Chapter 714: Pharmaceutical Conference (1/2)

GDK 714: Pharmaceutical Conference

Han Shuo had leisure time for months after that sale. Andrina had been spending all her time eating crystal coins one piece at a time on the third floor as though eating biscuits. She appeared much healthier and it was obvious that most of her injuries had healed.

Han Shuo did not leave the city to collect medicinal ingredients nor did he continue to refine medicines. Instead, he simply meditated on the second floor.

He understood that inside the City of Shadows, those who would purchase his medicines regardless of the exorbitant prices were members of large family clans. His customer base made up only a small percentage of the population. If he were to produce too many medicines at once, his medicines might appear less rare and precious to his customers.

Therefore, instead of continuing to produce medicines, Han Shuo told the world that he lacked medicinal ingredients and needed to rest, therefore unable to supply them with more medicines.

Three months passed noiselessly. Han Shuo’s avatar of death that had been persistently cultivating inside the Cauldron of Myriad Demon finally made a breakthrough and advanced to early-stage midgod realm. It was familiarizing itself with its new realm and was focused on mastering several new techniques.

Meanwhile, Han Shuo’s avatar of destruction had become more and more skilled in the use of Orb of Destruction. It could manipulate an orb to move in any direction and anywhere he liked at just the thought of it.

Meanwhile, after being destroyed and reconstructed yet again, Han Shuo’s demonic body became even stronger. His body could now sustain a portion of the demon general’s energy contained inside the Cauldron of Myriad Demon. In other words, Han Shuo could borrow Cauldron Spirit’s power to boost his own strength temporarily.

However, doing so was very risky as he was pushing his body beyond its limits. If his body was injured in the process, recovering from the injuries wouldn’t be as simple. This was because Han Shuo needed to utilize his demon infant to boost his strength using Cauldron Spirit’s energy. Injuries sustained by the demon infant would need far longer to heal compared to injuries to his body.

Therefore Han Shuo could only boost his strength using Cauldron Spirit’s energy for a very short period of time. If he were to exceed that time limit, both his body and demonic infant would pay the price.

Han Shuo was very happy to learn about this from Cauldron Spirit. Being able to boost his strength, even for a very short period of time, could come in very handy during emergencies, such as if Avery attacked him again.

Donna never came to visit Han Shuo again. Although she did not say it out loud, Han Shuo knew that Donna suspected him. He also knew that there was no way that they could again interact as friendly as in the past. Although Han Shuo was unwilling to see their relationship turn into what it had become, there wasn’t anything that he could do about it. From the moment that Avery took him as his enemy, he knew that there would come a day that he and Donna would part ways.

During the period of time, Andre came to visit Han Shuo once again. Peculiarly, he came to ask if Han Shuo had any information about Carmelita as she still hadn't returned to the City of Shadows and had stopped transmitting news to the House of Sainte for a month. This left Andre rather worried about Carmelita’s safety.

Han Shuo, naturally, wasn’t able to provide Andre with any kind of assistance and could only admit that he knew nothing. He too was getting somewhat worried about Carmelita’s safety.

Avery of the Fifth Corps seemed to be busy with some foreign affairs and hadn’t been in the City of Shadows for more than two months. During the days he was away from the City of Shadows, Han Shuo felt relaxed as he didn’t need to be constantly on the alert for any surprise attack from Avery.

One day, while meditating on the second floor, Han Shuo received an invitation card.

This invitation came from the Godswamp Pharmacy of the City of Shadows, saying that the Godswamp Pharmacy was holding a conference for pharmacists and Han Shuo was among those invited. Han Shuo originally wanted to decline the invitation but after reading that the pharmacy also intended to discuss cooperation between the two businesses, he hesitated for a bit and decided to go take a look.

Two days later, at nightfall.

“Where are you going?” Andrina asked from the third floor as soon as Han Shuo stepped to the exit.

“There’s a pharmaceutical conference, I’m going there to have a look. You can stay here,” Han Shuo casually replied as he started leaving.

“I will go with you!” Andrina replied in her lovable voice and gently floated down from the third floor. She lightly stepped on Han Shuo’s shoulders with her small feet, giggled, and hopped down.

“My enemy isn’t inside the City of Shadows at the moment so you don’t have to follow me. I’ll be fine.” Han Shuo had inquired Cauldron Spirit and was reassured that even if he was suddenly attacked by a highgod, by instantly borrowing Cauldron Spirit’s energy, he would at least have the chance to deploy Demonic Blood Disassembly to escape.

“That won’t do. I’m your bodyguard and so I must always be around you!” Andrina disagreed and shortly after, she let out a very soft laugh and said quietly, “Are you going to do something bad like… fornicating a woman? Hehe… even if you are, I must still follow you!”

“Suit yourself,” Han Shuo didn’t mind if Andrina was to follow behind him.

But suddenly, Han Shuo stared blankly for a moment as though he recalled something. He turned to Andrina and asked, “Now that your injuries are mostly healed, will it be a problem for you to get rid of an early-stage highgod?”

Andrina did not immediately answer Han Shuo’s question. She carefully thought about it for a moment and replied, “I have not completely recovered. If that fella doesn’t run away and stay in the fight, I can definitely finish him. But if he immediately tries to escape after getting injured, then I cannot kill him.”

“In that case…” Han Shuo groped his chin before he put on a mischievous smile and asked, “Little Andrina, there’s a man who wants me dead. How about if we join forces and get rid of him together? If you are injured from the fight, I will provide crystal coins for you to heal free of charge. What say you?”

Rather than staying defensive, Han Shuo thought he might as well get on the offensive. After learning from Cauldron Spirit that he could boost his strength temporarily, a bold idea came to his mind, which was to sneak up on Avery and assassinate his greatest enemy of the hour with the help of Andrina.

Han Shuo had a rough idea of Andrina’s strength. He reckoned that by combining her strength with the instant boost Cauldron Spirit could provide him, they would have an eighty percent chance of successfully assassinating Avery.