Martial Research Master

The guild was filled with a lot of customers as usual. Li Meng was quite well known within the guild by now and the receptionist immediately directed him to a private room. He sat on the couch in the middle and waited for the elder to come in.

The manager responsible for the transaction immediately rushed in when he heard that Li Meng had arrived. When he looked at Li Meng’s pathetic state, he was surprised.

“I guess we met a misfortune.” The manager said.

“More dreadful than you could imagine. We managed to gather all the things, yet we came across the worst enemy one could find .”

“Did you confront Black-Devil’s people?”

“I don’t know who they were, but they were a group for sure and a big one at that. I am the only one who managed to survive due to a sudden battle with the Emerald Amethyst group. That I the only reason I am even standing before you.” Li meng then handed the bag to the manager who gracefully took it.

“What is this?”

“Whatever I could salvage off the body of the dead members and the portion of herbs I managed to collect.” The manager decided to verify and was surprised by the number of rings in there. They were filled with content and approximately half their demands sat right there. He looked elated.

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“You have done quite a commendable job given the situation. I will go ahead and report this matter to the guild elders. Hope you will wait here for some time. I will return with a suitable reward for your actions.

The manager went ahead to one of the deeper chambers where the same old man as earlier was waiting for him.

“What news does he bring us this time?” The elder spoke in a discontented voice.

“Our team has been wiped out by what he describes as the group from Black-Devil church who attacked Emerald Amethyst Hall.” The manager said.

“And you believed him?” The elder asked.

“Well, I was forced to belie4ve after he handed me this.” He put the bag of rings on the table and the elder verified them. He was surprised to see all of them full of herbs. At least half of the required quantity of herbs had been delivered in these rings.

“He said that he managed to salvage whatever treasures he could find from the corpses. I want to believe him.”

‘It doesn’t matter anymore. This move means that he wants peace with our group, and we will follow through with a similar gesture. Give him the promised prize along with the ones which we would have given to the mercenaries.” The manager bowed and left the room.

“You want to let go of such a large amount of treasures for half the requested quantity.”

“First thing, if we divided his share with the rest of the group, he had far exceeded his limits. Second, our original plan didn’t mention him saving the other members. It was a personal best of ours. Hence he didn’t break any rules. We don’t even have any evidence to prove otherwise. Hence the best thing we could do is appreciate the gesture and reply likewise.” The elder explained his move.

“Yet he could have killed them for all we know and taken the other half of the treasures for himself.” The other voice said.

“Be it the first condition or your one, he is a person of great means. Why make an enemy of someone like that? This partnership could result in a lot of benefits for our group.” The elder said.

“Let’s hope your bet is a successful one since you will pay the price of failure.” The voice faded out.

“I hope so too.” The elder said to himself.

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The meeting hall-

The manager returned with a man following him carrying a golden ring. The manager passed it to LI meng who took it.

“This is the promised set of rewards along with something from our elders as an appreciation for your contribution to the mission. We hope you cooperate on future expeditions. You have also been promoted by one rank and could access more of our store’s facilities.” The manager went on to describe the details of the procedures.

Li Meng finally finished the conversation by buying a house near the borders of the village as well as a good amount of resources to work with. He also asked for information regarding the so-called Black-Devil church and also all the groups which were in the region. He then asked the manager to su[pplu him with some top-quality weapons shortly.

The deal was done and Li Meng bid his farewell from the shop. He then went to the recently purchased house and began the preparation for the establishment of the group. Su Menqi had also reportedly finished her breakthrough and managed to connect with three Heavenly laws of ice, water, and Yin. The last one came as a surprise to Li Meng, but he was happy that his women had accomplished such high achievements.

He even began to portion out some of the Yin tree pieces so that she could train with them. They were too powerful and would be of great help to her.

She was on her way to the water-mist village with one of the avatars, and Li Meng began to prepare for the experiment simultaneously. He had already collected all the required herbs and formation materials for the experiments. He also began to scout workforce who would be capable enough to join their group in the future and become a part of this base.

He decided to make Huang part of the group as he was his servant as of now. But it came with the risk that if he could undo the soul seal somehow, Li Meng would have exposed a lot of his secrets for him to take revenge on.

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Meanwhile-

A small battle had started as the members from the Emerald Amethyst group began to actively hunt the people from Black Devil church. In the last ten days, around 100 Black-Devil members have been killed and many of their bases destroyed. Emerald Hall was quite aggressive in their retaliation for the attack on their provisional holy son, who has now been officially coronated.

At one of the bases, a huge number of elders from Black-Devil church were having a meeting.

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