Chapter 305: Li Luo's Boast

"Eighth-grade purity Mi Fa source water?!"

The atmosphere at the table froze for a moment. After a while, Li Bi finally came back to her senses, her gaze turning toward Li Luo with surprise and suspicion.

Jiang Jiang Qinge and Yan Yan Lingqing's eyes also held a trace of astonishment. Clearly, even they had been unaware of this.

They did know the origin of the Mi Fa source water—it was actually condensed from Li Luo's own phase force. Could that even change?

A thoughtful glint flashed through Jiang Jiang Qinge's eyes; she seemed to have vaguely guessed something.

Facing those three pairs of astonished gazes, Li Luo nodded lightly and smiled at Li Bi. "Senior Li Bi, you didn't hear wrong. From now on, the Mi Fa source water from our Xi Yang Wu will be upgraded, and its purity will rise to Eighth Rank."

Li Bi found it somewhat unbelievable. As far as she knew, there were no more than three Ling Shui Qi Guang Wu in the entire Great Xia that possessed Eighth-grade Mi Fa source water.

And yet a Xi Yang Wu of no great scale could have it?

How could that be?

The preciousness and rarity of Mi Fa source water—she, as a Fifth-grade Tempering Phase Master, understood it better than anyone. If Xi Yang Wu truly possessed such a treasure, it would long since have become the foremost Ling Shui Qi Guang Wu in Great Xia. How could it be in such dire straits now?

"Are you joking with me, Junior Li Luo? This isn't a funny joke. Even if you used some tricks to lure me into Xi Yang Wu, in the end, going back on your word would be less than upright." Li Bi's eyes flickered, then she spoke slowly.

Every year, some Ling Shui Qi Guang Wu in Great Xia coveted the Tempering Phase Masters about to graduate from the Tempering Phase Academy, so they employed all sorts of methods to make contact. Some of them were underhanded—whatever it took, the goal was to lure people away first.

This was what the Tempering Phase Masters at the academy despised most.

If Li Luo truly harbored such intentions, Xi Yang Wu would end up on the academy's blacklist.

"Rest assured, Senior Li Bi. I wouldn't do something so foolish."

Li Luo smiled and said, "I'm just asking—if Xi Yang Wu truly possessed Eighth-grade purity Mi Fa source water, would you be willing to come?"

Li Bi hesitated briefly, then nodded decisively.

Eighth-grade purity Mi Fa source water was extremely rare. If she could use Mi Fa source water of this purity in her daily refining of Ling Shui Qi Guang, it would greatly benefit her and also speed up her advancement as a Tempering Phase Master.

Although Xi Yang Wu had shortcomings in other areas, Eighth-grade purity Mi Fa source water was enough to make up for everything.

Moreover, if what Li Luo said was true, a Xi Yang Wu with Eighth-grade Mi Fa source water would soon grow powerful and burst straight into the top ten Ling Shui Qi Guang Wu of Great Xia.

Seeing this, Li Luo smiled and said, "In that case, please don't accept invitations from other Ling Shui Qi Guang Wu for now. In five days, Xi Yang Wu will also take part in the invitation from the Tempering Phase Academy. When the time comes, Xi Yang Wu will show some of its own strength."

"At that time, Senior Li Bi will see what you want to see."

Li Bi stared into Li Luo's eyes, and he met her gaze calmly.

After a moment, Li Bi looked away, toying with her wine cup as if in thought.

"Senior Li Bi, waiting a few days won't cost you anything. Li Luo isn't one to talk big—I guarantee it!" Yan Yan Lingqing urged.

Looking at Yan Yan Lingqing's hopeful gaze, Li Bi smiled helplessly and finally nodded.

"Alright, Junior Li Luo. I'll be waiting to see Xi Yang Wu's performance at the invitation gathering."

"If everything you say is true, and Xi Yang Wu shows the corresponding performance, I think not only will I join Xi Yang Wu, but some of the decent classmates I know will probably feel the same way."

The implication was that if Li Luo's words proved true, Li Bi would bring along a few more people.

After saying this, Li Bi did not linger. She nodded to Jiang Jiang Qinge and Yan Yan Lingqing, then rose and left directly.

At a nearby table on the same floor, Mei Zhu Xuan'er watched Li Bi leave and sneered inwardly. Clearly, the talk had fallen through. That Yan Yan Lingqing was truly naive, thinking everyone was as foolish as her, trapping herself in a broken-down Xi Yang Wu.

Now she even wanted to drag more people into the pit.

She'd have to spread word of her intentions later, so the other soon-to-graduate Tempering Phase Masters would steer clear.

Meanwhile, Yan Yan Lingqing withdrew her gaze, looked at Li Luo, and asked worriedly, "The Eighth-grade purity Mi Fa source water you mentioned—it should be real, right? Don't make empty promises."

With Li Bi present earlier, she couldn't question it and could only choose to trust Li Luo. But now, in private, she couldn't help but ask anxiously.

