Chapter 3586

A dark purple soul and a crystal appeared in Su Xiao's hand; this was the completed soul of the Dark Crow, as well as the 【Will Crystal · Wild Hunt】.

The prompt for defeating the Dark Crow, along with rewards like Golden Skill Points, undoubtedly signified one thing: once the battle within the Chapter of Greed began, even if Su Xiao's mental projection "died" and was ejected, the Nightmare Blood Shadow within the combat scenario would still exist.

And because of its automatic nature, Su Xiao's mental projection "dying" out of the Chapter of Greed would not affect it. Although this thing did not distinguish between friend and foe, there were only three parties in the combat scenario: Su Xiao, the Dark Crow, and the Blood Shadow. After Su Xiao "died" and was ejected, the Blood Shadow would have no choice but to fight the Dark Crow to the death.

Su Xiao stroked the wooden-textured front of the 【Chapter of Greed】 with his thumb. He had figured it out: the correct way to open this thing had long since changed from before. This could be inferred in part from the item's origin.

The origin of the 【Chapter of Greed】 was the Abyss/Dead Silence City. Changing his line of thinking, Su Xiao speculated that this thing might have come from the Transcendent World · Dark Continent during its peak period, and was one of the secret treasures of the Dark Continent.

The original 【Chapter of Greed】 indeed used a special "Soul Seal" to construct its own "Soul Manifestation," then chose the characteristics of this "Soul Manifestation," and finally, the user's own mental projection would enter it.

But it was unknown which scoundrel of a holder it was who, after truly being unable to defeat the subsequent "Soul Manifestations," had a bold idea: to let the 【Chapter of Greed】 be eroded by Abyssal energy, thereby gaining extreme enhancements to see what changes might occur. In any case, they couldn't beat the later "Soul Manifestations" anyway.

The result was that after passing through that scoundrel holder, the 【Chapter of Greed】 not only shattered into several pieces but also became even harder to fight. Before, it was both sides wearing similar equipment, competing in combat skills; now, the opponent was fully geared, and the challenger, let alone equipment, if they hadn't mastered a special Soul Seal, didn't even have a "Soul Manifestation"—how were they supposed to fight?

Thinking of this, Su Xiao finally understood why, when he challenged the 【Chapter of Greed】 before, he had been beaten by the Life Butcher, the Lady of Qin, and the Dark Crow until his expression grew increasingly solemn.

After the 【Chapter of Greed】 passed through that scoundrel holder, the subsequent holders were all beaten to the point of despair and existential crisis by the 【Chapter of Greed】, which had been extremely enhanced by Abyssal energy. Only after their repeated deep contemplation and "improvements" did the current 【Chapter of Greed】, which was fundamentally impossible to fight in a normal way, come to be.

This was like programming; once code starts running in an unfathomable way, you absolutely, absolutely must not touch it.

Alas, several holders of the 【Chapter of Greed】 did not follow this practice. They were initially quite confident, and then, as they kept modifying it, their expressions gradually turned bewildered, and they ultimately chose to gift the 【Chapter of Greed】 to a "lucky" "fated person."

For a very long time, the current holder of the 【Chapter of Greed】 would especially want to kill the previous holder.

It is interesting to note that after that scoundrel holder extremely enhanced the 【Chapter of Greed】 with Abyssal energy, the thing was still barely fightable, but under the "painstaking improvements" of the subsequent few, the thing became completely impossible to fight.

Su Xiao already had a way to cope. Since the conventional method was completely unviable, he would use the Nightmare Blood Shadow, which had the characteristics of an ancient battlefield, to clash head-on with the "Soul Manifestation" inside the 【Chapter of Greed】.

He also discovered one point: at this time, on the front of the 【Chapter of Greed】, an additional circular blood mark had appeared, which in all likelihood represented the Nightmare Blood Shadow.

Su Xiao attempted to consult using his Hunter authority and learned that this circular blood mark was similar to the core of the Nightmare Blood Shadow, or rather, its origin.

