Shi Yanxu, Dean of the Inner Court

"You're quite punctual. I didn't expect you to find this place so quickly!" Lan Ziyu waited for Hu Haoran in a small room within one of the buildings. Beside him stood a young man in a red robe. Hu Haoran could not detect even the slightest fluctuation of the other man's Soul Power with his spiritual power. Moreover, this man felt even more terrifying than Lan Ziyu. In other words, he was a Title Douluo stronger than Lan Ziyu.

"That's right. I was a little eager, after all. Since this is already the seventh test, I should take it more seriously." Hu Haoran nodded and looked around the room. "Speaking of which, this place is quite unusual. It should be an area specifically used by the academy for refining medicine, right?"

When Hu Haoran arrived, he had deliberately examined the construction here. The entire building had been designed in the shape of an elixir furnace; from the outside, it looked like an enormous pill furnace. The structure was primarily red and gold, giving it an exceptionally solemn air. Many medicinal fields surrounded the building, which was encircled by a vast expanse of herb gardens. Hu Haoran spotted many precious medicinal ingredients among them, and the fragrance of medicine constantly blanketed the area.

In this room stood a dark-red medicine-refining cauldron. Hu Haoran felt that it was even more formidable than his Level 7 special Soul Tool—the Sea Boiling Fire Cauldron. Furthermore, the medicinal fragrance in the room was so rich it was almost frightening, and its life force was incredibly abundant. An ordinary Soul Master would feel their cultivation loosen after taking a single breath here.

"Your powers of observation are decent. That's right, this is indeed the academy's medicine-refining area, prepared for students and teachers interested in researching elixirs."