Chapter 66: The Essence is Concentrated

  "This...this is getting out of hand!" Elder Qiu was so angry that he puffed out his cheeks and glared.

  "Not necessarily!" Leng Ruoxue said, she had known that Qiu Changlao would react this way, so she didn't tell him in advance. In fact, last night Liu Yan came to her and told her that he wanted to refine the Lingyuan Dan, but because the success rate was not high, he was also a little worried. Later, it was she who encouraged Liu Yan to do as he thought, without considering the outcome. It seems that Liu Yan had taken her words to heart.

  "Autumn Old Man, Liu Yan even if he fails to refine it will still be in the top three, but if he succeeds, he'll definitely be first!" Qing Ruo Xue reminded.

  "That's also true." After hearing Leng Ruoxue's words, Qiu Longlao also calmed down, sighing! It seems that he is indeed old, and can't keep up with the vigor of young people.

  On the platform, Liu Yan followed the steps and put the medicine into the furnace one by one, carefully controlling the size of the flame. When all the medicine had dissolved, he started to purify it. When the medicinal liquid was only as big as a baby's fist and could no longer be purified, he began the final step of condensing the dan...

  Because the other two people on the stage had already completed their own elixirs, everyone's attention was focused on Liu Yan for a while, especially the judges on the stage, who stared at him without blinking. If he could really refine the Lingyuan Elixir, he would be promoted to a great alchemy master.

  Liu Qing and Li Yuan were also closely watching Liu Yan, because Liu Yan's performance would also determine their fate.

  After a while, Liu Yan finally completed the last step. When he opened the dan furnace, everyone's heart, including his own, was in their throats.

  When Liu Yan saw the three white dan medicine in the center of the cinnabar furnace, he was overjoyed beyond words. He had succeeded!

  "Wow! We did it!" exclaimed Elder Qiu from below.

  She gazed calmly at the three contestants on stage with varying expressions and the numerous judges, taking in their thoughts.

  The three contestants were all alchemists, but Liu Yan had refined the Lingyuan Dan, which was enough to show that his strength had surpassed that of Longsheng College's alchemy genius Liu Qing. However, Liu Qing was also a disciple of the Deputy Director of the Alchemist Association, so she really looked forward to seeing how the judges would score.

  This time the scoring took a lot longer than before, the judges on stage were discussing in hushed tones, while the audience below was whispering to each other.

  After waiting for nearly an hour, the judges' scores came out. Liu Yan and Liu Qing were tied for first place. The reason is that the success rate of Lingyuan Dan is very unstable and cannot be used as the only basis for judgment. Therefore, Liu Yan's strength cannot be confirmed at present. If you want to do level certification, you must go to the Dan Master Association.

  "Disappointed?" Leng Ruoxue looked at Liu Yan who had just come down from the stage and asked.

  "Not disappointed, I was mentally prepared." Liu Yan smiled and said calmly, before coming to participate in the competition, his master had already reminded him, so he was prepared.

  "This is too much! How can this be?" Autumn Old Man said indignantly.

  "Old Autumn, Liu Yan doesn't care, what are you getting worked up about?" Leng Ruoxue said with a hint of amusement as she looked at Old Autumn who was jumping with rage.

  "Are you not angry?" asked Autumn Elder.

  "It doesn't matter, Liu Qing is the beloved disciple of the Vice President of the Dan Shifu Association, and those judges wouldn't dare to offend him. Besides, the eyes of the public are clear, who is truly the first, everyone has a number in their hearts, why bother fighting for that empty title?" Cold Snow explained.

  "This... is also true!" said Autumn Elder after some thought.

  "Yong Yan, since you've decided to follow me, you must remember that truly capable people don't need to rely on empty reputations to prop themselves up." Leng Ruoxue said very seriously, each person has their own moral standards, and this had always been one of her guiding principles in interacting with others.

  "Uh-huh, I'll remember that." Liu Yan replied, this was also the place where he truly admired Leng Ruoxue, he knew that the person he wanted to follow had always been one who liked to keep a low profile.

  "Let's go back! From the back door." Leng Ruoxue reminded, if it weren't for Feng Da and others blocking the way in front, Liu Yan would probably have no idea how many people would be surrounding him now.

  "Uh-huh."

