Page 94: Leaving some pieces

"Young master, you've returned. What happened to your friend?"

Alchemist Mo just opened the door and what surprised him was his young master Bai returning with an unconscious friend being at the back of Ah Mu. It was pretty unusual for him to see these bunch with one of them in such state. Usually, they are all jolly and full of energy. He thought that something might have happened but it's not something he should meddle with. Instead, he just thought of what he could do to help them.

"Senior Mo, please prepare a beddings for everyone. After you're done, please meet me with Mo Shan in the wide room. I have something to discuss."

"Yes young master Bai."

A few hours ago, after Long Bai and the rest of the group managed to take down the entire blood gang, they used up some time to wrap up the entire place. First was to have the group totally disband. Now that the poison leader was gone, the members were liberated from their shackles. They just learned that the leader had some little knowledge with arrays and he used a low level poison oath to the members. If no one from them said about it, Long Bai and company should have disposed them at that time but after learning that there were others who were just following orders due to the poison curse embedded in their body, he decided to do something. Long Bai was also surprised since the system wasn't able to detect it. It could have been because it was inside the body that it wasn't exposes for the system to recognize. Only when he tried to directly come in contact with their chest that the system gave a notice.

The system described the array as a low level poison oath inscription which could be made by a grade 3 array master and that anyone without knowledge on how to make it can still install the array into someone's body. This just say that the dead gang leader was using a pre-made inscription talisman which could be administered to a person forcefully just by activating it. The poison used was also significantly inferior to the poison he absorbed from the king's tomb back then. If this leader can procure such type of array, his connections must be deep or it's something that he brought from the mainland and brought to this remote city to use it. Since there are no array master in the area, he was able to use a low level to his great benefit.

Second was to reform the gang. Now that the leader was dead, the poison oath array faded like nothing was there. The ones who were forced to work in such kind of conditions begged that they would like to be released and live a new life out there. Hearing their plea, Long Bai was about to release them but he thought of something. After checking the gang leader's possession, he found a talisman with the array inscription of the poison oath array and analyzed it with the system. After some few minutes, he was able to replicate it. Even without writing it on a paper, he could install it in someone's body just by using his essence to write the inscriptions. That time, he made offers to the members they couldn't refuse.

*back then

"Everyone, some of you must have committed things you don't want to do but you have still done them. If I just let you go, you can't guarantee that you'll change for the better. Instead I have a proposal. You only have two choices; become my subordinate and undergo with the poison oath again or refuse and die here."

What he meant that he explained further was for them to renew the poison oath and work under alchemist Mo for three years. Of course, they would be compensated as contractual workers and if they would be able to keep it up, they could continuously work under him as a permanent employee or take the release charm from the manager.

What Long Bai was planning would be to establish a courier system in the city. With the pill products and medicines that he developed, he would like to make a sustainable business that they can manage. Of course, this place that was used by the blood gang will become the base of operations. In the future, he would ask senior Mo to build a building above this underground base when they would be able to earn enough for it.

Third and last, Long Bai took all the documents that could prove useful like arrays and alchemy related. There were no weapons except the leader's needles in the place. The previous leader must have deprived the members with good weapons since he's afraid he would be stabbed at his back. The only thing that was valuable was his pouch that contained some weak poison materials which Long Bai can use for pill making.

After settling down everything inside the residence, he went straight to the common room and waited for senior Mo and Mo Shan to come. In the meantime, he dove into his pocket world and discussed some things with the elder Kong.

Since he would be leaving, he needed to leave some pill formula ti senior Mo that he can refine. After asking the elder about the topic, he was able to ask more pill formula that have a lot of potential for business. Of course, they were low rank pills that senior Mo and Mo Shan should be able to refine or else it would be useless.

After a few considerations, he decided on the products that he would pass on. First would be the low grade skin rejuvenating pill. It was originally a grade 5 pill but was tweaked to become a grade 2 pill so that the effects will be limited to making one's complexion vibrant for a short period of time. In this way, the cost would not be too high and at the same time, the demand would always flow. Second would be a male enhancing pill he called "Sildenafil C" which could improve a man's coital activity and at the same time would be able to some one who suffers from ED's. If the first pill would entice mostly women to maintain their youthful looks, the second one would surely entice men who would like to have an enhanced experience on a bed of roses.

Third would be a blood cleansing pill which could remove a certain amount of impurities in the body leading to a faster cultivation. Since it is not as potent as the original bone marrow cleansing pill, the blood cleansing pill can be taken unlimitedly but not in multiple dosage as the body can only have a limit on how much of the pill can work in the body.

These three would be the additional pills he would add to their other pill selections that he believed would increase their profit to a certain extent.

After some few minutes, Senior Mo and Mo Shan arrived together at the common room.

"Senior Mo, brother Mo Shan, I'll be leaving for the event that would take place at Cup Island. Here are three additional pill formula you can add to the selections."

After putting down the three pill formula on the table, the two raced to pick it. Their expressions were funny after seeing the contents of the papers. Of course, the value of such pills could rake in a lot based from Mo Shan's expression while senior Mo had the "another pill to improve my skills" face.

After waiting for them to settle down, he also talked about the case of the blood gang and their possible work in the future. Although they were hesitant at first but after mentioning the poison oath, they shocked but regained their composure after a while. Since they were originally a notorious gang in the slums, there are no future problems they might encounter in case the poison oath array would be discovered.

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Ex-blood gang hideout

"Hey, do you think this was a wise idea?" (1)

"What do you mean? Would you like to be killed instead? Did you see how we were taken down easily?" (2)

"Bro, I think I recognized one of them. Remember the martial meet that took place few days ago? I think that young lady was the "little goddess" everyone was talking about." a third member interjected. (3)

"Ey, are you kidding? If she's the goddess you are talking about, why would she be in a simple clothing and why would she come to such place?" (2)

"That's true. Those noble brats won't bother themselves with something like this. They won't even bother looking at this side of the city." (1)

"But I heard the "little goddess" came from the slums. I heard that during the awakening ceremony, she was taken in as the sect leader of the six star school." (3)

"No kidding? What the.. why don't we know this?" (1)

(Dumb brother. The previous gang leader did not allow us to go on our own and since the oath we made was to strict, we can't do things on our own. We are lucky that our new master did not gave the same restrictions. Heck! He even arranged us a schedule for a day off and vacation leave priveleges. This is way too good for us already. Don't you think?" (2)

"I agree with you bro." (3)

"But don't you thing this is also weird? Why would this young man employ us with such important work? Do you think he has some ulterior motives just like the previous gang leader?" (1)

" Bruh, do you see what we're doing? That young lad ordered us to sell what we can sell for our supplies which could be enough for a month. Isn't this thousands better than the previous? We couldn't even eat enough before but now, with this new setup I think I can even get a wife. " (2)

"Dude, there's still one problem if that's what you're aiming, you need to fix that face of yours. (3)

(growing laughter)

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The underground chamber that was previously looming with negative vibes has now started to change into something that can be filled with laughter.