"Alchemist Jai, how have you been?" Alex asked as he watched Jai Heiyu walk into the room.
"Your Majesty," the girl quickly bowed. "I have been doing very good, thanks to your grace."
"I'm happy to hear that," Alex said. "Come sit, I have something to say to you."
The girl quickly walked up to the empty chair in front of Alex and sat down. "Your Majesty, you could've called me to the palace. You didn't have to come here at all."
"It's alright, I've been holed up in that place for a long time, so I needed some fresh air," Alex said. "Besides, I wanted to come and see how my favorite alchemists were doing."
Jai Heiyun gave a bashful smile and nodded. "We've all been doing great, your Majesty," she said. "Speaking of great, what is happening in the palace, your majesty? It feels like someone is breaking through each day there."
"Haha, it does, doesn't it?" Alex asked. "Actually, that's why I'm here."
Alex brought out a talisman and handed it over to Jai Heiyun. The girl took the talisman and read it.
"Soul Trancing pills? That's the first time I've ever heard of a pill like this," she said.
"I would hope so," Alex said. "I only just came up with it a week ago."
"Oh, you came up with this recipe, your Majesty? It must've been hard," the girl said. "I don't think I've ever interacted with 3 of the ingredients on this list."
Alex nodded. "It was hard. That's a culmination of 9 years of work right there," he said.
"9 years?" the girl looked surprised, as she should be. "And you are just handing it over to me, your majesty?"
"What else should I do with it then? Keep it locked up so only I can benefit from it?" Alex asked.
The girl was sure that was the correct thing to do, but she didn't say it out loud. She wasn't a King, so she didn't understand what would be going on through the head of someone like that.
"What does it do exactly?" the girl asked. "This Soul Trancing pill."
"It puts you into a trance where you become the closest you will ever be to learning a Dao," Alex said. "That's what you have been sensing in the palace for the last week. Centuries of understanding amplified by a single day of comprehension, making everyone learn Dao one after another."
"Woah," the girl said. "This is such an amazing pill. I can't believe you are going to give it away to just anyone."
"Just anyone?" Alex asked. "I'm giving it to you, Senior Royal Alchemist. You will learn that recipe and teach 10 of your fellow Alchemists. Then, you will make the Soul Trancing pills for everyone in the army. That's nearly a thousand pills for each person, so you better prepare."
"I won't disappoint you, your Majesty," the girl said quickly.
"I don't doubt it," Alex said. "Right, how's the technique coming along? Have they learned it yet?"
Jai Heiyun shook her head. "It's simply too complicated for everyone to learn it, your Majesty. Even though it's nearly been a decade since we were handed the Pill Splitting Qi technique, there are still more than half of us that can't use it properly while making pills at all."
"Not to mention the fact that using double the amount of ingredients messes up so much of the recipe that it's impossible for many to even do it properly without the Dao of Heat," Jai Heiyun said while sighing a little. "But don't worry, your Majesty. I will only have the best of the best work on this pill. I will promise to only make pills over 90% in harmony."
Alex smiled at her determination. "Keep working hard, miss Jai," he said. "I will be returning now."
"Returning? So soon, your Majesty?" the girl asked.
"I have to," Alex said. "Actually, the truth is that I haven't eaten that pill yet as I wanted to let the others have a go at it first. However, it looks like things are dying down, so I want to eat the pill myself too."
"I see," Jai Heiyun said. "Then I wish you a successful Dao comprehension, your Majesty."
Alex smiled and stood up. "Work hard, as you will be representing our Alchemists in the Eastern Continent in 3 years," he said. "Goodbye."
Alex left the Alchemy Institute and returned back to the palace where all the elders were coming out closed cultivation after learning a Dao or two one after another.
They all greeted Alex as he walked in, explaining to him what Dao they learned.
Dao of Cold, Dao of Metal, Dao of Stagnation, Dao of Heaviness, Dao of Water, Dao of Wind, Dao of Mist, and maybe more Daos that he hadn't even heard of before, he was now hearing that the elders had learned them.
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