Chapter 1718 Win?

Li Lebin's gaze didn't linger; he left with Xiaoyue and Olena.

“You’re not a clone,” Hua Ling said when only Hua Ling and Ruan Yu were left in the room.

Her tone was firm, without any probing.

Ruan Yu said nothing, but instead summoned her clone.

"Yu'er!" Upon seeing the clone, Hua Ling immediately stepped forward excitedly.

A familiar feeling rose in my heart.

Sure enough, she was right.

"You noticed so quickly, you're very alert," the clone teased.

Hua Ling smiled helplessly: "Intuition."

Then, she looked at Ruan Yu again: "You are the real Ruan Yu. Is this... a spiritual medicine body?"

Ruan Yu nodded. "Mm."

"It's truly amazing that you can create a perfect physical body using only spiritual herbs and special techniques. It seems that you and this body are fused together very well."

Hua Ling circled around Ruan Yu, her eyes filled with amazement.

"So, was it your idea to have me compete with Grace?" she asked again.

He stared intently at Ruan Yu.

“It was my idea,” Ruan Yu said. “The Elf King is stubborn and refuses all contact with other races. In the short term, it may restore the Elf race to its former vitality, but in the long run, all sorts of drawbacks will follow.”

Xiaoyue has already explained the specific dangers, and Hualing is aware of them.

“I understand what you mean. You want me to defeat Grice and prove that only by interacting with other races and learning from each other can we grow stronger. But have you considered that I am no match for Grice at all?”

How will we know if we don't compare?

Hua Ling shook her head, full of disapproval, and said, "There's no need to compare. Grace's strength is too terrifying. If you know him, you'll understand why I say that."

The clone patted Hua Ling: "Once you understand the strength of my main body, you'll realize how naive and ridiculous your current thoughts are."

Hua Ling: "?"

"Hehe, I'll go call Grace over now and let the two of you have a match to see the difference." The clone ran off like a shot.

They didn't give Hua Ling a chance to refuse at all.

After learning Ruan Yu's true identity, Hua Ling felt quite awkward. After all, she wasn't familiar with Ruan Yu; she was only familiar with her clone.

To her, Ruan Yu was just a stranger. Being alone with a stranger always felt a little strange.

"Um, um... are you thirsty?"

Hua Ling picked up the cup, intending to pour water for Ruan Yu.

But when I picked up the teapot and shook it, it was completely empty.

Ruan Yu took out some cold spring water from her spatial storage and poured it into a cup. "Drink it."

Hua Ling took a sip to ease the awkwardness.

The water quality was surprisingly good; it was refreshing, sweet, and had an unforgettable aftertaste.

Moreover, my body seems to feel much lighter.

This is no ordinary water!

The clone brought Glaise back, and on the way, she had already told Glaise her purpose.

Grace has absolutely no problem.

"Huh?" But as soon as he entered the room, Grace was dumbfounded.

Isn't my master standing right next to me? And who's that person on the chair?

"How can there be two masters?"

Seeing Grace's reaction, the clone laughed so hard he couldn't straighten up: "Hahaha, guess who your master is?"

Grace couldn't tell: "I must be sleepy."

Hallucinations only occur when one's mind is not clear.

"Master, how about I take a nap first, and we'll compete again when I wake up?" Grace turned and left.

His clone pulled him back: "Where are you going? Take a closer look."

Grace stopped, looked at the clone, then at Ruan Yu. He rubbed his eyes several times to make sure he wasn't seeing things, and exclaimed in surprise, "Master, is that your spiritual medicine body?"

"..." The clone overestimated Grace's intelligence.

That's it.

“That is my true form, but you are not wrong either. Her current body is indeed a spiritual medicine body.”

“The real body…?” Grice was astonished. “So, Master, you are…”

Doppelgänger?

"It's just what you think." The clone didn't explain further. "Let's refine the medicine."

"Let my true form see what you two are capable of."

Ruan Yu: "First, refine the same type of pill, the hemostatic pill, the higher the grade the better."

She floated the prepared elixirs in front of the two of them.

Hua Ling asked timidly, "Can I not refine it?"

The clone raised its index finger and shook it: "No way."

"Sigh!" she sighed, accepting her fate.

The two stood apart and brought out their alchemy furnaces.

Grace truly lived up to his reputation as the number one alchemist in the elven world, possessing several thousand more years of alchemy experience than Flower Spirit. His speed in processing medicinal liquids was astounding; Flower Spirit had only finished processing one plant while he had already processed all three.

When pills are of the same grade, the competition comes down to the speed of refining them.

As expected, Grice won this round.

He not only refined the hemostatic pill before Hua Ling, but its grade was also higher than Hua Ling's.

Just when the clone thought Hua Ling was going to say she couldn't do it, Hua Ling simply glanced at the pill in her hand and said, "Let's try again! What's the next one?"

Ruan Yu slightly curled the corners of her lips: "Refine what you are most adept at."

"The conditions remain the same as before: the higher the quality, the better."

With that, she waved her hand, and the table was filled with all sorts of divine-grade medicinal herbs, all of the highest quality.

The two people were utterly shocked.

So many high-quality medicinal herbs, all freshly picked. Having a space is really great!

Of course, what I envy most is that Ruan Yu was able to collect so many precious medicinal herbs.

After a brief moment of shock, the two picked up the necessary medicinal herbs without hesitation and began refining the medicine step by step.

After failing in the first round, Hua Ling caught up in speed in the second round, and her temperament also became much calmer.

Aside from Ruan Yu, the process of refining pills for everyone else was complex and lengthy. His clone was so sleepy during the first round that his eyelids were drooping, so he simply lay down on Hua Ling's bed and went to sleep.

Ruan Yu watched intently as the two refined the medicine.

After two rounds, she had thoroughly understood the weaknesses of both of them.

In this round, both of them had pills of the same grade, but Hua Ling's pills were more difficult to refine.

Therefore, Hua Ling wins.

This result was unexpected by none of them, especially Grice, whose face showed a hint of frustration.

"This is just the preliminary test; the real competition is in about twenty days." Ruan Yu didn't show favoritism, offering a small consolation to Grace before praising Hua Ling: "See? You can win."

Hua Ling is still in a daze: "I really beat Grace?"

Ruan Yu smiled and said nothing more.

"It seems I've been too lax. I need to go back and work on my medicine-making skills!" Grace and Ruan Yu said in response before turning and leaving.

Ruan Yu followed her out, and only after making sure Hua Ling couldn't hear her did she say, "Actually, you don't need to give in to her."