Chapter 28: Looking as Though the Pinnacle of Life is within Reach

Wu Qingsong began to walk around the wharf area at different times every day, sometimes in the morning, sometimes in the afternoon, sometimes in the dawn.

But the red flower had not been put outside the door of the Ramu Herb Shop.

What’s going on? The news hasn’t arrived yet? Or is Nina inseparable from other things?

Wu Qingsong felt for the first time that without newspapers, it was so inconvenient that all the news depended on people’s oral communication. If there were any news about the rebel forces in the former world, it should be published on the Internet and in the newspapers soon. Even if it was just a gloss-over, at least it could let him know if something happened.

This reminded him that it might be a good idea to start making newspapers in the future.

“Someone’s looking into you,” Harold told him with a sullen face on one particular morning. “An old friend of mine told me that someone was looking into your whereabouts.”

“Who?” Wu Qingsong suddenly became nervous. Even regardless of the event in Leimu City, he killed four people in Umbel City!

“It should not be the authorities. If they suspect something’s wrong with you, the first reaction should be to arrest you and interrogate you instead of secretly investigating like this.” Harold replied. “It should be someone from the chamber of commerce. You said you would go and contact reliable buyers, were they investigating you?”

Ramu’s people?

Wu Qingsong couldn’t help getting angry. But after thinking about it, if they didn’t investigate his background at all and look for Nina for his words, then the rebel organization should have been disintegrated a long time ago.

He then waited for a few more days, and after Harold’s warning, he began to realize that in fact, someone had been quietly following him these recent days, which should be to see who he was in contact with.

It’s a bad feeling. It’s like all your privacy have been exposed to others.

When he became more and more impatient and wanted to go directly to Ramu to find out about this, he was surprised to see a big pot of red flowers at the door of the vanilla shop.

He hesitated for a moment, then pushed the door open and went in.

“Here you are?” Ramu was still in a relaxed manner, but Wu Qingsong always felt that there was some kind of bad taste in the expression on her face, as if she was going to have a good laugh at him.

“What is the result?” Wu Qingsong asked.

“Wait a minute,” Ramu said, then closed the door again.

“When will Nina see me?” Wu Qingsong had been very angry, so he asked directly.

Ramu raised her eyebrows a little, then smiled, “You look upset?”

“If you are being followed up all day long, you may not be able to laugh.”

“Sorry.” Said …

Chapter 39 – Sexy Girl Group

Xia Fukun arrived at where the Red Maple Chamber of Commerce was originally located and was taken aback by the scene. Not only did they not move out after the Baiyun Mountain incident, they had even expanded. The shops next to them were now theirs.

“Wow, are they intending to become the masters of Summer City?” Xia Fukun sneered and walked in.

After upgrading his power to the Profound Realm and then to the Warrior Realm, there was an obvious difference in his appearance, but in a good way. Now, he was no longer the weakling that he used to be.

However, he was currently being stopped at the door of the Red Maple Chamber of Commerce.

Even though this would be a normal situation for him on Earth…

This is the Nine Spiritual Mainland!

And the Yaslan Empire! And Summer City! My father’s the mayor of this city!

Moreover, I’m now a Warrior Realm martial artist! It’s so embarrassing to be stopped!

This thought made Xia Fukun extremely unhappy. He stared at the young guard who held him up and smiled thinly.

“Young kid, do you know who I am?”

Hearing Xia Fukun, the guard snickered.

“I don’t care who you are, but this is the Red Maple Chamber of Commerce! Other than Mayor Xia and the two Young Master Xias, everyone else needs an entry ticket in order to enter.”

Hearing the guard, Xia Fukun was full of smiles.

“Brother, I’m quite sure that I’m the Young Master Xia you’re talking about.”

“You mean that you’re Young Master Xia Fukun?” The guard scanned Xia Fukun.

“Of course. I’m the Xia Fukun you’re talking about.”

Xia Fukun felt that he should be holding a fan right now. It would suit this situation perfectly!

However, Xia Fukun never would have dreamt that the guard would start laughing at his words.

