The moment the timer of 30 minutes appeared in the sky, the first set of boxes opened and the contents teleported into the cauldron instantly.
Alex's focus spread between the three cauldrons that had begun heating up instantly and were now up to the required temperature. The moment the ingredients touched the cauldron, they began moving around with no stop at all, grinding against the hot cauldron as they released their energy, turning into powder.
Alex wished he had enough Spiritual energy to split his attention enough that he could do the task of separating the cauldron into multiple spaces where he could refine the ingredients one at a time.
It would make alchemy so much faster as he could make pills in no time at all.
However, he had no doubt that if he tried to do that, he would fail horribly as he simply didn't have that sort of capability yet. At least, not with his current amount of Spiritual energy.