a ht, then nodded ”It should work I don't know exactly how Shadow seals work, but if they cut off your other Realms and their Essence, it should be as if you only had the Shadow Real his Fire, Wind, and Force Real Essence within hi attacks on the local plant life, until only Shadow Essence remained within hi to purify Essence
This tiress was far better than it had been earlier Although it took great effort to sense all the impurities within the Essence, and even more to expel them, the absence of any traces of Essence other than Shadow ressed and the Shadow Essence in his hand steadily grew purer, the amount decreased at just as steady a pace When, after several hours of work, he had purified the Essence as much as he could, barely any of it remained
He looked at the Essence Crystal in his hand with an ugly look on his face He would have sighed, too, but it was so sh could blow it away