Liu Wuxie’s performance the previous day had outshone those of Ji Yang and Qin Letian, as he had risen from being an underdog to surpassing them. However, his performance today was disappointing, and there were murmurs of mockery from the crowd.1

Liu Wuxie ignored the mockery and placed down the last herb, a faint smile playing at the corner of his lips. The sapling had absorbed all the wood essence from the herbs, and their quality had improved after receiving a stream of wood essence back from the sapling. This meant the quality of his herbs far surpassed everyone present. However, he didn’t reveal this fact, as he was still trying to figure out the pattern and see if he could apply it to pills.0

When Liu Wuxie approached his cauldron, he lit the fire but didn’t immediately add any herbs. Instead, he used the fire to heat every corner of the cauldron.0

“What is he trying to do? Is he planning to heat the entire cauldron first?” Many people from the observation area had no idea what Liu Wuxie was doing because they didn’t know much about alchemy. Even the thirty-five pavilion masters were confused and scornful because...0