Chapter 315: Hack You to Death

Amidst the astonishment filling the venue, Li Luo also rose to his feet.

"It seems no one is optimistic about my Xiyang House." Feeling the many suspicious and doubtful gazes shooting across the venue, Li Luo smiled at Jiang Qing and Yan Lingqing.

"Sigh."

Yan Lingqing was worried to death; she sighed and lamented, no longer in the mood to pay attention to Li Luo.

Jiang Qing nodded slightly at Li Luo and said, "Good luck."

She knew that Li Luo possessed the four-star formula developed by Bai Meng, but this could only be said to narrow the gap with the other Spirit Liquid and Light Houses; it was still unlikely to completely catch up.

After all, the other participants were all Grade Five Refiners. With their level of expertise, refining Grade Three Spirit Liquid and Light was naturally much easier, and the quality of the finished product would also be better.

And Li Luo was, after all, only Grade Three. How could he bridge such a gap?

Cai Wei gently swayed her round fan. Although she didn't speak, it was clear she was also very worried. After all, Xiyang House had finally managed to gain some reputation and its situation was much better than before, but if this whole ordeal today didn't end with a good result, it would truly be a laughingstock.

But in the end, she said nothing. After all, the ones in charge of Luolan Mansion were Li Luo and Jiang Qing; if they both decided on this, no one could change it.

Of course, most importantly, she understood Jiang Qing and Li Luo. They valued Luolan Mansion and Xiyang House even more than she did, so it was impossible for them not to know the impact of today's invitation meeting. Since they still chose to do this, there was a high probability they had some preparations.

As for what those were... one could only wait and see.

Li Luo walked out from the location of Xiyang House, and under the gaze of many, headed toward the white jade platform in the center of the square, where refining stations had long been prepared.

In one part of the square, where the "Tiangong House" team was located, the Princess was also watching Li Luo's figure. Her slender brows lifted slightly; this Li Luo, he really was everywhere. He had just shown off his prowess in the Dark Cave, and now he wasn't even letting this Refiner Institute invitation meeting go?

Wasn't he being a bit too arrogant?

The Princess turned her head to look at a middle-aged man with graying hair beside her and asked, "Master Gu Xu, do you think a Grade Three Refiner can compete with a group of Grade Five Refiners on an occasion like this?"

The middle-aged man known as Gu Xu smiled upon hearing this and said, "Your Highness is referring to this President Li Luo of Xiyang House, right?"

"It's very difficult."

Before the Princess could nod, he shook his head and said, "The foundation of Xiyang House is too thin. Compared to top-tier Spirit Liquid and Light Houses like Daze House, they are far behind in both heritage and scale."

"There are three key elements to refining Spirit Liquid and Light: the Refiner, the formula, and the secret source water and source light."

"First, regarding the Refiner, Xiyang House is significantly behind: Grade Three versus Grade Five."

"Regarding the formula, Xiyang House has never reached four-star level. Conversely, the other Spirit Liquid and Light Houses are participating in the Grade Three category because Grade Three Spirit Liquid and Light is one of their signatures, and they all possess four-star formulas."

"As for the secret source water and source light, it is said that Xiyang House recently acquired a type of Upper Grade Seven secret source water. This is their only advantage, because the purity of the secret source water and source light of the other five houses is only Lower Grade Seven, so in this regard, Xiyang House can pull back one point..."

"But that is all. The gap between Upper Grade Seven purity and Lower Grade Seven purity is not enough to reverse the situation."

Master Gu Xu smiled and said, "So... this President Li Luo likely has no chance."

The Princess nodded slightly. This was a professional assessment from Gu Xu, which carried significant weight. However, she did not entirely agree, because she knew that Jiang Qing and Li Luo should be very clear about this. Both of them were very smart; if there was absolutely no chance, they wouldn't risk the reputation of Xiyang House.

Then, what exactly gave Li Luo this confidence?

A hint of curiosity rose in the Princess's heart.

After experiencing the great disaster crisis in the Dark Cave, she no longer underestimated Li Luo in the slightest. This guy usually kept a low profile, as if completely obscured by Jiang Qing's radiance, but by intuition, the Princess felt that in Luolan Mansion, the one most worthy of serious consideration might not just be Jiang Qing...

This Li Luo was truly hiding his depth.

When Li Luo stepped onto the high platform, he happened to run into Han Zhi, who was also taking his place. The latter gave him a gentle smile.

However, this time, Li Luo only glanced at him ind，ifferently and said, "Han Zhi."

"Does Young Mansion Master Li Luo have anything else to say?" Han Zhi smiled.

Li Luo said coldly, "If I get the chance, I will find someone to hack you to death, so from now on when you go out, tell Duze Mansion to assign you more guards."

The smile on Han Zhi's face stiffened slightly. He hadn't expected Li Luo to be so direct this time, and he didn't even bother to hide his murderous intent.

Moreover, this was too lacking in decorum!

Han Zhi's expression turned somewhat ugly, and he said, "Young Mansion Master Li Luo, by breaking the rules like this, Duze Mansion might also adopt such methods to retaliate against your Xiyang House's Refiners."

"When you burned down the Xiyang House research lab, you had already stopped following the rules."

Li Luo gave a faint smile, then stopped wasting words and turned directly toward the refining station arranged for him in advance.

Han Zhi looked at his back with a gloomy expression and finally let out a cold snort. The current situation of Luolan Mansion was unstable, and they could barely protect themselves; for Li Luo to still try to threaten him was truly naive.

Did he really think he would be afraid because of this?

Fine. Since you want to force my hand, don't blame me. Previously, there was no opportunity, but since you have actively stepped up, I will seize this chance.

Heh, the spectacle of a former Xiyang House president crushing the current one—surely many people would be interested. By then, the little reputation Xiyang House had finally managed to accumulate would once again fall to the bottom.

Li Luo didn't pay much attention to what Han Zhi was thinking, but he did harbor deep murderous intent toward this person. Because the latter not only betrayed Luolan Mansion, but that fire in the research lab had also made Li Luo burn with rage.

Luolan Mansion had treated Han Zhi well; his ability to become a Grade Five Refiner was due to the significant support provided by Luolan Mansion. But now, upon seeing Luolan Mansion's weakness, he not only defected directly to their rival, but to curry favor with Duze Mansion, he had even heartlessly committed the evil act of burning down the research lab.

Just as he had said earlier, this point was already outside the rules.

Li Luo hadn't paid much attention to this matter before because there were too many things going on, and Han Zhi had kept a low profile after joining Daze House. But he hadn't expected that this low profile was just a facade; this guy now dared to come out and trample on Xiyang House. Since that was the case, he could no longer turn a blind eye.

Therefore, what Li Luo said earlier was not just a simple threat. If he really found the opportunity, he wouldn't mind using the power of Luolan Mansion to eliminate Han Zhi.

Thinking of these things, Li Luo had already arrived at the refining station. Standing there, he looked up and saw countless gazes from the square fixed upon him, which gave him no small amount of pressure.

However, Li Luo's expression was very calm. He knew that not many people were optimistic about him, but that was exactly the skepticism he needed. Because the deeper their skepticism was now, the more profoundly they would remember Xiyang House when the results came out.

He believed that after this invitation meeting, although Xiyang House might not immediately rank among the top ten in Great Xia, its rise would be unstoppable.

Ding!

It was at this moment that the sound of gold and jade clashing suddenly rang out, and the loud voice of the Refiner Institute instructor presiding over the order echoed throughout the venue.

"The Grade Three category of the invitation meeting, officially begins!"