Inside the 【Chapter of Greed】, the Nightmare Blood Shadow could cut Su Xiao down in two slashes, but in the real world, Su Xiao only needed to firmly wipe his thumb across the front of the 【Chapter of Greed】 to erase the Nightmare Blood Shadow.

Confirming this, Su Xiao felt more at ease about clearing the 【Chapter of Greed】 using the Nightmare Blood Shadow. Although this thing was certainly a hidden danger in the future, as long as it was controlled properly, it would not easily go out of control. Moreover, if he could clear the 【Chapter of Greed】, a total of 55 Golden Skill Points was already worth the risk, not to mention the other gains.

Besides this, Su Xiao also confirmed one point: as long as the blood mark on the 【Chapter of Greed】 remained, even if the Nightmare Blood Shadow died in a battle within the Chapter of Greed, it could be "resurrected," though it would require paying a certain price.

The harvest from defeating the Dark Crow was not small. Among them, the 【Soul of the First Witch · Dark Crow】, unlike the souls of strong individuals obtained in the past, was a complete soul of a strong individual. If there were a suitable body, the Dark Crow could even achieve resurrection to a certain extent.

Su Xiao had no interest in resurrecting the Dark Crow, but he was very interested in using it to create a Devourer; he did not yet have a Devourer with witch characteristics.

Speaking of the several generations of Devourers, Su Xiao was somewhat curious about how the latest generation of Devourer currently being cultivated in his exclusive room laboratory was doing. If things went smoothly, it should be about ready by the time he returned this time.

This was the fifth-generation Devourer, with Soul Crystal characteristics. To make it more versatile, Su Xiao had also added the cells of the Immortal Lady, so the fifth-generation Devourer was named Crystal Lady.

How Crystal Lady was in other aspects was not yet clear, but one thing was certain: its controllability was absolutely excellent.

Su Xiao felt that as the Devourer series had developed to the present, the characteristics and instinctual styles of each generation of Devourer were quite unique.

The first-generation Devourer, Black A, was a rebellious son who was always thinking of backlashing against Su Xiao to break free from its shackles. Although it had a 6A rating, if there were a controllability stat, this rebellious son would definitely be E-.

The second-generation Devourer, Boiling Red, was a beloved daughter. It had strong controllability, and the attached Spirit Shadow Puppet ability allowed Su Xiao to forcibly control the host parasitized by Boiling Red from an ultra-long distance. Moreover, Boiling Red never disobeyed Su Xiao's mental commands, regarding them as its highest-tier instinct.

The third-generation Devourer, Dark Sun, was a simpleton. When Su Xiao looked for a host for it, he had to choose one with a flexible mind; otherwise, a simpleton parasite + a simpleton host would result in a survival rate that was too low. However, Dark Sun's flame-type abilities were formidable, belonging to the type that dumped all the "skill points" that should have been added to IQ into its abilities. Although it wasn't a rebellious son like Black A, it was sometimes a rebellious child.

The fourth-generation Devourer, Sun Apostle, was rebellious son number two, but it wasn't as reckless as Black A. It pretended to regard Su Xiao's commands as its highest instinct, but in reality, it was smilingly malicious.

What "personality" the not-yet-fully-cultivated fifth-generation Devourer, Crystal Lady, would have was currently unknown. However, Su Xiao had an idea: when all five Devourers had completed their parasitism and they met each other, what kind of scene would that be?

Although Black A had a 6A "Big Daddy" level rating, this did not mean it could completely defeat the other generations of Devourers. Although the first generation had no restrictions, Su Xiao had made improvements in all aspects for each subsequent generation.

Therefore, there was nothing more convenient for collecting relevant data than having the five Devourers fight and play games with each other.

A long time ago, after Su Xiao learned of the existence of the mining simpleton duo, these alchemical creatures, the Devourer series had a clear final goal: to develop a Perfect Body · Devourer to serve as a bodyguard for the mining simpleton duo, maximizing the efficiency of resource acquisition.

