"Du Lingfei achieved three successes, while Chen Zinan and Zhao Yiduo both achieved two... They've all met the requirements for promotion. I bet if the test weren't so challenging, they might have achieved four successes!"
Even as everyone began discussing the matter, with the friends of the testers cheering supportively and Elder Xu nodding approvingly at Han Jianye while preparing to announce that the test had concluded... Yan Xiaobao was moved. After thoroughly researching the final herb and resolving all his queries, Yan Xiaobao continued to completely ignore all the commotion around him. Fully absorbed in the information on the jade, he was completely immersed in the Dao of herbs and foliage, entering almost into a trance.
No lightning or thunder could break his concentration, nor did he see the results of others' brewing efforts.
