"Time's up!"
Elder Tao's voice rang out as the three-hour time period came to an end.
"Shit! I only needed a few more minutes!"
"Can I get a few more minutes, please… it will be a successful pill… I can feel it!"
"Phew! Just made it in time, lucky me!"
"Losers, if they couldn't even refine a pill in three hours, why did they even bother coming all the way here?"
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Several words rang out among the disciples the moment the time limit was up as the invigilators started taking out candidates who had yet to finish their pills.
Many begged, asking for another chance, but wearing an ice-like expression on their faces, the invigilators sent the failed candidates out of the Testing Hall soon, leaving only Fifty-Four of the previous sixty-six in the room.