But at present, Su Xiao's plan for cultivating the Perfect Body · Devourer was not as urgent as before. Ultimately, the Perfect Body · Devourer was just a puppet with strong combat power. Although they had no shortcomings, they were not like the previous generations of Devourers, which, despite having many shortcomings, also had corresponding strengths.

Black A was a rebellious son, that was true, but its growth potential was heaven-defying. Although Boiling Red was not good at head-on combat, it could allow Su Xiao to interfere in battles ten thousand miles away. And as a "beloved daughter," it viewed Su Xiao as its creator, and even felt quite dissatisfied with the rebellious behavior of its "older brother," Black A.

Dark Sun was a flame simpleton, that was true, but its explosive combustion was like an angry son of the sun; in its anger, even Black A had to retreat.

Sun Apostle was a smiling rebellious son, that was true, but it had the schemes and decision-making methods of an old schemer.

These different Devourers gave Su Xiao an idea: after Crystal Lady finished cultivation, could they form a resource extraction team? The members would be: Black A, Boiling Red, Dark Sun, Sun Apostle, Crystal Lady, Silent Servant, and Tunneling Servant.

Then, let this mining team enter a different world than Su Xiao himself, and find a way to send them into worlds rich in resources to mine and collect resources.

In this way, Su Xiao would have an expedition team capable of obtaining massive resources. Each world progression could bring him back a large batch of resources, which he would then sell for Soul Coins, thereby alleviating his poverty as a triple-technique grandmaster... ahem, alleviating his economic tension.

The more Su Xiao thought about this idea, the more he felt it could be realized. A Perfect Body · Devourer could not achieve this; only Devourers with their own distinct personalities could possibly accomplish it.

As for whether the Devourers would be willing, except for Boiling Red, the other three Devourers had always been trapped in sealed glass columns. Being able to enter a native world and have freedom for one world progression, they would not refuse.

This concept could not be completed by Su Xiao alone. Letting the Devourer team enter a native world independently was a difficult problem. This could not be done with world key-type items. Without a Reincarnation Brand, wanting to enter a native world, especially a native world rich in resources, was harder than hard. Therefore, this matter required others to join in to solve problems in this regard.

Putting away the 【Soul of the Dark Crow】, Su Xiao picked up the 【Will Crystal · Wild Hunt】 from the side. This thing was the exclusive upgrade material for 【Night of the Wild Hunt】.

Su Xiao estimated that even if he used this thing on 【Night of the Wild Hunt】, the 【Night of the Wild Hunt】 long leather coat would not reach the Origin level, just as Reid had said: "This piece of trash armor of yours, Immortal level is the limit."

When Reid said this at the time, his stubbly face was overflowing with a heartfelt, joyful smile. He truly didn't believe that Su Xiao wouldn't phase out this abominable long leather coat in the future.

Even if he had the 【Will Crystal · Wild Hunt】 now, theoretically speaking, it wouldn't upgrade 【Night of the Wild Hunt】 to the Origin level.

After checking the attributes of the 【Will Crystal · Wild Hunt】, Su Xiao confirmed one thing: he could increase the characteristic strength of the 【Will Crystal · Wild Hunt】 by consuming Soul Crystals or Soul Crystal Cores, thereby using this exclusive item to give 【Night of the Wild Hunt】 the possibility of ascending to the Origin level.

Note, it was a possibility, not something that could be achieved solely by the 【Will Crystal · Wild Hunt】. At the very least, it would also require consuming an Origin-level piece of armor to achieve this.

No matter how you looked at it, this was a big loss. Just consuming a massive amount of Soul Crystals or Soul Crystal Cores to increase the strength of the 【Will Crystal · Wild Hunt】 was an unwise choice.

Su Xiao's idea was to increase the characteristic strength of the 【Will Crystal · Wild Hunt】 in another way. He had previously obtained a total of 3,354 Soul Residues and 332 Soul Residues (Large) in the Root · Dead Silence City.

So-called Soul Residues were Soul Crystals (Complete) that had been left for too long, while Soul Residues (Large) were Soul Crystal Cores that had been stored for too long or in improper environments.

