As Xin Lan passed the assessment for intermediate Seventh-Rank Alchemist certification, the branch tower test for the Pill Gathering preliminaries was declared concluded.
After the branch tower test was complete, the next event would be the qualification assessment for the Five Great Families.
Only after the Five Great Families' assessment would alchemists who had passed the branch tower tests from all over the Central Continent gather at the Pill Tower headquarters in Sacred Pill City and begin the true Pill Gathering!
However, there was a long interval in between.
The Pill Tower's Pill Gathering was open to alchemists throughout the entire Central Continent, and the Central Continent was vast. Even with Space Wormholes, reaching Sacred Pill City was no easy matter.
After all, not every city had a Space Wormhole.
It was easier for alchemists from the Central Region. Due to the Pill Tower's presence, most cities had Space Wormholes directly leading to Sacred Pill City.
But for alchemists from other regions, they would undoubtedly need to travel several stretches of road and pass through several wormholes along the way.
That would naturally take time.
The Five Great Families' assessment would only begin after the branch tower test ended.
Since the branch tower test itself lasted three days,
after Xin Lan completed her assessment on the first day of the branch tower test,
there would still be two more days before the Five Great Families' assessment began.
However, that time would not be spent entirely waiting.
According to Bai Ge's memories, an Alchemist Trade Convention would be held during this period.
Although there was nothing at this Alchemist Trade Convention worth Bai Ge's attention now,
there was a certain opportunity within it that was extremely important to his disciple, Xin Lan.
With this opportunity, Xin Lan could greatly accelerate her