Chapter 158

“I’ll be back by afternoon, and I’ll bring a watermelon for you later. Be a good boy at home!” Only now did Alex know that Waltz had a legitimate profession. Apparently, she was the head businesswoman of all maritime businesses in California. As the clock struck nine, Alex went down to the basement and attempted his pill concoction. Why would he need a cauldron for pill concoction? This was because pill concoction was different from medicinal cooking, in which the herbs just had to be thrown into a cooking pot in order to be cooked. After all, it was just medicine, so its effects were incomparable with concocted pills. Since each portion of medicinal herb had different properties, the purpose of pill concoction was to eliminate all the useless portions of the herbs, leaving only the essential portions. Then, the essential portions would be supplemented with Chi, or even the essence of heaven and earth, to be condensed into one single pill. Therefore, regular cooking pots could not