Chapter 9- Fail

Mu Fengyu came close to Xia Lang.

"Now that you have comprehended the basics of alchemy you are almost ready to concoct a second mortal rank pill. You'r talent is seriously terrifying." She said to him while guiding his hands to concoct a second mortal rank pill.

"Now you should follow the basics as master told you so at the beginning when you started to explore alchemy. But instead, this time your control over flame should be more fluid than before furthermore as the pills rank increases the difficulty of removing impurities increases keep in mind this time it won't be as easy as concocting a first mortal rank pill." she continued to instruct him while he swallowed all the information.

...

After a few moments of tossing the herbs in the cauldron, she looked at him and smiled.

He immediately understood her intention and nodded.

She backed away and sits to cultivate afar in the distance from him while opening an eye in case the cauldron explodes.

Xia Lang then watched the cauldron in utter confidence and it's lit up with his newly acquired Jade Beauty flame.

He was surprised to find his control over flame have increased significantly, instead of losing himself in the joy he concentrated on the work at hand.

The heated cauldron went on for longer than the time taken to concoct the first mortal rank pill he concocted before.

10min... 20min... 30min...

His face is distorted in weariness because his qi is being consumed at a terrifying rate.

Even though the Jade Beauty flame gives some benefits nevertheless it spends a lot of qi for maintaining its temperature.

The cauldron began to shake intensely signaling the pills appearance.

He almost lost control as he was about to go wild in joy, as the childish voice which is the owner of the weird system has given him a skill which he lacked, a set of techniques to be exact and he has yet to open it.

This is the reward he received from completing a mission, now if he were to complete the current mission what reward would he obtain...?

'Heh... I can't wait'

For a second his mind drifted somewhere else which resulted in almost destruction of his pill inside the cauldron.

"Whew... Just a miss, I can't be careless anymore" he said as he continued to stabilize the shaking cauldron.

...

Mu Fengyu silently observed him without interfering.

She frowned and mumbled,

"He has lost in his delusion, he has a long way to go..." she shook her head left and right.

Then she watches Xia Lang taking out the pill from the cauldron and instead of celebrating in joy he frowns as he gawked at the pill.

The pill was dark orange but many cracks have appeared with a few over deep-reaching its core, it crumbles into small pieces when Xia Lang catches in his hand.

He tightened his fists in anger and frustration.

He looks at Mu Fengyu demanding an explanation.

She smiles at him by pointing his mistake.

"If second mortal rank pill were this easy to content then everybody would have succeeded in becoming a second rank alchemist, the difference between first and second is that qi begins to crash from concocting the second mortal rank pills and the ranks onwards, to avoid this alchemist have to simultaneously create a qi shield to protect it from cracks and damages to appear while still providing qi to continue heating it. It consumes a lot of qi. Since you are a beginner, not an expert go and rest."

He looked at the damaged pill and sighs. He smiled and thought.

'If this world was this easy... It won't be any fun and any different from my old world.'

"Ok," he spoke.

"Go on," she replied.

"... By the way, how many days have passed since we slept together?" he teased her before running away.

She glares at him before blushing in shame.

'To think I did something too humiliating! Ugh, now there is no turning back...'

He chuckled on the way leaving behind a blushing Mu Fengyu.

...

He immediately reaches his room and enters. Since when Senior Bai have left, Mu Fengyu was never behaving normally instead always felt moody, for to remove the invisible awkwardness he teased her on the way earlier.

He relaxes his body by stretching his aching muscles, concocting the pill has tired him a lot furthermore, his qi is almost empty. He jumps at the bed, for a long time he just watched dazed above at the ceiling of his room.

He takes out the purple jade and inspects it.

"What is so special about it?" he said and frowned.

Ting!

Progress:??>

-Yes.

-No.>

He immediately said without hesitation.

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

[Oh my~ you have discovered a treasure and an immortal grade at it, too bad I don't think you can use it.] the childish voice appeared in his mind and mocks him.

[The first you come without a greeting and instead started mock me! Watch and see how I will use it! Just you wait!] he raged at the childish voice.

[I will be waiting... Hehe] the childish voice responded at him as if finding him hilarious.