Using these Soul Residues to upgrade the 【Will Crystal · Wild Hunt】 was obviously not a loss; keeping these Soul Residues truly had no other use.

And as for consuming an Origin-level piece of armor, that was nothing either. Although Origin-level armor was precious, any type of Origin-level armor would do. Compared to obtaining an Origin-level piece of armor that suited him, the difficulty of just obtaining one was much lower.

Thinking about it this way, the probability of 【Night of the Wild Hunt】 upgrading to the Origin level was actually not low. As the saying goes, one shouldn't be happy too early; he didn't know if Reid's blood pressure would spike in a straight upward line after seeing an Origin-level 【Night of the Wild Hunt】.

Not considering what Reid's mood would be for now, Su Xiao took out a Soul Crystal Core. To see the second "Soul Manifestation," he had to first activate it with a Soul Crystal Core.

【Chapter of Greed】

Origin: Abyss/Dead Silence City.

Quality: World-class

Type: Special Item/Medal-type equipment.

Usage Effect: Each time a Soul Crystal Core is consumed, one "Soul Manifestation" can be activated.

Prompt: Before defeating the activated "Soul Manifestation," it is impossible to activate and challenge the next "Soul Manifestation."

Soul Manifestations defeated: 1.

Total Soul Manifestations: 10.

Soul Manifestation · First Position: The first witch in history · Dark Crow (Defeated).

Soul Manifestation · Second Position: King of Day.

Selling Price: After activation, it cannot be sold until all challenges are completed.

Following Su Xiao's activation, the Soul Crystal Core in his hand shattered, turning into a stream of incomparably pure soul energy that merged into the 【Chapter of Greed】.

Almost simultaneously, Su Xiao felt that a certain consciousness within the 【Chapter of Greed】 had been awakened. He attempted to enter it with his mental projection.

This entry was different from before; he did not commit his entire mental projection into it, but maintained a state of incomplete entry. After all, he didn't need to fight inside; if his mental projection fully entered the combat scenario, the most likely outcome was taking a slash.

Before his eyes, gray mist dispersed. A moment later, Su Xiao's vision began to clear. He felt as if he were observing an image, or rather, from a first-person perspective, positioned diagonally above the combat scenario within the 【Chapter of Greed】.

On the vast combat field, the Nightmare Blood Shadow stood there like a sculpture, its black longsword pointing diagonally at the ground.

Seemingly sensing something, the Nightmare Blood Shadow's scarlet eyes opened and scanned the surroundings. Ultimately, it did not discover Su Xiao's gaze made with mental power, but the next second, an arched gateway of light appeared a few dozen meters in front of the Nightmare Blood Shadow.

A figure walked out from this arched gateway of light. Its body seemed to be gathered from light elements; although it was humanoid overall, there was a circular defect in the center of its chest. At the center point of the defect was a small black ball compressed to the extreme. Although this small black ball was only the size of a marble, the power it radiated made one shudder.

The one who appeared was the King of Day. Incandescent light orbs floated around him, totaling over a dozen.

Su Xiao had originally thought that the King of Day's strength would be about 50% to 80% stronger than the Dark Crow's, but now, seeing the King of Day, he knew his conjecture had been wrong.

The 【Chapter of Greed】 had passed through the hands of those few scoundrel holders, and the "rescue" they performed had reached an inhuman level of difficulty. In layman's terms: "This game is so hard, it's not meant for humans to play."

With Su Xiao's keen perception of enemies, he estimated that the King of Day standing there at this moment was more than ten times stronger than the Dark Crow.

Within the combat field, the moment the King of Day appeared, the Nightmare Blood Shadow had already lunged forward. But when it was still over a dozen meters away from the King of Day, the King of Day had already raised his hand, palm forward, and blinding white light bloomed.

With a hum! The dazzling white light enveloped the entire combat field, and even the gray mist walls flowing upward around it were scorched until they crackled.

