Chapter 2306 Transaction
Before returning to his place where Pearl and Momo would be, Alex went by one of the places where one could watch the tournament being shown. He simply wanted to check if someone had broken his record or had come close to doing so.
The place he went to was a well-known restaurant in the Rosefall city and it showed an uninterrupted stream of what went on in the other continent. The most surprising part here for Alex was the fact that there was absolutely no delay at all.
Despite being continents away, they could watch everything in real-time. One of the batches of competitors had just gotten done making pills when Alex reached the restaurant. He saw that no one had even come close to reaching Killersky in terms of points in the few days it had been. He waited until the score was tallied and left once he realized the score wasn't that good. It seemed he would have to wait longer for his score to be beaten.
Alex returned back to where he was staying and was surprised to see that Aethersage was back from the garden.
"Brother Aethersage, did you get the lotus?" Alex asked him.
"Yes!" Aethersage said with a wide smile. "It was right there, so easy to get. Did you find out about the snake?" n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
"Better," Alex said, bringing out the cauldron full of blood. "I got you the blood itself."
Aethersage's eyes widened for a moment as he looked at the blood. Then he frowned slightly. "This isn't a Five-tailed Sword Snake's blood. It's Six-Tailed."
"Oh yeah, I only met the Six-tailed Sword Snake," Alex said. He explained what needed to be done, and how the blood had to be allowed to break down so that the Divine grade ingredient became an Immortal grade ingredient.
"And I can do that?" Aethersage asked.
"I'm sure you can," Alex said. "It's not that hard. You just have to use Intent."
"I see," Aethersage said. "If you say so. What do you want in return?"
Aethersage thought for a moment and shrugged. "Very well, I suppose that information is of value. That shall be our transaction."
Alex smiled and handed over the cauldron full of blood for Aethersage to place somewhere. He brought out a cauldron to take the blood.
"You'll have to keep this blood in the cauldron for months probably. Don't bring out your main cauldron," Alex told him.
"Oh, don't worry. This isn't my main cauldron," Aethersage said. "I haven't made that one yet."
Alex was taken aback. "You don't have a main cauldron with you yet?" he asked.
"No," Aethersage shook his head. "It hasn't been long since I began my alchemy journey. Barely over a century, so I haven't had the time to get a proper cauldron for myself as most alchemists do. I just make use of whatever cauldron I can get."
"Oh..." Alex said, very much surprised. "Only a century, huh?"
"Yes," Aethersage said, rubbing his head full of red hair. "I did formations first and got quite good at it. So I began getting bored and started Alchemy. Once I learn all I need to about Alchemy, I will probably move on to something else too."
"Like Artifacts?" Alex asked.
"Maybe," Aethersage shrugged. "Maybe talisman. I hear demons have Scripts that I can learn. There's also music and puppets and even cooking. So many avenues to go. I can learn whatever I want."
Alex slowly nodded and stood up. "Take your time with getting used to trying to break down this blood. I will go take care of my disciple and return tomorrow morning for your end of the transaction."
"Got it!"
Alex left the room, in wonderment regarding Aethersage's plans. He wondered, had he not had the Alchemy God's Knowledge, and only had the talent he had now, would he also want to try everything like Aethersage did?