Just as Xiao Yan finished extracting the essences from the twenty-odd medicinal ingredients needed for the Spirit-Breaking Pill, Yao Yue and Liu Ling, who had drawn more attention than anyone but him at this Alchemist Grand Tournament, also completed their "works" one after the other.
Yao Yue first exhaled a breath of stale air, then wiped the fragrant sweat beading on her forehead.
Next, she lifted the lid of the blue-and-red medicinal cauldron before her.
A moment later, a medicinal fragrance far surpassing those of the other contestants spread from Yao Yue's cauldron.
"Buzzz..."
The instant the pill flew out, Yao Yue excitedly snatched it into her hand.
The pill Yao Yue had refined was a lower Tier 4 pill.
For Yao Yue, who had only just become a Tier 4 Alchemist, this truly was a performance beyond her usual limits.
After all, alchemists generally faced a considerable chance of failure when refining pills of their own tier.
Even after four or five attempts, or five or six, they might not succeed once.
Yet this time, Yao Yue had succeeded on her very first attempt!
That was why Yao Yue considered this a performance beyond her usual limits.
Just as Yao Yue was rejoicing over having refined a Tier 4 pill, she suddenly caught another unusual medicinal fragrance.
Following the scent, she discovered that it came from Liu Ling's newly opened cauldron.
Noticing Yao Yue's gaze, Liu Ling returned a smile.
Then Liu Ling also snatched the pill flying out of his cauldron into his hand.
The pill Liu Ling had refined was also a lower Tier 4 pill, putting him and Yao Yue on roughly equal footing.
After all, there had never been much difference between their abilities, so it was hardly surprising that the pills they refined were