Chapter 550: Chapter 550

Qianqiu went up to the inspector and said, “What’s wrong?”

“The purity is too high. It’s ninety-seven percent.” The inspector looked at Xiao Jinting strangely. He had thought Feng Jie was awesome, and he didn’t expect Xiao Jinting to be better. The purity of the liquid was too high.

Qianqiu looked at Xiao Jinting and asked, “How many times did you refine the fruit?”

Xiao Jinting thought for a while and said, “Eight times.”

In fact, he was able to refine two more times, but he didn’t do that because he was afraid to attract attention. Noticing that the crowd was shocked, Xiao Jinting realized that he had done too much.

Qianchun went up to him and said admiringly, “Mr. Xiao, you did a great job.”

Xiao Jinting smiled and said politely, “Thank you.”

Qianchun said with admiration, “Qianqiu, you are awesome. You managed to recruit such a talent as Mr. Xiao.”

Xu Qianxia smiled and said, “Thank you. In fact, Qianqiu is perceptive. I didn’t know that Mr. Xiao is competent, but Qianqiu guessed it right.”

Qianqiu mentioned that Xiao Jinting came out because he wanted to refine the fruit seven or eight times, but her guess was right. Qianxia knew that Qianqiu attempted to humiliate her by saying that. However, Xiao Jinting turned out to refine the fruit eight times.

Xiao Jinting frowned, feeling uneasy.

He looked at the crowd and saw a young cultivator. He recognized him. He was Feng Jie, the alchemist recruited by Xu Qianqiu with efforts.

Feng Jie looked at Xiao Jinting suspiciously.

Qianxia looked at Xiao Jinting in bewilderment. She invited Xiao Jinting because she could get no one else. She didn’t expect him to be so competent.

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When Xu Muan saw Xiao Jinting come back, he smiled.

He said, “I heard that you outshined the famous Feng Jie in the exam today.”

Xiao Jinting said lazily, “I didn’t plan to do that, but I overestimated the others’ strength. I was worried that I would be disqualified if I refined the fruit seven times, so I refined it eight times. I didn’t expect the best of them could only refine the fruit six times.”

Xu Muan looked at Xiao Jinting’s disappointed face and smiled. “You are the best, of course.”

Flame felt Xiao Jinting was proud and said with disdain, “You look proud. What’s the big deal? You defeated a group of lame ducks.”

Xiao Jinting was speechless.

He narrowed his eyes and said, “Tomorrow I will start to refine the pills.”

Xu Muan nodded and said, “I made some inquiries. Although Shang Jin is not a good person, he has good alchemy skills. Perhaps you can take the chance and find the way to advance to the third grade.”

Xiao Jinting crossed his arms and said, “I came for this opportunity.”

In a large alchemy room, Xiao Jinting and the other four alchemists stood in a row. Shang Jin was opposite them.

Heaps of spiritual herbs were piled in the room, where there was a rich smell of herbs.

Xiao Jinting took on the most difficult task because he was the champion of the exam.

He swiftly refined the spiritual liquid, and Shang Jinting put the spiritual liquid refined by the assistants into his own cauldron for the second refining.

It was quiet in the alchemy room. As Xiao Jinting refined the spiritual liquid, he observed Shang Jin.

Soon after they started, an alchemist failed in refining the spiritual liquid, and Shang Jin warned him to focus.

Xiao Jinting knew that the assistants came to learn from Shang Jin.

If the alchemist had concentrated on the refining, he would not have failed. He tried to observe Shang Jin as he refined the liquid. He didn’t have enough soul force to do that.

Xiao Jinting had exceptionally strong soul force. In the exam, he concealed his strength. When he refined the liquid, he was able to watch Shang Jin clearly.

Shang Jin was engrossed in the pill refining with a solemn face.

Watching Shang Jin, Xiao Jinting seemed to learn something.