Chapter 60 - 60 I Go My Own Way

“…”

“What’s going on?”

“It seems… Miss Yu’s Furnace has also been lit…”

“Didn’t she just say she couldn’t do it? Saying one thing but her body tells another truth?”

The onlookers once again widened their eyes.

Liu Mingyue said the method was useless and planned to report it officially when she made her breakthrough; Yu Xiaoyu said she couldn’t do it, and the next moment her Furnace was lit…

I’ve seen people wanting to slap others, but never someone so eager to slap themselves…

Are these two girls sick or something?

Or could it be… the trio of master and apprentices didn’t come for an open class but to put on a joint performance!

“…”

Individuals like Lu Mingrong and Wu Yunzhou exchanged looks of utter disbelief.

They’d been thinking about how to mitigate the impact, how to save face for the genius, how not to let him lose too much face, and then this scene unfolds…

No need for formations, no need for directing strength, no need for various steps and methods, just swallowing the blood, and the Furnace is successfully lit… If lighting the Furnace is so easy, then what have we been exhausting ourselves over?

“???”

While the onlookers were just shocked, the scrutinized Yu Xiaoyu widened her eyes in astonishment, her eyelids twitching non-stop.

This was the Luo Zhi Bird’s blood essence, wasn’t it already confirmed that it can’t be used as Fire-Starting Material?

Why did it work?

How could it work!

For a moment, the city lord’s young miss felt like her world view was crumbling. All the knowledge she had learned before was now useless.

Especially after she had deliberately pretended and made such a fuss… when in fact, all she needed to do was obediently absorb the power of the blood into her Source Pool! If she had known it was this simple, why bother pretending at all!

A lifetime of acting skills… all wasted…

“Successfully lighting it only proves that Zhang laoshi was competent just now, it doesn’t represent anything else. Let’s see what the level is. If it’s not high, it’s still meaningless…” Chen Hao’s voice rang out once more.

“Indeed, we all want to know what level of Furnace the Qingguang Beast’s Essence Blood can light!”

With these words, everyone’s attention was once again focused.

Liu Mingyue just now lit a Spirit pinnacle level Furnace, can Miss Yu reach that too?

“I…”

Upon hearing the crowd’s words, Yu Xiaoyu’s heart skipped a beat, and she involuntarily became nervous.

Her old rival Liu Mingyue, with the help of the Lingyun Beast Spirit’s Blood, had lit a Peak of Pinnacle Furnace and reached the level of Flowing Water Qi; her best friend Mo Yanxue, with the dean’s help, was also ranked at pinnacle.

If her own result was much worse, she would definitely become the laughingstock, constantly compared to others!

But to say there’s no gap, she couldn’t even convince herself, as the others used Heavenly Destiny Primeval Beast’s blood essence, while she only used that of the Luo Zhi Bird… The difference was too vast, immeasurable!

Without even thinking about it, she knew that even if she had lit the Furnace, having a Low-grade result would be good enough; Spirit pinnacle… in her dreams!

“Maybe… let’s just forget it! I will go back and double-check…” Awkwardly smiling, Yu Xiaoyu continuously shook her head.

She knew her own state, and she did not want to embarrass herself in front of everyone.

“Xiaoyu, you Forged the Qingguang Beast’s Essence Blood, which is a notch higher than the Lingyun Beast. Don’t be modest, show it here. Liu Mingyue dared to, why are you walking away?”

Yu Feng said.

“Yes, show us. We also want to see what level of Furnace the Qingguang Beast’s Essence Blood can light!”

“Curious indeed…”

“I…,” Yu Xiaoyu felt like crying.

You’re really my own brother, aren’t you? You won’t let me lose face completely and not let me leave, right?

Don’t keep a low profile… Is this keeping a low profile? Even if I wanted to make a big deal out of it, I couldn’t!

“Xiaoyu, start. I also want to see!” Mo Yanxue looked over with equal curiosity evident on her face.

Despite being the same Lingyun Beast Spirit’s Blood, the Furnace ignited by Zhang Xuan was of a higher class than that ignited by the dean. How much more advanced could the Qingguang Beast reach?

“Alright!”

Seeing all eyes converge on her, with no way to escape, Yu Xiaoyu bit down on her silver teeth.

If I’m going to die, so be it. I’ve already lost enough face anyway… What’s a bit more?

Once again closing her eyes, she took a deep breath, and with a mental push, she captured the Origin qi in the air.

“I just hope I can Forge it…”

Origin qi entered the Source Pool, and the Furnace instantly ignited it, quickly refining it into pure strength, coursing through her body.

“Is that a success? It seems… very fast?”

Yu Xiaoyu was stunned.

She had thought it was just a Low-grade Furnace, but the speed of refining was surprisingly fast. While feeling odd, she sped up the refining process. The next moment, those around could hear the sound of flowing water from within her body.

“It’s Flowing Water Qi!”

“It’s actually a Peak of Pinnacle Furnace!”

“To ignite two students’ Furnaces in one go, and to think both are of such high levels, did we perhaps misjudge Zhang laoshi?”

“It seems that even the dean can’t achieve this…”

Whether teachers or students, those who had scorned him just now found themselves unable to speak.

To ignite a Furnace, even for an experienced teacher, took close to a short hour, involved tons of preparation, and left them drenched in sweat before they could succeed, and the success rate was not that high.

The other party just tossed the blood into the mouths of the two, seemingly playing around, yet in less than a tea’s time, he had ignited two…

“Chen Hao, didn’t you say that this Zhang Xuan laoshi doesn’t deserve to be a teacher? How come I feel he’s really amazing, I even want to become his disciple!”

“I’m also tempted…”

Shock gave way to a murmur of excitement, and some astute students were already questioning.

Most of the students who had come were enticed by the likes of Chen Hao and others, wanting to see this Miscellaneous Duties Teacher embarrass himself, but they could never have dreamed he’d be so formidable!

“Everyone, let’s not get too excited too soon. It’s true that Zhang laoshi can ignite Furnaces, which is beyond my expectations, but… his level is just mediocre!”

Seeing the admiration for Zhang Xuan growing in the crowd, Chen Hao bit down on his teeth.

“To consecutively ignite two Peak of Pinnacle Furnaces is just mediocre?” Someone scoffed.

“Don’t believe me? Let me explain, then you’ll understand,” Chen Hao said as he flicked his sleeve. “You all heard what Miss Liu and Yu Lai just said. They used Lingyun Beast and Qingguang Beast’s blood essence! The value of these two types of blood essence, I need not say, you all understand, right? With such precious Fire-Starting Material, is it difficult to ignite a Pinnacle Furnace? I think any teacher, as long as they prepare seriously, can accomplish this!”

“This…”

The crowd paused simultaneously.

That’s right, if the Fire-Starting Material is too potent, naturally the Furnace’s class will be high, and the connection to this Zhang Xuan isn’t as big as we imagined.

“In fact, a teacher wouldn’t even be needed! I can do it myself!”

Seeing the crowd’s thoughts wavering, Chen Hao sneered coldly and raised his right hand. “This is the jade bottle they used to hold their blood essence just now. I’ve got it! There are still two drops of blood left inside. If there are any new students who haven’t ignited their Furnace yet, come on up. I’ll help you ignite it. A Pinnacle is all it is. If I can’t do it, I’m willing to kneel and apologize to Zhang Xuan…”

“Jade bottle?”

Zhang Xuan paused, looked down, and saw that the two bottles handed over by Liu Mingyue and Yu Xiaoyu had disappeared without a trace, likely taken by someone amidst the chaos.