A Talk with Su Qian

The elders all wanted to witness the miracle of refining a thousand pills in five days, so none of them left. Even Xiao Xun'er and the others stayed.

The Inner Academy elders did not believe such an absurd claim, but since it had come from Hu Gan, they wanted to see whether it was true.

What happened next left them stunned.

Xiao Meng did not process the medicinal ingredients one at a time, or even one batch at a time. With a wave of his hand, he tossed thirty batches straight into that bizarre pill furnace.

Everyone was dumbfounded.

Thirty pills in one go? Was this a joke?

Even Fire Elder and the others were stunned. They had seen Xiao Meng refine two or three pills at once, but never this many. They had not even seen him refine five or ten.

"Third Brother is...?" Xiao Xun'er's mouth formed a little O, her eyes wide with shock. The Little Demoness stared at the scene too, her mind going blank.

"Is he fooling around?" One elder's expression darkened. Thirty batches of ingredients were worth a fortune. If Xiao Meng was playing games, the loss would be enormous.

Besides, the Inner Academy would never have provided over a thousand batches of ingredients for Fifth-Grade Pills if Hu Gan had not pleaded with the First Elder and personally vouched for him.

"Keep your mouth shut. If you have a problem, the door's behind you. Leave." Xiao Meng bristled at the elder's words. Questioning him was one thing, but there was no need to glare at him as if he owed the man a fortune.

"You..." The elder flew into a rage and was about to rebuke him, but Hu Gan stopped him. Hu Gan knew Xiao Meng's temper. When Xiao Meng was in