  The match of Dan Master ended, and the next day was the match of Beast Tamer. Because the spiritual power consumed by Beast Tamers to tame spirit beasts is very fast, and there are not many participants, so the match of Beast Tamers only has one round. The rule of Beast Tamers' match is: within the specified time, whoever tames more spirit beasts will be the champion.

  On the day of the beast tamer competition, Leng Ruo Xue and others still accompanied Hu Bin to the competition venue early in the morning. Hu Bin was the representative of Feng Tian Academy's Beast Tamer Branch, and he got along well with everyone on the way there.

  "Hu Bin, come on!"

  "Good luck!"

  Feng Da and others came together to the scene to cheer on Hu Bin who was about to go on stage.

  "I'll work harder!" Hu Bin said confidently, these days his beast-taming skills had improved a lot!

  There were only 12 people participating in the Beast Tamer competition, most of whom were Beast Tamers, with two being Beast Masters. Hu Bin was the seventh to take the stage, and among the six before him, the most had tamed five high-level spirit beasts.

  After Hu Bin came on stage, he easily tamed 10 high-level spiritual beasts, including 3 seventh-level, 3 eighth-level, and 4 ninth-level ones. Such an achievement is already astonishing for a beast tamer.

  After domesticating 10 high-level spiritual beasts, he walked in front of the cage holding the holy beast. Because the level of a beast tamer who can domesticate a holy beast must be at least a grandmaster, and even a grandmaster can only domesticate primary or secondary holy beasts, so the holy beasts in the cages were all just 1st or 2nd level holy beasts.

  "What is he going to do? Is he trying to tame the Holy Beast?" someone in the audience couldn't help but whisper.

  "How is that possible? He's just a beast tamer, how can he possibly tame the sacred beast? Isn't he asking for death?" Another person chimed in.

  "What if it's Snow, Hu Bin wouldn't think of domesticating the Holy Beast, would he?" Autumn Elder couldn't help but ask, his heart was already in his throat.

  "It's possible!" Leng Ruoxue said calmly.

  "This... is absurd! The beast tamer thinks he can tame the sacred beast, does he not want to live?! Autumn Elder said angrily, why don't these people let him have an easy time? The beast tamer's spiritual power is insufficient to tame the sacred beast, and the consequences of failure are being counterattacked. If it's light, you'll become a fool, if it's heavy, you'll lose your life. And this Hu Bin, whether he becomes a fool or loses his life, that old thing from the Beast Tamer Division will have to find trouble with him... Ugh, these dead kids!"

  Just as Autumn Elder was jumping with joy, Hu Bin on the stage had already begun taming and about half an hour later, he successfully tamed a Holy Beast.

  The old man in autumn looked at the situation on the stage, his jaw dropped in surprise. It succeeded! It actually succeeded!

  Before the scheduled time was over, Hu Bin successfully domesticated another sacred beast. Currently, Hu Bin is in first place with 10 high-grade spiritual beasts and 2 low-grade sacred beasts, and there are still five people behind him.

  After finishing his own competition, Hu Bin walked down from the stage very calmly and composedly.

  "Hu Bin, you're not bad at all!" Autumn Old Man said with a smile. The Beast Tamer has always been the weakest subject in their college, but unexpectedly, Hu Bin made their college proud today. From now on, who would dare say that their college can't produce a great Beast Master?

  "Thanks to the young lady." Hu Bin said with some embarrassment, since he also followed Liu Yan and called Leng Ruo Xue "young lady" like Feng Da.

  "Ah, Yaotou! Why don't I also become your subordinate?" said Qiu Lao with a flattering expression, his term of address suddenly changing from Ruoxue to Yaotou.

  This journey has made him even more subdued, often making him unconsciously take Snow as the center, and not feeling any inappropriateness at all.

  "Let's talk about it when you're a free agent!" Leng Ruoxue teased, and then turned around to leave. Tomorrow was the Zijin Master competition, she had to go back early to prepare.

  "What does this girl mean?" Looking at the distant Leng Ruoxue, Qiu Longdao said with some confusion.

  "Don't you understand yet? You're not free now!" Feng Da said with a smile, leaving behind the entangled Autumn Elder who also turned and left. Anyway, the students of Fengtian Academy had already finished competing, so there was no point in them continuing to stay.

  After the Beast Tamer competition ended, Hu Bin got third place, but this was already the best result in Feng Tian Academy's history.

  Yalan Pavilion

  "Xu'er, what are you thinking about?" Ye Chen asked curiously as he saw Leng Ruoxue staring blankly in the living room.

