Surrounded

Swearing to himself that he would never again deviate from the work at hand, Xu Xiaoshou went back to sit in front of that massive tub and dedicated himself to making alchemy work.

"Since I couldn't control that compressed fire seed the size of a fingernail, I guess I'll have to resort to the next best thing: using rasen… ehem, a fireball for doing alchemy."

He grasped, and a ball-shaped flame appeared on his hand, which he then threw into the tub.

It took mere seconds for that milky white tub to turn red hot and the temperature to rise exponentially

He then recalled how Elder Sang had dumped the herbs into the tub earlier like they cost nothing. As such, he went on to grab a bunch of herbs from the ring and dumped them into the tub.

Fzzzz!

All of the herbs were reduced to dust while they were still midair. There was no extract to be had. Not even ash was left!

Xu Xiaoshou was speechless.