Chapter 119

Tang Zheng looked at Yi Mi Na; the angry look on her usually cold face was actually somewhat cute.

"There's no need to waste time on this kind of conspiracy."

"When the sun shines down, even the darkest corners won't exist."

Tang Zheng chuckled gently instead, then his eyes flickered slightly, "Besides, this might not be a bad thing."

"Starting tomorrow, continue to launch the regeneration potion, but this time it won't be free."

"The price is set at—1 gold coin, only five bottles a day, and it will be sold publicly at the Adventurer's Guild."

This price...

Yi Mi Na's amber pupils blinked, and a rare, brilliant smile appeared on her cold face: "Understood."

Three days.

The potion market in the entire Imperial Capital was completely disrupted; the Adventurer's Guild was packed with people, with only five bottles limited per day, and the regeneration potion was valued at only one gold coin.

It was directly hyped up to a price of over one hundred gold coins on the black market, and the trend of this price was still soaring.

Excellent effects that could treat disabilities, plus hunger marketing and limited supply, especially since no one on the entire market could imitate this kind of alchemical potion made by Tang Zheng.

So much so that countless merchants, workers, and adventurers with keen senses went crazy.

Spending one gold coin to grab a potion and turning around for a hundredfold profit was no different from robbing money.

You have to know.

The price of the highest-grade healing potion was only over eight gold coins.

No one would turn their back on money.

The name "Genius Alchemist", which had only spread in small circles, completely spread throughout the entire Empire, and "Genius Alchemist" also became a more concrete title like "Black-haired Genius Alchemist".

At the same time.

A piece of news that was also somewhat shocking spread in the Imperial Capital.

The Lockbulis family and the Iminster family, two major noble families, were completely wiped out overnight, and it was said that all family members were killed!

It was just that this news was too shocking, and most people didn't believe it.

The spread of the news also seemed to be somewhat contained.

Coupled with the commotion Tang Zheng had caused in the past few days, it didn't attract the attention of the public.

Night.

Deep in the Noble District, a brand-new courtyard.

Tang Zheng didn't intend to be blocked at the door, so after selling the alchemical potions, he found a brand-new address.

He had been staying here for the past few days.

Every day, besides casually refining a few bottles of alchemical potions, he spent the rest of his time injecting most of his magic power into the Orb of Death.

【Orb of Death: 90/280】

The magic power stored inside had reached 90 points.

With a magic capacity of "280", he didn't need to worry about the lack of magic power for the time being.

"Was it Reynas's doing?"

Tang Zheng stopped injecting magic power into the Orb of Death, played with the magic item in his hand, and thought of the rumors during this time.

The Lockbulis family.

It was exactly the family Reynas belonged to; if someone said this matter had nothing to do with Reynas, Tang Zheng wouldn't believe it at all.

And the other Iminster family, he hadn't heard of it, but if it was also Reynas's doing, then it was likely the family her fiancé belonged to.

"Wiping out the whole family directly, this woman."

Tang Zheng was a bit stunned.

Looking cold and indifferent, she was actually so ruthless.

Yi Mi Na's nimble figure flipped into this courtyard, and she walked quickly toward Tang Zheng, who liked to sit in the courtyard stroking the little evil spirit dog.

"Tang, do you know how much the price of the regeneration potion has been hyped up to on the black market?"

Yi Mi Na's purple ponytail flicked, her eyes revealing an indescribable excitement.

As the indirect pusher who completed all of this,

Yi Mi Na witnessed the entire process of a regeneration potion worth at most ten gold coins soaring from a price of one gold coin to the current five hundred gold coins.

This was simply incredible!

"500 gold coins? That's about right."

Tang Zheng wasn't very surprised; the principle that scarcity makes things valuable was the same in any world.

What's more, the current regeneration potion was no longer just for healing; it was also mixed with financial attributes.

"Tomorrow, besides the five bottles of regeneration potion normally handed over to the Adventurer's Guild, I'll give you five more to sell on the black market." Tang Zheng said.

Eh?

Yi Mi Na's excited expression froze; could it be operated like this?

Suddenly.

"You've been followed." Tang Zheng raised his head and looked into the depths of the darkness in the courtyard.

"How could that be!"

