Eternal Cultivation of Alchemy

Chapter 2294  The First 3 Pills

The moment the timer of 30 minutes appeared in the sky, the first set of boxes opened and the contents teleported into the cauldron instantly.

Alex's focus spread between the three cauldrons that had begun heating up instantly and were now up to the required temperature. The moment the ingredients touched the cauldron, they began moving around with no stop at all, grinding against the hot cauldron as they released their energy, turning into powder.

Alex wished he had enough Spiritual energy to split his attention enough that he could do the task of separating the cauldron into multiple spaces where he could refine the ingredients one at a time.

It would make alchemy so much faster as he could make pills in no time at all.

However, he had no doubt that if he tried to do that, he would fail horribly as he simply didn't have that sort of capability yet. At least, not with his current amount of Spiritual energy.

The Spiritual Conjunction technique reduced his amount of Spiritual energy in exchange for making it stronger. Even so, making 30 pills separated into layers at once was not something he could do.

The boxes opened and he placed the next ingredient into the first cauldron where the first ingredient was done processing. He began moving around that ingredient, while another one was done in the third cauldron where he teleported another one and started again.

Memory was the cauldron in the middle where he was making the strongest of all pills, and it was the one that he needed to focus on the last. Alex had noticed something a long time ago, which he was once again noticing now. When he made a pill inside Memory, as compared to other cauldrons, the energy inside became easier to handle as if their energy wasn't as strong as it was.

Alex had no doubt it was because of Memory's spirit growing stronger. Sooner or later, it would form into a full spirit. He couldn't wait for that.

"Thank you," he said in his softest voice, not letting go of any other attention. He put a few more ingredients in, looking up briefly to check the time.

He was down to 28 minutes. He could easily do it all without any issues.

The ingredients teleported into the cauldrons, and he refined it all, in some parts having help from the formations around him as well. Thanks to them, handling 30 pills at once, even though they were only 3 types of pills, became something he could handle.

He was relieved by his understanding of his own capacity. Any more than this would've been pushing himself to the point where he would fail tremendously. 3 types with 10 pills each was the perfect balance of difficulty and capability for him with his current cultivation base.

The first cauldron, the one making the Snow Shattering pill was done refining ingredients. Alex could sense the energy in there and knew that should he use his technique to form the pill, he would no doubt call on the Pill Clouds. It was all but certain.

He looked up at the sky, seeing the timer count down to 21 minutes. He didn't have the time for that. Not when he was focusing on these other two pills and time was of the essence. There had been people in the first 15 days that had called upon the Pill Clouds. Not a single one of them had made it into the top 10 list because that was the wrong thing to do. Calling upon the lighting only made one focus on a cauldron, unable to make use of it for any longer while not being able to look away from it.

Alex separated the powder into 10 separate sections and turned them all into pills. He isolated just a tiny bit of energy so that he didn't accidentally start Pill Clouds before making the pills, so he was safe.

Instead of pulling the pills out of the cauldron, to reuse it, Alex pushed the cauldron away and pulled out another one from his storage bag to make the next set of pills.

He looked up at the sky, and it was coming close to reaching the 20-minute mark. There was so little time. He needed to speed up.

The next set of ingredients came out, opening before him so he could use them immediately. These were for Diamond Twisting Pill, which gave 17 points. He put the first ingredients into the first cauldron and began.

The Lustrous Aurora pill was coming to an end on the third cauldron, which he turned all into pills before putting them aside, and bringing out the next cauldron and set of ingredients.

The next pill was one of the easy ones: the Azure Visage Pill, which was worth 16 points.

The Viridian Breeze pills were the last ones to be completed by the time the other two pills were already in their cauldron, being made. These were the hardest pills to make, so Alex was glad that he had done it. '19 minutes,' he thought, looking up at the sky. The Viridian Breeze Pills had taken a particularly long time to complete. He hoped he didn't take the same amount of time as the others and prepared for the next pill.

Unlike the other cauldrons, Alex couldn't just replace Memory. Instead, he took what few seconds it took for him to pull the pills out and clean the cauldron before preparing the next batch of ingredients.

The next pill was the second hardest of all to make, but with the hardest done, Alex didn't fear he could do it too. So, he pulled out the ingredients, prepared the right temperature, and…

'Hmm?'

Alex froze for a second, unable to believe what he was seeing. The ingredients were prepared next to him, and he could see it all correctly. Everything in front of him was correct, all but a single ingredient. Just one ingredient before him was incorrect.

That was all that was needed to ruin him today.