Thick smoke billowed from the Pill Furnace. Inside, the nearly-formed Pill bounced around erratically, emitting a high-pitched DING DING DING.
Yang Jing put on a clumsy act, continuously forming mantras with his hands to draw out the impure, waste qi from the Pill Furnace, his face a mask of anxiety.
Suddenly, the Pill Furnace before him let out a muffled BANG and exploded.
The entire Pill Furnace was blasted high into the air, embedding itself in the ceiling of the Alchemy Room.
Feigning annoyance, Yang Jing scratched his head and pried the twisted, cracked Pill Furnace from the ceiling.
"Master Xu, I've failed again."
Xu Qian took a deep breath to suppress her anger. She had never seen such a hopelessly stupid Alchemy Apprentice. Even with her meticulous guidance, he couldn't even grasp the basics of refining the simplest Spirit Enhancing Pill and had already destroyed three Pill Furnaces.
