The activation of the defensive barrier immediately released the smells that had originally been sealed within.
There seemed to be a faint medicinal fragrance.
But there was even more of a burnt smell, truly hard to compliment.
Especially with nothing covering it up.
Even though they knew this was the very corner, Qin Shaofeng and Chen Qingyi still instinctively felt exceedingly embarrassed.
After hesitating for a long while, neither of them could bring himself to take a step forward.
"What are you two hesitating for? Hurry over and show me your talent in this area, so I'll know how to guide your alchemy. Did you think that becoming medicine boys in our pill room only meant running errands for me?" Heizi urged anxiously.
Qin Shaofeng and Chen Qingyi were once again bewildered.
Weren't they here to do odd jobs in the pill room?
"Isn't that the case?"
Chen Qingyi had experienced too little in life, and the question slipped out before he could stop it.
"Of course not."
Heizi shook his head repeatedly.
He wanted to speak directly, but after opening his mouth, he closed it again. Only after carefully considering his words did he say, "According to the sect rules, everyone from Peak of the Starry Sky must be an absolute all-rounder. Even those who don't refine pills on our mountain must, after going out, possess alchemy skills surpassing Sky City's finest Alchemy Masters... right? Probably..."
Heizi's words at first sounded perfectly proper.
But when Qin Shaofeng and Chen Qingyi heard the final note of self-doubt and that "probably," they could not help bursting out laughing.
Was this man really not here to make people laugh?
Still.
Qin Shaofeng could understand Peak of the Starry Sky's intentions. Even if those who left the mountain could not be considered the