A moment later, the spirit levitated in front of her. "Very good, for your first adventure." She nodded with approval. "You can harvest some of it's organs - the high concentration of Qi, will allow you to either prepare good alchemical pills or potions. You could also sell it. If there was a reward for such a beast, you could collect it, should you show a proof..."
Mulan nod to her Mistress and begin to harvest organs of beast, using small tento and putting it into bag. She also cut off beast head and smile to herself. "Let's hope it will be reward for these monster, not some kind of local cult, what take killing it for crime. "Mulan said to herself and continue her journey.
As Yu Yijin look around, most of the people she notices are humans... but considering it's night, it's no surprise... only sentries seemed to be out. Spoiler: Awareness 61 - success Then, her eyes catch the shitulette - a member of rabbit-kin. And not a prisoner at that!
"I'm grateful." Taking the bottle from Jin as if it was a prized possession, she wasted no time opening it, going with her first instinct to take a slow nursing sip to savor it, before placing it aside for now. But not too far out of reach. Alcohol was meant to be cherished and enjoyed, not gorged upon, after all. Hearing, Li's offer, Tori thought on it before agreeing. "That would be helpful, if something goes wrong. I'm uncertain of the precise instructions. However...." Keeping her bottle as she made her way into the room, she left the door open for Li to join before closing it for some privacy. She wasn't too sure of the exact process to go through, so Tori resolved to simply kneel on the floor in a partial praying and meditation position, before taking hold of the bottle in one hand again, and the pill in the other. There was no telling what would happen, until she tried. A little cautiously, she could hear her inner voice strongly advise against this, but her fingers came to her mouth as she placed the drug upon her tongue, then the kiss of the bottle against her lips as the alcohol poured in one long swish to wash down the pill with. A little hesitantly, her throat made a slow swallowing motion to take it down cleanly. Now.... Now...what? She stared at the wall forward. Did it work? Did it do anything? How long would this take to take affect, if at all? She didn't really feel especially, immortal right now....but she wasn't really willing to test it either. Tori simply kneeled in place for a few minutes, half expectantly and half also expecting this to be a waste of time, wondering which would be which.
"That might be difficult, Older Brother." Geng Xinya said. "The survivors - if there were any, would have probably gotten to the ground. It will be difficult to find them..." Lian Kai nodded. "Beides, why concentrate on those fugitives? In city, there are all kind of women you can enjoy." She said with a cheer, as she refield his cup. The question was, would he search company tonight? Or use a pill, to become cultivator?
"A fair point." He nods to Geng. "But you never know, friend." He finishes his drink in a swig. "And a fair point to you, Kai. Let's get laid." He grins.
The room was simple - there was only a simple wodden bolt attached to it... If someone was presistent, he could break through it... or just move the bolt. As Lou Fei looked outside, she noticed that the sun was setting... soon, the time for dinner will come...
Unfortuently, the only way for her to harvest the animal, was by usage of sword... Spoiler: Harvest 51 - success And despite it being unwieldy and inappropriate for the task, she easily manged to just harvest some more Qi concentrated ingredients. For the lack of a proper bag, she just wrapped the organs with leafs. Then, she started making her way, until finally, when it became dark, she came upon a couple of buildings... the thing was, it did not look like a village... it was to... rich looking for it...
"Hopefully this will do." Luo Fei sighed, hoping that a peaceful village meant less thieves. Once it was time for dinner, she heads down to eat her meal. But before heading to the kitchen, she meets with the innkeeper. "I'd like to extend my stay for another day. No need for any meals tomorrow, as I plan to sleep the whole day. Can that be arranged?" She asked with a smile, handing the innkeeper another spirit stone.
As she took a pill, and swallowed it, it took only a moment for Torri to feel a sudden surge of power. She was not sure if it was the pill or the alcohol, but the feeling - it was intoxicating. Her thighs quivered as almost addicitng feeling of power filled her. "!~" A moan almost escaped her throat. Her body was filled with Qi, leaking it. She felt it. She knew it - she could now break her limit and become a cultivator! She just need to sit and meditate... until she broke through.
They both nodded, and got up. Bowing, the owner of the establishment took them to their rooms. His companions both wished him a good night and went to their rooms. Hayami Kosaka entered his room and took a pill. Such a small thing... first, it would fill his body with power - that would allow him to breakthrough his limits. To achieve a first step on the path...
Mulan wanted to get off from these organs of beast and sell it. First, she don't know how to make ewen the simplest potion and secend their smell wasn't too pleasant for her. She stare for the while for big town, not the village or ewen stronghold. "I hope I will make it before close the gates." Mulan said to hersellf going faster to town, hoping to find some board with bounty quest or inn to get rest after day traveling.
Kosaka has Kai accompany him to his room, just in case something goes wrong, and raises the pill to his mouth, swallowing it quickly. Eagerly, he awaits the change.
As she approached the town, she was noticed by guards, who raised weapons at her sight. "Halt! Who goes there!?" One of them called.
As Kosaka swallowed the pill, he did not have to wait long for the effect. His body was filled with power - he never felt so powerful! But he knew that state was temporary. He needed to act soon. Now... he knew that he just needed to meditate, and he could breakthrough his limit!
Mulan show them that she mean no harm. "Just simple traveler. I'm looking for inn to eat and place to sleep. May I pass?" She asked in friendly tone.
This is...! She was stunned by the sense of the adrenaline and flow of what she knew was the essence of power...or possibly, alcohol and drugs, just don't mix. It was hard to say....was this supposed to work that way? This feeling was very close to the kind of spiritual energy she channeled through magic regularly. The thought became more ingrained in her head. They really had a kind of medicine that would just enable disciples to do that. Instead, they chose to hoard these types of means of all to themselves while forcing everyone else to do back breaking work for the chance to even be considered one day....a pit inside her chest began to well up. ...what was this feeling? It was difficult to describe. More than just pure anger. A form of raw contempt for everything they put people through, for what evidently, didn't really matter....everything those idealistic kids had done for their elders. All for nothing? Biting her lip, she shut her eyes, to focus and channel her thoughts. This kind of feeling was unusual. It almost seemed like this kind of hatred towards the order was part of the flow. Propping themselves as high and mighty, only to make rules for everyone else to follow, except for themselves....disgusting. Simply disgusting. If...and this was only a if...but what would she do if this really had put her on some kind of path to enlightenment? Trying to clear her mind properly, she took a deep breath as she worked the same way she did with spellcasting, blocking out all conscious thought to get properly in tune with things. Whatever it did exactly, maybe just drugs or not, it did at least, have some kind of effect on her. It was hard to describe...but she felt close to something. Letting her mind go blank, she stopped resisting whatever state it had put her in to try and let it all deepen.
The power is intoxicating, and Kosaka nearly jumps his companion as he feels a rush of pleasure, but he manages to stifle the urge, choosing instead to sit down with his legs crossed. His laziness makes it difficult to focus, but he devotes himself to his meditation, using the lure of power to motivate him.
One of the two, approached with a torch. "This is the place- Spirits!" He suddenly screamed in alarm. "She is covered in blood! She's a demon!" He exclaimed as he grabbed his weapon, dropping the torch. His commrade followed his example.
Her mind was enlightened with the new senses - she felt the world around her... and understood how small she was. She could easily now progress, to become a cultivator... To enter that path... As anger clouded her mind, she discovered something... that darkness, she could grasp it, use it as a weapon - it was powerful, seductive... but she realised, this was a first step to dark arts... maybe even demonhood... If she choose to walk this evil path, there would be no return...
