Not far away, a gleam also flickered in Mingqi's beautiful eyes.
She had not had much contact with Li Yan, but that one inner valley entrance assessment alone had offered a glimpse of his cunning. He was no ordinary man.
That made this pill he had refined without any pill markings rather interesting.
Elder Liu and Deacon Li had already inspected the pill. After putting it back into its bottle, she immediately returned it to Li Yan.
Li Yan remained respectful, but his heart, which had been hanging in suspense, finally settled somewhat. This pill was something he had slipped in by swapping the beams and replacing the pillars.
The pill he had actually refined had long since been silently stowed inside Tuban from within his broad sleeve.
The black pill he had presented for inspection had definitely just been condensed, so it could not possibly be an old pill. Still, he had feared they might notice some other problem.
Although this pill looked unappealing, Li Yan had condensed it by circulating the Gui Water True Scripture, the technique he knew best, to avoid any mistakes.
He had also been uneasy, constantly trying to anticipate possible developments and devise ways to deal with them.
"Place your antidote in the Demon Beast's mouth. The assessment will begin immediately!"
As Elder Liu spoke, another crystal cage appeared before Li Yan. Inside was another azureflame earth dragon Demon Beast, likewise radiating a fourth-tier aura.
Only when he heard Elder Liu's words did Li Yan truly breathe a sigh of relief.
The next moment, he unhesitatingly flicked a finger against the bottom of the bottle. The black pill shot out and flew into the mouth of the azureflame earth dragon, which stood like a clay statue inside the crystal cage.
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