Miss Loser is too enchanting

"Hmm. I know," Dugu Qianye nodded.

"Girl, now that you know, can you start calling me Grandpa?!" Old Man Xie cut in.

"Hehe, Grandpa Xie," Dugu Qianye didn’t make a fuss and called out.

"Hahaha, the old man has a granddaughter now!" The old man laughed heartily, flipping out of his rocking chair. It left Dugu Qianye and Xie Fan speechless.

Dugu Qianye sat in the principal’s office for a while longer before leaving. Talking about the 10 tasks they had taken on, Xie Fan was quite sentimental, saying the new waves push the old ones, and the student surpasses the master; they weren’t that formidable back in their day.

Leaving the principal’s office, Dugu Qianye still felt it was unbelievable. She hadn’t expected the ’Iron-faced King Yama’ and the vice-principal with the strange personality to be so, well, interesting.

Thinking of her missing grandfather, Dugu Qianye felt it was necessary to go back.

Back in the dorm, Dugu Qianye took out the Refining Manual Grandpa Youwu had given her and started to flip through it.

Phantom Devices are divided into ordinary ones, Spiritual Artifacts, Holy Artifacts, and Divine Artifacts, corresponding to the Primary Level Artifact Refiner, Intermediate Level Artifact Refiner, Advance Level Artifact Refiner, and Refining Grandmaster. Each level is further divided into low, medium, and high. Since Artifact Refining requires not only to be a Phantom Master and powerful spiritual power, but also formidable physical strength, Artifact Refiners are even rarer than Alchemists.

She immersed herself in research for a whole day and night.

"Boss, boss!"

She was practicing Phantom Techniques in the Refining Demon Pot and, when she came out, heard Gao Liang knocking at the door incessantly. She opened the door and before she could say anything, Gao Liang grabbed her and ran out.

"What’s going on?" Dugu Qianye asked.

"Hurry to the Arena! The Feng Family, Mo Family, and Long Family are dueling at the Arena!" Gao Liang replied hurriedly.

"What happened?" Dugu Qianye asked, immediately sensing the gravity of the situation.

"I’m not too clear. Sun Kui and I had just left the Cultivation Tower when we heard people saying that the Feng, Mo, and Long families had arranged a duel at the Arena. Everyone from the Long, Mo, and Feng families had gone. I got the news and asked Sun Kui to go check out the situation at the Arena first, then I came back to get you. They’re probably fighting already," Gao Liang said, panting.

Seeing there was still a long way to go, Dugu Qianye said, "No, this is too slow. Xiaoyin." Xiaoyin appeared, transforming into a two-meter tall Silver Wolf.

"Gao Liang, I’ll let Xiaoyin take me there first; you try to catch up as fast as you can," Dugu Qianye said, getting onto Xiaoyin’s back and heading for the Arena.

"Roar! Fight! Attack!"

"Go! Go!"

"Damn, who the hell is pushing me!"

"Fight! Beat them down!"

Dugu Qianye hadn’t even entered the Arena when she heard the tumult inside. The shouts, cheers, and encouragement were incessant. She finally squeezed in and saw Dan Jingtian and Ye Canglan in the first row of the stands and pushed her way toward them.

"Big brother, Canglan," Dugu Qianye finally made it onto the stands.

"Brother, you’re here," Dan Jingtian saw Dugu Qianye and pulled her over anxiously.

"What’s the situation? Why is it so intense?" Dugu Qianye asked.

"Someone from the Feng Family took a mission to Qifeng City and found out about your existence. When they returned, they told the Feng Family Head, and now they are really looking for you. They know that Mo Feng also came from Qifeng City, so they wanted to interrogate him. Mo Ziqing and a few other Mo Family disciples saw it, so they started fighting," Dan Jingtian explained.

"Why is the Long Family involved as well?"

"Someone from the Long Family encountered Feng Yi while on a mission and completed it before him, catching his attention. Feng Yi is Feng Jiang’s younger brother and holds a position within the family. So when he got back, he gathered the Feng Family disciples to cause trouble. These two groups met, and since they are three major families, even the academy couldn’t stop it, so they ended up at the arena," Ye Canglan said. "Jingtian and I represent our respective forces; we can’t get involved easily. What to do?"

Dugu Qianye looked towards the dueling platform and saw a Long Family disciple get kicked in the chest by a Feng Family member, spit out a mouthful of fresh blood, and roll down from the dueling platform, to be caught by his family’s people.

"Haha, looks like your Mo Family and the Long Family together still can’t beat our Feng Family. I advise you to roll out of Pu City sooner rather than later!" the winning Feng Family disciple laughed from the platform.

Dugu Qianye saw under the dueling platform there were already several injured students, both from the Mo Family and the Long Family. Even Long Xiang was injured.

"Where are Mo Feng and Ziqing?" Dugu Qianye looked around under the platform but didn’t see them.

"Mo Feng, he... he just suffered serious injuries, and Ziqing took him to the Pharmacist," Ye Canglan said.

Upon hearing this, Dugu Qianye immediately squeezed out of the arena and ran towards the medical room.

In the sickroom.

"Pharmacist, how is he?" Mo Ziqing asked, looking at Mo Feng on the sickbed.

"Sigh, his life is saved, but his meridians are all broken. I’m afraid he won’t be able to cultivate in the future," the Pharmacist said with regret.

"What?!" Mo Ziqing stepped back two steps, struck by the news, unbelieving.

"Say what you just said again," the door to the medical room was pushed open, and Dugu Qianye stood coldly by the door.

"Baili, you’re here," Mo Ziqing said, seemingly drained of all strength, "Mo Feng, he... "

Dugu Qianye walked in, saying, "I asked you to repeat what you just said!"

"His meridians are all broken. I’m afraid he won’t be able to cultivate anymore," the Pharmacist, frightened by Dugu Qianye’s presence, said with a trembling voice. After speaking, he hurriedly left the medical room sickbay.

Dugu Qianye looked at Mo Feng on the sickbed, covered in blood, and anger flared in her eyes.

Mo Ziqing knew how close Dugu Qianye and Mo Feng were and could understand her feelings at the moment, but the reality was such. He said to Dugu Qianye, feeling guilty, "I failed to protect him, I... "

"Sister, I can heal Brother Mo Feng. Let me out," Xiaohuo said urgently on the mental platform.

"Really?" Dugu Qianye asked. After receiving Xiaohuo’s affirmative answer, she said to Mo Ziqing, "I have a way to save him. You stand guard outside; don’t let anyone in."

"You have a way?"

Dugu Qianye nodded, "Remember, don’t let anyone in."

Mo Ziqing went outside the sickroom to stand guard at the door. Dugu Qianye called Xiaohuo out and asked, "Xiaohuo, what can you do?"

"When your meridians were broken last time, it was my Phoenix Golden Fire and Brother Dandan that healed you. Now we can only use my Golden Fire and the Golden Phoenix Tears to reconnect his broken meridians," Xiaohuo said.

"But your Golden Fire is destructive upon contact, and Mo Feng doesn’t have a contract with you..." Dugu Qianye said worriedly.

"I have a way, don’t worry," Xiaohuo said.

Dugu Qianye nodded and stepped aside. Xiaohuo approached Mo Feng’s bed, spit out a mouthful of heart’s blood, and then manipulated it into countless tiny blood spots, sprinkling them over Mo Feng’s entire body. The blood spots seeped into his body through the skin. Xiaohuo then exhaled a mouthful of Phoenix Golden Fire, enveloping Mo Feng’s body. Instantly, Mo Feng’s clothes and the bed beneath turned to ashes.