Legend of Reborn Alchemist

0It had been an entire morning, but Lin Cheng had not made any progress. It was almost time for Zhu Ziqiao to acknowledge him as her master, so he could only give up.    

    

"Forget it. Let's take it one step at a time."    

    

Lin Cheng gave up on investigating the Black Iron Chunk and muttered, "No matter what this Black Iron Chunk is, I can't do anything about it for now. I should take the Blue Fire first. Perhaps I can use the Blue Fire to force it out! "    

    

Helpless, Lin Cheng could only ignore it for the time being and head towards the place where Zhu Ziqiao acknowledged him as her master.    

    

Seventh Elder's disciple recruitment ceremony was held in the inner courtyard of Dongzhou College. For some unknown reason, the academy did not prohibit outsiders from going to watch. Therefore, people like Lin Cheng, who were idle, easily blended in.    

    

In Lin Cheng's opinion, perhaps Dongzhou College wanted to use this as an excuse to tell everyone that as long as one was a genius, he would be valued in Dongzhou College. He could even directly acknowledge an elder as his master.    

    

Although he could not bear to look at the Seventh Elder, Shui Hui, Lin Cheng knew. At this moment, the gap between his and Shui Hui's strength was too great. There was a huge gap between the two of them. Zhu Ziqiao was able to acknowledge Shui Hui as her master, at least until she reached the Core Sea Stage. Shui Hui was able to provide great help and guidance to Zhu Ziqiao.    

    

Adding on Zhu Ziqiao's extraordinary talent, her future achievements would naturally be limitless.    

    

Hence, even though Lin Cheng knew that Shui Hui was not interested in him, he did not care. He was not Shui Hui's disciple, so how many times could he see Shui Hui in the future?    

    

Lin Cheng followed the crowd to the inner courtyard. At this time, the apprenticeship ceremony had not yet begun, and everyone was already discussing in low voices.    

    

"Have you heard? In this apprenticeship ceremony, there are a total of five or six geniuses who want to be under the tutelage of a few elders. Tsk tsk, being able to directly acknowledge an elder as their teacher the moment you enter the academy, your future is really limitless!"    

    

"Dongzhou College is indeed worthy of the title of Dongzhou's Pearl. There are actually five or six geniuses who want to join us at once. I'm afraid that it has been many years since a genius appeared in an ordinary sect. This is the gap between us."    

    

"How can those sects be compared to Dongzhou College? One should know that... Today, the one who joined the sect was an extraordinary genius with a dark blue affinity with spiritual energy. I'm afraid that even those immortal sects in the Cultivation Realm will be fought over!"    

    

Many people couldn't help but exclaim when they heard this.    

    

Lin Cheng, who was standing at the end of the crowd, had a smile on his face when he heard these discussions. It seemed that Zhu Ziqiao at least didn't have to worry about being wronged in Dongzhou College. Just by looking at the reaction of the crowd, it could be seen what the dark blue spiritual Qi affinity meant.    

    

Unless the higher ups of Dongzhou College had a screw loose, they wouldn't dare to give Zhu Ziqiao any grievances.    

    

"I didn't expect that you would really dare to come!"    

    

Suddenly, a voice sounded beside Lin Cheng's ear. He immediately turned his head and saw a graceful figure who had unknowingly arrived beside him.    

    

This graceful figure was none other than Le Xuannian, who had advised him yesterday.    

    

"Senior Sister Le."    

    

Lin Cheng held his apologies and looked behind Le Xuannian, but he did not see Jing Feiyang, Shu Yiqing and Mu Nanxing.    

    

Le Xuannian saw Lin Cheng's eyes and knew what he was looking for. She could not help but say, "You don't need to look. Jing Feiyang has come a long time ago. He is at the front. I am afraid Shu Yiqing will not come."    

    

Lin Cheng was slightly stunned and then he understood.    

    

At this moment, Jing Feiyang wanted to get closer to Zhu Ziqiao's heart. He was afraid that it would be even more fervent.    

    

Shu Yiqing's mood was obviously not very good. If she came here to watch the apprenticeship ceremony, wouldn't that mean that she was looking for trouble?    

    

"Then what about Senior Mu?" Lin Cheng asked casually.    

    

"You still have the mood to care about others?" Le Xuannian looked at him in surprise, her gaze carrying a trace of pity. After hesitating for a moment, she lowered her voice and said, "Lin Cheng, there is still time. I advise you to leave quickly. Once the Seventh Elder is angered, you... "    

    

"Senior Sister Le, I appreciate your good intentions."    

    

Lin Cheng could feel Le Xuannian's sincerity, but he did not intend to leave. Even if Shui Hui really wanted to attack him, he would not leave now.    

    

To live another life, Lin Cheng did not want to avoid her everywhere.    

    

Seeing Lin Cheng's firm expression, Le Xuannian shook her head slightly and sighed softly. She did not say anything else.    

    

She only saw that Lin Cheng valued relationships and loyalty. She had also heard about the character of Seventh Elder Shui Hui, so she reminded him. But now that she saw that Lin Cheng did not listen to her, she did not waste any more words.    

    

However, Le Xuannian also admired Lin Cheng's persistence in her heart.    

    

If Lin Cheng fled immediately when he heard that there was danger and left Zhu Ziqiao here alone, Lin Cheng would be able to keep his life, but Le Xuannian didn't want to see that kind of result.    

    

As a woman, no one was willing to see the man they loved abandoned her so easily, and Le Xuannian was no exception.    

    

"Look, someone is coming out!"    

    

A group of people followed them from the inner hall to the main hall. The apprenticeship ceremony officially began.    

