Eternal Cultivation of Alchemy

Chapter 2298  Completion

The separated space within the cauldron disappeared one after another, while Alex let the energies mix into each other at a certain rate to get the reaction correct.

There was a reason why he didn't make the previous pills in this way when this way was clearly so much faster. The energy had to be mixed artificially on its own later which was much more difficult when one had to do it on a much larger scale because of the amount of energy one had to control and mix together.

It was better to let such things happen organically by following the original pill recipe.

But for a single set of ingredients, Alex had no issue at all. The two energy from two different ingredients mixed and then Alex removed another separated space, the energy which mixed with the other ones. One after another, as the space disappeared, the resulting energy was advancing toward what would make the pill.

Alex reached the space where the mutant Sky Gold Jade Leaf was and cleared the space. The energy in it moved slowly, as per what he had come to understand for this variant of pill, and helped it get absorbed with the previous energies.

This was the part that worried him a little, but not a lot. He was certain he had made no mistake when it came to understanding how those energies reacted together.

Alex saw the energy show no sign of becoming volatile and smiled. Once that was done, mixing the rest was no time at all.

The latter spaces cleared and mixed into the overall energy very quickly, and at the end when all of it was mixed, Alex quickly used the technique to pour all of that energy into this very new pill.

The moment Alex finished making the pill, he smiled. He looked up at the time that said that he still had about 30 seconds remaining, and then slowly stood up as he saw the sky beyond that.

The clouds roiled into place, the sky darkening with every passing second. The sky thundered and lit up brightly as the pill lightning began to prepare for its drop.

There was now only a bit more than 20 seconds remaining.

The first pill lightning fell and Alex simply used his Qi to block the lightning bolt. With the first lightning being the weakest, he stopped it easily.

He looked at the time, frowning as it counted down rather quickly without the pill cloud working as quickly at all.

Alex wanted to manipulate time again, even if it was only adding or removing 2 seconds at most to his overall time, but that wasn't going to help him as his Qi could not reach the heavens. There was nothing that could affect the heaven.

When only 11 seconds were remaining, the second bolt of lightning fell from the sky. At this point, the pill lightning was only as strong as an Immortal Ascendant 8th realm attack, so he defended against it easily as well.

The clouds roiled again and time ticked down one second after another. The timer getting closer and closer to 0. He did not have much time, but it seemed he had luck.

Just as the timer reached 1 second, the lightning struck down from the sky and Alex made an elaborate show of using a physical shield to stop the attack. The lightning faded, the white-hot light dying in front of him. And then, the timer hit 0.

Alex immediately stopped the Pill Clouds from continuing, and at the same time felt a very strong aura force him from doing anything else. Alex found the oppressive aura to be something he could handle, but he still chose to sit down, doing nothing to fight it. It was a preventive measure to stop everyone from continuing on their pills after the timer was completed.

Alex sat there, doing nothing at all until someone else came to him.

An older female with graying hair landed next to him, walking through the invisible walls. Her footsteps were the first thing he had heard from outside. Even now, everything else was kept out.

The woman looked at the spread of 7 cauldrons and dozens of empty boxes and smiled a little. "Congratulations on completing the competition," she said. "If I may begin, please tell me your number."

"15403," Alex replied.

The woman looked into the medallion she wore and put it down a few moments later.

"Dawnblade, is it?" she asked. "I will start counting your points."

Alex nodded. "Please hand over the pills as I name them," she said.

Alex nodded and waited.

"Snow Shattering Pill," the woman said.

Alex opened the first cauldron he had used and pulled out 10 pills before giving it to her. The woman took the pills and didn't even have to check them thoroughly as any Alchemist who had a decent understanding of pills knew that these pills were way above the 80% requirement.

"Amazing," the woman said, seemingly noting it down.

"Azure Visage Pill," she asked next.

Alex brought them out and handed them to her as well, which she checked briefly before putting them aside.

"Luminous Harmony Pill."

"Sapphire Desire Pill."

"Diamond Twisting Pill"

"Lustrous Aurora Pill."

"Radiant Tears Pill."

"Twilight Consuming Pill."

"Viridian Breeze Pill."

As Alex handed over the pills right after she requested them, the woman only nodded briefly before asking for the other one. She didn't stop to check any of the pills for quality, understanding very well that not a single one of the pills needed her doubt.

Once she got all the pills she checked the last of the Viridian Breeze pills, and she frowned.

"What is going on?" she asked. "Didn't you just call upon the Pill Clouds? I saw none of the 90 pills had any pill veins in them."

"No," Alex said as he took off Memory's lid and pulled out the final pill. It was a black pill with white spots all over it with 3 clear lightning scars on it. He showed it to her.

"This is the one with the pill veins."