Chapter 636: Soothing Lotus Seed
鈥淭his is the Soothing Lotus Seed. This pill can extend the user鈥檚 life by 50 years,鈥?Master Mountain revealed seriously.
It was a small emerald pill, shaped like a lotus seed but looking like a crystal. Seth stared at Yu in disbelief. Was he serious?
鈥淵ou mean to say, that I am guaranteed to live 50 years longer just by eating this pill?鈥?
鈥淯nless you get killed, that is correct.鈥?
鈥淲hy would your friend just gift away something like this, if that is true?鈥?he asked in disbelief and suspicion.
鈥淚 understand your thoughts. There is a catch to this pill, it can only be taken once. Swallowing more than one would be nothing but waste. My friend happens to be able to refine these, so he鈥檚 never short on valuable gifts like this鈥︹€?
Master Mountain seemed to remember something slightly troubling as he said those words. What Seth couldn鈥檛 know was the stress Yu had gone through to try and match up to this kind of gift. Sometimes having very generous friends could put a lot of pressure on an old man who had nothing but strength.
Hearing the elder鈥檚 explanation, Seth stopped doubting the pill. If it was one-time-use-only, he could see someone giving them out like candies, if they had the resources to do so. However, the core was a much bigger present in Seth鈥檚 eyes as it was something he had direly wished for.
Treasures for extending his lifespan were cool, but he was already guaranteed an extended life thanks to the system functions. The thought of long, or even eternal life was tempting. Seth would have lied if it wasn鈥檛, but the blacksmith had never seriously thought about it or wished for it.
鈥淚s it not to your liking?鈥?Yu asked, seeing Seth not as reverent of the pill as he would have expected.
鈥淎h, it鈥檚 just鈥?50 years of life span are great and all, but it isn鈥檛 really helpful to me in my current situation. What is the point of a potentially long life, if I lack the strength to enjoy it? The people I like鈥ven I can鈥檛 guarantee to survive that long on Urth. I prefer these items because they offer me strength,鈥?the blacksmith spoke softly and strangely honest.
鈥渉ehe, I鈥檓 looking forward to the old badger鈥檚 face when I tell him that I found someone that wasn鈥檛 moved by his medicine,鈥?Master Mountain couldn鈥檛 help but exclaim. After a short laugh, he calmed down again and pondered.
鈥淚f this Soothing Lotus Seed isn鈥檛 to your liking, I could offer to exchange it with something you have more use for.鈥?
Master Mountain brought a small Jade Bottle.
鈥淚n hear I have 5 earth-ranked Body Refining Pills. They are not quite as valuable as the Lotus Seed, but they are items with great benefits even to people without cultivation.鈥?
Seth鈥檚 eyes grew bright at the sigh of the otherworldly medicine. He knew that Alison had managed to develop her potion based on a recipe for something called Basic Body Strengthening Liquid. Earth-ranked Body Refinement Pill sounded much grander, even if Seth had no idea what it actually meant. The old man implied that it was not as effective for non-cultivators, but it still sounded very powerful.
鈥淎s the name says, it is a pill that refines your body and expels waste and latent toxins from it. It indirectly strengthens it, by cleaning and condensing your muscles and bones.鈥?
Seth had a hunch that it might be similar to his skill that could strengthen materials by injecting magic power. It seemed more useful than the additional lifespan he may not get to enjoy.
鈥淎lright, let鈥檚 do that. But what do you need the seed for?鈥?
Seth decided to take the deal, but it didn鈥檛 mean he was interested in why Master Mountain wanted the seed. Since he said that his friend kept gifting it a lot, he must have had one already. Yu answered with a kind old man smile.
鈥淚 have no plans for it. I will keep it safe for now,鈥?were his words, but his smile had a mischievous hint.
鈥淵ou are going to rub it under your friend鈥檚 nose, right?
鈥淢y dear friend, we only met recently but it鈥檚 as if you knew me for decades.鈥?Master Mountain smiled even brighter.
鈥淎 word of advice. Take the body refinement pill in an easy-to-clean room and get something tough to bite on while the pill is at work.鈥?
鈥淒oes it hurt a lot?鈥?
Seth asked a simple question, but the silence the old man answered with went a little too long for his taste.
鈥溾€t鈥檚 not exactly comfortable. I heard it can be quite painful for ordinary people, but it is nothing life-threatening,鈥?he finally said.
鈥淲ell, good to know.鈥?
They talked a little longer about Master Mountains鈥?future plans. When Seth asked for how long he planned to stay in Delta this time, his answer was that he would set off right after their conversation. The old man was actually quite hurried to return home, as he had been gone for almost a full year.
鈥淚 guess you miss them a lot.鈥?
鈥溾€h, yes. That too. But I鈥檓 more worried that they caused trouble. I don鈥檛 know what I did wrong when I raised them. My children are all already old fogies themselves, yet they keep causing trouble for their old man.鈥?
Although he complained, he spoke with a small smile. As Seth didn鈥檛 want to keep the man from returning to his own home, they didn鈥檛 talk for much longer and soon shared their farewells.
鈥淵ou made quite the profit this time,鈥?Al commented.
The sorceress had not taken part in their conversation and just mostly listened from the side. Since Yu was gone, it was time to find out what Al鈥檢alsar had come for. Usually, the former lich abhorred leaving her magic tower-鈥?magic apartment building.
鈥淚 will add to today鈥檚 profit. Here.鈥?
She placed a small silver ingot on the table.
Epic
Ithildin created by the Great Sorceress Al鈥橺alsar using a grand machination to utilize the power of Urth鈥檚 moon. >
鈥淚 already tested its properties. Compared to the you get from the dwarf it has a higher conductivity for magic but had a slight elemental imbalance. It is especially good for non-attributed magic power, water, light, and lighting. On the other hand, it is worse for all other elements and attributes, 鈥?she explained while Seth was still checking the entry in his material catalog.
Seth needed a moment to realize what this meant. The existence of this ingot was proof that not only Al had finished her work on the refinement of but was most likely also done with Project Iego.
鈥淭hat鈥檚 great! This means you can help me with-鈥?
鈥淕eez! I just finished a big favor for you and you already have the next thing to ask?鈥?
鈥淚t鈥檚 the last thing for a while. I need your help with a piece of space equipment since I don鈥檛 have any enchantments for it.鈥?
Since Seth now had a soul with the space attribute and material with the attribute, he just needed the enchantress who could help him channel their attributes to make the item he envision.
鈥溾€ine, I owe you anyways.鈥
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