It was peaceful for three or four days after they returned. Perhaps because Ye Zhuangya had been studying the medicine, she hadn't called them to class.
Normally, they'd have to go for at least half a day.
Of course, Ye Zhuangya's attendance had nothing to do with Linlong, because he didn't need to learn anything from her at all.
Early in the morning, there was a sudden knock on Linlong's door.
Could it be Mo Tian? Linlong wondered.
Ever since he'd given Mo Tian the puppetry technique, Mo Tian hadn't come looking for him.
Unexpectedly, when he opened the door, he found Murong Xue standing outside.
Murong Xue's little face was tense, as if she was still brooding over what had happened last time.
She didn't even look at Linlong. She said coldly, "Linlong, Instructor Ye wants to see you in the lecture hall."
"Junior Sister Murong, why do you have such a stern look on your face? How did senior brother offend you? If I have, I will apologize to you here, all right?" Lin Long found it amusing. However, he put on a façade of ignorance. "Junior Sister Murong, why do you look so serious?
"If there's nothing else, let's go." Murong Xue's expression softened when she saw Linlong's sincerity.
With that, Murong Xue turned and headed back to the lecture hall.
Linlong smiled, then followed behind Murong Xue.
The two of them arrived at the lecture hall very quickly. When he saw that there were quite a few people seated inside, Linlong thought that Ye Zhuangya was going to give a lecture. He was just about to find a place to sit when Ye Zhuangya spoke up.
"Linlong, come in for a moment," she said.
As she spoke, Ye Zhuangya walked towards the room on the side.
In addition to the great hall, there were also two small rooms in the lecture hall.
"Hm?" Linlong was a little surprised, but he followed Ye Zhuangya into the room anyway.
"Instructor Ye called us here to discuss the preliminaries of the alchemy competition. Could it be that Instructor Ye thinks highly of Linlong and is giving him special treatment?" Seeing this, some people immediately grew envious of Linlong.
"What's so strange about that? Linlong beat Ren Yang a few days ago, and he even knows something that Instructor Ye and the others don't."
"Yeah, if I were Instructor Ye, I would definitely give Linlong special attention."
"Isn't it just a special method? The alchemy competition is a competition of true strength." Some people thought otherwise, thinking that Linlong only knew some unorthodox things and that there was nothing special about him.
At that moment, many people started arguing about it.
However, each of them had their reasons, and each of them had their reasons. No one could convince the other.
Of course, there were also people who asked Murong Xue. Murong Xue also said that she didn't know, because Ye Zhuangya only told her to call Linlong. She didn't say anything else.
In the small room, Linlong said to Ye Zhuang Ya, who had already sat down in front of him, "Instructor Ye, what's the matter?"
To Linlong's surprise, a smile actually appeared on Ye Zhuangya's face, sweeping away the icy coldness from before.
"Linlong, it's like this. Ever since I came back, I've been trying to concoct that medicinal liquid for a few days, but I've been stuck in one place. That's why I called you over to ask you about it." Ye Zhuangya smiled.
So Instructor has something to ask of me. Linlong immediately understood.
However, after hearing Ye Zhuangya's words, Linlong also remembered. Although the method to concoct that medicinal liquid was simple, there was a step that even instructors had never come into contact with. Because of this, Ye Zhuangya had tried for a few days without success.
When he thought about how many contribution points Ye Zhuangya must have wasted over the past few days, Linlong couldn't help but blush with shame.
Without waiting for Ye Zhuangya to ask any specific questions, Linlong said, "Instructor, you're probably stuck with the Stonetoad Vine …"
"How did you know?" Ye Zhuangya was immediately shocked.
"I didn't explain the Stonetoad Vine well enough. Actually, as long as the vine is crushed during concoction and left for a little longer, the vine's juice will be able to fully release and react better with the medicinal liquid. That's why I placed the Stonetoad Vine in the second position," Linlong said.
"Is that so?" Ye Zhuangya's lips twitched when she heard this.
If it was really that simple, then the materials she had wasted over the past few days would have been a pity. Those were over a million contribution points!
Luckily, she called Linlong in time, otherwise, who knew how many more materials she would have wasted.
"En, that's how it is." Linlong nodded.
Ye Zhuangya naturally couldn't blame Linlong. After all, a large part of this was because her knowledge as an instructor wasn't up to par. If Linlong hadn't taught her this method, she might never have known the method to concoct this medicinal liquid.
"En, then thank you, Linlong …" After saying this, Ye Zhuangya's tone changed, "This time, other than asking you this question, I wanted to tell you and the others that the academy will be holding the preliminaries of the alchemy competition. This preliminaries is mainly held between the new disciples in order to select a few people to participate in the final alchemy competition. Of course, there will also be some old disciples who aren't that strong participating …"
After listening to Ye Zhuangya, Linlong quickly understood. Originally, the academy didn't want to hold this kind of preliminaries, but because there seemed to be a little more new disciples this year, they finally decided to hold this kind of preliminaries.
At the end of the day, the academy didn't have much hope for these new disciples. Holding this kind of preliminaries was only to improve their individual abilities.
"Of course, I didn't call you here just to tell you about this matter. I also want to teach you a few things so that you can familiarize yourselves with the competition so that you can perform better in the preliminaries." Ye Zhuangya continued to say.
After all, these people were her disciples. If they performed poorly, it would damage her reputation as an instructor.
After saying this, Ye Zhuangya let Linlong go out. Soon after, she also walked out and once again told the others what she had just said to Linlong.
Finally, when the time for learning was set, the disciples were allowed to leave.
After leaving the lecture hall, Linlong was thinking about whether or not he should tell Instructor Song Dongming about the Stone Toad Vine. However, after thinking about it, he decided against it. After all, Song Dongming wasn't his instructor. If he didn't ask any questions, then he deserved to lose his contribution points for nothing.
Soon after, Linlong threw this matter to the back of his mind. However, when he returned to his room, he discovered that the person standing outside his room was clearly Song Dongming.
After seeing Linlong, Song Dongming hurriedly came to greet him.
Song Dongming's appearance as if he had come to find Linlong naturally surprised the surrounding people. After all, Song Dongming was the academy's law enforcement instructor. His authority was second only to the academy's dean.
For such a person to privately come to find Linlong and even have a smile on his face, it could only be said that he thought highly of Linlong.
Thinking about the previous Ye Zhuangya, many people thought even more highly of Linlong. Of course, they were also curious as to why Song Dongming came to find Linlong.
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PS: The goal of more than a hundred flowers is only half completed. It seems that it will not be completed today.
In fact, there were quite a lot of people who read the book. If each person had a flower, they could easily have more than a hundred flowers. Hopefully, they would be able to reach the goal tomorrow.
Once again, a notice was sent: From now until the end of the month, if there are more than a hundred flowers every day, I will add one update …
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