The Elemental Combination Task was a multifaceted trial, intricately designed to push the limits of the candidates' blacksmithing abilities. The core challenge lay in their elemental affinities; each candidate was inherently attuned to one of the four core elements: fire, water, earth, or air. In this test, they were tasked with harnessing an element they had never wielded naturally, using specially crafted elemental tools tailored to each element's unique nature.
Lianhua stood before her workstation, her heart racing with anticipation and anxiety. She looked at the array of elemental tools before her, each representing a foreign element she had never wielded before. Her natural affinity was fire, a companion she had known all her life. The task at hand required her to harness and manipulate water, an element that was as unfamiliar to her as the Immortal Realm itself.
