An Understated Dominance by Marina Vittori

Upon returning to the villa, Dustin began to make the necessary preparations.

He had finally gathered all three precious herbs needed. The rest of the supplementary herbs were prepared beforehand. Next, it was time for the most crucial step—producing Sanctifix.

"Maximus, I'll be locked up in there for a day. You need to keep watch vigilantly. No one is to enter and bother me," Dustin reminded.

"Don't worry, Dustin. Not even a fly will be able to enter these doors!" Maximus guaranteed with a confident pat on his chest.

Dustin nodded before looking over at Brooke. "Dr. Busch, I'll leave Mr. Shaffer in your hands then. Nothing must happen to him before I come out of the room."

"Rest assured. I might not be able to cure Mr. Shaffer, but I'm fully capable of keeping him alive for some time," Brooke assured.

"Great. I'll leave things to the both of you then." Dustin gave them simple instructions and wasted no more time on words before entering the makeshift alchemy room.

He had all the herbs he needed. The furnace, coal, and all other required materials were already prepared.

into things. Instead, he calmed himself down and meditated for a while. It wasn't until he was fully

was no easier than producing Longevitum. But as they were different pills,

in his head many times. Hence, he remembered every step clearly. There should be no mistakes

in place. Then, he would have to go through the process of grinding up the herbs, roasting the sand, and settling the sand. Finally, he had to control the temperature of the furnace, extract the

and there was no room for mistakes. Dustin did every

by, Dustin focused on accurately controlling the furnace's temperature. The fire blazed and dwindled according to

and combined. And just like that, time went by.

Dustin came to the most

and engaged his mystical pure

to increase the chance of success in its production. It will also ensure that the pill turns out in

furnace blazed on, Dustin channeled more and

as smoke surrounded him. It went on for about half an

the lid of the furnace flew off, and a

a light blue pill lying at