The next morning, when the sun shone through the window and into the room, Severin looked at the


    beautiful woman lying next to him. He sat up and kissed Gilda on the forehead, and then got dressed


    quietly.


    After he walked out of Gilda’s room feeling all refreshed, he went to the yard to do some boxing before


    going to the training room again. After the breakthrough in cultivation, Severin nned to refine more


    alchemical pills for Diane and the others.


    Meanwhile, in a quaint courtyard located in Sixth Mountain, Emery was refining alchemical pills. Her


    mind


    began to wander as she recalled what she had experienced in the past two days. As a result, she did


    not


    notice that the fire was too strong and the alchemical pills became burnt.


    When the beautiful woman in pce clothes next to her saw this, she said softly. “Emery, why bother to


    refine alchemical pills when your focus is obviously not in it?”


    The beautiful woman was none other than the peak master of Sixth Mountain, Danie Phix. She also


    happened to be Emery’s master.


    –


    Unlike core disciples like Celeste who stayed at Sixth Mountain, Danie only had one disciple –


    Emery.


    She knew that her disciple had always been arrogant. Her talent in alchemy was not much inferior to


    that


    of Celeste, and she had always wanted topete for a spot in being a core disciple.


    She was usually praised by her peers as the sect’s genius alchemist. In fact, she had many worshipers


    who put her on a pedestal, so she did not expect that one day she would be surpassed by someone in


    the


    path of alchemy.


    Although Danie was the peak master of Sixth Mountain and her cultivation level put her at level eight.


    paragon, she did not know much about the going–ons between the junior disciples. However, she did


    hear that Emery was obsessed with the Top Alchemist ranking. She looked tenderly at Emery, who had


    be much gaunter due to the blow she received to her self–esteem.


    Emery snapped back to the present, and immediately realized that she had been distracted while


    refining alchemical pills, so she quickly apologized. “Sorry, I didn’t mean to burn the alchemical pills.”


    Seeing her disciple’s devastated look, Danie sighed Inwardly, and then scolded, “Idiot! Losing once


    doesn’t mean it’s the end of the world! You can always try again. You should just stay here and take


    over


    my position as peak master if you can’t even handle a small fallure like that!”


    She could not help but chake her head in disappointment. Danie knew Emery had devoted herself to


    the Alchemy Tower ever since Severin surpassed her, because she wanted to prove that she could


    reach


    the sixth floor as well.


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    However, the more anxious Emery was, the more likely she was to make mistakes. She was only short


    of


    thest ten of the thousand alchemical pills‘ recipes required to pass the fifth level assessment, but


    because of her impatience, there was no growth for eight days straight!


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    She found it hard to ept the gap between herself and Severin! After all, she had always been put


    high


    on the pedestal, so this fall from grace was something she found very, very hard to swallow.


    To make matters worse, there was a rumor going around in the sect that Emery was nothing but a


    hack!


    Unable to ept failure, Emery had been distracted all day long in the past two days and had be


    a little haggard.


    Seeing the disappointment on Danie’s face, Emery gritted her teeth and said determinedly, “I’m going


    to


    fight him again!”


    Emery took a deep breath. She had mustered up the courage to prove herself. Failure was not


    something


    to be scared of. What she should really be scared of was losing her fighting spirit. Seeing that Emery


    had


    made up her mind, Danie stared at her quietly. Seeing the determined look in her eyes, she raised


    her


    hand and waved, and a small jade que appeared in her hand.


    Danie threw the small jade que to Emery and said calmly. I’m d to hear that. This jade que


    contains the experience I had in the Alchemy Tower in the past. There are also several notes on


    refining


    sixth–grade alchemical pills in there. You can have it.”


    After a pause, she walked up to Emery, stroked her gently on the head, and said softly. “Emery,


    remember,


    losing to others isn’t the end of the world. It’s only the end of the world if you be obsessed about


    beating your opponent to the point of losing yourself.”


    Emery teared up at Danie’s encouragement, but she willed herself to not let the tears fall. She then


    nodded gravely to show her strong fighting spirit..