Alchemies

Chapter 52: Close it

Ma Rong had just managed to concoct a pill. He took out a pill-testing tool from his bag and stuffed the pill into it. He looked at the pill examiner attentively, hoping that the fog that slowly rose to the side of the glass would never stop.

As the fog continued, his eyes also grew wider. It kept happening, continuously, until it finally stopped. His hands began to tremble as he looked at the number next to the black line where the fog stopped.

45%. He had a wide smile on his face as he took out the pill from the pill testing tool and stored it inside the pill bottle.

45% is not very high if you think about it. An alchemy sect leader who was only able to make 45% harmony pills would usually cause ridicule.

However, this is not just any pill. This is a True Pill. Unlike ordinary pills, True pills were extremely difficult to make. The amount of energy that must be controlled and ensure it does not explode violently every second is very high.

Even making a 25% Earth Grade True Pill as an alchemist meant that someone was quite a talented person. Ma Rong had just managed to concoct a 45% Earth Grade True Pill.

This meant that he was extremely talented and very worthy of the title of sect leader.

'This is all thanks to spiritual feelings, and all thanks to Yu Ming, ' he thought. He was about to start the next batch when he realized something was making a noise in his bag.

He immediately took out a medal that he immediately scanned with his spiritual senses. He read the message he sent.

'Oh, the elders are back from the trip. I have to go and learn what they got about the upcoming competition,’ he thought.

He kept the quality back in his bag and out of his dwelling. He started walking down the mountain towards the valley of the sect when he realized Alex was still in his home.

He entered and observed the house with his spiritual senses. For some reason, his spiritual awareness could extend to about 50 meters.30 meters more than Alex.

'Oh, is he still making pills?' he thinks. The time was already past noon, so if he really was still making pills, then he had already done it for about 5 hours now. That is dedication.

He walked into the alchemy room with as little sound as possible in order not to disturb him. When he came in, he was surprised.

Alex was in front of the cauldron, moving his hands into the air, probably controlling the ingredients inside the cauldron. But the thing that surprised him the most was that the cauldron had a cover on it.

He had absolutely no idea of anyone doing alchemy with the cauldron lid covered.

'How could he see that— Oh, right. spiritual understanding. But why close it?' He could not understand the reason behind it. He did nothing but stand by the door and watch.

As soon as he finished making the pills, he opened the lid. He could feel the powerful energy within the cauldron leaking as soon as he opened it.

‘I should immediately learn some methods to do something with that energy,’ he thought.

He was about to take out his pill when suddenly, the pill flew by itself. He looked to the side and saw his master holding it. He himself had yet to see the pill and was waiting to find out its level of alignment.

Ma Rong took out his pill testing tool and put the pill into it. He watched the fog start rising from the metal plate and climb into the beaker.

The fog kept rising along the outside of the glass. The fog finally stopped a little higher than he had anticipated and this shocked him greatly.

'33%? From an outer disciple? does opening up his spiritual senses help him or is he just talented?' his jaw gaped as he looked at the harmony level of the pill he had just made.

He took out the pill and looked at it closely. It was a small blue pill the size of his thumb.

'Pil Swift Feet Harmony 33%? How could he be an expert in making these pills, when this was his first day making these pills?’ she's amazed.

Alex stood from the side with a big smile. He had also seen a 33% alignment rate on pill testers.

“Master, I found something amazing.” She said.

“Do you know that using a closed cauldron always makes your pills come out with a higher level of harmony? I saw the energy always leaking from the cauldron, and tried to keep it inside with the lid, and it worked. It was formed, overall it got more energy and had a higher harmony." She said

Ma Rong stood there dumbfounded. He only realized a few hours ago that most of the energy was leaking out of the cauldron. He had an idea of how to divert energy and store it in the cauldron.

But it was still not an efficient method, as directing energy was not the same as controlling it and storing it inside the cauldron.

Now that he heard of Alex's discovery, he felt stupid for not using the cover. He could have increased the alignment of his latest pill, and might even obtain a Heaven Level True Pill.

It will be something noble.