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The woman's face showed a frown as she stood up from her chair. She began to walk around the many apprentice Alchemists, and as she approached them, everyone appeared very tense. Many of them had failed to perfect the herbs they were currently researching.
This lady didn't seem to care that her presence was causing more trouble than helping those apprentice Alchemists taking the exam. In her eyes, if they couldn't control the fire while walking, they weren't worth her time.
As long as they completed the task within the exam's time frame, apprentices were allowed unlimited attempts to try and improve the herbs. Almost no Alchemist could achieve a hundred percent success rate; even an Alchemist wouldn't dare make such a claim.
The woman slowly observed each participant. Yan Xiaobao didn't feel any pressure from her, even as he realized she was walking towards him.
