A Hundred Ways to Make Things Difficult! Refining Pills in Public!

"Good! Since you agreed, then we'll fire up the furnace and refine pills right here. With everyone here as witnesses, you shouldn't have any objections, should you?"

Zhou Huoyun's voice echoed through the Alchemy Hall, carrying a faintly aggressive edge. Pill refinement prized the word "stillness" above all else; one needed complete unity of mind and spirit, and could not tolerate the slightest disturbance.

Yet at this moment, hundreds of eyes were fixed upon the scene in the Alchemy Hall. Enforcement Disciples stood surrounding them, while Zhou Huoyun and Gu Moxie, two direct disciples, faced each other in a tense standoff. The atmosphere had tightened to the extreme.

Refining pills in such an environment was no different from walking a tightrope at the edge of a cliff.

Li Bufan remained calm. "No problem."

The corners of Zhou Huoyun's lips curled upward slightly. He took a pill formula scroll and a set of medicinal herbs from his Storage Bag, placing them upon the table.

Then he took out an hourglass, turned it upside down on the table, and fine sand began to trickle down with a soft rustle.

"This is the formula for the Azure Origin Pill." Zhou Huoyun pointed at the scroll, his voice ringing clear. "If you can refine this pill within one hour, you will be considered qualified."

He paused, his gaze sweeping across everyone present as his voice became even louder. "Songhe Gate conducts assessments precisely to cultivate talent within the sect. The Azure Origin Pill is a Second-Grade High-Quality Pill, specifically designated as an assessment requirement for Core Disciples preparing to leave the mountain."

"Though this is meant to prove your innocence, if you truly possess such ability, I can make the decision to count it as passing the Core Disciple assessment to leave the mountain."