  "I'm thinking about tomorrow's martial arts competition." said Leng Ruoxue lightly.

  "Are you worried about failing to refine a precious artifact?" Ye Chen asked with a light smile.

  "Ah!" Leng Ruo Xue felt a bit depressed. Refining equipment and refining pills were the same, both using the body's internal flame attribute, Benming Huo (Life Fire). However, Benming Huo also had levels, mainly divided into Earth Grade, Heaven Grade, and Divine Grade. The Benming Huo in her body was a Divine Grade flame, with an extremely high purification degree. Therefore, the quality of the equipment refined from it was also the highest. But tomorrow's competition, like the pill-refining competition, had one round that tested basic skills. However, even if she casually refined some equipment now, they would all be at the Sacred Artifact level... Sigh, it seemed that for tomorrow's first round, she could only forfeit.

  "If it can't be refined, then so be it. Don't think about it anymore and get some rest early!" Ye Chen said, he didn't want Xue Er to worry about this small matter.

  "Well, I'm going to sleep then."

  "Go quickly!"

  The top 20 colleges in the instrument master competition all sent representatives to participate, and the rules of the competition were similar to those of the Dan Master. However, due to the special nature of instrument refinement, only two rounds of trials were conducted, and the first place was finally determined by the judges.

  On the day of the competition, Leng Ruoxue walked into the venue surrounded by a crowd. When many people present saw that it was Leng Ruoxue who would be participating in the competition, they were shocked and amazed. Because Leng Ruoxue's performance in the team competition was truly stunning - a powerful Ling Master, combined with her noble status as an instrument master... this was simply unbearable!

  "Hey, what's wrong?" a spectator in the audience whispered to the person next to him. He saw that many people were stunned after seeing the girl, but that girl was really beautiful!

  "That girl is the champion of the group match! I didn't expect her to be a beginner, this is really too depressing!" An audience member who understood the situation explained.

  "Really? Are you sure?" someone asked with a mixture of doubt and curiosity.

  "Of course, I'm here to watch the team competition!" The man said proudly.

  "The group competition is not open to ordinary people, how did you get in?" Another person asked with a puzzled face.

  "Of course I am... it's none of your business!" The man growled in a somewhat irritated tone.

  "Ladies and gentlemen, please be quiet! The competition is about to begin." The host said as he stepped onto the stage.

  "Now, let's invite the masters who have been invited to participate in the competition to come on stage."

  As soon as the host's voice fell, the participating instrument masters walked onto the stage in an orderly manner and found their positions to start preparing.

  When the judge gave a command, the prepared artisans began to focus on refining their instruments. Each artisan carefully followed the steps, adding materials in sequence to the instrument furnace. However, only Leng Ruoxue did not move her hands.

  "What's wrong with this girl? Why isn't she moving?" Autumn Elder said with some puzzlement.

  "Huh? Elder Qiu, look at that person, is it Cong Min?" Feng Da intentionally shifted Elder Qiu's line of sight.

  "What the...?! It's her! That damned girl is actually representing Moon Shadow Academy in the tournament!" When Autumn Elder saw the school emblem on Cong Mian's body, his face twisted with rage. What was Cong Mian trying to do?

  "Autumn Elder, that Qian Min is nothing but trouble at first glance. You're actually treating her like a treasure." Lin Yuan said with disdain.

  “……”

  "After all, she is the best student in our Academy of Mechanics, so it's normal that her treatment is better than others." said Autumn Elder, wiping the sweat from his forehead.

  "Hmph! Our young lady said it, qualifications and all that aren't important, character is what's most important." Lin Yuan Dao said, having been with the young lady for a long time, he increasingly deeply felt that her words were reasonable.

  "That girl is an abnormal creature." Autumn old man couldn't help but say.

  "What? Can't refine it? Do you think being an artifact master is something anyone can do?" The already refined Cong Min looked at Leng Ruo Xue with some jealousy, provokingly saying that she was an artifact master with a top-grade innate flame, and had boundless prospects. A fool like him dared to compare with her.

  "Don't bother yourself with me, just take care of yourself." Leng Ruoxue said calmly, this kind of clown wasn't even worth her lifting a hand.

  "I'm being kind-hearted, yet you don't appreciate it?" Cong Min said with a wronged expression.

