Death… And Me Novel Chapter 175 - Old Worms Concoction

Chapter 175 - Old Worm's Concoction

Back in the Dalamu Sect, Roan began his practice with Alchemy. There are two ways to make pills in this world, Neutral and Elental concoctions. The first one is obvious, Neutral Pills that one has no need to care about the user's elental affinity. The other is Elental Pills. Each cultivation technique is based on the cultivator's elental affinity. As a cultivator's realm improves, he gets more and more attached to that specific elent. Obviously, elental pills have to be compatible with them.

Neutral pills are the most sold ones by alchemists all around. After all, they are easier to be made. However, their effects are not as good as the ones made for the specific elents.

The problem is that pills made for a specific elent usually needs many more materials compatible with it. As for neutral neutral pills, such a limitation is not applied. Of course, what Roan needed was not neutral pills, but elental ones.

Because Rean and Roan's foundation are several tis stronger than others at the sa level, the pills' levels have to be on pair with them. Neutral pills would work, but far from the best result. Unfortunately, there are no alchemists with the power of controlling the Light or Dark Elents. Because of that, none of them could create Light and Dark Elental Pills. Thus, Roan had to learn how to do it himself.

Roan was trying to concoct his first pill, a simple energy gathering one. That is one of the most basic types and used by a lot of Energy Gathering Realm disciples. This pills' effectiveness drops the higher your realm becos, though. For Rean and Roan, such a pill would have minimal effect at their cultivation level. Especially since their Spiritual Energy pool is so much bigger than those at the sa level.

Suddenly...

*Puf...*

The sll of burnt herbs began to spread in the alchemy room. Roan then lifted the lead of the cauldron, just to see a black liquid inside. All the Spiritual Energy of the herbs quickly disappeared after that too. Sure enough, he failed his first attempt.

'No wonder the system gave three months to reach Earth Low-Level Alchemist Rank. Controlling the Elents to enter the dicinal liquid is really hard. My Elental Control is definitely much better than those at my level, but I'm still having difficulties grasping it. Now I know why I haven't seen a single alchemist around my age. It simply takes too long before one can get used to it. Anyone else would probably need a few years. Talented ones no less than several months.'

Roan pondered a bit and decided.

'I'm jumping steps here. I better start with a neutral Energy Gathering Pill first. Once I can concoct it with a good success rate, I can begin making Dark or Light Elental ones.'

Elental Energy Gathering Pills' materials change according to the Elent one wants to create it. Roan had an idea about which herbs he could use to match his elent, but he was still not ready for it. Thus, he simply switched to neutral pills that use basically the sa herbs.

However, he still failed several tis in a roll in the next few days of trials.

'Weird... I'm following the instructions described in the alchemy books correctly. Why can't I harmonize the properties of the herbs?'

In the end, Roan could only leave the room and go back to the alchemy repository. As always, Old Worm was sat behind the counter reading his alchemy books. Soon, Old Worm noticed Roan's presence and put his book down.

"You ca faster than expected. I thought you would keep trying for another week before coming to make your first questions."

Roan was surprised to hear that.

"Do you know why I ca here?"

Old Worm shrugged his shoulders.

"What else could it be if not your constant fails to make your first pill?"

Roan narrowed his eyes after hearing that.

"Were you spying on ?"

However, Old Worm just chuckled.

"Do I need to spy on you for such an obvious outco? Anyway, let's not waste each others' ti. Say it, what do you want to ask?"

Roan nodded.

"I can't harmonize the herbs' properties even though I'm following the concoction process correctly. I tried several tis, but I always get stuck at the sa point."

Old Worm was surprised to hear that.

"You already reached the harmonization process? I thought you would fail in the dicinal extraction instead."

Roan didn't find the dicinal extraction that hard. Although he failed in his first tries, it only took him around a day to grasp its gist. That's because the only difference between doing this in this world and his previous life was the fact that the herbs have spiritual energy. He simply rged both experiences and ca up with his own way of extracting them.

Old Worm then got up and began to make his way out of the Alchemy Repository.

"Co, let

see what you are doing during your concoction process."

Roan nodded and quickly followed Old Worm. He still doesn't know why Old Worm is helping him, but he only had a month and a half to beco an Earth Low-Level Alchemist. That being said, he won't refuse anything that could help.

The two quickly arrived at Old Worm's hut and got inside. Neither side said anything. Roan simply began his concoction process as Old Worm paid close attention.

Old Worm was quite surprised about Roan's way of extracting the dicinal liquid. Roan showed a level of proficiency that was hard to imagine for a kid to do. Not to ntion that he seed to do it a little different than what was explained in the Alchemy Repository's books. Still, it seed to work pretty well for him, so Old Worm didn't say anything.

The concoction continued, and around an hour later, the sa burnt sll began to co out of the cauldron. Sure enough, Roan failed once again.

"I see what is happening here. You are making a neutral pill, so you gave up any elental attempt. However, even neutral pills aren't entirely void of elental properties. You need to use your own elent fused with Spiritual Energy to subjugate those elents. Of course, you won't add your own elent since it wouldn't be compatible with the herbs inside. Still, it is possible and a must to take care of the herbs' own elental properties."

Old Worm stepped in front of the cauldron and began a new concoction process. Roan, of course, watched that closely. Soon, Roan got bewitched by Old Worm's movent. From the extraction of dicinal herb, the fire's control, the addition of the dicinal liquid, etc. Old Worm's hands seed to act like magic. Roan couldn't help but recognize the enormous chasm between him and the old man's skills.

Old Worm ignored Roan's surprise, though.

"Can you see it? At the harmonization process, you can't just follow the books. You need to use your own perception to take care of the herbs elental properties."

Roan observed Old Worm's work.

"I guess I understand the basics."

Old Worm nodded.

"Alright, try yourself."

Just like that, Roan and Old Worm spent the rest of the day in the old hut.