Chapter 3: Chapter 3
Stefan POV
It's almost the middle of the day so I'm going to go back to cultivation I sit cross-legged and proceed to recite my incantation in my mind hours will go by and by the time I open my mind I'm already at level 3 I can feel my body power and my True essence is truly pure even though I had no idea how others true essence feel like I know that mine is very pure.
Even though I have reached level 3 I am still not satisfied so I'm going to continue my cultivation I continue to cultivate and when I come to it is already night outside I suppose I should get ready for dinner I go up and take a bath to clean the filth of my body likely I was ready the time after finishing I go to the dining room to find father, Damon and Lillian the mother is there this time he seems very down and I can see that she can't even look at them in in the face it seems that she is feeling guilty because she was going to let him take the blame for her
I just go there greet everyone and start eating I eat and then when I'm finished I stand up to be excused and I go back to my home to continue my cultivation this continues for a week and before I know it it is already 7 Days Later and I have reached level 5 pinnacle I feel so strong and my muscles are prominent now I'm very handsome
That's when I start to learn about Aries and inscriptions at by the end of AF Day 8 I'm already proficient in a low-level erase and low-level inscriptions I have learnt so much that my head is buzzing and I just want to lie down for a full day
I used my blood again this time I just wrote The inscription on a piece of cloth when I'm done in the arrow starts pointing to a certain direction in fact it's that rotating rotating rotating and then it stops and then chooses a direction and I go there I suppose it will choose a resource that is closer to my position
When I reach there it to a place where it pointing it stops shaking and just poems and I know the resource it's pointing at is at 3 can you believe it a tree as a resource for cultivation now I've seen everything
I touched the tree and I'm surprised by the amount of spiritual energy inside the tree really must have been here for a long time when I say the area around the 3 it is a desolate area that has been here for a long time so I want to ask the free to give me a few branches I send my True essence into the tree and it shakes a little in the light to my pure essence
I send my intention to get a few branches from the tree and it showed twice and two branches are dropped in front of me so this thing has been around for so long that it has gained life form or is it mental Capacity whatever it is it feels like a child anyways it feels like it requires more of my true essence and I give it by the time I am done it is true it's pouring like a cat
I take a branch and try to infuse my true essence, my wheel to write the instruction and it is success on first try because the brand that attracts thing spiritual energy all around me. I am satisfied that I don't have to use my blood like some creepy demon.
The library of heavens path is really helpful because I don't have to have some powerful stain blood to write a description and erase so now all that's missing is for me to continue writing on this branch and I do that after I'm done both branches are sucking the spiritual energy all around me so I take them both and think around the land where that I asked for from father and plant them deep Underground when I'm done I moved on to plowing the land
I use the tools to turn the soil and putting in received I bought a few days are going and then you water them with water with normal water since I don't have a spiritual water after I'm done this is already 3 hours in the day so I move on to cleaning myself and going about my day
A few days ago I have being looking for the ingredients for brewing the wine the lotion and the flu potion I found all the ingredients for brewing the one except for the fruit and the ingredients for making the lotion today I'm going to focus on making the lesson and then give it to some of the 7th to check weather at the product is good or not.
After making the potion, a glittering white liquid will be the results after fermentation of about a week it smells quite Pleasant like pine trees which makes sense since it is part of the ingredient if you don't count the other ingredient which is the Snail juices that part was very surprising for me but who am I to say no.
According to the instructions I'm supposed to leave it to ferment for a week before pouring the last ingredient and then shaking it and then sending it for sale apparently this is a number one portion for mortals I hope it works because I am betting all my work on this and I will time in a few copper coins
A week has gone by and my seeds have sprouted I don't think people are paying attention to my things plants because if they were they would realise that they are growing way too fast but at least I am not accelerating they are growth using the nutrients from the soil but I am growing it using the spiritual energy from the world I will not damage the the soil
Giuseppe called me for a meeting today asking me what is it that I do cooked up in my room all the time I wonder if you want me to join him for one of his group drinking periods because that's basically all he does drinking does he think I am masturbating in there I am building my strength but that's not like I'm going to tell him so I told him that I am making something that will make us all rich and he was bewildered at first and then he started laughing like a maniac
I take the lotion to one of the servants whom I am familiar with I give her the lotion and tell her to record any differences she feels on her skin after using it. It's a kind of lotion you can use everywhere in the body even hair can be rejuvenated and make silk smooth in fact you can even use it as soap but I made little so she can only use it as a lotion she thanked me and went back to work.
