Martial World's
Chapter 50 - Getting Material
Wang Xuanji was able to quickly discover that this young man's drawing technique did not come from any learning school in the Sky Fortune Kingdom. The technique looks more complex, and much more refined.
"This sect master of youth is not from the roots of the Sky Fortune Kingdom!" The middle-aged man said.
“Mmm. And moreover, their training school is much more advanced than ours.”
Colorful lights bloomed together in the air. Their path weaved a trail of light in the iris of the audience's widened eyes, leaving a bright and glittering blur behind. Wang Yuhan held his breath, the soul force within the symbol gave off the most beautiful and cautious feeling of energy change.
When drawing inscription symbols, the most difficult task to understand is to make sure that the soul force is carefully calculated for every little nuance; the smallest inaccuracy can lead to total failure. But in the hands of this young man, every small change seemed instinctively appropriate. Under his deft hand, he drew symbols like a painter who freely drew flowers and birds, as the little birds spread their wings with the desire to fly.
At first, within Wang Yuhan there was a secret fear that he would be defeated by this youngster. He hoped that he would not be able to pass this exam. But at this point, he was already completely entranced with great admiration and astonishment. Instead, now in his heart he hoped that he would never stop, that this perfection could continue until the end of time and in his heart there was not even the slightest bit of regret.
This feeling, just like a musician who longs to hear the sound of the singing of nature and the gods that are in perfect bloom, is, or artists who long to see the most amazing and beautiful paintings handed down by the greatest painters in the world. Only this kind of feeling could cause humans to abandon all distractions and pursue the pinnacle of their skill.
Seeing the dedicated facial expression of this meticulous young man, Wang Yuhan was finally able to understand why the cultivation growth of his inscription technique had come to a halt. It was exactly because he cared too much for Qin Xingxuan, and was afraid that the path he went through would be taken over by a girl half a year younger than him.
But now, seeing Lin Ming's perfect inscription technique, he was suddenly enlightened with the truth. This land was endless and boundless; there was as much unparalleled talent and genius as him. Being number one among the Sky Fortune Kingdom youths in the inscription technique was just a sheer futility. There was no significance whether he was surpassed by Qin Xingxuan or not.
What he was after was no longer Qin Xingxuan's shadow, but outside of her. What he would pursue was not to become the number one inscription talent in the Sky Fortune Kingdom, but to reach the pinnacle of inscriptions.
One minute and one second passed. In front of Lin Ming, the number of symbols and runes increased, as they began to overlap in the air with light and dark twists, as if they had a lively breathing rhythm. Lin Ming was already familiar with the 'Excellent Runes', and drew them easily. The peak of the Second Stage of Body Transformation allowed Lin Ming to have sufficient true essence to support the entire process; he did not need to suffer from such hardships as he had experienced a few months ago.
Today, the inscription image of Lin Ming had gone very smoothly. He had invested his total attention into creating the symbol, and had forgotten that this was a test. He had fully completed dozens of colorful and brilliant symbols and runes, and then after a flash of light, Lin Ming's soul force fused them all together into one, and they condense into a square inch of fire symbol.
This time Lin Ming did not place this symbol onto a piece of symbol paper, but carried it to the table with a long sword, and with a flick of his finger, the symbol fell onto the long sword with 'chi chi' and branded himself. His final appearance was like a raging flame.
Settlement.
Looking at the sword in Lin Ming's hand, Wang Xuanji's heart was dazzled and gave endless praise. His eyes were fixed on the blade of the sword and he could naturally see the potential of that fire symbol as it exuded a sense of nature. He immersed his soul force into it, and sensed that true essence circulating was as easy as breathing.
Wang Xuanji was able to affirm that it was a perfect inscription symbol. But the one who drew it was an ordinary boy whose true essence was at the Second Stage of Body Transformation. How much can this symbol increase the power of a weapon?
The talk of inscription symbols about 'increasing power' was not the sharpness of the blade, but the circulation and flow of true essence. If the inscription symbol was on the symbol paper, no one could determine just how much of an increase in his strength. If it was on a rare treasure like a weapon, then an experienced inscription master would be able to pour true essence into the treasure and see how the flow of true essence was affected by the inscription symbol. They could then figure out what percentage of the strength of the inscription symbol would increase that rare treasure.
Wang Xuanji raised the long sword in his hand and concentrated his true essence into it. He closed his eyes and let the sensation sweep over him. A moment later his eyes opened, and even though he had already expected this in his heart, he was still shocked.
The increase in the strength of the inscription symbol amounted to about 32%. This was the standard of a master grade inscription expert!
"32% increases the power of true essence ......." Wang Xuanji exclaimed.
