Lu Yuanjiang’s words had barely fallen when both Lv Suhua and Jin Xiaolan’s faces turned deathly pale, fully convinced by what he said.
One should know, whenever registering alchemy levels at the Service Hall, the registrant must personally refine a batch of elixirs of the corresponding level in front of the registrar for their alchemy level to be updated.
Hence, there could be no falsification in that.
While Jin Xiaolan and Lv Suhua believed him, an endless remorse welled up in their hearts.
Why didn’t they follow Miss Gu to refine the antidote that night?
Lu Yuanjiang’s talent was the worst among the six of them, yet he had become a Fourth-order late-stage alchemist.
If they had also gone, might they have also become Fourth-order late-stage alchemists?
The more they thought about it, the more they regretted, their intestines turning green with regret and feeling their heart, liver, and lungs aching.
Ma Tao was unwilling to accept this reality, repeatedly chanting that it was impossible.
Watching Ma Tao’s reaction, Lu Yuanjiang laughed, and began to wildly rub salt into their wounds, "Oh, what a pity! If Alchemist Lv had gone, maybe she would have become a Fourth-order late-stage alchemist too. But the biggest pity is Alchemist Ma and Alchemist Jin. Minister Yue had delivered the opportunity right to your doorstep, but you two still pushed it away. Such a pity, truly a pity."
Following his words, Lu Yuanjiang shook his head in fake regret.
Ma Tao and the others felt like a knife had been twisted in their hearts as they listened to him.
Ma Tao raised his eyes, looking deeply at Lu Yuanjiang, his gaze threatening to tear him apart.
But Lu Yuanjiang ignored him, turning to Ruan Hao, "Xiao Ruan, I’ll need your help to tidy up my things. I’m afraid I can’t attend classes for the next few days. Oh, why did I have to try refining a peak Fourth-order elixir? The explosion was..."
After hearing that Ruan Hao could refine peak Fourth-order elixirs, Lu Yuanjiang had enthusiastically tried it and almost ended up losing his life.
The pill furnace exploded into pieces, blowing him into his current state.
"Alright," Ruan Hao replied, walking to Lu Yuanjiang’s workstation to start tidying up.
As he tidied up, he randomly grabbed two books and handed them to Lu Yuanjiang because he knew Lu Yuanjiang wasn’t actually there to tidy up but solely to gloat to Ma Tao and Jin Xiaolan.
Ruan Hao had tried persuading him to rest earlier but failed. He insisted on coming despite his limp.
Having tidied up, Ruan Hao casually picked up the Alchemy Collection from Lu Yuanjiang’s desk, tucked it under his arm, and supported Lu Yuanjiang out of the office.
Li Chunhua followed them out as well.
In the office, only the three regretful souls remained.
Gu Xiyue had just finished her morning exercises when she received a message from the Service Hall. The Service Hall master explained to her about Li Chunhua, Lu Yuanjiang, and Ruan Hao’s registration.
Gu Xiyue wasn’t very surprised because she knew about their improvement in alchemy levels since the night before.
Last night, before going to bed, she had received messages from the three, informing her of their current alchemy levels and talking at length about how powerful Gu Zhiqi was.
Gu Xiyue knew the young girl was talented but had not expected her to be so formidable.
Not only did she teach them how to refine antidotes, but also significantly elevated their alchemy levels.
Especially Ruan Hao, who had already become a peak Fourth-order alchemist.
Gu Xiyue felt immensely moved and went to find the young girl first thing in the morning, intending to thank her personally and inquire if she could give her contact information to the three of them.
Last night, Ruan Hao and the other two had requested Gu Zhiqi’s contact information from her, so she told them she would inquire this morning.
However, when she knocked on Gu Zhiqi’s door, there was no response from inside.
Checking her phone, she found a message from the young girl saying she had already left.