Zi Linling scoffed, "This wouldn't just be for outside cultivators, would it? A typical case of 'the officials are allowed to set fire, but the common people are not allowed to light lamps'!"
Cai Wenjie frowned and said, "You don't need to provoke me with words. The Alchemist Guild has always treated everyone equally!"
Zi Linling stared sharply at Cai Wenjie, "Equally? I don't think so. What about someone from within the Alchemist Guild?"
Cai Wenjie felt as if a knife was at his throat, as if he would lose his life if he misspoke a single word.
"A gentleman who breaks the law is punished the same as a commoner!"
Zi Linling smiled, "Since that's the case, then it's easy!"
She turned to Nian Youyu and said, "Elder Nian, please be my witness!"
Nian Youyu looked at Lü Zuichang and finally nodded with gritted teeth.
Zi Linling said to Cai Wenjie, "Steward Cai, I am now going to accuse Vice President Lü Zuichang of insulting the Alchemist Guild with his words. Please call the enforcement team!"
"What do you mean?"
Cai Wenjie was stunned, and that bad feeling intensified.
Zi Linling smiled and said, "Since Steward Cai said that insulting the Vice President is insulting the Alchemist Guild, then his insult to me must be an insult to the Alchemist Guild, right?"
Cai Wenjie said angrily, "What does insulting you have to do with insulting the Alchemist Guild..."
He stopped abruptly at this point.
He looked at Zi Linling in surprise and said, "You are now the Vice President?"
Zi Linling nodded and said, "Since Steward Cai admits that he insulted me, then please have Steward Cai call the enforcement team to enforce the law!"
"When did I say he insulted you?"
Zi Linling smiled and said, "What was your previous sentence?"
Cai Wenjie subconsciously thought for a moment and said, "You are now the Vice President?"
Zi Linling waved her hand and said, "Not that sentence, the one before it!"
Cai Wenjie thought for a moment, his expression changing greatly, "I misspoke!"
Zi Linling waved her hand again, "No, no, no! Misspoken words often reveal the truth! If Steward Cai wants to cover for someone, then I will have to call for a vote from the council!"
Cai Wenjie exclaimed, "Miss Zi, please don't be ridiculous! Just because you say you are the Vice President, does that make you the Vice President? Who can prove it?"
"I can!" Nian Youyu stepped forward and said loudly.
Cai Wenjie shook his head, "It's not enough! Elder Nian, it's not that I doubt you, but you have a relationship with her, and your testimony is not sufficient to be accepted!"
"You!"
Nian Youyu was so angry he couldn't speak.
Zi Linling snorted coldly, about to speak, when she heard Feng Mo's voice coming from outside.
"If Elder Nian's testimony is not sufficient, then what about mine!"
Feng Mo said as he walked in, bypassed Lü Zuichang and Cai Wenjie, came before Zi Linling, handed her the items in his hand and said, "Little girl, this is your Vice President token, Master Alchemist certificate, and robes. Take them!"
Zi Linling smiled and nodded, "Thank you, Elder Feng!"
Cai Wenjie's pupils contracted sharply as he looked at the Vice President token in Zi Linling's hand.
At the same time, he was wary of Zi Linling for the first time.
Zi Linling had been here for less than a day, and she had already obtained a Master Alchemist certificate, which showed how terrifying her talent was.
Even more terrifying was Zi Linling's age, which was only thirteen or fourteen.
Lü Zuichang roared, "Impossible! Impossible! This brat looks only thirteen or fourteen, how could she possibly pass the Master Alchemist assessment?"
Zi Linling sneered, "You can't discuss ice with summer insects, nor can you talk about the sky with a frog in a well! Just because you can't, doesn't mean others can't! Besides, what does age have to do with passing an alchemist level assessment?"
Lü Zuichang was furious, "Even if you started learning alchemy in the womb, you couldn't have reached the level of a Master Alchemist at thirteen or fourteen. This Master Alchemist certificate of yours, you must have cheated, right? Yes! It must be cheating!"
As soon as he said this, both Nian Youyu and Feng Mo's faces turned dark.
Zi Linling was assessed by the two of them. Now that Lü Zuichang was saying Zi Linling cheated, wasn't he implying that they were helping Zi Linling cheat?
"Vice President Lü, you need to be responsible for what you say!" Feng Mo said displeasantly.
"Yes! Vice President Lü, suspicion requires evidence. You can't just speak carelessly!" Nian Youyu also said angrily.
Zi Linling smiled faintly, "Elder Nian, Elder Feng, why get angry with a donkey? If you ruin your health, it's not worth it!"
"Pfft!"
Lü Zuichang spat out another mouthful of blood, and angrily said, "You want evidence? It's simple! Let her have a match with me. If she wins, it proves she passed the assessment with her own ability. If she loses, then the cheating will be obvious!
However, it's not that I look down on her, but that she has no chance of winning!"
Zi Linling sneered, "Oh? As expected, donkeys are all stupid and cunning!"
Lü Zuichang suppressed the urge to spit blood again, and angrily said, "Brat, you're looking for..."
He swallowed the last word "death" forcefully. Having suffered once, he had learned to be a bit more cautious.
He knew that if he dared to say "looking for death," Zi Linling would definitely retort without hesitation – With such a disgusting lump of you, do I need to look for feces?
Therefore, despite his extreme anger, he ultimately swallowed that word.
Zi Linling smiled and nodded, "Good, a promising student!"
Lü Zuichang gritted his teeth and said, "What, you're afraid to compete with me?"
Zi Linling shook her head and said, "No, no, no! It's not that I'm afraid to compete with you, but that you, this stupid donkey, are too petty!
I worked myself to death for nothing. If I lose, I'll surely be at your mercy. But if I win? You only need to pay with a few words. Is there such a good deal in the world?
Or, are you a stupid donkey yourself, so you think everyone else is as stupid as you?"
Lü Zuichang angrily said, "Then what do you want?"
Zi Linling smiled and said, "It's not that I want anything, but what can make this competition fairer! Otherwise, why would I waste my time playing with you?"
Lü Zuichang gritted his teeth and said, "Then what do you want?"
The smile on Zi Linling's face receded, "If I lose, do as you please! But if you lose, you will expel yourself from the Alchemist Guild and never set foot in the Alchemist Guild again for life. Do you dare?"
Lü Zuichang laughed wildly, "Why wouldn't I dare?"
"Good! Since that's the case, I, Zi Linling, accept. But for the sake of fairness and justice, we must sign a military order and refine pills publicly. In other words, our refining process must be visible to everyone in Linxian City!"