Chapter 169 - Ink
The sun had just risen the next day when Sean was stopped by Lin Li.
This fella woke up early, planning to sneak out just like in the past few days. However, today he had just touched the door handle when he heard Lin Li’s voice coming from the back.
“Morning, Sean.”
“Morning, Mr Felic…” The greeting that came from behind almost made Sean die from shock. He turned around with a frightened look, and saw Lin Li stick his head out from the blanket, looking at him with a sleazy smile.
How could Sean have know that Lin Li had woken up early and even placed a Warlock’s Eye in the room for surveillance just to stop him? He would not have been able to leave even if he used Invisibility, much less moving around stealthily.
Just by looking at Sean’s panicstricken face, Lin Li knew that this fella tried to sneak out again…
If it was a few days ago, Lin Li would to turn a blind eye to it. After all, Sean’s strength had obviously risen in the last few days. Sometimes, Lin Li suspected if Sean would be able take over him in levels at this rate… Naturally, nobody would complain about having too much of such a good thing. Even if Sean remained silent, Lin Li would still continue to support him. In the end, he had a type of intrinsic trust in Sean.
A thin layer of star sand sat at the bottom of the cup, looking like a plain of stars. It seemed like it really was brilliant and as dazzling as a sky full of stars. After Lin Li admired it for a moment, he uncapped the bottle of Fire Resistance Potion, and gently poured some into the beaker.
After doing all those, Lin Li held the beaker with his hand, reciting a short spell at the same time. Flaming Hands lit up, and he carefully controlled his mana as he had to maintain the temperature of Flaming Hands within a small range. This was an essential process in concocting star sand ink. The magical elements contained within the star sand had to be heated up before they could be released.
The star sand and Fire Resistance Potion in the beaker started blending together as Lin Li released his mana bit by bit, permeating the room with a white mist. Lin Li carefully observed the changes in these two materials as he swirled the beaker gently, allowing the two to blend more uniformly.
“Poof, poof, poof…” With the heat from the Flaming Hands, the fire resistance potion started to bubble. The white mist that curled upwards had a trace of a pungent smell. This was the unique smell of the star sand. When this smell was produced, it was the sign that this bottle of star ink had been successfully concocted.
Lin Li dispersed the flames on his hands, and placed the star ink that had been concocted on the table. Then, he laid out the two sets of leather armor, and started to construct the outlines of two mageweaths in his head.
These two mageweaths had been designed by Lin Li for almost more than a month. When he picked up the crystal pen, he only had to recall for a bit, and he could set the outline of these two mageweaths.
The crystal was coated with a slightly thick red liquid after being dipped in the star ink lightly…