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"Huh?" Alex exclaimed. "What do you mean, master? How could you lose your skills?" 

"I don't know… but I think it has something to do with my newly awakened constitution. The Qi is messing up with my instinct and the recipe. I can't seem to get stuff hot enough to do anything," Ma Rong said. 

She tried controlling the fire once more. While she was successful at it, it wasn't at a speed that would help an Alchemist or an amount that was natural. 

"What… should we do now, master?" Alex asked. He felt like whatever was happening was really important and didn't want his master to go through that. 

"I… don't know. I might have to pour out more Qi to get used to it or see if I can somehow change my Qi back to normal before bringing it out of my body. Either way, I will need to train a lot from now on to get back to where I was, and I'm not even sure if I can ever get there," Ma Rong said.