“Recently, Young Master Xia Fukun defeated the sect leader of Baiyun Mountain, Mu Yun. He even followed the regent to the capital. When this news broke out, many swindlers pretended to be Young Master Xia Fukun. Young lad, you’re young and good looking, you’re not making a good choice. I am afraid you’ll get beaten up.”

Xia Fukun was utterly confused.

What the hell, since when am I so famous that people have started impersonating me?

Even though he has stopped me, I can’t blame it on him!

“Why not go get Master Ni Gu and tell him that I, Xia Fukun, am back and have him come out to take a look?”

“No…” The guard held back the urge to roll his eyes. Does he not understand human language? “You’re dying to receive a beating, huh?”

“I’m really Xia Fukun….” Xia Fukun said, not knowing what to do next. “Master Ni Gu told my father to have me take a trip here when I return.”

The guard hummed after hearing him.

“Okay, I’ll go call Master Ni Gu for you, just because you’re …

Chapter 27: Ramu Herb Shop

“Ramu Herb Shop…” Wu Qingsong took the words written by a person he hired and searched for the same signboard in the business district near the port area.

It was even more lively here than the commercial street near the city gate. In fact, the entire Umbel business district was basically concentrated on the sides of the street connecting the port and the gate, while other places were warehouses, workshops and residential area.

Learning knowledge and writing was a very extravagant thing in this world. Wu Qingsong especially went to the business school established by the Commerce Guild to find out that the conditions for a person to enter the school must first be smart enough and loyal, born in Umbel or young people who have settled for more than three years, and another condition was that they must serve the Three Big Guilds as apprentices for seven years, but even if you are willing to sign a contract that was practically a slave contract, the fees were still very high.

Private teachers were also hard to find. In Umbel, literate people often hold a position in the Three Big Guilds and do not have to resort to doing such things. Another fact that makes people feel helpless was that these people regard literacy as a symbol of their identity that made them above those who worked as labourers, and at the same time, the capital for them to settle down and get on with their pursuit, and they would never easily teach it to others except for their children.

However, Wu Qingsong was fortunate enough to find a teacher who could wipe away his illiteracy, the son of the restaurant owner.

Of course, he was not qualified to go to business school to study, mainly because he had no money, but fortunately, he learned to read in a company during his apprenticeship. Wu Qingsong reached an agreement with him…. Or rather his mother, to teach him mathematics as the cost of learning how to read from him.

But why do illiterate people know math? The lady boss was not aware of such a loophole and Wu Qingsong certainly would not reveal it himself. But this poor lad could only take a day off every ten days, so although the agreement has been reached, there was no chance to implement it yet.

Because of the fear of leaking secrets, Wu Qingsong did not find someone else to inquire about the location of the Ramu Herb Shop. Instead, he walked back and forth in the business district for two laps with his own feet and finally found the shop in a remote side of the street.

He stood in the distance and quietly observed for a while. He found out that most of the people going in and out of the shop were middle-aged beastwomen, and there seemed to be no signs of the shop being watched. Then he found a chance when no one was …

Note: By mistake we posted Chapter 37 of a different novel in previous chapter, please go back and read real Chapter 37 before continuing. We apologize for the inconvenience. 

Chapter 38 – The Xia Family Must Never Be at a Disadvantage

“Younger Brother, this is somehow hurtful….” Xia Fuqian pulled Xia Fukun to the side and whispered.

“What’s wrong, Elder Brother?” Xia Fukun asked.

“No, look, you only gave me one piece of armor while you gave Father an entire storage ring. I’m sure it’s filled with treasure. Look, Elder Brother let you have the Flame Bear. Now that you’re rich, I’m sure you have something better for me, right?”

Seeing Xia Fuqian rubbing his fingers in front of him, Xia Fukun was in utter disbelief.

Don’t tell me…

The entire family is made up of money grubbers?

“Elder Brother, I would have done so if I could, but all I have is the one storage ring, which I have given to Father. Why don’t you just ask Father to spare you some items for his son?”

Xia Fuqian’s face fell immediately.

Xia Fukun, you’re indeed not my brother!

Xia Kuangyun’s a money grubber! What would he give me?

