Eternal Cultivation of Alchemy

Chapter 2305  Break Down

Alex took the vial of blood he had put separately at the start and poured the content into the blood before him. He had run the large cauldron full of blood completely dry of any aura or energy, so it was time to infuse some back into it.

The blood mixed together, making the overall energy feel much less, but sadly it was still a Divine grade aura. It wasn't something Alex could just mix together and be done with. n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

He sighed a little.

"Did something go wrong?" Rosemist asked from the side after hearing his sigh.

"No, nothing's gone wrong. Everything is done. I just need to wait now," Alex said. "Oh, how long?" Rosemist asked.

Alex shook his head. "I have no idea. I've never done something like this before in my life. Judging by how absolutely nothing is happening, it might take a long time."

"Oh…" Rosemist said. "Can't you speed it up? What if you absorbed more of it?"

"I can't absorb the blood aura sadly," Alex said. "I need what is remaining to break down into Immortal Qi. If I try to absorb it instead, I take away what makes it strong. So even if it does end up speeding up the process, the Immortal aura that would result from it would be very weak as well."

"I… see," Rosemist said.

"I do have something else I can try," Alex said and looked at the blood before him. He had to be careful here as he needed to be ready for the backlash should there be one. He didn't believe there wouldn't be one.

Alex used his Intent, forcing just part of the Blood Aura to break down. As soon as he did it, he realized he had bitten off a bit more than he could chew. Thankfully, he was ready for that so he stopped immediately.

He started again, this time focusing on a much smaller area of the blood, forcing the Divine energy there to break down into Immortal energy.

The thing about Blood that made it so much different from any other ingredients when it came to alchemy was that the energy was stored in the form of Blood Aura. It fluctuated between being an aura and being an element.

If Alex were to absorb the aura, it would make the element itself weaker, which was not what he wanted. He wanted the element to remain strong so that it could continue to be strong when it broke down into Immortal grades.

Since breakdown produced dozens of times the amount of energy in terms of quantity, the current amount would be enough to re-energize this entire cauldron full of blood.

Alex put his all into forcing the blood aura to diffuse but failed to make it happen in any way where he could judge the change. He stopped, feeling the lack of burden on his mind after he no longer used his Intent.

"It's not working," he said.

"No, It is working," Rosemist said from the side. Alex looked toward her in surprise. "It is?" he asked.

"Yes!" Rosemist replied. "Only… it's just not fast enough. Let me try something."

He put her hands over the blood and her face lost all emotions as she focused on the blood. The corner of her lip extended a little while she did that, and then her eyebrows rose. Then she took her arm back.

"I see. Instead of trying to break down the blood aura, try infusing it directly into the blood. It's faster, and makes the overall blood aura weaker without ruining its quality."

Alex thought for a bit and nodded. "Let me try."

He started and immediately noticed the difference. It was so very different. Forcing the Divine grade blood aura to break down directly caused the blood aura to fight back against Alex's Intent. Meanwhile, trying to force it to move into the empty blood was something the blood aura accepted far more easily.

It spread throughout the cauldron, moving into the blood. The overall amount of energy was the same, but individually, it was now a lot weaker without having lost any quality.

It took some time for it all to be done.

When Alex was done, the blood aura was still in Divine grade, but way weaker. He realized that what he had done was something that was going to happen anyway in a day or two. He had just sped up the process by a lot.

"It's done," he said. "This should make it much easier for the blood aura to break down."

Since the aura wasn't so concentrated anymore, his Intent on forcing it to break down was also more effective now. He could feel the subtle changes in the energy now and knew that if he kept it going, the energy would begin to break down.

Alex couldn't help but sigh once more.

"What's wrong now?" Rosemist asked.

"Nothing. I just realized that it is going to take some time now. Weeks, maybe months depending on how long I can spend keep using my Intent on it to help it break down."

Rosemist thought for a bit and said, "Didn't you mention this wasn't for you?"

"No, it's for a friend," Alex said. "Can't you make him do this then?" she asked. Alex paused. "Oh yeah, I should make him do this," he said, laughing a little. He was so focused on whether he could do it or not that he failed to realize that he didn't even have to do it.

"It will be his problem then," Alex said and put the cauldron away. He stood up, ready to leave. "I should be back in a few days. I want to continue training by the Voidgate."

"Sure," Rosemist said. "Come back anytime. I will always welcome you."

Alex nodded. "I will be off then." He said his farewells and left the forest in the Mistspawn mountains, returning to the Rosefall city where he would wait for Aethersage to return from the Whole Rose Garden once he found his lotus.