While Jing Yan was undergoing the alchemy assessment, and refining elixirs, Gao Zhao Hai deliberately spoke out loud in an attempt to influence Jing Yan's alchemy and cause his assessment to fail.
Such behavior would certainly be despised.
Within the Alchemist Association, everyone knew that Gao Zhao Hai was Vice President Xu Dong's man. His actions unavoidably led people to associate them with Xu Dong.
Furthermore, it was clear that Jing Yan sided with Vice President Liu Wen, which was enough to make Xu Dong dissatisfied with Jing Yan. Therefore, it was only natural that Xu Dong did not wish for Jing Yan to pass the assessment.
Now that Jing Yan had successfully passed the assessment and joined the Alchemist Association, it was as if he'd firmly slapped Xu Dong in the face, causing Xu Dong's prestige to suffer another Waterloo. In the covert struggle between Xu Dong and Liu Wen, Liu Wen seemed to be gaining the upper hand.
