Another week later. i finally talked with Aiko again.
It was definitely because i wanted to make more Pills, as she would stalk Aiko whenever she lazed around.
"Back to Pill refining?" Aiko asked i who was one ter away from her.
"Yes. It's ti for you to make more Pills." i smiled and Aiko just nodded.
Aiko was able to run only one full Pill refining a day, since she was not allowed to do it in her small form.
...
The first run was again a failure. Soot boiled over and almost filled the whole room.
The second run left a puddle of strange liquid on the bottom.
"Your temperature was too low." i explained.
Aiko's temperature was low, so the liquid didn't dry and form a Pill.
The third run was in a similar fashion but...
"It looks like so kind of strange alien..." Aiko proclaid. There was a half of a Pill that was attached to so kind of strange black liquid.
"..." i stared blankly as she never experienced sothing like that.
The fourth run left only a strange black liquid.
"I don't understand how you are able to create these-..." i shook her head. She could not believe what Aiko had created each ti.
"Don't ask how, I have no idea myself." Aiko shook her head.
She was just glad that she didn't stick her head inside this ti.
The fifth run was-
"Does this count?" Aiko asked as she looked at the strangely shaped Pills. Nothing was burned or gooey.
"No. These are considered trash Pills, since they would spoil quickly." i shook her head.
"Ugh..." Aiko frowned. She was quite upset that after 5 tries, she could not create anything usable.
The sixth try was sowhat alright. The Pills still looked strange, but they were close to the 'marble' form. There were a few bumps here and there, so i still discarded them.
The seventh try was finally the try that Aiko succeeded and with it ca a few rewards.
[Alchemy Mastery: Lv.5->6]
Her Alchemy Mastery advanced by one, after such a long ti and she also got Pill Candies from i.
Aiko was happy that sothing presentable was finally created.
"It's the lowest quality, but this is still considered a success." i smiled at Aiko.
"Finallyyyyyyyy." Aiko plopped on her back, her heavy mountains shaking vigorously.
i ignored that and said to Aiko. "Your temperature control is still poor. Your breathing is uneven. You can't properly manage to roll the Essence.-" She imdiately told Aiko what was wrong.
"So while you did achieve success. Now we will be training the control and everything around it. Moreover, I will whip you up, so that within 5 weeks you will be able to master Divine Sense." i proclaid.
Aiko didn't even rest and she was already dragged away by i.
...
Aiko ran after i, trying to whip her with Divine Sense, but that lazy dog would only hit anything within imdiate distance.
She had to do a lot of running, since i was incomparably more powerful than Aiko.
"How can you join the Secret Realm if you are so strong?!" Aiko was completely speechless.
"Preferential treatnt for soone who can make Pills." i snorted unhappily. She would not be allowed to enter if it was not for her Pill refining.
"Oh..." Aiko nodded. She now liked Pill refining a bit more.
...
Only after 7 weeks, there was a change in Aiko's Divine Sense.
The large wolf disappeared, leaving a translucent energy behind.
"Congratulations." i smiled. "You can now use Divine Sense like anybody else."
Aiko was still panting heavily, since i was completely ruthless, but she did earn quite a lot of things.
[Sprinter]
[Title]
[You have sprinted for a long, long, long, long, long, long ti!]
[Effect: Your Stamina recovers even while you consu it.]
[Skirt Chaser]
[Title]
[You will be invigorated whenever you are chasing girls around!]
[Effect: Doubles your Stamina recovery if you are chasing a female.]
[Innocent Body Pillow]
[Title]
[You let your partner hug you during your sleep! Rest comfort is increased.]
[Effect: Your partner will be comfortable and more rested if they hug you to sleep.]
[Affectionate Partner]
[Title]
[You let your partner sleep in your bosom, encouraging rest!]
[Effect: Your partner will be more rested if they sleep on your bosom.]
Aiko blinked a few tis. Excluding anything below [Sprinter], she liked the effects. She just wished that she would get a more significant reward for her accomplishnts...
[Awakened Divine Sense]
[Title]
[You finally subdued your Divine Sense! Control over it increases!]
[Effect: It's easier to control and order your Divine Sense to do things.]
'This is what I'm talking about!' Aiko smiled happily. This kind of title was the best one!
"But your training is not over!" i proclaid, shocking Aiko.
"Why?!" Aiko wanted to rest a bit, since she would achieve the awakening of the Bloodline soon!
"Because we got plenty of energy." i smiled happily. She felt more rested whenever she trained with Aiko, so she wanted to take this opportunity to train even more.
