SWNOVELXO Chapter 1327: An Incredible Item
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As Maria fed them the Dream Elixirs, she continued producing more within her Shadow Realm, the Cultivators and Undead there helped her through the whole process. It was very nice that the Cultivators, their Old Master, and the Undead worked together so willingly and nicely with her.
Even more, as the Old Master knew about Murim's Special Cultivation Methods, an Art of Alchemy born in that world that seemed much stronger than the Magic Alchemy from Yggdrasil, it possessed the power to combine the elements of nature into the cauldron, and even use the heaven and earth to strengthen the synthesis.
With this, new notifications constantly popped up in front of Maria as she saw the Dream Elixirs being made constantly.
Ding!
[You have synthetized a [Dream Elixir (S+ Grade)] x1!]
[You earned some EXP and Alchemy Proficiency.]
[You have synthetized a [Dream Elixir (S+ Grade)] x1!]
[You earned some EXP and Alchemy Proficiency.]
[You have synthetized a [Dream Elixir (S+ Grade)] x1!]
[You earned some EXP and Alchemy Proficiency.]
[You have synthetized a [Dream Elixir (S+ Grade)] x1!]
[You earned some EXP and Alchemy Proficiency.]
[You have synthetized a [Dream Elixir (S+ Grade)] x1!]
[You earned some EXP and Alchemy Proficiency.]
[You have synthetized a [Dream Elixir (S+ Grade)] x1!]
[You earned some EXP and Alchemy Proficiency.]
[You have synthetized a [Dream Elixir (S+ Grade)] x1!]
[You earned some EXP and Alchemy Proficiency.]
Continuously she was stacking more and more Dream Elixirs, deciding to use all the purified nightmare cores for this sole creation for now.
The more she purified, the more she had ingredients for these. The herbs and other plants necessary were being rapidly replaced for stuff that grew inside of her Soul Scape, modified and made almost similar.
She also tried planting these Nightmare Plants and Herbs inside her Soul Scape, and then using her Mana and Nightmare Essence as a "Nightmare" herself to boost their growth speed.
And…
It worked really well!
FLUOOOSH!
The Nightmare Herbs and Mushrooms multiplied and grew faster than she imagined, filling a big chunk of her own Soul Scape with them.
"Yes, yes! More! MORE!"
Maria was laughing across her Soul Scape like some sort of cosmic horror above the skies, and the Shadow Realm was even more terrifying as everywhere the Cultivators glanced, there were giant red eyes and mouths giggling.
"Uwaaah! Master, this place is terrifying!"
"When are we going back to Murim already?!"
"I want to go back homeeeee!"
"Why are we being forced to work anyways?!"
The Young Cultivators kept complaining with tears in their eyes, they had already dropped all their pride, acting so pathetically even Old Man Wu wanted to give them a good smacking.
"Stop with your nonsense already!" he said angrily. "Or do you want me to slap your heads? This is nothing but honest work, and easy at that! It is so obvious you have yet to even experience what life truly is… Once you've done so, you'll be grateful you've got such a thing as easy as this to do and not be tortured to death or something."
"W-What…?"
"You're too extreme, old man…"
"Seriously, tortured to death?!"
"Just what life did you had?"
"The life of a Demonic Cultivator like you idiots will have! Be grateful of Lady Maria's benevolence and work hard! She's even paying us for this, so stop complaining!" the old cultivator said.
"Wait, we're getting paid for this?"
"Where's the money at?!"
"Well, I take the money of course, it's mine, you're my disciples so therefore all you earn is mine!" laughed the old man. "Now work or I'll kick your balls so hard you'll become eunuchs!"
"Hyeeeeh!"
The young cultivators were beginning to learn about the true face of the old man, who had been driven to insanity after having to deal with such cocky youngsters that think that everything in life is a given.
As this happened, Maria smiled as she saw her friends grow stronger, gaining powerful new Dream Auras after drinking the delicious Dream Elixirs, and they were left wanting more!
"Phew, that was amazing… I feel at least ten percent stronger or something, like, the change is truly substantial!" said Sofia. "Not just some illusion."
"Yeah, it feels truly real," nodded Emily. "Hey Maria, can't we drink more of those?"
"Yeah I want another!" Martina agreed.
"Come on don't get cocky girls," Maria sighed, crossing her arms. "You can't drink more than one at the same time. Wait a couple of hours first. If you drink too many at the same time our Dream Hearts will end up overcharging and they could explode…"
"Eeeh?!"
They all had the same horrifying reaction!
Imagining their Dream Hearts exploding wasn't something they wanted to even imagine beginning with.
Although Maria and the girls had also heard about such cases.
Usually, it happens when people have Dream Heart Cancer, where Dream Hearts grow out of proportion like crystals, they end up killing the person who has them as the crystals grow to pierce their lungs and other organs.
Eventually, after enough time passes, this cancer might cause the Dream Hearts to explode altogether, causing tremendous damage to the host and, most if not all times, killing them on the spot.
It was a terrifying thing all things considered, and definitely not something Maria wanted to deal with if possible, even less with her new friends.
"I could drink another one right? I'll be fine!" Nyx said cockily.
"No is no, young lady," Maria reprimanded her little daughter. "You will have one before bed maybe, but not more than that."
"Awww…" Nyx sighed, looking disappointed.
"Anyways, I'm glad you girls liked it!" Maria said happily. "I'll be distributing these to everyone I deem worthy, so they can grow stronger and surpass their limits even further. My plan is to reinforce the island's strength this way."
"W-Woah, are you sure this is even sustainable?" Emily wondered.
"I'm sure it will be! I'll gift it to those I trust…" Maria nodded. "Ah yeah, the rest might have to pay though."
Maria wasn't someone keen to give freebies so easily!
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