I was reborn after playing a good hand badly

Chapter 679 Students Actively Participating in Drug Trials

After a moment of silence in the courtyard, Su Mo, whose spiritual core had been nearly half depleted, finally came to his senses.

It's understandable to be bewildered when encountering this situation for the first time.

"Master, revered master..."

Faced with his apprentice's bewildered gaze, Yuan Qi was speechless and helpless.

"Are you okay?"

Su Mo: "It's okay, I'm fine."

The problem is that my mental energy was depleted a lot in a short period of time, and the stimulation caused my cultivation technique to start operating passively. I'm recovering now.

"You're too impatient! The Water-Repelling Pearl is a celestial artifact, a primordial treasure. I haven't even told you how to use it yet, and you're already testing it recklessly." No wonder you can't handle it?

He was just a step too slow in speaking; little did he know that his little apprentice would act recklessly as soon as he got his hands on the item.

Seriously, that startled him too.

Even he, who had reached the Nascent Soul stage, did not dare to directly use his divine sense to explore the interior of the Water-Avoiding Pearl. Yuan Qi had dual spiritual roots of fire and wood, and he could not withstand a water-attribute immortal artifact. He sighed, Su Mo was just too bold.

Su Mo cleared his throat awkwardly.

"It was my carelessness. I know I was wrong, and I will be more careful in the future." His attitude in admitting his mistake was excellent.

She was just used to it. The magical artifacts she had handled were relatively low-level, so casually probing them wouldn't cause any problems. In addition, with the small tower suppressing her consciousness, Su Mo was confident, which is why she was careless.

Although she learned a lesson from the water-repelling bead, she did not loosen her grip on it at all.

It was because of this carelessness that Su Mo sensed the pure water element contained within the Water-Avoiding Pearl, just like the pure fire element inside the Crimson Flame.

Immortal artifacts are indeed wonderful things; they can even absorb one's spiritual energy without alerting the little tower. This experience has also served as a wake-up call for Su Mo.

This means that if you're fighting someone in your own dormitory courtyard and they also have a magic weapon of immortal quality, you could easily fall victim to it without knowing it.

As expected, my strength is still insufficient, and my level of understanding is not high enough.

Yuan Qi observed her for a while and was relieved to know that she was indeed fine. Then he reached out and pointed at the water-repelling bead in Su Mo's hand, explaining how to use it.

While listening to Yuan Qi explain how to use the water-repelling pearl, Su Mo also observed the treasure in his hand.

This water-repelling bead will not only help her enter the deep sea, but will also greatly assist her in comprehending the water element later on.

"Did you write that down?" Yuan Qi said, picking up his teacup.

"Yes, I understand and have memorized it. I will use it well. Thank you, Master."

Yuan Qi finished his tea and got up to leave.

"Okay, that's all for now. You go ahead and do your thing. I'll head back now."

Su Mo had recovered most of her strength by now. She immediately put the water-repelling pearl back into her space, got up and followed Yuan Qi, saying, "I'll take Master back to his dormitory."

He came here right after finishing his seclusion. Yuan Qi hasn't rested yet. His dormitory is right next to Su Mo's courtyard, so Su Mo is planning to go over there.

"I'm not going back to the dorm. You've brought so many students here, and they've already missed a lot of class time. I'm going to check on them." Yuan Qi waved his hand and walked out without looking back.

Yuan Qi has a special status in the academy. Although he agreed to teach, the academy did not assign him many class hours. Most of the time, he had free time. But since Yuan Qi had agreed, he had to do something.

Su Mo: "..."

She awkwardly followed him to the door and watched Yuan Qiyu leave, without returning to the dormitory next door.

Back in the pavilion, I sat down and thought about Yuan Qi's classes. His courses had been running for quite some time, but there hadn't been a single formal assessment yet.

An assessment of alchemy skills should be arranged. Through the assessment, we can also see if there are any geniuses among the students who have chosen the Yuanqi course.

As for how to arrange the assessment, it's not complicated. There's a very standard alchemy assessment model in Lingyun Zhi. You can just apply it from the initial beginner level. It's not troublesome.

After all, it's just a beginner's guide; it hasn't reached the level of refining pills by hand yet, so it's very suitable for use.

Su Mo had already sent Zhou Wei a message through his communication app. Her gaze swept over the jade bottle on the stone table, and she added a sentence to the end of the message before it was sent, asking Zhou Wei to find ten students to come and prepare for drug testing.

The monthly exams just ended a couple of days ago, and these days are when the college is at its busiest. Many students who went out to take the exams are using that time to handle matters on campus.

So it's very convenient to find someone at this time.

After sending the message, Su Mo closed her eyes and focused on recovering.

A short while later, they heard Zhou Wei arrive with his men.

The top three students from the second, third, and fourth grades, plus the top student from the freshman list, a total of ten people, were brought to Su Mo's courtyard.

After introducing himself to Su Mo, Zhou Wei left.

The ten trainees stood upright facing the principal, feeling both excited and a little nervous.

When Assistant Zhou approached them, she explained the reason: the principal needed to find people to test the drug. Those who were willing could go with her to see the principal, and those who weren't willing could simply be moved down the list; someone would always be willing.

Those who were chosen almost all agreed immediately.

Is that even a question? Of course we should go! Those who are at the top of the grade are neither cowards nor stupid. If the principal is so open and aboveboard letting them participate in drug trials, how could it possibly harm them?

They are the best students in their grade, so this seems more like a reward.

So none of the students who were found hesitated and immediately agreed.

Now they've actually met the principal, and he's spoken to them...

"Are you willing to take the risk?" Su Mo asked routinely.

Her spiritual power had unknowingly penetrated into everyone's consciousness, allowing her to ascertain their situation and sense their tension, but she did not offer any reassurance.

“Yes! I can do it, Principal, let me do it!” Fang Fei, the top student in the first grade, answered loudly, and she even took a step forward.

She had only been at the school for a month and this was the first time she had met the principal in person. She seemed a little more excited than the senior students next to her.

The seniors, who had been beaten to it by the freshmen, didn't have time to be surprised and quickly followed suit.

“I’m willing to be the principal!” Dong Yuzhen, a third-grade student, was the second to speak up.

What followed was a series of "willing" responses.

“Principal, Assistant Zhou has already told us, so we are all prepared,” Dong Yuzhen added.

Su Mo nodded in satisfaction before saying, "You are all very good. The pills we need to try this time all have enhancement effects, so there's no need to be nervous."

Everyone also noticed the two jade vases on the stone table next to the principal.

Su Mo took out all five remaining Five Elements Pills and randomly distributed them to five people. There were nine Hunyuan Pills left, and Su Mo took out five and distributed them to the remaining five people.

"After taking it, circulate the Spirit Guiding Technique to help digest the medicinal effects." Su Mo indicated that they could eat.

These people take various medicines regularly, it's become a habit, but they don't often have the opportunity to take elixirs.

Several students wanted to carefully observe how the pills they received differed from those they had seen before, but they saw that someone next to them had already swallowed the pills without even looking at them.