"Hmm... should I just go with the flow and concoct it perfectly... or..." Feng Xing was currently thinking, should he reveal his mastery or should he just make it a bit believable... after thinking for a short while he just decided to go with the flow. At max Feng Xing would be able to keep 70% of the pill essence with his current cultivation base, because his cultivation rank was still to low. He wouldn't be able to keep it up for long, so if he wanted to keep 100% of the pill essence... then he would need to focus with all his might and shorten the progress with hand gestures and Dao insights.

"Hmm, fuck it. It's not like anyone is going to check it except for Rou Xue... atleast if she doesn't tell anyone. Let's go all out!" Feng Xing took the pill cauldron and placed it in front of him. It was time to start, he immediately directed the fire essence to the pill cauldron with his Energy Control. The flame sizzled a bit and danced around the pill cauldron. The key to concocting was also to keep up a good tempo. In the end the flame essence will be used to bring all ingedients together, sortoff melting it together.

Feng Xing let the fire essence rest in the pill cauldron, and walked over to his bag of ingredients. He took out all the ingredients and placed it next to him, he needed to be easily able to grab it after all.

"Hehe, let's see if I have degraded a bit." Feng Xing threw down the first ingredient, and it immediately melted... now the ingredient's essence was currently in the flame...

Boom!

The pill procedure now started, it was time to be quick! Feng Xing immediately directed the flames in a pattern, while throwing down ingredients at the perfect time. Feng Xing also did some hand gestures to direct it even more accurate, and to let the flow of Energy go more smoother. He controlled even the temperature of it! Everything went faster and faster, slowly Feng Xing was completely absorbed in his concocting. He slowly forgot about everything... only focused on the concocting progress!

Boom!

More! Faster! Ingredients flew in and hand gestures flied by, currently everything Feng Xing knew about the Dao of Alchemy came in play! He moved automatically, after a while the final step was here. Currently 70% of the ingredients had been used. The final step was not the hardest, but if you failed it... then it was over the cauldron would explode! That would mean that something the final step went wrong and some ingredients would reject each other! This would result in the fire essence completely going wild!

Luckily Feng Xing was a Master, his final hand gesture signaled the end.

Boom!

The dancing flame inside the pill cauldron all fire essence condensed into a deep blue coloured ball of fire essence which in the end changed slowly into a solid small ball... a pill! Immediately a pill was formed and the aroma of it burst out! Feng Xing currently was sweating alot, unable to catch his breath. The progress was done with huge difficulty...

Usually concocting Martial Path pills were done by Martial Path realm experts and not below... or else you would have insufficient strength for it, especially if you wanted to make a 100% essence containing pill. Even if you were in the Holy Path, you probably won't be able to create it, except if you are adept at concocting and have studied the Dao of Alchemy.

"Haah...hah...." Feng Xing finally caught his breath, and took the pill. He looked disappointed, he could notice with just a glance thanks to his experience that this pill was not 100%.... but somewhere around 90%.... after seeing that he put the pill in his pocket.

"Sigh... this progress probably took me atleast half an hour... if it were me with my usual cultivation base this wouldn't even have taken me a second!" Feng Xing felt a pain stab in his heart a bit, but seemed to let it go. There was no use to think about it and feel bad, one day he would still get back up there and even stronger than before!

Feng Xing took the pill and left the room, this was considered to be pretty fast for concocting a pill. Some concocting sessions would even take days or weeks! Especially if you wanted to try to make a pill that didn't exist yet. Some would even try to make a pill for years that was not seen before! It would either take you years or if you would be enlightened in the Dao of Alchemy you had a incredible high chance to be able to concoct a pill that was your own in all rights! If you weren't enlightened and still managed to make a pill, then no Dao fire essence would descend...

Feng Xing once made such a pill, that was when he was still in the Realm of Mortals. His cultivation base was only in the Holy Realm then, but yet he had been enlightened... on that moment he immediately pulled out his pill cauldron and went with the flow with what he was feeling, he felt like he could make something extraordinary. Dao fire essence even appeared before him... which he used to complete his pill even further. One of a kind! The only pill in the world with such effects! Of course if one would make the pill with the same ingredients after with a normal fire essence it wouldn't be as incredible as one with the Dao fire essence. This is why the first pill created was always also the best!

Dao fire essence would only appear when one gained incredible enlightenment in the Dao of Alchemy, only then would Dao fire essence descend! Feng Xing only managed to bring it down two times... in his previous lifetime... he made two pill formulas!

One was made in the Realm of Mortals and the other in the Realm of Gods... after thinking about the past for a bit Feng Xing  walked to the next room and peaked inside Rou Xue's room.

