After Li Luo and Song Yunfeng ended in a draw, his score was thoroughly stable in the top 20 in this mock exam.

  According to the normal process, the top twenty people would usually be further divided into individual rankings, but Li Luo was no longer interested in this, because in his view, such a ranking dispute was meaningless. After all, whether it was 20th or 1st, they only had the qualification to participate in the Academys Grand Examination.

  But once too many cards are exposed here, when the time comes to meet strong enemies in the college entrance examination, the other party will have a good grasp of his intelligence, which will undoubtedly add some difficulty to himself.

  So, low-key development is not good? Getting the first place in the pre-exam, wouldnt the stingy old principal give him some kind of reward?

  Even this time, in the competition with Song Yunfeng, if the other party hadnt been stubbornly hovering on the edge of death, Li Luo would have probably chosen to admit defeat.

  After all, he didnt think it was shameful to admit defeat when he couldnt win. As for the improved version of "Water Mirror Technique" being exposed here, Li Luo now feels that its not worth it.

  So when Xu Shanyue came to ask if he would participate in the top 20 competition, he directly refused. With this time, he absorbed more spiritual energy and worked harder to bring his "Water Light" to sixth grade before the Academys big exam. Isnt that great?

  Xu Shanyue was not surprised by Li Luos choice either, he just let him work hard and prepare for the Imperial College exam.

  The competition for the top 20 places was settled on the second day, and in the end, two people from the Second Academy were selected, namely Li Luo and Zhao Kuang. However, both of them can be considered as barely making it, with Li Luo ranking 15th and Zhao Kuang ranking 16th, just barely scraping by at the tail end.

  Li Luos ranking obviously has a lot of room for improvement, if he is willing to enter the top ten, it will not be a problem, but because he gave up the ranking competition, so he was finally evaluated at this ranking.

  And these twenty people will represent Nanfeng Academy in the academys grand examination two weeks later, competing for the admission quota of Shengxuan Star Academy.

  As the top institution of Daxia, Shengxuan Xing Academy issues a number of admission quotas to each county every year. These quotas are then competed for by all academies in each county through the Academy Grand Examination. In previous years, Nanfeng Academy has always obtained the most admission quotas, which gradually solidified its reputation as the top academy in Tianxu County.

  However, Nanfeng Academy is not completely without a rival. Dongyuan Academy is a strong opponent. Although the foundation of Dongyuan Academy is not as good as that of Nanfeng Academy, its rise has been quite rapid, and it also has the support of the Tianxu Prefecture Governors Office. In the previous years academy exam, it posed a threat to Nanfeng Academy.

  It is said that this year, Dongyuan Academy still has its sights set on the number one academy in Tianxu County, and its likely that there will be a fierce battle at the academys grand examination.

  After the pre-exam, Nanfeng Academy will have more than a week of vacation. Students can choose to go home or continue to practice in the academy. Li Luo, of course, chose the former without hesitation.

  The old mansion, Li Luos attic room.

  Li Luos eyes were tightly closed, and his body was surrounded by a faint aura. On the tea table in front of him, a used Five-Product Spirit Water Crystal Lamp was placed.

  The absorption lasted for a long time, and Li Luo slowly opened his eyes, with a flash of blue light in them.

  "This is the last one in this batch."

  He stared at the empty crystal bottle in front of him, unable to help but scratch his head. So far, Cai Wei had helped him purchase 83 bottles of Wu Pin Ling Shui Qi Guang, which had consumed over 400,000 Tian Liang Jin. This was a huge sum of money, and if Cai Wei hadnt sold off some of the Luo Lan Fus assets in Tian Xuan Prefecture, he probably wouldnt have been able to afford this kind of expenditure.

  After absorbing so much of the Five-Treasured Spirit Waters strange light, Li Luos Five-Treasured "Water Light Union" had indeed been elevated by a great deal, but it was still some distance away from evolving into the Sixth Treasure.

  But he must raise Shui Guangxiang to 6th rank before the Imperial Examination of the Academy.

  This time, the battle with Song Yunfeng ended in a draw, but Li Luo didnt feel any sense of accomplishment because he knew that if it werent for the timing mechanism of the preliminary round, he would have been the one to exhaust his strength and lose.

  But in the imperial examination, this kind of tie will never happen.

  To get a place in the Holy Mystical Academy, one must rely on real ability.

  The Grand Exam of the Imperial Academy is approaching, and top students from all universities in Tian Shu Prefecture will participate. The competition is far more intense than the preliminary exams at Nan Feng University.

  In addition, Li Luo had already selected a conversion technique in advance, with the lowest requirement being that of a sixth-grade spirit.

  So these six types of water light are the most urgent matter at hand.

