Passerby Villain In A Wizard World-Chapter 248: Cocoon That Is About To Hatch (8)

Fortunately for Ian, both the ingredients he had for the Ascension potion were related to the fire element. Maybe that's why he was able to get a similar recipe so quickly in this place.

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Anyway, Ian didn't dawdle much and quickly took out all the accessory herbs from his mana ring that he had purchased from the market.

Although the recipe for such a potion wasn't known, and the main ingredient couldn't be found in the market, that wasn't the case for the other add-on herbs.

Let's hope I can make the potion in one go. With the Potion Mastery and my practice over the month, it shouldn't be hard.

Ian only had one portion of the main ingredient for making the Ascension potion.

So, he had been practicing a lot these days to make his potion-brewing ability impeccable.

After all, at this time he couldn't afford to fail.

But with the help of these phantoms, it shouldn't be hard to concoct this potion.

Ian thought while looking at the tiny green phantoms floating around the entire chamber, clearly visible to his green eyes.

He named them phantoms, as their existence appeared and disappeared randomly. These objects had no distinct shapes, nor were they intelligent, but Ian could see their existence—just like those skeletons he saw in Deepsire.

More importantly, with his Green state, he could control those phantoms to do anything.

The reason why he could open the door and enter this Tower so smoothly was also because of them, as he realized he could use these existences to ignore any array, prohibition, and such.

Of course, he could also control entities like the Sylvan Warden, who was elemental.

It is as if I have some authority over these elements.

Ian thought while looking at the phantoms slowly gathering toward his direction, as if attracted by something.

However, since he could only guess for now, he stopped caring about them.

Instead, he quickly arrived at a medium-sized cauldron placed above the lava—who knew for how long—and removed the top lid.

"Hmm... it should do. It seems to be an Advanced-level Cauldron."

Ian mumbled after briefly examining the cauldron, and then finally began to look at the other apparatus.

After making sure that nothing was amiss, he finally used a simple cleaning spell to clean the cauldron, placing it atop the burning lava.

Since the Tower was equipped with the necessary array, the cauldron floated perfectly without Ian needing to do anything.

Let's see, first Spring Water, then pour a drop of Starblood Resin, let it stir for a while...

Then came the lengthy process of brewing the Ascension Potion, as Ian basically began to concentrate on the process.

Although the process was long and cumbersome, due to his Potion Mastery talent and the help of those phantoms in controlling the temperature accurately, he performed everything with ease.

While Ian was busy making the potion, Ignysyl, on the other hand, was quite bored.

In fact, he wanted to ask Ian why he was in such a hurry, but seeing him going at it like a demon, he finally sighed and decided to go out.

Let's search the herbs needed for that Dream Potion. If I can find it, I can also get a promotion.

Ignysyl's eyes suddenly lit up after remembering that Dream Shard. Ian had already promised to give him a portion of that potion if he helped gather the materials.

So, without waiting around boringly, he immediately teleported outside the Tower, intending to do his treasure hunt.

As for Ian's order to guard him, he didn't think anything would happen inside the Tower. And he wasn't going that far anyway.

...

"Hmm... temperature is just right, with the help of these phantoms there should be no mana imbalance, I think it is time to use Hellfire ferns."

While Ignysyl disappeared from the tower, Ian's attention was instead fully focused on the cauldron.

Feeling that the main process of brewing the potion was ahead, his face became a little solemn.

Then, he suddenly picked up the Hellfire ferns on the workbench at the side and began carefully removing the charred tips with practiced fingers.

He could feel their edges still pulsing faintly with residual heat.

However, such meager heat was nothing to him, as Ian quickly removed all those tips and placed the entire ferns directly into the cauldron.

"Swossh!"

Suddenly, with the addition of the Hellfire ferns, the cauldron sizzled loudly as a streak of fire spurted out.

However, Ian didn't care. Instead, he suddenly controlled those phantoms to entangle those flames, controlling them within range, and finally picked up the last ingredient, Inferno Lotus.

"Hope it will not disappoint me."

Ian thought while looking at those white petals that were too vivid and alive. It looked mesmerizing.

But Ian had no mood to admire the lotus as he directly placed the entire Lotus on the prong of flame that was maintained at a height with the help of those phantoms.

If there were no phantoms, Ian would likely have to use spells to perform this act.

"Shisss..."

As soon as Ian lowered the lotus inside the flame, the white petals suddenly began to sizzle strongly.

Then, contrary to expectation, those petals that should have turned into ashes began to shift color, turning deep, blood red.

It looked exactly like blood and even behaved like one as Ian saw that red liquid shifting from the petals and dripping down the root directly towards the cauldron.

"Hah..."

Although the entire process seemed easy, it was actually not. This was because unlike the Inferno Lotus, that blood red liquid wasn't completely fireproof.

So, Ian had to use his mana to stop them from evaporating from extreme heat while also allowing it to bathe in those flames spurted by the Hellfire ferns.

It was such a complex process that Ian almost slipped multiple times.

Fortunately, he finally managed to get five drops of blood red liquid out of the Inferno Lotus, after which it automatically wilted on its own as if its essence had been sucked off.

"Haha... finally..."

Only after seeing that flame getting lower and lower did Ian relax and laugh.

This was the first time he had concocted a potion with such concentration. And he managed to form it on his first try.

How could he not be happy?

"Now, just need to let it shimmer and funnel it down and good to go."

Ian said in a relaxed manner while looking at a crimson-colored liquid bubbling within the cauldron. He could already feel the refreshing scent oozing out of it, making him relax all over.

"Hey, how much time did I take?"

After seeing the process was almost finished, Ian finally turned around to Ignysyl, only to see the empty room.

On the entire floor, he was all alone with only those phantoms accompanying him.

"That brat... I clearly told him to guard here. Now, don't know where he went."

Seeing there was no sign of Ignysyl, Ian twitched the corner of his mouth in annoyance.

"Forget it, let's directly get promoted here. This tower is safe for now anyway."

After sighing at the little dragon's antics, Ian turned around and prepared to take out the potion.

He first slowly took out all the ingredients inside the cauldron with his mana, not allowing it to cool down, and placed it atop a funnel-like apparatus.

Then, slowly, he began to apply pressure to squeeze all the red juice, leaving aside the residue.

After nearly half an hour, Ian finally managed to collect half a test tube of crimson liquid, shimmering beautifully with a faint inner light.

"Damn, all that work just for this little potion."

Ian thought, annoyed. But still, he quickly closed the test tube with a cork, not allowing anything to happen.

Then, without waiting for anything, he directly walked towards the center of the chamber where an elevated platform was raised for meditation.

It seemed the person who resided in this tower liked to use potions directly after refining, as he made such an arrangement in his lab.

So, Ian was fortunately able to benefit here.

As soon as Ian arrived at the platform and sat on the futon cross-legged, the array around suddenly began to operate automatically, drawing mana around.

"Well, although the array seems good, I cannot be careless."

Ian mumbled and pulled out the leftover Mana Stones, crystals, and herbs he no longer needed, placing them onto the node of the array.

And suddenly, the lines around it lit up faintly, pulsing as the setup began drawing in enough mana that was enough for his promotion.

"Let's start!"

Ian mumbled and pulled the cork from the test tube in his hand, then tilted it back and let the hot crimson liquid slide down his throat and finally closed his eyes.

After going through so much trouble, he was finally going to get promoted to the First Ring Wizard.

Ian didn't know what he would feel, how powerful he might become, or what bizarre thing might happen—but he was excited all the same for the promotion that awaited him.