Qu Li withdrew his gaze and looked at the high priest who had a calm and dignified expression.
“Okay!”
"The loser has to offer tea and become a disciple."
"OK!"
Looking at her bright smile and eyes radiating confidence, the high priest's gaze became dazed again.
The competition officially begins.
Lan Yufeng knelt aside, looking as miserable as a stray dog, but the look he gave the two of them was sinister, cold and vicious.
Noticing his gaze at the same time, Qu Li and the high priest turned their heads to look over.
Lan Yufeng is just a big talker. When facing someone more powerful than him, he can only lower his head in cowardice.
"The Emperor has arrived—"
There were sounds of singing in the distance, and Zhao Yidao escorted the little emperor down from the imperial carriage.
"Long live the emperor, long live the emperor, long live the emperor!"
Everyone knelt on the ground and shouted "Long live the emperor".
The little emperor raised his hand, "Stand up! I heard that the high priest was going to compete with Miss Qu in poison techniques, so I was really curious, so I came to take a look. You don't have to mind me!"
After saying that, his gaze shifted to Qu Li's face.
With just one look, Qu Li understood all his words.
The match is best of three.
The rules are simple. You take the poison prepared by the other party. If you can research the antidote within half an hour and the poison does not take effect, you win.
If there is still no progress after more than half an hour, you can admit defeat and take the antidote given by the other party.
Qu Li selected some medicinal herbs and boiled a bowl of medicinal juice.
The high priest picked up the bowl, put it to his nose, closed his eyes, and sniffed carefully to identify the medicinal ingredients in it.
Qu Li also took the poison given by the high priest.
She didn't analyze it seriously. After all, she had the spiritual spring and pills that could cure all poisons.
"Nothing will happen to my cousin, right?" Changsun Chi was very nervous and grabbed Changsun Li's wrist.
Changsun Li, a weak scholar, could not withstand such brute force.
"Do you want to die?" He struggled hard, trying to pull his hand away.
"Don't say this word, it's unlucky!" Chang Sun Chi's eyes were wide open, and the veins on his forehead were bulging and jumping.
"My cousin is so powerful, nothing will happen to her!" Chang Sun Wu said in a low and firm voice.
Everyone's heart was hanging high, including the little emperor.
Qu Li took out a pill that could cure all poisons from the space and swallowed it. Then he carefully identified the ingredients of the poison and wrote it down.
She glanced at the high priest calmly.
He held the brush in his hand and wrote a few strokes without stopping.
She narrowed her eyes and stared at him without blinking.
This time, she was just throwing out some ideas, using a total of eight kinds of herbs. In addition to the medicinal properties of the herbs themselves, she also utilized the principle of mutual promotion and mutual restraint between the herbs.
Unexpectedly, the high priest figured out the ingredients of the medicine in such a short time.
The high priest put down the brush in his hand, raised his eyes and glanced at Qu Li who was in high spirits opposite him, and raised the corners of his mouth, forming a faint arc.
In the first round, within half an hour, both of them had analyzed the composition of the other's poison and easily developed an antidote.
"The high priest should not be underestimated!" Chang Sun Li couldn't help but worry about Qu Li.
"My cousin will never lose! Don't try to boost others' morale and destroy your own prestige." Chang Sun Chi threatened in a vicious voice.
Chang Sun Li curled his lips and said, "I'm just afraid that the high priest will hurt my cousin."
This person will do anything to achieve his goal.
In order to control Xiling, he deliberately provoked conflicts within the royal family, and then used thundering means to eliminate all those who opposed him and supported the young emperor to ascend the throne.
Although the Changsun family was a loyal minister, he also tried every possible means to drive them out of the court.
Since he was determined to take Qu Li as his apprentice, there was no way he would let Qu Li win.
"My cousin is so smart, she will be fine!" Chang Sun Chi said loudly, and it was hard to tell whether he was speaking to everyone or to himself.
As if saying this would make me feel less worried.
The first round ended with the two players tied.
The high priest looked at her with deep eyes, as if saying: You are doomed to lose, I will not miss this tea for becoming my disciple!
Qu Li raised his eyebrows, his eyes filled with disdain.
There are still two games left, and she will make the high priest admit defeat with conviction.
The second round still ended in a tie, which was surprising, but not surprising at all.
Those who participated in the gambling outside the venue were somewhat uneasy.
At first they bet on the high priest to win, but they didn't expect Qu Li to be so powerful that the high priest, who was a master of poison, didn't even get any benefit at all.
Before the third round was about to begin, some people frantically changed their bets, and most people changed it to a draw.
The high priest felt somewhat uncomfortable in his chest, as if it were being pricked by dense needles, one after another.
The pain was not unbearable. He guessed that it was because he had used a strong medicine when preparing the antidote just now, and the symptoms would disappear soon.
In the third round, Qu Li was much slower than before when preparing the poison.
When she looked up, the high priest had already prepared a bowl of poison.
She went over all the herbs in her mind again, and after confirming that what she had thought was correct, she placed the medicine bowl on the tray covered with red cloth.
The high priest picked up the medicine bowl and put it under his nose to sniff it carefully.
He looked at Qu Li like a beast spotting its prey, his eyes bright and filled with murderous intent.
Qu Li showed no fear at all, his lips raised with a faint smile.
For the first two bowls of poison, the high priest would use some strong and overbearing herbs while detoxifying them, as she expected.
However, these medicinal herbs cannot be completely consumed by the body's organs in such a short period of time.
In the third round, if he used any one of the herbs to detoxify, it would counteract the herbs used to detoxify in the first two rounds, forming a new poison.
After the anger and shock, only ecstasy remained in the high priest's eyes.
Qu Li is truly a treasure!
Even if she didn't acknowledge him as her master and didn't offer him tea and become his disciple, he still wanted to teach her the art of poison.
Just imagine, Changsun Wuque's daughter will always be by his side and treat him like a father. I guess Changsun Wuque will be so angry that he will come back to life.
"This time, the high priest obviously didn't write down the drug ingredients as quickly as the previous two times. Will he lose?"
The people gathered around the square were worried.
"The High Priest will definitely win! I just changed my bet and bet on a tie. The High Priest will definitely not let me lose so badly that my family will be ruined!"
"High Priest, we believe in you!"
The support of the people below the stage was the biggest irony in the eyes of the high priest.
The reason they support me is simply because they are worried that I will lose, which will make me lose everything.
The high priest looked at Qu Li coldly. In the sunlight, she gave him a smile with curved lips, which was both stunning and made people grit their teeth!
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