After Xiaojin heard the conversation between the two and relayed it to Feng Yuqin, he said to her, "Master, these two are not only reliable in character and loyal to you, but also very smart."
"They haven't disappointed me indeed," Feng Yuqin replied.
Ke Ruxia and the other didn't know that all their actions were under Xiaojin's surveillance. After they figured things out, they decided to delay Lin Sixue properly.
That night, Lin Sixue sent people to monitor Ke Ruxia and Sun Jian's every move.
Ke Ruxia and Sun Jian couldn't detect this news, so Feng Yuqin told them about it in person.
"This Lin Sixue is so despicable. She actually sent people to monitor us," Ke Ruxia said angrily.
"This is normal," Feng Yuqin said. "You can stay in your rooms to refine pills during this period. If you run out of medicinal materials, I have some here."
Sun Jian also agreed with this point. "There are only a few months left until the competition. We should focus on improving our strength during this period."
"Yes. Whether they monitor us or not doesn't matter much to us," Ke Ruxia said.
Feng Yuqin was quite satisfied with their reactions.
So next, the three of them each went to their own rooms to refine pills. However, Feng Yuqin went into the space after entering her room.
...
Ten days later, Xiaoying came back.
Su Bing and Yan Xiao also showed up outside the gate of the Alchemist Guild at the same time to sign up for the assessment.
Although Feng Yuqin wasn't around them, the two of them didn't delay their alchemy practice at all.
Yan Xiao was now a fourth - level alchemist. Although Su Bing was one level lower, she was taught alchemy by Feng Yuqin personally, so the quality of the pills she refined was around 50% to 60%.
The pills refined by the members of the Elders' Council weren't of very high quality. And because the members of the Elders' Council had always been trying to restrict the alchemists of the Alchemist Guild, the news that Su Bing and Yan Xiao could refine pills of 50% quality quickly spread to the Elders' Council.
After Su Bing and Yan Xiao passed the assessment, Elder Lin sent people to take them to the Elders' Council.
At the same time when they were invited to the Elders' Council, Feng Yuqin also found out.
"I really didn't expect the people who could refine pills of 50% quality to be so young," Elder Lin said, looking at Su Bing and Yan Xiao. A hint of coldness flashed across his eyes.
After all, his alchemy skills were the highest in the Elders' Council, but he still couldn't refine pills of 50% quality. However, these two could.
The pills in his hand were the ones refined by Su Bing and Yan Xiao.
Since the person in charge of this matter today was Elder Lin's confidant, he believed that these two had really refined pills of 50% quality.
This really annoyed him.
Su Bing had been in charge of the Dark Night Pavilion, so she was extremely sensitive to people's subtle expressions. Even though the coldness in Elder Lin's eyes flashed by quickly, she still caught it.
However, they had to be careful before they saw their master. "You're overpraising me. I might just be lucky," she said.
After all, keeping a low profile would make it less likely to arouse others' jealousy.
"Yes. Maybe we were just overly excited because we thought we could enter the Alchemist Guild, so we performed exceptionally well. We've never refined pills of 50% quality before," Yan Xiao said, lying without batting an eyelid.
Maybe before being guided by Feng Yuqin, he really couldn't refine pills of 50% quality.
However, as long as people were guided by Feng Yuqin, the quality of the pills they refined was at least 50%.
This time, they didn't dare to be too ostentatious, so they had kept a low profile.
But they were still targeted by the people from the Elders' Council.
Xiaoying had already briefed Yan Xiao and Su Bing about the situation of the Alchemist Guild.
So they were both quite cautious.
Especially Su Bing, who was naturally a cautious person. Although Yan Xiao was usually a bit of a slacker, he wouldn't let them down at critical moments.
"Is it really just a coincidence?" Elder Lin's expression finally softened a bit.
Su Bing nodded. "Yes."
Yan Xiao also chimed in. "We've heard that the elders of the Alchemist Guild are very skilled in alchemy. We came here specifically to learn alchemy from the elders because our performance is unstable."
"Really? Since you've come to the Alchemist Guild, you should have a general idea of who the elders in the guild are, right?" Elder Lin looked at Yan Xiao and asked.
Hearing this, Yan Xiao began to count the elders. "I know you're Elder Lin. Then there's Elder Chen, Elder Zhao, and Elder Qi. I've heard that there's a very beautiful guest elder who just came to the guild recently, but I haven't seen her, so I don't know if it's true or not."
Hearing Yan Xiao mention Feng Yuqin, Elder Lin's face suddenly turned gloomy.
Just then, Lin Sixue happened to come over and hear this. She immediately said, "That Feng Yuqin is just a vase. You don't need to take such a person seriously. If you're here to learn alchemy, of course you should choose my father, Elder Lin. My father is the most skilled alchemist in the Elders' Council."
Su Bing and Yan Xiao didn't expect Lin Sixue to describe Feng Yuqin as a vase.
If someone like Feng Yuqin was a vase, they would be willing to be such vases.
It was a pity that they probably wouldn't reach Feng Yuqin's level even in their next lives.
However, although Su Bing and Yan Xiao wanted to be vases like Feng Yuqin, they wouldn't allow others to slander her like this.
"Being a vase means she's beautiful. Unlike some people, they don't even have the chance to be a vase," Yan Xiao looked at Lin Sixue and said with a hint of sarcasm.
"Who are you saying doesn't have that chance?" Lin Sixue was instantly furious. She stared at Yan Xiao with an extremely ugly expression and demanded.
"He's saying you don't have that chance," Su Bing added fuel to the fire.
"You're asking for death!" Lin Sixue raised her hand and was about to slap Su Bing, but then she found that her raised hand couldn't move anymore.
"What? It's so lively in the Elders' Council. Are you going to fight?" Feng Yuqin's calm voice sounded.
Hearing Feng Yuqin's voice, a flash of joy crossed Su Bing and Yan Xiao's eyes.
"Aqin..." Yan Xiao turned around and saw Feng Yuqin. He immediately walked quickly to her and said, "You've suffered a lot during this period."
Xiaoying had told them on the way here about how the elders of the guild had made things difficult for Feng Yuqin.
Su Bing opened her mouth, but the word "master" didn't come out.
Because she wasn't sure if Feng Yuqin intended to reveal her identity as the master of the Dark Night Pavilion.
"Cousin, I'm fine. You don't need to worry," Feng Yuqin said. Her gaze fell on Lin Sixue.
"Feng Yuqin, what did you do to me? Why can't my hand move?" Lin Sixue roared.
Elder Lin was stunned when he saw Feng Yuqin's stunning beauty.
He only came to his senses when he heard his daughter's angry roar.
He stepped forward and wanted to put Lin Sixue's hand down, but he found that he couldn't.
This discovery shocked him extremely.
"Feng Yuqin, what kind of sorcery did you use on my daughter?" Elder Lin asked.