The Nightmare Blood Shadow, which had just slashed the Dark Crow with a few angry strikes, was now hissing all over. It was like snow being scorched by the sun; its entire body began to melt. More accurately, it was being decomposed by the dazzling light.

With a sizzle, a searing white beam of light cut through the Nightmare Blood Shadow's body from bottom to top. This made it impossible for the Nightmare Blood Shadow to maintain its form; it turned into dark red blood energy and burst open with a pop. Ultimately, these dark red blood energies were scorched until not a trace remained under the white light, which was like a cruel, scorching sun.

In turn, even more dazzling light expanded with the King of Day as the center, which made Su Xiao's vision turn completely white. When he opened his eyes again, he had already exited the 【Chapter of Greed】, indicating that even entering the 【Chapter of Greed】 from the perspective of an observer could not avoid the King of Day's light-radiance attack.

Su Xiao leaned against the head of the bed. Just as he had expected, without adopting some unconventional methods, it was impossible to beat the 【Chapter of Greed】. Now, even after adopting unconventional methods, it was still a struggle to fight.

The Nightmare Blood Shadow was still not strong enough. In Su Xiao's view, injecting his own blood energy into the 【Chapter of Greed】 to let the Nightmare Blood Shadow absorb it and increase its strength was a very inefficient method.

The best way to improve the Nightmare Blood Shadow was to let it absorb ancient battlefield blood energy; that kind of unfiltered, primitive blood energy was more suited to the Nightmare Blood Shadow's characteristics.

Otherwise, with the second-position Soul Manifestation · King of Day being this strong, if the Nightmare Blood Shadow wasn't also ridiculously strong, the remaining eight Soul Manifestations would be impossible to fight.

Another point was that Su Xiao discovered his judgment had been wrong: the current 【Chapter of Greed】 actually had a "beginner's tutorial." The Dark Crow was the "beginner's tutorial," and it was only with the King of Day that the battle had truly just begun.

Su Xiao could be certain that letting the Nightmare Blood Shadow absorb ancient battlefield blood energy would definitely become a hidden danger in the future. However, he had a countermeasure; at worst, he would just throw this thing away when the time came. If that didn't work, he would gift it to Caesar; a precedent could be referenced in the "Ouroboros Tablet."

Su Xiao attempted to activate the blood mark on the 【Chapter of Greed】 and immediately sensed that although this blood mark had fallen into silence, there was no sign of it dissipating. The Reincarnation Paradise prompt followed immediately.

【Yes/No to re-awaken the Nightmare Blood Shadow, requires consuming Soul Crystal (Complete) × 8 (This awakening cost will increase based on the Nightmare Blood Shadow's comprehensive combat power).】

At present, the cost to re-awaken the Nightmare Blood Shadow was neither large nor small. Fundamentally speaking, this was, after all, just a special Soul Manifestation within the 【Chapter of Greed】; it would be abnormal if the initial awakening cost were high.

Putting away the 【Chapter of Greed】, Su Xiao prepared to go to an ancient battlefield after returning to the Reincarnation Paradise this time to give the Nightmare Blood Shadow a massive boost, thereby fighting several "Soul Manifestations" in a row.

Before long, Su Xiao lay on the bed and fell into a deep sleep. Not to mention anything else, before his identity was exposed, the Arcane Eternal Star was a very safe place.

When Su Xiao woke up, it was already one o'clock in the afternoon. Having not rested this well for a long time, he felt refreshed. After washing up and eating breakfast—no, it should be lunch—he sat on the single sofa in the living room. The window was open, and a gentle breeze blew in, stirring the thin tulle curtains of the inner layer, making one feel the comfort of a midsummer afternoon.

However, on the table in front of Su Xiao at this moment, there were dozens of books. Some of these books were half a meter long and over 10 centimeters thick, a circle larger than a pillow.

On the small round wooden stool opposite, Grin Wei sat properly, having even changed into the attire she used to wear at the "Zhongshi Academy."

"Teacher Saint Flame, I am ready..."

Su Xiao raised his hand to interrupt Grin Wei, telling her not to call him teacher.

