"Sogen thinks about the quest for a moment. There is no penalty on rejecting any quest but he also knew that the system is helping him to become stronger."
"What's the cultivation stage of Ember Serpent, Sir.",Sogen asks to Mr. Rudriger.
"It's Earth Realm 4th peak stage.", Mr. Rudriger replied.
"Sogen was confused to hear this."
"Sir, There aren't any powerful cultivators in this town so how have these people become so courageous to fight an Ember Serpent of
Earth Realm 4th peak stage." He asked
"Boy do you remember those hooligans from before, they, who rob town's people in name of protection fee every month will handle it. Those people from before who were buying equipments are with them.",Mr. Rudriger said.
"But they are not even at 'Earth Realm 3rd stage' even if all these cultivators around the town gather to fight the monster, it is clear that they would lose the fight and their life." Sogen said.
"Boy, These hooligans cause so much nuisance but still people don't fight back. If the Town's people wanted to remove these people from town, they can ask any small sect by giving them money to help them but the reason for not so is 'Vilkan'. He is the leader of this group of hooligans.He is at " Earth Realm 4th Mid Stage". He is only 22 years old.",Mr. Rudriger said.
"Sogen thinks,"It is really impressive to be at
Earth Realm 4th Mid Stage at such a young age. I am at Earth Realm 4th Stage Peak but I have help of system."
"Then he suddenly remembered the Solomon Thunder Claw."
He asked,"Sir, why did you give me a "Blue Grade Low Level Technique" even though you know my cultivation stage and without giving me any advice about how dangerous it could be for me. I may die from it"
Mr. Rudriger smiled slightly and said,"Boy, first thing that you would not have died but retained some internal injuries from it, given your good training and physique. Second thing that in cultivation you should always remember your limits and where you stands.Third and last, This world is very much dangerous than you think, the friend who is standing besides you, whom you think trustworthy can stab in your back anytime. So never trust anyone even if he became close to you because he can betray you anytime. If you want to earn a name and want to survive in this world you must remember these 3 things always."
"Sogen was left with no words after hearing all this. All he could do was to nod his head in affirmation."
"Sir, what is the innate talent of Ember Serpent.",Sogen asked.
"It's Poison Fire Grade D. It adds poison to its fire making it highly acidic and toxic.",Mr. Rudriger replied.
"Sir, but why are they going to such lengths to kill an Ember Serpent because they are not kind enough to hunt it for town's people safety."
"Boy, you are right. They are hunting it for its Ember Core. Vilkan's brother wants to absorb its energy to breakthrough from his Earth Realm 7th Stage Peak and reach ."
"Sogen was confused to hear this."
"Sir, but even if he gets the Ember Core, it will be impossible to absorb its energy directly and even though they are collecting money from people for several years but they would still not be able to make this much money to hire a spiritualist for them. Then how is he going to use it."
"Boy, Vilkan has a brother Kristin. Who is in a small sect,Blood Phantom Sect, it is a small sect compare to big clans but it can still be considered a good sect as compare to other sects. Kristin is an inner disciple of this sect and he got an alchemist tablet from his sect elder. He can asks him to help him.",Mr. Rudriger said.
"Alchemist are like spiritualist but they cannot be compared to a spiritualist in pill making, power and other things but these individuals are highly talented. They don't have spiritual power but still they are able to make low grade pills and potions. Most of the big clans have alchemist to help them,they raise alchemist instead of spiritualists because many alchemist can be gathered to make a good pill. Instead of using spiritual energy they use Spiritual Wood . Spiritual Wood is used in furnace to lit Furnace Fire. Even though Spiritual Wood is expensive but it is still affordable for any cultivator. Alchemists are also considered valuable like spiritualist but they are not as capable as spiritualist and like spiritualist they can not make every pill. The pills and potions they make are not comparable to the pills made by spiritualists."
"Kristin has collected every material needed for the potion. I heard that he will ask the alchemist to make a Earth Elusive Potion. Not only this potion will help him in his breakthrough but also heal his internal injuries and will make his body strong. Then all these hooligans will become more carefree and will cause trouble everywhere.",Mr. Rudriger said.
"Mr. Rudriger don't show any emotions but by looking at his face Sogen can tell that he was worry about town's people."
"He thinks," I can buy many things from system shop but still my cultivation is not enough to buy potions and equipments from the system, I can only buy some rare or unique herbs from system shop for now. But I know every ingredient for Earth Elusive Potion thanks to the Advance Herbs Identification Manual which I buy for 50,000 coins from system shop. If I was able to take the Ember Core from them then all the herbs for the potion are available on the system shop. But if I took the Ember Core from Vilkan it means I directly become an enemy of Kristin."
"Then he sighs and said,"What a hassle. At my current cultivation level I am unable to fight Kristin but if I use the Ember Core for cultivation, then there might be a chance to defeat him. But first I should obtain the Ember Core at all cost. Also I have to hide my identity from them or else it could cause me heavy damage. First I should do some preparation."