Another old man asked Sanmu.

  "Lao Sheng, do you still remember what happened at the Ludan Conference?" Sang Yan lowered his voice.

  The old man was called Sheng Lian, and like Sang Yan, he served as a Dan refining master in the Danbao Pavilion. Three-star Dan Refining Master.

  "Of course I remember!"

  This year's Luandan Conference was not unprecedentedly grand, but many things happened. Not only were many elixirs born, but the alchemy of other countries was also deciphered.

  "He is Liu Wuxie, the champion of the Dan Crown!"

  Sang Yan pointed at Liu Wuxie and solemnly introduced the news about the Dan Crown Army. Not many people in the Imperial City knew about it.

  "So young!"

  In Sheng Lian's eyes, a hint of incredulity flashed, Liu Wuxie was too young, at this age, they were still Dan refining apprentices.

  Lan Ruoyu didn't quite catch what they were saying, but from their expressions, she saw that something was off and had a bad premonition.

  If it were an ordinary person who injured a Danbao Pavilion alchemy apprentice, as the alchemy master of Danbao Pavilion, he would have stepped forward to punish the perpetrator long ago.

  It's strange that Sang Yan didn't show any sign of anger, let alone take action against Liu Wu Xie, and instead had a gentle smile on his face.

  "Two seniors, it's like this..."

  Chen Leyao took a step forward and truthfully recounted what had just happened, one by one.

  When Chen Le Yao finished speaking, many people around her showed dissatisfaction. This was not the first time that Liu Wu Xie had been difficult to deal with; many people who came forward had suffered from Lan Ruo Yu's various difficulties.

  "When I came yesterday, it was this woman who actually asked me to hand over a spirit stone before she would let me fill out the assessment form. In anger, I gave up on the assessment."

  The crowd was abuzz with discussion, a young man indignantly exclaimed in anger.

  "And I, who came to take the alchemy master assessment five days ago, was given a hard time by this woman, saying that I'm too ugly and forcing me to leave."

  Another person followed suit and shared their own personal experience.

  "You're not bad, I came here a month ago, and he actually disliked me for being too short, not even as tall as the alchemy furnace, don't come back to humiliate yourself."

  A man of just over one meter in height emerged from the crowd, pointing at Lan Ruoyu with a furious face.

  Height and appearance are gifts from parents, he can't help it, but Lan Ruoyu actually uses this to mock them.

  More and more people are joining the team to crusade against Lan Ruyu, and Liu Wuxie didn't expect that now he doesn't need to show up, so many people together can drown Lan Ruyu with just saliva.

  Lan Ruoyu's face turned red for a moment, then pale, and became extremely unsightly.

  These years she has received some small favors, cultivating her high and mighty temperament. As a Danbao Pavilion alchemy apprentice, receiving bribes is a very normal thing.

  When encountering the young master of a noble family, Lan Ruoyu would take the initiative to fawn over them. However, when ordinary people came forward, she would change her attitude and put on a different face. Generally, people wouldn't dare to offend the powerful Danbao Pavilion for something trivial, so they would tolerate her again and again, allowing her to become more and more unscrupulous and overbearing.

  Who would have thought that today I kicked an iron plate, Liu Wuxie didn't care about Danbao Pavilion at all.

  "Lan Ruoyu, I've long known that you often make things difficult for some people. As a disciple of Danbao Pavilion's alchemy, you're usually not too excessive, and we can turn a blind eye to it. But your actions today have gone too far."

  Having provoked public outrage, so many people collectively condemned him, making it difficult for Sang Yan and Sheng Lian to retreat.

  Lan Ruoyu's ugly past, Sang Yan had known about it for a long time, but didn't want to mention it.

  Lan Ruoyu was initially quite reserved, occasionally making things difficult for some of the riffraff who had no talent for alchemy and were just here to join in on the excitement, wasting the resources of the Danbao Pavilion.

  This approach is reasonable. If everyone comes to participate in the assessment, Danbao Pavilion will be overwhelmed. From the very beginning, it can prevent those mediocre people from sneaking in.

  Who would have thought that later on, she became even more ruthless and turned into a tool for extortion, refusing to let anyone in unless they handed over bribes, regardless of whether or not they met the qualifications for the alchemy exam.

  "Shang Qianbei, don't listen to their one-sided words. As a disciple of Danbao Pavilion's alchemy, I have always been diligent and conscientious, adhering to my duties. Please, both seniors, speak on my behalf."

  Lan Ruoyu's body was weak and lay on the bar, every word seemed pale and powerless, facing so many people's accusations, still arguing.

  "Since you are a disciple of Danbao Pavilion, from now on, your identity is stripped away, leave Danbao Pavilion!"

  Although we have some power, if we don't give everyone an explanation today, it will be hard to calm down the public's anger.

  Directly announced the result, without giving Lan Ruoyu a chance to defend himself. In these three years, he has done too many things to smear Danbao Pavilion. If this continues, the reputation of Danbao Pavilion will be completely ruined.

  This result was beyond Liu Wuxie's expectation, he thought that at most he would be punished, but not to the point of being driven out.

  This result brought great joy to many people, and the warriors who had been humiliated by her over the years let out a sigh of relief.

  "I refuse, my master is Jiang Yue, who dares to expel me."

  Lan Ruoyu's face flashed with a hint of ferocity, her eyes fearless as she reported her master's name.

  Sang Yan exchanged a glance with Sheng Lian, seeing a thread of disgust and helplessness in each other's eyes.

  Jiang Yue was someone they both knew very well, a four-star alchemist, with the same status as Mo Da Shi in Dan Bao Ge, and even when they met Jiang Yue, they had to be polite.

  Lan Ruoyu bowed down and became his disciple, without sparing any effort, exhausting the power of her family, just to obtain a Dan-refining apprentice status.