I go back to my room but I bump into Lillian I greet her and move to leave but she stops me Stefan are you angry at your mother she ask me I look at her in confusion why would I be angry I ask she looks at my face looking for something which I suppose she doesn't find it shakes her head and let me go I proceed to my room and continue with my cultivation now I am at level 7 able to use my true essence and turn it into whatever I want.
I will use this time to immerse my power and then use maybe a year or two to learn arrays and inscriptions after that I will ban all supernatural from entering this town or I can just make it so that if they passed a certain barrier they will turn human, completely human without any magical power into their body
It's been a few weeks since I transmigrated into this place, but I have used these weeks to cultivate my True essence into level seven Fighters realm and I have also planted my fruits they are growing splendidly and shining.
I swear they smell delicious all the way to my room I have also given that maid my lotion after a few days I will monitor her situation and see what's happening I would have gone straight to concocting a beautifying pill but I realise that it would be to advanced so I'll start small and when they are used to my products I'll introduce pills.
A full month has passed since I've transmigrated here now, the maid whom I interested with testing my lotion she has turned into a beauty, her skin is translucent it looks without blemishes or any sports she is very happy.
However I also noticed that my father was looking at her in a way that just gave me the creeps, maybe she'll be a mistress and her life will be better I don't really care. I suppose I should care since if she is Gathering attention from Giuseppe that is not a good thing for anybody involved.
Today I'm going to call the maid to present Giuseppe the results of my little experiment. I think I'm nervous so I take a few deep breaths and start pretending to be a confident sales person. When I was an agent I would close my eyes and when I open them I'm a complete different person when a mission required me to act.
I get in the dinning room all the family members and clear my throat. "Father I have finished my experiment and the product was a success. I present to you my first client." I say pointing at the maid whose name I did not know.
They all turn to me and look at the maid "The product I present to you is a lotion it helps the skin of all ages all color and all genders. All you need to do is to apply the lotion all over your body and the results will be obvious." I say concluding my speech. I then hand over my lotion to all of them. They open the little containers and the calming smell of pine surround us.
"Are you saying that rose used this lotion and that is why her skin has been getting whiter and tender?" Lilian asks with sparkling eyes and I nod.
"Are you willing to give the recipe and manufacturing process to me and I'll buy it." this man wants to mussel me out of my own property and wealth. How ruthless. I look at him like I'm looking at a fool.
"No sorry but I only require a small amount for initial investment I won't sell alot and I am not selling the ingredients." I say sternly and I can see pride and frustration on his face.
"Very well, how much do you need?"
"I was thinking that I will just make the stuff and mother..." I don't get to finish.
"No" with a loud and clear voice of my father. Then I remember that she had just stolen money and wanted to run away.
"...."
"I want to sell it myself but I can't be bothered I just want the money so I'll give you the finished products and you can decide how to sell them" he shakes his head.
"What do I get from it? If you are so busy then just give me the recipe and we can talk about a deal" I look at him.
"The truth is no one but me can make it. I'll just make it and sent it to the maids of all the rich houses and when the ladies of the house sees them getting prettier and prettier they will come to me. I don't need to open a store."
The lotion mixture requires true essence. How can someone who has no essence hope to make it?
"Anyways I'm going to start of my project this way this is definitely the better way I am not opening some shop in a corner somewhere and sitting there all day waiting for customers to come to me I have things to do, so now that you know about my product, you are free to buy the product it's that is $3"
They look at me dumbfounded but they buy it and I give the maid her payment and instruct her to go deliver the rest of the containers to maid from other houses.
Giuseppe kept quiet and we start eating. "Brother I think this business is worthwhile for me to invest my funds and time. What do you say?" He looks at me a little nervous.
