Crossing the Final Threshold
Julian smiled reassuringly.
"Don't worry, you two go ahead and break through to the Gold Realm first. I'll refine more later."
The confidence in his voice was calm and unshakable, as though refining priceless elixirs was nothing more than an ordinary task.
Lina Ashford and Liza Voss exchanged glances.
Neither of them questioned him.
After everything they had witnessed over the past few weeks, they had already come to trust Julian almost unconditionally. Every impossible feat he accomplished seemed to become ordinary the moment it was in his hands.
Julian chuckled, pinching another Nine Way Cleansing Elixir and starting to feed the girls again.
The room was still filled with the lingering medicinal fragrance drifting from the Imperial Dragonforge Cauldron. Moonlight filtered through the open window, casting a silver glow across the polished floor while the last traces of spiritual energy slowly circled around the three of them.
