As Mei Yanxue began to focus on her alchemy, the mood of the others grew rather sour. After all, a furnace explosion is a massive blow to one's composure. Song Nianchu glanced at the other competitors and noted that the students from Myriad Phenomena Academy remained quite steady.
"They are confident because their Master taught them alchemy, so they aren't affected when others blow up their furnaces," Jieli remarked, clearly impressed by her master's teaching ability. No wonder those old fogies at the Academy were so keen on having her take a teaching position.
"They were also hand-picked by Elder Xiao," Song Nianchu replied, knowing that the mental state of these alchemy students was even more resilient than the ones who had first started learning talisman-making under her.
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