020 - Yang Xin's visit

Noticing the puzzlement of the young girl, she explained, "Young Miss, I can tell that the one who drew this Inscription is an Inscriptionist Master, someone like that wouldn't make a mistake like using the wrong blood. It wouldn't earn him much money either. People usually don't buy an Inscription Scroll just to see its effects, they keep it for a life and death situation. He wanted the one who bought it to die. And I can only think of one group of people with such thoughts"

"But why would the shop sell it, wouldn't that damage their reputation if someone died because of them?"

She sighed, "There isn't enough Inscriptionists in Glory City for us to meet the market demand, so some shops buy Inscription Scrolls from individuals not affiliated to the Inscriptionist Association. They would compensate if a scroll can't be activated, but they also know that there's a high chance the buyer would die before coming back. Thankfully only a few shops think like that"

She then concluded while leaving, "I'll report it to the City Lord, he needs to send someone to investigate the Secret Treasure Pavilion and also check the other shops. I'll come back just after to draw that new inscription pattern Young Miss"

Xiao Yan also left the room and went for their Library.

He stayed in his void-form to start adding the books in his LoHP, when he was going to run out of soul force he teleported back to his room to recuperate and came back again when fully recovered.

As there was much more books than in his school or in the Alchemist Association, it was nearly dawn when he finished to record all of them.

He teleported near of his home and found a deserted street to undo his void-form as well as his Shadow Devil transformation.

As usual, he was greeted by uncle Tian who told him that he expected that he would be like this so he already prepared some hot water for his bath.

{Like this?} He thought before looking at his appearance, then understood. His clothes were full of dirt and there was also some on his skin.

{The dirt must be when I went down through the hole, I also ran a lot inside of that underground maze}

He went to take his bath after telling him that he needed a shovel.

Xiao Yan didn't cultivate even if he knew that he could at least reach the peak of the Gold Rank.

{I need to learn how to fight and have some battle experience before I cultivate again}

After the bath, he opened his door to let the servants take the water out of his room while he went to his desk to write down four cultivation techniques for the Black Gold Rank Demon Spiritualists of the Snow Wind Family he saw last night and didn't forget to write their names.

Just as he finished the last one, uncle Tian brought the shovel and told him that Yang Xin was here and wanted to see him.

He put the shovel in his ring and let her in his room before closing the door.

They greeted each other and she told him, "Xiao Yan, thank you for your cultivation techniques of yesterday, the four of us made a breakthrough"

{Indeed, she is more beautiful and also looks younger than yesterday…}

"Don't mind it, I know I can trust you guys"

She first took out three white robes from her storage ring and put it on his bed, "Here are three Alchemy Master Robes of the right size", then put his eighteen storage rings on them, "Your storage rings", and finally added a few stacks of Demon Spirit Cards, "Yesterday we sold 10 000 pounds of the Purple Haze Grass at 300 DSC per pound, after we took one fifth, here is your part, 2 400 000 DSC".

"Okay", he simply replied and took everything in his own ring.

Yang Xin continued, "Right now every Alchemist of the Association is refining the five new elixirs, we will start to release the information this morning and we plan on selling them starting tomorrow. At first we'll sell the Soul Nurturing and Soul Concentrating Pills by putting a daily limit of one pill per person, those who want more will have to go to Auction Houses where we will sell bottles of ten and bottles of hundred. As for the three others, they'll be on sale only in Auction Houses until the prize stabilize and we can meet the market demand. Here is three hundred of Soul Tempering and Scarlet Body Enhancing Pills for you", she finished as she put six bottles of the said elixirs on the bed.

"Thanks", {I should put some in smaller bottles for uncle Tian, she's also an Alchemist, so she should have some empty bottles}, he thought before he said, "Big sister, can you give me twelve small empty elixir bottles?"

"Here", She didn't even think as she added them on his bed.

He stored the bottles and took out four papers, "After you release the information about the Soul Tempering Pills, the City Lord should come to the Association, please give him these four cultivation techniques that I prepared for him and three other people of his family. Also, tell him that if they make a breakthrough, let the people think that it's thanks to the elixirs".

"I'll tell him, do you need anything else?"

"One last thing, the Hong Yue Family currently has an artifact that I want, it's a black jade pot with soul force leaking from it and the word "Nightmare" is also carved on the base. They found it in the Dark Ruins. I want big sister to buy it for me with my part of the profits that will be made when you start selling the elixirs, you can go up to 100 Million DSC"

She agreed and went back to the Alchemist Association.

{As for the things that I want from the Heavenly Marks Family, they wouldn't want to sell it so I have no choice but to directly take it}

{I'll help their family to have a few Legend Ranks as compensation}