Cheng Lingsu felt a chill in her heart and immediately lowered her head:
"yes."
Hong Ming looked at her and said in a deep voice: "Everyone knows that the Wuling Blood Marten you contracted is dead. In such a short period of time, it is impossible for ordinary people to contract a second one quickly. The Liu family has come at the right time.
The fire spirit beast they sent is not precious in itself. After all, the Cheng family can hunt a seventh-grade magical beast with a little effort. What is rare is that it is a cub."
Adult monsters are more mature in every aspect and are not easy to tame.
In comparison, cubs are much easier to handle.
"If someone asks about it in the future, it will be convenient for you to explain, right?"
Cheng Lingsu broke out in cold sweat on his back: "That's what Master said."
Hong Ming shook his head and looked at her with a bit of scrutiny.
"You've been absent-minded lately, what's going on?"
Cheng Lingsu bit her lip: "My disciple is at fault."
"I know you are very unconvinced when you lost to Ye Xiyue in the hunting competition." Hong Ming felt sorry for his only disciple. When he saw her lowering her head and admitting her mistake, he also softened his tone, "Those rumors in Lanling City,
You don’t need to pay too much attention to it.”
Cheng Lingsu pursed her lips.
In fact, during this period of time, she basically stayed in the house and did not go out, but even so, she would still occasionally hear the comments from her servants.
The center of the topic is naturally Ye Xiyue.
About her origin, about her amazing performance in the hunting competition, about her wedding to Emperor Zun...
Cheng Lingsu has become famous since he was a child, and has been praised by many stars. Especially in refining medicine, he has never failed, and his temperament is naturally arrogant.
She never imagined that one day, she would be defeated by someone else, and she would lose so completely!
Everyone said that Ye Xiyue was the real top medicine refining genius, but as for her - she couldn't compare at all.
These words can be heard in the Cheng family, and it is not difficult to imagine what it is like outside.
How could Cheng Lingsu not be upset?
Because of this, her condition has been very bad during this period.
"My disciple is at fault." She whispered, "I was too careless during the hunting competition..."
Hong Ming thought for a moment and asked: "I didn't go to watch the game in person on the day of the hunting competition, so I didn't see Ye Xiyue refining the medicine. In your opinion, what is her strength?"
Hong Ming always prided himself on being aloof and would rarely appear in such noisy occasions. Moreover, at that time, he was sure that Cheng Lingsu would win the first place and did not take the hunting competition to heart at all.
Who knew what the final result would be.
This also led to him not knowing what Ye Xiyue's level of refining medicine was until now.
Cheng Lingsu was quiet for a while and said softly:
"She can refine fourth-grade elixirs, so she is very powerful. But... my disciple always feels that there is something wrong with her medicine cauldron."
"Medicine cauldron? Can you tell what she used?"
"Not yet."
Cheng Lingsu shook his head and recounted the situation that day.
"...In short, her medicine cauldron is definitely not an ordinary medicine cauldron, otherwise it would never be possible to produce elixirs in such a chaotic situation, but my disciple did not recognize it."
Hong Ming pondered for a moment.
"According to you, can her medicinal cauldron be comparable to yours?"
Then it is definitely not an ordinary medicinal cauldron.
"That's all, maybe she's pretending on purpose. I'll see for myself when I see her someday."
Hong Ming didn't waste too much energy on this. He was more concerned about Cheng Lingsu's situation now.