"The pill Xiao Fan is refining is almost ready!"
The fluctuations inside Xiao Fan's cauldron naturally did not escape the students watching below, especially with so many disciples of the Alchemy Department among them.
Seeing Xiao Fan on the verge of completing the pill on his first attempt, everyone looked astonished.
"This... I knew Xiao Fan was good at alchemy, but this is a fifth-grade pill..." Below the platform, Hu Jia listened to the startled cries around her, her gaze gradually turning dazed as she watched Xiao Fan. "Being strong wasn't enough? He's this good at alchemy too?"
"Brother Xiao Fan... really is full of surprises." Xun'er nodded in agreement beside her, her voice brimming with admiration. Then she turned a worried gaze toward Xiao Yan on the other side of the platform.
As for Yue Yao, she had believed in Xiao Fan from beginning to end. In her eyes, wasn't it perfectly normal for him to refine a fifth-grade pill?
Unlike the girls, some of the spectators below belonged to the Medicine Gang.
Sensing the activity inside Xiao Fan's Medicine Cauldron, one of them sneered, "What's there to be so smug about? He hasn't finished refining it yet. The fluctuations released by a fifth-grade pill are no joke. Wait until he actually produces a finished pill before you start talking!"
"Exactly. Besides, Xiao Yan was the one who made the wager with Senior Han Xian. That was made clear before Xiao Fan went up there. Even if he succeeds, it won't affect the wager between the Medicine Gang and Pan Gate."
At first, everyone had thought Xiao Fan merely coveted the fifth-grade pill's formula and medicinal ingredients. They had paid little attention to his stepping onto the platform to refine a pill. Yet, with Xiao Yan and Han Xian