Chapter 303: Li Bi

Under the cover of night, the Holy Profound Star Academy was filled with a cool breeze.

Inside the academy, there was a restaurant.

Such a restaurant generally only operates for a period while the Dark Cave is open, serving to alleviate and vent some of the students' nervous tension. The unique item sold at the restaurant is called "Green Ant Brew." Green ants are a type of ant found on Resonance Power trees; their sap is collected to brew this, and after some processing, it has become a unique item of the academy, known for its mind-calming effect.

By a window in the restaurant, Li Luo, Jiang Qing, and Lu Qinger were seated.

Li Luo held the pot, pouring the green brew from the spout to fill the cups for the two women, then picked up his own cup to take a small sip, feeling that peculiar sensation and letting out a soft breath.

The mental tension built up in the Dark Cave was also slightly eased.

"I heard that a Great Disaster-class Otherkind appeared at your No. 13 Outpost this time; I was worried to death earlier." On the other side, Lu Qinger held Jiang Qing's hand, full of concern.

Jiang Qing smiled to reassure her.

"Sister Qinger, which top student from the Resonance Tempering Institute did you invite?" Li Luo asked with a smile about the purpose of tonight's gathering.

"Senior Sister Li Bi. Among the current Resonance Tempering Institute, she is one of the few five-grade Resonance Tempering Masters. Moreover, her reputation in the institute is quite high. If you can recruit her to join Xiyang House, I believe many others will follow," Lu Qinger said with a smile.

"A five-grade Resonance Tempering Master..."

Li Luo couldn't help but click his tongue. As expected of the Resonance Tempering Institute, they can even produce a five-grade Resonance Tempering Master. One must know that a Resonance Tempering Master of this level, anywhere in the Great Xia, is absolutely a target that all major Spirit Liquid and Wonder Light houses would go all out to recruit.

"If she is willing to come to Xiyang House, I would even give up this position of House Master to her," Li Luo did not hide his covetousness for the other party in the slightest.

After all, the previous Xiyang House General House Master, Han Zhi, who was poached and defected to Daze House, was only a five-grade.

A Resonance Tempering Master of this level could squeeze into the upper echelons even in those Spirit Liquid and Wonder Light houses ranked in the top ten of Great Xia.

"I'm just afraid she might not look down on this position of House Master at Xiyang House," Jiang Qing took a small sip of the green brew and said with a faint smile.

"Hey, to be honest, the scale of Xiyang House really doesn't have much appeal to others."

Lu Qinger was quite blunt, saying, "Senior Sister Li Bi only agreed to come and have a chat with me. I feel the only thing about Xiyang House that she might have some interest in is that secret method source water with upper-seventh-grade purity that we have."

"However, although this level of secret method source water is rare, it is not as if those top ten Spirit Liquid and Wonder Light houses don't have it, so..."

She didn't finish her sentence, but Li Luo understood clearly. To put it bluntly, their Xiyang House temple was too small, and whether they could keep this great Buddha was truly an unknown.

After all, the other party had no ties to them; it was impossible for her to risk her future to stay at their Xiyang House.

And in those top-tier Spirit Liquid and Wonder Light houses, they could communicate with higher-level Resonance Tempering Masters to improve themselves, and there were also higher-grade formulas there, giving them more opportunities to learn.

Compared to that, Xiyang House indeed lacked appeal.

"Let's do our best," Jiang Qing could only say this. After all, if the other party really wasn't interested, they couldn't force her.

"It's all your fault," Lu Qinger complained to Jiang Qing.

"Why blame me?" Jiang Qing asked with amusement.

"With your ninth-grade Light Resonance, if you had also become a Resonance Tempering Master, you might already be a sixth-grade one by now. In the future, you would definitely be the number one Resonance Tempering Master in Great Xia. At that time, would you still worry about Xiyang House not flourishing? You are simply wasting your talent for resonance tempering," Lu Qinger said, feeling a bit frustrated that she wouldn't live up to her potential.

