Chapter 560: A Lesson in Humility
He followed Zhong Fei into a test room, noticing its sober yet elegant design before the man gestured to the only piece of equipment: a furnace.
In the center and pristine white, he raised his brow at the small cultivator’s engravings running on its polished exterior.
Meanwhile, Zhong Fei and his colleague sat on luxurious chairs before his voice cracked impatiently.
"You have sixty minutes and three sets of materials to refine a tier-one pill." He raised his golden card and extended it to Adam. "If you have no questions, imbue your qi into your jade card to transfer the test’s fees."
With a shrug, he followed the man’s demands, his mind already swirling into the tumultuous sea of pill refining.
Yet, he sneered when the rude alchemist shoved the medicinal herbs he would work with in his hands. Crumpled and almost expired, he sensed through their dry texture their waning life force.
A deep furrow creased his brows as he turned and paced to the furnace.
’Are they trying to make things difficult for me?’ He forced down the mocking laughter about to burst out of his throat as a threatening smirk split his face. ’I endured your disrespect because I understand your dismissal of a seven-year-old kid. But your cheating won’t help you. Instead, I’ll make you swallow your pride and suffocate you with your egos!’
Simultaneously, he ran a finger on the yellowed stalk of herbs and used one of his innate abilities: natural dominance!
As if nourished by his touch, spots of green added a touch of vibrance to the material.
Without wasting a second, he opened the furnace lid and dropped it inside before it recovered to its peak. After all, he couldn’t draw the observers’ attention. Still, he repeated the process with every plant before pouring a generous quantity of water.