'Amazing! Blood, you're amazing!'
Vincent praised his assistance and focused on the task at hand.
Vincent didn't need to use the other inscription to see what was happening inside the cauldron.
Thanks to the alchemy assistance program, he was able to see through the outer surface of the cauldron.
In his eyes, the four ingredients used to create the energy restoration pill appeared with a number box above or next to them that showcased which one was number 1 and which ones were number 2, 3, and 4.
Vincent immediately directed the necessary parts of fire towards the ingredients.
Sizzle, sizzle!
After getting touched by the scorching heat, the four ingredients melted in mere moments, leaving behind nothing but ashes and medicinal essence.
"Bam!"
Bam!
It was at this moment that a thundering noise echoed in the classroom. The devastating sound was so loud that everyone's eyes wandered off to its source. Vincent, too, came to a sudden halt and looked around to see what had just happened. They saw that three groups had failed at refining pills simultaneously. No wonder the sound was so loud. Three groups messed up the complex alchemy process so severely that even the high-tech cauldron showed signs of cracking and breaking down.
The ones who failed were terrified out of their wits already, but when they saw the scowl on instructor Alex's face, their fear intensified.
"Sir, we're sorry." One of them begged for forgiveness out of nervousness.
Instructor Alex clicked his tongue at their attitude, but the words that came out of his mouth didn't demotivate the students who failed, "Stop looking like it is the end of the world, you rich and poor brats! Even I messed up a few times before getting it right the first day I tried to refine pills. You've only failed once and are acting miserable! Raise your chest and redo the process from scratch! Don't stop until you get it right! It's not like there's a shortage of high-tech cauldrons and ingredients in the academy! Make sure to abuse your privilege as academy's students to the limit, and when you get out there in the vast universe, don't disgrace our name!"
"Yes, sir!" The students who failed went out to get new cauldrons.
The rest lost their nervousness and redirected their focus on creating pills. Most were still heating the cauldron, and the best ones were trying to melt their ingredients.
Vincent, on the other hand, was already trying to combine the medicinal essence into a pill!
[You can separate the medicinal essence of the first ingredient into twenty-eight parts, each containing 20 units of medicinal essence.]
[You can separate the medicinal essence of the first ingredient into fourteen parts, each containing 20 units of medicinal essence.]
[You can separate the medicinal essence of the third ingredient into fourteen parts, each containing 20 units of medicinal essence.]
[You can separate the medicinal essence of the fourth ingredient into twenty-eight parts, each containing 20 units of medicinal essence.]
Vincent hurriedly used his mana to separate the medicinal essence of the four ingredients into many parts.
Right after, another notification popped up.
[Mix two parts of the first and fourth ingredients with one part of the second and third ingredients to create an energy restoration pill.]
A vast amount of mana surged out of Vincent's hand and poured into the cauldron through the inscription that allows mana to pass into a sealed cauldron.
It took him a minute to create fourteen portions consisting of two parts of the first and fourth ingredients and one part of the third and second ingredients.
"Only one thing left to do, use energy pressure to smash them into one and solidify them into a pill!"
Vincent performed some hand signs and released all the mana that was inside of his body through his palms, and poured it into the cauldron.
The commotion created by his actions was enough to attract many pairs of eyes towards him. The moment they saw that he was on the last step, they gaped in surprise, and it shocked them so much that they stood speechlessly on their spot.
"Huh?! How is he already at the last step? Only several minutes had passed! This kid, he exceeded my expectations again!" When instructor Alex saw that Vincent was focusing on condensing medicinal essence into a pill, his hawk-like eyes widened to the size of saucers, disbelief vivid in them. He had never thought that a first-timer would be able to move so fast. And he never believed that Vincent, who was lacking in the energy department, would surpass everyone in this alchemy process that was heavily dependent on a person's mana reserve.
"Condense!"
Vincent's mana compressed all the portions of medicinal essences belonging to four different ingredients into fourteen energy restoration pills.
By this time, he only had 20 units of his mana left! As he had used too much mana in a short time, he was also feeling dizzy.
He extinguished the flames.
"Retrieve."
The caldron opened up immediately, and fourteen pills shot out from inside it, landing on Vincent's hands.
"What the heck?!"
"He created not one, not two, but fourteen pills, two more than Instructor Alex!"
"Is this really his first time? How could he be so better than us?"
"Idiot! He is not only better than us but also our instructor. We can't even begin to compare ourselves with him."
Although instructor Alex didn't do his best, it was still extremely shocking to see that Vincent, a first-timer, had outperformed him!
Alex was a master alchemist, a titled alchemist!
Who was Vincent? A first-timer with no records of ever doing alchemy in his entire life!
The one who shocked the entire class and caused many to feel inferior put the pills in a bottle and went up to the speechless instructor Alex.
"Instructor, I am done."
Vincent beamed a smile while handing over the pill bottle to Alex so that the latter could inspect the quality of the pills!
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