At the front of the VIP stands, Fa Ma slowly let out a breath. His clouded eyes, carrying a faint chill, fixed on the gray-robed youth in the plaza below. After a long while, his calm voice rang out across the square once more.
"Alright, since everyone has completed the test, we will begin the second round of assessment... Move your fingers and press the small red button at the lower left corner of the stone platform."
Hearing the voice echoing beside him, Xiao Yan temporarily put the gray-robed youth out of his mind. Feeling around with his fingers, he pressed the small red button.
In truth, he had not cared much about that matter. Instead, he was thinking about what Uchiha Madara had said earlier. Control over the soul... what did that mean? And why had Uchiha Madara truly succeeded in refining medicine? Could the Sharingan really copy even the ability to refine pills? Then what had all his years of hard work meant?
As he pondered, the button was pressed. The enormous bluestone platform suddenly trembled slightly, and the protruding device from before retracted once more. On the smooth stone surface, a large pile of neatly stacked medicinal ingredients and a prescription scroll slowly rose up.
"This prescription is a proper, orthodox formula. Our guild exhausted countless manpower and spent several months creating it. For this assessment, you must successfully refine the pill according to the prescription. The materials before you are enough for two attempts. In other words, you still only have two chances. Once the ingredients are used up, it means you have failed..."
"Huh?" Xiao Yan was startled upon hearing this, then frowned slightly. "Refining a pill according to the prescription? Isn't this assessment a little too simple? Following the instructions step by step is