Chapter 105 Nalan Yanran Wants to Break Off the Engagement (Part 1)
"Liu Ling, do you have anything else to say?" Qi Mier frowned and said in a deep voice.
Liu Ling walked forward quickly and glanced at Xiao Se in the direction where Nalan Yanran was looking, unwillingly saying, "Vice President Qie Mier, if you want to refine the Ironwood Spiritual Liquid ten times, you need at least a fourth-grade peak alchemist like you to do it. Even in the entire Jiama Empire, the only people who can refine it ten times are my teacher Dan Wang Gu He, President Fama, and you. He, a second-grade alchemist, can never do it. Therefore, I suspect that there is something wrong with the instrument, and I apply for a new set of instruments to test again."
Seeing Liu Ling's unwilling expression, Xiao Se sneered and used the Crane Controlling Dragon Technique to suck the jade bottle out of the instrument. He said calmly, "Why bother? Just take the medicine you extracted and try it out, and you'll know if the instrument is broken or not. At worst, let Vice President Qie Mier personally check it out. It won't go wrong, right?"
"Okay, I don't believe you can get twelve points." As he spoke, Liu Ling took out the liquid medicine he had made from the ring and put it into the testing instrument. A red light flashed, and the pointer of the instrument finally stopped on the number 'eight'.
'Eight points', it was indeed good. If Xiao Se had not appeared, Liu Ling would have been tied for first place with another more powerful third-grade alchemist. But now with Xiao Se's twelve points, it no longer seemed so outstanding.
"Vice President Qiemi, I'm leaving it to you." Xiao Se used the technique of controlling the crane and capturing the dragon again, handed out the jade bottle, and then slowly floated in front of Qiemi.
"What an amazing fighting spirit control skill." Seeing that Xiao Se could move objects through the air, everyone in the room was immediately surprised. They couldn't help but become more convinced of the authenticity of Xiao Se's achievement.
Qie Mier nodded slightly, took the jade bottle, and tested it. His face looked a little bad at the moment. Liu Ling had gone too far. Whether the test equipment was broken or not was obvious to everyone. Just because he got full marks, he casually questioned the authenticity of others' scores. This was a kind of disrespect for any alchemist. If the former was not a disciple of the Pill King, he would have called someone to kick him out.
After a moment, Qie Mier's expression slowly returned to calm. He looked at Xiao Se with gentle eyes and said with a smile, "The purity of your medicinal materials has reached an extremely high level. Even I may not be able to extract it. Twelve points is more than enough."
After saying that, Qi Mier looked at Liu Ling and said indifferently: "Liu Ling, do you still need me to ask President Fama to come and personally identify it?"
As soon as Qiemi finished speaking, everyone in the room knew that he was angry, and they stopped talking and waited quietly for Liu Ling's reply.
Once again acting as a clown, Liu Ling's face was almost twisted into the color of liver. He glanced at Nalan Yanran and found that she was looking at him with a hint of disgust. His dissatisfaction with Xiao Se deepened again. He smiled bitterly at Qie Mier and said, "Master Qie Mier, Liu Ling knows his mistake."
"Hmph." Qi Mier snorted and ignored Liu Ling. His eyes suddenly turned to Xiao Se, and his face became gentle again. He then said to Xiao Se and the others in a serious tone: "First of all, congratulations to everyone for passing the guild's internal test. Tomorrow, the real competition will begin. In addition to our alchemists, neighboring countries like the Izumo Empire will also send outstanding alchemists to participate. Their strength should not be underestimated. You must do your best to win glory for your country. If the championship of the competition is won by other countries, it will be a disgrace to our Gama Empire."
Xiao Se listened to Qi Mier's high-sounding speech, but it went in one ear and out the other. Now that his soul power had reached the level of a fifth-grade alchemist, and he had used Long Kui's power to refine fifth-grade pills many times before, it would not be a big problem for him to refine fifth-grade pills and win the competition.
However, when he heard the word Izumo Empire, his expression couldn't help but become solemn. According to the original novel, Xiao Yixiang should have gone to the Izumo Empire. He hadn't seen her for nearly two years. Will she come this time?
After a while, Qie Mier finished his long speech. Everyone bowed to Qie Mier and other fourth-grade alchemists one by one and then dispersed.
"Mr. Xiao Huohuo, please wait a moment." Xiao Se was about to leave when a clear sound of jade sounded behind him, followed by a light and ethereal voice like the sound of nature, which made him stop in surprise. He turned his head to look at Nalan Yanran who was walking quickly, and pretended to be puzzled and asked, "Girl, who are you?"
Nalan Yanran showed a gentle smile on her face, "I am Nalan Yanran, a disciple of Yun Yun, the leader of Yun Lan Sect."
Xiao Se pretended to be in a daze, ignoring Liu Ling's murderous gaze, and said calmly: "I wonder what Miss Nalan is doing?"
Nalan Yanran looked around, hesitated for a moment, took a deep breath, and whispered: "It's not convenient to talk here. I wonder if Mr. Xiao Huohuo can talk to Yanran while we walk. Yanran has a few questions I want to ask Mr. Xiao Huohuo."
Xiao Se nodded slowly, guessing roughly what Nalan Yanran's purpose was, and said lightly: "Okay."
After saying that, Xiao Se turned around and walked out of the test hall under Liu Ling's gaze of envy, jealousy, hatred, and other mixed emotions. Nalan Yanran was slightly stunned, and then quickly followed.
The two walked side by side and finally disappeared from Liu Ling's sight.
Looking at Xiao Se walking side by side with Nalan Yanran, Liu Ling's face darkened completely. He clenched his fists tightly in his sleeves, making his fingers slightly pale. He sneered in a low voice, "You are only better than me in controlling fire. True alchemy is not just about refining medicinal materials. When the competition comes, I will let you know what a true third-grade alchemist is."
Walking out of the examination hall, Nalan Yanran walked side by side with Xiao Se. From time to time, she gave Xiao Se strange looks, which made the corners of his mouth twitch.
"Why are you looking at me like that, Miss Nalan?" Xiao Se said helplessly, unable to bear Nalan Yanran's strange gaze.
Nalan Yanran looked Xiao Se up and down again and said slowly, "I was wondering if you and my teacher were talking about the same person."
"If you are talking about Xiao Huohuo whom I met on the flying monster, then it must be me." Xiao Se admitted frankly.
Hearing this, Nalan Yanran's beautiful eyes lit up instantly, and she asked excitedly, "So you are different."
"Shh." Xiao Se made a shushing gesture to her and whispered, "Please keep it a secret, Miss Nalan."
Nalan Yanran nodded excitedly, blinked her beautiful eyes at Xiao Se, and said with a smile: "Yanran will keep her mouth shut. But Yanran still wants to ask, why did you reject such a generous condition from my teacher? If you had agreed at the beginning, you might have become the young master of Yunlan Sect now. By the way."
"And by the way, I become your junior brother, right?" Xiao Se twitched the corner of his mouth and continued.