Chapter 381: Back to Training (2/2)

Normal alchemists that only followed recipes didn't have to worry about these things. However, if one wanted to create their own pill, they had to certainly learn this by heart.

That was why being an alchemist took such a long time. One had to go through and remember every scenario for every pill.

Or at least, that was what Alex thought. He still believed that there was a technique to forming pills that didn't require so much manual learning, but he would have to wait until he returned.

When he saw the cauldron was hot enough, he dropped the first ingredient. The first ingredient didn't really matter in how violently the energy was released from the cauldron. As long as there wasn't an explosion, they would be perfectly fine.

Still, Alex decided to follow through with the recipe he had made on his own.

As he did, he couldn't help but cringe at the many mistakes that were littered throughout the recipe. He could see many opportunities that could be improved a lot.

Since this was a test, he was going to have to do this multiple times. He remembered how the energy release rate was really good when he had done a single thing.

So he was going to follow exactly that. He restarted the process once again once the resulting pill was at 21% harmony.

Once the cauldron was hot enough again, he put in the first ingredient. The first ingredient turned to powder quickly and it was time for the 2nd ingredient.

When Alex remembered the different experiments he had done with this one, he chose from a small list of experiments that resulted in a rate of release of energy that didn't make it look like it would cause an explosion.

He did the 3rd and 4th. He was constantly changing things recipes with what he felt was proper. On the 5th one, he threw in the 5th ingredient.

However, by this time he could think of ways to use the 5th ingredient, he had already made the mistake of making too many changes without realizing what was going to happen again.

'Urghh, I forgot the energy isn't always what it seems,” he thought. While the cauldron only showed a single or two energy output, it was hard to remember by just looking and feeling that there were other energies mixed into the resulting energy.

The cauldrons showed signs of unstableness, so Alex didn't hesitate at all and threw the cauldron far away.

An explosion ran in the distance. Alex was relieved that he was able to make such a quick decision.

”Urghh… I need to make small changes, one at a time, rather than all at once,” Alex said. So, he got down on the ground, put out more ingredients, and continued making pills.

Only this time, he made a single change with each pill's outcome. Unfortunately, they didn't have a huge enough change for any of the pills to be useful.

So, Alex added 2 changes per batch and continued experimenting with his recipe for the rest of the night.