Chapter 955: Three Years.

Chapter 955: Three Years.

After that day, Yasenia went on to complete all the things she had left for later. One of them was to use the transmutation cauldron and experiment with it. [Transmutation] was an art similar to alchemy but done with minerals and items. It was a profession or a practice that manipulated the existing attributes of an item to create completely new ones.

Using enough energy and other materials, increasing the quality of a weapon, armor, robes, or anything like that was also possible.

There was always a chance of failure, which could have several effects on the transmutated items.

Yasenia noticed the following problems happening. The less influential ones were things like materials losing properties, the outcome being weaker, and consuming the supporting items while nothing else happened.

The worst ones went from needing to scrap the item in its entirety to things blowing up in a literal manner. Thankfully, she had been testing with Magical and Low-Level Earth Ranked items. So, the Transcendence Level transmutation cauldron didn't even have a scratch.

The dragoness practiced quite often with it, even setting aside cooking for a while to use that time to learn transmutation. There were few books on transmutation in the massive library that she had in her [Five Realm Spatial Ring]— many fewer compared to other professions.

Other than transmutation, the dragoness chose one day to go visit the Parus Mine. Standing at the core of the mine with crossed arms, she looked at the white and ethereal eastern dragon floating there and muttered. "After I captured you, [Spiritual Soul Mine], I placed you here and allowed your aura to spread through the mine, increasing the quality of the minerals we produced."

The white eastern dragon looked at Yasenia with curiosity. Its facial features were soft and expressive. Knowing that the creature below wouldn't hurt it, it floated down and moved around Yasenia. The dragoness extended her hand to caress the creature's body and commented. "Thanks to you, the profits are increasing daily, and the profit margin is becoming increasingly larger, accelerating without any signs of stopping soon. How do you feel here? Is it crammed? Do you feel good? Is there something that bothers you?"

The white dragon shook its head and rubbed its face with Yasenia's. The dragoness chuckled. "Good." Then, she said. "Although it will be in a few years, that's nothing for someone like you... So, I'll tell you now."

The Eastern Dragon blinked and looked at her.

"I'll be leaving soon. Remember that your presence alone is enough for the mine to grow constantly; you don't need to do anything actively. And, if someone tries to force you, you can always attack. Okay?"

Yasenia scratched its chin and smirked. "I'll create an escape route that only you will know before I leave. You are here on your own will, not as a slave. If the people controlling the sect misbehave..." Yasenia smirked. "Give them a scare and disappear for a few years."

The Eastern Dragon nodded a few times, showing that it perfectly understood Yasenia's words. Yasenia laughed. "Perfect. Also, I'll leave behind instructions for future Sect Masters, so this problem should never happen. Nobody will come to bother you unless it is urgent." The dragoness realized and spoke. "Speaking of urgent. Look at this and remember it well."

Taking out a white seal with the image of a white Eastern Dragon, Yasenia said. "If someone with this seal tells you about danger, trust their words."

The white dragon nodded, and the dragoness patted its head. "Good. The escape route... How about I build it here? This will be a little secret between you and me, okay?"

The dragon nodded, and Yasenia started working on it. She would come here every day for about an hour, and this activity continued for around three years.

In the meantime, many other things happened. One of them was the girls learning many new things from the [Grand Cosmos Family Art Stele]. Andrea used it to upgrade her own martial art to the next level. Now, each form was several times stronger and deadlier.

The problem was that, as Yasenia absorbed more and more energy, the Celestial Energy Star in the middle would use a large part of it while the rest of the planetoids in her Dantian were also absorbing energy passively.

It was not on purpose, but when she tried to cram more and more energy to compress, the nebula-like energy would touch her treasures and feed them. She was quite literally force-feeding their energy even though they were trying their best to leave everything for her.

Of course, Yasenia was frustrated with herself. "Ah! At this rate, I will enter the fourth level after 100 years!"

Soluna appeared by her side and sat between Yasenia's legs with familiarity. The dragoness hugged the cuddly Empyrean Spirit and placed her chin on her head. "Sigh. What do I do, Soluna?"

Soluna giggled. "Who knows? But I am having fun!"

Yasenia pinched her soft cheek and scolded with a smile. "I bet you are, glomping all of the energy I work so hard to collect; my Soluna is having a blast!"

During the last few years, Yasenia and Soluna's bond has deepened a lot. After all, Soluna lived inside Yasenia, so when Yasenia wanted to ask something, she would sometimes share it with her, even if Soluna didn't know about it.

Sometimes, expressing her words helped Yasenia order her thoughts. Soluna laughed while Yasenia pinched her, not feeling any pain as the dragoness did it very softly.

Yasenia sighed and smiled. "Really, you are like another one of my children."

Soluna pouted. "I am not your child!"

The dragoness raised her eyebrow. "I know. Don't worry." Naturally, after so many years, the dragoness realized that Soluna had a bit deeper feelings than friendship toward her. This didn't dampen their relationship, and Yasenia also didn't say anything.

The girls had known this before Soluna made the contract with Yasenia, so that was a sort of signal telling Yasenia to do as she pleased with Soluna's situation.

Yasenia didn't do anything; she would be completely passive. If something appeared between them in the future, well, that was it. If nothing happened, then, their bond would continue to be close. They had literally her entire life to slowly get to know each other, so the dragoness didn't feel any rush like she did with her girls at first.

Soluna spoke. "Yasenia, how about you try to create a little bit instead of doing everything at once?"

The dragoness blinked several times and then looked toward the ceiling. "Sometimes, I am so stupid."

Soluna giggled. "Very cute."