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◈ I Made a Tier List the Transcendents Are Obsessed With ◈
Chapter 9: Starting Today, I Withdraw All Support
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[ Starting today, I withdraw all support for Oz ] - No Existence
As of today, I am no longer merely Oz's supporter.
Oz and I are one and the same.
An attack on Oz will be considered an attack on me.
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Comments (12)
-PassingImmortal) Fellow Daoist, have you perhaps lost your mind?
-Beyond the Boundary) What's gotten into them now? They were trashing Oz all day not long ago lololol
ㄴNo Existence) Please stop the malicious slander and fabrication.
ㄴBeyond the Boundary) Bullshit lolololololol
-OldNewbie) But seriously, what is this? Did something happen with Oz?
ㄴNo Existence) Nothing... happened...!!!
ㄴOldNewbie) Ugh, fuck.
"......Is it really making them that happy?"
No Existence was practically on the verge of a fit.
That post had gone up on the gallery after I told them Nirvakh's placement on the tier list.
I couldn't quite understand the joy and happiness radiating from it.
I mean, in the original work, they certainly weren't portrayed as flawless Transcendents.
They were merely transcendent powerhouses who felt joy and sorrow like ordinary people, acting according to what they considered reasonable.
Even so, they had a certain dignity and majesty.
[ Really? Really? That rank is right, isn't it? ] - No Existence
[ Whoa lololololololol ] - No Existence
[ I believed in you, Oz!!!!!! I love you!!!!!! ] - No Existence
But now they were posting things like this alongside such frivolous messages.
"......Is this really okay?"
They were the leader of a group that oversaw an entire dimension.
I couldn't help feeling concerned on a cosmic scale.
* * *
The Winter Tree Mage Tower had recruited a new mage!
......That news caused neither ripples nor conflict.
Naturally, that was because Jin was only a two-star mage.
Wanderers at that level weren't exactly common, but they did occasionally choose to join a faction of their own accord.
Naturally, that was welcome news for the faction in question.
Mages who had earned a star, cultivators initiated into cultivation, martial artists who had reached the Peak, and Augmenters who had awakened Dominion.
None of them were easy to raise.
Still, everyone knew that this would not affect the power structure or conflicts within the city.
"Jin, was it? There's nothing shady in his background, right?"
The only people reacting to the incident were those directly involved.
The question came from Ireine, a six-star mage and the Winter Tree Mage Tower's chief mage.
"Yes. The identification is forged, of course, but there doesn't appear to be any connection to other trouble. Though we can't say what may have happened in foreign countries."
"We don't need to look that far. Anything else unusual?"
"As I mentioned, Jin is on the verge of reaching three stars. And Jin resonated with the Winter Tree."
"Hmm. So there was a reason for coming here specifically."
Fwhoo...
Ireine blew on the nail she had been grooming.
The nail file that had been moving on its own, filing away keratin, stopped.
"So there's nothing else special?"
"Yes. We verified it from several angles, and that is the result."
"Then there's no problem. Approve it according to procedure, and once Jin really becomes three-star, I'll talk to the old men about whether to bring Jin into the Inner Tower."
That settles this!
Tap! Tap!
Ireine declared the matter closed as she tapped her desk.
"Now, the remaining matter is obviously the Cheongheo Sect, right?"
"Yes. We have received contact from the Eight Extremes Hall and Sejin."
"What did the Tower Master say?"
"No reply was sent. However, the Tower Master seems inclined to watch and wait."
"Again? Well, that's what happens when people get old. What's the point of restoring only their appearance with medicine?"
The mage standing before her remained calm despite the irreverent words spoken right in front of them.
After all, Ireine said things like that every day.
Even the Tower Master had practically given tacit approval.
"The Eight Extremes Hall must be getting desperate. Sejin probably just wants to get one foot in the door. Is there anything else?"
"It seems they are planning to act independently."
"Wouldn't that be a little uncertain with just the two of them?"
"That is why they appear to be gathering smaller factions. The major factions, including our tower, have all taken a step back."
"If the Eight Extremes Hall were in better condition, it wouldn't be rushing this much. They took a gamble."
Ireine snorted and shook her head.
It was little more than a vicious struggle between two fading factions.
The other side did not seem inclined to make the situation any bigger, so one of them, or perhaps both, would likely be ruined before the curtain fell.
"Still, this is terribly boring. Should I play a little prank?"
