Chapter 58 Four beauties surround you, Yanran’s gentle service!
"Damn it! I followed all the steps, so why did something go wrong?"

Seeing Liu Ling fail, the little princess, who finished refining the medicinal materials slower than Liu Ling, hesitated for a moment and cast her beautiful eyes to the handsome young man beside her, as if she was going to see what Xiao Ming would do.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Ming had already finished refining the elixir and was sitting on a stool with his eyes closed and one leg crossed, looking very comfortable.

Seeing this posture, Yaoyue couldn't help but be surprised.

"Hey, Xiao Ming, have you successfully condensed the elixir?"

"Hmm!" The young man nodded, took a jade bottle and threw it next to the little princess. Yaoyue opened the bottle and smelled a strong fragrance of elixir. Looking at the round pill and the elixir pattern on it, it was obvious that the pill was of a very high degree of completion.

The little princess was shocked.

"Xiao Ming, how did you do it? Liu Ling and the others all failed. Is the gap so big?"

Yaoyue couldn't help but fall into deep self-doubt.

Xiao Ming smiled slightly and uttered three words.

"Hou Tu Zhi!"

Yaoyue is not stupid, on the contrary she is very smart. After hearing what Xiao Ming said, she quickly sorted out all her thoughts and started asking questions.

"I understand. It's Hou Tu Zhi. The competition officials specially added this unnecessary herb to interfere with the recipe! Is that right or wrong?"

"That's right, you are worthy of being a little princess!" The boy smiled and applauded.

"No way, I can't compare to you!" Yaoyue looked at Xiao Ming deeply with her beautiful eyes, which was quite meaningful.

We were competing together, but before I could figure out what was going on, he had already figured out everything and even successfully completed the elixir. And I still needed his reminders. Is this a true genius?
At this point, after throwing away the extra thick earth grass, Yaoyue also began to condense the pill. Liu Ling, who was standing aside, heard what Xiao Ming said, and also started to refine the herbs again, preparing for the second condensation of the pill.

And Yan Li, after a few minutes, shouted loudly, hammered the cauldron, and the lid of the cauldron opened. A round blue pill flew out. Obviously, it had also been successfully made into a pill.

"Hehe, nothing more than that!" After Yanli smiled complacently, he planned to continue mocking a few people.

However, he only saw Xiao Ming sitting casually beside the stool. Yan Li was puzzled. What happened? Did he give up treatment?
Note: Yan Li's position was quite far away from the huge bluestone platform where Xiao Ming and others were. He was actually very focused on refining the elixir, so he did not pay attention to the conversation between the few people.

The young man did not reply, but calmly opened the cap of the jade bottle. Yanli stood up, looked at the rich and delicate pill, and understood.

"Damn it!"

Yan Li was a little angry. He had done such a shameless thing, but he still encountered a monster? Even with his experience, he lost two games in a row. Could it be that there really are monsters in this world?

Yanli began to doubt his life.

Afterwards, Yaoyue and the others successfully condensed the pills and passed the second level of assessment together.

After the test time officially ended, the next step was the usual machine testing phase. And the best performer in this test was naturally Xiao Ming!
Next was Yan Li, followed by the little princess Yao Yue, Liu Ling and other powerful third-grade alchemists, and Xiao Yan, the second-grade alchemist. When the test was over, the sky gradually darkened.

"Everyone, let's end today's meeting here. Please have a good rest. Tomorrow is the day of the championship competition. You must have a good rest to avoid any accidents!" Fama laughed.

After Fama announced that the competition was temporarily over, Xiao Ming put away the alchemy furnace and prepared to leave. Although it felt quite simple and not tiring, he still had to go back to recuperate and gather his strength for tomorrow's battle.

As soon as he left the square, a pleasant and gentle voice came from the side: "Xiao Ming, congratulations! You have successfully won two rounds, which is something that even the Dan King Gu He couldn't do back then!"

Nalan Yanran said with a sweet smile.

"Well, it's okay. After all, I want to surpass him!"

Hearing Xiao Ming's words, Nalan Yanran was slightly startled, then she recovered immediately and smiled. She pulled Ya Fei and Yao Ye, the two girls, and said to the young man with a smile: "The eldest princess Yao Ye has already said that she will hold a banquet to celebrate for you, Liu Ling, and the little princess tonight. Don't refuse!"

Of course, Xiao Yan’s name was not among them. This was not because Nalan Yanran deliberately targeted him, but Yao Ye’s personal intention.

Yao Ye was not a tactless woman. In her opinion, inviting someone who had a grudge against Nalan Yanran to such a dinner party would make both of them unhappy, so she naturally did not do it.

Besides, her target wasn't Xiao Yan anyway, so it didn't matter if there was one more or one less.

Yao Ye said in the same gentle voice.

"Yes, Mr. Xiao Ming, I hope you will come over, otherwise Yao Ye will lose all his face!"

There is no need to mention the beauty of Nalan Yanran and the other two girls. Even in the entire imperial capital, the beauty of the three girls can be regarded as top-notch. Now the three of them are standing together, their graceful figures complement each other, it is really a competition of beauty!
Xiao Ming did not refuse and agreed directly.

He was not like Xiao Yan in the original novel, who consumed so much energy. He was also quite interested in Yao Ye, so he naturally accepted it with pleasure.

This banquet was held in Princess Yaoye's palace. The splendid palace banquet began. Colorful flags fluttered in the hall, and the dazzling chandeliers reflected the magnificent walls. Hundreds of maids shuttled around, serving fine wine to Xiao Ming and his companions. The aroma of various delicacies filled the air, making people salivate.

The guests, apart from Xiao Ming and his two companions, were some powerful and wealthy children that the young man was familiar with. At the night banquet, Princess Yao Ye enthusiastically pulled the young man aside and chatted with him about everything under the sun.

He even asked Xiao Ming to compose an impromptu poem to express his joy for winning today, which made the young man helplessly act as a plagiarist and pretend to be so at the banquet.

Looking at the beauties sitting next to Xiao Ming, while she was only served by a few maids, Liu Ling was speechless and felt a huge gap.

It was originally agreed that he would definitely win the championship this time, capture the heart of Nalan Yanran, be respected by the imperial royal family, and become an unlimited great figure like his teacher, Dan Wang Gu He, in the future.

As a result, all of this was lost, and all the benefits fell on Xiao Ming. Even his beloved goddess Nalan Yanran took the initiative to snuggle up to him, picking up a few grapes with her little hands from time to time and feeding Xiao Ming gently.

Even the precious dishes brought by the maids, such as braised pheasant and steamed sea bass and other hot meat dishes, Nalan Yanran had to blow a breath of fragrant wind to cool them down a little before bringing them to Xiao Ming.

Looking at this scene, Liu Ling couldn't help but burst into tears. All of this should have been his!
(End of this chapter)