Chapter 319: Be Shocked, Everyone

During the brief moment the presiding instructor was distracted, the venue erupted into an uproar; everyone wore a look of confusion, unable to understand why the instructor had suddenly lost their voice.

"Could it be that the purification strength is so low that it's embarrassing to announce?" Mei Xuan'er said with a smile from the spectator stand.

The surrounding students from the Purification Hall were speechless; surely it couldn't be that bad, could it?

Li Bi was also somewhat puzzled. What could that instructor have seen to cause such a long delay? She was well-acquainted with the quality and capability of the Purification Hall instructors; if they hadn't seen something truly shocking, they shouldn't have reacted this way.

But what could they have seen?

Was it too poor, or too good?

Li Bi knew there were only these two possibilities.

"Do you think it's possible that Li Luo performed beyond his limits?" she asked Bing Tao beside her.

Bing Tao hesitated for a moment and said, "Even if he performed beyond his limits, he couldn't possibly surpass the other five fifth-grade purifiers... That simply defies common sense."

Li Bi nodded. As a fifth-grade purifier herself, she understood very well that if she were competing against a third-grade purifier under the same conditions, she would absolutely crush them.

What's more... the current conditions for Li Luo and the other five fifth-grade purifiers were not the same.

Because Xiyang House only had a three-star formula, while the other five top-tier spirit liquid and light houses all possessed four-star formulas!

There was already a massive gap in their strength, and now that the formulas had also created a distance, how could he possibly catch up?

But if it wasn't too good, could it be too poor? That shouldn't be it; Li Luo didn't just spit into a tube, so there was no need for the instructor to be this shocked, right?

It wasn't just them who were confused; over at Xiyang House, Yan Lingqing, Cai Wei, Tang Yun, and the others were equally nervous, to the point where they were holding their breath.

Cai Wei gripped her round fan tightly and complained, "What is this instructor doing? Are they deliberately keeping us in suspense?"

"Something must have happened," Yan Lingqing said uncertainly.

Tang Yun sighed bitterly. He didn't speak, but he likely felt that whatever had happened was probably not good...

Jiang Qing'e, however, remained calm, simply watching the refining table quietly, waiting for the answer to be revealed.

Their wait did not last long. After the instructor regained their composure, they held the testing needle high in the air, and a complex voice rang out.

"Xiyang House, Li Luo, purification strength... sixty-six percent!"

Although the voice rang out, it was met with dead silence across the entire venue.

All eyes were fixed on them in shock, their expressions seemingly losing all control; they couldn't quite believe what they had just heard...

Sixty-six percent?!

The third-grade spirit liquid Li Luo refined actually reached a purification strength of sixty-six percent?!

Wouldn't that put him on par with Han Zhi?!

How could that be?

How could that be!

"How is that possible?!"

The various heads of the spirit liquid and light houses present were all stunned into silence. They were experts in the field, and it was precisely because they were experts that they understood just how incredible this was.

Over at Tiangong House, Master Gui Xu was also full of astonishment. He muttered, "Did they make a mistake?"

The Princess sat gracefully on her chair, her slender jade fingers crossed. Her phoenix eyes narrowed slightly as she watched Li Luo's figure in the arena. This result was also beyond her expectations, but for some reason, it also felt as if it should have been this way.

Li Luo had indeed come prepared.

She didn't think the instructor had made a mistake, because as a member of the Astral Sage College, she also understood the standards of these Purification Hall instructors; such a low-level error was absolutely impossible.

Others were so shocked simply because they had never imagined Li Luo could achieve such results, whereas she, having seen Li Luo's performance during the great disaster in the Dark Abyss, held him in higher regard, making it easier for her to accept.

However... even so, the Princess couldn't help but sigh in her heart. This Li Luo—you don't know until you interact with him, but once you do, he always leaves you constantly surprised.

It was as if there were endless treasures within him, an inexhaustible supply for you to dig into.

Although the House of Luolan had lost its two house masters, the two young leaders left behind were gradually propping up the crumbling situation. If given enough time, the Princess felt that the future House of Luolan would regain its glory.

It was just that time... was perhaps what they lacked the most.

The Princess frowned slightly. Half a year... although her uncle currently held most of the authority and power within the Royal Court, as the Princess and the King's own sister, she naturally possessed some intelligence networks, so she knew a little about the situation of the House of Luolan.

The House of Luolan possessed a supreme treasure, something that even Title Marquis experts coveted immensely. Yet, the current House of Luolan had no true Title Marquis expert to hold the fort, relying only on that strange array to guard their headquarters, which inevitably invited much covetousness.

The depth and extent of this covetousness were enough to shock even her.

Therefore, even she could not predict what the outcome for the House of Luolan would be in half a year.

"Sixty-six percent?! What kind of joke is this!"

At the location of Daze House, Duze Beixuan nearly fell off his chair. His face turned livid, and he couldn't help but curse as he stood up: "Is that bastard Li Luo cheating?!"

"Could that instructor have been bought by him..."

Duze Honglian also had a momentary lapse in her heart, but she quickly sobered up and swept a cold gaze over: "Shut up!"

This foolish younger brother, how could he drag the Purification Hall's instructor into this? If this angered the Purification Hall, how would their Daze House recruit purifiers here in the future?

Duze Beixuan was scolded and finally came to his senses. He sat back in his chair with a shifting expression and gritted his teeth: "That Li Luo is only a third-grade purifier, and Xiyang House doesn't have a four-star formula. How can his purification strength compare to Han Zhi's?!"

Duze Honglian took a deep breath and said expressionlessly: "I don't know why either, but you had better put away your anger for now, because it won't help."

"I said before that this kid is a monster; you have to be on guard at all times."

Duze Beixuan felt extremely stifled. Even if he were a monster, there should be a limit, right? He was a third-grade purifier with a three-star formula; how could he compare to Han Zhi, who was a fifth-grade purifier and possessed their Daze House's four-star formula?!

Does this damn thing have no logic at all?

The waves of uproar echoed continuously throughout the venue, further fueling the atmosphere to a boiling point.

Yu Lang stood up abruptly, smoothed his hair, then put his hands on his hips and roared at the entire venue: "Everyone, be shocked for me! Don't hold back your emotions!"

The crowd in the arena: "..."

This guy must be a lunatic.

On the high platform, Instructor Xi Chan stared at the arena for a moment, the thin veil on her face seemingly trembling slightly, then she looked at Ling Zhaoying and smiled: "How about it? Did it exceed your expectations?"

A smile appeared on Ling Zhaoying's beautiful, still-charming face, and she spoke slowly.

"Interesting."

"How does this House of Luolan always produce such monsters?"