Yang Chan was very familiar with the Cyan Yuan Sect's Earth Fire Institute. Compared to the stable Earth Fire from the Pharmacist Alliance in White Jade City, the fire here was far less consistent. This was a major reason why his refining attempts still sometimes failed.
This effectively increased the difficulty. Thus, whenever he was refining elixirs, he prepared a generous amount of ingredients—enough for several batches—to avoid repeated failures due to bad luck.
Yang Chan's current Alchemy Ability wasn't good enough to cope with the fluctuations in the Earth Fire; failure was still highly likely. It was just as Yan Jinfeng had said: his skills still had a flaw. This was due to his limited number of refining attempts; moreover, he had never even tried to control the fire.
He wasn't in a hurry. The process of refining elixirs was a gradual one. Successfully performing Alchemy with a fluctuating Earth Fire required time and practice.