  "At the current pace, in order to evolve into a sixth-grade, it should still require the last batch of fifth-grade Shui Guang Xiang."

  "But recently, whenever Cai Wei sees me, she seems to be avoiding me... as if she doesnt want to see me." Li Luo said with a bit of distress. For the past few days, Cai Wei hasnt even been eating breakfast at the old mansion, probably because shes afraid hell ask for another several dozen bottles of Ling Shui Qi Guang.

  After all, the Five-Petal Spirit Waters strange glow is not something you can buy for a song. The market price is around 5,000 gold coins per branch, and fifty branches would cost around 250,000 high-grade gold coins. This amount is already close to the annual profit of the Luo Lan Prefecture in Tianxu County.

  So Li Luo is also very understanding, a good golden medal manager, as a result of arriving in Shu Prefecture, can only rely on continuous sale of Luolan Houses industry to maintain operation, this is simply a huge stain on the career path.

  Until now, Cai Wei has not resigned yet, but Li Luo already feels that she is as broad-minded as the sea.

  But Li Luo couldnt help it, his later lifes fate was simply a gold-eating beast. Fortunately, his parents had left him the Luolan Mansion, otherwise he felt that five years later, he would probably die directly.

  "Lets go to Xiyangwu first."

  Li Luo slightly hesitated, as the current situation in Luolan Manor was beset with internal and external troubles. He couldnt always sit back and reap the benefits while constantly selling off Luolan Manors assets. Although Jiang Qinge had given him full control over the assets of Tian Shu County, he also couldnt really let things fall apart here, or else the people under Luolan Manor would also have opinions about this young master.

  Most importantly, this would make people suspect that the young master of Luolan Manor was an idiot... This was something Li Luo obviously could not accept.

  With some thoughts in mind, Li Luo tidied up and left the old mansion for Xiyang House.

  He arrived at the Creek Sun House and went straight to Yan Lingqings refining room. As he pushed the door open, he saw two familiar figures sitting together, seemingly discussing something. At the same time, both women had a hint of worry on their faces.

  It was Yan Lingqing and Cai Wei.

  Seeing Li Luos figure, Cai Wei and Yan Lingqing were both taken aback: "Young Master Sha?"

  "What are you talking about?" Li Luo smiled and walked in, then saw on the table in front of the two women, several bottles of Ling Shui Qi Guang were placed, among which one bottle was the Qing Bi Ling Shui he had refined before.

  "As for this years sales performance of Tongxiang Yangwu." Li Luo said directly to Cai Wei, without any concealment.

  "Isnt the performance not so good?" Li Luo saw this, his eyebrows slightly furrowed. Every year, Luolan Prefectures profits in Tienshu County were nearly half contributed by Xiyang House. If the performance here deteriorates, it will obviously affect his evolution plans.

  Yan Lingqing pointed at the crystal bottles in front of her with her jade-like fingers, her voice cold and clear: "Currently, among the top-grade spiritual waters on the market in Shu Prefecture, there are mainly two families competing. One is our Xi Yang Houses Qing Bi Spiritual Water, and the other is Song Familys Song Zi Houses Ri Zhao Qi Guang. The quality of these two families spiritual waters is similar, so in recent years, they have taken up nearly 80% of the market share for top-grade spiritual waters."

  "However, recently, for some reason, the quality of Matsugo-yas Nichiyou Kikou has improved, with an average refining power of around 57%, which is almost close to our Keiyō-yas highest quality."

  "So recently, the Song family has been heavily promoting their Sunlit Marvel at Songzi House, which has taken up more than half of the market share for top-grade spiritual water in Tianxu County, causing our Qingbi Spiritual Water sales to plummet drastically."

  "If things go on like this, Xi Yang House will thoroughly lose to the Song family in the competition of One Product Spirit Water and Strange Light. This would be a huge loss for Xi Yang House, and more importantly, it would affect Xi Yang Houses reputation in Tian Shu County."

  Li Luos expression also turned slightly solemn as he asked, "What is the production rate of the One-Product Luminous Water in Xi Yang House?"

  "The Xiyang House in Tienshu County produces 5 bottles of top-grade Lingshui Qiguang every day, which is 150 bottles a month. The market price for top-grade Lingshui Qiguang is around 50 Tianliang Jin per bottle, so the total annual sales revenue from Xiyang Houses top-grade Lingshui Qiguang will be around 90,000 Tianliang Jin. After deducting all costs, the profit will be around 30,000 Jin." Cai Wei said without hesitation, clearly familiar with all of Luolan Prefectures industries and data in Tienshu County.