Yi Mi Na's expression changed; she had specifically circled around several times before entering here, and with her agile skills, there weren't many people who could keep up with her.

What's more, she had always been disguised during her usual activities, so few people should know she had a relationship with Tang Zheng. "Don't blame her."

A crisp voice, tinged with fatigue, rang out from the darkness in the corner.

Hearing this familiar voice.

Yi Mi Na's eyes froze, and then a look of surprise appeared on her face: "It's you!"

She naturally knew about the shocking rumors in the Imperial Capital recently; she was the one who told Tang Zheng about this matter.

Reynas was wrapped in a black robe and walked out of the darkness, a faint smell of blood wafting from her body.

Yi Mi Na immediately became alert.

However.

Reynas ignored Yi Mi Na, walked calmly and seriously to Tang Zheng, and took out a leather bag from her bosom.

"There are 5000 gold coins in this magic leather bag; this is already the upper limit of what a magic item can hold."

"It's a pity that many valuable things couldn't be taken away."

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Reynas's fair, exquisite face was a bit pale, and then a smile appeared on her thin lips,

"The price of two thousand gold coins was too low."

Tang Zheng looked at Reynas at this moment; there was no change in her from before, but the whole person gave him a feeling of being reborn.

"Such a strong smell of blood, you killed a lot of people."

Tang Zheng didn't reach out to take the magic leather bag.

"Yes."

Reynas nodded her chin and said without avoiding it: "I need to use their blood to wash away the humiliation on my body."

"Do you hate killing?"

"No, I'm just surprised that you could slaughter two families alone without dying."

Tang Zheng shook his head.

In the original plot, after Reynas joined the Imperial Four Knights, she used the Bloody Emperor's power to wipe out her own family and her fiancé's family.

This was a woman who was somewhat indescribable to begin with.

Reynas was stunned, and a brilliant smile appeared on her pale cheeks.

"I swore a long time ago that if I could lift the curse, I could pay any price."

Speaking of this!

Reynas's expression became serious, her golden hair fluttering in the wind.

Suddenly!

Reynas knelt on one knee, gripped her right hand into a fist, held it in front of her chest, bowed her head slightly to Tang Zheng, and a crisp, pleasant voice rang out:

"Under the radiance of glory and loyalty."

"I, Reynas Lockbulis, make this declaration of allegiance, dedicating my heart, courage, and life to your nobility and glory."

"I swear in the name of my heart that I will be unswervingly loyal to you, becoming your indestructible shield and sharpest sword."

"I swear in the name of my heart that your every command is my mission, is my glory."

"I swear in the name of my heart that my heart will forever remember this oath, and my actions will forever practice this loyalty, even if the light is swallowed by darkness."

"If I break this, may the knight's spear abandon my soul, and may my body fall into the abyss forever!"

The firm voice echoed in the courtyard.

Yi Mi Na subconsciously took a step back, her face full of shock and disbelief, her amber pupils dilated.

This is... the Knight's Oath!

A declaration passed down only by ancient nobles, a sacred ritual of swearing eternal allegiance.

It is generally sworn by lower nobles to the direct line of higher nobles, or declared to the Emperor, the true master of the Empire.

Yi Mi Na had never heard of a noble swearing allegiance to an adventurer; this probably hadn't happened in history.

Tang Zheng was equally stunned, but it was quickly replaced by seriousness.

Although he didn't know much about noble etiquette, he understood that such a solemn oath was not something that could be casually refused like joining his adventurer party earlier.

Seriously.

Suddenly making it so serious.

Tang Zheng sighed in his heart, stood up from his seat, and walked to Reynas, who was kneeling on one knee with her head bowed in front of him.

He raised his palm and placed it gently on her left shoulder.

He could feel Reynas's body relax significantly.

"I don't believe in any gods, so I can't give you the corresponding maxims."

Tang Zheng said softly, also in a serious tone, "But I will do my best."

"To make the name Lockbulis great again because of you."

A smile appeared on Reynas's fair cheeks; she raised her head and reached out to move Tang Zheng's left hand from her shoulder to in front of her.

"Reynas Lockbulis."

Reynas bowed her head again, kissed the back of Tang Zheng's hand with her lips, and said again:

"Loyal to you!"

(End of chapter)