Double Cultivation
prolonging his stay
It had been 12 hours since Zhu Mengyi started her second day trying to reach a perfect quality pill, and she had just completed her third earth progress Pill for the day.
"Nearly not a high-quality pill, huh .." Zhu Mengyi looked at the pill in her hand with a dejected look.
There was only half a day left for him to concoct a perfect quality pill, but unfortunately, at this rate, due to his exhaustion, he would not be able to concoct a high quality pill anymore, let alone be flawless.
Zhu Mengyi sat there for the next few minutes staring at the cauldron with a puzzled look, almost like she was giving up.
"It's hopeless .." Tears began to form in his eyes.
He felt frustrated, hopeless, and most importantly, disappointed in himself for not being able to uphold Su Yang's expectations.
"You should be done, because you have time to sit there and cry," Su Yang's voice suddenly sounded behind him.
Zhu Mengyi turned to look at him, who appeared suddenly, and quickly wiped her eyes.
"I'm sorry, but I can't do it .. I know you expect me to make a perfect quality pill, but I've betrayed your expectations .." he said in a sobbing voice, which is full of sadness.
"Ha ha ha!" Su Yang suddenly laughed out loud to the point of letting out tears, making him dumbfounded.
He then wiped away the tears in his eyes and said to him, "Who expects you to make a perfect quality pill? I said it just as a way to make you more serious!"
"A-A-What—?" Zhu Mengyi looked at him with a puzzled expression, stunned by his words.
"Do you think you're concocting a Basic level pill or something? Forget about a Heaven-level pill like the Earth Progress Pill, you can't even concoct an Earth-grade pill without a flaw!"
Forget about this world, even in the Four Divine Heavens, there were only a few people who could concoct a perfect quality pill with the majority of Alchemy Masters able to manage 95% to 99% pure!
As for Su Yang, it took him dozens of years of training to be able to concoct the perfect quality pill! And he even had one of the best Alchemy Masters in the universe, the only Alchemy God, as his teacher!
If Zhu Mengyi really managed to concoct a perfect quality pill within two days of learning a new technique, then she might as well become the next Alchemy God!
That being said, Su Yang was not at all talented in the Alchemy Dao and had only achieved what he currently had because of the Alchemy God.
"A-Does this mean you won't kick me out?" he asked her the core of her worries.
"I won't be here forever, but until then, I will try to guide you to the best of my ability," he said, freeing him from his worries.
Zhu Mengyi should have been pleased after hearing such words, but instead of smiling, her eyes showed sadness.
"Right ... she won't be here forever .." she sighed inwardly.
"Alright, stop wasting time and go back to concocting," Su Yang's voice woke him from his thoughts.
"Tr-True!"
Zhu Mengyi quickly returned to concocting pills, and under Su Yang's guidance, increasingly became more understanding and capable of her new technique.
It had been almost a week since Su Yang arrived at the four-season academy, and with his help, Zhu Mengyi was finally able to concoct high-quality pills at a consistent pace.
"How's your progress?" Matriak Zhu asked Zhu Mengyi when she returned.
"Look at this and you will understand," he replied with his face looking up showing pride, and took out many pill bottles from his storage ring.
When Matriak Zhu first saw the pill bottle, his eyes widened in shock. "So many Earth Progress Pills!"
However, as soon as he realized their qualities, his jaw dropped to the ground in shock.
"And they're all high-quality pills!"
"W-Did you make all this? M-Impossible!"
"I'm sure so!" Zhu Mengyi said, her head raised as high as usual.
Matriaj Zhu looked at him with a serious expression and thought to himself, "In the space of a week, he had not only managed to overcome his problems with the Earth's progress Pill but had also grown so much that he could concoct them with high quality!"
Matriak Zhu acknowledged Su Yang was someone profound and mysterious and held him to a high standard, but unfortunately, he did not think that he actually still underestimated his abilities!
"Good boy!" He couldn't help but praise her. "If this continues, you will even surpass me in a few more weeks!"
However, Zhu Mengyi did not express any excitement after hearing his praise.
"Unfortunately, he's leaving soon. Forget a few weeks, I'd be so happy if she stayed a few more days!"
"You ..." Matriarch Zhu looked into his eyes and noticed something different about him other than his newfound strength in concocting pills.
"This girl did not say that because she wanted to improve her technique but because she wanted to stay with the young man!"
Although he was not too surprised that someone like Zhu Mengyi found love in someone with deep skills in the Dao of Alchemy, he still found his first attitude towards such feelings quite confusing!
"Although I can't do anything about it, at least I can extend his departure for a few more days .." Matriak Zhu suddenly said.
"Throughout?!" The sadness in Zhu Mengyi's eyes instantly disappeared.
"Un." Matriak Zhu nodded, keeping in mind the fact that he had already delayed Su Yang's departure by slowing down the speed at which they gathered the ingredients for the secret Soul Divination pill from him.
"His departure may be inevitable, but you can still use the time you have left to spend with him" he continued.
"Then I will do it soon! Thank you, mom!"
After saying that, Zhu Mengyi left the place swiftly.