Life After Prison

Chapter 1257
Severin was distraught because his attempts with several sets. of materials all ended in failure. However, he tried to look on the
brighter side because the repeated failures were seen as
stepping stones to his success.
“Refining third–grade medium–rank pills is difficult. I’ve failed more times than I’ve made progress.” Severin took out another set
of materials. He looked at them and could not help but smile wryly. “Well, I suppose that slow progress is still considered
progress. I hope I can achieve some measure of
success before the materials run out.”
Severin then told himself to avoid thinking too much. He then
threw a spring into the alchemy furnace again and continued with his refinement. He went through the process step by step
in a meticulous fashion.
It was almost past four in the evening, and the girls had finally returned home after a day out in the city. When Megan set foot in
the living room, she immediately laid on the sofa and complained, “Don’t the three of you feel tired after shopping for a whole
day? My feet are hurting from all that walking, but
you look like you still have a lot of energy in you.”
Sheila smiled and said, “It’s because you don’t train much.
You’re only a level one grandmaster. You can’t compare yourself to us, it’s because we’re profound masters! A bit of
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shopping isn’t going to tire us out.”
She then looked at Sofia and said, “In Miss Sofia’s case, a whole day’s worth of shopping is probably like a short walk for
someone of her attainment.”

Sofia smiled and said, “Sheila is exaggerating, but she’s right in saying that I’m not that tired.” Having said that, Sofial caught a
whiff of something and asked, “It smells good. What could it be?”
Diane smiled and said to Sofia, “Severin must be busy with his alchemy making again. He’s been spending all his free time
crafting.”
Sheila then added, “Honestly, I think he looks really handsome
when he’s busy refining alchemy. Men look exceptionally handsome when they’re concentrating on doing one thing.”
Sofia blushed and wanted to ask if Severin was just as
handsome when he was focused on making love to Sheila the previous night, but she decided not to in the end. She smiled
subtly and said, “Perhaps that’s where an alchemist finds joy. We won’t be able to experience something like that even if we
wanted to.”
Diane frowned curiously and asked Sofia, “Isn’t your attainment level high enough that you can learn alchemy?”
Sofia said with a smile, “Alchemy requires talent. It requires mental fortitude that no ordinary person can nurture, and it
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also depends highly on one’s personality. Impatient people like me aren’t cut out for such things. Even if our mental abilities are
strong enough, alchemy has a very high rate of failure. It would become a huge waste of materials if I attempted to replicate it.”
Sofia then paused for a moment before continuing, “Besides, if alchemy is easy enough for everyone to learn, then there
would’ve been more alchemists around.”