"Brother Ye this is the client I told you about" Tang Xuan explained.
Rex nodded then took a seat.
'Appraisal: name & cultivation stage' (Rex)
[Name: ??
Cultivation stage: ??]
'Huh? Rose, you are not saying she is way stronger than me?' (Rex)
[No, her cloak is unusual, it interfered with the appraisal.]
'I knew this cloak was special because earlier it completely hid her presence from me and it also hid her Qi but to think it can even affect appraisal… interesting.'(Rex)
"Miss I am in an urgent need of Crimson Phoenix Grass, so it's better if we get to the point, may I know what do you want in exchange for the herb?" Rex asked directly
"If Master Ye wants to talk to the point, then its also better for me, I'm also in a little hurry. Master Ye, I want you to make a cure of a poison, I have a sample with me, please check it.
If you are sure that you can make the antidote after seeing it then you have to go with me to… " The girl was just speaking but Rex interrupted her
"Stop right there miss, I am not going anywhere. I already told you I am tight for time. It's better if you would bring the poisoned ones here instead" Rex said
Rex didn't want to waste more time traveling.
The girl became silent, Rex was also quiet.
Tang Xuan felt the tension in the air so he interfered.
"Wait, why are you two taking things that far? Brother Ye, you should at least check the poison sample first and Miss, it's better if you properly explain everything. It's not good to directly ask someone to go with you, without even telling them your name first" Tang Xuan said in one breath, breaking the silence.
The girl took out a yellow dress covered in brown stains.
The brown-colored stains on it were from dried up blood.
Rex took it.
'Atomize' (Rex)
Suddenly the right sleeve of the dress turned into very small fragments and floated above Rex's hand.
Tang Xuan was shocked when he saw the strange method Rex used.
The tiny particles above Rex's hand condensed into two small balls.
One ball was of yellow color, it was made with the cloth particles, and the other, smaller one, was of brown, it was made of the dried blood on the former sleeve.
[It's a low grade poison it can't hurt you.]
Rex already had poison immunity and coupled with his strong constitution and cultivation base normal poison couldn't hurt him.
In the shocked eyes of the girl and Tang Xuan, Rex swallowed the tiny brown ball.
[Alert! Harmful substance detected.]
[Auto-Countering initiated…]
[The poison has been neutralized with the help of the effect of 'Poison Resistance'.]
[Analyzing…]
[Poison successfully Reverse Engineered]
'I knew about Poison Resistance…, but what's that Auto-Countering thing?' Rex thought.
[It was related to the actions of the anti-bodies in your blood The Enhance effect of your blood has also enhanced their strength several times. They are strong enough to neutralize many low grade poison and many other harmful substances on their own, so they attempted to counter this poison, but Poison Resistance had nullified it long before they could do anything.]
'So that's how it is.' (Rex)
After Rex saw the report on the poison he disdainfully threw the shirt aside.
"Which idiot made this poison? The Poison Masters these days could be quite inept." Rex said in a bad tone.
Poison Master is a profession similar to an Alchemist. The difference being they specialize in making poison instead of pills.
It's not unusual for an Alchemist to be a Poison Master too, but the vice-versa is unusual because most Poison Masters cultivate poison Qi which is unsuitable for Alchemy.
"You.. do you know about this poison?… if you do then can you cure an inflicted person?" The girl asked in an excited but anxious tone.
"Cure? I can make an antidote on the spot… Seriously, which idiot made this poison. It's not even qualified to be called a poison. That guy just mixed 5 different insect-type poisons with three different plant-type poisons to produce it." Rex said as he took out a pencil and paper to note the names of several herbs on it.
"Bring me these herbs," Rex gave the paper to Tang Xuan
Tang Xuan didn't waste time in talking, he took the list and left the hall.
"Miss if it would be fine with you, could I have a look at your cloak," Rex asked the girl after Tang Xuan left.
The girl didn't respond.
"Miss, are you really that worried about exposing your identity? Earlier you said that, if I am certain, that I can make the cure of this poison, then you will bring me to the patient. At that time you would have to reveal your identity anyway. And now that I have confirmed I can create the cure, you don't need to take me with you….
So can't you do a favor and let me have a look at it? You have seen how Brother Tang treats me, do you still think that I am the type who would go against my words and break off the deal?" Rex said with a smile
Rex tried to convince the girl, but she still seems to hesitate so Rex used his ultimate attack.
"How about it? If you let me take a look at it, then I would add one of my special ingredient to the antidote. Which, in turn, would help them to recover faster from the weakened state.
