After leaving the school, Li Luo didnt rush back to the old mansion, but instead hurried to the Xiyang House.

  The guards outside the Creek Sun House had grown accustomed to Li Luos frequent appearances here, so after bowing their heads in greeting, they let him come and go as he pleased.

  As he walked into the Xiyang house filled with a faint fragrance, Li Luos spirit also lifted slightly. This period of study had made him increasingly interested in the profession of Qu Xiang Shi.

  "Hehe, the young master of Shaofu has been coming to Xi Yang House quite frequently lately." Meanwhile, in Li Luos mind, he was thinking about his practice of that one product of spiritual water and strange light when suddenly a laughter came from beside him.

  Li Luo turned his head and saw that Vice President Zhuang Yi of Xi Yang House was smiling at him.

  "I heard that Shaofus main consciousness has awakened a five-element water attribute?" Zhuang Yi asked with some curiosity.

  Li Luo had been practicing his tempering technique in Xi Yangs house for so many days, and the news about his fifth-grade water attribute had also spread.

  Li Luo gazed at the vice president of Xiyangwu who had defected to Pei Huan, nodded slightly and said: "Im following Ling Qing sister to learn about the art of divination."

  Zhuang Yi smiled and said, "Vice President Yan is a top student of the Shengxuan Xing Academy, and his skills are indeed not bad. However, he lacks some experience. If the young master really wants to learn, I can also offer some advice."

  Li Luo smiled, and this Zhuang Yi was so kind-hearted, but he didnt know whether he wanted to bring himself under his surveillance, confirm his own situation and report back to Pei Huan, or really wanted to give him guidance.

  However, between Jiang Qinges best friend and the vice president who had defected to Pei Huan, Li Luos choice would not have any good hesitation.

  So he shook his head and said: "I think Ling Qing is still okay, if theres a need in the future, Ill come find Vice President Bei again."

  "What a pity." Zhuang Yi sighed with regret.

  Li Luo didnt say much more, just as he was about to leave, he suddenly thought of something and said: "Right, Vice President Bei, I heard from Ling Qing that some of the refining rooms on her side often have material shortages. I heard that material procurement is handled by you, so can you replenish them in a timely manner?"

  Zhuang Yi heard this, his brow furrowed slightly, and he said with some difficulty: "Lord Shaofu, this is not my problem. Its just that sometimes the procurement of materials can be a bit troublesome, so occasional shortages are normal things. Of course, since Lord Shaofu has mentioned it, I will pay more attention to this aspect in the future."

  Facing the others seemingly respectful and polite but actually somewhat perfunctory excuses, Li Luo didnt say anything, he just looked at him deeply and walked past him.

  Zhuang Yi gazed at his departing back, and the smile on his face slowly faded.

  "Vice President, I didnt expect the young master of the auxiliary mansion to suddenly awaken to a fifth-grade official position. Its really unexpected..." A loyal subordinate whispered beside Zhuang Yi.

  "Its likely that the two masters of the manor left him some rare and precious treasures, but using such treasures on him would be a waste." Zhuang Yi said calmly.

  "After all, its just a fifth-grade official, and it cant be considered too excellent. So, for this young master to rise up, it wont be that easy."

  He waved his hand and said, "Pass this message on to Young Master Pei Hao."

  "Also...the matter of taking over the authority of the Refining Chamber should also be promoted, that Yan Lingqing woman is getting more and more annoying."

  "Yes!"

  ...

  When Li Luo walked into the One Product Refining Room, he saw that it was divided into dozens of compartments with crystal walls as screens. Behind each compartment, there was a figure busy at work.

  Among them, Li Luo also saw Yan Lingqing, who was tall and slender. She wore a long dress with her hands in her sleeves, looking around coldly.

  She stopped in front of a crystal wall at this moment, gazing faintly at a first-class Alchemist who had just completed the refinement of a spiritual water with a strange glow in his hand.

  Under Yan Lingqings gaze, the young first-class cultivator was also somewhat nervous, then took a slender crystal needle from the side, with precise markings on it.

  This is a tempered needle, as the name suggests, it is used to test the extent to which the spiritual light of the finished product has been tempered.

  The crystal needle was inserted into that bottle of Lingshui Qiguang, and the scale on it rose gradually from low to high.

  Finally stayed in the position of 46%.

