"And that marks the end of today's event. On behalf of my establishment, I would like to appreciate all those who attended today's auction event. For those who won a bid or two, a select number of staff members would lead you to where you'd receive the cargo.. at the same time, make payment of course" The audiences chuckled at the last part of Rosie's statement. As for James, he could only sigh helplessly from where he stood. Although he really wished to purchase that spiritual pill and study it for research purposes, he knew his priorities, which was to purchase the herbs for Mr. Krios treatment. Not to mention, he wasn't so shameless as to leech off the other party for his own needs. His marriage to the Blue family was more than enough of a lesson. Although James didn't participate in the bid for the spiritual pill, there were more than enough interested parties. The bidding war was quite intense, however it was eventually won by an unknown VIP attendee for the whooping sum of

"Okay?"To Rosie's annoyance, James remained completely unfazed at her earlier attempt to provoke him. However before she could continue speaking, Jason beat her to it."You mentioned you know an Older Cousin who dabbles in the Art of Ancient Medicine correct? tell me more about them""Heh" Rosie curled her lips."My big bro Dax is.."The next seven minutes saw her singing praises about her cousin who was known as Dax. As for James, he seemed to be completely focused on her words, even nodding in amazement once in a while. However, inwardly, his mind was many miles away.From the few moments he spent with Rosie, he had already deduced what kind of person Rosie was. Although she appeared to be rude, James wouldn't go as far as to antagonize her just yet. People like her from illustrious background tended to share the stubborn trait of always loving to be right in all arguments. He knew if he began arguing with her, the argument would develop into a conflict. He could already guess tha

The whole venue plunged into silence. Whether it was the young masters and misses, Manager Talia or the Elders who just arrived, they all kept staring at the Core level Disciple in silence, seemingly not having expected such a verdict. "Isn't that too impulsive of you?" an amused snort suddenly rang out, causing all eyes to fall on the culprit. "Do you have something to say to me?" the Core level Disciple squinted her eyes as she glared at James with a sharp glint. Disregarding the subtle intimidation, James continued speaking. "The young miss there gave an unsatisfactory reply to your question and now we all have to suffer because of her? that doesn't seem fare. If I didn't know better, I would say you are suffering from a bad day and you are merely transferring your pent up frustration on we the innocents.. did your boyfriend break up with you? is it those cramps?" "Bastard!!" the Core level Disciple seethed. "Whatever you are passing through, it's not my business, as long a

"Hmpfh. Now you've heard it right? you are disqualified and there's no way around it" the Core level Student huffed triumphantly. "Sigh.. I guess I'll have to shine more than I anticipated" James sighed inwardly as he cleared his throat. "Indeed, my naming of the herbs doesn't follow the protocol of the Alchemy Guild archives.. however that doesn't mean my answer is incorrect. The Alchemy Guild came into existence long after the study of Alchemy was discovered.. so tell me, if the Alchemy Guild wasn't existing, how do you think the ancient Alchemist named their herbs?" James smirked. "You.." the Core level Disciple tried opening her mouth, however she couldn't find any words to refute. "Hmpfh! you mean to tell me you name your herbs according to the original pattern?" she finally found the right words. "Indeed" James smiled calmly. While travelling with his mysterious master, he discovered that the other party was more of an old school kind of person, who preferred the mundane

The whole atmosphere descended into an uproar upon James statement. Negatively impact their Spirit Qi in the long run?! Who amongst the finalists were not peak geniuses among their peers. For young Medicinal Practitioners like them, they all aimed to reach the peak of the world of Alchemy, commanding the respect and admiration of others with a single wave of their hand. However to achieve these lofty ambitions, the quality of their Spirit Qi had to be the best of the best. Now learning that the last segment of the Competition required them to negatively harm themselves on the long run, a majority of them were about to pat their butts and leave.. Although the rewards of the Competition were tempting, it wasn't worth that kind of risk. "What a trouble maker" Manager Talia inwardly face palmed. Just a single statement from him and her Green Leaf Gate became the public number one. And to make matters worse, she didn't have any words to refute because what James said was the tru