"Then should I still call you Mr. Saint Flame? Or Lord Saint Flame?"

Mentioning the latter title, for some reason, a strange anger surged in Grin Wei's heart, as if she wanted to slap herself. However, from childhood to adulthood, she had felt this way many times, and she was long used to it.

Grin Wei hugged a fluke mentality and tentatively asked: "Mr. Saint Flame, you showing me these, are you trying to tell me that the foundation of pharmacology is reading?"

After speaking, Grin Wei looked at the dozens of books on the table with lingering fear.

"No, you must memorize all the content in these, firmly keeping it in your mind."

"This..."

Grin Wei picked up a book, opened the first page, and looked at the fly-sized small characters, as well as those complex patterns that made her eyes see stars. Her head had already started buzzing.

Firmly memorizing the text content was not difficult for Grin Wei; the key was that these books had at least several hundred patterns. These patterns were so cumbersome that they were no less complex than magic energy patterns. This reminded Grin Wei of her experience a few years ago when she spent a month firmly memorizing a few magic energy patterns.

At this moment, Grin Wei finally understood why pharmacists in the Void were rare, and why pharmacists were respected and welcomed wherever they went. Becoming a pharmacist seemed harder than becoming a spellcaster.

"I'll give you three days to firmly memorize these 592 patterns."

"Ah~?"

Grin Wei gave an "ah" with a trembling voice, raised her head, and looked at Su Xiao in a daze. That somewhat pitiful look seemed to say that she really couldn't do it.

"This is a potion to assist you in completing your introduction. Drink it."

"Haha, I knew it, this kind of thing really needs assistance to be done."

After Grin Wei took the potion, she drank it down in one go. In turn, she said: "Mr. Saint Flame, the taste of this potion is really good, it even has a watermelon flavor. It's worthy of being a work by a master pharmacist. But having said that, will my memory improve after drinking this potion?"

"It will not."

"Then what is this?"

"A potent slow-acting poison. It will take effect in about 70-plus hours. If you can firmly memorize these patterns within three days, I will give you the neutralizer then."

Hearing Su Xiao's words, Grin Wei, holding the empty potion bottle, stood there as if petrified. As for that expression, one could only say: young lady, what a great performance.

"Mr... Mr. Saint Flame, if I die in three days, you will also lose face, so you can't do this."

"You won't die, you'll only sprout."

"Sprout..."

Grin Wei's expression at this moment was indescribable. Although she didn't know exactly what sprouting was, she could be certain it definitely wasn't a good thing.

"Work hard, you have talent."

Su Xiao signaled for Grin Wei to go to the study to diligently study the basics of pharmacology. Grin Wei could only hug a large pile of books and work hard.

After the study door closed, Su Xiao picked up the only remaining book on the table to read. First, he didn't think Grin Wei could memorize several hundred patterns within three days. Secondly, what he gave her to drink was watermelon juice in a crystal bottle. He could indeed concoct a slow-acting poison that made people sprout, but the materials for that thing were very expensive.

Successfully resolving the unstable factor that was Grin Wei, Su Xiao picked up a ring on the table. Wisps of magic energy drifted out from within, forming an image: it was a figure sitting in a dim environment.

"Saint Flame, the price you offered is too low. Even a hundred of these potions aren't worth 7 ancient books, let alone ancient books treasured on the fifth floor of the Great Library."

The man opposite spoke. His voice was thick and revealed a sense of ease. It was the Rin Wind King, the most approachable of the four faction leaders of the Arcane Eternal Star.

If it weren't for their opposing stances, Su Xiao estimated that he would likely not be enemies with the Rin Wind King and the Wind Prince, this father and son.

"For this matter, talk to my third son. He represents me fully. See you later."

Leaving these words, the Rin Wind King opposite ended the communication. The reason for doing so was to avoid having two leader-level figures negotiating with Pharmacist Saint Flame at the same time, which would cause the already disharmonious situation of the four factions to become even more fractured.

