"Wouldn't it be simple for an alchemist to recreate it?" Claude asked.
Edward let out a loud chuckle, causing Claude to raise his eyebrows, annoyed. "Mr. Rayforth, although it was easy for to identify the additional elent, it isn't so easy to recreate a complex dicine such as this. Identifying and making dicine are two very different processes. I had a hunch about the additional drug because I've already dealt with a few samples of Delihernum back when I was an assistant, and that too was by chance. Delhernum has a very peculiar odour, and although faint in this particular mixture, I was able to identify it. But recreating it would be impossible for most alchemists."
Claude leaned forward. "So, you're telling that this drug cannot be recreated by just anybody."
Edward nodded his head, "Trust , Mr. Rayforth. There are only a few alchemists who are able to concoct such a mixture, and they're the best of the best. You just have to figure out which one of them made it."
So it's the work of a professional! Claude thought to himself, slowly nodding his head to Edward's words. But who on earth is creating a complicated mixture of chemicals that is similar to an energy depletion dicine just to get rid of one insignificant person?
Unless it's not just for taking care of a single person. Claude couldn't help but wonder if this might just be a small fragnt of a much bigger plan.
But for what reason?
As Claude rembered the White Dragon's teeth, he couldn't help but furrow his eyebrows.
Is it really about the White Dragon's teeth? Or is there sothing more going on?
Claude then shifted his gaze towards the window and said, "I hope you're right, Edward. Thank you for agreeing to my late request. I'll be heading back now, so you can close up the shop and do whatever you want."
"It wasn't a hassle at all, Mr. Rayforth," Edward said as he got up from his chair, and shook hands with Claude. "I know that may have sounded passive aggressive, but I'm really telling the truth."
"I told you before, didn't I?" Claude said as he turned his back towards Edward and walked out of his shop. "I don't have any connections with the king, so you can stop trying to suck up to ."
"And I told you that I wasn't trying to suck up to you," Edward yelled out to Claude, who had already created quite a distance between him and Edward's dicine shop.
Claude didn't turn around and simply waved his hands as his figure disappeared from Edward's view, who let out a heavy sigh as he sat back down on his chair. "Damn it! I guess the sucking up part was a failure. Oh well! I'll try again next ti!"
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Soon, Claude was back at his residence, and he sat in front of his desk, still dressed in the sa clothes that he had been wearing the whole day, and he then placed the pile of docunts, books and research papers that he had grabbed from Elizabeth's room on the desk, which made a loud 'thud' sound when they made contact with the desk.
After that, Claude began slowly going through all the papers and docunts, reading every page as slow as he possibly could.
The docunts contained the list of participants who were part of a research project under the Azure Lion Clan codenad 'Demon teeth', and also contained the various locations that they had to scout through to find the White Dragon's Teeth.
"Demon teeth project, huh I wonder what's that about!" Claude, curious about the project na, tried to find if there was any information about the secret project inside of the docunts, but to no avail.
Although dissatisfied by the exclusion of information about the 'Demon teeth project', Claude nevertheless continued reading through the docunts.
As he read the docunts, Claude realized that it wasn't just a simple expedition that had been created by a group of clan mbers. By looking at the massive amount of scouting and information that they had to scour through to get the location of the White Dragon's teeth, it was obvious that these people were being backed by soone powerful.
But who could it be? Was it the Azure Lion Clan? Or was it soone else? The docunts didn't give Claude any nas, or perhaps Elizabeth was cautious about writing it down, and chose to emit them.
The docunt further explained the reason for their expedition, which wasn't to find just the White Dragon's teeth, but it's entire skeleton, which according to the docunts kept by Elizabeth, were said to be buried under the northern parts of Gryfino forest.
Unfortunately for Claude, he couldn't find any reasons as to why the White Dragon's teeth and skeleton were being searched for and how it would be useful for a cultivator, but he was particularly intrigued by the detailed information regarding the fire glands of the White Dragon, which was more detailed than most sections in the docunts. This fascinated Claude, who was intrigued as to why the docunt was going so in depth into detailing the fire gland of the dragon when it wasn't even ntioned in the folklores, which made him think that there must be so use for it.
Claude continued reading through the research papers, which mostly had extensive information regarding the rumours and the explanations of the folklore, which he wasn't particularly interested in.
Claude also realised, from the research papers, that the White Dragon's teeth was made up of one of the strongest materials in the martial world, practically making it impossible to destroy it. Claude knew that the tooth was strong, but he didn't know that it was this strong.
"Oh! Now, what is this?" As Claude was reading through one of the research papers, he found a yellow coloured envelope hidden within the pages, and he studied it with intrigue in his eyes.
Slash!
Claude used his Astral Wing Blade technique to cut through the envelope without tearing the letter that was inside.
When he had it opened, Claude read the address on the outside. It had been sent from a town in Shirington Prefecture nad Salvador City that Claude did not recognize.
Claude studied the letter, which seed to be handwritten and read through it slowly.
The author of the letter was Soone nad Elijah Rae, who in his letter, talked about the miraculous recovery of his young daughter.
Elijah talked about his bitter life in Salvador City as a low wage cultivation assistant to a martial arts master of a small cultivation school and his struggles to give his family a happy life. Elijah then talks about how his daughter caught an unknown disease, which deteriorated her health rapidly. As it was an unknown disease, dicine doctors couldn't help his daughter, and as he was losing hope, he was approached by Elizabeth herself, who, representing the Azure Lion Clan, offered to help his daughter if they joined their clan.
After agreeing to their terms, the Azure Lion Clan mbers took her away, and brought her back once she was cured. It was a heartfelt letter thanking Elizabeth and the Azure Lion Clan for their kindness, but Claude was suspicious as to why she was hiding this letter inside the docunts that were about the White Dragon's teeth.
"Azure Lion Clan What the hell are you people hiding?" Claude couldn't help but get intrigued by what was happening. He felt as though sothing big was happening behind the scenes, and he was excited to figure out what was really going on.
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"Damn those bastards!" At night, one of the guards who had finished his nightshift back at the Azure Lion Clan Mansion, yelled out loudly as he sat around a table inside 'Carrison's Inn', which was located at the southeastern part of Soderberg City.
The guard who was completely drunk, was sitting alongside other guards who had also finished their shifts, and continued yelling out loudly, slamming his cup which was filled with liquor on the table with a loud noise.
"How dare those rich a*sholes, who do they think we are? Just because so guy screwed around with the daughter of the clan head and then escaped before the guards could co, and now we're the ones who have to sacrifice our shift ti to search the mansion? Screw them!"
"Calm down man. I know exactly how you're feeling, but I suggest you shut up right now or else we're going to end up in trouble."
"You're telling to shut up? Well then, I got a better idea Why don't YOU shut up?"
He raised his voice, and his colleague let out a sigh.
"Oh? Soone finally escaped from the hands of Margaret? That's news to ..." A sudden voice ca from behind the guard, and the guard, still drunk, turned his head back, squinting his eyes as he did so.
Behind them stood a slim and short man with a twirling moustache, who had a wide grin on his face as he opened his mouth to speak.
"Would you mind telling more about it?"
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