551 Chapter 551 - Alchemis (1/2)

Over at Linyin City's Bounty Assignment Hall, the door was pushed open, and Ye Xiaowu coolly stepped out. No Smile and Silver Moon, who were anxiously standing outside, rushing over to his side the moment they saw him appear. ”How was it?”

”It was indeed those guys.” Ye Xiaowu nodded.

”M*th*rf*ck*r! They truly wanna ruthlessly hunt me down till I'm backed into a corner!” Silver Moon spat.

”I'm returning the emblem to you.” Ye Xiaowu passed the Windchaser's Emblem back to No Smile. Young Master Han and the others made a slight mistake in their deduction; Ye Xiaowu did not borrow Cool Apple's Windchaser's Emblem but No Smile's, instead. The item was not exactly rare in Yueye City, and it had long since been discovered for its use as an escape mechanism. After No Smile's experience dying for ten consecutive levels, why would he not make preparations to prevent such an eventuality from happening again?

”That trick's pretty good.” Silver Moon already had such an idea to procure himself one.

”I'll help you grind one out when I have the time,” No Smile offered.

Silver Moon nodded. The two were close like brothers after spending a whole night gaming together.

”Did you notice who picked up your Torq of Leadership?” Ye Xiaowu asked Silver Moon.

”Nope…” Silver Moon was in a foul mood. He was mauled by the crowd every single time he stepped out of the safe zone in Baishi City, so with his corpse always being mobbed, there was no way he could pick out who had looted his dropped equipment.

”At the very least, it's not someone in the Ten Guild Alliance,” No Smile said.

”Can you confirm that?” Silver Moon asked.

”If it's someone from the Alliance, there's no way they'll keep mum about it.” No Smile patted Silver Moon. Back then, anyone who had managed to give Silver Moon a punch in the process of his bashing would have boasted about it proudly over the guild channel for a whole day. Had anyone been able to loot off Silver Moon's equipment, the perpetrator would have most likely bragged about it for a whole month.

Understanding what he meant, Silver Moon spat out his saliva to show his distaste.

”Do you know how many people joined you?” Ye Xiaowu asked No Smile.

”I'm not too sure myself; there were too many people that ended up joining in! Besides, most of them are from Baishi City, so we're not too familiar with them,” No Smile replied.

”Old Broken has left for Baishi City for a whole day, but he hasn't picked up any leads yet.” Ye Xiaowu sighed.

”Actually, I have yet to complete the chain quest that I got this item from. I was thinking that perhaps if I continue and finish it, perhaps I can get something similar from the other rewards down the road,” Silver Moon suddenly said with perfect composure.

”Oh? What's the name of this chain quest?” Ye Xiaowu asked.

”The Failed Odyssey,” Silver Moon answered.

”Hmm… There's no such reward,” Ye Xiaowu casually remarked.

”Ah? Then, what else is there?” Silver Moon maintained the same casual tone to match as well.

”I don't know,” Ye Xiaowu did not provide an answer this time.

Silver Moon did not bother to inquire any further. Making eye contact with No Smile, their expression betrayed the slightest trace of puzzlement.

”The chances of such equipment appearing at this game's current stage are extremely low. Your Torq of Leadership might very well be the only one in the entirety of Parallel World,” Ye Xiaowu said.

”So, what do we do?” Silver Moon was anxious.

”Let's wait for news from Old Broken first!” Ye Xiaowu said.

”Oh. What about that trip you've just made? Did you succeed in leaving that Mark on any of them?” Silver Moon asked.

Ye Xiaowu nodded. ”Still, we have wait to when they are alone. Right now, we simply don't have the power to confront their entire team head on.”

”Yes!” Silver Moon and No Smile nodded. ”What exactly is that Mark you mentioned? Can we see it?”

”You guys want to see it?”

The two nodded vigorously.

”Come with me.” Ye Xiaowu took the lead, and the two somehow ended up trailing after the man, all the way into the Alchemy Room provided for players inside the Academy.

Ye Xiaowu brought the two men over to a console and deftly pulled out a bunch of reagents from his dimensional pocket one after another. Placing them on a desk, he proceeded to use the various apparatuses to weigh, measure, and eventually store the final chemical compound into a beaker. After pouring it in a decanter of an unknown concoction and swiftly dissolving everything within the beaker, the final product was then splashed over a blank scroll that was already placed on the desk. Ye Xiaowu muttered a few lines of words as his right hand skillfully wrote on the scroll, using the splashed solution like it was ink. A silver glow followed his finger's motions accordingly above the scroll, and sparkling dust fell onto the scroll. Flicking the scroll with the back of his finger, Ye Xiaowu quickly rolled up and sealed it. It was now ready for use.

”Done.” Ye Xiaowu chuckled to the two men.