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While everyone was discussing the issue, they saw a hint of confidence in Han Jianye's eyes. He said softly, "I will definitely concoct the fourth Inkspirit Incense. I will be selected, I will become a top-tier skilled Pharmacist!"
With a flourish, he waved his sleeve and began studying his seventh batch.
Du Lingfei, her face pale and teeth clenched, started her own seventh batch.
When the fourteenth hour arrived, Du Lingfei's eyes sparkled with excitement as the fragrance of pills began to waft from her cauldron. Even though black smoke was billowing from everyone else's seventh batch, she was the only one to succeed!
"I have reached the minimum threshold, but merely improving is not enough!" Du Lingfei tempered her excitement, took a deep breath, and began another batch alongside the equally pale-faced Han Jianye.
In the sixteenth hour, more rumbling sounds were heard... everyone faced failure.
