Chapter 198: Pill Swines (1/2)

Alex reached his master's home a few minutes later. He walked into the room he previously had gone to and waited for his master. Ma Rong came soon enough.

”Congratulations on becoming a core disciple,” she said.

”Thank you, master,” he said with a big smile. He didn't know how being a core disciple would help him, but it should ease his master's problem a lot.

”Now that you are one, you should start dressing like it too,” Ma Rong said.

”Huh? What do you— Oh,” he looked down to clothes and made a goofy smile. ”I just woke up from my sleep so I forgot to change,” he said.

Ma Rong chuckled a little too. ”Although, I heard you did quite badly at the exams,” she said.

”Oh yeah, master. To not reveal our relationship yet, I decided to choose a normal cauldron without a lid, and I didn't realize how bad I was at making pills without my regular cauldron and lid. I also stupidly decided not to use Elemental Guidance the first time and it made the pills quite bad as well,” he said.

Ma Rong nodded, ”Well, at least you learned how to get a good harmony level even with a trash cauldron. Most other core disciples would simply fail at creating anything above 15% as well.”

”However, now you should start learning how to make a pill better, and for that, you need to understand how pills are made,” she said.

”How pills are made? Is there more to pill-making than what you've taught me?” he asked curiously.

”Hmm… my bad. I should probably say how pill recipes are made. What I mean is, you should start making your own pills,” Ma Rong said.

Alex was surprised. ”I should make my own pills? Is that even—”

”Possible?” Ma Rong cut him mid-sentence. ”Yes, it is possible. But it is also highly unlikely you will succeed anytime soon. At least, even with your talent, I doubt you will be able to make one without reaching the latter realms of True realm,” she said.

Alex got a little confused. ”If making new pills are impossible for me until I get into the True realms then what is the point?” He asked.

”Experience,” Ma Rong said. ”Making pills from the recipe will only help you understand how to make pills, they will never teach you how the interaction between the energies end up affecting a human body when they eat the pill.”

”You can tell that fire energy will overwhelm wood energy, but you can't tell what the resulting energy will do. Will it harm a person? Heal them? Increase their strength or speed? What about affecting one's Qi itself?”