Grueling cultivation had now become Jaekyung’s daily routine. When his body and mind grew too exhausted from being scorched by lightning in the high heavens while training his cultivation techniques, he would shut himself away in the Black Flood Dragon Palace and pass the time with alchemy.
Alchemy itself was laborious work and training that also consumed considerable mental energy, but since it allowed him to briefly turn away from the vagueness and boredom that came from stagnant, repetitive training, Jaekyung was satisfied with just that. The alchemy furnace exploded once more with a booming sound.
Jaekyung expertly gathered the thickly spreading black smoke and disposed of all the residue left inside the furnace that might have become a pill.
‘The fire power was sufficient, and the control wasn’t bad either. Then was there a mistake in the combination of medicinal properties? Was trying to replace Nine-Branch Heaven Leaf with Ten Thousand Blossom Fire the problem?’
As one’s understanding of the Dao of Alchemy deepens, one’s understanding of the Dao of Medicine inevitably deepens as well. By handling countless ingredients and learning how to properly blend and substitute their medicinal properties, Jaekyung gradually became more proficient.