Chapter 576 Symmetry Lai Qing was just a young man that had been sent down the path of cultivation without any wishes of his own.
He wasn't the best at it and had to try his hardest to even reach Bone Tempering realm.
One day, in the forests that were still present where the desert had formed, he was hunting for weak beasts as he should and found the book that contained information about alchemy.
He dismissed it at first but was soon intrigued by the information and decided to check it out.
That was at the age of 29.
He didn't join any Alchemy sects, or take any teachers and simply tried on his own.
He bought books about ingredients and recipes with what little information he had and used the superior information of the coverless book to augment his understanding of Alchemy.
He spent decades upon decades trying to learn alchemy. When he realized that the book was truly incredible, he started showing it off as well.
Soon, people started noticing him. Some called him to teach them alchemy, some called him to lecture in theirs.
Even the ministers called him to write an alchemy book for the royal library. Afterward, he was given the title, the Royal Alchemist of Crimson Empire, making him someone with a status that was only lower than the Royal family themselves.
Now, he was one of the most well-respected people in the entire Crimson Empire.
And it all happened because of the colorless book he was holding at the moment in front of Alex.
"How much do you know about Structure and Composition again?" the Royal Alchemist asked.
"As much as you've written in your book. I know that Composition has to do with the ratio of the powders in the final product so that it can absorb the most energy."
"As for Structure… I'm a little confused about that. It has to do with the shape of the powder's particles themselves which I will be honest, I don't understand much of," Alex said.
The royal Alchemist nodded his head when he heard it. "You are not far off on Composition."
"Every time you make a pill, you put in the ingredients and turn it into powder right? Forget about the temperature and movements. The most fundamental truth of making pills is that you have to turn an ingredient into powder."
"Do you know why we do that?" the Royal Alchemist asked.
"Yes, to release the energy within the ingredient," he said.
"Yes, but then why is there a focus on keeping the powder in there? Can't you just put in other powders you had maybe prepared beforehand? Why do alchemists insist on keeping the powder of the ingredient the energy came from?" the Royal Alchemist asked.
Alex cocked his head in thinking. He had never given this aspect of alchemy much thought.
"That's because only that ingredient's powder can be used in absorbing the final resulting energy?" he asked.
"Close," the Royal Alchemist said. "You seem to have a very fundamental misunderstanding of the Alchemy process. You seem to believe that energies disappear when you mix ingredients, but that is not so."
Alex knew that already, but he kept quiet and let the Royal Alchemist speak as he listened with full attention.
"When you mix the energies, they interact with each other, and out comes a single type of energy from the two. However, even though you only see one type of energy, there is in fact both of those previous energies in that resulting energy."
"They are only hiding because the weaker of the energy interacts with some of the stronger energy and brings it into equilibrium, thus leaving only one type of the energy to be seen by the observer."
"Also, if an energy comes from one ingredient, only its powder can hold that energy in the end."
"So, if you make a pill with 14 different ingredients, even though the final resulting energy will be of one type, they will still have all the 14 original energy. They are only hidden because they are in harmony."
"Since you have 14 types of energy, you still need 14 types of powder to hold it. This is why you cannot throw away the original powder. That is where Composition comes in."
"If you lose even the tiniest bit of powder, it cannot hold energy that belonged to it. And since all energy is in a harmony, if there is no room for one, there is no room for any."
"This is one of the major reasons why alchemists end up making low harmony pills," the Royal Alchemist said.
Alex nodded. He had truly come to learn something. 'So the best course of action is to start with the appropriate amount of ingredient, and never lose any bits of powder,' Alex thought.
"I believe I understand, senior Lai," Alex said.
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