Chapter 123 – Alchemy Revenge

Chapter 123 – Alchemy Revenge

Aiko woke up, the situation was even more bizarre than before. Now they were grinning and giggling at each other?!

Aiko rubbed her eyes. She couldn't understand how it got to this, but all was well as long as they went hand in hand.

Yawning, she stood up, but she was caught by Mei. Aiko was still half asleep, so she was more like a stringed doll, still sluggish.

Mei hugged her gently until Aiko woke up completely.

"How about trying Alchemy?" Mei asked with a plan in mind. 'If she practised Alchemy, she would not only know about Herbs that could be beneficial for her if collected, but Alchemy also needs to know how to refine Pills. That means they need to control flames with precision. This precision will be important in purifying her body.'

Aiko thought about it for a moment. She still had to figure out why those pieces of swords felt familiar.

Aiko fidgeted. She didn't really want to drive away the Blood Fox and Umbra Fox, but she couldn't talk about the system in front of them.

"Leave for now." Mei gestured towards the two.

"I will visit my brother for the Herbs and return tomorrow." The Passion Fox didn't reject Jade Fox's command this time.

Aiko stared at them blankly, weren't they at war just a moment ago? How did this happen??

They left, leaving them alone.

"Mei..." Aiko didn't know how to say she felt intimate with the swords.

"Take your time." Mei said gently while sorting through some herbs.

Aiko kept sitting as she still felt a bit tired. This was strange as the tiredness came in waves and she didn't understand why, since she felt alright.

Noticing Aiko's puzzled expression, Mei said gently. "Because of the poison inside your body. There might be side effects, such as pain, tiredness, queasiness and so on."

Aiko slowly nodded, this could explain everything...

"Did you do something with that system again?" Mei asked, narrowing her eyes.

During Aiko's sleep, she observed her and found strange energy reducing the effects of the poison, but not purifying it. This was incredibly strange to her until she remembered about that strange system.

Aiko nodded sheepishly. "I have purchased [Poison Resistance], otherwise I wouldn't be able to move my arm."

Mei sighed. This system was too powerful, she was worried that Aiko would rely on it too much, but in these instances, it was nice to have it...

"What did you want to talk about then?" Mei gently stroked Aiko's silky hair.

"Well... I... feel intimate with some swords?" Aiko murmured.

Mei paused for just a moment before resuming. "I see, may I see the-" She then realized that Aiko didn't say a sword, but swords. "Swords?"

"Sure." Seeing Mei puzzled, but still with a non-judgemental expression, Aiko was happy and pulled out the remains of the broken swords.

Mei stared at them even more confused.

Usually one would feel intimacy towards one sword that would fit their needs and could also indicate that they were developing a sword heart, but this whole situation was strange.

She couldn't understand why Aiko felt intimate towards these broken swords.

"May I research these swords for a few days?" Mei asked gently. She would not deprive her little sweetie of her toys, but it was important to figure out why she felt intimate about them.

It would be bad if those swords had evil spirits in them that would try to possess Aiko.

"Also..." Aiko didn't know if she should ask.

Aiko went into a nearby corner, doodling with a crestfallen expression.

Mei let her play around, as this couldn't be forced. She would let her slowly learn and explain to her anything she didn't know. Even if she wasn't able to refine Pills... she could still concoct some useful ones, but the most important part was the precision and flame adjustments.

'If she learns well, we will be able to slowly burn the poison in her bones...' Mei nodded slowly.

While this way was very painful, it would allow Aiko to use her hand like before. The more pressing issue was the poison in the bone marrow.

She did seal it temporarily, but that is not a solution. If Aiko got too far from her, the seal would disappear and it would continue to spread.

Aiko was doodling unhappily, but she knew that if she didn't start, Mei would go with the Soul solution... Aiko was not ready for that just yet.

She picked up the Jade Slip and slowly read through it.

It was very difficult and slow to read, much less comprehend the information in the Jade Slip to the point that she didn't even notice Mei left the place.

...

Mei visited one familiar Forging Cultivator.

"Hey! Come out!" Mei ruthlessly kicked the door several times.

She chuckled. 'It seems like this bastard reinforced the doors.'

"Hey! Come out or I will kick down your door!" Mei shouted.

"HAH! Try it!" A laugh drifted from inside. It was the Bronze Fox.

Mei's lips twitched. 'Just because he reinforced the door a little, he is getting haughty.'

*Kick**BOOOM*

"AAAGH!" The Bronze Fox screamed as he was hit by the broken doors.

"What the-Auch." The Bronze Fox didn't understand how such beauty could be so violent.

Mei walked inside his room and sat down on a chair that looked somewhat clean, this was the only chair that could be considered clean from all the others. "Look over this for me."

Mei placed a few broken swords in front of him.

He paused, normally she would come in and make him create Pill Cauldrons, but for some reason, she came in with broken swords today?

"What do you need me to do?" The Bronze Fox didn't understand.

"Just tell me if there is anything strange about those swords." Mei snorted coldly.

He shivered and touched the swords, Mei was looking over the whole process.

Her powerful Divine Sense could not find any remnants of a Soul, nor any kind of Array that would tamper with Mind/Soul. She couldn't understand why Aiko felt so intimate with this lot of gar-

"Ah! A treasure!" The Bronze Fox suddenly yelled, startling Mei.

"Are they?" Mei was looking at him suspiciously.

The Bronze Fox ignored that gaze and explained in hopes that he could keep them.

"These swords are ordinary, but the core of the sword isn't. The core of the sword was forged with rare meteorite!" His eyes sparkled. "This meteorite has different properties depending on the amount of heat you subject it to. As such, it's peerless material for Forging Cultivators!" His breath quickened, if he could get his hands on it, it would be a blessing!

"I see..." Mei nodded slowly, she had never seen this kind of exaggerated expression from the Bronze Fox, so it must be the truth. "Let's talk about the effects." Mei smiled like a devil and the Bronze Fox shivered.

He understood that he would never see this kind of material again if he didn't fulfil her wishes...