"Hmm, she still needs an hour I guess, or half an hour if she doesn't want to make it contain more than 50% essence, but that's unlikely I guess..." Feng Xing sat down outside Rou Xue's room and closed his eyes, but not to cultivate since there were still alot of people around. It wouldn't be smart to cultivate currently. He slowly waited...

A few minutes later.

"Hmm?" Feng Xing opened his eyes, as he felt he was being stared at by someone pretty close. What Feng Xing saw were three disciples... wearing the outer sect clothing, just like Feng Xing. Two boys and one girl... Feng Xing wondered what they needed him for. The three of them were quite good looking, this meant that they rather had a good background probably.

The three walked up to him, so Feng Xing stood up and looked at them with a questioning look. What did they want?

"Calm down, Junior Brother. We mean you no harm" The girl smiled, hoping to calm down Feng Xing a bit since she noticed Feng Xing was getting a bit alert. Feng Xing still seemed to be a bit confused, but calmed down. It seemed to be that they aren't going to harm him in any way...

"Hahaha, did you guys need me for something?" Feng Xing smiled, and went straight to the point. He wanted to know why they suddenly walked up to him. Suddenly one of the two boys walked up...

Feng Xing saw his face, and it was currently bright red as if he was embarrassed of some kind...

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The girl then suddenly spoke, "Hehe, my Junior Brother seems to fancy that girl inside that room... and we were hoping you could... you know..."

...

The boy's face became even more red and he kept staring at the room Rou Xue was in. It seemed to be love at first sight... Feng Xing suddenly received a bit of a headache and said : "Ahem, I'm sorry to disappoint Senior Sister here, but I can't do anything."

"Eeehh? But you seemed to be so close with her? Do you guys have a special kind of relationship with each other?" The girl questioned Feng Xing, expecting an answer that will satisfy her.

"..." Feng Xing stared for a while at her and the boy, and sighed.

"Hmm,that relationship is something that you can't ask me about." Feng Xing smiled, he didn't want to say anything Rou Xue didn't like others to know. He would let them ask Rou Xue herself, since he himself didn't really care to much about others knowing since he was on the upperhand.

"...Is that so?" The girl had a smile on her face that seemed to be warm and open, but contained a bit of disappointment. She looked at her Junior Brother and signaled him something.

"Well, that's okay if you can't help my Junior Brother." The girl seemed to have another plan.

The boy understood and also signaled the other boy to come, they both then stood next to each other. The girl then began introducing them and herself, Feng Xing found this rather... amusing. Firstly walking up to him without introducing or anything... while asking loads of questions, and now they want to introduce themselves after the questions aren't really getting answered?

"Junior Brother, I am Bing Yue and my two Junior Brothers are called Bing Chen and Bing Han." Bing Yue introduced. The boy who seemed to like Rou Xue was called Bing Han, probably the younger brother of the two boys.

"If we would may ask for your name, Junior Brother?" Bing Yue politely asked while smiling. They probably wanted to get close to him so Bing Han could also use these connections to get closer to Rou Xue...

Feng Xing smiled at the sight of this and said : "I'm Feng Xing, nice to meet you three."

They probably already realized they couldn't really ask Feng Xing to help Bing Han, but atleast they could use him a bit just for the connection. Although this seemed to be a pretty weird conversation and meeting... Feng Xing just went with the flow as he didn't really care to much currently.

"Alright then, Junior Brother Feng, from now on we're friends alright?" Bing Yue shamelessly said with a smile. Feng Xing simply smiled and nodded.

"Hehe, why not?" Feng Xing thought.

"Eh, by the way when will the girl come out and what's her name?" This time it was Bing Han who spoke, he was getting a bit impatient... and kept staring at the room...

"Sigh.. youths these days truely have no patience at all..." Feng Xing thought, and then looked at Rou Xue in the room. Estimating how long it would take.

"Hmm, I estimate it would take an hour at most... and her name that's something you should ask her yourself later." Feng Xing said nonchalantly with the same smile he always keeps on his face. Only with a smile... nobody could tell what a person truely was thinking. It was impossible to read information out of Feng Xing's face...

Only the ones truely familiar with Feng Xing would possibly know a bit, but for the rest? Not possible...

Bing Han nodded, and sat down outside the room to wait. It seems to be that he is okay with waiting for an hour... The other two also joined quietly. Now Feng Xing and the three were quietly waiting outside Rou Xue's room...

45 Minutes later.

Rou Xue finally was done! She looked at the small pill in her hand and smiled, it was okay for her level.

"Hehe, probably around 40% essence contained! I'm sure this will even surprise Feng Xing finally ahahaha! I will show him what I can do!" Rou Xue laughed maniacally, it seemed to be that this pill was the best she ever made, with the feelings to defeat Feng Xing in this field atleast!

The four outside also heard the weird laugh...

"What the...?" Feng Xing was also surprised, and slowly looked inside with the other three. They saw Rou Xue slowly walking towards them, while having a grin. She didn't even notice the four looking at her...

