Chapter 313: Han Zhi

Regarding Han Zhi's seemingly kind but actually malicious advice, Li Luo just smiled and shook his head, not feeling the slightest bit of anger. After all, the more they jumped around now, the more spectacular their expressions would be when the final results came out—something well worth savoring and enjoying.

"Let's go, to our spot."

He calmed Tang Yun and the others, who were still furious, and then walked with Jiang Qing'e into the bustling square to find the spot assigned to their Xiyang House.

On the way to find their spot, Li Luo and the others encountered a group of students from the Refining Phase Institute led by Li Bi. Most of them were the type of refiners about to graduate, which could be seen from the confidence in their expressions.

"Senior Sister Li Bi!"

Yan Lingqing was the first to wave and greet Li Bi.

Hearing the voice, Li Bi stopped in her tracks, smiled at Yan Lingqing, and then looked at Li Luo: "Junior Brother Li Luo, your Xiyang House really did come to participate in this invitation meeting."

"It's all thanks to Senior Sister's guidance," Li Luo said with a smile.

Li Bi gave a helpless smile. She didn't know if this guidance was a good thing or not. The Spirit Liquid and Light houses that came to this invitation meeting were almost all top-tier in the Great Xia, and compared to them, Xiyang House was really not up to par.

"Who do you plan to send up? Lingqing?" Li Bi asked. As far as she knew, there were no Grade Five refiners in Xiyang House yet, so the highest would be a Grade Four refiner like Yan Lingqing.

Yan Lingqing hesitated for a moment, then pointed at Li Luo. The latter also revealed a smile: "Senior Sister Li Bi, this time Xiyang House will have me competing."

Li Bi couldn't help but widen her eyes. She stared at Li Luo for a few seconds and then couldn't help but say: "Do you even know what you're doing?"

She really couldn't understand it. Xiyang House was almost the weakest Spirit Liquid and Light house present, and even then, they weren't going all out, instead sending Li Luo, a Grade Three refiner, to compete?

Was this the plan to become the laughingstock of the whole event?

"Senior Sister Li Bi, I know what I'm doing. Please believe in me; I wouldn't joke about the reputation of Xiyang House," Li Luo said earnestly.

Believe in you... how could anyone believe that!

With Xiyang House's capabilities, they would likely participate in the Grade Three Spirit Liquid and Light refining event, but the ones sent out by other houses were at least Grade Five refiners, and they had high-star recipes. The only highlight of Xiyang House was that Grade Seven purity Secret Method Source Water, but as mentioned before, those top-tier Spirit Liquid and Light houses also possessed Secret Method Source Water and Source Light.

Under these circumstances, how could Li Luo, a Grade Three refiner with a low-star recipe, compete with others?

When the results were too poor, they would immediately become the laughingstock of the entire event. Would any students from the Refining Phase Institute still think highly of Xiyang House then?

Li Bi sighed with a hint of disappointment in her eyes and said: "Suit yourself."

After saying that, she left directly with her people.

Back at the restaurant, this Li Luo had spoken with such certainty, but looking at it now, he was ultimately still young and impulsive.

As they walked further away, the students from the Refining Phase Institute beside Li Bi asked curiously: "Is that Li Luo? He's been very famous in the academy recently."

"Yeah, I heard he performed extremely well in the Dark Cave, and the academy is even going to reward him," other refiners said one after another.

A beautiful-looking senior sister smiled and said: "He's also quite good-looking. Actually, just for his looks, going to Xiyang House would at least be a treat for the eyes."

Her words immediately caused some of the sisters to tease: "Senior Sister Bingtao is interested, but Jiang Qing'e is standing right next to him. Don't be reckless, watch out for getting beaten up."

The senior sister called Bingtao spat, then shook her head and said: "But being handsome doesn't put food on the table. Xiyang House's strength is too weak; the future is bleak if you go there."

Immediately, she looked at Li Bi: "You seemed to be paying some attention to Xiyang House these past two days? It must have been that girl Yan Lingqing who persuaded you, right? But I think you should be cautious about this."

Li Bi sighed. Bingtao was also her good friend in the academy and was currently a Grade Four refiner. Although she was one grade lower than her, she was still considered excellent, so she had revealed a bit of her interest in Xiyang House to her friend two days ago, but the other party clearly just scoffed at it and didn't care.

And after learning that Li Luo would be representing Xiyang House, she actually didn't have any expectations for Xiyang House in her heart anymore.

Forget it, if Li Luo insisted on doing so, what could she do?

Meanwhile, on the other side.

"It's over, Senior Sister Li Bi seems very disappointed."

Yan Lingqing looked at the figures of Li Bi's group, gave a bitter smile, and then glared at Li Luo: "It's all your fault for insisting on competing."

Li Luo was helpless. He couldn't very well say in front of so many people that he had many treasures now, so please have confidence in him, right?

"Let the results do the talking."

He could only say this, and then the group entered the venue and found the spot assigned to Xiyang House, and then he heard some familiar voices coming from the direction of the stands behind them.

Li Luo followed the voices and saw a group of familiar figures shouting over there.

Yu Lang, Lu Qinger, Zhao Kuo, Bai Mengmeng, and Xin Fu were all clearly there to cheer him on.

Li Luo smiled and waved at them.

In the stands, Yu Lang waved his hand and said: "Brothers, show the sign."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Kuo and the others immediately pulled up the prepared banner, which read: "Brother Luo, fly bravely, Luo fans will follow forever!"

Yan Lingqing couldn't help but cover her face and said: "Can you tell them not to hold that up? It's so embarrassing."

Li Luo, however, looked on with appreciation and said: "I think it's pretty good; it can boost morale."

Yan Lingqing retorted: "Being so flashy now, what will you do if you lose later?"

"This shows that Yu Lang has confidence in me, unlike you guys," Li Luo lectured.

Yan Lingqing really didn't even have the energy to retort.

And in the stands, Lu Qinger also frowned slightly and said: "You guys are being so flashy, what if Xiyang House doesn't perform well later? Wouldn't that make people laugh?"

Yu Lang was calm and composed, saying: "I have confidence in Li Luo!"

"Besides, it's not like I don't have a backup plan."

After saying that, he waved his hand at Zhao Kuo and the others again.

Then Lu Qinger saw Zhao Kuo and the others quietly unfold another banner they had prepared, which read: "Brother Luo, don't panic, come back next time!"

Lu Qinger was dumbfounded, then couldn't help but laugh and cry.

They even had "come back next time" written out.

You have zero confidence in Li Luo.