The next day, Li Luo heard a knock on the door after finishing washing up.

  As soon as the door opened, I saw Jiang Qing'e standing in front of it. The morning light fell on her delicate and perfect face, her skin like crystal, reflecting the light.

  She saw Li Luo and lifted the box in her hand.

  "This is the Lingshui Qiguang that Sister Caiwei bought for you earlier, I've brought it along with me."

  Li Luo hastily took over, his eyes filled with joy. The spiritual water's strange glow had been used up in the academy days ago, so he hadn't refined any for some time and was truly feeling uncomfortable all over.

  This new batch has indeed solved the urgent problem.

  "It's really timely, thank you so much, Qing'e sister." Li Luo said with a smile.

  "You should thank Caiwei instead, she's in charge of the household finances. In order to squeeze out funds for these spiritual waters and rare lights without affecting the stability of the Luolan Manor, she had to put in a lot of thought." Jiang Qing'e said with a smile.

  Li Luo also nodded in agreement, the current situation of Luolan Prefecture was not good, everywhere needed a lot of funds to maintain stability, and the purchase of spiritual water and strange light here alone cost tens of thousands of gold, it could be imagined how much trouble Cai Wei had.

  Perhaps Cai Wei didn't expect that one day she would also have a hard time.

  Two people walked side by side, Jiang Qing'e turned her face to look at Li Luo and said: "Now you only have about four and a half years left, I think in the future you must make good plans for promotion, can't be casual."

  As she said these words, her expression turned somewhat serious, leaving Li Luo with no choice but to nod obediently.

  "Last night, based on my speculation, if you plan to become a marquis in the next four and a half years, then by the end of the first year in the One-Star Academy, your own strength must reach the second transformation of the Transformation Stage."

  The three stages of Xiangshi are: the first stage is the opening stage, the second stage is the growth stage, and the third stage is called the transformation stage.

  The four phases of matter are divided into four changes, like four small boundaries.

  "Phase transition, second variation..."

  Li Luo murmured to himself, and at this moment he was still only in the first segment of the Upper Heavy Flower Type, about to step into the Life Mark Segment. Within the Life Mark Segment, there were five marks... This was enough to make many people of the same age struggle to climb, and they would spend a lot of time here.

  According to what he knew, the vast majority of excellent students at the end of the first year of Xuanxue Academy were only at the level of two or three stripes, and only a few top-notch and hardworking students could reach the fifth stripe. As for entering the Hua Xiang stage and impacting the second change... this is really extremely difficult.

  To know that even in the two-star academy, there are probably still many students who have not cultivated to this point, only some of the top students may have this strength.

  "When I first entered the Holy Mystic Star Academy at the end of the first year, it was already in the second transformation of the Hua Xiang stage. By the end of the second year, I had stepped into the Di Jue realm."

  "You have a limited lifespan, so time is more pressing for you, and you absolutely cannot be slower than me."

  Jiang Qing'e stared tightly at Li Luo and said: "So by the end of the year, you must cultivate to the Hua Xiang stage and reach the second transformation!"

  "If you can't even complete this first step properly, what other opportunities will you have? You should know that the cultivation ahead will only get more and more difficult!"

  "For the next half year, you will be cultivating with all your might. I will exchange all my points for energy liquids to give to you. Outside of the academy, if you need any cultivation resources, Luo Lan's manor will procure them for you."

  Li Luo stopped in his tracks, looking at Jiang Qing'e with a hint of helplessness: "Sister Qing'e, you also need to cultivate. You've exchanged all your points for energy liquid and given them to me. How are you going to compete for the Seven Star Pillar at the end of the year?"

  Jiang Qing'e calmly said: "I possess the Ninth-Rank Radiant Appearance, my cultivation speed is unmatched, no one can compare to me, you don't need to worry about me."

  "The nine-rank Brightness is not invincible, you may be very powerful, but don't look down on the Seven Star Pillar as if it's just a dish." Li Luo said with a bitter smile.

