CHAPTER 44: CHAPTER 44: BLACK SEA POTION AND TRANSFORMATION

Aiven held the exquisitely crafted wooden box and returned to his residence. Gary showed little interest in the contents of the box and had already sensibly returned to his own room.

Months of honing had been enough for a once reckless and naive country boy to repress his true nature and understand the ways of the world. This might be the cost of maturity for a person. So it was for Gary, and so it was for Aiven.

Opening the wooden box, as expected.

An apple-sized, partially crystallized heart, lay quietly on the silk cushion inside the box, faintly emanating a pale red spiritual light, exuding a touch of the mystical.

"Is it the Blue Flag Demon Shark?"

He picked up the label placed inside the box, which clearly recorded the source and capture location of this piece of extraordinary material, a Blue Flag Demon Shark captured from the Windward Route.

The capture time was quite recent, just over half a month ago.

The Blue Flag Demon Shark is a demonized creature living in the Black Sea, with astonishing swimming speed and endurance. In the oceanic food chain, it is only below the Sea Monster Clan and various giant demons, making it an extraordinary predator with a strong adaptability.

Aiven, born into the Galliot family, an Extraordinary Knightly Family with over a hundred years of heritage, was familiar with the knowledge related to knightly transformation.

In extraordinary transformation, the main extraordinary materials from different sources provide directional guidance for the physical ferocity in the knight tier. Some excel in strength, some in speed, and others in constitution. Choosing the wrong material can adversely affect one’s future path.

Aiven’s main attribute is agility, so this speed-oriented Blue Flag Demon Shark is a perfect match for him.

Moreover, even among the extraordinary materials for agility attributes, the Blue Flag Demon Shark is one of the top raw materials.

Of course, it’s not that this demonized creature is particularly powerful, but it belongs to the category of materials most suitable for an Apprentice Knight undergoing an extraordinary transformation, with the best effect and minimal side effects.

Demonized creatures and the ferocious animals Aiven had encountered before are essentially similar, except that ferocious animals were originally ordinary creatures, transformed by the influence of the mysterious factor. Whereas demonized creatures are inherently extraordinary, capable of normal reproduction to form a fixed population.

Both demonized creatures and human extraordinaries form their own "extraordinary organ" when advancing to true extraordinary creatures.

However, this "organ" is not a physical body part like eyes, arms, heart, liver, etc., but a conceptual existence.

This "extraordinary organ" can never be found in the body as long as the extraordinary being is alive.

But once an extraordinary creature dies, their extraordinary traits have a certain probability of condensing in some part of the body, thus remaining.

In other words, even after painstakingly finding a suitable extraordinary creature and taking life-threatening risks to hunt it, there is no guarantee of obtaining what one desires.

Moreover, the final materialization is a rare occurrence, with most extraordinary traits dispersing with the owner’s death and returning to the cycle of the Spirit Realm. This makes high-quality raw material extraordinary traits scarce, never too many for even the highest nobility.

"It’s too precious!"

At least Aiven thought that with his savings of several thousand Golden Lions, he could not possibly afford it.

A warm surge flowed through his heart.

Uncle Gel had thought through everything with great care. He had originally planned to discuss the issue of extraordinary traits with him when he returned from his journey, not expecting him to have already arranged everything.

From the failed ambush, he already knew how rare it was to have suitable extraordinary traits, with people in major forces like the Kingdom Navy resorting to dark tactics for them.

Without Gel, he couldn’t imagine how much time he would have wasted relying on his own strength to obtain suitable materials. Even if he could eventually obtain them, he couldn’t hope for such quality.

Suddenly.

After recognizing Gel as his relative, any vestige of utilitarianism in Aiven’s heart dissipated by more than half. As an orphan in a past life and left without any family once more in this life, his drifting heart finally found anchorage here and now.

You only appreciate it after losing it, having someone who considers you without asking for return is such a happiness, and should be cherished even more!

Whew—

Patting his cheeks, Aiven softly said to himself:

"Time to get to work!"

He didn’t plan to wait for an auspicious day; whether it was the keen senses from spiritual power or the data visualization’s constant monitoring, both indicated that his body’s condition was at its peak.

Today would be the day he advanced!

After telling Gary not to disturb him, Aiven walked into the pharmacy, which was converted from the attic, and began to take out the pre-prepared magic potion materials one by one.

He started to brew the "Black Sea Potion."

The curtains drawn, in the bright yellow light, as each material was added to the crucible, bubbles gurgled in the dark green broth.

Pop—

Pop—

If outsiders witnessed this bizarre scene, they would surely think it impossible to shake off the label of "Evil Wizard."

Though seemingly of a magic potion level, in reality, this potion for advancement is very simple to prepare. Its main purpose is not to harmonize the properties of various materials, but to maximize the effects of extraordinary traits.

Even if a novice were to handle it, adding too much or too early of any material wouldn’t matter, as the extraordinary traits’ magical properties would remedy everything!

Not to mention Aiven’s rich pharmaceutical experience from the "White Stone Potion Shop," until adding the last auxiliary ingredient, iron reef moss, the brewing process was perfectly controlled by him.

Gurgle!

The crucial moment arrived, and Aiven gulped nervously.

Carefully extracting the precious Blue Flag Demon Shark Demonized Heart, he placed it whole into the crucible without any further processing.

Whoosh—

With a soft sound, the potion finally underwent a magical change with the addition of the extraordinary material.

The dark green liquid began to boil violently, forming a small vortex at the center of the crucible. Then, starting from the edge of the crucible, the potion gradually turned clear and transparent from the outside in, as if all the colors and essences were being absorbed by the vortex.

A minute, two minutes passed... Aiven carefully maintained the stability of the flame.

Until the transformation completely ceased, and the entire crucible was restored to clear transparent water.

In the crucible, a small blue-green fish swam back and forth in the boiling water, as if it were a real living being.

Amazed by the marvels of the Extraordinary World, he used a ceramic spoon to scoop out the small fish, quickly pouring it into a glass containing half a cup of ice water.

Hiss—

After a faint hiss, the small fish dissolved with the ice water into a cup of deep blue liquid, as magnificently mysterious as the deep sea.

Recalling the entire process of the magic potion’s transformation, every change aligned with the family’s legacy records of "Black Sea Potion."

Aiven admired the beautiful potion for a moment, hesitated no longer, and drank it all at once.

And then.

The extraordinary transformation began!!!