And one more important thing. Although I believe the poisoned person to be a human, but if in the unlikely case they have the blood of other races too, then please tell me in advance. I will need to make some changes to the antidote accordingly, to increase its effectiveness" Rex said with a serious expression.
What Rex just said was mostly a lie, he said it suspecting the girl is not a pure human or is from a completely different race.
And it worked after the girl heard his words she quickly took off her cloak and placed it on the table.
The second she removed the cloak on her body, his eyes widened in surprise.
The girl had shoulder-length silky black hair. The skin on her whole body was tanned and her clothing was very different from the one which Rex had seen in the realm so far.
She was actually wearing a white close fitting top, mini jeans, and a pair of black leather boots. Other than those things, she also had a loose leather belt on her waist, which had two daggers with scabbards crossing each other behind her hips.
Her clothes looked revealing at first glance, but if viewed from the eyes of a fighter, her clothes made it easy for her to move her body freely, without inconveniences.
However Rex was not looking at her body or her clothes, but at the two cat like ears on her head.
The second the girl put her cloak on the table, she started looking at Rex's face very attentively, to note any changes to appear in his expression.
In truth, she was slightly worried about Rex showing disgust, anger, or any kind of dissatisfaction. Although Tang Xuan had already told her, Rex was unlikely to be from this Continent, but she still wasn't willing to reveal her identity for as long, as it remained possible.
She was prepared for any type of negative comment or bargain Rex would make… it was Just that she noticed Rex was not even looking at her instead he was looking at her…ears?
Rex was staring at her black furry ears, which were twitching continuously like that of an anxious cat.
"Master Ye actually I am a Demi-Human and the poisoned person is also a Demi-Human," The girl said anxiously.
"Hmmm…" Rex responded while staring at her ears.
"Master Ye?" The girl spoke again.
"Hmmm…" Rex said while still staring at her ears.
'I wonder if she would let me touch them,' Rex thought.
[Have you checked the size of her boots? They're bigger than your face.]
'Shut up.' (Rex)
'Wait, if she has cat ears, then she should also have a…tail?' Rex turned his head downwards and looked below the chair.
The girl quickly closed her legs, she gave a weird look to Rex, she didn't know what happened to the Alchemist's arrogance-filled cold expression he was making a second ago.
Rex was only able to take a glimpse of her black tail, which was wagging like a pendulum before she closed her legs.
But she underestimated Rex's shamelessness how could he give up that easily, Rex leaned to the right to take a look at her tail.
Only when she saw Rex, she understood that he was actually looking for her tail.
"Master Ye, if you don't want to look at my cloak any longer, then could I put it back on?" the girl asked.
She was already used to people staring at her body, but this was the first time someone was looking at her ears and tail like that. And he was a human on top of that… A human living in Golden Bird Continent no less.
Rex snapped back.
"Impossible..cough cough… I mean I will have a look." Rex reluctantly retracted his gaze and observed the black cloak.
When Rex lifted the clock from the table he was surprised because he realized it was heavy… It weighed more than 30 kg.
On closer observation, Rex found out that the cloak was not made of cloth, but some kind of black alloy. Although it was hard to tell without touching it, this did not compromise the defensive capabilities of the metal.
"It's called Shadow Cloak," the girl said with a faint smile.
"If I may ask where did you get it or… who made it?" Rex asked with a serious expression.
From Rex analyzing the cloak, with Rose's help, he found out that the thin clock actually had two layers, there were many inscriptions presents on the inner side of the outer layer and the other was placed on top of it on the inside to completely hide them from naked eyes.
Rex concluded that it was a mid grade, Spirit Tool.
The reason Rex was able to analyze it now, was because it was not operating at the moment. The cloth would slowly but continuously absorb small amounts of Qi from its wearer to activate itself, so when no one was wearing it, it's effects also disappeared.
"It was actually bought at an auction in the Dwarven Kingdom... Davalon, a person very close to me, gifted it to me." At the end of the sentence, the girl looked sad.
The girl was relieved when she saw that Rex didn't seem to have any dissatisfaction with her, so now she was much less reserved than before.
'Close person?… gift? Ahh… looks like this one's already taken, worry not Rex, The Heavens have probably saved one or two cat-girls for you in advance… by the way, I wonder if she has a sister' Rex thought to himself.
After Rex analyzed the cloak he placed it back on the table.
The girl swiftly took it back.
Rex didn't ask her to sell the cloak because he knew she has some memories with it, so it would be rude to ask her for it.
Rex wanted to talk more, but at that time Tang Xuan came back with the herbs.