“Haish…”

Xia Fukun initially thought that Xia Fuqian was a generous person since he offered to give him the Flame Bear, but he was wrong. If I did not isolate myself for an entire year, forget about a thousand gold coins, he would not even give me a single cent!

I pity Elder Brother! Now I understand why they say the elder sibling knows the parents the best!

Xia Fukun shrugged. Suddenly, something crossed his mind.

“Oh yeah!” He patted Xia Fuqian on his shoulder. “Elder Brother, do not say that I treat you badly. I have something else, but it’s up to you if it turns into a treasure.”

The word “treasure” made Xia Fuqian’s eyes light up.

Xia Fukun is now in the Warrior Realm, so the gift he takes out will surely be good.

“Here,” Xia Fukun said, and a thought crossed his mind.

“Ding dong! Host has exchanged for a magical egg for ten refinement points. A magical egg gives you a chance of hatching a rare beast.”

Hearing the notification, Xia Fukun squinted his eyes.

He had seen this magical egg long ago, but he never exchanged for it since he did not have the time to hatch it. I can’t be hugging it in my hands whenever I’m with Ye Qingwan and the rest, right?

But Xia Fuqian is a different story….

In Xia Fukun’s mind, Xia Fuqian was the ideal person. Someone like him and such a weird egg was the perfect combination! They suited each other perfectly!

And what was more important was that the beast from the magical egg did not need Xia Fukun to parent it. Anyone who hatched it could be its master.

“What’s that? Younger Brother? Is this the treasure you’re talking about? This salted egg?”

Looking at …

Chapter 26: Bro, I Can Take A Shower With All The Cold Water You Pour On Me

“How do you know that I don’t have the foundation?” Wu Qingsong asked after a while.

“If you have the foundation, you wouldn’t have waited until this age to learn swordsmanship from someone like me,” Harold said mercilessly.

Wu Qingsong was unable to retort. After a while, he spoke again, “According to what you said, what kind of people are able to develop their business?”

“There isn’t,” Harold said without hesitation. “At least in my fifty-something years of lifetime, I have never heard of such a story. Behind many companies in Umbel is the feudal lord of some land or some sort of bigshot in the capital, and it is the same in other places. Without any support, just the exorbitant taxation itself can exhaust all your potential, so how is it possible for you to develop? Do you think that the workshops around you really belong to their own? If they don’t become a peripheral member of a large company in the Craftsmen Guild with all their products being given priority of purchase and marketing to the company, just the fines for pollution and noise alone can kill them. Just take the restaurant you know, for example, if they are not attached to the Port Guild, they can’t even buy any ingredients, let alone doing their business.”

“You have no common sense at all. I really don’t know which mountain did you came from,” he shook his head and said to Wu Qingsong. “This place may excel compared to the territories under the direct control of the feudal lords, but it is no paradise. On the contrary, if you don’t keep your eyes peeled in this place, you may die much faster and worse than in those other places. At the very least, in those places, you only need to please the feudal lord, but in this place, sometimes you don’t know who you should be attached to, and who is the enemy. One wrong step, and maybe you’ll be falling into the abyss.”

“What if I put this method out for open bidding?” Wu Qingsong suddenly remembered a line that he had seen in a book. “I let it go and sell the manufacturing method to them. This should do, right? Let them compete on their own! The Three Big Guilds should not be on the same team right?”

“Don’t think yourself clever,” Harold’s cold water poured over again. “The result of this is likely that the Craftsmen Guild will get your methods, the Commerce Guild will be responsible for the sale, and the Port Guild will be responsible for the transportation, and each of them will get a good return from this thing in the way that they are best at, and you will not get even a single coin… No, they might give you a lot of money in order to fool the public, and then capture you when …

Chapter 25: MT Is My True Calling

“This is?”

When Harold walked into the small courtyard where Wu Qingsong rented as usual, getting ready to start a new day of training, he saw that he was using a knife to cut a large piece of a translucent object on a wooden board into small even pieces.

“Soap,” Wu Qing Song replied while throwing one to him.

