C123 Gather Qi? Qi Condensation? Or level up?

Following the instructions of the old fogey, Ling Xiaotian cut the two herbs into one-inch lengths, picked out the dried branches and rotten leaves, and put them into the cauldron.

"You old fogey, why don't you warm up for the pill forging this time?" Ling Xiaotian thought about how the heating earlier had almost exhausted all of his energy for the Qi Vortex, and he still had some lingering fear