  Leng Ruo Xue couldn't help but feel speechless, did these people have to love acting so much? Weren't they tired of it?

  "You're still a student at Feng Tian Academy, right? Yet you're representing Yue Ying Academy in the competition?" Cold Snow sneered, originally not wanting to bother with her, but she just had to stir up trouble, so why be polite?!

  "Hmph! I'm no longer a student of Feng Tian Academy." Cong Min said nonchalantly.

  "Are you saying it's not, then it's not? Have you completed the formalities?" said Leng Ruoxue. In order to prevent students from being poached by other colleges, all universities have a consensus on student management. Students who have not completed any dropout procedures are still considered students of this college.

  "Do I still need to bother with such trivial matters? There will be someone to help me with that." Min said proudly, the treatment she received from Yueyue Academy was much better than Fengtian Academy, greatly satisfying her vanity.

  "I wish you all the best!" Leng Ruoxue said indifferently and ignored her.

  After the first round of competition, Cong Min got second place. The first place was Wang Wei, a refining genius from Long Sheng College. Leng Ruo Xue didn't get any scores because she failed to refine the required equipment and ranked last.

  The second round of competition can be carried out by the equipment master himself choosing his favorite equipment for refining.

  The second round of the competition has just begun, and the participating students are already rushing to refine their materials. Refining equipment is different from refining elixirs, as the materials used for refining equipment are mostly very hard, so the melting time is also longer. After melting, they need to be purified, and then molded and tempered, with more complex steps than refining elixirs, taking up more time.

  Everyone else on the scene was refining materials, but Leng Ruo Xue didn't rush to take action, instead she was thinking about what equipment she wanted to refine.

  After thinking carefully, Leng Ruo Xue began to take action. First, she ignited the furnace fire, then she put the materials into the crucible one by one. When all the materials had melted, she removed impurities and purified them. Until only a small amount was left, about the size of an infant's fist, she started shaping it according to her imagination. Finally, she tempered it.

  Although Leng Ruo Xue was the last one to take action, she was the first to complete it. When she finished her final step, the crowd below finally saw clearly that in her hand was a set of men's clothing the size of a palm, including a shirt and pants. Although the clothes were very small, they had a novel style and were a design that none of them had ever seen before. However, such small clothes, could they be worn? The crowd below couldn't help but feel some doubt.

  Leng Ruo Xue looked at the clothes in her hand with satisfaction, this should be considered a suit of armor, but she had refined it into a casual style, as for its level, it was naturally a Sacred Artifact.

  An unassuming old man on the judges' panel was staring at Leng Xue with piercing eyes, his gaze seeming to want to strip her bare.

  The legendary divine fire! The old man never thought in his dreams that he would see the legendary flames.

  It's a given that, whether it's for equipment or alchemy, flames are crucial. The higher the level of flame you have, the better the quality of the equipment or elixir produced will be. So, the grade of that suit of armor won't be low at all.

  However, he did not expect that someone would actually use the legendary divine refining technique. To know, ordinary equipment refining techniques are unable to refine armor and other equipment into something so compact, only the legendary divine refining technique can do this.

  Divine Refining Technique! He had only heard his master mention it before, so now on the entire Liangfeng Continent, besides him, there wouldn't be a second person who knew about it.

  The legendary Sacred Flame! The legendary Sacred Refining Technique! Who is this girl, anyway? Her talent is truly something that makes one unable to even think of feeling jealous.

  "Is this what you've refined? It's also, with just that tiny flame of yours, it's only enough to refine something as small as this." Cong Min walked in front of Leng Ruo Xue and ridiculed her. Just now, she saw the flame on Leng Ruo Xue's hand that was smaller than a fingernail, and almost laughed out loud. Can such a small flame even refine equipment?

  "The essence is condensed! The flame is just enough, and more is wasted." Lan Ruoxue said calmly.

  "You're really frugal, but if the judges don't like this thing you've refined, then you'll really end up in last place." Cong Min said with a delighted and mischievous expression, seeing Leng Ruo Xue make a fool of herself made her happy!

  "You're not a judge, how can you be sure the judges won't look down on it?" Leng Ruoxue said nonchalantly, she really didn't care much about rankings, she was very clear about her own level, and didn't need others to evaluate.

  "Hmph! Let's see about that." Cong Min said angrily, turning back to his own position.

  "Xue Er, what are you refining? Is it armor?" Feng Mo Ran asked with some curiosity as he saw Leng Ruoxue come down from the stage.