    

There were a total of six people attending the apprenticeship ceremony this time, and Zhu Ziqiao was one of them. However, compared to the other geniuses who had excited expressions on their faces, although Zhu Ziqiao's pretty face also had a smile on it, she seemed to be absent-minded. Her pair of eyes looked out from time to time.    

    

However, when she saw that the crowd was so crowded, but she did not see Lin Cheng's figure, Zhu Ziqiao's expression could not help but darken slightly.    

    

"Ziqiao, what are you looking at?"    

    

Seeing that Zhu Ziqiao was absent-minded, Seventh Elder Shui Hui immediately frowned slightly and asked.    

    

Zhu Ziqiao slowly shook her head, "Master, I am not looking at anything."    

    

"Then prepare well. The apprenticeship ceremony will begin now." Shui Hui said.    

    

"Yes!"    

    

Zhu Ziqiao replied.    

    

Shui Hui could not help but furrow her brows when she saw this. Zhu Ziqiao's reaction was too calm, which made Shui Hui very uncomfortable in her heart.    

    

One should know that joining the Dongzhou College was two completely different things from becoming a disciple.    

    

Joining the Dongzhou College was only one student of the academy. He would be taught by the instructor with other students, but other than that, there were very few people who could receive specialized guidance from the instructor.    

    

Becoming a disciple was a type of inheritance that could be taught with the utmost care by the master. In the Dongzhou College, only elders and deans were qualified to take in disciples. To any student, this was something that they could only dream of.    

    

But when they looked at Zhu Ziqiao again, she was actually so absent-minded. She was not as excited as the other geniuses. Instead, she looked around from time to time, as if she was looking for someone.    

    

Shui Hui immediately thought of the trash that Zhu Ziqiao protected when she participated in the examination yesterday.    

    

That's right!    

    

Zhu Ziqiao must be looking for that trash brat!    

    

A cold light flashed in Shui Hui's eyes. During yesterday's examination, she could already tell that Zhu Ziqiao had a relationship with that trash. That was why she decisively took Zhu Ziqiao away and did not even give Zhu Ziqiao and Lin Cheng a chance to speak.    

    

Shui Hui originally wanted to wait for Zhu Ziqiao to acknowledge her as her master before sending people to chase that trash out. She even wanted to expel him from the Yongan City and Dongzhou College forever. If that trash dared to disobey, if that trash dared to resist, then she would kill him on the spot!    

    

But now Shui Hui changed her mind. From Zhu Ziqiao's reaction, she realized that Zhu Ziqiao and that trash were deeply entangled. Since that was the case, it was far from enough to chase that trash out.    

    

Since chasing him out was not enough, then she might as well kill him!    

    

Shui Hui made up her mind and just as she was about to speak, she discovered that Zhu Ziqiao who was looking around suddenly stopped. Immediately, her pretty face revealed a drunken smile and her pair of large eyes also curved into crescent moons.    

    

Shui Hui followed her gaze and immediately saw that in the crowd outside the hall, that trash called Lin Cheng was standing there. Shui Hui's gaze immediately turned cold.    

    

Lin Cheng found that Zhu Ziqiao saw him and then he saw Zhu Ziqiao's small mouth moving. He immediately recognized that Zhu Ziqiao was talking about the little thief. He could not help but glare at Zhu Ziqiao. The smile on this girl's face became even wider. Her eyes were curved. It was especially moving.    

    

Suddenly, Lin Cheng felt a cold chill, as if his entire body had fallen into an ice cave. He turned his head abruptly and saw Shui Hui's cold gaze.    

    

Their eyes met. Lin Cheng could clearly see a trace of killing intent in Shui Hui's eyes. He couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart, and then he became angry.    

    

Shui Hui really wanted to kill him!    

    

Lin Cheng's face also became cold, even though Le Xuannian had reminded him before. In his opinion, Shui Hui would at most give him a fierce lesson. She might even humiliate him and kick him out. But she probably wouldn't kill him directly. After all, there was no enmity between the two of them.    

    

But now, seeing Shui Hui's gaze, he understood that Shui Hui really wanted to kill him.    

    

In Shui Hui's eyes, he seemed to be a dead man!    

    

Just because Zhu Ziqiao's aptitude was extraordinary, Shui Hui actually wanted to kill him to cut off his relationship with Zhu Ziqiao. This woman was really vicious!    

    

Perhaps in Shui Hui's eyes, he was just an ant that could be killed at will!    

    

A wave of anger rose in Lin Cheng's heart. Lin Cheng's face was expressionless as he shifted his gaze to Zhu Ziqiao.    

    

At this moment, Zhu Ziqiao did not notice Shui Hui's gaze. She was under the guidance of a servant, preparing to serve Shui Hui tea.    

    

Lin Cheng endured the anger in his heart. Although Shui Hui wanted to kill him, this woman's strength was unquestionable. Zhu Ziqiao wanted to increase her strength but it was not bad to be under Shui Hui's tutelage.    

    

Lin Cheng did not want Zhu Ziqiao to lose this opportunity to become his disciple because of him.    

    

Hence, after Zhu Ziqiao finished her apprenticeship, Lin Cheng quietly left.    

    

After the apprenticeship ended, Zhu Ziqiao looked at Lin Cheng again but found that Lin Cheng had already disappeared. Her pretty face changed slightly and immediately wanted to come out to search but was stopped by Shui Hui.    

    

"Ziqiao, what are you going to do?"    

    

Shui Hui frowned and said, "Now that you have already acknowledged me as your master, from today onwards, you will have to cultivate. Follow me!"    

    

Zhu Ziqiao hesitated and said, "Master, I still have some matters that I have not settled. I want to go out for a while."    

    

"No."    

    

Shui Hui directly refused and said, "You have seen it too. This year, you are not the only genius who has joined the Dongzhou College. If you do not want to be left far behind, you cannot delay any longer. Follow me now."