"No!" Aiko cried out!
i was startled at Aiko's attitude. 'She was so nice and obedient, till now...' She could not understand what suddenly happened to her.
"I want to rest!" Aiko stood her ground. She would awaken her Bloodline and whip up i with her superior speed!
'I'm so close to catching her. No way will I pass on this opportunity!' Aiko proclaid in her mind.
i tilted her head. "Sure, since you have Divine Sense now, we will continue with Pill refining." She shrugged. "But let's have a rest for today.”
"3 days!" Aiko proclaid.
"..." i stared at Aiko like she was a fool.
...
3 Days later, changes occurred in Aiko's body.
[You have accepted a Mission from Dai Lu! (Completed)]
[Training Mission]
[Awaken: [Moon Goddess Kitsune(Dormant)]->[Moon Goddess Kitsune(Awakened)]]
[Reward: You will be able to see what each Bloodline Strengthens.]
[Failure: The difficulty of the Secret Realm will increase.]
[You have been rewarded.]
[Loading the Bloodline System..........]
Aiko felt energy rushing inside her body. It was not an unpleasant feeling. Her body was changing thanks to the Awakening of the Dream Bloodline.
Aiko could not move easily, so she just rested and waited until the whole process was over.
"... You are advancing your Bloodline?" i tilted her head. Aiko collected a bit too much energy for it to be the case, but seeing the paralysed Aiko... It's likely that's what was happening.
i nodded gently and let Aiko do her thing. She could not help in any way and it also seed like Aiko had collected enough energy for the Bloodline to safely awaken.
"I hope that her mind doesn't improve too much, so that we can continue with the Pills..." i tapped the table, slightly distressed.
These days she had a lot of energy, which also allowed her to clear the poison residue from refining Pills. That in turn gave her even more energy to do things.
'Is this how Dai Lu felt when she regained her vigour?' i tilted her head. This was such a fascinating subject and she would definitely want to research it a bit more.
Unfortunately, she didn't have enough test subjects to try everything, so this would have to be postponed...
i shook her head gently. Everything took ti, but the Secret Realm was approaching. It was important to strengthen Aiko, since her big form was too weak.
'I should probably help her attain more tails...' i narrowed her eyes. Tails would give quite a huge boost to strength and they were also easy enough to get if you had enough Souls.
'Aiko also has the system, so I don't have to worry that she would overdraw her own Soul.' i nodded. There was a problem with using Soul and that was the fact that if you used too much, it might degrade your Bloodlines or possibly straight-up kill you.
Fortunately, she didn't have to worry about that with Aiko as the system was too useful in this sense.
i clicked her tongue. 'I wish I would have the sa system.' She did not have the system, as there was no connection with Aiko, other than the Karmic Bound.
If Aiko used any of the system items on i; she would naturally gain a sub-system of her own, but Aiko didn't want to test it on i for now.
Aiko wanted to catch up and she was also worried that it might harm i.
...
{Grandmaster's training plains}
The Blood Fox fought again with the newly joined Wanshu. She was now as fast as Yuxi, which bothered the Blood Fox.
She would have to find a way to further strengthen herself, but that was for later.
The twins were fast on the uptake and they were well synchronised. Moreover, their speed was incomparable to when they were alone.
"It's good that you are more powerful together, but there will be places where you can't be together, so keep that in mind while training." Dai Lu effortlessly brushed off the twins, but she had to agree that they had too much energy!
""We will keep that in mind."" They even spoke in sync! Dai Lu was completely speechless.
"You say that, but whenever I separate you, you quickly join together again." Dai Lu snorted at them.
"We need to learn how to quickly join if we are separated. We can then later fight while completely separate." Yuxi explained their reasoning.
"It's fair reasoning, which makes even more upset." Dai Lu eased on her restraints and blasted away Wanshu with her blade.
She naturally didn't slice her, but that didn't an that Wanshu was uninjured. Even that blunt strike was powerful enough to shake her internal organs.
"It might be a good idea for you to learn more about blood manipulation." Dai Lu suddenly spoke to the Blood Fox.
"It's quite difficult..." The Blood Fox was breathing heavily since she had to endure so many blows to her shield.
"Your Blood Shield mastery is comndable. If you can master blood manipulation, that would allow you to heal your own wounds." Dai Lu praised.
"Thank you. I will do my best." The Blood Fox knew that this was one of the end goals she was aiming for.
It would be a lot easier if it was so simple, but bodies were too elaborate for the current Blood Fox. She would have to find willing subjects that would be butchered and researched by her in order to attain that kind of skill.
Unfortunately, nobody was willing to do that, so Blood Fox could only train her outer skills...
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