Hearing Elder Ru Qi's bewildered response, Elder Tao snorted and said, rolling his eyes, "Look at you acting all surprised now, you cheeky brat. You want me to repeat your student's accolades again, right? Don't you? Fine! I'll do it.
That young man… Yi Chen was able to refine a mortal pill with a 55% efficacy rate in the second test. Moreover, as per the instructions from the higher-ups, we had to add a third test in the Pill Apprentice Examination, which consisted of identifying various rare mortal herbs.
That guy…he performed phenomenally in even that test, correctly answering all sixty herbs that were presented to him when the passing criteria had been set to identifying five herbs, per official instructions.
Just where the hell did you find such a talented student? Do you have any idea how much difficulty I'm having suppressing my urge to rush towards him and make him my personal disciple?"
