"Is that all? Is this really the level of Venerable Yao's disciple? I really don't know why Venerable Yao took him as a disciple in the first place!"
"No way, no way—someone can really blow up their furnace while refining a Fourth-Rank Pill?"
"Haha, Senior Brother Meng is still the best. Look, he's already finished refining his pill. The fragrance is so rich that just one whiff makes you feel refreshed. He'll definitely become a Pill Refining Grandmaster someday... Oh, I'm absolutely not saying that someone else won't become a Pill Refining Grandmaster in the future. After all, he has such a good teacher."
An uproar broke out across the venue, with snide remarks occasionally rising from the crowd. Zhou Chuan's face turned crimson with rage. He no longer dared to remain there and fled back to the small courtyard as though escaping, leaving behind an atmosphere full of delight.
"Nothing went wrong during the refinement, so why did the furnace explode?!" Back in the courtyard, Zhou Chuan's face twisted viciously, his eyes filled with confusion.
In fact, even the "Senior Brother Meng" who had engaged him in a "Pill Battle" did not know. In the entire Starfall Pavilion, only Mu Qingluan knew the truth.
This had been a private "Pill Battle." Ordinarily, the participants were supposed to prepare their own ingredients. But after Mu Qingluan "heard" the news, she casually changed the arrangement so that the Starfall Pavilion storeroom would provide the ingredients needed for the contest. Then, when no one was watching, she made a few small alterations to Zhou Chuan's ingredients...
It was Mu Qingluan's first time doing something like this. Her heart had pounded wildly with nerves, but when she remembered Senior Brother Ye's instructions, she bit her lip and saw it through. Then, feeling somewhat