Chapter 292: Invitation Letters
Zi Di shook her head. “I considered that plan of action too. Naturally that has a chance of success and can allow us to more quickly make the Bloodline Purification formation.”
“But doing that is too risky!”
“Magic contracts seems reliable, but in actuality, there are many ways of breaking them.”
“Like how theft and anti-theft technology alternately advance, so too do does the game of contract making and contract breaking play out perpetually.”
“Magic contracts will invariably be broken, and then more stringent magic contracts will be created. After more advanced methods are made, more advanced ways to break magic contracts will arise. This back and forth is an endless cycle.”
“Me and Cang Xu once explored this plan many times.”
“Compared to drafting magic contracts, we instead considered a more dependable plan.”
“That is to break the Bloodline Purification formation into many parts. We can employ outside alchemy masters to build a part of the formation.”
“We can hire different alchemy masters to obtain different parts of the formation. After collecting all of the parts, we can put them together.”
If that happens, we can obtain the Bloodline Purification formation with minimal information leaks.”
“But doing that is also quite risky.”
“First, despite being just a part of the formation, it will divulge the secret that is the Bloodline Purification formation.”
“Second, when it comes time to assemble it, we need excellent alchemy skill, from at least a master alchemist. In this aspect, neither I nor Cang Xu are qualified. If the assembly does not succeed and parts are damaged, we will have to re-refine them again.”
“Third, If the Bloodline Purification formation is broken up into parts, it will involve two steps. Step one is to break the blueprint up, something that is impossible for me and Cang Xu. Step two, we need to refine formation plates. These plates are divided into the main plate, the secondary plate, the distribution plate, the foundation plate, the base plate, and so on. This involves advance alchemy technology like formation disassembly, formation support, and formation plate refinement.”
“The tower spirit can break up the Bloodline Purification formation, but it will take a large amount of calculations.”
After the survivors had obtained the tower spirit, it had been silently performing an important function.
It could help a magician control formations and increase medicine refinement efficiency.”
It could also preform calculations that could improve recipes and formations and was also able to design some simple blueprints.
“The first step can barely be surmounted, but there is nothing we can do to cross the second step. It isn’t possible for us to refine formation plates. Leaving aside the rare and treasured alchemy materials needed, we will need at least a great master alchemist to make them.”
The dragonman youngster paused to rub his sore head.
After all this talk, the problem returned to square one.
The problem of talent!
The survivors needed a great master alchemist or a master alchemist.
Zi Di looked at the dragonman youngster, “I believe the most dependable plan is still recruitment. We need loyal and reliable people by our side.”
“The Bloodline Purification formation’s impact is too great.”
“If it is exposed, every power in the world will seek after it.”
“Our enemy will not just be the Sheng Ming Empire, but the entire world!”
“This significant secret must be defended to the death, and the optimal strategy is to pinch it off at the source! We now need to take the more conservative stratagem, so future risks will be smaller. If this secret is leaked, it will be too troublesome, so big that we will be unable to deal with it, it will undoubtably land us in a dire place.”
The dragonman youngster nodded repeatedly, approving of Zi Di’s viewpoint.
“But then again, there is a silver level alchemy great master in Snow Bird Harbor. She is not part of any power.” Zi Di had a somewhat inexplicable expression when she said that.
The dragonman youngster knew who she was talking about.
On the first day they arrived at Snow Bird Harbor, they had bought a lot of information from the Thieves Guild.
In these information reports, there was intel on the many talents of Snow Bird Harbor, focused mainly on those in the field of alchemy.
Zi Di was talking about a female snow elf named Bu Quan.
She wore black framed glasses and had many alchemy workshops in Snow Bird Harbor.
She was, without questions, one of Snow Bird Harbor’s lead figures.
The dragonman youngster sighed, “Recruiting her is extremely difficult, I don’t have any hopes of doing so.”
But Zi Di replied, “It isn’t impossible. As long as there is a thread of possibility, we can still try, right?”