  "Hmm, it's armor." said Leng Ruoxue.

  "Yatou, everyone is waiting for the results on stage, why did you come down?" Seeing that only Leng Ruo Xue had walked down from the stage, Qiu Shang Lao asked with some concern. If Ruo Xue acted like this, she would be considered impolite by those proud judges and her score wouldn't be good either.

  "I'm tired, I'll go back and rest first. Remember to help me bring the armor back." Leng Ruoxue glanced at Qiu Changlao, she knew that before the results came out, this old man would never leave here.

  After finishing speaking, Leng Ruo Xue and Ye Chen returned to 'Ya Lan Ge' together.

  "I'm going to sleep, don't disturb me unless it's something important." Leng Ruo Xue said to the demon before entering the room.

  "Uh-huh, got it."

  "Sorry, everyone. My young lady is resting and not receiving guests." Feng Da blocked the door to Leng Ruoxue's room, saying to those who wanted to see his young lady, "How annoying are these people? They were told not to visit, yet they not only won't leave but also want to force their way in!"

  "What's going on outside? Why is it so noisy?" In the room, Leng Ruoxue opened her eyes somewhat discontentedly. She hated being disturbed while she was sleeping the most.

  "Master, many people have come outside." Mei said, who was still nestled in Leng Ruo Xue's bosom.

  "Go and see who it is?" Leng Ruoxue said angrily.

  Upon hearing Leng Ruoxue's words, Mei transformed into a beam of white light and left the room, but soon returned.

  "It's the Association of Toolmakers and people from various families, they all want to see you." Mei explained.

  "What are you looking at?" said Leng Ruoxue with a hint of annoyance in her sleepy voice.

  "Xue Er, wake up?" Leng Ruo Han lightly knocked on the door and walked in.

  "Xue Er, the people from Qi Shi Gong Hui want to see you," said Leng Ruo Han. Everyone else from the various families had been sent away, but the people from Qi Shi Gong Hui refused to leave.

  "I'm going to sleep." Leng Ruo Xue said somewhat willfully, she just wanted to sleep, but... why was it so hard to get some rest?

  "Xue Er, Grandfather said that it's better not to offend the people from Qishi Gonghui." Leng Ruohan said, he knew Xue Er didn't have any intention of joining Qishi Gonghui, but since Qishi Gonghui had a transcendent status, it was naturally good to get along with them.

  "Alright then!" Leng Ruoxue said after a moment of thought. In fact, she was very clear about the purpose of the arrival of the instrument master, so she didn't want to have any contact with them.

  After getting up as cool as snow, she simply washed and dressed, then went straight to the living room.

  When Leng Ruoxue walked into the living room, she saw an ordinary-looking old man sitting next to her grandfather, chatting with him. Behind the old man stood two middle-aged men.

  "Grandpa."

  Xue Er has arrived

  "Xue Er, this old gentleman is a representative of the Qixinggong Association," Leng Qingtian introduced.

  "Sorry to keep you waiting." Lan Ruoxue said politely, this old man she knew was one of the judges of the alchemy competition.

  "It's all right, I know you've all been working hard these days." The old man said kindly, without any displeasure on his face.

  "My name is Leng Ruoxue, I don't know how to address you?"

  "Little girl, am I that old? I quite like you, little girl, and I'd like to be friends with you despite our age difference. Would you do this old man the honor?" The old man said pitifully.

  His face as cold as snow, with a scowl on his forehead, is this old man acting spoiled?

  It's not just her, Leng Qingtian and the two middle-aged men behind him also looked very embarrassed when they heard this.

  "Little girl, if you don't speak up, I'll take it as your consent!" The old man said slyly, with a quick flash of sharp light in his eyes.

  Leng Ruo Xue nodded helplessly, it seemed that this old man was going to take advantage of her. However, no matter what his purpose was, she wasn't afraid.

  "You two little rascals come and pay your respects to Master Shu." The old man bellowed loudly.

  "Yes, Master." The two middle-aged men replied obediently.

  “……”

  The black lines on her forehead are more numerous than the snow, Master! How did she become Master?!

  "Old people..."

  "Don't call me an old man, just call me a dirty old man." The old man protested.

  "Alright then, old man, I'm not their aunt!" Leng Ruoxue said, the old man's identity was a mystery to her and she really didn't want to get too entangled with him.

