Elder Deng's heart raced a little bit faster with each step he takes toward the cauldron emitting the black smoke. His nerves were wrecked from all that's going inside his head right now.
Although he has never seen black smoke during a pill's creation before, he certainly has read about it in ancient scrolls.
"Impossible! There's no way a kid like him could achieve something from the legends — a flawless-quality pill!"
Elder Deng kept telling himself that such a young man could not possibly be able to achieve what every Alchemy Master in this world is currently striving for — a pill with 0% impurity — a flawless-quality pill, but alas, there's only one reason why the cauldron was emitting black smoke whilst not burning anything inside.
"If what the records say is true, then…"
Once Elder Deng reached the front of the cauldron, he slowly reached inside to retrieve the pill.
"This is — !"