While waiting for the soap to be formed, he had already calculated the costs. Altogether, he could cut out a total of thirty-two pieces of soap.

The fish oil costs twenty copper. Recently, the weather was hot, causing this kind of thing to easily go bad and could only be sold nearby. For a port city, it really was not anything valuable.

A bag of refined ash costs two Renal. Luckily, only half a bag was used.

Ten coppers for a bag of quicklime and less than half a bag was used.

This way, if he did not consider the money for the wooden moulds, cauldron and jars, and also, for the time being, the cost of labour and the cost of the site and fuel, the production cost of thirty-two pieces of soap was only one hundred and twenty-five coppers. On average, the cost of one block was not even four copper coins!

This was because these were only trial products, small in size with high material prices. If it were mass production, he believed that the manufacturing cost could certainly drop to three coppers. If the money for rent, water and fuel were allotted, as long as the volume were large, the production cost would never exceed five coppers.

Yet, the cheapest soap in the store costs at least one Renal!

This was practically a robbery!

After calculating the production costs, Wu Qingsong could not help but curse in his mind.

However, the method of making soap for others may not be the same. After all, according to his cousin who loves to make handmade soap, Europeans have discovered the method of making soap hundreds of years before BC, but the price of this thing hasn’t always been cheap.

On one hand, there was no such thing as caustic soda at that time. The ancients could only use weak alkali such as ashes from plants to carry out the saponification reaction. There were too many impurities and the alkalinity was too weak causing the saponification reaction to fail most of the times. On the other hand, suitable ash made from seaweed was too expensive.

In fact, even in modern times, novices have a high failure rate in making handmade soaps themselves. However, with the experience of his maternal cousin aiding him, Wu Qingsong went and added excess lye without considering the cost and chose the hot process method to make sure the reaction was successful.

In… in any case, it was the low-end route, after all, the rough-skinned beastkins can’t be as crazy as those hipsters like his cousin in which they …

Chapter 37 – Unfair!

“Ah? Of course.”

Having to stay next to Qingmu Duan for such a long time, Shadow was used to the way that Xia Fukun and Qingmu Duan communicated. He was slightly taken aback by Xia Fukun’s sudden politeness.

Xia Fukun was set to return to Summer City three days later.

During his rest that lasted for three days, Xia Fukun did not see Ye Qingwan or Qingmu Xuan anywhere in the palace. He then heard from Shadow that they had gone out for a learning trip.

Initially, Xia Fukun was upset that they left him out, but he soon understood why they chose to do so. If they went with him, given that he had the ability to summon eighth-grade beasts whenever he felt like it, it would defeat the purpose of the learning journey for them, which was to train and improve as beast trainers.

Ye Qingwan was here in the Yaslan Empire to teach Qingmu Xuan, to allow her to get into the inner school as soon as she went to Odin Academy. If Xia Fukun went with them, Qingmu Xuan would not get to try new things and she would not learn anything.

Knowing the reason, it made Xia Fukun feel much better, and proud.

Well, it’s not my fault that I’m too powerful!

When I first arrived at the Nine Spiritual Mainland, I felt that the Monster Refining System was somehow dubious and not as good as those systems that I read about in novels back on Earth, where they could give birth to diamonds and gold, but it’s not bad. If I got a system that gave me money for free, I would have already died in Summer City.

Three days later, Shadow brought Xia Fukun back to Summer City.

This made Xia Fukun worry about the safety at the capital. If he’s here with me, who’s going to guard the palace? But he was soon reminded that the eighth-grade Onyx Dragon was still guarding the capital.

Upon returning to Summer City, Xia Fukun heard a piece of depressing news.

The Red Maple Chamber of Commerce had returned!

What the hell, didn’t you run for your lives? Why are you back now when we have defeated Baiyun Mountain?

But his doubts were cleared as soon as he saw Xia Kuangyun.

Per Xia Kuangyun’s words:

“Master Ni Gu gave me a hundred thousand spirit stones in the name of the Red Maple Chamber of Commerce.”

Great. At least now I know why I am so money hungry, I guess.

