Night lay hazy over the land, but the Flame Alliance's territory was bustling with excitement.
Today, their alliance leader had soundly defeated Yun Tian, leader of the Cloud Gang, displaying formidable strength. Yun Tian had advanced to six-star Dou Ling, enough to rank somewhere around thirtieth or fortieth on the Inner Academy's Strong Ranking.
Their leader had attained such strength less than a month after entering the Inner Academy. Given another month, he would be strong enough to reach the top ten of the Strong Ranking.
Han Beng, leader of the Han Gate, had undoubtedly made a foolish decision by setting their wager six months away.
Moreover, their leader's Alchemy Art had risen to the fifth-grade level in a short time, making him the most accomplished alchemist among the Inner Academy's students.
Many senior students who had once disdained them now hoped to join the Flame Alliance. Such was the tremendous drawing power of an alchemist on the Dou Qi Continent.
On the Pavilion's rooftop, Xiao Yan and several leaders of the Flame Alliance had set up a separate table.
Xiao Yan said, "The Flame Alliance needs to keep selling medicine. I can't wait six months to get Han Beng's Medicine Cauldron before refining medicine in bulk. So in a couple of days, I'll request leave and go to the Black Seal Auction House to buy a good Medicine Cauldron. Besides, we've obtained earth core tempering milk. It would be a terrible waste if we couldn't refine medicines to complement it just because we lacked a cauldron."
Everyone smiled. The earth core tempering milk would be immensely useful for their advancement, and it also possessed the rare ability to cleanse marrow and temper bones.
Han Yue took a Crystal Card from her Storage Ring. "Alliance leader, this card contains fifty