Although his assessment was over, Chen Changan was in no hurry to leave, because Zhan Kuang had yet to be assessed.
Chen Changan remained there, unknowingly putting immense pressure on the others. Some of them would certainly have passed their assessments if they had simply performed steadily.
But with Chen Changan watching from the sidelines, they made mistakes while refining their pills and ultimately failed.
"Ugh, another failure."
"The pressure was too much. He was just standing there watching, so why did I feel so much pressure?"
"Exactly. It was even worse than having the Alliance Leader here."
"I'll wait until next time."
After a long wait, it was finally Zhan Kuang's turn. Quite a few people in the branch knew him, and everyone knew perfectly well how skilled he was at pill refining.
However, many had assumed he was only accompanying Chen Changan. They had never expected him to take an assessment too.
"If I remember correctly, didn't Zhan Kuang just finish an assessment not long ago? He's back already?"
"Could his pill-refining skills have advanced by leaps and bounds lately?"
"Oh, please. It's not as if we don't know how good he is. Doesn't all his fame here come from the Zhan Family?"
"That's true. Plenty of people only befriended him out of respect for the Zhan Family. His actual pill-refining skills are nothing special."
"Huh, now that you mention it, why does his pill refining look so much smoother this time? And... he seems to have improved quite a bit."
Only once Zhan Kuang began refining did everyone realize that, at some point, his pill-refining skills had improved tremendously.
Even the branch's Alliance Leader frowned slightly before looking over at Chen Changan.
Could Zhan Kuang's sudden leap in skill have something to do with Chen Changan's arrival?