  Yan Lingqing saw this scene and immediately said in a cold voice, "If this kind of spiritual water with extraordinary light is taken out for sale, it will only ruin the reputation of Xi Yang House."

  That one products depressed and downcast head.

  However, Yan Lingqing did not soften her tone, but instead sternly said: "In the previous refining process, you made a total of no less than four mistakes. The fire control for Baiye Guo was insufficient, the Yueliang Juice was too thick and sticky, the Wuyan Water was too thin, and finally, when adjusting, your water phase force did not meet the saturation requirements."

  "Re-refine."

  After finishing speaking, he turned around and left. At the same time, his cold gaze swept across the many First-Grade Alchemists in the field, causing everyone to be as silent as cicadas in winter, burying their heads and focusing on refining.

  Yan Lingqing adjusted her silver-framed glasses, her lovely face icy cold. It was clear that she was very dissatisfied with the results of these first-rate cultivators.

  A hint of annoyance flashed across her eyes, she had come to help at Jiang Qinges request, but after all, she was an outsider, and if compared to the prestige in this branch, Zhuang Yi was indeed stronger than her.

  In this Creek Sun House Branch, it is divided into three refining rooms, first to third grade, and different levels of refining rooms are responsible for refining different grades of spiritual water and strange light.

  With the help of Jiang Qinges appointment, Yan Lingqing immediately took control of the first and second grade refining rooms, but the third grade refining room was still firmly in Zhuang Yis hands.

  Both sides have been openly and secretly vying for control of these refinement rooms for a long time, after all, whoever controls the refinement room is equivalent to controlling most of the Quenching Masters. For Xi Yang House, which has the sole purpose of refining Ling Shui Qi Guang, Quenching Masters are undoubtedly the most important asset.

  Recently, Zhuang Yi apparently couldnt sit still anymore. He started taking action in the One Product Refining Room. His reason was that one of his disciples had refined a One Product Spirit Water with a quality of 53%.

  This quality has reached the top level of Xiyang Houses One-Piece Refining Master, so Zhuang Yi used this as a reason to spread rumors that Yan Lingqing is not good at guiding One-Piece Refining Masters, which led to some signs of instability among these One-Piece Refining Masters in Xiyang House recently.

  If things continue like this, Yan Lingqing feels that this alchemy room might really be taken away by Zhuang Yi.

  Even with the support of Jiang Qinge and Cai Wei on her side, they couldnt directly kick out Zhuang Yi, the old man of Xi Yang House, without him making any obvious mistakes. Doing so would only lead to unrest within Xi Yang House, affecting the refinement of Ling Shui Qi Guang and ultimately harming Luo Ran Fu.

  With a sense of annoyance in her heart, Yan Lingqing only gave Li Luo a glance as he walked into the refining room, without any extra thoughts to say anything.

  Li Luo was very casual about it, and directly came to a refining room that no one used. A beautiful young woman beside him said in a low voice: "Young Master Li, youre here."

  Li Luo smiled and nodded in response, as he tidied up the materials on the refining platform. He casually asked in a low voice, "Sakura sister, Vice President Yan seems to be in a bad mood?"

  The young woman he called Sakura-neechan stuck out her tongue and said, "Weve been scolded for a whole morning..."

  Then she simply told the story of what had happened.

  Li Luo finally realized, it turned out to be for the first-class refining room, this was indeed not a small matter. If Zhuang Yi really succeeded in contending for it, it would have a huge impact on Yan Lingqings reputation, causing her right to speak in the Xiyang House to gradually decrease.

  At this point, Li Luo furrowed his brow. He certainly didnt want to see this scene unfold. After all, the Xi Yang House Division contributed about half of the Luolan Prefectures annual income in Tianxu County. Now that he needed a large amount of funds, if something went wrong here, it would undoubtedly have a huge impact on him.

  Of course, the most important thing is that Zhuang Yi is a person of Pei Huan, with the character of a white-eyed wolf, and its possible that even this Xiyang House will be swallowed into his belly.

  But now he thinks these are useless, so Li Luo turned his head and placed a page of the formula map named "Qingbi Ling Shui" on the table, then took out many configuration materials and started his practice today.

  Two hours of practice time passed quietly, and just as Li Luos refining was becoming more and more skilled, the door of the first-grade refining room was suddenly pushed open. Everyones movements came to a halt, and then they saw a group of people led by Zhuang Yi rushing in.

  Just that air of his seems somewhat ominous.