“She's just Maria's servant... Vivian, who had been grumbling to herself, stopped when she realized something was wrong. She narrowed her eyes, trying to see more clearly.

Vivian frowned as she stared at Maria's maid. "Why was she faster than me?" she murmured to herself.

Well, the formula of the Concentration Pill was open to the public, and anyone could get a hand on it.

Still, it was shocking to Vivian that Isla had finished three steps faster than she did. That wasn't normal.

And to think that the person who was seemingly better at making pills than her was a mere servant of the Lemna Yard, Vivian couldn't accept it.

“Isla must have missed a few steps. That had to be it. Her pills would surely not last long because of the inefficacy of the pill and its materials!" Vivian said to herself quietly and nodded determinedly, convincing herself of this. Soon enough, she began to feel better.

Meanwhile, Isla squatted down and steadily ground the key herd. Vivian looked further and saw Maria who was also making a pill.

She was consoled when she saw Maria, who was way slower than her with two steps lagged.

How obvious! After all, Maria was only a lame talent at the primary stage of the first grade. Clumsy was precisely what she had to be. Vivian smirked and crossed her arms proudly.

Maria however, was too focused on what she was doing to feel anyone's gaze on her.

Instead, Maria just glanced at Isla who was beside her and said, “Making pills is just like planting a tree, Isla. You need to take your time and grind perfectly. Speed is not that important.”

“Uh. Okay, Miss Maria. I'LL pay attention to it," Isla said and bowed her head.

Vivian squinted her eyes at this and scoffed.

She didn't get what Maria's problem with speed was. Skill was something that came with practice. Besides, it was just a first grade pill Vivian smiled to herself, thinking that Maria was just jealous of her own servant.

As if that wasn't enough, Maria continued, "If you make the pill ina hurry, despite that you may respect the procedures perfectly, in the end, the final effect will be no more than 80% of a perfect pill. You should also be very careful when cleaning up the medicinal materials You must clean it perfectly at least three times before using it to make pills." 3849 00%

Isla nodded repeatedly. To Vivian's shock, Isla took out a small notebook to write everything Maria said.

Vivian furrowed her eyebrows in disbelief. Maria was taking herself for a teacher now?

Vivian almost Laughed out at how ridiculous it was.

Maria was the worst talent in the clan for crying out Loud. She was so useless that she didn't even have the talent of a pill alchemist. Yet, she thought she was qualified to give lessons.

If it weren't for the fact that the formula for making the Concentration Pill was at the reach of the public, and that producing the entry-level pill didn't require the talent of a pill alchemist, it would be impossible for Maria to make the Concentration Pill.

Vivian was most proud of one thing right now. Her Concentration Pill could at least reach 70% of the efficacy of a perfect one.

In the preliminary one, the efficacy of her pill was 67%. It wasn't bad for a standard pill.

After that part of the competition passed, Vivian asked Elton for advice and gave him a gift in exchange for his help. After that she was able to improve on the effect of her pill.

The only thing that bothered her was that she didn't know the efficacy of the Concentration Pills made by Maria and Isla in the preliminary. Why the hell was it not announced?