"What's going on?"
"Xiao Yan actually blew up his cauldron?"
"Tsk, tsk, tsk. This is the strongest Pill Convention contestant you people praised so highly? He's not even a tenth as good as Young Master Ling."
"At this level, I honestly can't imagine how he got a perfect score without some backdoor arrangement."
In the final stage of Xiao Yan's medicinal ingredient refinement, the many Pill Tower elders had all widened their eyes. They had thought they would witness another one of Xiao Yan's great feats today. And they really did witness a "great feat." At the very end of his refinement, the conflicting medicinal properties directly blew up his pill cauldron. Faint gray smoke drifted out from the Black Demon Cauldron, announcing the final result of Xiao Yan's trial.
Wei Jiangyuan was also somewhat stunned as he looked at Xiao Yan.
"Senior Brother, I'll thank you in advance for that ninth-tier treasure pill."
"That shouldn't be possible..." Wei Jiangyuan muttered. "How could Xiao Yan perform at only this level? No, no, something is very wrong!"
"It's not that bad, is it? Blowing up the cauldron is certainly quite a major mistake, but what alchemist never makes mistakes? Teacher says that all the time."
Wei Jiangyuan looked at Xiao Yan on the stage, momentarily puzzled. Then he said, "What he displayed today was far too far off his usual standard. What has he been doing lately? Could taking him to the Dan Clan really have affected him?"
"Young Master Ling, given the current situation, do we still need to lower Xiao Yan's score?" Zou Wu asked Ling Zhuo. At first, they had all prepared under the assumption that Xiao Yan would challenge for another perfect score. It could be said that they had gone all out to stop him.