Chapter Fifty-Five

Fasona looked at the information in shock. Arnin really was an Orange level Alchelmesit, and not only that, but he was also a Pink level Mark Master. This shocked her even more.

One was only able to become a Mark Master at Essence Manifest, and Arnin was just at Orb Birth. She had assumed that when Arnin mentioned being a Mark Master, he would just be an assistant.

Although Assistant Mark Masters were similar to the Apprentice Alchemists, and could be considered the same things, however there was one main difference. An Assistant Mark Master did not need to do a test, while an Apprentice Alchemist did. This didn't mean that one was harder than the other, but an alchemist needed to know lots of information before starting anything, while the process of making marks was very dependent on talent, and how hard one practiced.

Seeing that Arnin was a Pink, not Orange level Mark Master shocked her completely. 'T-this kid is a monster! How did he become a Pink level Mark Master at such a young age, and with such a low cultivation realm?' She just couldn't understand this.

Fasona was also very shocked by Arnin's Alchemist level. He had actually passed the tests. This made her feel extremely wierd. She had wanted to take Arnin under her as an Apprentice so that she could train him until he made it into the official Alchemist ranks, but Arnin had done all of this much quicker than she could ever imagine.

Six hours! He took only about six hours to pass both the Apprentice and Orange level tests. 'Monster!' She couldn't help but repeat this. Arnin really was a monster in the eyes of Fasona.

Arnin had reincarnated into Afloria to level up his cultivation so it could help him break through his Demon Lord cultivation. However, he retained all of his memories, meaning he still remembered all of his skills from his Demon Lord life. Previously, he was considered one of the best Alchemists in the Universe, so passing the Orange test would not be considered something impressive. Rather if he didn't pass, that would be remarkable.

Fasona calmed her rampaging heart, and grabbed the sphere, heading back to where Arnin was. She saw him standing there causally. For some reason, this action of his made her really want to beat him up.

'Do you know how hard I had to work to get to where I am? It took me dozens of years, but you took six hours just to become an official Alchemist. Why don't you show some sort of happiness!?' Arnin's apathy really infuriated her.

Arnin didn't know what was going on Fasona's head, and he honestly didn't care. He was unhappy with the results he got in the test. He could have completed the test in mere minutes, if he had proper control of the Flames of Neutrality, that is. The flames were extremely difficult to manage, but their effects were amazing.

Arnin had prior experience with controlling flames for pill making, which was why it didn't take him too much time to learn how to roughly control the Flames of Neutrality, however that wasn't enough. If he had better control over the flames, he could have made more than twenty Orange level Water pills. His control was lacking, which only enabled him to create five in one batch. This disappointed him greatly.

Another thing that bugged him was his result in the Orange level test. Although he passed, he just barely did so. The test wanted him to create an Orange level pill, and Arnin did that, but he almost destroyed all the herbs in the process. Unfortunately, he was only able to create a total of ten Orange level cultivation pills.

If Fasona could listen to Arnin's thoughts, she would have collapsed by now. One must know that the cultivation pills were extremely difficult to make, and she too could only make ten if she put all of her effort into making them. She would have sliced Arnin with a blade if she discovered his disappointment with such a number.

Shaking his head, Arnin continued to wait for Fasona. A few moments later, he saw her walking over with a bright smile. Her face was glowing, but Arnin saw her upper lip subtly twitch.

He extended his arm for the sphere. "Have you seen enough? As you can see, I passed the tests, and am now an alchemist." Arnin grabbed the sphere as she handed it to him and placed it back in his robe.

"You really are something. With such skills, it's no wonder a Moth teacher would support you instead of a Butterfly teacher." Fasona spoke. Almost every Butterfly teacher knew about Xillar taking Arnin's side over Lod's when Arnin had come to snatch a student. At first, even Fasona was surprised by such actions, but now, she completely understood the reason. Arnin was just too talented.

"Well, since I am done the test, do I receive anything? Like an alchemy manual, or cauldron?" Arnin received his own place to work in the Mark Master departement, and he also received a mark making manual, so he assumed that he would also receive something from the Alchemy department.

"Of course, you will get some things. I will take you over to the main Alchemy building where all of us work. We have tons of books there that can be used by alchemists, and it has lots of space for new alchemists as well." When Fasona spoke about the Alchemy department, her eyes began to slightly shine. She herself was an alchemist of a very high rank, and one could see the pride she felt when mentioning the alchemist building.

Arnin nodded his head and walked back to the first floor with Fasona. She didn't purchase anything, and instead went straight towards the exit. Both of them walked for about fifteen minutes, before reaching a small building. It was much larger than the houses for the Moth students, but it was still smaller than the two main building for Moth and Butterfly students. Arnin speculated that it was about the same size as the academy library.

