As she spoke, Murong Xue walked up to senior apprentice-brother Luo.
"Senior apprentice-brother Luo, how many contribution points do you need in total?" she asked.
"Three sets of ingredients, a total of one hundred and fifty points," said senior apprentice-brother Luo.
"Mm. Senior apprentice-brother Luo, please deduct these points," said Murong Xue as she took out her medallion.
"No need for that much, just fifty points. One set of ingredients is enough," said Linlong suddenly.
"One set of ingredients? Are you sure?" Senior apprentice-brother Luo looked at Linlong in surprise.
Even the academy's instructors couldn't guarantee that they could concoct a fourth-rank pill with just one set of ingredients. How could he not be surprised?
He wasn't the only one. Everyone else was shocked as well.
"Junior apprentice-sister Murong, this Linlong is only using one set of ingredients. He can't even concoct a fourth-rank pill, so why waste your contribution points on him?" someone suddenly said mockingly.
"That's right, that should be the case."
Everyone else agreed. After all, even the instructors weren't confident that they could do it. How could Linlong possibly do it? He was definitely just going through the motions.
Murong Xue looked at Linlong in surprise, then nodded to senior apprentice-brother Luo. "Senior apprentice-brother Luo, then deduct the fifty points."
Since his master had spoken, senior apprentice-brother Luo didn't stop her, even though he didn't want to let her waste her points. Instead, he deducted the fifty points from Murong Xue's medallion, then handed it back to her.
After deducting the points, senior apprentice-brother Luo pulled out two identical cauldrons and four sets of ingredients from the exchange window.
He'd used the academy's cauldrons, and the exact same ones at that, to ensure the fairness of the competition. There were good and bad cauldrons, and some were so good that they could influence the success rate of the concoction.
Ren Yang glanced at Linlong disdainfully, then walked onto the stage with his cauldrons and ingredients.
Linlong turned to Murong Xue and smiled. "Thank you, junior apprentice-sister Murong."
Murong Xue didn't say anything. She only snorted. Clearly, she still held a grudge against Linlong for using her as a wager.
Initially, she didn't intend to come, but she couldn't help but follow along. When she arrived at the scene and saw that Linlong didn't have any contribution points, she couldn't care less and stood up.
Lin Long didn't take Murong Xue's reaction to heart. Instead, he picked up the cauldron and the document and walked onto the stage.
Two tables had already been set up on the stage.
The two tables were about ten feet apart. Ren Yang was already standing in front of one table, so Linlong walked to the other.
The one in charge of being the referee was a Senior Brother called Zheng Rong. This Senior Brother had stayed in the academy for six or seven years and had pretty good abilities in alchemy. Moreover, he was also respected by most of the disciples in the academy, so it was best for him to be the referee.
This time, he just happened to be in the mission hall, so he was directly pulled over to be the judge.
When Zheng Rong walked onto the stage, Ren Yang suddenly said loudly, "Fellow disciples, today's match between me and Linlong is not as simple as just deciding a victor. We've already made a wager. If I win, Linlong will give junior apprentice-sister Murong to me. If I lose, I will immediately leave the academy and never take another step inside again."
There were already about seven or eight hundred people present. Since these people had arrived later, they didn't know about the wager between Ren Yang and Linlong.
As soon as they heard the wager, they immediately burst into an uproar. After all, the wager wasn't small at all.
When he saw the crowd's reaction, Ren Yang's expression immediately turned smug. The reason why he'd announced the wager again was so that more people would know about it. When the time came, no matter how thick-skinned Linlong was, he wouldn't be able to go back on his word.
Ren Yang didn't believe that he would lose.
"Alright, let the match begin." As soon as Zheng Rong's voice fell, the match between Linlong and Ren Yang officially began.
Ren Yang didn't dare to be careless. This fourth-grade Mysterious Will Pill was also quite difficult for him, so he immediately focused all his attention on concocting the ingredients.
He didn't want to use up three sets of ingredients and still be unable to refine the Mysterious Will Pill because of carelessness.
Although in his opinion, Linlong definitely wouldn't be able to refine the Mysterious Will Pill with only one set of ingredients, he was still a genius in the field of alchemy. Therefore, not only did he have to win, but he also had to refine the Mysterious Will Pill to convince the surrounding people.
Time slowly passed under Ren Yang's concentration.
To most people present, the result of the match had nothing to do with them, so they weren't nervous at all.
Of course, those who hoped that Ren Yang would win weren't nervous either, because in their opinion, there was absolutely no possibility of Ren Yang losing.
The only people who were nervous were those who cared about Yang Fan.
There were pitifully few people who cared about Yang Fan, except for Mo Tian. Mo Tian had only arrived later. Once he understood what was going on, he immediately began to worry for Yang Fan. After all, he had been in the academy for so long, so he knew who Ren Yang was.
As the person involved, Murong Xue was naturally nervous as well. Although she didn't agree to let the two of them use her as a wager, she knew that if Linlong lost, he would never have the nerve to have anything to do with her again.
Murong Xue, why did you agree when Linlong said that he only wanted one set? No matter what, you should have let him use three sets of ingredients. Murong Xue even began to blame herself in her heart.
Ren Yang's concocting process was extraordinarily smooth. Even the refining process was the same.
Could it be that he could refine the Mysterious Will Pill on his first try? Ren Yang couldn't help but feel excited when he saw this.
He had refined the Mysterious Will Pill many times in the past, but it had never gone as smoothly as it did now.
At this moment, he couldn't help but want to see how Linlong was doing. However, he suppressed this thought in the end, because he didn't want to make a mistake just because he was distracted.
Linlong, just you wait. Once I'm done refining this Mysterious Will Pill, Xue 'er will have nothing to do with you anymore. When that time comes, you won't be able to stay in the academy any longer, he thought excitedly.
The crowd below the stage had been paying attention to the situation on stage the entire time, so they naturally noticed how smoothly Ren Yang had refined the pill.
"Ren Yang's refining is going so smoothly, but Linlong hasn't made any moves yet. I'm afraid that the outcome will be decided very soon."
"I just don't understand. Since Linlong knows that his skills are inferior, why did he still make the bet?"
"He's stupid."
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