After going through the herbs, Kai finally found the reason.
[Sunlit Blossom
Grade: 3
Effect: Greatly increase Ki potency when used in Alchemy.
Description: A flower that has bathed in sunlight for an extended period of time, absorbing and amplifying its energy. It is often used as a key ingredient in vitality pills and potions. When ingested raw, it can cause the Ki to go berserk.]
Usually the Sunlit Blossom used for making Basic Vitality Pills are of common grade and can even be found on the road side.
But Sunlit Blossoms of grade 3 are different, they can only be found in deserts.
"Let's find Miya!" Turning off his Gifts, Kai picked the batch of grade 3 Sunlit Blossom along with the waste pills and headed out.
"You are done early. Did you perhaps figure out a way of using Herb Weaving?" Miya asked jokingly as she saw human coming out early with a pill jar filled with pills.
"I wish, I am here for this." Kai placed the grade 3 Sunlit Blossom on the counter.
"What's wrong with these aren't…" Before Miya could finish, she saw that the Sunlit Blossom placed before her was of grade 3.
"How did you get them?" Miya asks, puzzles what was going on, clearly the human before her is an apprentice Alchemist. He shouldn't have access to grade 3 herbs.
"You're asking me, aren't you the one responsible for these things? And look what happened because of this."
Saying so, Kai also placed the pill jar filled with waste pills on the counter.
"Wait, if you have the rare Sunlit Blossom then… Oh, no I screwed up." Realizing the situation, Miya flew in a panic.
She quickly headed toward the Alchemy rooms and barged in room no: 12.
"Yeah, yeah I will remember, don't worry." After a minute or two, she came out of the room with a relieved expression on her face. Today she dodged a huge disaster.
"Thank the Fairy Mother, you reminded me otherwise I would have lost my job."
Miya couldn't believe she had made such a newbie mistake. If the complaint had reached cousin Lyra she would have lost her job and had to return back to the Fair Land.
"Although you have fixed your mistake, what about this?" Seeing everything, Kai knew everything that happened was Miya's fault. It seems like she switched his batch of Sunlit Blossom with Master Stardew's batch.
"This, can't you just make another batch." Looking at the waste pills in the pill jar, Miya casually commented. She just avoided a big disaster and didn't have enough strength to chitchat. She now just wants the human to go and leave her alone for a while.
"Then I am going to look for the owner." Seeing Miya's attitude, Kai said preparing to leave.
"Wait, wait, don't go to the owner. I will fix it." Hearing human's words, Miya panicked once again and stopped him.
"How are you going to fix it?" Looking at the pill jar filled with waste pills, Kai asked.
"Don't worry about it." Saying so, Miya dragged Kai back to his Alchemy room.
Upon entering the room, the first thing she did was restock his Sunlit Blossom and then asked.
"What are your chances of making a mid or high grade pill?"
"I hadn't made any high grade pills but by luck I do come across mide grade pills occasionally." Puzzle by Miya question, Kai answer.
"Okay, one more thing many pills do you make in one batch?"
"Around 16-18 in one batch." Kai answered, finally understanding why she was asking these questions.
Knowing everything she needed to know, Miya started working her magic. Soul power excited her body and wrapped around Whispering Fern and Sunlit Blossom.
Before Kai's eyes, the essence of Sunlit Blossom and Whispering Fern separated and the carcass fell on the floor.
Then, Miya called out the Earth Flame from the depth of her Knowledge Sea. As soon as the Earth Flame appeared the temperature of the room hiked.
Seeing all this Kai was amazed and deep in his heart he was envious. Earth Flame is a rare treasure that can't be easily found. Its temperature can easily reach thousands of degrees. It is a must have for Master Alchemist.
Under the scorching hot temperature of the Earth Flame, the essence of Whispering Fern and the Sunlit Blossom mixed easily. Then with her soul powers, Miya opened the cabinet and took out the Elemental essence and poured it into the furnace made of her soul powers.
Before Kai's eyes, the Elemental essence mixed in minutes and soon Miya started forming pills.
After shaping the pill, Miya grabbed a pill jar with her soul powers and put the pills inside.
All this process took less than five minutes.
"Here, now I am leaving and don't say a word about this to the owner." After handing over the pills and warning the human, Miya flew out of the room.
As Miya left the room, Kai stared at the pill jar for a while before coming to his senses.
"One day, I will be able to do the same." Kai spoke with determination in his eyes. After fantasizing about the day, when he would be able to do the same. Kai cleaned his furnace.
After putting aside the furnace, he put the pot on fire stones and started making Strength Potion.
After pouring 10 liters of moon water into the pot, he let it thicken a little. Then he activated both his Gifts [Clear Mind] and [Heighten Five senses]. Although both abilities are passive, he likes to turn them off whenever he isn't working.
Then he added the powdered Bloodroot and started stirring. After a while he added the Iron-leafs.
The endless stirring continues. After ten minutes Kai added 2 drops of Titan tears. A rare treasure, whose continuous use can strengthen the body.
In half an hour of more stirring the Strength Potion was read.
[Strength Potion
Grade: Low
Effects: +10 Strength (Temporary)
Description: Upon drinking can increase a person's strength by 10. This effect lasts for an hour and has no side effects.]
After making 210ml of Strength potion, Kai rested for a while and then started wishing for the pot.
Putting the pot back on fire stones, Kai repeated the same process and then successfully made another 230ml of Strength potion.
Filling the potion Vials, Kai washed the pot and cleaned the room. He made the list of ingredients he used and left.
"Here's the list of herbs and my task for today." Kai handed over the pill and potions alongside the list of herbs.
"Give me your card, I will add the honey points and don't speak a word of what happened today." Checking everything, Miya put the pills and potions in her storage bag and asked the human for his employee card while warning him.
"Sure, and a reminder, if I didn't have Gifts I have. The furnace would have exploded and I would have been laying in the owner's room right now."
Reminding Miya the danger of giving an alchemist the wrong herbs, Kai took his employee card, and left the Honey pill shop.