The disharmony among the four factions within the Arcane Eternal Star was no secret. Fundamentally speaking, this was both a weakness and a manifestation of strength. Even if the four factions were disharmonious with each other, the Arcane Eternal Star still firmly occupied the position of a Void hegemon force, which showed its overall strength.

Not letting Su Xiao wait too long, the door was knocked. The Wind Prince walked into the room. Behind him followed a woman with a slightly petite figure and somewhat pointed ears. This woman's aura was gentle, and there was natural eyeshadow on both sides of her eyes.

There were many races in the Void; Su Xiao didn't know which branch of the humanoid race this was. However, given the Wind Prince's ten-thousand-year homebody style, the possibility of a romantic encounter was not high. This woman was nine times out of ten sent by the Rin Wind King.

"Mr. Saint Flame, I came this time to discuss..."

Just as the Wind Prince spoke, Su Xiao had already taken out a contract, a contract notarized by the Tree of the Void.

The Wind Prince picked up the contract and, upon discovering it was a contract notarized by the Tree of the Void, his expression grew a bit more serious. Seeing the content above, the speech he had prepared was disrupted by more than half. Originally, it was to pay 20 bottles first, with a promise to concoct another 80 bottles later, in exchange for an undetermined number of ancient books from the Great Library. Now, this bargaining chip had increased from the subsequent promise of 80 bottles to 130 bottles.

And this was a contract notarized by the Tree of the Void, which definitely could not be circumvented unless the person in front of him was not Pharmacist Saint Flame. But the unique golden flame pattern at the signature spot already represented the other party's identity.

"It's like this, Mr. Saint Flame. Taking out 7 ancient books from the fifth floor of the Great Library at once, even if our Elemental Faction agrees, other factions will have opinions. Logically speaking, the Great Library is the shared knowledge wealth of our four factions."

"Then reduce it to three ancient books."

As soon as Su Xiao said this, the Wind Prince, who had just taken a sip of iced tea, coughed lightly. The Wind Prince was somewhat bewildered by this negotiation. From beginning to end, the other party had been so ruthless in their pricing that he felt embarrassed to press for a lower price again.

Just as the Wind Prince was weighing the pros and cons, a shout suddenly came from the study, followed by the sound of banging on the table.

"Mr. Saint Flame, this is?"

The Wind Prince felt the shout in the study was a bit familiar; it sounded like Grin Wei.

"Grin Wei is learning pharmacology with me."

As Su Xiao spoke, the sound of a forehead hitting the wooden table in the study became more obvious.

"Is that so? But what is she shouting?"

The Wind Prince was somewhat worried; Grin Wei was one of his few friends.

"Maybe she's too happy to have the opportunity to learn pharmacology."

As Su Xiao spoke, he took a light sip of iced tea. Hearing this, the Wind Prince opposite smiled somewhat stiffly. The sound of a forehead hitting the wooden table in the study was even more obvious.

"I see you are a man of talent, why not learn pharmacology from me as well."

Hearing Su Xiao's words, the Wind Prince gasped inwardly. Grin Wei, with her silly personality, was already wearing a mask of pain in the study. The Wind Prince sincerely felt that learning pharmacology from this Pharmacist Saint Flame didn't seem like a good thing.

"No, I don't have talent in this area. These are five ancient books; you can choose three from them."

The Wind Prince took out five ancient books. Just as Su Xiao had expected, the Rin Wind King's side was not prepared to let him choose at will from the fifth floor of the Void Great Library.

Among the five ancient books, one was related to pharmacology. This was obviously the sincerity of the Rin Wind King's side. Among the remaining four, one ancient book did not come from the Void Great Library at all; it should have been treasured by the Rin Wind King himself. The reason Su Xiao could see this was by distinguishing it through the completion progress of the "Travel Mission · Ocean of Knowledge."

Su Xiao chose three ancient books, and the Wind Prince left with the contract. Staying here made him feel a bit terrified because Grin Wei inside the study door had already started scratching the door from the inside. However, after Su Xiao opened the door and stared directly into Grin Wei's eyes for over ten seconds, Grin Wei retreated back to the desk, continuing to study the patterns.

