Chapter 85

"Sister Lingqing, which of the Fifth Rank Spirit Waters are you most familiar with?" Seeing Yan Lingqing regain her composure, Li Luo let out a sigh of relief and then asked with a smile.

"Heavenly Return Spirit Water, I am most familiar with this Fifth Rank Spirit Water formula. I have been practicing it all along, but as I said, I haven't succeeded even once," Yan Lingqing replied.

Li Luo nodded and then called over the staff, saying they needed to change the batch of refining materials. The staff immediately reported it, and soon various materials were delivered to the refining room one after another.

At this moment, Song Qiuyu had already walked out of the refining room. She smiled and looked at the Xi Yang House refining room, saying to herself, "Yan Lingqing, do you still want to struggle? You can't turn the tide."

Her heart was filled with satisfaction because this time, she had finally put Yan Lingqing beneath her feet.

In the past, at the Holy玄Star Academy's Quexiang Institute, Yan Lingqing always outshone her. Even after recommending her to her teacher's refining team, it was clear that the teacher valued Yan Lingqing more, treating her with much more indifference.

This made Song Qiuyu extremely resentful and jealous. She felt that her Quexiang talent was not inferior to Yan Lingqing's, so why wasn't she valued?

Although Yan Lingqing had been quite kind to her back then, she did not want to accept such condescending kindness, as if it were a favor. You, Yan Lingqing, just wanted to show off your brilliance.

"And this time, I have finally surpassed you!"

"Let's start."

When all the materials were delivered to the refining room, Li Luo looked at Yan Lingqing.

She took a deep breath and then nodded firmly.

"Ten drops of Crystal Liquid!"

Li Luo quickly took out a transparent fruit like crystal, gently squeezed it, and ten drops of juice dripped into a crystal tube. He then held it, and a stream of Phase Power surged into it.

This stream of Phase Power was more substantial than the previous trial.

He quickly handed the crystal tube to Yan Lingqing, who took it, and Phase Power surged into it, beginning to decompose the impurities and integrate the medicinal properties.

However, this time, as soon as her Phase Power started to act, she felt a powerful and spiritual Phase Power surge forth. This Phase Power was quite subtle to her, but the spirituality it contained made her heart tremble slightly.

Moreover, the most crucial point was that this spiritual Phase Power did not repel her Phase Power at all. It felt as if someone had added a secret source water.

In that instant, Yan Lingqing's thoughts raced, and she turned her head, her gaze deeply looking at Li Luo.

If she still couldn't figure out where this spiritual Phase Power came from at this point, she would be too dull.

However, she didn't say anything more at this moment. She quickly adjusted her mindset, using her Phase Power to guide the spiritual Phase Power, rapidly decomposing the impurities in the materials.

"Acid Rain Spirit Fruit."

"Heavenly Root Grass."

"Flower Nectar."

"..."

The names of the materials were rhythmically called out by Yan Lingqing, and Li Luo quickly prepared and handed them over.

Time passed quickly.

At this moment, in the other refining rooms of the venue, all the Quexiang Masters had completed their refining, some successfully and some not. However, it didn't matter because under Song Qiuyu's Fifth Rank Spirit Water, they were all considered losers.

So, all eyes were now focused on the only refining room that had not yet produced a result, the Xi Yang House refining room.

"Still not giving up?"

On the Song family's viewing platform, Mo Ling smiled and shook his head, saying, "Does Yan Lingqing still want to fight to the death and concoct a Fifth Rank Spirit Water?"

"It's impossible. She hasn't even crossed the Fifth Rank threshold and cannot refine Fifth Rank Spirit Water. Even Qiuyu wouldn't have succeeded without our family's secret medicine."

Song Shan smiled and said, "When Qiuyu becomes the first Quexiang Master of Tian Shu County, we can announce the launch of Mo Shui House's products. At that time, it will surely cause a sensation, and Xi Yang House will be utterly defeated."

Thinking of that moment, even Song Shan's heart raced a bit.

After today, Songzi House will become the true first house of Tian Shu County.

On the Jinlong Treasure Hall's viewing platform, President Lu frowned and said, "Xi Yang House is in trouble this time. The Song family has collaborated with Mo Shui House, secretly transporting a large batch of Mo Shui House's secret source water. They were waiting for today to expose it and crush Xi Yang House."

Beside him, Lu Qing'er was startled, and a worried look appeared on her face. This grand ceremony today was indeed a long-planned ambush by the Song family.

