The Martial World
E-46 Inscription Examination

"Brother Lin, Brother Lin, quickly open the door!"

Lin Ming smiled when he heard this voice. It was Lin Xiaodong.

"Damn it! Brother Lin is my life idol! Dude, first place! You are amazing! ”

Lin Xiaodong was unable to go to the second trial, therefore he had no idea what Lin Ming's situation was like, and had just learned the good news.

“Mm. I was able to show some good results yesterday, and my recent progress was quite good, so I was able to reach first place. ”

“Come way, our brothers will drink.”

“Mmm, great idea! But now that I don't have time to eat, we have to buy some stuff 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 can only be used on lower grade pills. In the eyes of the ancient elder, the Red Golden Dragon Marrow Pill and the Golden Snake Scarlet Pill that could not be purchased anywhere in the entire Sky Fortune Kingdom could only be considered low grade pills.

With Lin Ming's current abilities, even drawing this 'Low Spirit Healing Symbol' had already reached its limit. Beyond that, many materials were needed for higher quality medicinal symbols, Lin Ming had never heard of them at all.

Even this 'Inferior Spirit Healing Symbol' had many extremely rare materials.

Although Lin Xiaodong did not know much about inscription techniques, once he saw Lin Ming write the entire material page, he was able to recognize some of them, for example 'fourth grade ferocious beast blood'.

"Brother Lin, you want to buy the blood of a fourth-grade ferocious beast? As if!"

It should be known that the Red 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 Sky Fortune Kingdom, it would be sold at a very expensive price. This kind of item would only be sent from abroad, even one or two bottles could become a thousand taels of gold.

Lin Ming continued to write, and the increasing amount of materials made Lin Xiaodong feel even more afraid and worried. He finally could not bear it and asked, "Brother Lin, do you have that kind of money?"

Lin Ming nodded. “Muyi gave me 15,000 taels of gold in paper money a few days ago. It was the initial payment for the 'Excellent Runes' inscription in the future. I just need to send it later.

“1.. 15,000…. Heaven!” Lin Xiaodong swallowed his saliva. The last time was 9,000 taels of gold, this time 15,000. He suddenly felt numb; it was as if gold had just become a number.

…

There was one place in Sky Fortune City that sold the most inscription materials. It was not the Hundred Treasure Hall, nor was it an auction house. It was the Sky Fortune City Inscription Association.

Inside were many rare and precious materials that could not be bought anywhere else, and they were also slightly cheaper than market prices.

"What's? Is there a good place? ” Lin Xiaodong felt this was unimaginable, even after hearing it directly from Lin Ming's lips. “This is impossible, except the person in charge of the mad Inscription Association's trade union. If I were in charge, I would definitely raise the price. ”

Lin Ming shrugged, "This is what I heard."

They spent some time visiting some high-end shops and also the official auction hall, but really did not find the rare materials they needed there.

“Then I guess we go to the Inscription Association.”

“Mm. 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 inscription techniques, Lin Ming did not wish to reveal 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 older sister there about how to buy rare and precious materials, and had received this kind of answer.

"I know it! There can't be such a good offer! Lin Xiaodong crossed his arms in satisfaction. It's normal.

“What are those contribution points?” Lin Ming asked.

The Inscription Association was a loose organization. Many inscription masters were parents who were only interested in learning and science. They are usually ascetics who have little to do 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 might not have many inscription masters to join. Even if they join, very few come to 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 in vain. In this case, it is better to exchange 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 receptionist elder sister and asked, "This sister, where am I going to complete the mission?"

“To find missions to complete, you must go to the mission hall. But, you can only enter the mission hall if you have the inscription master qualification certificate. If your master is interested in this, he can personally come to see it. There were many advantages of joining the Inscription Association. ” Said sister reception with a very warm smile.

Lin Ming thought about it and asked, "Does the Inscription Association keep the identity of its members secret?"

“This is definitely a possibility. If your master needs privacy then we can guarantee that we can keep all information relating to him confidential. "

“Mmm. That nice. How is the exam, can you invite me to participate?

“Mm?” The reception sister looked at him with wide eyes.

Lin Ming shrugged and said, "I'm an inscription master."

“...” The reception brother 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 receptionist 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 too exaggerated. In this 80-year record of 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 Martialism and Wang Yuhan of the Inscription Association.

"This little sister, 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 making 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 were unable to waste resources and materials carelessly. Therefore, the examination required that all examinees bring their own treasures and materials, as they did not want the half-baked inscription apprentice to randomly 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 a good rare treasure for this examination. 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 aristocratic families had.

He looked to Lin Ming and saw that he did not treat this as a joke. The reception brother said, "Since you insist, please come with me."

Lin Ming followed the older sister and entered the interior of the Inscription Association. Lin Xiaodong also followed. As they passed through the hall, they saw all kinds of shining and intricate symbols and runes 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 alive; it gave off a very ancient and mystical feeling.

"Here." The reception sister opened the door and told them to come in.

This was the inscription room of the Inscription Association, which also served as an examination room.

"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 center 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 waved in the air. The girl's watery eyes were fully focused on each symbol as she plagiarized it, and her full attention was on her work. He simply did not notice 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 knock in the air that he handled nimbly.

Near the young girl was also an old man. He sat behind him on a large wooden chair with a round back, looking like he was meditating with his eyes closed. But Lin Ming could see the reality of the situation; the soul power of the older man had been placed on the girl's body to help him, and every rune the girl drew was within the old man's grasp.