The old ones, though sufficient for consideration at the alchemist level, lacked potency. No high-ranking family would purchase these low-grade pastes, but many civilian families could save for years to buy them for the most talented member of their family.
The pastes he made at the beginning were of very low quality. They could be considered successful, but barely. His control over temperature and flame was coarse, and even more so his ability to combine the ingredients.
Yan Xiaobao had been sitting in his room for three days, refining the paste after the emulsification. When he finally exhausted all his red orchids, he retrieved two flames from the crucible.
Having lost focus on the cauldron and looking around, Yan Xiaobao was surprised to see the jade bottles filled his room. Even the bed had bottles stacked on top of each other.
