Chapter 392: The Smoke Branch (1/2)
Chapter 392: The Smoke Branch
Translator: EndlessFantasy TranslationEditor: EndlessFantasy Translation
”Hey, big guy. Hold your melodrama. Let's talk, don't act like a lassie,” reminded Ye Luo kindly since Ye Chong did not seem to buy Guang Wei's tears.
Ye Chong followed the stares of Guang Wei and realized that he had been eyeing the pendant round his neck. His fingers stroke the chain calmly, ”Black Smoke Ring! Was that the Black Smoke Ring?” And Guang Wei went into another screaming session upon seeing the black jade ring on Ye Chong's hand.
At that point Guang Wei was fairly convinced that this man would be the descendant of the long-lost smoke branch, the senior that he thought he would never meet for the rest of his life, since the Silver Strand Pendant would represent the connection to the branch, while Black Smoke Ring would highlight the superiority in the branch.
He must be the leader of the smoke branch!
Oh my alchemy, finally! I've found companion! An group! A community! Guang Wei felt it was the happiest day of his life. Was he dreaming? To verify that he gave a bit on his arm.
Yeooouch! He shrieked. The immense pain had convinced his reality.
It is real! I am not dreaming!
And Ye Luo's look on Guang Wei seemed sympathetic for some reason...
Ye Chong removed the pendant from his neck and held it in front of Guang Wei, ”Do you recognize this?”
”Yes, my lord!” nodded Guang Wei vigorously and gave a dramatic kneel-down-of-worship as he sincerely greeted. ”Greetings to the supreme leader of the smoke branch!” Ye Luo seemed to hear the ground shattering from the worship.
”I am not the leader,” shook Ye Chong, while being in an bewilderment as he never expected how these accessories would have such association to the smoke branch.
”You *are* the leader!” insisted Guang Wei, as he worshipped. ”Your apprentice might be witless but not foolish enough to not recognize these signs of your great leadership,” his voice grew emotional towards the end.
Ye Luo gave a thug on Ye Chong's sleeves, signing him to take notice of the surrounding crowd.
”Well, follow me then.” The flat voice felt as if godsend to Guang Wei.
Ye Luo did not manage to show Ye Chong that legendary figure in his tale, but at least they had toured the city enough to pick a quiet spot immediately.
”Take it.” Ye Chong passed the pendant to Guang Wei, who was in total confusion. Ye Luo too did not foresee Ye Chong handing such a luxury to a stranger.
Yes, the Silver Strand Pendant was precious for its material, literally precious, astronomically priced, especially when it was a known token of a certain ancient branch.
”You must be the apprentice then,” said Ye Chong flatly.
And Guang Wei nodded quickly.
”I am not of the smoke branch, and these accessories came to me on merely coincidence. I'll give you the pendant. Not the ring, however, since I still have business to do with it.”
Ye Chong pondered a moment and carried on, ”The ownership of these two items is rather complicated to be clarified, but for the ring I'll use 5 alchemy recipes in compensation.” Stated Ye Chong firmly. The Black Smoke was very useful to him, that he did not intend to let it go simply.
And there Guang Wei was, all confused again. All these years he had been a nobody and suddenly one earth-wrecking instance crashed into his life.
Ye Chong gave a glance at Guang Wei, assuming the silence as acceptance, as he picked up a stick from the ground, writing recipes on the sand.
There were a gazillion recipes in Lunatic Guan's chip, so it was not hard to fork out a few recipes on spot.
So Ye Chong randomly picked 5 recipes, though none of them belonged to the smoke branch, they were mostly comparable to even the legendary Redsand Dehydrator created by the smoke branch.
”Alright.” Said Ye Chong, his back straightened, the stick to the ground, ”You can have these formula.” One last glance at the perplexed man, then he turned away, with Ye Luo hurriedly followed on one gesture.
”H-how could you! Every formula of smoke branch is stored in this pendant!” Somehow a shocking fact was squeezed out of the confused man's lips, that he regretted it immediately after. He felt he must be the most foolish apprentice in the entire world.
Ye Chong gave a long stare at Guang Wei, whose face was drained by then. He had just remembered that this monosyllabic man was the notorious alchemist of destruction, that it would merely take the alchemist a drop of flask to kill him.
The hell I said? Why must I be so foolish?
He closed his eyes, gulping frantically, bidding a hectic farewell to everybody he knew in his mind.
But the supposed pain did not arrive.