Sure, I can help with that! **Chapter 796: Ten Out of Ten**

Thirty-five contestants, each giving it their all.

But unexpectedly, barely ten breaths after the competition began, someone had already failed and been eliminated early.

Extracting Ghost-Weeping Mystic Crystal Essence was no easy task.

As time passed, one person after another failed, walking dejectedly to the edge to watch those remaining continue their extraction.

In less than half an incense stick's time, the group of thirty-five had dwindled to fifteen.

The remaining fifteen had to pursue speed while ensuring they did not fail.

Their fingers danced like sprites, constantly forming one hand seal after another.

Jiang Feng paid particular attention to Youjialuo and Wu Jing.

Youjialuo handled the extraction with effortless ease, showing no sign of any risk of failure.

Jiang Feng deliberately observed her extraction technique. It truly surpassed Wu Jing's by quite a bit.

However, Wu Jing's technique appeared more practiced, which was inevitably related to her long-term habit of exceeding her workload at the Refining Workshop.

For the moment, the two were evenly matched in speed.

Jiang Feng now understood why Youjialuo alone had been so wary of Wu Jing, even wanting to use underhanded means to deprive Wu Jing of the chance to participate in Ji Kongling's household retainer selection.

Wu Jing truly posed an enormous threat to her.

At the very least, the two were indeed evenly matched for now.

Judging by their current progress, barring any surprises, they would take first and second place. Everyone else had clearly been left far behind by their pace.

Youjialuo seemed to have noticed Wu Jing's progress as well. She was puzzled—Wu Jing's extraction technique appeared to have improved considerably.

Wu Jing was her greatest rival, so she knew this greatest rival of hers extremely well.

She knew perfectly well that, due to her birth, the resources and cultivation