Jiang Jiang Qinge also turned her gaze over; clearly she was very concerned about this as well.

Li Luo smiled and said, "Right now, I really don't have Eighth-grade purity Mi Fa source water."

Yan Yan Lingqing grew anxious and reached out to pinch Li Luo's ear and tug it. You little brat—do you really dare to play games at a time like this?

"But in five days, I should have it." Seeing this, Li Luo quickly added.

"What do you mean?" Yan Yan Lingqing stopped and asked.

Li Luo smiled without answering, then turned to Jiang Jiang Qinge and said, "Sister Qing'e, help me send a letter to Sister Cai Wei. Ask her to purchase fifty bottles of Sixth-grade Ling Shui Qi Guang at top speed and deliver them to the academy."

"Fifty bottles of Sixth-grade Ling Shui Qi Guang?" Jiang Jiang Qinge was slightly startled. Seeing that Li Luo didn't seem to be faking, she thought for a moment and gently nodded. "I'll have someone send the letter. But these fifty bottles cost over a million Sky-Quantity Gold... I think when Sister Cai Wei receives the letter, she'll be rubbing her forehead again."

Li Luo laughed. It was more than just rubbing her forehead—Sister Cai Wei would probably scold him for being a spendthrift again. Right now, Luo Lan Fu needed funds everywhere. She was already at her wits' end trying to keep everything running, and she still had to take care of his bottomless pit. Just thinking about it, he felt Sister Cai Wei really had it tough.

But there was no helping it—he truly needed this batch of Ling Shui Qi Guang urgently.

Because after this round of cultivation in the Dark Cavern, he had begun to notice signs of evolution in his own Sixth-grade Water Light Phase. This naturally thrilled him immensely. After all, ever since the Water Light Phase had reached Sixth-grade, he had fed it countless bottles of Ling Shui Qi Guang. A rough estimate put it at several million Sky-Quantity Gold.

Yet even so, the Sixth-grade Water Light Phase had shown no signs of evolution.

This left Li Luo extremely helpless, though he understood. Sixth-grade to Seventh-grade was a watershed—Seventh-grade Phase could be called High-grade Phase, while Sixth-grade was only Mid-grade.

He was also confident that once his Water Light Phase evolved to Seventh-grade, his strength would receive a tremendous boost.

At the same time, once the Water Light Phase evolved to Seventh-grade, the Mi Fa source water condensed from it would naturally rise by one grade as well. Reaching Eighth-grade purity would not be difficult.

And once Eighth-grade purity Mi Fa source water appeared, Xi Yang Wu would surely grow rapidly. Combined with the Four-Star Formula Bai Bai Mengmeng was researching, Xi Yang Wu breaking into the top ten of Great Xia should not be a dream.

By then, all the investments could be recouped.

"Keep playing your little games. We'll see what you do when you can't produce Eighth-grade purity Mi Fa source water." Yan Yan Lingqing shot Li Luo a look.

She did know that the Mi Fa source water was condensed by Li Luo himself, but she didn't know the efficiency of Li Luo's refinement of Ling Shui Qi Guang, so she couldn't guess what he actually needed so much Ling Shui Qi Guang for.

Jiang Jiang Qinge then said, "Actually, I think the most important thing right now is to first confirm whether Xi Yang Wu can obtain the invitation qualification."

She gave Li Luo a faint smile.

"And this matter can only be left to you."

They weren't familiar with Xi Chan, so pulling strings through her could only be left to Li Luo.

Li Luo didn't dawdle. He rose at once, preparing to leave, and sighed, "I hope Mentor Xi Chan can open a back door for me, considering I earned her some face in the Dark Cavern this time."

With that, he strode away.

Watching Li Luo's departing back, Yan Yan Lingqing lost her appetite too. She sighed and said, "Can our Xi Yang Wu really put on an impressive showing at the invitation gathering?"

The strength of Xiyang House, she knew better than anyone—the level of their phase-refining masters was average, their formulas were average, the only bright spot being Li Luo's seventh-grade purity Mi Fa source water, but this invitation gathering would surely be filled with the top spiritual-water wonder-light houses in all of Daxia; seventh-grade purity Mi Fa source water, though rare and precious, was not the only one of its kind.

She believed that in the future, Xiyang House should be able to grow strong, but right now, wasn't it still a bit too early?

Jiang Jiang Qinge smiled, personally poured a cup of Green Ant Brew for Yan Yan Lingqing, and said: "Don't worry, since Li Luo has boasted, I feel there is still some confidence in it."

"You didn't enter the Dark Cavern this time, so you don't know—the things he boasted about wanting to do in the Dark Cavern are even more unbelievable than now."

Hearing this, Yan Yan Lingqing finally stirred up some interest.

"Oh? Tell me quickly, what has this kid done now?"

Then the two girls huddled together, savoring the mellow Green Ant Brew, and began chatting in low voices.