The Second Round, Part IV
“What’s going on? Why did everyone’s cauldrons explode?” asked Wu Jian.
He knew very little about alchemy beyond what Zhou Lihua had told him. Having watched the woman refine pills several times already, he knew that cauldrons exploding was nothing knew. She blew up several in his presence already.
This didn’t always mean the cauldron itself exploded. It was often the ingredients inside. Actual cauldrons exploding was not only more violent but resulted in the alchemist needing a new cauldron. What happened here was the ingredients inside exploded.
Though Zhou Lihua had actually made several cauldrons explode when she refined pills, but that was neither here nor there.
“Hmmm…” Master Wong Jiu stroked his beard as he observed the participants. “I believe Sao Yong has purposefully introduced a flaw in his recipe.”
“He can do that?” asked Wu Jian.