  "How can you not be? We're of the same generation, and they're also your disciples. Of course, you should call me Shu!" The old man said with great reason.

  As for this old man's idea, Leng Ruo Xue was somewhat speechless. Did this old man have to be so persistent in getting involved with her?

  "Master uncle, we'll be troubling you again in the future." The two middle-aged men said with great tact, hitting the nail on the head, and listening to Master's words is always correct.

  At their age, don't they have any of their own opinions? Why are they so obedient to the master's words? Leng Ruoxue was helpless...

  In fact, Leng Ruo Xue didn't know that in this world, the relationship between masters and disciples was, in a certain sense, even closer than blood ties, especially for special professions like equipment masters, alchemy masters, and beast tamers.

  Leng Ruoxue gazed at the three master and disciples, this old man's level she couldn't see, however, these two disciples were both low-level Spirit Kings, their innate talents were quite ordinary. After thinking for a moment, Leng Ruoxue took out two Xǐ Suī Dān (Mind Cleansing Pills).

  "These are two pills of hair wash, I'll give them to you!" said Leng Ruoxue. She originally didn't want to give any gifts, but being called "Shifu" by these two middle-aged people, she felt that if she didn't show some courtesy, it would feel strange in her heart.

  "Master's uncle gave you, don't hurry up and take it." The old man shouted.

  "Thank you, Master." The two of them hesitated for a moment before obediently taking the medicinal pellets from Leng Ruoxue's hand. In fact, they didn't want them in the first place. After all, the Marrow Cleansing Pellets weren't some kind of precious medicine, and their effects were quite ordinary. Moreover, with their status and position, there was no medicine that they couldn't get their hands on! So in their hearts, they really didn't think much of these insignificant Marrow Cleansing Pellets. However, they didn't dare disobey Master's words.

  Leng Ruo Xue could naturally see that they didn't think much of the hair washing medicine, but she wasn't too bothered because she was very clear that in everyone's heart, the hair washing medicine was a mediocre medicine, and this was just people's normal reaction. If they clearly looked down on it but pretended to be grateful, then she would really feel disgusted!

  "Girl, you have a competition the day after tomorrow, so I won't disturb you. Take this, if anything happens in the future, just go to the Qixing Pavilion and find these two kids for help." The old man finished speaking, tossed a black token to Leng Ruoxue, and left directly.

  "Goodbye, General Leng, Master Shibo." The two middle-aged men said, and followed their master to leave together.

  "Grandfather, who are they?" asked Leng Ruoxue with some confusion, she still didn't know the identities of these three master and disciples.

  "Grandpa didn't know either, they just said it was the Qishi Guild," Leng Qingtian said. The Qishi Guild had always been low-key, so he wasn't very familiar with the people from the Qishi Guild.

  "Grandpa, has Autumn returned?"

  "He's back, and as soon as he got back, he went into his room," said Leng Qingtian.

  "I'm going to look for Old Man Qiu."

  "Master, why don't we invite Leng Ruoxue to join the Qishi Guild?" A middle-aged man couldn't help but ask after leaving the "Ya Lan Pavilion".

  "Our temple is too small for her!" The old man sighed.

  "Master, you're..."

  "From now on, when you see her, you must respect her like a master. Also, the two elixirs she gave you, take them after you return, who knows, there might be a miracle." The old man interrupted his apprentice's words, half commanding, he believed in his own judgment, that girl might become their benefactor in the future.

  "Yes, Master." Although they were skeptical of Leng Ruoxue's abilities, they deeply believed in and even blindly worshiped their own master's words.

  "Lao Qiu." Leng Ruo Xue arrived at Lao Qiu's room door and knocked on it.

  However, there was no response in the room for half a day. Just as Leng Ruoxue turned around and prepared to leave, the door suddenly opened.

  "Autumn old man, has my armor been returned?" asked Leng Ruoxue as she walked into the room.

  "It's back," said Old Qiu.

  "Give it to me."

  "Here." Old Man Qiu somewhat reluctantly handed over the suit of armor that he had studied for half a day, but couldn't figure out its origins, to Leng Ruo Xue's hands.

  "Girl! For this armor, I almost lost my life, shouldn't you compensate me well?!" Autumn old man said with a expectant face.

  "Autumn elder, what does this have to do with your life?" Leng Ruoxue asked somewhat puzzled.

