Chapter 21: Quality and Success Rate
The first thing Li Lang did when he entered the spacious refining room was to carefully inspect the pill furnace. It was made of a bronze-like alloy that he couldn’t identify that exuded a minute amount of Qi. He could sense that the furnace was also constantly absorbing the ambient Qi.
He couldn’t find any fuel to burn around the room, so he looked for a button or something similar to turn on the furnace.
It would be embarrassing going back out as soon as I entered to ask how to turn this thing on. If only I knew a technique to create fire with my Qi…wait!
He quickly placed a hand on the pill furnace and channeled some of his Qi into it. The moment he did so, he could feel his Qi latching onto something within the furnace, and he instinctively realized he had come into contact with the control mechanism.
A strong fire abruptly lit up within the furnace as Li Lang willed it.
“Interesting…How in the world did they create this control method?”
Seeing that the fire was on, Li Lang gave it some time to heat up while he went to examine the materials. Unlike the ones he had gathered himself, the materials before him were neatly packed and had been cut into neat pieces.
He paused when he realized one of the ingredients was missing. There weren’t any Moonshadow Lotuses that he needed for the adsorption process with the Jade Leaves. He sighed to himself as he ended up needing to call on the Vice Administrator outside after all.
The young boy hadn’t wanted to bother him, as the other alchemists treated him with such respect that only a fool wouldn’t be able to tell he was a man of importance. It was also embarrassing that he had to call for help just to open the heavy metal doors.
“Well, I’d have to do it anyway when I was leaving.”
Looking as if he had just swallowed a fly, Li Lang went up and knocked on the doors. Nothing happened for a brief moment and Li Lang wondered if they were still really out there. However, before he could knock again, the doors slowly shifted open toward him.
“Is something the matter?”