"It is true and everyone should know it. If they are still willing to buy it, so be it. But telling lies to sell your product, that is just low, Mr. Hamlin!" Sir Remon said, shaking his head.
"You! You have no evidence." Mr. Hamlin cried in anger.
"Thousands of people who have used your cream is our evidence, Mr. Hamlin." Jiang Yong said saddish.
"True." A voice spoke in the crowd. "At first, I could still find acupoints with the help of medicine, but for the last few years, I can't find it no matter how much paste I use. I thought it was about my talent, but it was all paste's fault."
"Same for me. I cannot open a new acupoint for 5 years! It is all your fault!"
"Yes!"
"Yes!"
Seeing the crowd was going mad, Jiang Yong spoke to appease them. "I would like to introduce our new and unique medicine to all of you. I promise, after you hear it, you will all be satisfied.
This medicine is unique because it not only helps you find your acupoints, but it also heals the negative effects of the medicine you used before."
Taking the crowd in, she pulled out a pill, "This pill is, Exorcism Pill. It was created by a master alchemist and it helps the consumer to banish their inner demons. It will help you concentrate on your meditation and will allow you to find your inner self. Through it, you can find your acupoints more easily.
It will take a long time for those who have been exposed to the paste for a long duration, but I promise, it is effective."
"Are you serious?" The one before asked. "Who is this master?"
"Tell us, who is the master alchemist?"
"The name of the Master Alchemist is, Mr. Yontu." Jiang Yong spoke fervently, "I was serious when I said Sir Remon had achieved more than any of the two alchemy shops could achieve. It was because these formulas and medicines are not our original products. It is the same for yours, isn't it Mr. Hamlin. You got these formulas from someplace else."
The old man Hamlin said nothing. He just stared daggers at the woman on the stage.
"All the three medicines we introduced today, are Mr. Yontu's formulas. Our humble shop just assists him to share these miracle medicines with you."
"Amazing!"
"A true benevolent master!"
"All hail, Mr. Yontu!"
"Long live Mr. Yontu."
Jiang Yong basked in glory for a while longer than looking at the stage. "Now it is time for the competition!"
With it, a familiar stone pillar was brought to the stage. On top of the pillar, there was a fist-sized cavity and on top of it, there was a display screen.
"Everyone who joins the competition will be given three chances to punch the device, and anyone who can have the same amount in three consecutive tries will win the competition."
"Sir Remon here will test the device to make sure no foul play is involved."
Sir Remon rose from where he was sitting and punched the pillar. The display showed the number 1. Then he punched again, it showed the number 2. He did it until number 9 then 99, 999, 9.999, 99.999, and 999.999.
The crowd felt something was wrong as most of them saw how Sir Remon failed to punch the same amount three times in a row last time when he was in the competition.
"You may not know it, but Sir Remon is an expert who can control his force to excellent degrees. He often works with delicate herbs while creating pills, thus he cannot fail. That is why we wanted him to test the pillar, so we can start the competition. After all, if he fails, it means there is definitely something wrong with the pillar.
Ezio found Sir Remon after he spoke with the Jiang family and explained the situation. He told him that he won the competition but he realized the shop was cheating. Sir Remon said he also felt that way, but because he wasn't sure, he didn't make a fuss about it. After Ezio forged the helmet from the metal, he sold it to Sir Remon so he could gift it to Princess Moon.
A few days later, "coincidentally" Elder Jiang came to ask Sir Remon to test their medicines and the pillar before the competition. Pissed off to Floating Ghost Alchemy, Sir Remon happily accepted. Of course bottles of Exorcism Pills also helped. With this move, Setting Sun Alchemy Shop ruined the reputation of its rival and debuted their new three medicines.
Sadly Ezio wasn't there to see his master play. He was still depressed and was in a deep sleep. Aodhfionn was worried because it had been three days since Ezio went to sleep but he still didn't forcefully awaken him.
Ezio was seeing the same dream over and over again. The guards he left alive were killing other children and raping other women. It was going on endlessly. He was always there to stop them but he was always one step too late. When he would arrive, the woman would be broken and the little girl would be dead.
It would be a new girl and woman every time. Over and over again, the same shitty scenario. At some point, he tried to kill the men, but a copy of him would appear to stop him from killing the men.
In this cycle, Ezio was losing his mind even more. He didn't know what to do, nor did he know how to get out of it. At some point, he just wanted to give up, but as he was thinking about it, something magical happened.
Ezio looked at the person standing in front of him. It was his exact replica but this replica was nothing like him. His posture, his look, his mannerism... felt so prideful. He could feel the pride oozing from this replica, who was looking at him in disgust. When he felt ashamed, with a jump, he woke up. He felt that he was close to breaking through after this ordeal.