Eternal Cultivation Of Alchemy

It took Alex nearly 3 hours to finally sense the aura of the Dao of Time Awareness. His surprise was immense when he finally did, as it was so subtle compared to all the aura that kept coming from the Voidgate.

The fact that he sensed something so subtle meant he was getting closer to understanding what it was. He was still months away at the very least from learning the Dao of Time Awareness, but this was a good first step.

Alex tried to test out some more aura he sensed, but it was difficult to separate one aura from another since they were so similar.

He couldn’t tell if the time aura he sensed, aside from the ones he knew, were two different auras or just two different intensities of the same aura.

He learned what he could for a few hours and finally stopped as the Voidgate returned to its natural state, where it was nothing more than a thin sliver of an opening in space.

He finally stood up.

“You’re stopping?” Rosemist asked.

“Yes, that’s enough for today,” Alex said. “Thank you for the opportunity.”

Rosemist nodded. “You can stay here some more if you want. Learn a bit more,” she said.

Alex smiled. “I could, but I need to go. I need to teach my disciple, and I have some pills to make. I’ll come back when I’m done with what I need to do. Might take a week or so.”

“Okay,” Rosemist said.

They walked back to the eastern side of the mountain, talking the entire time. Then, Alex said his goodbyes and left.

He returned to the place where he was staying and immediately began teaching Momo what he could. Whisker had done a good job teaching her, but still, she needed to learn directly from her master in some instances.

Alex taught her what she lacked and helped her understand what she didn’t. Then, he left her with the two flowers to use and improve her Spiritual Sea.

He checked on Pearl next, though he didn’t need to. Pearl was in deep cultivation now, coming out only once in a while to get the pills from Alex when he had run out. The rest of the time, he focused entirely on cultivation.

Alex wished he could do the same, but he needed to move around for the next 2 years, so he couldn’t. Instead, he used the materials he had and began making pills.

Making pills, emptying his reserve of Qi, and then cultivating to gain it all back was what he found to be the most efficient way of using his time. Not only did it allow him to earn money, but it also improved his cultivation speed, as using Qi was a good way of preparing one’s body for a breakthrough.

Once Alex was done with his cultivation, he taught Momo for a bit and then left to check on the roses. He was quickly done there and then went back to Rosemist, where he chatted with her while cultivating and trying to understand the various Dao that came from the Voidgate.

Once he was done there, he came right back to teaching Momo, then making pills again.

He repeated the same thing over and over, with few changes in his schedule. However, the small details within were quite different.

As Momo’s cultivation improved, what he taught her changed as well. He no longer needed to correct her mistakes or teach her how to handle certain elements together. Those sorts of small errors were now something she could understand and improve upon without anyone’s help.

What Alex taught her had increased in difficulty as well. Two months later, when she finally entered the True Disciple realm, he began teaching her how to create new pills.

Using random elements to come up with an entirely new pill was a technique any alchemist needed to master. It tested not just their understanding of Alchemy but also their understanding of elemental interactions, which was even more vital.

Momo created two simple pills in the first month, one that slightly heightened one’s five senses, and another that changed the color of one’s hair to match the color of their eyes.

It wasn’t a particularly useful pill, but it was something she had made, so she was quite proud of it.

While she was proud of the pills, she wasn’t as proud of their quality. After all, making a pill recipe that worked wasn’t all there was to creating a new pill. One needed to improve upon the recipe as well, and that required a different kind of talent.

Understanding the Composition and Structure of a pill was high-level knowledge for a True Realm cultivator like her, but when Alex remembered that he had been even weaker than her when he learned about it, he began teaching her.

He didn’t teach her everything; he only gave her ideas on what to do. He didn’t want to rob his disciple of the joy and satisfaction that came with discovering something all on her own.

That also gave him much-needed freedom and time to make his own pills, cultivate, check on the roses, and learn by the Voidgate.

Whisker had returned to his Soul Space for the time being. He wasn’t needed here anymore for the time being, as Alex would be teaching Momo himself. His inner world, however, needed desperate attention instead, as plants and animals were entirely under Whisker’s care. So, Whisker had gone back to take care of things inside his Soul Space.

Alex, of course, had what he could on his own while Whisker was out, but with two powerful trees growing inside his Soul Space, he needed time and attention to take care of them within his Soul Space—something he didn’t have at the moment.

Whisker alone needed to be there to keep an eye on things and make sure nothing went wrong. Once he was certain everything was in order, he could free himself and come back out once again.