"You still haven't answered my question," Elder Ru Qi said with a cold glare and continued, "Before going for the Pill Apprentice Examination, you've clearly told me that you had managed to breach the 30% efficacy rate… how long ago was that? A couple of weeks ago?
So, tell me, why did you lie to me? Surely, a miracle wouldn't have happened in these few days that would have pumped up your efficacy rate all the way to 55%... isn't that right?"
The longer Elder Ru Qi spoke, the more pressured Yi Chen felt, as he was clearly able to sense the anger laced in her voice for having been kept in the dark all this while.
'Well, I can't just say that I found it too troublesome to explain everything to her now…can I?' Yi Chen thought while imagining Elder Ru Qi going batshit crazy the moment she heard those words.
