Chapter 191: Exam Starts (2/2)
'Oh god. If the pill splitting Qi activates, I might actually end up with pills below 20% harmony and just might fail,' he thought.
After the Elder handed him the cauldron and the ingredient, he said, ”You have an hour to make the pill. Your time starts now.” He then sat directly in front of him.
Alex stopped caring about the Elder and focused on the cauldron. He put the cauldron on the fire and let it heat up. As he was doing so, a small film-like substance started appearing around him and the fire pit. Not even the Elder was inside there.
Alex realized that this was a sound-blocking formation at work. 'I am really curious how these formations work,' he thought.
He then turned his focus back to the task at hand. The first thing he did, even before putting in the ingredients was clean the cauldron. Sending out a wave of Qi, he scraped off whatever bits of powder were left behind from previously made pills.
The Elder simply nodded when she saw this, approving of the choice.
Alex then waited for the cauldron to reach the proper temperature. The cauldron wasn't very good at transferring heat fast enough, so he would have to time it right. Thankfully, he remembered what the pill was supposed to look and feel like throughout the process of making it. So, he could base how close he was using that memory.
He could also use his spiritual sense to figure out the temperature of the cauldron. However, it wasn't as accurate as Flame Mastery Scripture.
When the cauldron was properly heated up, he put in the first ingredient, a tendon from a beaver-like beast. He waited until the tendon was heated enough and the energy started releasing into the air.
Due to having no lid, most of the energy flew away, while some of them stayed behind and got recollected into the powders. He then put in the second ingredient and moved it around inside the cauldron, turning it into powder and releasing its energy too.
The two energies mixed together in the powder forming a simple harmony of energy.
Compared to the first time he made the pills in the Alchemy hall, this was a much easier time. Thanks to his increased mental energy due to the spiritual sea being unlocked, he had a far better concentration and multi-tasking ability than a month ago.
He could also use spiritual sense to constantly check on the ingredients and energy, instead of just watching the powders move in the cauldron-like last time.
All in all, he was doing much better than the first time he had made a pill. Which, he started worrying might come around to become a problem for him.