Proofreader: M_W Miss Fierce

Inside the huge room, only two tables were facing each other, obviously for Ash and Ellen.

Ash slowly walked towards the chair located at the back and sat down before looking at Ellen, who was preparing some papers on the table in front.

"Are you ready?" Ellen asked while looking at Ash with a smile on her face.

"Yes," Ash nodded in response.

"Then you can begin," Ellen said before sitting on the chair and her expression turning serious.

Ash waved her hand, taking out the ingredients for the poison that she was planning to concoct to pass this Alchemist test. She already knew a few pieces of information about the Alchemist test, which includes bringing their own ingredients, the criteria, and how to pass the test.

The ingredients that Ash took out were common Magical resources. There are five stalks of Purple Lavender, three stalks of Yellow Palm, two leaves of Snake Plant, one stem of Dreamy Ivy, one flower of Peace Lily, and most importantly, a single vial of mucus of a Sleepingworm.

Looking at the ingredients, Ellen was quickly able to guess that Ash is concocting a Sleeping Potion.

Just like its name, Sleeping Potion is simply potions to make a person sleep for an entire day, or depending on that person's strength, once they drink it. A small Sleeping Potion is only effective against a No Star to 2 Star level, a medium Sleeping Potion is effective for No Star to 4 Star level, and a large Sleeping Potion is effective for a No Star to 5 Star level.

However, what surprised Ellen the most was, the ingredients that Ash prepared weren't actually for concocting a small Sleeping Potion, nor was it for a medium Sleeping Potion, but surprisingly for a large Sleeping Potion.

"Miss Ash, are you perhaps concocting a large Sleeping Potion?" Ellen asked to confirm whether that was really Ash's intention or not.

"Oh, you actually noticed? As expected for a receptionist of an Alchemist Association, you really know a thing or two," Ash replied before turning to look at her table and taking out a small silver-colored cauldron.

"I'll begin then," Ash said as she right after casted a small ball of fire and put it under the cauldron.

Hearing Ash's words, Ellen immediately wanted to stop her. The Alchemist test that she was conducting only needed Ash to make a small poison or something similar. Any higher than that and it would not be under her jurisdiction anymore. But as soon as she saw Ash lighting up a fire, it was already too late for her to stop her. As someone who has interacted with Alchemist for basically almost all of her entire life, she knew that once an Alchemist starts making something, it is a big taboo to disturb them.

After the fire was lit up and the cauldron became hot enough, Ash immediately put inside the mucus of the Sleepingworm to turn it into its liquid form.

While that was in process, Ash quickly began mashing the five stalks of Purple Lavender, three stalks of Yellow Palm, two leaves of Snake Plant, one stem of Dreamy Ivy, and one flower of Peace Lily, before mixing them together, soon making a paste with a gray color.

Once Ash was finished with that, the mucus of the Sleepingworm was finally in its liquid form. Right after, she put it inside the gray-colored paste and closed the lid of the cauldron.

As soon as the lid of the cauldron was closed, Ash closed her eyes and began controlling the heat of the fire through her consciousness, and at the same time, she sent a wisp of her own Mana inside the cauldron and began mixing together the ingredients.

After ten minutes or so, Ash waved her hand, quickly making the fire disappear and opening the lid of the cauldron. She then used the wisp of Mana she sent inside to slowly take out the liquid inside the cauldron and carefully putting it inside a large vial she had long already prepared at the side of the table.

When the liquid was put inside the large vial, Ash quickly closed it and began shaking its content through the help of the wisp of Mana, obviously to thoroughly mixed the ingredients together.

Ash only stopped shaking after a minute passes. She then casted an Ice Magic to seal the entire large vial with ice. The purpose of doing this was to cool down the still hot Sleeping Potion. After all, she had only taken the liquid out of the cauldron for a minute or so, hence it's still hot.

It was only after five minutes that Ash finally decided to break the ice.

Whooooosh!

The ice turned into a cold mist and slowly disappeared. Soon, it revealed to everyone a large vial that contains a gray-colored liquid, obviously the Sleeping Potion.

