Lind was covered in sweat before a cauldron that nearly glowed red. The fires in the room were unlike any he had ever been exposed to before but he was not sweating from those.
It was the level of concentration he needed as he extracted the essence from grade 8 and Dao Grade resources. Unlike the lower realms where he pushed pseudo-Dao level, the actual Divine Qi enriched herbs, Qi Stones, and so forth were far harder to extract!
He had gone back to using external tools rather than conjuring what he needed purely through Qi for water and fire.
Karu and he had been invited to stay at the Eternal Flame Guild and Karu confirmed they had never had the chance to before. While he had made a splashy entrance, none knew where he was anymore.
The few that did were Oathsworn and also he learned that the Ore Heaven Pavilion had been a rather common stop after he started meeting Karu.