  "It's all because of this armor! With this armor, you won the championship of the Refining Equipment Competition. Do you know how chaotic the scene was at that time? Many colleges asked the judges for an explanation, but when the judge said that your armor was the highest level equipment refined in this competition, the scene was brought under control." Qiu Changlao recounted the scene to Leng Ruoxue.

  "Oh, so they have said levels?" asked Leng Ruoxue casually.

  "No! That's right, Ruo Xue, is that armor a spiritual artifact?" Autumn Old Man asked with some curiosity. Apart from Cold Ruo Xue's armor, the highest level of equipment refined at that time was an extreme treasure-level long knife, so he guessed that the armor should be a spiritual artifact.

  What a fine piece of equipment! At least it must be a Master Artificer who can refine it.

  "Autumn elder, what do you plan to do about Cong Min?" Leng Ruo Xue changed the subject and asked.

  "What about her? Her grades have already been cancelled." said Autumn Elder happily.

  "Has his identity been exposed?" asked Leng Ruoxue.

  "How did you know?" This girl is really clever, she wasn't even at the scene at that time, but she was still able to guess it.

  "Otherwise, how could she have her results cancelled? With her strength, being in the top three is a certainty." Leng Ruoxue said objectively.

  "She was originally in third place, but since she is still a student of our college, yet participated in the competition on behalf of Moon Shadow College, her identity was exposed by Flying Bird College and her ranking was cancelled." Autumn Elder explained with some schadenfreude.

  "Oh."

  "Autumn is old, and there's still a competition tomorrow, I'll head back to my room first." The two chatted for a while longer, said Han Xue.

  "Rest early, Ru Xue!" said Autumn Elder with concern.

  "Brother." Leng Ruo Xue came directly to Leng Ruo Han's room after leaving Autumn Elder's room.

  "Xue Er, why haven't you slept yet?" asked Leng Ruo Han.

  "Brother didn't sleep either, brother, this is for you." Leng Ruoxue handed over the armor she had refined during the competition to Leng Ruohan, which was originally tailored for her brother.

  "Give me?" Leng Ruo Han said with a hint of surprise.

  "Otherwise, brother thought I was refining for whom?" asked Leng Ruoxue mischievously.

  "I thought it was for Ye Chen!" said Leng Ruohan.

  "Brother, this is tailored specifically for you, and only you are suitable! Just acknowledge it directly." Cold Ruo Xue explained, handing over the casual-style armor to Cold Ruo Han.

  "Xue Er, thank you." Leng Ruo Han gently pulled his sister into his arms.

  "Brother, don't be so polite to Xue Er, or she'll get angry!" Leng Ruo Xue said with a deliberately stern face.

  "Alright, brother won't say thank you to Xue Er anymore." Leng Ruo Han said coldly.

  "That's right! Brother, I'm going back to my room to sleep. You should rest early too." said Leng Ruo Xue.

  "Uh-huh."

  "What are you doing here?" Leng Ruoxue returned to her own room and saw Ye Chen in her room.

  "Xue Er, you're being unfair! I want some too!" Ye Chen complained with a hint of grievance, his dark starry eyes sparkling with a faint glimmer.

  Her face as cold as snow, with a hint of black lines on her forehead, she stared at him. What is this demon planning to do? Is he going to cry or something?

  "What do you want?" asked Leng Ruoxue, feigning ignorance.

  "Armor! I want one too." Ye Chen said jealously, although Leng Ruohan was Xue'er's brother, it didn't mean he wouldn't get jealous.

  "I'll make one for you when I have time." Leng Ruoxue said somewhat helplessly.

  "This is about right." Seeing his goal achieved, Ye Chen smiled lightly.

  "I remember saying that you're not allowed to smile." Cold Snow suddenly said, this demon's shocking and heavenly smile was something no woman could resist, except for her.

  "There's no outsider here." Ye Chen said nonchalantly. How can this little thing's resistance be so strong? Can't she just faint for once?

  After Ye Chen left her room, she directly flashed into the '乾坤镯' and Xiao Fengfeng, Yan and three little white tigers all pounced towards her. Leng Ruoxue looked at the several small things that were trying to climb onto her body with some helplessness, bent down, and directly picked up the several fluffy little guys.

  "Sister, Maple misses you." The little Silver Wolf said in a delicate voice.

  "Sister, I miss you too." Yan also said with a hint of sadness.

