Damien was a bit surprised and wondered what she wanted to ask him. Nevertheless, he replied, "Yes?"
She crouched down and took a glance at Leo to see if he was listening and then said in a low voice, "Sir Alchemist, are you able to concoct a Supreme Tier Medium Grade B-Birth Conception Pill?"
'This woman...seriously.' Damien didn't expect her to ask that out of nowhere. But he kind of understood her situation. After all, as one's cultivation increases the harder it would be to conceive a child.
But still, he knew that for an Earth Ethereal Realm cultivator it wouldn't be that tough to conceive a child.
'Seems like she has some other difficulty conceiving a child.' Damien knew that a Supreme Tier Pill would guarantee effects 100% making the woman confident that she would be able to conceive a baby.
Damien could vaguely guess why she was in a hurry to have Leo's child. He also knew he could concoct it since it was a Rank 4 Pill.
He said casually, "Just send a request to my villa when you return."
Emily's expression brightened up and said in an excited tone, "Thank you, Sir Alchemist...I will surely pay you handsomely."
Damien nodded and simply waved his hands, gesturing to her to leave. He wondered whether he would be having patients who need his expertise in gynecology.
"Oh, sorry, I won't disturb you any longer." Emily quickly left thinking that Damien didn't like to be disturbed. But she was inwardly satisfied that she would be able to get her request fulfilled.
Leo noticed Emily asking Damien something and asked her curiously when she got near, "Emily, what did you ask Sir Alchemist?"
Emily expected Leo to ask her this question, so she quickly told the excuse she had prepared beforehand, "It's nothing much. I just wanted to ask him something about Supreme Tier Pills."
Leo nodded slowly, "Oh, is that so? I didn't know you were interested in alchemy much though."
Emily got a bit tense but she answered, "Oh...I was just curious about what makes Supreme Tier Pills so special."
Leo bought that excuse while Emily sighed with relief inwardly. She wanted to conceive a child since she knew Leo liked to be a father and thought that having a child would convince their families to marry them without any obstructions.
Meanwhile, Marcus was offering some drinks as refreshments to his friends and also asked Damien if he wanted one. Damien accepted it but before he put the cup to his mouth, a sardonic smile formed on his face as he gulped it down.
'How foolish of you Marcus...you should have left me out of this…now only the inevitable awaits you...'
A few minutes later, Marcus got up and said, "Okay guys. Let's move, it's time."
Damien got up and followed the trio towards the Wailing Woodland.
Soon, as they reached the border of the Wailing Woodland, Damien noticed the air getting foggier and the surroundings getting dimmer making it hard to see their surroundings unless they fully extended their senses.
He could hear faint screams and wailing which made it seem like the forest was haunted, especially with how the fog was covering the whole region. Overall, he felt that this region was having a creepy and eerie atmosphere.
He wondered whether the rumored Sky Ethereal Realm beasts in this region had adapted to the strange atmosphere pervading the whole region.
They were currently heading towards where the Angel's Bone Flower was rumored to be spotted. No one tried to ever pluck it not only because it was extremely poisonous, but it was also said to be guarded by a Low-Level Sky Ethereal Realm beast!
Damien could barely use his spiritual perception due to the low reserves of his soul energy after expending his energy for certain reasons.
The faint screams and wails suddenly died down as the forest became eerily silent and one could only hear the rustling of leaves as the wind breezed past the trees. A few kilometers in they noticed a radiant green dot from afar.
'Spotted it! The Angel's Bone Flower!' Marcus mentally transmitted to the group. Damien narrowed his eyes upon noticing a faint radiant green dot and immediately realized it is the Angel's Bone Flower.
But as they got closer, they noticed a faint silhouette of a huge coiled body lying behind the flower.
'Careful! It is the rumored Insidious Viper! A Low-Level Sky Ethereal Realm beast.' Marcus warned mentally to the group.
