Rao Baoyue paused slightly. Out of trust in Tang Yan, she suppressed the urge to drive away the Crouching Dragon and Young Phoenix and sneered, "The Myriad Pill Tower really is a bunch of useless losers who can't take defeat.
"In that case, I'll give you one last chance to understand just how far you fall short of the Pill Alliance.
"Tong Banzhi and Yan Biao are my second and third disciples.
"You may send out another five people to compete with them in refining ninth-tier Netherpassage Pills."
Mu Kaiyong called back the people on the platform and sent out five new disciples at the first stage of the Heavenly Pill Realm.
Rao Baoyue glanced at Tang Yan. He nodded slightly, and she said nothing more.
"Both sides are ready. Begin!" Bai Qing announced.
Everyone in the Pill Alliance focused their attention on Tong Banzhi and Yan Biao.
Their expressions were solemn as they took out medicinal herbs and tossed them into their pill cauldrons.
They refined thirteen medicinal herbs at a time.
Their technique was not as stunning as Tang Yan's. Even among ninth-tier alchemists, the number they refined at once was not outstanding.
But their refinement progressed smoothly.
Whenever one medicinal herb finished refining, another immediately took its place.
Their movements flowed like drifting clouds and running water, each refinement timed perfectly, making them a pleasure to watch.
A faint smile lifted the corners of Tang Yan's mouth.
Thanks to Rao Baoyue's teaching ability and their own "unsociable" tendencies, Tong Banzhi and Yan Biao could be considered laughingstocks in the Pill Alliance.
At first, he too had thought they had long since smashed their already cracked pots, living in their own world without caring what anyone thought.
Until he noticed the joy in their eyes when they practiced