The herbal pot of a pill refiner was as important as a sword to a warrior. Its quality would greatly affect the success of the refining process.
Austin checked if there was any problem with the entrance for fire.
He put his right hand to the entrance and delicately touched it. Then he closed his eyes and summoned the golden fire he had. A snap was heard then the fire suddenly appeared on his hand.
Austin controlled the fire and it quickly burst into the herbal pot. It entered the beast mouth as if it was absorbed by the pot.
Austin was surprised when he saw the raging blaze that reached the inside of the herbal pot.
"Wow! I have never seen anything like this before. The fire I have condensed with my vital energy is very weak regardless the long time I nurtured it. But it quickly strengthens after it goes into the herbal pot.
A-ha! It seems that the herbal pot can help fuel the fire."
Austin realized that those small-sized arrays and runes inside the pot could nurture the fire. He thought that the maker of the herbal pot must have put a lot of these which contributed to the success of pill refining process.
Austin looked through the mirror and watched the fire burning for a while.
"I must watch closely to the whole process. But it seems like nothing is wrong about this herbal pot." Austin let out a sigh of relief. He already finished the first step which was to examine the tool for the process.
Then he kept the next step on his mind. It was to extract liquid essence from the medicinal herbs.
Austin chose the simplest formula in the Elixir Foundation as his practicing subject. It had the knowledge of basic methods of fire control and the process of extracting different elements from herbs.
According to the book, the muscle-generating powder needed one muscle-generating herb, one vigor-generating fruit, two blood-nourishing flowers, and one five-tail herb.
Austin already prepared all those herbs even before he began the process. Since it was a practice, he prepared several dozen sets of ingredients for trials.
While he was checking the ingredients, Austin continued to control his vital energy and kept the fire burning.
With the ingredients all ready, Austin picked up one muscle-generating herb from the floor and inserted it inside the herbal pot through the hole in its lid.
This was Austin's first trial and he still wondered at the process. He kept on being careful and observant as he did not want to miss any small detail.
His first trial was a failure. He was so nervous that he was not able to wear his best abilities.
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