Martial World's
Chapter 48 - Inscription Master Exam
"Sister Lin, Big Brother Lin, quickly open the door!"
Lin Ming smiled when he heard this voice. It was Lin Xiaodong.
“Omong empty Sacred! Brother Lin is the idol of my life! Dude, first place! You are amazing!”
Lin Xiaodong could not go to the second trial, therefore he did not know what kind of situation Lin Ming was in, and had just learned the good news.
“Mm. I was able to display some good results yesterday, and my recent progress was quite good, so I was able to reach first place. ”
"Let's go, we brothers will drink."
“Hmm, great idea! But now I do not have time to eat, we have to go buy some goods first.”
Lin Ming took out a piece of paper and started writing down the materials he needed for the medicinal inscription symbol. There were a large number and different types of inscription symbols, but Lin Ming had decided on the simplest one, named 'Low Spirit Healing Symbol'. This type of medicinal symbol could only be used on low-tier pills. In the eyes of the ancient elder, The priceless Crimson Gold Dragon Marrow Pill and the Golden Snake Scarlet Pill that could not be purchased anywhere in the entire Heaven Fortune Kingdom could only be considered a low-tier pill.
With Lin Ming's current abilities, even drawing this 'Low Spirit Healing Symbol' was already his limit. Beyond that, many materials were needed for high-quality medicinal symbols, Lin Ming had never heard of them at all.
Even this 'Low Spirit Healing Symbol' had many extremely rare materials.
Although Lin Xiaodong did not know much about inscription techniques, as soon as he saw Lin Ming write the entire material page, he was able to recognize some of them, for example 'fourth grade ferocious beast blood'.
“Sister Lin, you want to buy the blood of a fourth-grade ferocious beast? As if!"
It should be known that the Crimson Golden Dragon was also a level four ferocious beast. A level four savage beast was at least the same as a Houtian master. Although the blood of a rare ferocious beast could not be bought in the Sky Fortune Kingdom, it would be sold at a truly astronomical price. This kind of thing would only be sent from abroad, even one or two bottles would be a thousand taels of gold.
Lin Ming continued to write, and the more material made Lin Xiaodong feel even more afraid and worried. He finally couldn't bear it and asked, "Sister Lin, do you have that kind of money?"
Lin Ming nodded. “Muyi gave me 15,000 taels of gold in banknotes a few days ago. It was the initial payment for the 'Excellent Runes' inscription in the future. I just need to deliver it to him later.
“1...15.000...paradise!” Lin Xiaodong swallowed his saliva. The last time was 9000 taels of gold, this time it was 15,000. He suddenly felt numb; it was as if gold had just become a number.
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There was one place in Sky Fortune City that sold the most inscription materials. It was not the Hundred Treasures Hall, nor was it an auction house. It was the Sky Fortune City Inscription Association.
There were many rare and precious materials that could not be bought anywhere else, and they were also slightly cheaper than market prices.
"What's? Such a nice place exists?” Lin Xiaodong felt this was unimaginable, even after hearing it directly from Lin Ming's lips. “This is impossible, unless the person in charge of the Inscription Association's union is insane. If I am in charge, I will definitely raise the price.”
Lin Ming shrugged, "This is what I heard."
They spent some time visiting some high-end shops as well as official auction houses, but really did not find the rare materials they needed there.
“Then I guess we go to the Inscription Association.”
“Mm..it looks like it's the only plan left. Lin Ming suspected that shopping the Inscription Association required the high status of an inscription master. Until his strength and cultivation had reached the level of his inscription technique, Lin Ming did not wish to expose the existence of his skill in inscriptions. This might cause a lot of trouble for himself and even put him in a dangerous situation. Even though he had Muyi's protection, Lin Ming didn't want to bother him too much.
…
"I not only need an inscription master certificate, but I also need contribution points to purchase any items?" After Lin Ming arrived at the Inscription Association, he asked an elder sister there about how to buy rare and precious materials, and had received this kind of reply.
"I know it! There can't be a good deal! Lin Xiaodong crossed his arms in satisfaction. This is normal .
"What are contribution points?" Lin Ming asked.
The Inscription Association was a loose organization. Many inscription masters were parents who were only interested in learning and knowledge. They are usually hermits who do not have much contact with the outside world and lead a sheltered life. If they did not make a contribution point system, then the existence of the Inscription Association would be extremely grim, and perhaps not many inscription masters would join. Even if they join, very few will come into the trading market.