  "And us, sister." The three little white tigers didn't want to be ignored either.

  "I know, sister also misses you guys, haven't been naughty, have you?" said Leng Ruoxue, since the start of the inter-academy competition, she had spent much less time in the 'Dry Universe Ring'.

  "Sister." Qing Jue appeared in front of Leng Ruo Xue and said.

  "Go ahead and play among yourselves, I'm going to cultivate." Leng Ruoxue said, she had been cultivating the second layer of 'Reversing Heaven's Decree', but for now, there was no sign of a breakthrough.

  Leng Ruoxue walked into the Purple Bamboo House, and as usual, she first went to take a look at the sleeping baby, then walked into the cultivation chamber to cultivate quietly.

  When Leng Ruo Xue came out of the 'Qian Kun Chui', it was already late at night on the second day. Fortunately, she had told Yao Jiao in advance that she would be cultivating, otherwise they would have been worried to death!

  After Leng Ruo Xue came out, she went directly to the 'Ya Lan Pavilion', which was arranged by Feng Tian Academy as a reception room. She saw that everyone was there.

  "Xu'er." Leng Qingtian was the first to see his granddaughter.

  "Grandfather, what are you talking about?" asked Leng Ruo Xue with some curiosity.

  "Autumn Elder is arranging their tactics for tomorrow." said Cold Cang Tian.

  "Isn't it going to be a singles match starting tomorrow?" Leng Ruoxue said, the strength of the singles is the most important, and secondly, it depends on the performance at the scene.

  "Yes, Yu Xue, I was telling them about the unexpected things that might happen in past competitions." said Autumn Elder.

  "Is the unexpected referring to a dark horse?" Ling Ruo Xue guessed.

  "How did you know?" asked Autumn Elder in surprise.

  "Otherwise, what other unexpected things could happen? It's not like someone would drug us before the competition, right?" Cold Snow teased.

  Qiu's eyes widened in disbelief as he stared at Leng Ruoxue, who said another sentence "How did you know?" This girl is really amazing.

  "Is this really the case?" Leng Ruo Xue was also somewhat surprised, but after thinking about it, she understood. In those students' minds, individual competitions were far more important than team competitions. After all, individual competitions not only affected their ranking and honor, but also determined their future prospects and status within their families.

  "It used to happen in the past, but later on all universities strengthened their vigilance to prevent similar things from happening." Elder Qiu explained.

  "Right, young lady, you don't know the rules of the individual competition yet, do you?" Autumn Old Man said.

  "Hmm." Leng Ruoxue nodded slightly.

  "Tomorrow, the individual tournament will begin. The individual tournament will last for 12 days and there are 300 students participating. The first two days will be the preliminary round, with each student competing in two matches per day. Students will compete against each other, and the winners will advance to the next round. After the two-day preliminary round, 19 students will advance to the semifinals. However, on the second day of the preliminary round and the third day of the semifinals, one lucky student will directly advance to the next round. The final round will use a round-robin system, with five matches per day for nine days. Of course, there will be rest periods arranged during the competition, but that's roughly the process." Elder Qiu explained.

  "Xue Er, every personal match is quite brutal, so you must be on high alert." Leng Ruo Han reminded.

  "Don't worry, brother." said Leng Ruoxue reassuringly.

  "Now everyone should be clear! Let's all go back to our rooms and rest early!" Autumn Elder urged.

  On the morning of the first day of the preliminary round, Leng Ruo Xue and others arrived early at the competition venue of Yue Ying College, re-drew their numbers, and then sat on the chairs waiting to go on stage...

  "It's you!" A girl from Longsheng College walked up to Leng Ruo Xue.

  "Xue Er, do you know her?" asked Feng Mo Ran softly, sitting next to Leng Ruo Xue, that woman's gaze was very unfriendly!

  "I don't know."

  "How dare you say you don't know me? I am Ximen Ya, the princess of Beiliang Kingdom." The girl named Ximen Ya shouted, her intense anger distorting her beautiful face.

  "I don't know you, and I'm very busy, no time to get to know those nobodies." Leng Ruoxue said calmly, but in fact she had recognized the woman as soon as she came over, she just didn't want to bother with her.

  "Ximen Ya was so angry that he couldn't speak."

  "It's my turn now." Leng Ruo Xue said, directly ignoring Xi Men Ya who was so angry that he almost vomited blood, and walked towards the stage.

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