Chapter 381: clusion! Princess Yao Yue’s Invitation!

  "So handsome!"

  At this moment, whether in the audience seats or the VIP area, several young girls were casting admiring g Liu Ling, their hearts fluttering.

  "With Liu Ling's performahere's no doubt he'll be the champion of this petition!"

  Fa Ma stroked his white beard, his face full of admiration as he spoke.

  Behind Liu Ling, Princess Yao Yue stuck out her tongue and curiously asked, "Liu Ling, what have you been up to these past few years? How did you suddenly bee so powerful?"

  "Because I'm a genius!"

  Liu Ling shrugged slightly at the princess's question, then began tidying up the items ooform.

  Upon hearing Liu Ling's unabashed response, Princess Yao Yue was momentarily at a loss for words, uo muster aal. After all, given Liu Ling's current performance, calling him a genius was certainly justified.

  As the sand in the hss dwindled, Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Princess Yao Yue also successfully refihe Windwalking Pill.

  Although many partits realized there was an issue with the pill recipe after being inspired by Liu Ling, the Windwalking Pill was still a Tier 3 pill. Typically, only o of five Tier 2 alchemists could mao refi, and even newly advaier 3 alchemists sometimes failed. Therefore, by the time the hss ran out, fewer than 40 people had successfully refihe Windwalking Pill.

  These forty individuals would bee the focus of attention in the final round of the petition, where the ultimate champion and the top ten would be determined.

  After the examination time ended, it was followed by the routiing.

  As expected, the pill Liu Ling refined once again ranked as the highest quality, just like in the first round.

  This gave Xiao Yan a deep sense of frustration.

  The sed-highest quality pill was still produced by the mysterious figure in bck robes in the er.

  After that came Xiao Yan, Princess Yao Yue, and some other strong Tier 3 alchemists.

  Ohe testing was pleted, the sky gradually darkened. A thin crest moon slowly emerged on the horizon, illuminating the brightly lit imperial capital.

  "Ladies alemen, today's petition will clude here. I ence all partits to rest well tonight. Tomorrow is the final round of the tour, where the champion will be decided. So, whatever you do, don't let anything prevent you from attending—missing it would be a lifelret!" Fa Ma announced with a hearty ugh.

  Hearing Fa Ma decre the end of today's assessment, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. The two rounds had been quite exhausting.

  Liu Ling, having stowed his cauldron into his ste ring, gnced up at the bck-robed figure in the er. He had a persistent feeling that this person had been paying close attention to him.

  As for Xiao Yan, he hurriedly packed up ahe venue.

  Due to the previous flict with Liu Ling—and ultimately losing badly at Xiao Jin's hands—Xiao Yan was now deeply wary of Liu Ling and the power behind him.

  After squeezing through the crowd aing the venue, Liu Ling suddenly noticed his path was blocked by several figures.

  Princess Yao Yue, apanied by Princess Yao Yue and Ya Fei from the Mittel Family, appeared in his line of sight.

  "Liu Ling, gratutions! You performed so brilliantly. I'm sure you'll achieve great results in tomorrow's final round!" Princess Yao Yue smiled warmly at Liu Ling.

  She and Liu Ling didn't have mutera and weren't particurly familiar. However, being born into the royal family and chosen as the heir, she had to sider the is of the royal family in all matters. Previously, Xiao Yan had performed exceptionally well, so she had tried to win him over. Now that Liu Ling had proven even more outstanding, she was eager to build a good retionship with him as well.

  "Princess Yao Yue, let’s leave tomorrow’s matters for tomorrow. Although I know I’ll win the championship, I haven't cimed it yet, so it's best not to speak too soon." Liu Ling's respoo her gratutory words was notably calm.

  However, from Liu Ling’s calm words, Princess Yao Yue could sense his steady fidence, which was pletely different from Xiao Yan’s personality.

  No matter what situation Xiao Yan entered, he always responded with modesty. Liu Ling, oher hand, wasn’t ed with such things and spoke his mind freely.

  “Alright then!”

  Hearing Liu Ling’s words, Princess Yao Yue was momentarily at a loss, her face showing a bit of awkwardness as she forced a smile.

  Seeing this, Ya Fei quickly chimed in, “Liu Ling, Princess Yao Yue has already arranged a baonight to celebrate you and the little princess…”

  “There’s no need. I still have to return to the Yuo see my master tonight.”

  Before Ya Fei could finish, Liu Ling waved his hand, cutting her off. He then turned and headed down a different street.

  Meanwhile, after squeezing his way out of the venue, Xiao Yan was also bombarded with several invitations, including one from Nan Jie of the Nan family and some of his friends in the capital.

  Iingly, Xiao Yan made the same decision as Liu Ling and chose not to attend any bas.

  Following the street, Xiao Yan walked toward the inn where he was staying. Along the way, the admiring stares and whispers from those around him gave him a headache. Uo bear it, he quied his pace, turned down a few streets, and finally darted into the inn, heading straight for his room.

  Onside, Xiao Yan closed the door behind him, leaned against it, a out a long sigh. Rubbing his forehead, he looked slightly tired. Although the two rounds of assessments seemed simple on the surface, the hidden plexities had taken a toll on his mind. The pressure from this petition had grown tremendously.

  Liu Ling’s sudden rise and the extraordinary power of the mysterious bck-robed figure had both dispyed formidable strength. Most crucially, from Yao Lao, Xiao Yan learhat both of these individuals possessed heavenly fmes.

  As Xiao Yan reflected oails of the tour, a shadow quietly appeared he inn where he was staying.

  Yao Lao, who was monit the situation from Xiao Yan's ring, had long been aware of the bck-cd figure’s movements but hadn’t mentio to Xiao Ya.

  “Xiao Yan, stop overthinking. Focus on your training and replenish the Dou Qi you used during the day! Even if you don’t win first pce against those twies, it’s not the end of the world. Don’t put so much pressure on yourself,” Yao Lao’s voice rang out, sensing the plex emotions brewing within Xiao Yan.

  Hearing Yao Lao’s f words, Xiao Yan regained his posure and said, “Teacher, I won’t let it get to me. Besides, tomorrow’s match hasn’t even started yet—I might not lose!”

  “Haha, now that’s the stubborn Xiao Yan I know!” Yao Lao stroked his beard with satisfa.

  (End of the Chapter)

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