A few people with extraordinary auras amongst the crowd strangely looked at Lou Qianxue.
After hearing the discussions around him, one of them froze for a while. “Extraterritorial? Why didn’t I think of it!”
He regretfully shook his head and continued, “It’s only the Extraterritorial that can nurture this kind of talent! Such a pity! I originally wanted to pull her into the Alchemy King’s Mansion!”
Another person beside him immediately sneered. “I was thinking what kind of person would have an Abnormal Fire. I didn’t expect that she would be from the second generation who depends on her ancestors! Such a person always has their nose in the air. She’ll definitely look down on our Alchemy King’s Mansion. Don’t invite ridicule.”
After speaking, the man turned around and left.
The rest of them glanced at one another. The original speaker then again said, “Although she may have depended on her ancestors, having this achievement at such a young age is indeed impressive.”
“Humph! Don’t forget the person for whom we came to the Alchemy Competition this time! Don’t ignore the actual genius who’s suitable for us rather than a second-generation practitioner who will never come to our Alchemy King’s Mansion!”
“That Wei Ziran… He may not be that good! However, since you have already said it, then let’s go. It’s just that I heard someone say… There’s a Ye Zhuixun here, and he seems alright—” Halfway through his speech, the man saw that his companion’s face did not look good. Hence, he stopped and did not continue further.
Soon, a line of people left together.
Lou Qianxue glanced at their backs and walked toward the middle-aged man, who had led her to this place. “Let’s go to the battlefield of life and death.”
The middle-aged man had witnessed the various unforeseen events just now. He excitedly looked at Lou Qianxue. After coming back to his senses, he was extremely agitated. Respectfully lowering his head, he said, “Yes, yes, Miss Alchemist. I’ll bring you there now.”
However…
“Master!” Ye Zhuixun suddenly chased up to her and stood in front of her. “Master, where are you going?”
When the crowd saw this, they focused their gazes on the two of them.
“Oh.” Lou Qianxue paused in her footsteps, turned her head, and looked at Ye Zhuixun. “You’re calling me Master? I wanted to take you as my disciple a while ago, but you were against it.”
“… Master! Although I don’t know why you have this appearance, I know that it’s you.”
Lou Qianxue smiled and shook her head. She ignored him and said to the middle-aged man, “Let’s go.”
Ye Zhuixun kept up with her. “Master, are you really not planning on acknowledging me? Why?
“Where have you been these two years? We thought that you were dead…
“Master, where are you going?”
“…” The crowd watched the three figures go further and further away and exchanged glances.
“Didn’t that Ye Zhuixun… say that he had a Master? Didn’t he reject that young lady? Why is he clinging onto her again?”
“Chhe! If that young lady is willing to take me as her disciple, I’ll also cling onto her!”
“Me too! She’s a genius from the Extraterritorial! A wizard who can refine a fourth-grade pill within 15 minutes! If she were a resident of our Tian Zhao Dynasty, she would have become a legend!”
Everyone became green with envy. “Yes! If he doesn’t cling onto her in this kind of situation, he’s a fool!”
***
At the same time, in the Imperial Capital of the Imperial City.
“Lou Xiaoxiao, someone’s looking for you.”
Lou Xiaoxiao, who was being given the cold treatment for the last two days, sneered and ignored the messages others passed on to her.
“They already tried such hoaxes thrice during these two days. Are these people so bored? Can they defeat me by deceiving me to go out and fight? Really naive!”
Lou Xiaoxiao continued to close her eyes and cultivate.
Soon.
Someone passed a message again.
“Lou Xiaoxiao, someone’s waiting for you outside the academy. He said that he had all the time to wait. There were five or six juniors of the Lou family alongside him. He said that he would kill one each hour, and so, he can wait for six hours!”