Alex was shocked after sensing the sheer difference in the quality of the energy as well as the density of it. The overall strength of the True rank ingredient's energy was starting to easily overwhelm the energy that already existed in the cauldron.
He also sensed his Qi during that time and saw that with almost half of the ingredient's energy released, he had also done about 30% of his own True Qi.
He was confident in fully turning the ingredient into power and mixing it with the other ingredients, but then he wondered what he was going to do with the other 2 ingredients that came towards the end of the recipe.
'Hmm… master did tell me not to worry about it,' Alex thought.
"Switch to normal Qi," Ma Rong suddenly said.
"Sorry?" Alex was taken off-guard by the command. He even thought he heard wrong.
"I said, stop using True Qi, and just use your normal Qi now," Ma Rong ordered.