The branch tower's open-air courtyard.
"There are no other rules for the assessment. You only need to refine an eighth-tier pill."
So said Tian Leizi.
"Oh, one more thing, young fellow. Do you really not need a medicine cauldron? I can lend you mine."
Xiao Yu shook his head slightly. "Thank you for your kindness, President Tian Leizi, but I have my own."
Then Xiao Yu thought of a problem: where would he get the pill formula and medicinal ingredients needed to refine an eighth-tier pill?
He had no ingredients himself, and the only formula he possessed was for the Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill.
"Um... President Tian Leizi, does the Pill Tower provide the formula and ingredients for the eighth-tier assessment?"
After some thought, Xiao Yu decided to ask. If they did not, he would find another way.
Tian Leizi visibly paused at Xiao Yu's question, then understood. Having lived for who knew how many years, how could he fail to grasp what Xiao Yu meant?
"Hehe, the Pill Tower provides formulas and ingredients for all alchemist assessments. You needn't worry about that, young fellow. But there is one thing you should know: for assessments above the sixth tier, candidates must reimburse us for the ingredients if they fail."
"The Pill Tower isn't a charity. The ingredients for seventh- and eighth-tier pills are far too precious. If anyone could come for an assessment and fail without paying for the ingredients, even the Pill Tower's vast reserves couldn't withstand that."
Tian Leizi spoke with a genial smile.
Chen Qi and Cao Yang, who had followed them, were stunned by the scene before them. President Tian Leizi was famously stern throughout the Pill Region and almost never showed anyone a pleasant face.
Yet he was treating a young man with such warmth. It