Chapter 436: The Assessment Begins

Being watched by so many powerful gazes, Long Caiwei swallowed hard; evidently, she realized she had spoken out of turn.

She obediently lowered her head and kept her mouth shut…

Especially the gazes of Jiang Yushan and Pill Master Lu Yongzhen. The former was filled with indignation; the fact that someone was eyeing his sister clearly displeased him…

The latter was filled with hostility, though this hostility was not directed at Long Caiwei, but at Kong Ping…

"The child is just babbling nonsense; don't take it to heart," Kong Ping said with an awkward smile.

"Brother Kong, have you taken on a Disciple?" There was no anger in Jiang Rushuang's beautiful eyes as she looked at Long Caiwei with great interest.

4th-Grade Alchemist Jiang Yi, who was beside her, was the same, looking at Long Caiwei with curiosity, as if wondering what kind of Disciple Kong Ping had taken on…

"Ahem… No, no. This is my medicine boy… She's just used to calling me Master…" Kong Ping quickly spoke up, explaining, "Besides, if I were to take a Disciple, I wouldn't take a female, right…"

Jiang Yushan glanced at him, snorted coldly, and retorted irritably, "Kong Ping, what are you trying to say? Just say it!"

"Ahem, nothing, nothing at all," Kong Ping waved his hands hurriedly.

Xiao Fan suddenly realized the answer to a question that had troubled him for a long time…

That was why Jiang Yushan, a Grade 4 Alchemist, always acted so arrogant in front of Kong Ping…

Ever since he first obtained the Enlightenment Seed and saw Kong Ping and Jiang Yushan for the first time…

It seemed that back then, Kong Ping was very polite to Jiang Yushan, while the latter never gave Kong Ping a good look…

So that was it… That was what was going on.

Kong Ping was eyeing his sister…

However, who was this 4th-Grade Alchemist Jiang Yi? Whose child was she with Jiang Rushuang?

Xiao Fan had cleared up one doubt in his heart, but another one had arisen…

This made him incredibly curious; he wanted to know what was going on…

"Alright, stop arguing. It's almost noon, let this group of Disciples take their assessment first," Jiang Rushuang said with a smile. Although she looked to be nearly forty, every gesture and smile she made radiated charm…

Kong Ping, Pill Master Lu Yongzhen, and the others agreed repeatedly; no one opposed.

Piaomiao Immortal Palace did not send any Disciples to participate in the assessment today; there were only Disciples from the three sects, along with other Loose Cultivators and children from prominent Families…

Jiang Yushan did not return to the area of the Jixian Sect, but instead stood with Jiang Rushuang and 4th-Grade Alchemist Jiang Yi.

The siblings hadn't seen each other for many years, so they chatted and laughed, catching up with one another…

Xiao Fan noticed that as they talked, the gazes of Jiang Rushuang and 4th-Grade Alchemist Jiang Yi both turned toward him simultaneously…

It seemed Jiang Yushan had said something.

However, the distance was too great, and with the sound-insulating barrier they were speaking behind, he couldn't hear a thing.

The Elder from Shengdan City walked to the center of the main hall and surveyed the surroundings.

"Next, we will begin the Grade 1 Alchemist qualification assessment. It is very simple: just refine one Grade 1 Medicinal Pill within half an hour. There is no limit on the pill's quality…"

His voice was resonant, allowing everyone to hear clearly.

Refining as a Grade 1 Alchemist is the simplest task.

Even in a place like Jingchuan, there exist Grade 1 Alchemists.

For those who had come to participate in the hall, this was not a difficult task.

"Prepare your own Pill Furnace and Materials. Those who wish to take the assessment, please step into the center…"

Xiao Fan and the Disciples from Danding Peak walked toward the center of the main hall; Ji Bofeng was also among them…

Long Caiwei did not come; she stood to the side, cheering Xiao Fan on…

The Disciples from Ziyun Cave Heaven and Thunder Fire Sect who studied Alchemy also moved forward, walking to the center of the hall.

Besides that, the children from prominent Families and Loose Cultivators who had come to take the assessment also moved to the center of the main hall.

Xiao Fan took a rough glance; there were about eight hundred people around him…

He was not nervous at all about refining a Grade 1 Medicinal Pill.

Previously, at the Jixian Sect, he had taken the time to go to the inner sect's Wanbao Tower to buy a decent-quality Pill Furnace, and he had also bought quite a few Materials needed for Alchemy…

After all, with such a large estate, spending a few Spirit Stones was nothing.

The Elder from Shengdan City surveyed the crowd, then looked at the sidelines. Seeing that no one else was coming up, he said in a loud voice:

"The time limit is half an hour. There is no limit on quality; as long as it is a Grade 1 Medicinal Pill, that will suffice. Do you understand?"

Everyone bowed in unison…

"Alright, begin."