Success

Ting,

 As soon as he heard the cauldron sound, he expectantly opened the lid of the cauldron.

 Just as he opened the lid, he was hit by a burnt smell suddenly and coughed as the black gas enter his nostrils.

 "What?" Ajax was shocked, and his hopeful, smiling face turned ugly at the output of his refining.

 "Where can it go wrong. I followed the pill recipe and the basic refining techniques exactly as they were mentioned", Ajax dejectedly thought about his mistake in the process.

 'Ding,

   The host has used more than required heat, which caused the pills to turn in to powder and resulted in the rise of the black smoke.

 Just as he wondered about his failed refining, a system notification rang in his head, helping him understand the reason behind the failed refinery.