All fifteen sisters who originated from Yukon knew that Lorelei had a huge passion for alchemy. She was basically a very devoted alchemist, even considered to be an obsessive pill lover.
It was most likely thanks to Lorelei’s heart disease that she turned out this way. Although her illness would not kill her, it limited her powers. She had already hit her peak after achieving the last stage of Heavenly Deity… She was so close to achieving Heavenly King, but simply couldn’t seem to reach that cultivation. Her cultivation journey had been put to a halt thousands of years ago. Thus, she lost interest in cultivation and started obsessing over alchemy, an infatuation that ended up a burning passion.
It was scary how efficient one could be when obsessed over something. Moreover, Lorelei had been fixated on alchemy for several millennia. In reality, the woman had already made a name for herself back in ancient times. As a famous alchemist, multitudes begged her for medicinal pills.
Nobody actually knew the main reason of Lorelei’s promise to support Eustace in Yukon. The area was filled with various kinds of spiritual herbs, and it possessed all the Chi and spiritual energy of the entire universe.
That meant that the success rate of making pills within the sanctuary would be much higher than usual. This was actually her real reason of coming Yukon. However, Lorelei realized that her alchemical skills had reached its limit after being in Yukon for three thousand years. At this point, she personally believed that she wouldn’t be acheiving anymore shocking breakthroughs in her learning.
She figured that she was likely the strongest alchemist in this universe, and had only been trying to achieve in making the Great Star Pill her entire life. Even then, she had managed to do this a while ago. Now, she realized that she was horribly wrong. There were people out there who were better when it came to alchemy.
Alex showed her that there were bigger goals in life, and that her alchemy skills weren’t as great as she thought it to be. He made her realize that a completely pure medicinal pill did in fact exist, and wasn’t merely fictional.
When Alex synthesized a pure Enlightenment Pill, Lorelei was exceedingly overwhelmed, so much so that she hugged him. In the end, she even groveled before him, holding his feet out of respect and nearly kissing his toes.
Alex couldn’t understand what she was feeling.
She was unhappy that Alex’s skills were greater than hers, but she was happy that her alchemy journey hadn’t ended just yet. Instead, a longer path seemed to lie ahead something that satisfied and delighted her a lot.
“Are you really doing this now?” Alex found this rather ridiculous. He was starting to wonder if Lorelei had merged with the soul restriction spell he did on her. After all, he wasn’t controlling her at this moment she was doing all this voluntarily. This was in complete contrast to her self-centered behavior. It was way too different.
“You have to understand one thing. I promised to break the restriction spell on you after ten years. You’d be able to regain freedom by then.”
“But now, if you’d like to learn alchemy from me, you need to recognize me as your master, which means joining my clan. You’d have to follow my rules and listen to everything I say. Are you sure about this?” Alex asked.
Lorelei immediately replied. “Yes, I’m very sure!”
Alex looked at her. “Alright then. I’ll take you in since you’re being so sincere. Let’s make more Enlightenment Pills tomorrow. Today, we can share these.”
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