"You wanted to see me about something?"
Xiao Fan looked curiously at Lin Yan, who sat across from him. Then, as though something had occurred to him, understanding flashed in his eyes. He gave Lin Yan a knowing smile and asked, "Pill refining?"
"That's right."
Lin Yan nodded. He was hardly surprised that Xiao Fan had guessed his purpose. After all, both Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan were now fifth-rank alchemists within Pan Gate, and countless students wanted them to refine pills.
Even some of the elders wanted the two of them to help refine pills.
It was just that Xiao Fan and the others had gone out to train a while ago, so no one had been able to find them.
Although Zi Yan had frightened Lin Yan off, he had kept an eye on Pan Gate's movements. The moment he heard that Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan had returned, he rushed over without stopping to rest.
"The strong ranking tournament is only a month away. Thanks to your treatment, the fire poison in my body has been completely cured, and I'm even stronger than before."
A faint note of delight-and ambition-colored Lin Yan's voice.
"Before, my strength only put me around ninth or tenth on the strong ranking. Now that the fire poison is completely gone, I should be able to rank around sixth. I might even break into the top five."
Lin Yan looked at Xiao Fan. Despite his best efforts to restrain himself, he was still a little excited.
"So you want to..."
"Hehe." Lin Yan wagged his eyebrows at Xiao Fan. "I came to ask you to refine a fifth-grade pill for me."
Hearing that Lin Yan wanted his help refining a pill, Xiao Fan gave him an amused look and smiled. "No problem. But