Chapter 546: Mother-in-law Looks At The Son-in-law (2/2)
Not far from Mo Wuji, Tan Liang was also staring at the display screen in palpitation. He knew that it would be hard for him to enter the top 1000 with his results, however, he still held on to some hope. Because in his entire purification process, he didn't fail at any step. Moreover, he had performed better than usual during this purification. In his usual practices, he wouldn't have purified the Tier 4 Jade Pomegranate Immortal Grass to today's level.
When he saw his name, his heart turned completely cold.
The display screen wrote:
2315th place: Participating City - Low Grade City, Water Ying Immortal City; Participating Pill Refiner - Tan Liang. Points: 75.209. Eliminated.
Under such circumstances, purifying the Jade Pomegranate Immortal Grass to 75% was already above his usual standards. Unfortunately, in this sort of high level competition, his results really weren't worth mentioning.
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”Haiz, Brother Tan failed.” As he looked at Tan Liang leaving the competition area dejectedly, the disappointed in Wen Hou's eyes was no less than Tan Liang himself. There was a hint of grey in the corner of his eyes; even though he expected such results, he discovered that he still couldn't accept it when it really appeared.
At this instant, besides bringing his family to flee to some faraway place, there was nothing he could do.
Unfortunately, he knew that he was completely not able to escape. The moment his front foot left Yong Ying Immortal City, his back foot would probably be grabbed and he would be thrown into a prison.
”Sorry, Wen Hou, I failed.” Tan Liang walked to Wen Hou's family and sat down; his voice was filled with disappointment and dejection.
Yan Qianling suddenly said, ”Lord Husband, we are definitely not able to leave. I can faintly feel a spiritual will locked onto us. The moment we leave, the consequences will be disastrous.”
Wen Hou blankly nodded his head, not saying a word.
Wen Lianxi suddenly said, ”Father, Mother, Uncle Tan, we still have someone on the stage that hasn't come down. Perhaps Brother Mo might actually be able to charge into the top 500.”
Only when Wen Lianxi say those words did everyone recall that Water Ying Immortal City was not completely devoid of hope; at least, there was still one pill refiner on the stage.
Tan Liang recovered a bit of his spirit as he asked urgently, ”Lianxi, that Pill Master Mo is still there? Where is he? Hurry and point him out for me to see.”
Wen Lianxi pointed in Mo Wuji's direction and Tan Liang naturally saw that Mo Wuji was still on the stage. Moreover, the display screen still hadn't shown Mo Wuji's name.
The names on the display screen appeared in an ascending order; the later the name appeared, the better the results. Since Mo Wuji's name had yet to be shown, it meant that Mo Wuji still wasn't eliminated.
”From the looks of it, he had really advanced to the pill king level. Could it be that his words of 70% certainty were true?” Tan Liang stared at Mo Wuji and muttered.
Yan Qianling softly whispered to Wen Lianxi, ”Lianxi, does that Mo Wuji really not have any special opinions towards you? For example, when he's with you, does he always subconsciously come close to you? Or does he always try to find common topics to talk to you? Oh right, did he invite you to do anything?”
”Mother, can you not talk about such things? Brother Mo really doesn't have any interest in me, he only wanted to thank me for helping him once. That was all.” Wen Lianxi really didn't know what else she should say.
”Ah, Lianxi… You can't always let others take the first step. Sometimes, when you meet someone you like, you need to be proactive…”
Even if Wen Lianxi's skin was any thicker, it wouldn't be able to August and this. Moreover, Wen Lianxi's skin was super thin.
Looking at her daughter's expression of embarrassment, Yan Qianling finally ended the topic and glued her eyes on Mo Wuji. Indeed, that saying is true; the more a mother-in-law looked at her son-in-law, the more pleasing she would find him. Even though Mo Wuji still wasn't Yan Qianling's son-in-law, she grew increasingly fond of him.
”Father, look at that Tier 5 pill king, Geng Ji. I don't know where he got his competition token from but he has already failed, and his only in the 1700s. Luckily father didn't invite him to help us.” After some time, Wen Lianxi finally regained her countenance. She immediately discovered that Geng Ji had been eliminated.
Wen Hou nodded, ”I saw it. You're right, we were indeed lucky that we didn't call him to help us.”
A placing in the 1000s and a placing on the 2000s had completely no difference to Water Ying Immortal City.
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The number of people on the stage got lesser and lesser. Even though he knew that his results were not bad, the anxiety in Mo Wuji's heart continued to grow. This alchemy competition was truly too important to him.