Their goal was to crush Xi Yang House and dominate the Tian Shu County Spirit Water market.

At the Luo Lan Manor, Cai Wei saw Yan Lingqing regain her composure and let out a sigh of relief. She knew about the grudge between Yan Lingqing and Song Qiuyu, and if she lost to Song Qiuyu here, it would be a huge blow to her.

But then she became anxious again because she didn't understand how Yan Lingqing could turn the situation around.

Time passed quickly under the focused gaze of the entire venue. Soon, the sound of a bell and drum rang out, signaling that the refining time was about to reach its limit.

Song Qiuyu crossed her arms and leaned lazily against the crystal wall of the refining room. She tilted her head and stared at the fully focused Yan Lingqing in the Xi Yang House refining room, a satisfied smile in her eyes.

"Yan Lingqing, these futile efforts won't save you," she whispered.

Ding!

Another sound of a bell and drum rang out.

In the refining room, Yan Lingqing stopped the preparation of the materials. Sweat trickled down her face, sliding down her sharp chin. Preparing nearly a thousand materials was a huge drain on her, even for her.

However, the preparation of the materials was all successful.

And it went more smoothly than when she practiced before.

But there was one final step: condensing the source water, combining all the prepared materials to form the final Spirit Water.

This step was equally crucial.

Yan Lingqing took a deep breath, picked up the Phase Crystal beside her, and placed her hand on it, preparing to condense the source water.

But at this moment, Li Luo suddenly reached out, his hand covering Yan Lingqing's small hand.

Yan Lingqing was startled and stared at Li Luo in surprise. If she didn't know the situation, she would have thought Li Luo was taking advantage of her.

"Lingqing Sister, let's do it together," Li Luo smiled brightly, making Yan Lingqing momentarily dazed.

Then she came to her senses. Although she didn't fully understand Li Luo's intentions, she trusted him and nodded lightly.

In the next moment, both of them simultaneously channeled their Phase Power into the Phase Crystal.

Pure light emanated from the Phase Crystal, and then several drops of source water dripped from it into the crystal bottle below.

Li Luo's face was pale because he had almost exhausted all his Phase Power. Although his Phase Power was much weaker than Yan Lingqing's, the source water he condensed was superior in spirituality.

Now, with the two sources of water mixed together, the effect would surely be better than if Yan Lingqing had condensed it alone.

Yan Lingqing held the crystal bottle containing the condensed source water. She could clearly feel that this bottle of source water was of higher quality than what she usually condensed.

And this was clearly not because of her, but because of Li Luo.

She looked at Li Luo, who was leaning against the refining table, his face pale, and smiled at her.

"Lingqing Sister, it's your turn to shine," he said with a smile.

Yan Lingqing didn't say anything, just nodded lightly. She took the crystal bottle extracted and prepared from nearly a thousand materials and gently poured the source water into it.

The moment the source water fell in, the crystal bottle glowed brightly, as if countless lives were stirring within, and countless collisions and fusions were born in an instant.

This transformation lasted for about ten breaths before gradually settling down.

In the crystal bottle, the boiling subsided, and the liquid gradually became transparent and clear, with a brilliant light radiating from it.

Wow!

Seeing this, the venue erupted in a chorus of exclamations. This was the sign of a successful Spirit Water, and the Quexiang Masters present were even more shocked because from the radiating light, they could tell that this was not the level of a Fourth Rank Spirit Water, but definitely a Fifth Rank Spirit Water!

Yan Lingqing stared at the crystal bottle in her hand, dazed. After a moment, she took a trembling Quexiang needle and inserted it into the bottle.

Then she saw the refinement degree on the Quexiang needle climb directly to the 58% mark!

Yan Lingqing's eyes instantly turned red.

At this moment, the judge's trembling voice echoed through the venue.

"Xi Yang House, Yan Lingqing, successfully refined Fifth Rank 'Heavenly Return Spirit Water'! Refinement power, 58%!!!"

Boom!

The venue was silent for a few breaths, and then suddenly erupted in a boiling roar. No one expected that Xi Yang House would actually refine a Fifth Rank Spirit Water before time ran out!

And the refinement power was even higher than Song Qiuyu's!

It was simply unbelievable!

Amidst the boiling cheers, Song Qiuyu, leaning against the refining room wall, saw her faint smile gradually freeze.