Chapter 109: The Poker Room
The base elixir was called the Ethereal Clarity, said to clear up the mind like washing away the dirt off painted walls. It was delightful to watch and feel. Dasha deemed it to be the best base ingredient in order to experience reality-clear dreams. Sprinkling in Dreamweaver’s Dust caused an intense hallucinogen reaction. That was where Dasha’s experience in chemistry and science kicked in. He needed to temper it. Control and simmer the synthetic reaction with heat.
Finally...
"Fire finger."
One hand wrote down the magic circle for the transmutation. Every little detail he added caused a soft reaction. The change was happening. An intense heat was summoned and then flew into the concoction.
Hissss!
The transmutation was successful. It wasn’t a simple A to B because what Dasha was doing was creating something that wasn’t possible in reality. No amount of chemical experimentation could create what he did. That was the truly special thing about transmutation. Most did not understand this potential. They did not understand it.
By adjusting details, you could theoretically transmute any piece of matter. So why stick to the basics? Why stick to gold and other nonsense.
Be ambitious. Be imaginative.
Imagination encircles the world.
The process took thirty minutes and after doing it repeatedly twelve times Dasha decided to take a break. Xavier wasn’t here yet, so he sat down and entered a semi-meditative state. With the level of magic he experienced and the amount of transmutation in the cube, his body was soaking up Qi like a sponge.
’So dirty.’ He clicked his tongue. His transmutations were technically correct but there were always leaks when it came to magic. That was why he preferred Chinese cultivation. Everything was much more controlled.