The walls were made from a grey wood with some green stone pillars. The roof was flat, which made it difficult to see what it was made from. There were no windows, or any openings for that matter, that would allow for one to look through to the other side.

Arnin nodded his head and followed Fasona towards the gates that were similar to the ones used in the library. There was even a scanner on the side, however this time, it matched the one that Arnin saw during the Apprentice test.

It had a large hole that was shaped like a hexagon. Fasona walked up and placed her blue prism into it. Just like when Arnin had placed his sphere, the hexagonal hole began to change shape and firmly held onto the prism.

CREAK

The large doors that seemed to be made of some extremely dark stone began to open up. He heard a deep rumbling sound and even the pebbles that hid in the swaying grass began to jump around.

Arnin didn't show much of a reaction to the happenings. It wasn't super impressive to someone like him.

When the doors finally opened, Arnin was unable to see inside. It looked as though a black wall was placed there to prevent others from seeing the inside.

"What is this? Why can't I see anything?" He looked at Fasona and asked. With his low cultivation level, he was not able to discern what was going on.

"Ignore that. Just follow me, and you will enter the building." Fasona smiled before walking straight towards the black wall. Arnin followed without hesitation.

Fasona was the first to reach the barrier, and when she went towards it, Arnin found that she walked through the black wall without any resistance. He was next, and just calmly walked through it as well.

When he touched the barrier, it felt as though touching the surface of water. He walked through and felt as though he entered a pool. Arnin was very surprised that such a lace could have this type of mechanism.

Darkness surrounded Arnin's eyes, and even with his amazing vision, he wasn't able to see a thing. He didn't move in any other direction, as it felt as though something was dragging him along onto the right path. It was all very mysterious.

Finally, a yellow light shined onto Arnin's face. Arnin looked around and couldn't help but feel slightly astonished.

'So, this place is the Alchemy building? Impressive.' Arnin looked around and felt as though he had entered into another world. The place looked nothing like a building. There were neither walls nor ceilings. Arnin found that there was a blue sky looking over the place, with green grass went as far as the eye could see.

People were walking around, carrying cauldrons, pills, and herbs. Fires were erupting left and right. Sometimes, a cauldron would explode, other times, pills appeared. The place was extremely beautiful and looked just like the outside world.

Arnin could feel a large amount of space essence in the surroundings, which told him that this was another dimension.

Fasona felt very proud when she noticed the small change on Arnin's face. Every academy had a Alchemy building, but not all of them had a dimension like Lepidoptera. Only the very large academies could afford something like a private dimension.

"This place is really nice, right? Well, this is where the alchemists do their work." Fasona explained. Arnin nodded his head, as also felt that this place was quite incredible, however he was confused about one thing. An academy would need an extremely strong space cultivator to create this place. How could they afford this?

"This place is very nice, but how did you guys afford it? I don't think every academy has a private dimension like this, right?" Arnin looked over at Fasona.

"You are right, only the high-ranking academies can have a private dimension like this, however in the past, our Alchemy department's creator saved a space cultivator. The cultivator then repaid the creator of this department by giving him this dimension." Fasona had a very proud look on her face. This look held some arrogance, but many would have felt extremely delighted to see it. Fasona was extremely attractive, so many men would fall for her every expression.

"Well, you guys were pretty lucky then." Arnin nodded his head,. The way he spoke sounded a little weird to Fasona. He showed some interest in the place before, but now he seemed very calm, as if this was something he saw every day.

"Arnin, you are now a part of the Alchemy department, so you don't have to sound so distant. We were all lucky to have this place." Fasona smiled at Arnin while saying that. He didn't answer her, and only smiled in a very mysterious way. She couldn't understand such a smile, and so she decided not to dwell on the topic.

"Alright, let us go and get you set up. This place you see is the public area for alchemists. Many come here to create pills and get help. Some even come to trade and buys herbs, but almost every alchemist has a home in this dimension. We will have to get you one as well." Fasona began to explain some small things. From her explanations, Arnin understood that what he saw right now was only a very small portion of the dimension. There was a huge section where the alchemists would stay. That place was, however, different from normal housing areas. Everyone would get a plot of land that they would be able to cultivate, grow herbs on, and use to create create pills. It really was incredible.

Arnin smiled and was extremely happy with such a set up. He was glad that he accepted to become an alchemist. Such benefits were extremely good.

Fasona led Arnin towards a small hut. Inside, there was an old man who seemed to be sleeping. Fasona didn't disturb the old man, and just grabbed a booklet that laid on a table. She began to flip through the pages slowly, her eyes scanning whatever was on it.