“Lord Commander, you might not know about it yet. After yesterday’s heroic duel, your prestige now from what it was previous is as far as the distance between heaven and earth.”
“When she said that, Zi Di took out a pile of letters.
These letters were all invitation letters without exception.
They universally came from Snow Bird Harbor’s great powers.
These powers were inviting the dragonman youngster in hopes of forming a closer connection with him.
After the dragonman youngster fought Xiong Ju, he had completely established his renown.
The people were realizing the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps’ strength.
From this pile of invitation letters, one could make out that the dragonman youngster’s goal in initiating heroic duels was half complete already.
This was the world of the strong. Only when one’s strength was acknowledged could they get respect and be qualified to have relationships.
The dragonman youngster quickly read through the invitation letters.
The six great merchant alliances of the Sheng Ming Empire all sent him a letter, with some containing a few small gifts.
The letter contained their cordial attitude, expressing that they wished to form a business relationship with the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps.
Merchant alliances and mercenary corps had a close relationship with each other.
Despite the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps’ star rating being a trifling one star, the dragonman youngster’s duel yesterday revealed his individual strength and style.
Therefore, the six merchant alliances tossed him an olive branch.
Snow Bird Harbor’s mercenary corps also sent letters.
In these letters, they explicitly stated or hinted that they wanted to buy some alchemy arrows.
During the battle between the dragonman youngster and Xiong Ju, the former had used alchemy crossbows. The alchemy arrows’ combat result then was pretty good and moved the hearts of many people.
Evidently, the hearsay that an arms merchant was the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps’ backer had spread like wildfire across Snow Bird Harbor in the wake of the dragonman youngster’s popularity.
There was also an invitation letter from the Seabird Church.
The Seabird Church’s bishop personally inviting Long Fu to join them in the next prayer session.
The written intent was very clear.
The most luxuriously adorned letter came from Snow Bird Harbor’s City Lord.
The invitation letter was written on black paper, and its surface was covered in gold and silver lines that depicted the city Lord’s family name.
After opening the letter, many magic images flashed by inside it.
These images depicted the many iconic locations of Snow Bird Harbor.
The final last magic image was that of the city Lord himself.
He was a middle aged snow elf with slender eyes and gorgeous clothing. He sat upright with a hand on a brown scepter, putting on an air of nobility.
This invitation letter was a lower level alchemy item.
After the magic image dissipated, some words appeared.
Snow Bird Harbor’s City Lord was inviting the dragonman youngster to a one on one dinner with him, there was an important matter to discuss.
After beating Xiong Ju, the dragonman youngster had become Snow Bird Harbor’s most popular figure.
The people accepted that the dragonman youngster had the strength to threaten gold levels.
Xiong Ju was the head of the six bosses, and he had already been defeated by the dragonman youngster. The remaining three ringleaders were not Long Fu’s opponent.
What surprised the dragonman youngster was the last letter, it actually came from the great master alchemist Bu Quan!
In the letter, Bu Quan expressed that she wanted to give the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps a mercenary mission.
It was undoubtedly a way to get close to Bu Quan, get an understanding of her, and a great chance to recruit her.
“How does it feel to be famous?” Zi Di waited until the dragonman youngster thumbed through all of the invitation letters, tilting her head slightly when she teased him.
“Without question, it is glorious.” The dragonman youngster smiled, confessing his fine mood.
But soon after, he faintly pursed his brows.
Because he took note that all of these letters had come from large powers.
None from any small powers.
Large powers didn’t consider the Bayonet Gang’s attitude.
While small powers generally feared the Bayonet Gang. Therefore, at this time, they chose to maintain distance from the dragonman youngster.
Bu Quan was the only exception.
From her invitation letter, the dragonman youngster could see she didn’t fear the Bayonet Gang.
Be aware, she was only a silver level caster who had her property in Snow Bird Harbor.
From this, one could make out the aloof independence an alchemy great master had in their status and position.
Recruiting such a talent would be extraordinarily difficult for the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps.