Chapter 2024 — Followed Again
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"You... that idea of yours is downright heaven-defying!" Wei Zhao had heard Han Jingyi mention before that she wanted to devise a method of alchemy blending the modern with the ancient, but only after her detailed explanation did he realize just how astonishing and outrageous her ideas truly were.
This business of refining pills by scientific means—likely not only Wei Zhao, but even the ancient sects had never so much as dreamed of it, had they? Yet Han Jingyi had, with remarkable ingenuity, begun researching exactly this. Never mind whether she could succeed; the idea alone put her far above everyone else.
"Brother Wei Zhao, are you praising me?" Han Jingyi looked delighted, but then her spirits sank again. "Jingjing is actually quite dull. I've studied this for so long and still haven't figured out how to condense alchemical fire. It's not online either, and I can't even buy a book on it..."
"Condensing alchemical fire... let me think of something for you." Wei Zhao hesitated a moment before speaking. He did not come right out and say he possessed the mental method and oral formulas for condensing alchemical fire; that would have seemed too false, as though the moment Han Jingyi showed him her alchemy notes, he had produced the method in exchange, which would have smacked of calculation.
So Wei Zhao decided to wait a while before telling Han Jingyi, so that it would not seem so abrupt.
"All right, thank you, Brother Wei Zhao..." Han Jingyi, by the look of her, had not the slightest suspicion, and she walked into the classroom together with Wei Zhao.
Inside the classroom, Wei Zhao sat down beside Wang Xinyan, while Han Jingyi obediently took a seat at the back, not competing to sit next to Wei Zhao.
"Brother Lin, you're here? The results of the freshman gala are out—our class took first place, first prize in the singing category!" Bai Weituo said excitedly the moment he saw Wei Zhao.
"Results already?" Wei Zhao was a little surprised.
"They actually came out last night; they just weren't announced until this morning," Bai Weituo said. "First place! In the history of our medical specialty, this is the first time we've ever won an award. And we kept silent until we could amaze everyone with a single cry!"
"Ha, but Zhang Duopan is sure to try to weasel out of it. There's nothing to be done about that," Wei Zhao said.
"Yeah, that guy is really rotten. He was the one who hired the star in the first place, and then he actually said those things. Truly nasty!" Bai Weituo said helplessly. "Still, it's just as well. Let He Meiyue see him for what he really is, and keep her distance from him from now on!"
"Ahem, quiet down, class is starting!" Leader Bai rapped on the doorframe, then strode into the classroom, and the once noisy room fell silent at once.
Bai Weituo, startled, hurried back to his own seat.
Leader Bai was quite satisfied with everyone's behavior; he nodded and stepped up to the podium. "At yesterday's freshman gala, you all performed well, and I commend you! Our biology department's medical specialty has not won an award at the freshman gala in many years. Even at the arts festival and the sports meet, our class never had anything to do with the prizes before. But a miracle has appeared here with you, and I hope this is a good beginning. From now on, I want you to keep up the effort and strive to place in other events as well, and win some face for me, Leader Bai!"
"Oh, how could we? This time it was only because that big star was there..."
"Yeah, without that big star's help, our class would never have made it..."