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.
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.