Chapter 16

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Unknowingly after Christina had consumed the white pill refined by Austin, its medicinal effects continued to linger in her body for several breaths of time before slowly fading away.

Christina felt as if she had replaced her original body with a new one. Other than the pleasant feeling from her limbs and bones, she felt much lighter.

She raised her hand subconsciously, feeling that even her skin had become a little fairer and more tender under the pill’s effects.

Christina looked at Austin in a daze. “Are these the effects of the pill I just took?”

She couldn’t believe it.

Though she had never taken it before, she had never seen anyone practice any medicine of such a degree.

However, she still dabbled in studying some books on basic pill refinement.

If she wanted to concoct a pill, she would need to be an alchemist with good fire elemental mastery and have a pill furnace. These were all necessary things. As for Austin, he just casually pinched it with a flame in his hand, immediately forming a pill.

It felt like such an impossible feat.

However, the truth was right before her eyes.

At this moment, she had so many questions. Most of them were just questions to herself.

At the same time, Austin’s familiar voice rang in her ears again.

“Alright, now try to sense the magic elements around you again. See if there are any changes from before?”

“Yes, okay!” Christina hurriedly replied. Without thinking too much, she subconsciously released her spiritual sense as she had done countless times before, trying to sense the various magic elements in her surroundings.

If it was in the past, she would definitely be the same as before. She had long stopped feeling disappointed about being unable to feel anything.

However, this time, when she opened her spiritual sense…

She saw… countless magical elements of various colors suddenly appeared in front of her in the air!

It was as if she was truly seeing the world around her for the first time. With just a stretch of her hand, all the magical elements in the air instantly surged toward her.

Scorching fire elements, leaping water elements, swift and violent lightning elements, the ever resolute metal elements, and the simple and unadorned wood elements…

All the elements were clearly sensed by her when she opened her spiritual sense.

Even when she stretched out her hand, these elements seemed to have a life of their own. They took the initiative to cling to her palm, becoming intimate with her.

What Christina didn’t know was that the other mages could not interact with the elements just like she was doing right now.

In short, after coming into contact with the magic elements around her, it was the first time that Christina came into contact with such a world.

“I can’t believe it. These are all real.” Christina looked at the magic elements in the air as if she was in a dream.

After she learned that she couldn’t practice magic when she was fourteen, she would unknowingly dream about it in her sleep that night.

Like other children, she yearned for this magical world.

For this reason, she had read countless magic books and wanted to see with her own eyes all the scenes that even a first-tier mage had difficulties describing.

However, she had never found out what it truly felt to be able to witness the magic elements interact with the world around her.

This was because this was a common sight to all mages. Who would specifically record these scenes in books?

Until now…

She finally experienced such a beautiful scene for the first time.

Just this alone meant too much.

When she looked at Austin again, her eyes were sparkling.

“Thank you, Austin.” Christina thanked him from the bottom of her heart.

Facing the stage that she had been dreaming of for the past few years, she did not know what else to say now that Austin had gifted it to her with his own hands. 

In the end, she could only say the most ordinary and sincere ‘thank you’.

Then, she looked at Austin and said again, “Austin, you must have used up a lot of money for what you did just now. Although… Although I don’t have much money,” Christina stammered.

But soon, her eyes shone as she looked at Austin. “But not to worry. Although I just acquired the ability to practice magic, I’ll definitely repay you well when I become a mage.”

In fact, Christina herself knew that refining a pill to completely improve her physique was not something that could merely be repaid by ordinary means of currency.

This was already a form of grace that could be remade.

Such a great favor might have to be repaid for the rest of her life after she managed to ascend into magehood.

But when she finished saying all this sincerely, she thought that Austin would say something else.

Austin just waved his hand lightly and said casually, “It’s nothing. It’s just a white pill that I refined casually. There’s no need for you to thank me so much.”

The answer completely exceeded Christina’s expectations.

In fact, the reason why their reactions were so different was mainly because the difference between them was just too big.

That was because the pill just now was really a pill that Austin refined casually. He did not even add any heavenly and earthly treasures into it. That was why it was called a white pill.

It was tens of thousands of times different from the pill he refined for an emperor-level figure in the Tian Xuan Land.

It was like an old grandpa throwing candy to his granddaughter.

If this granddaughter was moved and wanted to repay him properly, the old grandpa would definitely not take it seriously.

He might even educate his granddaughter to not be so ignorant in the future.

In short, after completely absorbing the medicinal power, Christina began to sense the magic elements around her again and again. After two to three minutes when the novelty wore off, she finally asked Austin the question that she had been puzzled about from the beginning.

“Austin, I see that your alchemy is different from the knowledge I learned from in books. You didn’t use a pill furnace. Is it because you have your own alchemy method?”

Hearing this, Austin immediately said, “If you have a pill furnace, the effects will be better. But to answer your question, my special pill furnace is not with me. Also, there’s no need to use a pill furnace to refine such a simple kind of pill.”

Saying this, Austin raised his eyes and glanced at Christina again.

This time, he spoke slowly, emphasizing each word.

“Now, I’ll ask you again. Do you want to be an alchemist?”