Arnin wasn't able to see anything, however he just kept quiet. Suddenly, Fasona gave him the booklet and pointed towards three different houses.

"So, these are the three different available properties. You can look through the information on the three and decide which you want." She smiled and waited while Arnin began to read through the information.

The first property was very close to where they were. The house was very large, but the surrounding area was slightly small. Arnin shook his head and decided not to take this one. He himself wanted to grow lots of herbs that were specialized towards his needs. Plus, being near the public area would result in lots of noise, which Arnin didn't want.

The next house was extremely far from the public area. The place was very isolated, and the land was extremely large. The house was also very well built. Arnin nodded and liked the house description. He decided that this would be the place he wanted. He didn't care about the other property since he was set on the second one.

"I want this one." Arnin pointed towards the decided property, however Fasona was shocked.

"Arnin, this property is very far from here. You would be isolated from the other alchemists and won't be able to make continuous trips. The land is good, but the isolation is incredibly terrible, do you really want it?" Fasona couldn't understand Arnin's thinking. The first property was actually very popular. Not only was it very close to the public area, but the house was also extremely big. Although the field wasn't as large as the second house's, that didn't mean that it was small.

The last house wasn't as good as the first, but in Fasona's head, it was much better than the second. Although it wasn't extremely close to the public area, many alchemists lived around the area, making collaboration very easy.

The second house did not seem to have many good points, other than a large plot of land. Almost no one lived in the area; it was completely isolated.

"I am sure. This is the place I want." Arnin smiled. He didn't mind isolation, rather he liked it. Silence would allow him to do what he wanted, and since no one else was around, he could even do other jobs.

'Maybe I should bring Vilis to this area? There is a supposed forest near the area.' Arnin began to think. Vilis wasn't really needed at his home anymore. After his breakthrough, his strength equaled or was just barely lower than Vilis', which meant he could protect himself. Plus, being in such a small area all the time would be very annoying for a beast like Vilis.

"I have a question though. The forest, does it have plants and animals?" Arnin looked at Fasona. The dimension was extremely big, so he felt there should be something nearby.

"Of course, there are animals. Let me tell you something very interesting about this place. Although the space cultivator gave it to us, he didn't create this space. All he did was cut a chunk of real land and connected it to the academy. We call it a dimension because that piece of land won't ever appear in public view again." She spoke with admiration.

Arnin was clearly shocked. He also felt that this place was not created by a space cultivator, since only one at an extremely high cultivation would be able to do so. Afloria should not have had anyone like that, because if they did, he would have known about it when he was the Demon Lord.

He assumed that the Alchemy Dimension was similar to the tower's two worlds, where there was a portal that connected to a different location, however that wasn't the case. The cultivator actually isolated a large piece of land for the academy. This type of skill was still incredible.

"Am I able to bring others into this world?" Arnin asked.

"Yes, you can, but only a limited number. The only thing is that they are not allowed in the public area unless they are apprentice level alchemists or higher. If they aren't, then they can only stay around your property. Since you are an Orange Alchemist, you can bring a total of three people." She explained.

Arnin nodded his head and was happy to hear such a thing. That was enough to bring Vilis and Akig over. It would be better for Vilis to be in the dimension because of the large fields and animals. Akig would have to join Vilis since Akig was the beast tamer, and now someone who Arnin was going to train.

Fasona handed Arnin a white liquid. "This is?" Arnin raised an eyebrow and asked while taking the bottle filled with the milky substance.

"Spill this liquid over your identity sphere. This will place the coordinates of your house into the sphere, allowing you to transport there easily from the platform. " She said after some reluctance. She still didn't want Arnin moving to such an isolated place, but she couldn't stop him since it was his decision to make.

Arnin took out his sphere and spilled the liquid over it. After a few minutes, the liquid was completely absorbed inside the sphere. Arnin raised an eyebrow towards such mysteriousness.

"Now then, you can stand on that platform and place your sphere into one of the hexagonal holes. You will be transported to the new house." Arnin nodded his head and walked out the hut. He suddenly stopped and looked at Fasona.

"How do I leave the dimension?" Arnin didn't know how to leave yet. If he got there and was trapped, he would not be able to do anything. He didn't have the power to rip through space like he did before.

"Haha! When you get to your house, you can search for a similar hole. However, remember this, you cannot teleport here without going outside first. The only way to get to the public area from your house is if you leave the whole dimension, and then reenter." Fasona beautifully shook her head. This was one of the annoying things about the house Arnin chose.

Arnin smiled and went over to the large platform that seemed to be made from a magical blue material. Arnin inserted his sphere into one of the holes, and then his body vanished.