  The Seven Star Pillars of the Holy Mystic Academy are the highest honor for students, and those who can sit in that position are indeed noble. Jiang Qing'e's Nine Brightness Aura is rare, sweeping away all enemies. However, the Seven Star Pillars have an age advantage, and after becoming a Seven Star Pillar, the academy will provide rich cultivation resources. As Jiang Qing'e progresses, others are also progressing, and even if they don't progress as fast as the Nine Brightness Aura, under the accumulation of massive cultivation resources, it won't be easy for Jiang Qing'e to catch up.

  These reasons, how could Jiang Qingwa's cleverness not know, now saying these words, it is indeed a bit worrying then chaotic.

  Li Luo was deeply moved by this, but he could only refuse.

  Jiang Qing'e's gaze was piercing as she stared at Li Luo.

  However, Li Luo did not back down this time, but instead faced her strong and sharp gaze with a calm smile on his face: "Qing'e sister, you care about me so much, I'm touched, but I hope you can trust me, isn't it just the Huaxiang segment? At the end of the year, I'll break through and show you."

  The two of them stared at each other for a moment before Jiang Qing'e finally looked away.

  "How much spare time do you have until the end of the year? Do you think you have a lot of time? I'll give you two months, and you must reach the fourth stripe in the embroidery pattern. If you can't make it, then we'll do it my way." Jiang Qing'e made some concessions.

  "Two months, fourth stripe of birthmark..."

  Li Luo mentally calculated it, and in fact, the difficulty was very high. However, he didn't haggle over the price again because if he wanted to become a marquis within five years, these achievements were indeed necessary to reach.

  "Okay."

  Li Luo smiled and nodded, but at the same time, he felt a growing sense of urgency in his heart due to Jiang Qing'e's severe attitude. In the past, although he had always been mindful of the five-year lifespan limit, he was still somewhat carefree and hadn't made meticulous plans for every step like Jiang Qing'e did.

  And afterwards, with Jiang Qing'e's urging, I really didn't dare to slack off at all, perhaps this can also be considered a good thing?

  Looks like he really is a bit out of his mind.

  Jiang Qing'e saw Li Luo and no longer pushed him away, instead nodding her head. She did this with a hint of coercion, but really had no other choice. Li Luo's less-than-five-year lifespan truly made her anxious, she didn't dare let Li Luo relax even for a moment.

  Otherwise, she really couldn't imagine how she would bear it if Li Luo's life came to an end one day.

  The master and mistress entrusted Li Luo to her, but she was unable to keep him safe, which would make Jiang Qing'e live with guilt for the rest of her life. Of course, maybe not for the rest of her life... because with her personality, if Li Luo's time really came, she might just directly buy one and send one off.

  After their previous conversation, Li Luo and Jiang Qing'e both lost interest in chatting, and after walking through the corridor, they arrived at the living room.

  Cai Wei has been waiting here for a long time.

  "We need to go to the Xiyangwu headquarters today, those masters from our department who were driven by Pang Qianchi are already causing trouble there." Cai Wei's beautiful and charming goose-egg face was filled with solemnity.

  "Now the Alchemist circle in Dashaci is watching, if we don't handle it well, it will lead to internal conflicts within Xiayang House, and it will be even harder for Xiayang House to recruit alchemists in Dashaci in the future..."

  Jiang Qing'e heard this and also slightly furrowed her eyebrows, feeling a bit of trouble. Although the Xiyangwu branch had long been controlled by Pei Huan, after all, it was still under the signboard of Xiyangwu. If others really thought it was an internal conflict, it would damage the reputation of Xiyangwu and Luolan Fu.

  If it were before, Jiang Qing'e wouldn't have minded, but after what happened last night, she already knew that the Luolan Mansion was guarding a mysterious array, and it was using the "influence" of the Luolan Mansion to provide power.

  Xiyangwu is part of Luolan Prefecture, and if Xiyangwu's reputation is damaged, it will also affect Qizhen.

  Jiang Qing'e raised her head and exchanged a glance with Li Luo, both of them understanding that if this matter wasn't handled properly today, it would likely become a trouble.

  "Let's go, no matter how troublesome it is, we have to deal with it."

  In the end, Li Luo smiled and took the lead in stepping out of the Luolan government headquarters.

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