Luke had came back today, he was supposed to meet the Snow lady tonight and get this thing over with, he really wanted to go back home, he had a bad feeling as if something was rushing him.
The time came, he took the twins with him, he was fully adorned in his black armour and the twins were in their maid uniforms with black lower face masks. They arrived at the meeting place and waited.
Within a minute they could see her coming, she was alone this time. Luke had told him everything that happened and his intuition was sport on, the guard did betray her.
Did I keep you waiting Lord of Vanity? No lady of the Snow, you did not. He could tell she was tense, did you bring what I asked? Yes I did. Good, give them to me.
He took the box and opened it, inside were four flowers, white with a faint barely perceptible silver glow. He took and gave the other two back to her. No please keep them Lord of Vanity.
I asked for two, I will take two, my word is everything to me Lady of the Snow. They are a gift from my family to you, the house of Snow wish to build a relationship with you Lord of Vanity.
Well in that case, he took them back, to long lasting friendship, he said. The three of them were less jovial than the last time they met her, with the winter so close, they were a bit tense.
How long will it take to make? She asked. As long as it will take, you will be informed when it is ready, goodbye lady of the Snow. He said as they turned around and left before she could say anything.
As soon as they got back he went to his lab. He needed to work on this thing as fast as he could. He took out all the necessary ingredients. The leaves of a moon peaking tree, the bone marrow of a silver howler wolf.
He also took out a rose looking blue flower with dew on it petals, it looked beautiful and soft then he took out one of the silver moon lilies. Extracting the essence from these flowers will be a grueling process.
It was known that making a cure was much harder than making a poison potion so he knew this will not be easy by any means. He cleaned his beakers and flasks. He would need a lot of heat for this.
He activated the burner and let it burn for a while, he poured more qi into it to increase the the temperature. After a while he placed the flask on top of the burner and put two leaves of the moon peaking tree inside.
Of everything here it was easiest to extract, he watched it burn slowly while using his qi and extract and refine on it while he was also using eyes of truth to search for any hidden faults In the leaves.
He was able to identify a few hidden impurities and extracted them, by the time he was done the leaves had disappeared and all that was left was a green liquid, this tree had absorbed the essence of the green moon.
There were seven moons in the sky, with different colours, silver, blue, green, red, gold, purple and strangely enough, black, yes one of the moons was black and somehow still visible, it was like a black hole, you can see everything around it and then pure spherical darkness.
Plants who absorbs moon essence will absorb essence from one of these, absorbing from all of them will actually have a negative impact unless you have your means to deal with it.
He poured the essence into a beaker then went to the silver moon lily, as the name suggest,the lily had the essence of the silver moon. He placed it into a different flask and started the process.
This flower was more resilient, extracting it essence was harder but on the upside, it barely had any impurities so he did not need to use refine on it, it took hours constantly using his qi to extract it essence.
All that was left was to extract the essence of the tranquil lake rose, it was a very fragile flower and he needs rest before dealing with it he needed to rest. He had a warm meal made by Yamiko and meditated for a few hours.
He picked up the rose and gently, as gentle as could placed it into a clean new flask. He then used his qi to light the flask up, the heat was really low considering he was working with a heaven grade herb but that how the rose was.
It did not demand much in terms of power but it needed an insane amount of control, the worst part was it rarity, it could only grow in calm lakes undisturbed by anything, meaning the weather must be calm as well.
The only things that could live in that lake are small mortal fish whose movements barely cause any waves. He only had two of these things, that how are they are. He used extract on it, slowly drawing out the essence while eliminating the impurities.
To be honest there's barely any impurities at all and most of them were accumulated when the flower was taken out of the lake. The flower does not absorb impure mana during it growth.
He continued the process for hours, by the 12th hour, the feeling that rushed him home returned, it was very intense this time, as if, if he doesn't rush home he will regret it. His qi fluctuated, the temperature of the fire in the burner rose slightly.
The flower withered and turned into black ash. The little essence that was extracted was contaminated with the toxic ash of the withered flower. He sighed, well this sucks. He stood up and put everything into a cabinet.
He left the lab and went to the restaurant, he didn't stay at the kitchen though, he went to sit in a table where the customers eat, his shoulders slumped and he had a distant look in his eyes.
Are you okay customer? Asked Yamiko jokingly, she was very busy today, even though the restaurant wasn't crowded, without him, she had to cook and deliver the food, Yamino was helping but the poor girl wasn't suited for this and she had poor social skills.
Yeah, I'm fine miss, how are you? He replied. I'm good too, but seriously boss, you look like you just fucked a kitsune. Man is your tongue foul, you kiss your cute innocent sister with that rubbish hole?
That a very rude thing to say to a lady, I am a pretty and refined lady, show me some respect, she said while puffing her well endowed chest. He laughed a little, thank you Yamiko, I feel better now, he said as he stood up.