Mortal To Immortal (Book 1)
MTI 026- Making Pills

Meirong wasn't wrong with her words because after she showed her strange demeanor, Yao Han was stunned. It had been countless times that Yao Han was stunned by his three teachers.

"What magic is that, Teacher Hong?"

"His name is Fire Shield Body, including Rongrong's three strongest fire magic. Its main function is as a defense and is sometimes used to attack." Yutian explained.

Meirong snorted softly, irritated that Yutian explained first and called out his name as if he was a eyed. He refrained from throwing the Fenix Flame at Yutian.

"As you've heard Han'er, this is the Fire Shield Body..."

"Can Teacher Hong demonstrate the other strongest fire moves?"

Meirong shook his head slowly, along with the Fenix Flame enveloping his body slowly disappearing.

"Sorry if I stop your enthusiasm, Han'er. Too soon for you to see."

Actually the reason Meirong showed the Fire Shield Body magic was none other than motivation so that Yao Han could not afford to be lazy to practice.

Speed was an important thing in cultivation practice, but he also reminded Yao Han not to rush over. Too soon is bad too.

Yao Han understood Meirong's good intentions and had no intention of persuading his teacher. After that, he began to practice making fireballs.

It could be said that Yao Han was already able to circulate Qi well, but turning Qi into a natural element like fire was not an easy matter.

He was a little confused because in theory he should be able to make fireball magic in less than a day. After thinking for a moment, then he realized his mind and heart were not too calm because of his high enthusiasm.

Yao Han meditated for a few hours. And the results of the exercise began to be seen on the third day. Yao Han managed to create a small fireball the size of his thumb. He tried to suppress his sense of pleasure in order not to lose focus.

"Good, Han'er. Defend it. No matter the size of the fireball you make, the key is stability. Once you've managed to hold this powerful 'key', you can make a larger fireball" Meirong said with a happy smile.

"Good, Teacher."

Two days later, Yao Han was able to master fire elemental magic well. He was able to create fireballs up to half his body size.

He had intended to make a much larger fireball, but he paused. Yao Han focused more on the key to stability which would later also be used in maintaining the form of an alchemy flame.

The next exercise is to make a fireball hover around the body. This required even greater focus than before, so Yao Han meditated first before practicing.

The result was quite astonishing, less than a day Yao Han could make the fireball hover around his body. Not just one, but three. Yao Han performed the attraction with those three floating fireballs, making Meirong clap his hands in a frenzy.

For two weeks, Yao Han continued to practice until he could even make a fireball with one finger and a sleepy face. Seeing how 'her spirit' Yao Han was with such fire element magic, Meirong decided to teach Yao Han another fire magic.

Several months passed, countless fire magic that Yao Han learned and he mastered well. Among all of them, the magic Yao Han liked the most was named the Fire Lantern.

This magic creates small fireballs that float around the body. Yao Han once thought this technique looked like a firefly wandering around at night

Its main function is to attack the enemy. These little fireballs were moved through the power of the mind. While Yao Han made it as a toy or a warmer at night.

Meirong also taught the basics of his alchemy fire formula which is now called the Fenix Furnace Fire. Six months since Yao Han practiced fire magic, he had started to practice making alchemy fire.

Two months later, Yao Han managed to increase the size of his alchemy flame to the size he wanted.

To the surprise of the three teachers was that Yao Han's alchemy flame color was bluish purple, not the same as Meirong's alchemy flame color which was supposed to be reddish purple.

"Han'er follows all the directions correctly, but why is the color different?" meirong muttered in confusion, "What do you think, Senior?"

"Could it be a new type of alchemy fire? Not likely. There is nothing wrong either. From the heat of this fire, it's obvious that he's managed to master your alchemy fire formula." Feng Xian stroked his chin, astonished and confused as well.

Despite the strange color of his alchemy flame, Yao Han did not stop there. For one month he continued to practice maintaining the stability of the size of the alchemy flame.

"Han'er, it's time I showed you how to make pills."

"Good, Teacher."

Accompanied by his two teachers, Yao Han went to the storage warehouse.

"Is something wrong, Teacher?" yao Han asked as he saw his beautiful teacher looking agitated.

"Hm, how do I say it, yeah... Even though I haven't played swords for long and made pills, I don't know why when I wanted to make pills after all this time made me nervous..." Meirong chuckled.

"Oh, there are also situations that make you nervous, Rongrong?" yutian Ledek.

Meirong glanced at him at a glance, but did not respond. He then turned his attention to Yao Han. Yutian clucked in annoyance then looked for the right place to watch.

Before starting to make pills, Meirong explained there were twelve levels of pills. This level determines the alchemist glass.

Bronze Alchemists like Yao Han, aside from making medicinal powder, should also be able to concoct tier one pills. If he managed to concoct a single type of tier one pill, then he was one step further establishing himself as a Bronze Alchemist.

Pills also have qualities, namely normal, good, super, and perfect. Pills below normal quality are considered to be a failure because they contain a lot of pill toxins. The quality of the pill itself can be distinguished from the appearance of its aroma. For this one, Meirong will give an explanation after he makes one type of pill.

The pill that Meirong wanted to show him how to manufacture was named the Qi Gatherer Pill, the simplest type of tier one pill. One set of materials consisted of three types of magic plants, one of which was honey grass.

Meirong took a moment to calm down, before starting to bring out the fire in his right hand. After the fire stabilized, he put the three ingredients alternately into the fire.

The three materials slowly became a liquid that floated within the fire. Meirong put the liquid together and waited for about half an hour. Almost at the same time as the flames dimmed, six pills appeared.

Meirong heaved a sigh of relief, as did Yao Han. The young man realized he had almost forgotten to breathe.

Note:

The fireball and fire lantern magic that Yao Han learned was inspired by the style of fire elements in the Naruto anime, namely Fireball (Gokakyo) and Demon Latern (Onidorou).

I give this note so that the reader can imagine a little. If you don't want to read the notes, no problem, can be skipped.

Easy, right?