  Li Luo first gave Cai Wei a thumbs up in appreciation, then slightly estimated and was suddenly surprised. The profit from this batch of Ling Shui Qi Guang alone accounted for one-tenth of the annual income of Luolan Prefecture in Tianxu County, which can be seen that the market has huge benefits.

  However, this is normal because high-quality Lingshui Qiguang is not something that everyone can afford to squander. Many people who buy first or second grade Lingshui Qiguang are not necessarily limited to that level themselves, but rather they may not be able to consume large quantities of higher-grade Lingshui Qiguang, so they have no choice but to use lower-grade Lingshui Qiguang as a substitute.

  This kind of efficiency boost is obviously far inferior to using high-quality Lingshui Qiguang, and the accumulation speed of impurities will also be faster, but theres no way around it, not everyone starts with a family business like Li Luos.

  After learning this information, Li Luos first feeling was that he absolutely could not let the Xiyang House be affected, otherwise it would definitely affect his future pace of advancing to the Water Light Phase.

  "Whats the reason for the improvement in quality of Sunshine Miracles produced by Song Familys Pineapple Hut this year?" Li Luo asked.

  "There are only three things that affect the quality of Ling Shui Qi Guang, namely, formula, experience and skill of the refiner, and the quality of the source water and light."

  Yan Lingqing said lightly, "Ive examined that Sunshine Wonder Glow, and after my analysis, I think the formula has been slightly modified. I reckon its likely that the Song family spent a great deal to get some experts to point them in the right direction."

  Cai Weis left arm was wrapped around her chest, propping up her right elbow, and her right hand lightly touched her snow-white chin. Her willow eyebrows were tightly furrowed as she said: "Also, that Zhuang Yi has been using this excuse to attack Ling Qing recently, saying that the result was caused by her, and wants her to quit Xi Yang House."

  Cai Wei stood together with Yan Lingqing, but she didnt know that this unintentional action suddenly made the already turbulent waves a bit piercing, especially in such a comparison, Yan Lingqing beside her could only be described as miserable.

  Yan Lingqing seemed to have noticed something and expressionlessly stretched out her hand, pulling down Cai Weis left arm.

  Cai Wei didnt react for a moment, but soon a blush flew up on her gentle and charming goose egg face, while her hand under the table pinched Yan Lingqings next to her with some embarrassment.

  Then, the two womens sharp eyes turned to Li Luo, who was first stunned, not only not panicked, but instead seriously said: "When discussing serious matters, dont make some small movements. Youre all so big now, if theres a next time, Ill have to criticize you."

  Li Luos solemn words ultimately only brought a cold hum from the two women, and they quickly glossed over the matter.

  "Is Zhuang Yi still causing trouble?" Li Luo asked, returning to the topic at hand.

  Whenever Vice President Zhuang Yi is mentioned, Yan Lingqings calm face shows some anger, saying: "This guy causes trouble every day, causing internal conflicts in Xi Yang Wu, and the decline in product quality of Xi Yang Wu this year is also related to him."

  "It seems to be a disaster, cant you think of a way to get rid of it?" Li Luo also curled his lips in distaste. Im in urgent need of a large sum of money here, instead of making me money quickly, youre setting fire in my backyard?

  Cai Weis eyebrows were tightly locked, and she said: "Nowadays, the Xiyang House is like a dragon without a head. Although Ling Qing has just arrived, his prestige is not enough yet. As for Zhuang Yi, he is an old man, and some of the Shixiang masters in the Xiyang House still trust him very much. If there is no proper reason to forcibly drive him away, Im afraid it will cause peoples hearts to be disturbed."

  And behind him, after all, there was still Pei Huans support.

  Li Lu furrowed his brow, Pei Hao was the biggest scourge of the Luo Lan Mansion. This Zhuang Yi was just affecting the sales of the Xi Yang House, but Pei Hao wanted to take away the entire Luo Lan Mansion.

  This is simply going to be the death of me. Youve taken away Luolan Prefecture, how am I supposed to fill this bottomless pit of a posthumous title? By relying on my face?

  However, the current Pei Hao has already formed his aura, but in retrospect, he is just a newcomer and doesnt have the strength to fight him. So for now, he can only temporarily hide behind Qinge sister and continue to cultivate.

  Just as Li Luo was turning ideas over in his mind, someone suddenly came to report.

  "Shaofu Master, the great housekeeper, Yan Deputy Director... Zhuang Deputy Director suddenly gathered all the administrators of Xiyangwu, saying that there was a major event to discuss, and asked the three of them to participate."

  Upon hearing this announcement, Li Luo, Cai Wei, and Yan Lingqing were all taken aback for a moment, then exchanged a glance, their eyebrows furrowing simultaneously.

  This guy is going to cause trouble again.