Chapter 448: Name & Alchemy
Chapter 448: Name & Alchemy
"By the way beauty, what is your name? I don't prefer calling you 'old beauty' anymore, it feels like a crime to do that to you!"
The old beauty was still shocked by his introduction a moment ago, but even more so now that she heard his question.
She couldn't help but blurt out,
"You kidnap and rape ladies without even knowing their name!?"
Hearing that Tianlong Yun didn't seem to be impressed by her words, as he said,
"Oh, please save me the morals, we both know the true face of this world. Might makes right in this world, and one doesn't need to have a moral standing on what he does!
Pretending to have morals knowing this is nothing short of hypocrisy!"
How could she not understand that, it was just that the shock she had just received was too heavy, and that was just an instinct reaction of hers!
It's in the instincts of every human being to feel wronged whenever their rights or morals are stepped upon and feel righteous whenever they do the same thing to others.
Life is such, history is always written by the winners. No matter what they do, the winner is right at the end, while the loser is always guilty, for failing to have enough strength.
Making peace with her thoughts about this, the old beauty just looked at him once again carefully, trying to uncover more about this mysterious young man in front of her.
While sometimes he looked like a teenager enjoying himself and taking hasty decisions, in fact, he was much more mature than most of the people she had known.
He had a clear understanding of what he wanted to achieve and what to do about it. Even her current state was due to him.
He played the villain in front of her to help her destroy her walls herself. This didn't change the fact that he raped her though, but still, that was something unavoidable in the world they lived in.
She wasn't the first and would neither be the last one to suffer that, as in the true world stronger people always imposed their wills on the weaker ones.
Her only difference was that the one doing that on her seemed to be more down to earth and clear about the situation, and had given her a little bit of help.
Not to mention that after her family, and Clan had abandoned her she had nowhere to go anymore, so she might just stay around him for some time, not that she could leave now anyway.
Furthermore, with him she had found the pleasures of carnal desires, he took so many happy and pleasurable firsts of her, something that her ex-husband had been unable to do for many years.
As for taking revenge against the people that betrayed her, she wasn't really sure. After all, it would be better to pretend those guys didn't exist for her from now on.
She had given her life and everything to them for so long, so if she was the one to make their lives miserable, then she would be destroying the only thing she had worked so hard until now.
She couldn't bear to destroy her life's work just for revenge, but she would surely not bother about what would happen to them from now on though.
All these thoughts made her lose concentration for a moment, but Tianlong Yun didn't disturb her, he knew she had a lot of things to think about.
It was only when she had finally regained her senses that he asked,
"So, are you telling me your name or not beauty!?"
She was a bit startled hearing this but immediately answered back,
"My name is Irina Draco!"
"Irina, that's a good name! Well, I have to go now, and I am sure you have a lot to think about too! When you feel you are ready notify me, and I will take you out of here!"
"Mhm!"
With that said, Tianlong Yun pulled his finger that was in her secret cave until now and left the place.
He had many other things he needed to check up on, and also make the preparations for the next attack on the outside.
Furthermore, this was a perfect time for him to start refining some new pills and weapons, and try if he could add those 'herb roots' to the mix.
A good alchemist didn't just refine pills according to the recipes he had, but also tried to research deeper, and create his own recipes.
If that wasn't the case then how it would be possible for alchemy to reach the levels it had nowadays.
Not only alchemy but any path was like this, if one just followed the path that others had laid before, they would only be able to reach the heights of their predecessors.
It was only those who risked and created their own path that had a limitless, and infinite future ahead of them, and Tianlong Yun liked to think that he was one of them.
With those thoughts in mind, Tianlong Yun made the last arrangements he needed to do, as he instructed Tianlong Hu Die to continue the process with the 'herb roots' but with a difference.
From now on, after the cleansing, she wouldn't give the 'herb roots' to them one by one, but chop them into pieces and add them to their food.
They didn't have a lack of them, and if they did they could just head out in another attack outside and gather more of them.
Furthermore, like this, he would be able to strengthen his army slowly without them even knowing about it, without creating too much disparity.
Of course, even those who had already eaten these things whole would get their cut so the difference would still be there for everyone to notice.
Like this, he felt like they had a better shot at what was awaiting them outside because it was certain that the next attack would be a truly dangerous one.
With these thoughts in mind, he left Tianlong Hu Die to prepare for his instructions and then left towards his alchemic lab inside the Old Pouch.
This place was a storehouse of herbs and special ingredients. Some of them were in their raw form for preservation, and some were processed and ready to use.
Each of these herbs and ingredients required its own conditions in order to be preserved so every part of the big lab room had a different look, and atmosphere to it.
The only thing that didn't change through the whole lab though was probably the herbs daft smell, that seemed to pierce through one's nose.
Tianlong Yun relished a bit in that smell, and then started walking towards a corner of the lab where were the ingredients for making some 'Vitality Restoring Pills'.
He hadn't done any alchemy for a while now, so he needed to start with a rather easy pill in order to warm up a bit, even though this was a level 3 pill.
Well, that was considered really easy for him, considering his in-depth knowledge and experience, and also considering the fact that with his strength now he could easily refine level 6 pills.
In fact, he could aim for higher, but he was afraid that his current Qi realm wasn't enough to keep the flames ongoing for a higher-level pill.
The disparity in the pill's levels was made based on their refining difficulty and their use. And the base difficulties were the insufficiency in flames quality, Qi, or Soul Power to control the flames.
While Tianlong Yun had more than sufficient Soul Power, and flames quality, he was missing the left ingredient Qi.
But that didn't matter much right now, as he processed all the herbs quickly, and then started the refining.
Frankly, this pill was easy, its only drawbacks were the long time it required to refine, and the high mental concentration on keeping the flames ever-changing.
Still, Tianlong Yun was able to finish the process with success as at the end of it, he got 3 high-quality pills out of 4 possible.
While this wasn't the best result, it was more than good enough considering for how long he hadn't refined pills.
With that done, he took some time to sit down in a lotus position so he could meditate and cultivate, so he could return to primary conditions, and then started refining another pill.
This time it was a level 4 pill, the 'Heart Cleansing Pill'. This pill was unique because it didn't help in Soul Power cultivation, but it helped one protect their consciousness sea in case of a Soul attack.
Its best use was during someone's breakthrough though, as it helped the cultivator cleanse some of their heart demons, helping them to have a much smoother breakthrough process.
Tianlong Yun didn't start refining these to help his disciples in their breakthroughs though, he did it as extra help in the next attack.
It was enough to see what happened with the 'herb root' coming out of a big tree the first time, as the first team almost perished by that soul attack.
So he needed to have a lot of these in order to keep them safe from that, otherwise, things would certainly get messy this time around.
All the pills he was going to refine today were in order to help him better deal with what was to come in the next attack.
While he didn't know much about what awaited them outside, he understood that it was going to not be an easy ride.
With these thoughts in his mind, he stayed inside the lab room for more than 2 weeks in order to refine pills that he and his disciples would need, and he made a good pile of them.
When he was over, he felt a bit tired but satisfied with his work. He had managed to create a few trump cards for the upcoming battle