97 Success (1/2)
Ting,
As soon as he heard the cauldron sound, he expectantly opened the lid of the cauldron.
Just as he opened the lid, he was hit by a burnt smell suddenly and coughed as the black gas enter his nostrils.
”What?” Ajax was shocked, and his hopeful, smiling face turned ugly at the output of his refining.
”Where can it go wrong. I followed the pill recipe and the basic refining techniques exactly as they were mentioned”, Ajax dejectedly thought about his mistake in the process.
'Ding,
The host has used more than required heat, which caused the pills to turn in to powder and resulted in the rise of the black smoke.
Just as he wondered about his failed refining, a system notification rang in his head, helping him understand the reason behind the failed refinery.
Even though he learned all the basic refining techniques, there needs to be some practice to that learned technique to refine the pills successfully. So Ajax consoled himself as he just lacked some training in those basic refining techniques.
”Hmm,” Ajax quickly cleaned the cauldron and repeated the same process of separating the medicinal essences from the herbs for the second time.
He successfully separated the medicinal essences from the herbs and mixed them in the cauldron closing the mouth with the lid, and observed the mixing process carefully and supplied fewer heat elements than the previous time.
Slowly he noticed the mixed medicinal essences started forming small round shapes, which made Ajax happy.
Soon he heard the 'Ting' sound from the cauldron, which means the pill formation is completed.
Excitedly he opened the lid to look inside only to see the 12 pills that turned back into medicinal essence.
”Where did it went wrong this time?” Ajax frustrated as he failed for the second time also.
'Ding,
The host used less than required heat, which caused the refined pills unable to remain in the solid form and turned back into the liquid state of the medicinal essence.
Just like before, the system notification rang in his head, explaining the reason behind the failed refining.
”Let's try one more time,” Ajax repeated the same process.
'Ding,
The host has used more than required heat, which caused the pills to turn in to powder and resulted in the rise of the black smoke.
”One more time,” Ajax remained focus and continued the process for another time.
'Ding,
The host used less than required heat, which caused the refined pills unable to remain in the solid form and turned back into the liquid state of the medicinal essence.
'Ting'
”It's the seventh time I am opening the lid of the cauldron hoping for some refined pills,” Ajax muttered as he took a deep breath before proceeding to open the lid.
He repeated the process seven times, with each time getting a new revelation about the alchemy.
”Hahahahhaha,” Ajax continuously laughed when he opened the lid of the cauldron.
Inside the cauldron, laid 18 pills, which are shining with the red luster.
Slowly he took out the 18 pills from the cauldron and felt satisfied with them.
'Ding,
Congratulations to host for refining the rank one pills