Eternal Cultivation of Alchemy

Chapter 2330  Fused Pill

Alex hadn't ever thought he would use Pill Fusion in his life. Given how regular Pill Lightnings were much better than fusing pills, he could never imagine a situation where he would be forced to use it.

As it turned out, this was the sort of situation where he would be using it.

Alex controlled the pill's physical matter first, compressing the powder as much as he could into a single sphere. Three pills mixed together made for a big pill and Alex needed to compress it about enough to make it the size of a regular pill.

That was an easy task for him as the powder itself provided no trouble at all. It was the energy that would be troublesome.

Alex prepared himself even before he got to the energy. The resistance he would get from it was not something he was not sure he could even handle on his own.

Thankfully, Memory was with him, ready to help.

Alex poured his Qi into the cauldron and immediately grabbed onto the massive pool of energy that floated around it and began compressing it. At first, it was easy, no different from controlling any regular energy.

However, as it shrunk, it grew tougher and thus harder to shrink even further. Alex kept compressing it even more, using not just his Qi to do it, but also his Intent.

Intent was perhaps the most important factor here as it made the task so much easier. That wasn't all that helped Alex. He couldn't tell it at the start, but Memory was helping him as well. He could sense it when making multiple pills as well, but now when he tried to fuse the pills, the effect was much clearer.

Memory was doing its best to take an edge off Alex's burden when it came to making the current pill. And it was a help that Alex appreciated.

"Thank you," he said softly, forcing even more of his Intent and Qi into helping compress the pill.

There was one thing Alex feared here more than failing to compress the pill and that was compressing it but not enough to completely fill the pill, in which instance he would call upon the pill clouds with pill lightnings so strong that it would ruin the pill no doubt.

He couldn't let that happen. He would rather the harmony of the pill is low than face the pill clouds. But for that, he needed to continue forcing it to be smaller and smaller as well. That was going to take a lot of effort.

After multiple minutes of compressing, the energy became strong to a point where it seemed to be reaching the stage where it would change to Divine energy. The chances of that happening were impossible with Alex's current level of cultivation base so he pushed himself even further.

The energy did get stronger, but he was right it seemed in guessing that Divine energy was still much farther away. Although, it wasn't that far away from what he could guess. If he could force it just a bit more, it would reach that level.

But, Alex couldn't afford to reach that level. He wasn't strong enough to control that level of energy. Hell, just the current level of energy was already draining his Qi and Intent at a terrifying rate.

If he didn't quickly form the pill with what he had, he would lose control over it and all would be ruined.

Alex used the last of what he could afford to spare of his attention and made sure that the energy could easily fit into the pill. Once he was certain it could, he began doing so.

The energy formed a tempest as they were forced into the pill's body. The tiny compressed ball of powder was like a thirsty ground after a drought. It drank the energy like water falling from the sky, seemingly never satisfied.

Alex couldn't even spare any powder to use his technique and was using the most crude of all methods to push the energy into the pill. That was all he could afford to do.

He lost himself in his work, forcing everything he could into the pill. Then, what felt like a long time later, there was nothing left for him to push into the pill.

It was all done. The Pill Fusion was a success. n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Alex sat back away from the cauldron, finally taking a breath. He felt physically tired even though he hadn't done anything with his body. All he had used was his Qi and Intent and it had left him very much without any energy to do anything.

Still, he couldn't just rest now. He needed to make sure the pill had formed as he had thought.

Alex quickly opened the cauldron and pulled out the pill. He looked at it, feeling the harmony behind it. It was only 74%. And yet, it held within it the energy of 3 different pills, all at 99% harmony. Harmony was a funny little thing.

A curious feeling came to Alex through his bond with Memory. He looked toward it, trying to comprehend what it was trying to relay. After a bit of thinking, he finally guessed what it was asking.

"Yes, Memory. I'm very proud of what you've done. You should continue to do just as well," he answered.

The sense of satisfaction that came from Memory was unmistakable. The cauldron was showing more and more signs of its spirit growing with each passing day. If he fed it some more, considering the level it was at, if he just fed it some more energy, it could surely form a proper artifact spirit in just a few decades.

'I need to start working on that,' Alex thought, determination filling him on what he had to do.

For now, he put the cauldron into his storage bag and stood up. Since he had the pill on him, he should get the rest of the work done as well.

It was time to feed the old man his pill.