alchemy

ken was happy after his absorb stomach calmed down finally as he was too embarrassed every time he had to step up and ask for another serving . anyone would be embarrassed if they repeated this process more than 30 times much less ken whose own beliefs about simple food intake shattered completely and he could only helplessly see that happen .

now he was finally out and his smile returned after arriving at the alchemy guild . the building looked only slightly bigger than the administration building to ken as his taste was so but in fact the extravagance could not be compared at all . the wealth of the guild was shown completely to anyone before even entering inside the guild.

ken entered the building easily as there was no need for guards here . the sect would not let any mishaps happen here due to the importance of the guild . when the door opened the first thing everyone feels is the herbal aroma of too many herbs to count in the air and the denser spiritual energy .

ken was no exception to this too but he could verify most of herbs from the aroma easily due to his abundant knowledge about the properties and structure of various herbs and even their environment.

ken was totally the best example of an average person to anybody . his face was average , his body height was average, even his feet size was average . so of course the pretty ladies who worked as the receptionists for some points didnt bother with him because they couldn't see him being rich . well they were right because he only had 40 points with him and came here to borrow some books as the names of herbs have changed a lot from the time his knowledge is from . the other business he was here was of course to see if he can buy some herbs to finally make the debut as the genius alchemist which of course he planned to keep a secret .

well the good thing about being average guy was that nobody would bother you if you dont bother picking a fight with them . ken didnt plan to reveal his talents anyway and he definitely wont behave arrogantly because he knows that to keep his average image, he shouldn't do that as he will have to fight otherwise . the other party would not stop bothering him otherwise and ken didnt want to waste time on something like that .

" excuse me beautiful sister! where can I find the library here ? " the beautiful mob sister was actually a real beauty at least for any average guy so she was definitely pleased with the sincere tone of ken which made her feel that it wasn't just flattery . of course it was flattery but ken knew whom to approach for small matters and how to please them with words. well he was only slightly better at this art than an average salaryman .

" little brother ! the library here is only available for guild members , inner disciples , elders or the disciples of the alchemists of the guild . so you can always visit the public library which is available to all and the knowledge there is not much different than the library here . because here only pill debates , recipes occupy most of the books ."

the flattery obviously worked as she definitely would not explain in such simple terms and patiently to others . but ken could feel that she would remember about her work soon and will easily get annoyed if he remains here longer. so he quickly thanked the lady and made his exit as he definitely had received important information from her .

he only wants to know the present names of herbs so they can definitely be found in simple introductory books about herbalism and alchemy . of course the rare herbs would be named some even if there were some handful exceptions. because most of the rare one in his knowledge will be more rare now after so many years or even extinct . so their names will have more impact and they wont be eventually be forgotten or changed like other herbs . most of the names are only simplified to make them easy to remember after all .

so ken spent only an hour in the public library which had towering two shelves for books on herbalism and alchemy topics. for others this may be a tough challenge but ken only looked for the main books and only looked through them once so his job was much easy . with his so strong mental power his memory is even better than photographic memory now so one fast look is sufficient for him to remember everything written on the page .

this way he read 563 books in total and only spent less than an hour in the library which contained more than two hundred thousand books about almost every subject and the books only touched the basics for most . with this number one can easily imagine the size of shelves which contain the books on every major profession and the whole library .

" hello big brother ! can you please sell me 2 batches of blood grass ........"

" here is your order ! its 35 points in total but today it's only 30 points for you . but only for today , okay ? "

ken smiled and took the brown bag filled with herbs after transferring the 30 points . he then left and quickly disappeared in the crowd . ken had deliberately chosen a big brother type stall owner after analyzing the candidates. he only behaved like a obedient little brother so the stall owner whose personality was triggered successfully , even gave the discount of 5 points to ken . ken was of course happy about the successful shopping but it's really tiring to find the right words to flatter girls and find the right guy for shopping from . so the poor will always envy the rich who disregard such small details casually everytime .

but ken was not bothered by the complex for the rich for more than a second as it was time to refine some pills and eat them fresh . as for points for further shopping , ken would think about it in future as he was an easygoing man .