"Brothers in business?" I contemplate for a while and I realize this is exactly what Damon needs a place to show his charisma and move away from the shadow of our father.
"Done." I stand and move towards Damon shaking his hand. "You have a charisma of a business man and I bet you can sell any of my products. With you handling business I can rest assured, let's discuss the details after supper brother." I am genuinely in a good mood.
I finish my food and waited for Damon and we went to the nice garden that I honestly hadn't visited since I know that slaves have been worked to the bone to make it so beautiful. We sit down and just enjoy the garden it is realy beautiful out here.
"You are different, what exactly happened to you baby brother? You seen cold to everyone, even mother." he looks at me and I decide to tell him something close to the truth.
"I lost my memories and what I saw upon waking up was a weak mother an abusive man who hits his wife and son. So I wasn't particularly impressed with my family to tell you the truth and I realise that I'm also to blame. If he hasn't hit me it means he is favoring me over my own brother and instead of helping I was probably enjoying the care." I look at him with what is akin to guilt.
"You helped me though, the reason you lost your memories is because you ware helping me." he says with affection.
I sigh at that "It wasn't enough, has he not been violent since then?" I ask and he shook his head.
"We don't know what he does to mother and to tell you the truth I understand if she wants to run but she let you take the blame and that just rubs me the wrong way." he seems saddened by my reminder.
"Anyways let's talk about business." he pays attention and our meeting begins I tell him the list of my ingredients and asks him to bring them to me I'll concoct the lotion in big quantities and he can take it and use his money to get beautiful containers that are beautiful and classy so that our product can sell easily.
I told him it's up to him to decide how to sell it I'll just provide the product and he will pack it and sell it. All I need is 50% of the profits. He agreed and I told him I'll come to him with the paperwork I named my lotion 'Tender' I then proceed to write the terms of our agreement and then give it to him so he can go open an account on the name of our business. We spent a lot of time deciding on the name, but no ideas came so we settled on 'Mystic products' as the name for now.
I crack my neck and sigh "Glad to have that out of the way." I go to take care of the fruits and in just three days I can start making alcohol with them.
After coming back from the garden I begin with my cultivation, just a little more and I'll be done with low realms and I can start making potions and set up arrays around my town. The werewolves are running rampant every full moon this town is my territory now and no other apecs predator is allowed.
I wake up from cultivation 6 hours later and to my surprise I am already in the intermediate phase of 8th layer in the fighter's realm. I should probably stop now and move on to training my new power and get used to it before I accidentally break something.
Looking for an swords technique and compiling a perfect sword technique. I go outside and use a tree branch to practice my sword technique. After picking a secluded spot I take a deep breath and begin.
I have read the book and committed it to memory. I begin slowly as I'm not used to the movements and the stance the postures. It all so calming as I fall into a trance.
I stop when the sky is already dark there are twinkling stars. Its already late and I don't want to bother the maid with warming water for me. I go to the stream and dive in taking my clothes and washing them I then put them on after I'm done and using true essence to dry myself.
I walk towards my house with the sword art in my head and before long my body starts phasing through the woods distroying every thing in my path. But I dont realize until I phase through a big tree turning it into powder.
I wake up from my musings to see the path behind me is full of destruction and the tree in front of me just disintegrated into powder leaving me dumbfounded.
"The third layer of the technique is sword body." Did I realy just turn my whole body into a sword? The library can turn stone to gold. I'm so lucky.
I use the path to erase the tracks and the destruction I caused then going back to the house directly falling asleep.
I wake up mixing the lotion and putting it in a large container it's ten liters and I am confident we will be able to make our first pot of gold using it. I then take it to Damon's room knocking at the door then Damon comes out looking guilty.
"Are you sleeping with a maid brother?" I see him panic and I start chuckling.
"You are of age now it's okay to let off some steam once in a while as long as it is mutual. It is mutual right brother?" I ask with a serious tone in the end and he nods his head like a chicken packing rice. I then smile at him handing him the bucket.
"Well you have a lot of work to do. Do come to my room so I can see about making you stronger." he laughs at me and I look at him serious then he nods his head.