“Kun’er, I heard that you’re now in the Warrior Realm?” Xia Kuangyun asked Xia Fukun, who was in a dark mood. Xia Kuangyun was obviously surprised.

“Yeah.” Xia Fukun raised his hands, and the energy of a Warrior Realm martial artist could be felt.

Xia Kuangyun was nearly suffocated by his energy.

“Kun’er! Stop that! Hurry!”

“Hehe.” Xia Fukun chuckled wryly and kept his energy.

“The regent is indeed powerful! He made my …

Chapter 36 – Making a Trip Back

“Wow! Dope!” Xia Fukun gasped. There was a terrible rumble from the ground as the landscape that Qingmu Duan was pointing at crumbled into ashes.

A phrase that Xia Fukun frequently saw on Earth suddenly crossed his mind.

“Reading more broadens your vocabulary, so you can say more than ‘Wow’ and ‘Dope’ when you’re impressed.”

Well, it’s awkward, but I really do not have any other adjectives suitable for the scene that’s unfolding in front of me now!

“What do you think? Do you want to give it a try?”

A few hundred meters away from Qingmu Duan, a deep crack could be seen in the ground, containing the ashes of the landscape that had crumbled under Qingmu Duan’s finger. From Xia Fukun’s perspective, all he could see was a crack like a giant dried-up river in the ground.

“The third finger…” Xia Fukun said excitedly.

He was curious if he had the energy to sustain himself to perform the third part of the skill.

A thought crossed his mind. Xia Fukun suddenly floated up in the air, looking extremely imposing.

“This…” Qingmu Duan stared at the scene with an open mouth. He was aware that one would need to gather nearby energy in order to perform the third part.

As for him, he could only gather about twice as much energy as his own.

However, he felt that Xia Fukun…

“Desolate Three Fingers…

“Third Finger…

“Breaking the Universe!”

Accompanied by a growl, Xia Fukun looked up slightly, his eyes painted black and white. His lips could be seen moving slightly as he raised his arms, pointing into the air.

Boom!

A doughty strength could be felt forming around his finger.

The next second, the space that Xia Fukun was pointing at started to crack, forming a spiderweb-like diagram that started to slowly spread.

Szzzz!

“Shattering of space?!”

Xia Fukun had yet to even perform the skill, but the energy he held was so strong that it could cause such a big impact to space. This made Qingmu Duan’s heart beat rapidly.

Shattering of space was a method used by martial artists in the Heaven Realm. Even Qingmu Duan was unable to perform such a skill or he would have already broken through to the Heaven Realm.

Meanwhile, Xia Fukun was only in the Warrior Realm, yet he was able to perform this trick.

“This…

“Is this the true Desolate Three Fingers?”

Seeing Xia Fukun perform the Desolate Three Fingers made Qingmu Duan realize the problem he always had when performing the Desolate Three Fingers.

At this moment, Xia Fukun’s actual attack began.

Boom!

“Be careful!”

Xia Fukun could be seen falling from the air. Qingmu Duan rushed up immediately to hold Xia Fukun in his arms.

“Kiddo, I told you. You would have to be a monster to perform the third part unscathed as a Warrior Realm martial artist,” Qingmu Duan said and turned back to see that the damage caused by …

Chapter 24: With Godly Artifact In Hand, The Whole World Shall Belong To Me

What are the godly artifacts for a dimension traveller? Wu Qingsong could give a lot of answers even with his eyes closed: cement, glass, gunpowder, soap, steel, perfume, highly concentrated alcohol, flintlock, mirror, refined white sugar, honeycomb briquette, etc.. This was due to the time when he was imprisoned by Klein, and there was a lot of time but nothing to do, so he could only let his thoughts drift.

But precisely because of this, most of these things have been vetoed by him.

He roughly knew the principles, but many details were not clear, especially things like cement, gunpowder purification, steelmaking, etc. He felt that he could only provide insights on the direction to take but could not give anything specific.

If he was someone with status and power, then he could probably gather this world’s skilled craftsmen and tell them the principles. He would then set a high reward for them to carry out a large number of diverse experiments, and finally find the corresponding methods, but with his current identity, it was completely unrealistic to engage in these things.

