Chapter 2169 Pill Fusion\

Chapter 2169 Pill Fusion

Silvermist wondered how good his disciple could be in another thousand years. Or maybe 2 thousand years. He could tell his disciple had cultivated for no more than a thousand or two at best, and this was the level he had reached. Should he continue further... Silvermist had no idea what to expect.

He had rarely ever seen someone this talented.

Alex shrunk the cauldron down to a manageable size and put aside the 18 pills he made, all of which were over 90% in harmony. Even without any proper technique, he had enough control over the energy inside the cauldron to make such pills. He was quite happy with that fact.

But of course, if he wanted 100% harmony, he would have to use the technique, and he didn't know how he could do it one at a time when all the powders were together.

Unless he made all 18 pills separately, there was nothing he could do.

He ignored those thoughts for later times and waited on Silvermist to begin speaking.

"Do you know what Pill Fusion is?" Silvermist asked.

Alex shook his head. He couldn't remember ever hearing about such a concept. "Pill fusion? Are we fusing two different pills to create a third one?" "Uhh... yes, but no. Not different pills. We're combining two of the same pills to make a single pill out of them," Silvermist said.

Alex tilted his head, trying to think about why that would be good. "Is that different from eating two pills together?" he asked.

"It is," Silvermist said. "It is much better."

"Oh!" Alex was taken aback. "How?"

"Because you aren't making a pill with double the energy as the first one, but rather making a pill with a more condensed energy."

"So, it's like using two Immortal pills to make a Divine-grade pill?" Alex asked.

"That's a perfect analogy, albeit you are expecting way too much out of it," Silvermist said. "From what I am aware, Pill Fusions usually improve a pill by about 2 or 3 pill vein's worth of energy if they were originally of 90% harmony or higher."

Alex had to give the new information some thought. It wasn't a weird concept when just thinking about it, but the implications it brought out were quite unique.

"Oh right, what happens if I were to use two pills that already have pill veins? Can they be fused?" Alex asked.

"It's... possible, but also very dangerous," Silvermist said.

Alex paused for a moment. "Dangerous? How so?" he asked.

"Do you understand the concept of what happens when pill veins form?" Silvermist asked. "The heavens deem your pill as something that should not be allowed to exist, so they strike it down. If you manage to protect it, they instead add to your pill, improving its energy."

Alex nodded. That much he understood.

"And each pill vein makes your pill stronger. So, imagine taking two of such pills and combining them together. You are taking two pills with energy from pill lightning that you could barely defend against, and then condensing it to a point where you end up calling another pill cloud. Imagine how strong those pill lightnings will be. Could you survive them? Or will your pill be wasted in the end?"

Alex tried imagining the strength of such a pill, and the sort of pill lightning it would bring. Would that be in the divine realm?

He quickly shook his head. "Sounds like that is a very bad idea, master," he said

"It is," Silvermist explained. "In the end, this concept isn't for people who can make pill clouds on their own. If you can do that, there is no point in wasting your energy on turning two pills into one when you can just make two pills with pill veins."

"This is a concept for those who cannot make pill veins. So, instead, they have to rely on this method to make pills that are better than usual."

"In a way, it is a futile attempt at keeping up in a world where others can call on Pill clouds regularly. Do you understand now?"

Alex nodded. "I understand, master," he said. "I suppose this isn't that useful for me then."

"But it is still a concept to learn and keep in mind. It's especially useful when you are early on in your cultivation after a major breakthrough and need pills to continue. You can't call pill clouds at that point, your pills will just be destroyed."

"In those cases, you rely on Pill Fusion to create for yourself a better than regular pill you can use."