"Oh?" The middle-aged man's eyebrows shot up and he took out the long sword in his hand. Generally, the main early inscription masters would find even a 20% increase in strength difficult. That this young man could reach 32%.it has been known that after 20%, each step further is much more difficult.
The middle-aged man had been working as an exam officer for many years now. When it came to evaluating inscription symbols, he was faster than Wang Xuanji and could get a more precise result. “Antara 32% and 33%.”
The middle-aged man placed a long sword on the table and sized up Lin Ming. Where did this kid come from? He just appeared out of nowhere. Does he have friends? A pal? Could he be the disciple of a master from an ancient sect? Why would an ancient sect disciple come to a small place like the Inscription Association in Sky Fortune City to apply to become an inscription master?
“Congratulations, Lin Ming. You actually passed the exam. ” said Wang Xuanji.
"Thank you, President of the Association."
"Oh?" Wang Xuanji's brows lifted. "You want to join our Inscription Association?"
“Mm. I came here to participate in the exam for this reason. ”
"This ..." Wang Xuanji felt strange in his mind, he could not understand Lin Ming's reasoning.
“Mm. To tell the Association President honestly, I joined the Inscription Association to earn contribution points for purchasing materials. ”
Buy materials? If you need rare and valuable materials then you will need contribution points. There are many ways to use these ingredients. Is this boy who wants them? Or master?
His master was definitely a senior with unexpected high skills. Why would such a person look for materials in a small union in a small place like Sky Fortune City?
Wang Xuanji thought about this for a long time, and hesitantly said, "You, if you sell this sword to the Inscription Association, then, I'll trade you for 3000 contribution points to buy materials."
Lin Ming was startled and immediately overjoyed with happiness. He was worried that he would have to complete a number of missions. He did not think he would be so lucky that Wang Xuanji would propose to exchange this sword for 3000 contribution points. Previously, he had seen the list of precious materials he needed for his medicinal inscriptions, and 3000 was not a small amount. That was enough to buy the materials he needed.
“The parents of the President of this Association may want to buy my sword to learn it. But his inscription techniques were complex and varied. Even someone who was an expert in inscription techniques would find it difficult to examine them, even if they were careful and spent a lot of time. Perhaps he wanted to unravel some of the mysteries of the inscription symbol and reproduce it, but it was also very difficult. If he bought this sword, he probably wouldn't be able to find anything.” Thinking of this, Lin Ming said, "Thank you President of the Association, I am very short of contribution points."
“No need to be polite. If one day your teacher comes to Sky Fortune City, please welcome him to our Sky Fortune City Inscription Association as an honored guest.” There were two reasons Wang Xuanji gave Lin Ming favorable conditions at the beginning. First, he wanted to study swords, and second, he wanted to win over Lin Ming, and probably had a chance to know the mysterious sect behind Lin Ming.
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“Blood four level wild beast, 1 jin. 1100 gold taels, 150 contribution points.”
“Blue Sky Cloud Flower Seed, 12,600 gold taels, 80 contribution points.”
“Dragon Blood Root Juice, 1 jin. 600 gold taels, 60 contribution points. ”
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The one responsible for the sale of rare and precious materials was a middle-aged woman aged 40-50 years. He compared his supplies as he read Lin Ming's list, and quoted the price whenever it matched. For each match, he would stop and look at Lin Ming. This boy, he bought so many rare and precious items, what did he plan to do in the end?
Lin Ming had listed dozens of materials, including some valuable and rare ones. For example, the blood of a fourth level ferocious beast, a small bottle would be able to match the price of a rare treasure. If he left the Inscription Association to buy it at the market price, it would be at least 3000 gold taels, and even then he would not necessarily be able to buy it.
If this was half a year ago, Lin Ming would not even dare to dream about such things.
The amount of gold needed quickly accumulated to 10,000. The required contribution points also almost reached 2000. As Lin Xiaodong saw the required amount of gold increment, all he could hear was the incessant hum of an abacus as it let out pop pop sounds. Each pop made her feel scared and worried about the next item, but soon all she felt was numbness. He finally saw what people call spending money like running water.
“Total price, 10,000 gold taels and 2,100 contribution points. Do you want to confirm this purchase?” The middle-aged woman lowered her abomination and asked Lin Ming. Even an inscription master from Sky Fortune City who was extremely learned and famous, as well as a noble, would not buy so many rare and precious materials. Who's this little guy? Where did he have so many contribution points from?
“Mm. Yes, I want to buy this.” Ling Ming said and he took out a gold banknote from his sleeve as well as a point card. This point card has a card number that shows how many contribution points he has in the record.
"OK…"
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