Jiang Qing smiled but did not argue with Lu Qinger. What could a sixth-grade Resonance Tempering Master do? Could it change the desperate situation of the Luolan House? Moreover, while Resonance Tempering Masters certainly have status, when it comes to power, it is still inferior to one's own cultivation.

What she wanted was absolute power, not to manipulate people by relying on Spirit Liquid and Wonder Light; that did not fit her character.

Therefore, even though she possessed a ninth-grade Light Resonance, she still unswervingly chose to focus on her own cultivation.

Li Luo did not speak, because he understood the reason for Jiang Qing's choice. If his father and mother had not met with misfortune and were still at Luolan House, perhaps Jiang Qing would have chosen to try dual-cultivating as a Resonance Tempering Master. But ever since they went missing, the heavy burden of Luolan House fell onto her shoulders; after all, at that time, Li Luo was rumored to have an empty resonance and could not carry this burden at all.

Under those circumstances, it was even more impossible for Jiang Qing to have the time and energy to try being a Resonance Tempering Master.

The reason he took the path of a Resonance Tempering Master was actually more because of his own special acquired resonance. If not for this reason, he likely would not have touched upon resonance tempering either.

While they were talking, Li Luo suddenly saw a tall figure walking up the stairs. It was a girl wearing blue clothes; the girl had a beautiful face, and her short hair looked quite capable.

When she appeared, Lu Qinger also spotted her and immediately stood up to wave.

Thus, the girl in blue walked over, and Lu Qinger smiled, reached out to take her arm, and led her to be seated.

"This is Senior Sister Li Bi."

"Well, there's no need to introduce Jiang Qing, right? This is Li Luo," Lu Qinger gave a brief introduction for both sides.

Li Bi first smiled at Jiang Qing, nodded, and said, "Junior Sister Jiang's name is like thunder to the ears."

"Senior Sister Li is too kind," Jiang Qing also returned a smile. Li Bi was a student of the Fourth Star Academy, one grade higher than her.

Only then did Li Bi look at Li Luo and nod slightly: "Junior Brother Li Luo."

Her attitude was neither cold nor particularly enthusiastic.

"Senior Sister Li Bi," Li Luo didn't mind and showed a hearty smile. Since he came to seek talent, his attitude naturally had to be right.

Regardless of whether it would have any effect, what needed to be done still had to be done.

Both sides were seated, and with Lu Qinger enlivening the atmosphere, it was quite harmonious.

After chatting for a while, Li Bi finally brought the topic back. She looked at Jiang Qing and Li Luo and asked, "I heard that Xiyang House has a type of secret method source water with upper-seventh-grade purity?"

Jiang Qing glanced at Li Luo, who nodded slightly, took a bottle of secret method source water from his robe, pushed it to Li Bi, and smiled: "What Senior Sister Li Bi said is true; this is no longer a secret."

Li Bi took the bottle of secret method source water, opened it, wrapped a drop of the secret method source water with her resonance power, and sensed it carefully for a moment. She then said with some surprise: "It is indeed secret method source water that has reached upper-seventh-grade purity. I suppose this is Xiyang House's secret weapon. This item is crucial to Xiyang House's ability to show signs of rising in the past half year."

She put the bottle down, looked at Li Luo, and said: "However, Xiyang House's disadvantages are too obvious. Without a high-grade Resonance Tempering Master in charge, and lacking high-star-level spirit liquid formulas, even with this secret method source water, it is very difficult for Xiyang House to compete with those Spirit Liquid and Wonder Light houses ranked at the top of Great Xia."

"After all, the top ten Spirit Liquid and Wonder Light houses are not lacking in secret method source water of upper-seventh-grade purity, so I am actually not very optimistic about the future of Xiyang House. And even if I went to Xiyang House, it wouldn't be of much help to you."

She spoke very bluntly, without any concealment, and then she gave an apologetic smile to Jiang Qing and Lu Qinger.

"I know the purpose of Junior Sister Qinger's invitation today, but I am truly sorry."

She shook her head.

"I don't think I can join Xiyang House."