With a heart filled with bitterness, Rezen sat on the stool and he adjusted his mood by taking repeated deep breaths. He didn't immediately start the distillation process and made sure that he was in optimal condition first. After all, although his task was not impossible, the difficulty was quite high and he could not afford even the slightest bit of mistake
Seeing that, a look of approval flashed in Fuchk's eyes before he continued his work. Most of the alchemists under him would be flustered and panicked when given such tasks. However, Rezen was different. He didn't let the pressure get the best of him
Instead of blindly starting the process of distillation after receiving harsh words, Rezen instead took deep breaths and adjusted his mental state to its peak. This might be a simple thing but mental state is quickly important. Those that are not in their most optimal state are bound to fail
After some time, only calmness was left in Rezen's heart, and with a motion of his finger, one of the Spiritual Roots floated in front of him
He released threads of invisible soul power from his hand and these threads moved in the air and approached the Spiritual Root
Soon, the intact spirit plant was broken down into smaller bits. The invisible threads of soul power tore the spirit plant
This process was quite slow, slower than when Rezen was distilling the common vismian grass. The difficulty in distilling these two spirit plants is after all, vastly different. Putting more effort is required
Soon, with the manipulation of the threads, the root vanished and only a drop of liquid remained. This drop contains both the pure essence of the spirit plant as well as its impurities
Rezen has now entered the most crucial stage. Since only the drop of essence remained, it is now the time to remove most of the impurities
While Rezen knew that it was impossible to remove all the impurities of the Spirit Plant, removing 60% of it so that the essence will be at 60% purity is still within the realm of possibility
After taking another deep breath, Rezen once again controlled his threads of soul power to separate the impurities from the pure essence and this is something hard
It was like a person dissolved powdered milk with hot water and they now want to separate the powdered milk from the water
This task is hard and no alchemist can separate all of the pure essence and impurities. Even the strongest mage is not able to do so. There are bound to be impurities that will remain. Perhaps, only mythical Gods will be able to separate all the impurities from the pure essence
Bits and bits of impurities were slowly being separated from the pure essence and the liquid drop became smaller and smaller but at the same time, its potency was increasing. The more impurities are removed, the more potent the resulting potion would be!
10%... 20%... 30%... 40%... 50%...
Removing 50% of the Spiritual Root's impurities can be said to be a task that is quite easy to moderate for the current Rezen. However, starting from 51%, removing more impurities became much harder than before
Rezen narrowed his eyes and he increased his control over his threads. His precision clearly improved and more impurities are being removed
Rezen instinctively knows that he doesn't have the ability to resist in the slightest and while resisting the urge to scream like a horrified kid, he can only force a smile while being tactful
"I-I understand" Rezen said with a shudder. The appearance of the evil spirits brought extreme chills down to his bones both in a physical and emotional sense
As soon as he said that, the evil spirits vanished and Fuchk gave him a bright smile
"Go, my slave. Do your fucking job" the shameless alchemist said before ignoring Rezen that felt the pitying gaze of the other alchemist around
Although they want to protest but in front of Alchemist Fuchk, who have the ability and guts to do so?
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Due to the number of the Spiritual Root, Rezen only finished distilling them late at night and it was only possible because of the Spirit Rejuvenating Potion that he was free to use
However, even with the potion, he still felt a great sense of exhaustion. This was not something that the potion could relieve. After all, repeated exhaustion and replenishment of soul power was indeed taxing
"I'm never coming here again" Rezen vowed in his heart. This was simply hell! If he were to do this a few more times, he would definitely become insane!
Before Rezen can stand from his stool and return to the villa of him and Treen, a large stack of books suddenly appears in front of him
"Hm?" Rezen narrowed his eyes as he looked at Fuchk
"Read these books and if you have any questions, we have 1 hour of discussion every after shift and you can ask your questions" the alchemist said before waving his hand, and a lantern with an orange flame inside flew and landed on top of the books
"That is a lantern containing a wisp of the Flame of Dawn. That is an alchemical fire that is great at removing impurities. It will greatly enhance the speed of your distillation. Of course, this flame can only be used to speed up the process, the quality will still depend on the alchemists themselves"
"Since this is just a wisp, it will last for at most a month. Once it dies and I see that your performance is great, I will give you another one to aid your path in alchemy"
The calm and gentle tone of Alchemist Fuchk causes Rezen to blink his eyes repeatedly. Is this still the same fucker that he knew and forced him to work from morning to late this night?
Where is that rude bastard gone to?
"Alright, I know all of you are tired now. Let us begin the discussion. Those that have questions can raise their hands and I will answer them one by one"