But just as she reached out for the door, she saw the four of them... Her face widened a little bit.

"What the fuck, Feng Xing is already done? And who the hell are those guys? They didn't hear me right..." Rou Xue changed her expression to a normal one and slowly walked out the door like nothing happened.

"... Master... when did you finish?" Rou Xue painfully said since she didn't actually want others to know their relationship..., but when the other three heard this, their expressions flickered especially Bing Han. Master? This relationship...

"A good while ago... but anyways these fellow Senior Brothers and Sister would like to know you it seems." Feng Xing nonchalantly said, while staring at the three. Bing Han immediately straightened up and walked towards Rou Xue and bowed on one knee. Which surprised everyone... even Bing Chen and Bing Yue were surprised.

"May I ask for the name of this Junior Sister?" He politely asked Rou Xue. This action made Rou Xue's face twitch a little bit, but she still answered nicely.

"Eh.. sure, my name is Rou Xue... you can stand up now..."

Bing Han stood up with a complete red face and said : "Rou.. Xue... what a beautiful name befitting someone who is as gentle and generous as snow..."

After this sentence was said, Bing Yue and Bing Chen had shocked faces. Wasn't their Junior Brother someone who was very shy and timid? You're not going to tell me that love really can make someone invincible right? Feng Xing also looked on with a weird face, but still didn't say anything as he didn't want to meddle in currently.

"What the fuck..." Feng Xing thought, is this the power of love or was he just a hypocrite. Feng Xing was sure this never happened before when he was in love...

Rou Xue after hearing had a weird face on... nobody knew what she was thinking of currently.

"Eh thanks... I guess?" Rou Xue simply said, this had never happened to her before. After getting in this awkward situation Rou Xue gave Feng Xing a meaningful glance to help her. Feng Xing of course understood and decided to end the fun for Bing Han.

"Ahem, I believe I and Junior Sister Rou Xue must go now." 

When the other three heared this, how could they not catch on? Bing Chen then suddenly decided to step in.

"Hold on, Brother Feng. Can't you just them talk it out for a bit?" Bing Chen hoped for something after all since Bing Han was his little brother.

"I'm sorry, but we really have to go." Feng Xing said with a hidden domineering aura, after saying that the others had no choice but to let them go.

"Alright then, Junior Sister Rou Xue. We will see you around sometime!" Bing Han quickly said and also left the place with Bing Chen and Bing Yue. What Feng Xing did notice was how Bing Han looked at him. It was filled with jealousy...

Feng Xing and Rou Xue were currently returning to their rooms. Feng Xing and Rou Xue talked about their concocting... and then it was time to show the pills.

Rou Xue suddenly revealed a small pill, it was a Low Tier Martial Path pill with around 40% essence contained... Feng Xing could see that immediately. After seeing it, Feng Xing nodded. It truely was pretty good for someone Rou Xue's age.

"Hehe, surprised?" Rou Xue said with a smirk on her face. Feng Xing simply smiled while not saying anything and revealed his pill.

Immediately aroma surged out, and a shining pill came out of his pocket. This was probably the best pill Low Tier Martial Path pill in the Sect currently. Rou Xue seemed to be so shocked that she kept staring at it for a solid 10 seconds before saying anything.

"Wh..What pill is that!?" Rou Xue asked.

Feng Xing put the pill away so it wouldn't cause any attention, and then began answering.

"This pill is the same kind of pill you just made... but the essence contained within is a little bit different and the procedure..." Feng Xing said, expecting a reaction from her.

And she didn't disappoint him. Immediately her face changed completely, she was flabbergasted. Same kind of pill? Different essence contained?

"What!!!! Same pill!? How much essence does that contain then!?" Rou Xue stared at Feng Xing waiting for an answer, she just had to know! Every cultivator aiming to become a high rank Pill Master wanted to know after all.

"How much do you think?" Feng Xing asked. He wanted to test her current skill at estimating the essence of a pill.

Rou Xue's face then turned serious and she thought seriously for a short moment before saying : "Is it around 70%?"

"70%... well I have to disappoint you.."

Rou Xue was still shocked, but she managed to get calm again. She would surely shamelessly ask for a little bit of guidance later...

"Oh well, It's okay if I thought to much of it. Tell me how much is it? 60%? 50%? It's okay to tell me, I won't be shocked anymore hehe."

To her it was still incredible if it was around the 50 - 60% essence pill, but she wouldn't be as shocked since it was still acceptable... 50% was already very good after all... especially when u consider Feng Xing's cultivation base... was it even possible for him to reach 70%?

"Oh, alright then. It's just around 90% essence." Feng Xing casually said, while once more expecting a reaction and enjoying it.

Rou Xue's face once again froze...