Chapter 430 Goals (Part 2)
For cultivators, to believe in gods didn't make sense, a cultivator could be a god for a normal human, and so for them the so called "gods" were probably just stronger cultivators, that was the common understanding created after so many years.
That being said, there were indeed "beliefs" in this world, reincarnation was one of them, and so many other things like heaven and the netherworld were considered to be true, as an example, tribulations were a known aspect of the interference of the heavens.
For cultivators, those were other planes of existence too, technically speaking since Mylene and Eris came from a Divine Firmament they were considered divine beings, and to be honest they way their pretty skins glowed right now after absorbing a large quantity of extremely purified spirit energy, Aster wouldn't be surprised if they were to be adored as goddesses.
But in reality, it seemed to just be a reaction caused by the leftover "true" divine energy in their bodies, being stimulated by the one Aster refined, which has reached a new level after his breakthrough, as this phenomenon never presented itself before when he refined spirit energy for them.
It also didn't escape Aster eyes that those two had such comfortable expressions on their pretty faces.
"Ah, it feels so refreshing, it's still far from the energy at the main territory, but it has approached a lot to the energy at the borders", mumbled Mylene.
"Mm", Eris agreed with her friend.
"So, to what comes this sudden "spoiling", I doubt it's free of charge?", jokingly asked Mylene.
Eris giggled seeing that her friend has now started joking with Aster.
'Hoh, so we are this close now, I wonder sharing a bedroom is the only thing that happened', she thought.
Aster shrugged in response.
"I wanted to test how much my breakthrough affected Rigel's flames, but if you want to, I don't mind spoiling you two later, we have plenty of time after all".
Mylene and Eris saw that flirty smile Aster normally wears with the girls, but obviously exaggerated to make it clear he was just joking and they softly laughed.
Aster smiled and then cleared his throat, they could joke later, for now he had something serious to discuss with them.
With a wave of his hand, Aster took out two watermelon sized crystal spheres containing, one a dark green and red liquid and the other a white one.
Mylene felt a familiar aura around the two spheres, which made her raise an eyebrow.
"That is… from the Storm Roc family, right?", she asked.
Aster nodded in response.
"Yes, one contains the blood of all those guys including Ley and his sister's, the other are basically Ley's feathers, which got when I teared his wings out of his body when he escaped inside the dimensional tunnel".
Eris and Mylene looked at each other, not knowing why Aster kept such things, sure "materials" from the descendants of Storm Rocs were decent, but none of them had even surpassed the Transcending realms so it wasn't enough to be really useful for the group, maybe if they had hunted a Heavenly Conqueror level Storm Roc things would be different.
Aster knew what they were thinking so he explained his plan to them.
"The cultivation technique left by Aurelian is as good as it can be for those that aren't above the Heavenly Conqueror realm, right?", asked Aster.
Mylene nodded, they confirmed that to Aster some time ago, they were all using the highest ranked manuals for those in mortal planes, very much to their surprise, their families also had manuals of that level and were reserved for the main branches or those who showed high potential.
They themselves used manuals at the same level when they were below the Heavenly Conqueror realm.
"Though I'm pretty sure the aspects of their lineage to exploit are totally different, the base for the manual left by Aurelian and the one used by those guys from the Storm Roc family is the same", said Aster as he took out a dark green book with a feather design on its cover.
It was similar to the "Griffon Magistral Wings" manual Sarina and Kana were now using, but it had a darker and more threatening design.
"Ley's sister had this in her spatial ring, it's requirement is the same as Sarina and Kana's manual… the blood of a wind attributed bird type spirit beast".
Both Eris and Mylene were speechless for a moment, before they nodded understanding what Aster's plan was.
"So you are going to use those flames of yours to purify Ley's feathers where the blood he absorbed was concentrated, it makes sense as the young master of his family he should have gotten the best of the best as his base", said Eris.
But then Mylene whose talent is related to alchemy, observed the dark green/red blood and asked.
"But then why do you need the blood, as a catalyst maybe?".
Aster raised his two index fingers at the same time, before saying. f𝒓𝑒e𝓌e𝚋𝘯૦𝘷e𝗹. c૦𝒎
"Both of you are right to a certain extent, I'm sure that Ley got the best bird type spirit beast his family could get for him, if I were to purify his feathers I should be able to get the base material from them, there is even a chance of improvement as it would be free of any impurities after some treatment".
To this point Eris and Mylene understood Aster, but then he said with a smirk.
