At Fei Shi's words, Xiao Yan nodded slightly, then turned to the elders with a smile. "Shouldn't you all be getting the ingredients ready?"
Only then did the elders snap out of their daze.
"Elder Yan Xiao is right. We'll prepare them right away." The elders hurried off to gather the medicinal ingredients.
It was not that Xiao Yan was too stingy to spend that little bit of money. These ingredients were simply too low-grade, and he had none stocked in his Storage Ring.
Before long, the elders returned to Xiao Yan with a large quantity of medicinal ingredients.
"Let's find somewhere more spacious to refine the pill." Xiao Yan glanced around the hall. Although he was only refining a fifth-grade pill, this was his first attempt, and even with his strength, he could not guarantee success.
If he failed, the entire hall would likely suffer a considerable impact.
Naturally, the Alchemy Department's elders had no objections, so the group quickly moved to an Alchemy Plaza.
Quite a few Alchemy Department students were refining pills in the plaza. When they saw the elders arrive together, puzzled looks appeared on their faces.
It seemed the Alchemy Department's elders had not turned out with such fanfare in a long time. Only after noticing the young man surrounded by them did the students' expressions turn to surprise.
"Why is that man so young?"
"Idiot, that's Elder Yan Xiao, who recently joined our Alchemy Department. He's a sixth-rank alchemist."
Another student beside him could not resist mocking him.
"A sixth-rank alchemist!" The student froze briefly, then looked at Xiao Yan with newfound fervor and awe.
Ignoring the students' astonished gazes, Xiao Yan picked up one set of medicinal ingredients and began refining them.
With a casual motion, he gently tossed the pile of ingredients