On the stage, there were several refining rooms surrounded by transparent crystal walls, and Yan Lingqing was in one of them, tidying up some things on the platform.

  Li Luo walked in and she glanced at him, saying: "You really can meet your little female classmate wherever you go."

  It was clear that she had also seen the scene of Li Luo and Lü Qing'er being together earlier.

  "It was just a coincidence." Li Luo explained.

  "I think she has some interest in you." Yan Lingqing said.

  Li Luo hastily said: "Nonsense! I won't allow you to insult our purest classmate relationship!"

  Yan Lingqing snorted and said, "This has nothing to do with me. This little girl actually has some skills, but I don't know if she can withstand the pressure when she meets the Empress at the Sacred Profound Star Academy."

  "It's getting more and more absurd, if she is the Empress, then what am I? The Emperor?" Li Luo said with a bad tone.

  "It's easier said than done."

  Yan Lingqin hummed softly, then didn't bother to chat with him either. She handed over a formula: "This is the spiritual water I plan to refine later, take a look."

  Li Luo hastily took over and carefully examined it. The fourth-grade spiritual water that Yan Lingqing was planning to refine was called "Blue Algae Spiritual Water". Its difficulty in refining among the fourth-grade spiritual waters is considered to be relatively high, apparently, she had also made a ruthless move in order to surpass Song Qiuyu.

  Li Luo took a glance at the materials needed to prepare this "Blue Algae Spirit Water" and couldn't help but take a cold breath, because it actually required over 400 portions of materials. To perfectly blend these materials without any slight error, it was clear that one would need extremely high requirements for their own Refining Technique.

  "This is the formula for the 4th-grade spiritual water? It's indeed extremely difficult to produce." Li Luo sighed, now he could refine 2nd-grade spiritual water, but even that required a hundred kinds of materials, and it was simply impossible to compare with this 4th-grade spiritual water.

  Moreover, the fusion of materials for refining Four-Product Spirit Water is also exceptionally complex. The materials for Two-Product Spirit Water can be fused at most twice, but the materials for Four-Product Spirit Water require sixfold fusion, and this increase in difficulty is simply a leap forward.

  At this time, people began to bring in refining materials one after another, stacking them neatly together. As an assistant, Li Luo carefully checked them.

  Yan Lingqin smiled upon seeing this and was quite satisfied with Li Luo's meticulousness and seriousness.

  As time passed, the heads of various spiritual water and strange light houses in Tianxu County all entered their respective refining rooms. Li Luo also saw Song Qiuyu's entrance on the side of Songzi House.

  As soon as she entered the scene, her gaze was directed towards Yan Lingqing's direction. The two women's eyes met, and there seemed to be sparks flying between them.

  Yan Lingqing's face was expressionless, but on those pale small hands clenched together, there were faintly visible blue veins, revealing the turmoil of emotions within.

  "How come I feel like you're particularly disgusted with her?" Li Luo also sensed Yan Lingqing's emotions and asked in puzzlement, after all, the usual Yan Lingqing seemed to have no great interest in anything other than refining the spiritual water of Qi Guang, yet she reacted strongly to Song Autumn Rain.

  Yan Lingqing heard this and fell silent for a moment, saying lightly: "Actually, I used to have a pretty good relationship with her, and it was even I who strongly recommended her to join my teacher's training group. But later on, during an important competition, she made a careless mistake that caused us to lose, and our teacher was very angry at the time. After that, she chose to quit our training group."

  "It wasn't a big deal at first, but soon after, she joined another refining team, and coincidentally, that team was the one that won against us in that competition because of her mistake."

  "This is another white-eyed wolf."

  Although Yan Lingqing didn't say more, it's not hard to guess that Song Qiuyu's blunder might have some inside story, and even if you can't say it out loud, it's possible that he was bought off by the other side.

  As Yan Lingqing was the recommender of Song Qiuyu, the latter's betrayal would undoubtedly make her feel extremely guilty towards her teacher, which is why she couldn't control her emotions whenever she saw Song Qiuyu.

  Yan Lingqing didn't say anything else and just lowered her head to tidy up the materials.

  Li Luo didn't continue asking, but instead continued to examine the materials. Just then, another bell rang out in the center of the venue, and the atmosphere inside suddenly became tense and boiling.

  Staff members walked into the venue, one by one announcing each of the participating Ling Shui Qi Guang Houses' cultivators.

  And when the names of these Qu Xiang masters are mentioned, they will also cause some cheers in the field. They are all relatively famous in Tian Shu County.

  On a viewing platform, Lyu Hui Zhang of the Golden Dragon Chamber of Commerce looked at the refining platform of Xi Yang House and smiled: "This Li Luo really is everywhere."

  Lü Qing'er smiled as she leaned on her small umbrella: "He's also a fellow disciple, so come and gain some experience."

  Lü Huichang, with a radiant and precious aura, gazed at Lü Qing'er's lovely and delicate face for a moment before probing, "I say, Qing'er, you seem to be getting quite close to Li Luo lately."

  Lü Qing'er's eyes moved slightly, and she calmly said: "What's wrong?"

  Lü Huichang let out a dry laugh and said: "I was just about to say that Li Luo is, after all, someone with a marriage contract..."

  Lü Qing'er stared at the young and handsome figure behind the crystal wall in the arena, remained silent for a moment, before saying: "That kind of engagement should be just a formality, right?"

  "Who knows..." Lü Huichang spread out his hands.

  "Second Brother, you're thinking too much. I don't actually like Li Luo either. It's just that he helped me and saved me before, so we get along pretty well. You can't stop me from having friends, can you?" Lu Qing'er said.

  "There is no nothing."

  Lü Huìzhǎng hastily shook his head, seemingly relieved, and said: "It's good that you don't like him. Now that you've entered the Holy Mystic Star Academy, you'll also be going to the Imperial City...and your mother is there too...so try not to mention Li Luo in front of her."

  Lü Qing'er was taken aback for a moment, then her eyebrows furrowed: "Why?"

  Director Lü hesitated and finally said, "It's some old grudges between the previous generation, don't ask about it anymore. Just don't mention Li Luo in front of your mother."

  Lü Qing'er's eyes showed some confusion, and she finally nodded slightly, but for some reason, a sense of annoyance suddenly surged up in her heart.

  Clang! Clang!

  At this moment, a hurried voice came from the venue, and everyone understood that the Grand Trial was about to begin.

  The atmosphere in the field suddenly solidified.

  In each crystal wall composed of the refining chamber, those Quenching Masters also became solemn.

  The next moment, all the Qu Xiang masters' bodies suddenly burst out with Shui Xiang's power or Guang Ming Xiang's power. Amidst the cheers, the materials in their hands quickly dissolved.

  The grand comparison has begun.