Chapter 16: Month After Month
For the past several months, Li Lang had settled on his routine. He would cultivate in the morning before going off to sell his sodas, then he would resupply his ingredients before spending his day making more of his merchandise for the next day. During all other times, he would keep to himself and practice his newfound Qi powers.
So far, he could only replicate the most simple moves that only involved concentrating his Qi to certain parts of his body. When he concentrated the Qi to his eyes, he would be able to see further while if he gathered it into his feet, he would be able to kick off with more force. However, it took a lot of concentration to do.
Anytime he tried to do anything more complicated, the result would be a painful backlash. It didn’t do him any serious harm, as it was more akin to touching a boiling kettle for a brief moment.
If only I could find some cultivation techniques to reference…
He shelved away any idle thoughts and proceeded into Ruby’s artifact space. There were a lot of materials and herbs to analyze. When he read the report, he quickly broke out into laughter.
“It’s done! All the materials for the Recovery Pill have been identified!”
With all the ingredients analyzed, Li Lang could finally get started reverse engineering the pill recipe for the Recovery Pill. He had all the building blocks. Now he needed to find the method to trim off the excess and be left with the active ingredients.
From the time he read the results of the first herb he had put into the auto-analyzer, he knew it wouldn’t be as simple as he initially thought. The results he got were the final answer, but he now needed to find the process to get there.
Continuing with the report, he found while he had gotten the material makeup, none of the materials had the same Qi signature as the Recovery Pill he had first analyzed.
This was a large setback to his timetable, as it meant he was missing something. Something that would change the Qi signature, either the refining process or perhaps a technique of some kind.
No matter what it was, it would definitely cost Li Lang more time and money.
To confirm his new direction, he swiftly did a small experiment. Inside his artifact space, he took a small amount of each herb and began mixing them and boiling them. There was no recipe to follow, and he did everything on a whim. He threw the completed mixture into the auto-analyzer and patiently waited.