Damien couldn't believe that such a huge thing was a snake. It looked about 5 metres tall in its coiled up position and its body was rumored to be 50 meters in length. He couldn't imagine these three trying to lure such a huge beast, as just a whip from its enormous tail is enough to send all of them straight to heaven.
As one's cultivation realm increases the gap between them exponentially increases and so does their strength, senses, and other abilities.
For instance, even if a dozen Peak Level Earth Ethereal Realm cultivators gathered together to fight an ethereal beast at the First Level Sky Ethereal Realm, they could only dream about severely injuring it, let alone kill it.
Of course, its venomous poison was another factor. One bite from its lethal fangs is enough to knock dead a Peak Level Earth Ethereal Realm cultivator in few seconds!
Damien got a mental transmission from Marcus, "Sir Alchemist, we will lure the beast away from here and buy you time to extract that flower. Emily will wait here with you just in case for your protection. She will rejoin us after you have plucked the flower. Is this fine?"
Damien said, "Perfect." Damien had no idea how they were gonna play this huge ethereal beast for a while without dying and that too without Emily.
He guessed that they must have different tactics for fighting, luring and running away since this didn't seem like the first time they were seeing a Low Level Sky Ethereal Realm beast.
Marcus nodded and infused himself with the earth, assuming his usual earthen armor over his body. But what surprised Damien was that from the ground, it seemed as if another Marcus was materializing that exactly looked like him with the earthen armor.
'An earthen clone?' Damien was amazed looking at the life-like clone and he knew that it would be easier to trick ethereal beasts with such clones. He now vaguely understood their tactic.
Marcus motioned as if he was controlling a puppet and his earthen clone ran forward but not in the direction of the Insidious Viper. However, the earthen clone was making huge footsteps as it ran which woke up the sleeping ethereal beast.
Damien saw two huge thin vertical yellow slits suddenly appearing through the misty fog.
*hissss*
The Insidious Viper had already opened his eyes and saw the clone of Marcus running in some random direction. But it got annoyed seeing a puny human disturb its nap and how it dared to enter its territory. It slithered quickly towards the earthen clone with its huge body to gobble up the puny human.
Damien saw Marcus and Leo already take off in another direction but at the same time maintained a certain distance from the earthen clone. He speculated that Marcus needs to be in a certain range to control his clone otherwise the clone would simply crumble down.
"Sir Alchemist, you can go ahead and extract the flower. Don't worry, I will keep watch and protect you." Emily whispered with a smile.
Damien nodded and slowly made his way towards the glowing green flower. If anyone casually tried to pluck the flower, they would instantly get poisoned and die a painful death. But Damien knew how to extract its root carefully without getting poisoned himself within just five minutes.
But just as Damien sat down to pluck that flower, his brows knit together when he noticed an ethereal beast about four meters tall slowly approaching where he was. He knew it was here for the flower since the Sky Ethereal Realm beast that was guarding the flower was nowhere to be seen and it was able to sense the aura of the snake disappearing, taking that chance to have the flower for itself.
He knew that the Angel's Bone Flower was rich in ethereal essence but at the same time extremely poisonous that any ethereal beasts would just die trying to take it away. In fact, they were just like a moth to the flame.
Emily frowned and quickly came near Damien as she sensed that the ethereal beast was at the Middle Levels of the Earth Ethereal Realm. She knew that some Earth Ethereal Realm beasts would hide around in the Wailing Woodland because of the higher quality of ethereal essence in the air despite the risk of getting killed by Sky Ethereal Realm beasts.
She was aware that these kinds of ethereal beasts would try their best to avoid the territory of Sky Ethereal Realm beasts but would get killed by any wandering Sky Ethereal Realm beasts.
She simply motioned her hands as four small daggers appeared in between her fingers in both her hands.
"Sir Alchemist, you can continue your work, I will make sure to not let it harm you." Emily said in a confident tone.
Damien was a bit surprised that she was so confident in facing an ethereal beast having the same cultivation as hers. Especially when she was facing the Silver Tailed Bear which was known to maul its prey including humans beyond recognition with its heavy and large paws.
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