Xiao Yan's actions truly shocked everyone present, because no one else had done it this way!
Even when Ling Zhuo underwent the test, he had obediently lit the pillars one by one. Over the years of testing, it was not as though no one had tried to light multiple pillars at once.
For instance, there had once been a young man surnamed Lei who, from the very beginning, thought himself second only to heaven. He had tried lighting two Dragon Pattern Pillars at once, only to find that facing twice the cold current at the same time made it impossible for him to light them quickly. Instead, he slowed down and had no choice but to light them one by one.
The moment Xiao Yan split his flame into eight, everyone understood what he intended to do, and countless mocking voices soon followed.
"Ha ha ha ha, this kid has gone mad!"
"I think the Pill Tower has gone mad, placing its hopes on someone like him to contend with the Spirit Clan."
"Not necessarily. At the very least, Xiao Yan will be able to say in the future that he once attempted to light eight Dragon Pattern Pillars at once, only to regretfully fail in the end. A feat unprecedented in history."
"Exactly. If you hadn't come here to see it with your own eyes, you might really have been bluffed by him."
"Xiao Yan is nothing to fear." Inside the pavilion, Ling Zhuo watched Xiao Yan's actions and smiled as he sampled the tea in his cup. All his previous concern over Xiao Yan vanished like smoke.
"A bumpkin is still a bumpkin. How could he possibly compare to the young master?" Elder Yan beside him commented as he watched Xiao Yan.
"And yet this bumpkin won the