Looking at the tooth marks on the books, Su Xiao frowned. This silly girl was too wasteful with books when reading.

Locking Grin Wei in the study again, Su Xiao used the three ancient books as proof to complete the "Travel Mission · Ocean of Knowledge." The prompt appeared immediately.

【You have completed the Travel Mission · Ocean of Knowledge.】

【You have obtained the mission reward: Ancient Scholar (Title).】

【Ancient Scholar】

Origin: Reincarnation Paradise

Quality: ★★★★★★

Category: Title

Title Effect: After wearing this title, reading efficiency is increased by 62.7%, and knowledge mastery efficiency is moderately increased.

Introduction: Knowledge contains wealth, power, and many things one dreams of.

Selling Price: Cannot be sold.

Seeing the characteristics of 【Ancient Scholar】, Su Xiao decisively opened the title list. He had previously obtained 14 six-star titles in the Dark Continent. Although their attributes were not suitable for him, they were just right to be used as secondary titles for title refining at this moment.

Activating the title refining disk, he pushed it further away with his mind to avoid roasting his face. In the past, when he first used this thing, after the title refining started, it almost scorched his hair.

Embedding 【Ancient Scholar】 in the center and embedding 5 six-star secondary titles on the surrounding disk, Su Xiao paid 1,000 Soul Coins and started the title refining.

Hiding the refining disk, at this moment, the ring on the table floated up. This was a means of communication on the Arcane Eternal Star. However, because of the magic energy aura on it, Su Xiao was not used to wearing this thing on his finger.

The magic energy released by the ring formed an image: it was Serphilia. Su Xiao had just reached a deal with the Rin Wind King and signed a contract, and Serphilia contacted him immediately. Su Xiao didn't believe this was a coincidence.

A few minutes later, the ring absorbed the released magic energy back into itself, and Serphilia's upper-body image faded.

The content of the conversation was actually very simple. The first few minutes were all probing nonsense. The key was the last few dozen seconds: Serphilia proposed to entrust Su Xiao to concoct a type of potion, and their side would provide the formula, materials, etc.

As a reward, Serphilia would take Su Xiao to the Soul Forest within the coverage of the "Dark Ring River" to drink from the Spirit Spring. That was a natural resource that could increase soul power, very precious. However, the Spirit Spring could not be preserved; after being filled into a container, it had to be drunk as soon as possible, or it would slowly evaporate.

Going to the Soul Forest to drink from the Spirit Spring was not the point; the point was that they would pass by the "Black Maple Manor" along the way.

From beginning to end, Serphilia did not believe that Su Xiao just wanted to go to the "Black Maple Manor" to take a look, but rather wanted to obtain the byproducts of the Black Maple Tree. After all, the act of going to the "Black Maple Manor" to take a look was suspicious in every way.

In reality, Su Xiao did this on purpose. Sometimes, the more airtight a plan is, the more it invites suspicion. Acting normally, it is unlikely that everything will be airtight. Only after deliberate planning will it be so, and intentionally revealing a small flaw makes it appear real.

Not only that, this trip to the Soul Forest to drink from the Spirit Spring also included two Feather Clan siblings. It was said that their elders were old acquaintances of Serphilia. This time, they just happened to cross the "Rock Bridge" together, and while going to the Soul Forest, they would pass by the vicinity of the "Black Maple Manor" along the way.

Upon hearing this, Su Xiao first recalled his relationship with the Feather Clan. Overall, it was not good; most of the time they were hostile, and even if there was cooperation, it was the old immortals of the Feather Clan attempting to scheme against him.

Thinking about it this way, this trip to the "Black Maple Manor" even had someone to take the blame; it was simply a god-given opportunity.

Su Xiao glanced at the time. They had agreed to depart in an hour and a half. All along, the Arcane Eternal Star had been "caring" for him; as long as there was an opportunity, they would send people or hire people to assassinate him. Now that he had come to the Arcane Eternal Star, he certainly had to leave some souvenirs for the Arcane Eternal Star.