Everyone looked at Lou Qianxue in shock.
"..." Lou Xiaoxiao and the younger generation of Qingyun City also looked at Lou Qianxue in silence and curiosity: "Qianxue? What did you do? How did you become famous again?"
Before Lou Qianxue could answer...
"Alchemist? Humph! So what if you're an alchemist? All alchemists' skills are built up through elixirs. How could I be afraid of you?" The ignored Mu Bailing saw that everyone's attention was on Lou Qianxue. Her cold eyes revealed deep hatred.
"... So." Lou Qianxue raised an eyebrow and looked at her: "Are you going to challenge me?"
"Yes! Lou Qianxue, I want to challenge you! Two years ago, you hid your true colors and applied for the Imperial Capital College, but you were timid and avoided the exam! What a coward! I have disliked you for a long time. Today, I can teach you a lesson so that those idiots in Fengyang County will know who was the most powerful person in that class."
"... In that class, the most powerful ones seemed to be Ye Zhuixun and Sister Xiaoxiao, right? Is it any use comparing you to me?"
"Hey, Miss Qianxue, don't say that. Mu Bailing can't beat Sister Xiaoxiao and Mr. Ye. This is well known."
The younger generations of the Lou family were talking, looking at Mu Bailing with strange and sympathetic eyes: "She probably thinks that if she can't beat Sister Xiaoxiao and Mr. Ye, she can beat you..."
"You! Shut up!" Mu Bailing became even angrier after her true identity was exposed.
"Lou Xiaoxiao and Ye Zhuixun are both in Xuanwu realm, and I am only in Yuanwu realm. It is normal for me to have defeated them. What is there to be ashamed of? But Lou Qianxue, she is only in Yuanwu realm, and I am both in Yuanwu realm. I don't believe that I can't beat her!"
Everyone around nodded when they heard this: "Yes, they are both in the Yuanwu realm, they are evenly matched and both have a chance to win... Moreover, Mu Bailing has been training in the Imperial Capital Academy for two years, and although Lou Qianxue has defeated the freshman in the Xuanwu realm, she may not be able to defeat the old student in the Yuanwu realm of our Imperial Capital Academy."
"That's right. That's right."
As everyone spoke, they looked at the two expectantly.
"Lou Qianxue! I want to challenge you, do you dare to accept it?" Mu Bailing glared at her fiercely: "But before you accept it, there is one thing I must tell you!"
She smiled coldly, with a sinister look on her face: "I want to add a stake to this challenge."
"Lou Qianxue, if you lose, destroy your own cultivation and get out of the Imperial Capital Academy! Our Imperial Capital Academy doesn't need a coward like you!"
"!!!" Everyone gasped.
"Abandoning one's own cultivation? Isn't this too cruel?"
"Yes! If you give up your own cultivation, you will ruin your life. You may even lose the ability to become an alchemist!"
"But... this Mu Bailing, although she has a cruel heart, she is really smart!"
"Hmm? What do you mean?"
"Think about it, Lou Qianxue is a high-level alchemist. In the future, many experts will definitely follow her for elixirs. So, even if she loses this challenge, she can get revenge in the future! But if she destroys her own cultivation... then she will become a waste, unable to condense elixir fire, let alone refine elixirs. At that time, naturally no one will be willing to stand up for her and avenge her! - With Lou Xiaoxiao and the others alone... With Mu Xueying here, who dares to touch Mu Bailing?"
"I see... Mu Bailing is so cruel! If I were Lou Qianxue, I would refuse to accept the challenge! After all, it's not shameful for a freshman to refuse a challenge from an old student!"
(End of this chapter)