"But while it is indeed a good gift for those two, wouldn't it be just the regular thing done by the Storm Roc family, I thought… which led me to remember some of the things Ley mentioned".
"The Storm Roc lineage has a need for both main branches to work together to exploit their potential to its maximum, their matriarch wanted to use her daughter as a resource to achieve perfection, probably her lineage would have become unique, the two sides in one body".
"She was the only one able to do it, because she had the most concentrated lineage of the poisonous side, but she still needed more than her daughter and was planning to massacrer the whole gentle side, which is the origin of the curse she got from her transgressions".
"In simple words, we will be seeing the first two Storm Roc descendants with complete lineages, but that isn't all, they will get also a superior base to anyone from Ley's family ever".
Eris and Mylene were in awe, Aster's plan would basically take Sarina and Kana to a whole new level, their lineages were latent after being diluted, but if Aster did that they will awake just like what has happened to Alice or Lilia.
"Wait a moment, that might be too much to handle for Kana…", mumbled Mylene worried for the little girl.
Aster smiled as he shook his head.
"Don't worry I already confirmed it with Rya, they'll be perfectly fine since this is an "evolution", so Aldebaran has our backs covered".
Of course Aster would have never suggested this, if there was a chance to harm the girls, but that wasn't the case, they aren't starting from zero since they are descendants of the pair that escaped from the Storm Roc family.
"That little girl is already incredible, I can't even imagine what she'll turn into after this", mumbled Eris, to which Aster laughed.
"Only the best for my girls", Aster wasn't lying, they will now be on the same "level" as Alice and Lilia, with a lineage, a cultivation manual and their powers as star maidens all being integrated by Aldebaran, that was his goal with all the girls.
Eris and Mylene stared at each other before they bitterly smiled.
"Then, what do you need from us?", asked Mylene, Aster's plan was pretty solid, he just needed to purify the blood and the feathers and give the result to Sarina and Kana.
Aster pointed at the spheres before saying.
"Just like their owners, these feathers and the blood are a pain in the ass to deal with, apparently I can't purify certain parts of them, probably the ones which had some of that energy leftover".
"So I need Eris to make a formation that attracts that energy while I purify the materials, and then I need Mylene's help to mix them both in the correct proportion to make a pill or an elixir, as that would be easier for those two to absorb and then refine, Aldebaran will do the rest, but it's going to be way faster if we do it this way".
With the twins Aster had no option, they were Aldebaran's star maidens and needed a whole evolution to get physical bodies they never had, so before they could leave they needed to finish that round of their evolution.
But Sarina and Kana were on a similar condition to Alice and Lilia, they won't be taking a time out until they finish, but gradually develop on the way.
Eris softly laughed as she took out her cube necklace that expanded, before one of the faces shone, then a formation was displayed and covered the whole studio.
"This should be enough, even if it is divine energy, since it belonged to someone that haven't surpassed the mortal realms, then there is need to worry about tribulation, this formation should be enough to help you separate that from the other materials".
Aster nodded, every time he tried to purify Ley's feathers, there were this "strings", that kept him from separating what he needed from the rubbish that was present in Ley's feathers.
"Well, let's star then", said Aster before Rigel's flames exploded out of his body, but instead of a pagoda this time they took the form of an imponent fortress, as to why he did, it's because each thing has a "recoil" when purified.
Usually he doesn't care about it, but the projection might collapse if he isn't full into it, and that would interrupt the process.
Aster threw the spheres at the two sides of the castle and the injected as many blue flames as possible.
Soon a change manifested in the spheres, the one with the blood started producing black smoke, while the one with the feathers has changed from them to a liquid thing, also hey were shining like Eris and Mylene a moment ago.
"Now", said Aster and Eris used some of her spirit energy to activate her formation, the thing started shining and then the mass of dark green/red blood started changing from time to time, a few particles of light came from within it and concentrated in the formation, at the same time the blood became clearer with each second that passed.
That being said, Aster's flames were also being consumed at a certainly high speed, but thinking about the bright smile in those two faces, he started injecting more of Rigel's flames into the fortress.
The result was an Aster who was gasping for air while sitting on the ground, and two crystal spheres containing each a gem transparent green liquid as well as well as a white paste, Ley's feathers were green but the source material was indeed the best one could get for them.
It belonged to a spirit beast which had the great ability to chose its own attribute, to integrate into the wings, and now the girls will be having that chance.