Around the same time that things were finishing up outside the city wall with Yi Min's arrival, Qing Yi was making her way up the mountain towards the second test of the alchemy competition. Not knowing what awaited her this time around, while hoping that it would not be something similar to the first test.
Even if she was indeed an Expert Alchemist, her knowledge regarding different spiritual herbs did severely lag behind the other participants who had studied alchemy for years before she even made her first potion!
The first test would have been way easier for her, if she recognized at least one of the spiritual herbs that she needed to find a substitute for…
It really looked like she would have to read through some more spiritual herb encyclopaedias when she returned back to the sect again. At least that way, she would not encounter a situation like she had during the first test. Not knowing anything about the spiritual herbs she needed to find a substitute for.
