Eternal Cultivation Of Alchemy

It took a while for Alex to be allowed to visit the Divinity. The man was an alchemist as well and was busy most of the time, either with making pills or taking care of the guild.

He came to learn during his wait that the man was called Flareborn, and was one of the 3 Divinities in charge of the Wineweed guild, other than Wineweed himself who was the master.

Flareborn was in a lush green garden, drinking some tea of his own when Alex and Pearl were allowed to meet him.

Alex walked up to him and bowed gently. “Thank you for allowing me a chance to meet you, senior.” Pearl bowed slightly to the side.

The man, still sitting in his white chair, looked at Alex. “It’s hard to say no when the one requesting a meeting is senior Silvermist’s one and only disciple,” he said. “I wasn’t aware he belonged to you.”

Alex sat down. “There is no belonging here, but yes. He is my brother.”

“That I see now,” the man said. “Tell me, why have you come to visit me? Surely it’s not just to thank me.”

“I am grateful to you, senior. If not for your swift handling of the situation, my brother would have been in big trouble back then,” Alex said. “But I am also here to see if there have been some developments. Have those thugs who attacked my brothers been brought to justice yet? And what of the ones that were captured.”

The man paused for a bit, doing nothing to answer. He simply stared at the two of them, not a single inclination in his face that there were any other thoughts in his mind.

“The ones that were captured were brought to justice,” the man said. “But I do not know if you would think of it as justice.”

Alex frowned a little at the statement. “What does that mean, senior?” he asked.

“We have imprisoned those who were directly involved in the attacks. But those that were just following answers were let go after a fine. We cannot do much more for them.”

“What?” Alex jolted upward in bewilderment. “Why were they allowed to leave with just a fine.”

“Because their crimes were not worth more punishment than what they received,” the man said. “If you are afraid of being targeted again, do not worry. They have all been banished from this city. They will not be allowed back in. In the first place, those aren’t even the people you should be diverting your anger toward. It’s the people that put them up to the task. The leader, so to say.”

“They say Pearl here killed their young master. So there is a master among them,” Alex said. “If the others were allowed to leave, has there been any development with the leader?”

The Divinity shook his head. “There have not been any such developments. Those people are smart enough to make them swear oaths to not reveal about their masters. We haven’t even been able to tell if they have left the city or not,” he said. “I suggest you two leave this city. Go somewhere else where they can’t follow you. You should take on your beast form for a while so they don’t recognize you.”

Alex looked back at Pearl. It would be a good idea to have Pearl hide in the beast space for a bit while he figured out what to do next.

“We’ll think about it, senior,” Alex answered. “But leaving this place is out of the question, sadly. Unless you have a White Ascension Flower that I could use.”

“White Ascension Flower?” the man asked. “That’s not something I carry about. I will have to check with the guild to see if there is any.”

The man pulled out a medallion and questioned someone for a few seconds before placing it down. “We used to have them, but they are all sold out. It just doesn’t stay out at all.”

Alex didn’t really show any signs of disappointment as he knew this would be the answer from the start.

“You will have to wait for our people to get the flowers from a certain place,” the man said. “The Alchemy God’s inheritance site,” Alex said. “I’m aware. That is why I cannot leave this city. I must enter that place.”

Flareborn raised his eyebrows. “That’s not information that is easily known. You are a well- learned man, young Dawnblade.”

“Thank you, but I do not deserve that praise in this instance,” Alex said. “Brother Aethersage was the one who told me about this.”

Flareborn was taken aback by Alex suddenly naming the disciple of their guild master. “Young Aethersage told you? Are you two close?” he asked.

“Close enough to be friends,” Alex said. “I was supposed to go to the secret realm with him about 2 months ago, but I was forced to go up north to look for some ingredients.” frёewebnoѵel.ƈo๓

Flareborn stood up. “Young Aethersage is in the secret realm right now?” he asked.

“Yes,” Alex said. “Senior, do you remember the two kids that were with Pearl on the night of the attack?”

Flareborn thought for a bit and nodded. “I suppose I do remember them. The blonde girl and the black-haired boy, correct?”

Alex nodded. “The black-haired boy is Brother Aethersage’s disciple,” he said. “He is senior Wineweed’s great disciple.”

“WHAT?!” Flareborn snapped at that sentence. “Is that true?”

A gust of energy spread from the man, enveloping the entire area in hot air. Alex could feel the heat in the air, even though he didn’t see any heat aura.

“It is the truth, senior,” Alex said. “But please do not seek out the young man. You will ruin Brother Aethersage’s competition as he is not allowed any help from his guild. He must do everything himself.”

Flareborn remained standing for a while. “If I knew before…”

“You couldn’t,” Alex said. “Pearl didn’t tell you anything for Brother Aethersage’s sake. But, now that you know, will you please help intensify the search for these people who attacked

them? I wonder if you started with the obvious suspect.”

The man turned to look at Alex with a curious look. “Who?”