Benevolence II

Kle In woke up the following morning to find Aunt Mabna'y waiting on the kitchen with his breakfast prepared. After he sat down, he noticed Mebiline training outside.

"Young master, I have brought what you asked for. I have spent a total of sixty gold coins. I do not know how to thank young master but please let me know if there is something you need."

Kle In did not need to ask to understand she pulled an all-nighter. At least she did not kneel this time.

"Bring them to my room. I will deal with it later", Kle In instructed. He wanted to eat first. He did not know how sophisticated the pill is and reckoned he might be too absorbed later and possibly skipping mealtime.

After breakfast, he finally started examining the pill formula. Like the four formulas he had already encountered, it was the same straightforward instructions, but it is interesting that it comes with a fluid and pill version.

According to the book, the fluid version though antiquated provides higher chances of awakening their bloodline and easier to concoct but has a side effect s including a week suffering while the pill version is the opposite.

It stated as well that the higher the level of beast's blood or essence is used as catalyst, the better the pill effects are. In some instances, there are small chances of inheriting the fire ability of that beast.

Kle In is assessing the five jars of blood of low level Uwok Blazing Wyvern together with the other ingredients. He had always thought that only plants and fungi can be used as ingredients. He is bewildered as well with the other three ingredients which are Heaven Class materials for Qi Sensing Pills.

Having memorized and familiarized himself with the steps, he started to mix a few medicine essences and combined it with a jar of blood essence and started refining it. There were no special instructions to extract the blood essence and he followed steps as it was written.

After twenty minutes, he estimated that he could maintain his flame continuously for approximately less than an hour. He was surprised by how demanding the essence extraction for the primary ingredients as it already consumed a third of his strength.

He did not waste any more time and place the other eight ingredients into the cauldron. Some of the ingredients were extracted less than three minutes but two of them seven minutes with his simultaneous refinement.

Beads of sweat rolled from his head and traces of worry can be seen on his face. Another fifteen minutes passed and the rotating semi solid pill he had been controlling reached almost seven centimeters in height and has yet to stop absorbing from the combined medicinal essences below it.

Kle In endured a few more minutes until he finally saw the combined essences disintegrated into ashes concluding the last step.

The entire process almost consumed all his strength. After catching his breath, he opened the cauldron to retrieve the pill.

He wanted to laugh and curse at the same time while looking at the pill on his palm. While it was successfully concocted and deserving to be called High Tier Bloodline Awakening Pill, the diameter of the pill is almost seven centimeters. Just how is that going to fit into someone's esophagus?

Unlike candies where it can be crushed to pieces by the teeth, pills has to be swallowed as a whole to be slowly dissolved and later circulated. Unless the person can immediately absorbed all the energy in one go without his meridians exploding from the sudden pressure caused by the surging pill potency.

Kle In sat to recover his Qi. While meditating he calculated that he could concoct at least four pills from one set of ingredients if he divides the combined essences equally during the final steps of refinement.

He rested until late afternoon before going into action.

Having recovered his strength and conditioned his body, he threw another set of ingredients into the cauldron. Having experienced how long it took to refine the jar of blood, he was confident to refine all ingredients all at once simultaneously. Essence by essence were extracted and meticulously combined.

After moments of uninterrupted focus, four red High Tier Pills has been concocted. He was too tired and did not have the strength to celebrate nor thought of cleaning himself from the sweat that dried from his clothes.

He wanted to hit the bed early but after a few breaths of rest, he felt that he could continue and satisfy his desire to witness bloodline awakening tonight. There is another hour before dinner, but he went to the kitchen anyway.

He watches Aunt Mabna'y prepares their meal. All of a sudden, felt groggy and although determined to stay conscious, his surroundings went dark and was unaware what happened next.

The sun was already up when Kle In regained his consciousness. His last thought was watching Aunt Mabna'y cooking. When he looked around, he saw a girl sleeping on the floor and an unfamiliar middle aged man staring at him. Like Mabna'y and Mebiline, he had one of his eyes dyed red.

"I am a physician brought by your maid. You must me starving. Why don't do you go to the kitchen and eat.” said the man cordially.

Kle In got out of his bed and went straight to the kitchen and ignored the worried looks of Aunt Mabna’y. He maintained his usual innocent and meek style to show her he was doing well.

"You passed out last night due to Qi Exhaustion. I am glad you have woken up, young master. Let me heat up your meal."

Kle In sat on the same chair where he passed out last night. He remained silent and kept his emotions to himself. For the first time since he came to this world, he felt someone was genuinely concerned of his well-being.