  Losing this identity, all these years of effort would be in vain, and even the gifts that were sent out would be wasted.

  Only by becoming an alchemist can all the efforts be rewarded.

  "Old Sang, it's better to let the Chancellor handle this matter. Since Young Liu has come to participate in the assessment, let's assess first and talk about this later."

  Sheng Lian smoothed things over and didn't want to offend Jiang Yue because of an outsider, which would be very disadvantageous for them in the future.

  The attitude shown by Sang Yan made Sheng Lian unable to understand, even if Liu Wuxie's innate talent was high, they were after all three-star alchemists and didn't need to fawn like this.

  No one had ever seen Liu Wuxie's talent with their own eyes, so Sheng Rong couldn't understand it, but Sang Yan had personally witnessed the birth of the spiritual elixir.

  "Master Liu, what do you think?"

  Sang Yan didn't really want to offend Jiang Yue, and the previous conversation had already given Liu Wu Xie enough face, so things should have stopped there.

  It's really getting out of hand and it's not good for anyone. He's also in a difficult position being stuck in the middle.

  "Alright then, I need an Alchemist's Badge in order to buy spiritual medicine."

  Liu Wu Xie's eyes showed no expression whatsoever and wouldn't let this matter affect him; he just wanted to quickly get his hands on the Alchemist Master badge.

  "Bring out the form!"

  Sang Yan let out a low growl and Lan Ruoyu very reluctantly pulled out a form from behind the bar.

  After filling it out, follow Sangyan and Shengying into the back of the gate. Chen Leyao and Songling can only wait outside and are not allowed to enter as they are not examiners.

  The young master just now brought his servants in with him.

  Registration ended today, Lan Ruoyu simply packed up and quickly left, rushing straight to the depths of Dan Bao Pavilion.

  Passing through the gate, a courtyard appeared, with more than a dozen people waiting for a long time, all of whom were participants in today's assessment.

  The assessment is divided into three stages, similar to the debate with Dan, but also slightly different.

  Her eyes scanned around and added Liu Wuxie, there were a total of twelve examiners.

  Most of them are young masters from wealthy families, dressed in finery. People like Liu Wuxie are rare. Refining elixirs requires not only financial support but also innate talent.

  "Master Liu, these assessments will certainly not be difficult for you, but still need to go through the motions."

  Sang Yan walked over and said in a low voice.

  Being able to win the championship is a test that he can't be stopped by. There are some processes that still need to be gone through.

  "I understand!"

  Liu Wu Xie didn't want to make Sang Yan uncomfortable, so he nodded slightly.

  "Alright, now get ready for the first assessment. If you score 90 points or above, you will pass and proceed to the next assessment."

  Sheng Lian said a sentence, and the examiner walked to the front of the table. Each table was about three meters apart, and Sang Yan began to distribute the test papers.

  The first round of assessment is theoretical knowledge. The test paper is densely packed with small characters, including alchemy and medicine identification.

  Every time a test paper is issued, the assessment questions are different. Many people come to take the test today and will still come tomorrow. If the test papers were the same, wouldn't they just memorize them?

  There are countless types of spiritual medicine, and it's impossible for everyone to know them all.

  "Wait!"

  Just as I was about to start answering questions, a man and a woman walked in from outside the door, their voices cold.

  The man was slightly older, a few years older than Sang Yan. The woman following behind him was none other than Lan Ruoyu, who had just left not long ago.

  "Jiang Dan Shi, how did you come?"

  Sang Yan and Sheng Lian hastily stepped forward, paying their respects to Jiang Yue. As a four-star alchemist, they had to show the proper etiquette.

  "My disciple said that someone slapped her just now. Are you going to expel her from the Danbao Pavilion? Tell me, who hit her."

  Jiang Yuexi had a square face, tall and majestic, standing there like a high tower, emitting an extremely strong aura, a high-level spiritual realm, a terrifying wave of air that shook the test papers on the table.

  Lan Ruoyu stood behind him, crying and sniffling, with a look of being deeply wronged, but in the depths of her eyes, a thick murderous intent flowed out.

  "Jiang Dan Shi, there's been a misunderstanding here, listen to me..."

  Sang Yan's words were cut off by Jiang Yue: "Get out of the way and tell me, who beat up my disciple."

  One sentence was enough for Sang Yan to retort back, and indeed it was overbearing and domineering.

  It's true that "if the beam at the top is not straight, the ones below will be crooked".

  A master of this sort is bound to have disciples who are no better.

  A four-star alchemist, even in the Great Yan Imperial Court, is a rare talent that can be counted on one's fingers, and all the major families are eager to curry favor with them.

  Three stars and four stars differ by one star, but their status is as different as heaven and earth.

  "It was me who hit her!"

  Liu Wuxie suddenly stood out, his eyes looking at Jiang Yue, a hint of disdain appearing on the corner of his mouth. Relying on the forbidden elixir, he barely broke through to become a four-star alchemist, truly laughable.

  Jiang Yue's situation was similar to that of Huo Da Shi, relying on forbidden elixirs to forcibly elevate his realm.

  It can't be detected now, but in a year and a half at most, the aftereffects on Jiang Yue's body will erupt, and by then even a great immortal like Da Luo Jin Xian won't be able to save him.

  Of course!

  Liu Wuxie had no obligation to tell him that if he stopped practicing alchemy now and rested for a year or two, he would be fine after recovering properly, and then resumed normal practice.

  As a four-star alchemist, he was sought after by countless people every day, how could he possibly stop.

  A large amount of resources poured into his pockets, and he couldn't even make a profit with the resources he had.

  "Great, you little guy has guts, daring to take the initiative to acknowledge!"

  Jiang Yue looked at Liu Wu Xie as if he was looking at a dead man.

  From Aiwan.