The players who had gone on a mission to the border city of Bata Sin and experienced the "Bata Sin Massacre" firsthand hadn't returned to the Crimson Castle until noon the next day, traveling at top speed by horse-drawn carriage.
By the time they disembarked at the camp, the number of novices who had completed the Black Iron Trial had exceeded 7.
Apart from Little Wei Ming, all of them are the old guys in the Happy Stick team.
Obviously, a streamlined, highly successful strategy had been developed by the cunning fellow of the Happy Stick.
At present, the only thing hindering the level 10 novices from completing the Black Iron Trial was no longer their individual strength or skill refinement, but rather that the stock of burning fuel in Cui Si's Alchemy Shop was critically low.