A few moments later. Inside the room in Medicine Hall.

Su Yuchen was unable to look.

He knew there was a man in front of him.

He was too dazzling to look at, the light overwhelmed him.

His eyes hurt when he tried to look at the appearance of the elder in front of him.

That elder was a member of the council of the elders. He must have a sequence number that he didn’t know of.

“His soul is weak. The mind is strong.” The majestic voice of the Elder resounded in the room. His words seemed like they were engraved into his soul.

“Place your hand inside the crystal.” Su Yuchen heard his order. He tried to open his eyes to look.

Su Yuchen looked at the crystal ball similar to the one he was tested with in the village. He looked at the figure in light in front of him. He still couldn’t see the elder.

Su Yuchen held the metal pole inside the crystal ball tightly. Energy passed through him and quickly the crystal ball burst into eye blinding radiance. Su Yuchen closed his eyes again.

Senior Brother Li and the Elder observed the radiant crystal sphere, and the gems emitted piercing lights of blue and yellow.

The Elder stated, “Superior grade talent with superior tier water affinity and medium tier earth affinity.”

Li Zhaoyun was elated hearing the confirmation from the Elder. Su Yuchen showed a grin full of pure joy.

The Elder continued, “His talent might still improve a step further.”

“Huh! How?” Li Zhaoyun gasped.

The Elder said, “His soul seems to be growing and also feeding his mind with soul energy. When his soul becomes stronger, his talent will also increase.”

Li Zhaoyun turned his head, stared at Su Yuchen, “His talent can still grow. How? Is there really a grade of talent higher than superior grade?”

The Elder answered, “I have heard that there is a grade higher than superior in the legends. But I doubt his talent can grow that far. This kid’s superior grade talent should become brighter than it is now.”

“And the improvement will make a difference.”

The thunderous revelation from the Elder blew Li Zhaoyun’s mind away. He slapped the shoulders of Su Yuchen and laughed loudly with caring about manners. Su Yuchen’s face was brimmed with smile and joy.

“Li Zhaoyun.” The Elder’s voice brought them back to their senses, he ordered Li Zhaoyun “This kid will look at your mission today.”

Li Zhaoyun’s pupils dilated in shock. He pulled some courage and asked, “Isn’t it inappropriate for this child? Why?”

The Elder answered, “I need to observe him.”

Li Zhaoyun was reluctant to let Su Yuchen into his mission, but still didn’t dare to question the Elder’s order.

The Elder asked Su Yuchen, “Do you have a stellar rock with you now?”

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Su Yuchen quickly took out a stellar rock and showed it to the Elder.

The Elder ordered Su Yuchen, “Show me how you cultivate.”

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Su Yuchen was mentally fatigued, his head was heavy. With a groggy mind, he tried to stare at the light in front of him.

The Elder’s praise was heard at this moment, “Excellent. Your resolve is admirable.”

Su Yuchen mind felt into a cool sensation, and he felt rejuvenated, a pure bliss.

Li Zhaoyun felt the gaze of the Elder, he immediately answered, “They are starting in there, Elder. You can have a look.”

Li Zhaoyun passed the crystal to the Elder.

The Elder’s finger was pressed onto Su Yuchen’s forehead.

Su Yuchen was electrified and when the haze faded away, a naked figure was magnified in front him. He panicked, and then he couldn’t feel his body. “Don’t worry about anything and observe carefully.” The Elder’s voice rang in his mind.

The naked figure was a man with his private parts covered. His body had many traces of wounds. There were large patches of purple bruises all over his body, with a sunken chest.

“Brother Wang, I can see the cuts, shall I open them?” A voice resounded. Su Yuchen could focus his attention towards the source of the voice. The voice belonged to a man with a sharp gaze and sly eyes. He was facing a man with focused and intense eyes.

Brother Wang shook his head, “I will do it. Just learn from me. You can do it next.”

He held a translucent blade, steadily and slowly hovered it over the abdomen of the unconscious man, light pierced the skin. The man’s skin parted away as if a door was opened. No blood oozed from the deep, long cut.

The blade disappeared, “Did you see? Open the closed cuts with this proportion of power.”

The sly eyes glowed with a green light. “I can do it.”

Brother Wang pushed his finger into the cut and pushed it deeply, he showed the flesh to the sly eyes. “Observe the flesh carefully. Yang Yuhan transformed his flesh using a Storm Ember Fowl’s flesh. See this particular portion, it’s pale and weak. Now observe this.”

He reopened a cut on the thigh, “The layers here also have a similar portion. It’s not as prominent as the one on the abdomen, but it is still weak.”

“These flaws of the flesh are where we need to apply the poison. Only here.”

The sly eyes nodded his head.

“Show me your cut.” Brother Wang ordered the sly eyes.

The sly eyes immediately reopened a cut. After probing, he couldn’t find any flaw, “There’s no flaw.”

“You are unlucky.” Brother Wang commented. “Try again.”

The sly eyes followed. “This should be considered a flaw, right?” he asked his doubt while pressing the flesh on the chest.

“You are unlucky. That’s just a very good transformed piece of flesh.” Brother Wang commented. “Try again.”

“This is a flaw.” The sly eyes shouted excitedly.

Brother Wang observed the flesh and said, “Compare the three flaws we have found still now.”

The sly eyes grabbed the opened flesh cuts and examined them carefully, “The one I found is of different colour than the flaws you found.” He turned his head towards Brother Wang and asked his thoughts, “Is this flesh transformed from a different Storm Ember Fowl beast?”

Brother Wang nodded, “From two unrelated beasts, so there’s no bond. Even though Yang Yuhan’s flesh is still human, these flaws destroy the harmony. An incomplete transformation like this should be capitalised. Reopen every cut and remember these differences. We will need to change the dose of the poison for each flaw.”

“Relax your power and let out some blood.”

The sly eyes relaxed power on a cut and caught the oozing blood with his power. The hovered on his finger.

Brother Wang observed and commented, “No abnormalities. Let me check the blood veins.”

Brother Wang pressed on a blood vessel and probed the blood vein all over the body with his spiritual power. “The blood vessels might need new cuts, let’s skip it.”

He focused on the first cut he reopened and then pushed his finger into it. After directly using spiritual power on it, he commented, “The liver is also not injured. Check other organs.”

“None.” The sly eyes answered after checking.

Brother Wang once again made sure by checking personally himself. His chuckled resounded in the room, “Yang Yuhan is lucky. He only got small physical injuries. If only there was a poison I can prepare for his soul.”

“Should I ask the elder to prepare some, Brother Wang?” The sly eyes asked.

“No need. Yang Yuhan can die with just the poison we made.” Brother Wang expressed disdainfully.

He asked, “Did you prepare all the ingredients according to the Storm Ember Fowl beast’s information?”

The sly eyes took out different types of box while answering, “Yes. I also read everything about the beast and prepared all the ingredients mentioned in the book you gave me, Brother Wang.”

Brother Wang stated, “We will be making a weak poison, and it also needs to hide deeply in his body.”

“Why are we making a weak poison?” The sly eyes was confused.

“Yang Yuhan needs to live a little longer. He can only die after the commotion of the secret realm dies down.” Brother Wang answered.