I Became the Alchemy Master by Picking Up Trash-Chapter 53 - 52: The Tri-Class Alliance

Inside the flying device, Ye Qingting fiddled with the Preservation Jade Box, his mind lost in thoughts, his expression solemn. Cui Tianxiao couldn’t resist teasing him, "What’s wrong, just parted and already missing someone?"

Ye Qingting felt overwhelmed, Cui Tianxiao’s mind was truly filled with nonsense, how did he ever become friends with him in the first place?

"Qingtian, don’t be sad. I have a feeling that our fate with Xing isn’t over yet, she will definitely come to Harssas! When Xing comes, we’ll recruit people to form a team. You and I are martial masters, Xing might be an amateur healing master, but she’s good at pharmacy, making her perfectly capable of being the group’s healer. Then we just need to find a talisman master and our lineup will be complete.

Next year’s combat class, we’ll finally be able to really go at it with the higher-grade teams, beating them so badly their own mothers wouldn’t recognize them. Let’s see if they dare to strut around arrogantly in front of us again, wahahaha!"

Seeing Cui Tianxiao’s face full of anticipation, Ye Qingting’s gaze softened as well, he said, "It doesn’t matter whether we find a talisman master or not, as long as we can get Li Xing to join in, the lineup will be complete."

"How will it be complete?" Cui Tianxiao was puzzled. "Which one of us can be the talisman master? I can’t, it’s on you."

"Neither of us need to, because Li Xing is also a talisman master!"

Cui Tianxiao was shocked, "What? Impossible!"

Being able to make medicine was already impressive, and she can even perform complex talisman carvings, how much heavier must Li Xing’s brain be than his!

Ye Qingting said seriously, "Initially, I thought it was impossible too, but after some reasoning, I found it’s the only logical explanation. Do you have anything bought from Yang Dawei? Take it out."

"Why?" Cui Tianxiao switched to autopilot mode and took out the purifier disc.

"Look at the markings on the disc, what do you think they look like?"

Cui Tianxiao squinted, carefully identifying the tiny speck-like insignia: "It looks like a flower, and also like a star, what’s up?"

Cui Tianxiao had seen this mark at Yang Dawei’s shop a long time ago, every top-notch item there bore this mark. 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

According to Yang Dawei, his shop was in collaboration with a senior talisman master, and anything coming from this master was engraved with this trademark for patent indication.

"Still don’t understand?"

Understand what? Isn’t it just a Flower Star mark? Wait, wait a moment...

Flower... little white flower, pentagram star... Li Xing.

"Holy crap!" Cui Tianxiao exclaimed but then quickly came to terms, saying, "Qingtian, you’re not saying Li Xing is that senior talisman master just because this Flower Star mark connects to her name, right? It’s just a coincidence, too far-fetched as evidence."

Ye Qingting unhurriedly said, "Just listen to my analysis. On this Jade Box, it bears the same Flower Star mark, proving it’s from the same master as the high-end items in Yang Dawei’s shop, isn’t that right? But we’ve been to Yang Dawei’s shop many times, we’ve never seen this kind of Jade Box, do you think given Yang Dawei’s personality, he would hide such high-value goods and not sell them for money?"

Yang Dawei knew Ye Qingting’s background, this Preservation Jade Box would directly target Qingtian’s heart, even if Yang Dawei asked for an extortionate price, Qingtian would definitely not give it up. If the sucker walked right in, how could Yang Dawei resist fleecing him?

That guy is all about the money, this is too abnormal, there must be something peculiar.

"Indeed, if he wasn’t being mysteriously secretive, then the fact is he hasn’t obtained the Jade Box yet!"

"Exactly!" Ye Qingting nodded, "This matches Yang Dawei’s behavior patterns."

After a pause, he continued, "Think about it, if Yang Dawei hasn’t gotten it yet but Li Xing already has it, what does that tell you?"

Cui Tianxiao scratched his head, "It tells us... that senior talisman master prioritized selling goods to Li Xing?"

Ye Qingting nodded, "That’s certainly a possibility, but take a look at this."

Ye Qingting took out the glass bottle containing Spirit Fruit Powder and pointed to an inconspicuous indent at the bottom, inside was a tiny black dot similar to the head of a needle. Cui Tianxiao had to use spiritual power to see it clearly, the black dot was unmistakably the familiar Flower Star mark.

This time Ye Qingting didn’t need to explain, Cui Tianxiao understood.

What kind of senior talisman master would be down-to-earth enough to engrave a mark on even a glass bottle for sale?

Moreover, the Spirit Fruit Powder was made by Li Xing, why would she use a bottle marked exclusively for someone else? Isn’t she afraid it would cause misunderstandings? Unless — unless she is the creator herself, and out of habit, marks everything she handles, even a glass bottle with her unique insignia.

Analyzing it this way, Li Xing is definitely the senior talisman master Yang Dawei spoke of. Yang Dawei doesn’t have the Jade Box simply because Li Xing hasn’t had the chance to supply him!

Cui Tianxiao clicked his tongue, "Qingtian, did you know this all along? Why didn’t you remind me, if I’d known this earlier, I’d have begged and pleaded to have Xing settle down in Harssas!"

Combining martial, talisman, and healing professions, such a genius among geniuses, there aren’t many in the entire history of Qianyuan!

Ye Qingting pursed his lips in silence, a person like Li Xing will shine wherever she goes, he’s really not sure she’ll definitely come to Harssas, after all, it’s the lowest-ranked among the four great schools, she might not be impressed.

"Qingtian, you’re right! I now also suspect her aptitude test was inaccurate, I’m not sure about the Primordial Spirit, but the spiritual power aspect, there must be an issue!"

In a sense, spiritual power and intellect have a corresponding relationship, someone who can simultaneously study talisman and healing and achieve good results must have extraordinary intelligence, but if there isn’t enough spiritual power to support it, maintaining mental capabilities is difficult.

"Qingtian, who do you think Li Xing really is? Should we look into her background? Is she really from downtown?"

Ye Qingting shook his head in disagreement, "You yourself are also a double black, if someone were to investigate your background, would you like it? Besides, haven’t you forgotten the proverb?"

An ancient Qianyuan proverb says: Every double black has secrets, don’t pry, or you’ll fall into the abyss.

With Ye Qingting’s rebuke, Cui Tianxiao also felt that his words were inappropriate.

"I, I was just saying it casually. I take Li Xing as a friend, I wouldn’t harm her."

"If you truly regard her as a friend, then respect her privacy, publicly only say she’s an amateur healing master, don’t expose her identity as a talisman master, it’s better for everyone that way."

The tree standing out in the forest is sure to be destroyed by the wind, Li Xing surely understands this principle, otherwise, she wouldn’t have placed the Jade Box on Yang Dawei’s head.

"I understand."

Ye Qingting had a feeling that Li Xing deliberately left clues for him to discover, just to see their reaction after knowing the truth.

Through this period of interaction, Ye Qingting from the bottom of his heart recognized Li Xing’s character and talent, he believed Li Xing had a favorable impression of him and Ah Xiao too, whether they will have deeper connections relies on their reactions to knowing the truth.

No matter what intentions he and Ah Xiao have, if they ever reveal Li Xing’s triple profession identity, then that will be where their relationship ends, no chance to take it further.