Chapter 20: Spirit Serpent

With swift movements, Kyrell successfully removed the herb dregs and only the essence of the herbs remained on the beakers. As the 'golden period' to mix the three different essences is quite short, he didn't waste any time and poured the essences into a new and clean beaker.

The essences boiled even harder than before after they were mixed and Kyrell swiftly placed his palm at the top of the beaker. He injected his mana into the three types of liquid and let the essences completely merge with each other.

The lowest-level healing potion is the easiest and as long as the mana poured at the essences is the right amount and is flowing at a constant rate, it is enough for the fusion. Of course, higher-ranking potions are different.

As such, soon, Kyrell wiped the sweat on his forehead and stared at the blood-red liquid on the beaker.

It was a success! He was able to concoct a healing potion effective for early stages at the Genetic Awakener Realm!

Kyrell can't help but smile. Although he was cheating, this potion was still his hard work. He can't wait for the time that he can create the potion without the need for cheating.

"How lucky! Young Master was able to succeed on the first try today. We'll have a break before we continue our lesson" Uncle Ignis said happily, as a pharmacist, what he least wants to see is the wastage of the herbs.

"Thank you" Kyrell replied as he really needed the break. He is currently still only at the lowest rank of cultivation realms, he can only create one healing potion at a time and it uses a considerable amount of mana. He cannot make two potions in succession as his mana wouldn't be enough.

If not for the fact that he has more mana capacity compared to normal cultivators, one potion alone might have exhausted him to death and not just tire him considerably.

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Just like that, time passed again. Aside from a few people, not many know that two Spirit Nourisher Cultivators fought inside the city not too long ago. This was definitely weird and some undercurrents are definitely happening behind the scenes.

However, as of the moment, Kyrell has a more important task to do and that is fully converting the magic beast Jade Serpent into a Spirit Serpent.

It has been more than a month since Kyrell became a cultivator. Originally, it should have taken him more than 2 months to digest three Mana Essence Potion to reach the second level of the Genetic Awakener Realm.

However, misfortune is also sometimes accompanied by fortune. Back when he almost died because of the evil cultivators, the progress of the conversion of the magic beast into Spirit Serpent also increased considerably, furthering his cultivation as a result.

Initially, Kyrell estimated that when the Jade Serpent was fully converted, he would reach the mid-stage. However, since his mana capacity was roughly three times compared to normal people, now that he is only at the second level, he is already on the brink of full conversion.

As of the moment, he was striving for the final push. After more than a month of effort, only a small part of the magic beast is not yet converted.

Inside Kyrell, he was refining the mana from the Mana Essence Potion so that it would become a part of his own power. Whenever he refined a part of the potion, he would circulate it according to his cultivation art, the Spirit Serpent Art!

The refined mana is controlled by him and enters the [Spirit Seal Space] where the coiled slumbering jade serpent can be seen. The refined mana would then 'cling' to the unconverted part of the serpent as if the mana was dissolving the poor creature.

When a small part of the serpent was 'dissolved' and from 'physical' it turned into 'energy', the mana with slightly enhanced quantity and quality would then return to Kyrell's physical body, nourishing him in return.

The Spirit Serpent Art... while not at the top of the Cultivation Arts in the world is still way better compared to the common ones in the market.

Even with superior skills, it is not easy for a cultivator with a lower quality Cultivation Art to win against those that have superior art if his skills were only a bit better.

The various factions in the world also couldn't be blamed for being strict in guarding their exclusive arts.

Think of it this way, a cultivator cultivating a superior art might be able to defeat multiple opponents in the same realm, establishing the faction's prestige. However, what would happen if their cultivation art became mainstream?

This faction's strength would not be any different than the ones that stole their art and even the factions at the same level as the poor faction that got their art stolen would be displeased.

When people grasp power, they naturally want others to be weaker to maintain their supremacy. Hence, cultivation arts are extremely guarded secrets!

Kyrell continued to refine mana and use it to convert the serpent and he now reached the critical point.

Crack...

It was as if something inside Kyrell shattered. The serpent inside him started glowing with an intense blue light and his physical body started to tremble.

His mana activity has become livelier than usual and if not for his command, Zero might have forcefully calmed down the abnormalities happening to him.

He knew that this was a crucial stage and he must experience it personally if he wanted to advance further in the path of cultivation.

The conversion was finally completed and the serpent started to transform. In the past, it was a magic beast, a real lifeform. But after being converted into a Spirit Serpent it would be a creature that is between a lifeform and not.

Lifeforms are humans, demi-humans, magic beasts, etc.

They are creatures with their own mind and life. In short, they are 'life'. However, Spirit Serpents are in the boundary between the living and the non-living but not in the sense that they are dead or undead.

They are unique energy entities that are neither living nor non-living. However, the Evander Clan still viewed them as energy-type lifeforms as most of them grew feelings for their Spirit Serpent that would accompany them for life.

In the past, the Jade Serpent has jade-like scales but its body started turning blue as it became a creature made from mana. But now, after the intense light subsided, it returned to its former color.

The Jade Serpent finally has emerald scales once more but compared to its magic beast counterpart, it has an illusory translucent body.

The serpent, now a Spirit Serpent finally ended its slumber and opened its eyes to let out a hissing sound as if to announce its resurrection.

Once the transformation was completed, the abnormalities on Kyrell's body also subsided and from the [Spirit Seal Space], more power was flowing throughout his whole body

Finally! Now that he has a complete Spirit Serpent, he can finally start learning Core Skills!

Kyrell opened his eyes and he let out a turbid breath. He didn't break through to the 3rd level but his strength increased considerably. It was almost the strength of a human cultivator and a magic beast combined.

The feeling of growing stronger... it was addicting!

"Now, aside from the Mana Essence Potion, I must also take the clan's exclusive potion, the Spirit Serpent Nourishing Potion"

"If in the past, the magic beast serpent was my nourishment, now that it is a Spirit Serpent, things are completely different. I must cultivate both myself and the Spirit Serpent"

"If I grow stronger, so does the Spirit Serpent, if the Spirit Serpent grew, so does I. It's a cycle of mutual assistance but here lies the disadvantage of the Spirit Serpent Art despite its many advantages"

"If I nourish myself, despite the fact that there would be some feedback to the Spirit Serpent, in the end, feedback is only a feedback. The enhancement is not at the same level as my personal improvement and the same is true if it is the Spirit Serpent that was nourished"

"The Spirit Serpent Art emphasizes the harmony and unity of the Cultivator and the Spirit Serpent to harness the power of two in the body of one with the enhancement greater than simple one plus one"

"While it was not impossible to focus on nourishing either the Cultivator or the Spirit Serpent alone, if the difference in strength was too high, it would be detrimental to the cultivators. It would be harder to control one's power"

"It was akin to having two feet but only training one of them. One foot was enhanced considerably but because it requires two feet to walk, the weaker foot is dragging down the stronger foot"

"However; to cultivate both the Cultivator and the Spirit Serpent requires a longer time compared to other Cultivation Arts. This sacrifices the speed of progress for a stronger power in each realm"