Lin Ming flipped through the rules of the Inscription Association. As long as he joined the Inscription Association, he would be able to immediately earn 100 contribution points. There were also many other ways listed to earn contribution points, such as selling rare and precious materials to the Inscription Association.
“Pfft. If there was a rare ingredient then you would use it, why would you sell it to the Inscription Association. ” Lin Xiaodong snorted in disdain.
Lin Ming said, “Sometimes there are too many ingredients and cannot be used all of them, and just sit around aimlessly. In this case, it is better to trade for something useful. But this way of earning contribution points is not suitable for me. The only possible path seems to be to complete some sort of mission.”
Lin Ming turned to the reception elder sister and asked, "This sister, where am I going to complete the mission?"
“To find a mission to complete, you must go to the mission hall. However, you can only enter the mission hall if you have the inscription master qualification certificate. If your master has an interest in this, he can personally come to see it. There were many benefits to joining the Inscription Association. ” The reception sister said with a very warm smile.
Lin Ming thought about it and asked, "Does the Inscription Association keep the identity of the members secret?"
“This is certainly a possibility. If your master needs privacy then we can guarantee that we can keep all information related to him confidential
“Mmm. That nice. How is the exam, can you take me to participate? ”
“Mm?” The receptionist's sister looked at him with wide eyes.
Lin Ming shrugged and said, "I'm an inscription master."
“...” The receiving elder sister took a step back and measured Lin Ming from head to toe. He slowly opened his mouth and asked, “May I... ask... how old are you?”.
“15.”
"15 years…?" The reception sister heard this and was speechless. He guessed that the boy in front of him was under the tutelage of some mighty inscription masters and had a certain level of talent, and probably also many achievements. But the 15-year-old inscription master was simply too much. In this 80 year old record of the Sky Fortune Kingdom, the youngest was only 18 years old.
The only ones who had any hope of breaking this record were Qin Xingxuan of the Martial Quarters and Wang Yuhan of the Inscription Association.
"This little brother, if you want to participate in the examination to become an inscription master, you need to prepare treasures and materials." The reception sister only had good intentions as she kindly reminded him. Only after creating the inscription symbol could one see its quality and effect. In general, a new inscription master inscription symbol would have a very bad effect, and placing it on a rare treasure would be a waste of resources. The Inscription Association was rich, but they could not afford to take the waste of resources and materials for granted. Therefore, the examination required all examinees to bring their own treasures and materials, as they did not want some random half-baked inscription apprentices to come and test his luck. After all, the materials for inscription symbols were extremely expensive.
“Mm. I know it. If possible, I would like to purchase some good rare treasures for this exam. I can pay the purchase cost. ” As Lin Ming said this, he reached into his clothes and pulled out some shiny gold banknotes, all of which were worth 1000 gold taels.
Seeing Lin Ming casually take out so many gold banknotes, the elder sister of the receptionist was stunned. This was an amount of gold that not even the juniors of the noble families had.
He looked to Lin Ming and saw that he did not treat this as a joke. The receptionist's sister said, "Since you insist, please come with me."
Lin Ming followed the elder sister and entered the interior of the Inscription Association. Lin Xiaodong also followed. As they passed through the hall, they saw all kinds of radiant and complex symbols and marks along the wall; lin Xiaodong was very pleased with everything he saw.
The decoration of the Inscription Association was not luxurious, but it had a very spacious atmosphere. There were no murals or ornaments on the walls. Instead, there were complex and unique runes scattered everywhere. Each rune was a metal sculpture that was full of texture and looked like it was coming back to life; it gave off a very ancient and mystical feeling.
"Here." The receptionist's sister opened the door and let them in.
This was the inscription room of the Inscription Association, which also served as the examination hall.
"Mmm, thank you big sister."
As Lin Ming entered, he saw that the inscription room was long and about 100 feet wide. There were several stone platforms hanging in the room. In the middle was a stone platform covered with many different materials. On top of this one was a young girl around 15 or 16 years old who was drawing symbol after symbol in the air.
The ten slender and jade-like fingers of the young girl leaped and weaved through the air. The girl's watery eyes were fully focused on each symbol as she traced it, and her full attention was poured on her work. He was completely unaware of the arrival of Lin Ming and Lin Xiaodong. The way he drew inscription symbols was very skilled. He was like a highly skilled musician, and every symbol was a rhythm in the air that he handled nimbly.
Near the young girl was also an old man. He sat behind her on a large wooden chair with a round backrest, looking like he was meditating with his eyes closed. But Lin Ming could see the reality of the situation; the soul force of the older man had been placed on the girl's body to help him, and every rune the girl had pulled was within the old man's grasp.