"......I cannot agree with that."
"But if I order it, you'll do it, right?"
"I have no choice."
Ireine smacked the shoulder of the mage who answered in a subdued voice.
"Hey, cheer up! I don't actually want to get involved in this. I was joking."
"......"
The problem was that her claim of it being a joke didn't sound like a joke at all.
Leaving the mage staring at her distrustfully, Ireine started out of the room. Then she suddenly spun around and shouted.
"Ah! Damn it! I forgot to ask!"
"What do you mean?"
"You know, that new mage."
"Yes."
"Good-looking?"
"......"
* * *
That day, after spending the day at the mage tower, I immediately left my temporary lodging and headed to an inn.
It was a little ironic, but when it came to security, an inn was a far better option than the mage tower.
"......Eek."
The innkeeper went slightly pale when she saw me and turned away.
It seemed the trauma from last time had left its mark.
"Hehe."
Well, it must have been an unimaginable situation.
I still remembered her face that night, when she had been thrilled at the thought of fleecing a gullible fool.
It had only been punishment proportionate to her crime.
I restored all the inn rooms afterward.
The lodging fee had also been more than three times the original price. Strictly speaking, she hadn't suffered any loss.
I'd set a fair usage fee, after all.
Once I entered my room, I immediately took several materials from my spatial pouch.
Several bundles of herbs, glass bottles filled with magical beast fluid, and refined spirit-stone powder.
After laying them out on the desk one by one,
Thunk!
I placed a small brazier in the middle and set up a barrier formation and soundproofing magic on the floor in case of an explosion.
The entire process flowed smoothly.
Naturally, I had learned this in the archive as well.
[ Alchemical Record of the Golden Branch ]
[ Points required to access: 25,000P ]
[ Would you like to access this material? ]
[ Yes / No ]
[ Record of the Great Unity's Transformations ]
[ Points required to access: 30,000P ]
[ Would you like to access this material? ]
[ Yes / No ]
[ Qi and Blood Tonic Formulae ]
[ Points required to access: 20,000P ]
[ Would you like to access this material? ]
[ Yes / No ]
[ Neon Catalyst ]
[ Points required to access: 20,000P ]
[ Would you like to access this material? ]
[ Yes / No ]
I had acquired roughly everything related to alchemy, elixir refinement, and synthesis.
If I accumulated enough realm and experience, it would not be difficult to become a transcendent-level Grandmaster in an instant.
So preparing this simple formula should be well within my ability...
At least, that was my calculation.
"......Am I nervous?"
I knew that the fruit in my hand was worth a fortune.
If I showed this somewhere, wouldn't I be killed in secret before anyone knew?
What I was about to do was extract and dilute the Jade Dew Fruit's essence.
The fact that the Jade Dew Fruit was treated as something for skincare, on the level of a cucumber face mask, was only true by Transcendent standards.
There was likely no one in Hyeondeok City, myself included, capable of enduring the Jade Dew Fruit's medicinal potency.
The basic preparation would be diluted to roughly one thousandth of its strength.
I would use the ones prepared at around one two-hundredth of its strength, with their potency raised somewhat.
Slice.
I cut off a piece of the flesh, which resembled a large plum.
At the same time, a thick fragrance and sweetness intense enough to sting my nose spread through the entire room.
"Hoo..."
I let out a breath at the overpowering scent, enough to make my head spin.
Someone weak-willed might have absentmindedly taken a bite.
Of course, those fools would have paid with their lives.
I had no desire to have my entire body burst apart from excessive medicinal potency.
"......Good."
Once my briefly shaken mind cleared again, I continued with the prescribed process.
Drip.
I extracted all the medicinal potency from that piece of Jade Dew Fruit into a single liquid.
The liquid filled a small cylinder by a third.
While I waited for a few more drops to fall, I combined the other prepared ingredients in the brazier to make a base.
The result was a translucent liquid enough to fill the entire brazier.
I poured some into another container, then poured all but a little of the completed Jade Dew Fruit concentrate into the brazier.
Boom!
At the same time, a small explosive boom rang out.
The liquids inside the brazier, where the two had blended, remained calm, but the boom itself was intense.
Without the soundproofing spell, it would have caused quite a commotion.
And then came the result.
A cauldron's worth of spiritual medicine, its surface flashing as it boldly announced its presence.
"......That was anticlimactic."
It had succeeded far too easily for all my earlier worries.
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