I leave with him following me when we get to my room I give him a piece of paper telling him to memorize it and then close his eyes reciting it in his mind. He doesn't question me and then when I feel a bit of true essence from his body I tell him to stop and give me a punch using all his strength.
He does and he looks at his hands in wonder "Since when am I so powerful?" He says looking at me but I am reading a book in the library with his information.
It says here that he has a weak constitution and his body suffers from old injuries from an abusive father. I decide to make him take the medicinal bath for an entire week before starting with cultivation.
"Damon I'm going to tell you something and need your undivided attention." I give him a serious look.
"Your body is too weak to continue with cultivation so I'm going to have you take medicinal baths for the coming week and I'll have to administer the exact dose myself so you don't hurt yourself." he looks at me offended.
"I am not a child Stefan." I raise my hand in surrender.
"I am well aware but medicine is very delicate and extremely dangerous so I'm gonna have to insist big brother" I say not really sorry since its adding to my workload and I think he should be thankful I am being so careful with his life.
I then take out all the ready made potions and select the ones for non cultivators, because I was improving my body together with cultivation of true essence so I have been taking medicinal baths that are more for cultivators and they are very painful but also more effective.
"Lest get you a big bath tub with water." We then move to his place which is a little shabby compared to mine, Giuseppe is really a piece of work. The maid put cold water then I boil it with my true essence and the put the right potion making sure I put the correct amount. After a few minutes I cool down the water to an acceptable temperature then I tell Damon to take off his clothes and get in.
He looks at my hands with suspicion. "Magic?" I look at him with a bored look.
"No. Now get in I have to hold you down it will be very painful and if you stop halfway you will have internal bleeding and ...well...die a horrible death." I say with a bland tone and he looks at me horrified.
"Why should I subject myself to a tub of agony at your request?" He asks with a raised eyebrow.
"Because you are weak." I say with finality in my tone.
"I'm weak?" He says with anger in his tone. "I'm the one who has been beaten and bruised since I was seven, I'm the one whom father knocks around the house at his pleasure, I'm the one who is going to WAR!" He is screaming in the end.
I want to feel sorry for him, his misery is apparent but I can not turn back time all I can do now is to make sure he is strong enough to take care of himself.
I sigh and give him my hand. "Pull me to your side" I say and he sees my statement for what it is, a challenge. He takes a stance and put his hand on mine and tries to pull but nothing happened and then he puts strength in his pull but still nothing happens.
After a while he is huffing and sweating. "Your body is suffering from old ailments including your left shoulder, do you normally suffer from short term memory loss and headaches every time seasons change?" he looks at me in bewilderment looks to be contemplating then nods his head profusely.
"I won't pretend to understand your pain brother, but what I can do is make you strong and then some. Give me time and you will never have to fear even the gods if you let me...I promise you." I say with all the sincerity I can muster and he hugs me crying and I hesitate for a moment but then I hug him back.
We stay like that because he is crying and I don't know what to say to comfort him. After he is done he has a determined expression on his face. He starts taking off his clothes and gets in the bathtub and I hold him in. He tries to stay still regardless of the terrible pain but soon he tries to jump out and I hold him down and send my true essence into him healing him as the medicine tears him apart in order to reconstruct him a new body.
I am glad I decided to do this after I am powerful enough to take away at least half the pain he was supposed to feel. This goes on for three hours with me reheating the water Damon doesn't get cold but the pain is real until he stops straggling as if to pass out I just slap him in the face.
I look him dead in the eyes "Getting stronger is never easy if you want an easy way you have told me to not start. If you loose consciousness right now your entire body will shut down and your internal organs will collapse including your heart, do you know what happens when a person's heart refuses to pump blood to their body?" He doesn't know but doesn't want to find out.
I stop talking when I see he is up even biting his tongue to stay conscious. I nod in approval. After the medicine runs out I let him go and he quickly gets out of the black water. The impurities are astonishing, how was he still alive is a miracle.
I use my true essence to remove stains from my hands and dry myself. I call the maids to change the water they come in and when the new water is put in I heat it up and tell him to take a proper bath and left.
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