Just by staring at this Sleeping Potion alone, one would immediately get the feeling of wanting to sleep. Even Ash and Ellen weren't spared from such effect. Though they quickly snapped out from the feeling of sleepiness.

Ash quickly remembered what she was here for so she turned to look at Ellen before smiling and slowly walking towards her to present to her the Sleeping Potion she had made.

"Please wait here for a bit, let me call out for someone first," Ellen quickly stopped Ash in her tracks as she right after dashed out of the huge room. Just like what she had mentioned earlier, the Alchemist test would no longer be under her jurisdiction as soon as Ash began concocting that large vial of Sleeping Potion.

Therefore, Ellen needs to call out one of the Alchemists that works in the Alchemist Association, specifically an Elite Alchemist, since only such level of Alchemist would have the ability to confirm whether Ash has passed the Alchemist test or not.

Outside the huge room, Leo and the others were immediately surprised after seeing Ellen dashing out of the huge room and passing by them.

"Did Ash perhaps scared Ellen or something, hahaha!" Cassandra jokingly said.

"Let's go inside to confirm," Leo said as he quickly leads everyone inside the huge room. Since the test was already over, there should be no problem going inside, right? Ellen also left the door open, so it should be fine.

"What happened?" Leo asked Ash as soon as they got inside the room.

"I don't know..." Ash replied, still confused about what just happened.

"Ash, may I see that potion you have created?" Elizabeth asked, really curious at the potion that Ash was holding in her hand.

"Um... This potion is a bit dangerous, so how about I'll just show it to all of you when we are done here? I heard that we got to keep what we have created after the Alchemist test. It wouldn't be too late to show it to all of you at that time." Ash said as she shook her head. What she had concocted belongs in the category of poison, which simply means it's very dangerous, especially in the hands of people that don't know about its risk and such, specifically Elizabeth and the others. Hence, she refused to give it to Elizabeth in fear that an accident might happen. It's much better if she shows it to them later as they won't only avoid accidents from happening but likewise avoid a troublesome situation as well, which Leo really hates.

Leo quickly motioned his hand to stop Elizabeth. He remembered that Ash would be concocting some kind of poison or something similar for the Alchemist test. So, the potion she's holding right now should be that so-called poison.

Turning to look at the large vial on Ash's hand, Leo soon began thinking of wanting to sleep. His eyes suddenly became tired, making it close from time to time, and his body suddenly became heavy, making him unable to keep standing up.

It wasn't only Leo feeling this way, Cassandra and the others were also feeling the same after turning to look at the large vial of Sleeping Potion. Of course, except for Charlotte, Sebastian, Dan, and old man Torre, as their cultivation was high enough to defend themselves from the Sleeping Potion.

"Hey, is it just me or are you guys also feeling sleepy?" Leo asked as he looked at the others.

"It's not only you, I'm also suddenly feeling sleepy," Cassandra replied.

"I..." Elizabeth was unable to say something as her body began swaying.

"Likewise..." Angel replied while fighting the feeling of sleepiness.

"Can't hold on..." Veronica said as she finally falls asleep.

Leo, Cassandra, Elizabeth, and Angel also fell asleep. Fortunately, Charlotte, Sebastian, Dan, and old man Torre were just beside them, so they were able to quickly catch them before their body could painfully fall to the ground. They carefully laid them side by side to rest.

"Ash, is that potion you're holding a Sleeping Potion?" Ash turned to look at Ash and asked.

"Yes, but I didn't expect its effect to be this powerful," Ash replied, feeling really dumbfounded as she looked at Leo, Cassandra, Elizabeth, Angel, and Veronica who are now sleeping side by side on the floor. It's really out of her expectations that even the smell of the large Sleeping Potion she had concocted alone would be enough to make someone fall asleep. Most importantly, they were even a few meters away from her, yet it still reached them.

Sebastian became a bit shocked as he said, "Dan, just how powerful is that Sleeping Potion?"

"That large Sleeping Potion shouldn't be a normal one," Dan said.

"Most likely," Old man Torre agreed.