With his current funds and manpower, there was not much that he could really do. After a few laps on the streets of Umbel, he quickly crossed out glass, perfume, highly concentrated alcohol, mirror and refined white sugar.

There was magic in this world, and one of its most important branches was alchemy. The mages’ understanding and research of everything in the world might be far beyond the scientists of the previous world. At the very least, their lifespan was longer than any scientist and they had more than enough time to study and research.

The only obstacle that made this world undeveloped unlike the world Wu Qingsong came from was perhaps the fact that no one had popularized these things. They even went so far as to deliberately keep it a secret in order to accumulate their wealth.

There were many glass products and mirror shops. The price was, of course, expensive, but Wu Qingsong himself had no way to make cheap glass. In fact, knowing only the principle, he probably had to spend a lot of money and time to really make the first batch of glass, and the cost and quality also could not be estimated.

The method of purifying alcohol has long been available, but it was a common way for mages to purify their own experimental materials. Similarly, there were ways to purify sugar, salt and many other things. In the store, rows upon rows of perfumes, cologne, essential oils, all kinds of aphrodisiac, magic potions and the likes totally bedazzled him, so much so that he completely gave up the idea of making money through this method.

Next, small investments with quick results, probably only soap and honeycomb briquette are left?

This world already has something very similar to soap. It was also accidentally created by a mage …

Chapter 235: Pay The Price.

After killing the Splitting Rock Demonic Tiger in the Demonic Xuan Realm Ninth Grade, Su Yi’s complexion had entirely turned pale.

Simultaneously initiating the Overlord’s Fist and the Wrath of the Eight Wastelands while also adding the Overlord’s Fist that he had cast to kill the Earth Hill Fierce Bear, the consumption was too big.

Especially just now, Su Yi knew that if he did not go all out, most probably, he would not be able to defeat this Splitting Rock Demonic Tiger in the peak of Demonic Xuan Realm Ninth Grade.

But, Su Yi was notably satisfied with the outcome.

Going all out with the cultivation of Yuan Xuan Grade Sixth Realm to initiate the Overlord’s Fist and the Wrath of the Eight Wastelands could directly kill a Splitting Rock Demonic Tiger in the peak of Demonic Xuan Realm Ninth Grade. That was the strength of the Supreme Chaotic Yuan Technique.

Of course, Su Yi knew very clearly that this did not mean that he would be able to defeat a cultivator in the peak of Yuan Xuan Realm Ninth Grade.

Even though under normal circumstances, a beast in the peak of Demonic Xuan Realm Ninth Grade was definitely much stronger than a cultivator in the peak of Yuan Xuan Realm Ninth Grade.

However, Su Yi knew that for his situation, since the Supreme Chaotic Yuan Technique could suppress beasts, therefore he had gained many advantages.

If he really met with a cultivator in the peak of Yuan Xuan Realm Ninth Grade, the outcome was unknown and honestly unpredictable.

“It is your turn!”

Ignoring the Splitting Rock Demonic Tiger that got killed, Su Yi’s long sleeves shook, and with a figure akin to lightning, he headed towards the group of youngsters from the Hunting Tiger Tribe and swept out.

“Bang bang bang……”

All of a sudden, deep and low explosion sounds kept ringing out. Su Yi attacked with no mercy as these fellows had actually dared to come and deal with him, so he would not be polite.

His hands opened and closed as Su Yi swiftly attacked. Although the consumption was severe, facing with these group of youngsters from the Hunting Tiger Tribe that could not be, compared to the Mighty Bear Tribe, he was as though in a place where no one would put up a fight.

Following as Su Yi pounced over with frightening momentum erupting along with swiftness and fierceness, some of the people from the Hunting Tiger Tribe had not come back to senses when they got flown away.

Sand flew, and rocks rolled. Huge stones blasted open with mixed stuff turning into powder and raging wind engulfing.

Very quickly, this group of young men and women had now entirely understood in their hearts that why would the people from the Mighty Bear Tribe be spread all over the floor and unable to move.

It turned out that this young man that came from the outside called Yi Su …