The news of the Nalan family's genius girl, Nalan Lan, being expelled from the Imperial College quickly spread throughout the capital. It was like a stone that caused a thousand ripples. Everyone in the streets and alleys were talking about it.
Nalan family.
In the main hall, the Nalan family's patriarch was sitting on his seat. The two elders were sitting on one side, while the others were sitting on both sides.
In the middle of the room, Nalan Lan was kneeling on the ground in a blue robe. Her head was lowered, and her long hair hung down behind her head, covering her cheeks.
Nalan Qi knelt at the side and looked at the tense atmosphere in the room. He said, "Father, you can't blame sister for this. It's all that Sima Youyue's fault. If it weren't for her, sister wouldn't have been expelled!"
"How dare you speak!" Nalan He fiercely slammed the teacup in his hand onto the table. Looking at the kneeling Nalan Lan and Nalan Qi, he scolded, "You clearly know that you can't do these things in the academy, yet you still did it. Now that you've been expelled, you've lost the face of my Nalan family!"
Nalan Lan lowered her head, not saying a word.
"Patriarch, Lan 'er didn't want things to turn out like this. I thought that it would be fine if that trash was killed, but I didn't expect her to come back alive." The Great Elder at the side said, "Lan 'er also wanted to strike a blow at that old fellow Sima Lie. You see, when that trash disappeared, we did indeed take the opportunity to strike at the Sima family."
"That's right, Patriarch. Lan 'er's talent is extraordinary. Without the academy, how could our Nalan Clan not be able to nurture the younger generation?" Another elder also spoke up for Nalan Lan.
"But being expelled by the academy, how much shame would it bring to the family?! Now, I'll punish you to go to the ancestral hall and repent for three months. Reflect on your actions! " When Nalan He heard the two elders exonerate his daughter, his heart relaxed a lot. He gave Nalan Lan a punishment that was neither painful nor itchy.
Nalan Lan kowtowed to the front, got up and left. From the moment she came back to the moment she left, she had not said a single word. Everyone thought that she had been struck by this matter, but her lowered eyes were bursting with intense hatred and killing intent. She secretly thought that when she came out of the ancestral hall, she would definitely take that trash's dog life!
After Nalan Lan left, the Great Elder waved his hand and dismissed the juniors. There was no need for them to participate in the following conversation.
"Patriarch, this Sima family is going to directly fall out with us this time!" The second elder said.
"This time, the Sima family has humiliated us greatly. We must repay them well!" Nalan He gritted his teeth and said, "When I went to see the Old Ancestor yesterday, he also said that we should clean up the Sima family as soon as possible. Then let's start to close the net."
The First Elder and Second Elder nodded in agreement when they heard that this was the Old Ancestor's intention.
For a long time, the Sima family had been suppressing their Nalan family. This time, they must take down the Sima family.
As a result, the struggle between the two families moved from the shadows to the surface. No matter what field it was, the two families had a tendency to fight to the death.
Sima Youyue also knew a little about the struggle between the two families in the academy. However, she was now ordered by Sima Lie to stay in the academy and was not allowed to go back. She could only work hard to improve herself in the academy.
For more than a month, Sima Youyue had been practicing alchemy in the Spirit Pearl.
Previously, she had almost finished refining. After practicing for a few more days, she once again set her sights on the second step of fusion.
This time, Sima Youyue chose the simplest first grade pill, the Blood Coagulation Pill to practice.
This Blood Coagulation Pill only required four kinds of ingredients. Moreover, they were all relatively mild ingredients. The probability of explosion was relatively small and the success rate was relatively high. It was a pill that ordinary alchemists would use.
After letting Little Spirit prepare the ingredients, Sima Youyue once again confirmed the steps of refining the pill. After making sure that she had memorized them, she then began to refine the ingredients.
She was already very familiar with the step of refining the essence of the ingredients. Very quickly, all four ingredients were refined. After sorting out the refined medicinal herbs, he first put two of them into the pill furnace. After a while, he put another one in.
Thinking about the previous time when the furnace exploded, Sima Youyue still had some lingering fear in her heart when she put the ingredients in. She was afraid that the same thing would happen again.
However, this time, the ingredients gave her face and did not explode. This made her greatly relieved.
Following the instructions in the book, she controlled the size of the flame. At this time, she realised that without her own flame, refining pills was a very troublesome thing.
After a few minutes, Sima Youyue put the last ingredient into the pill furnace. Luckily, this time, the furnace did not explode.
However, just when she thought that she had succeeded, a gurgling sound came from the pill furnace. Then, with a 'puchi' sound, a burnt smell was emitted from the small hole on the pill furnace lid. This meant that the fusion had failed.
Sima Youyue extinguished the fire and opened the pill furnace lid. As expected, she saw a black lump of something inside. She could not help but sigh.
"Yue Yue, don't be disappointed. This is your first time, it's normal to fail. It'll be fine once you're familiar with it. "Little Roar appeared behind her and comforted her.
"I'm not disappointed." Sima Youyue shook her head and said, "I'm just thinking that refining pills is really not a simple thing."
"Of course." Little Spirit also appeared in the air and said, "Master before master said that the steps of refining pills are not very difficult. However, it is not without reason that tens of thousands of Spirit Masters are blocked outside. Every minute of refining pills, every step of control, must be precise. Moreover, the requirement for mental strength is one in ten thousand. "
"Looks like I still need a teacher to guide me." Sima Youyue touched her chin and began to think about who to choose as her teacher. However, after going through all the Pill Masters in her mind, she could not think of anyone suitable.
"They're all crooked melons and cracked dates. I won't be able to learn anything from them." Thinking about how those Pill Masters were all arrogant, Sima Youyue rejected all of them.
If those Pill Masters knew that they were being looked down upon like this, they would be so angry that they would stomp their feet!
"Forget it, I'll just try it myself first. When I meet a good Pill Master, I'll think about becoming his disciple." After Sima Youyue finished speaking, she picked up another set of ingredients and began to practice.
Three days later, she finally succeeded in refining the first batch of medicinal liquid.
"Now for the last step, condensing the pill!" Sima Youyue let out a long sigh of relief. Then, she placed her hand in front of the pill furnace and condensed her spiritual energy, slowly injecting it into the pill furnace.
"Peng — —"
Once the spiritual energy came into contact with the medicinal liquid, a violent explosion occurred. The pill furnace was blown into pieces and flew everywhere. Sima Youyue was also blown away by the force of the explosion.
"Damn it! It exploded again! "
Before she fainted, she vaguely saw a fiery red figure appear beside her. There was also a pair of complicated eyes looking at her.
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