Ming smiled and shook his head: "Liao brother is overpraising me, I also have a powerful master to achieve this. By the way, since Zhu Yan has already left Tianyun City, what about Lan Yunyue? Did she leave with him?"

  Although he had nothing to do with Lan Yunyue anymore, Lin Ming still asked about her. Now that Zhu Yan was probably out of his mind, it was unlikely that he wouldn't take it out on Lan Yunyue.

  Liao Wenyuan smiled and said, "Don't worry, Lin brothers. Lan Yunyue is fine, but she has already withdrawn from the Seventh Xuanwu Sect. She's currently still staying in Tianyun City, and the Crown Prince has secretly sent someone to protect her."

  "Oh? Lan Yunyue has dropped out...” Lin Ming was slightly stunned, but the prince really had thought it through, even considering Lan Yunyue. Joining a faction indeed had practical benefits; many things didn't need to be worried about, as there were people who would take care of them neatly."

  Liao Wenyuan said: "I've said all I need to say, I'll leave first, Brother Lin can continue with the work."

  "En, thank you, Liao Gege."

  "Ah, it's only right."

  Farewell to Liao Wenyuan, Lin Ming continued to walk towards the Mingwen Master Guild. The materials he wanted to buy couldn't be obtained just by relying on the prince; he still needed to think of another way.

  If I can create an inscription that moves the hearts of all post-heavenly martial artists in Tianyun Country, and get all the post-heavenly martial artists in the country to help me search, it should be possible to gather them all within a short period of time...

  This was Lin Ming's previous plan and the only way he could think of.

  As Lin Ming's inscription skills improved, he was able to create talismans that could move the hearts of post-heavenly warriors. He had barely managed to do so. However, this method was slightly flashy.

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  Epigraphic Society

  "Mr. Lin!" exclaimed Wang Yuheng, who had been waiting for a while in the study room, when he saw Lin Ming.

  "Miss Wang, sorry about that. Something came up and it took a bit longer." Last night, due to the Rubik's Cube space, Lin Ming's soul force was consumed too much, so he didn't get up early in the morning and went to the waterfall cold pool for training, which delayed things a bit.

  "There are already many guests waiting." Wang Yuheng pointed to the hall.

  Lin Ming looked back and saw that there were already seven or eight people gathered in the hall. Normally, at this time, there would only be two or three people.

  Yesterday, Lin Ming repeatedly took action, whether it was repairing or drawing, and each time he successfully completed the task. Moreover, what surprised these warriors the most was that the effect of the inscriptions drawn by Lin Ming was even higher than that of an ordinary inscription master!

  Normally, to achieve this effect, it would require the top-notch inscription masters of Tianyun Country, such as Wang Xuanji, to personally take action.

  But Wang Xuanji is a figure of this level, ordinary people can't even invite him. Even if they are invited, the price he charges is not something that ordinary warriors can afford.

  Lin Ming's prices were very affordable, but the service he provided was not much worse than that of top-notch calligraphers. As a result, many customers came to know about him.

  "I heard that the guest engraver is only in his teens, I don't know if it's true or not." A customer said casually. He brought a mid-grade treasure today that he hadn't used much, and he had already had it for half a year, but he couldn't find a suitable engraving symbol. Ordinary engraving symbols were beneath him, while top-level ones were either too expensive or didn't quite meet his expectations. Since he cultivated cold attribute true yuan, he wanted to get an engraving symbol that matched his true yuan attribute.

  But yesterday he heard that the new guest engraver of the Engraving Association had created a "Frosty Guardian", and after the engraving, even the armor turned ice blue. So he came to line up before dawn today, and now he has been waiting for more than half a day, but this warrior didn't show any impatience. The earlier you come, the earlier you will be in line. When the engraver first starts working, his spiritual power and true yuan are at their fullest, and it's also the easiest time to produce top-quality items. But as time goes on, the probability of producing top-quality items becomes smaller and smaller.

  "It's true, my friend came yesterday and saw it with his own eyes, that Linwen Shi is just a young man."

  "What's wrong with this world, isn't epigraphy supposed to be difficult? He's so young and already at this level, surpassing Wang Xuanji in a few years will be as easy as eating and drinking."

  "Nowadays, kids are getting more and more amazing. A few years ago, there was Qin Xuan, half a month ago, there was Lin Ming, and now, another genius in Mingwen has emerged. Where did this kid come from? I've never heard of him before."

  "It shouldn't be the people of Tianyun Country, our Tianyun Country's inscription technique is not that great to begin with. In some places on the mainland, there are families that specialize in special occupations, such as array masters, alchemists, inscription masters, and artifact refiners. These families have been passed down for thousands of years, far longer than Tianyun Country. Each generation selects outstanding spiritual talent from their descendants, and a pair of high-spiritual-talent men and women marry to produce children with a high probability of having high-level spiritual talent. Over time, in those families, five-grade spiritual talent is not uncommon. Moreover, they have accumulated many inherited secret methods throughout their long history, so their inscription technique is much more powerful than that of ordinary inscription masters."

  An experienced old man stroked his beard and said slowly that what he said was not a secret at all. Not only do special professions have specialized families, but martial arts also have ancient families with long histories of inheritance. For example, among the current core disciples of the Seven Profound Martial House, except for Qin Xuan, the others are all from the Xiū Wǔ family. Lin Ming is also considered one of them.

  "The guest calligrapher has arrived, everyone. I apologize for the wait. We can now begin." The receptionist walked over and said with courtesy as people were discussing.

  United Commercial Bank, Tianyun City Headquarters

  In a lavishly decorated room, Zhang Guanyu reclined on the bed, holding an exquisite eggshell porcelain golden silk bowl, savoring the milky white liquid in it.

  This liquid is thick and fragrant, it's milk, but not cow's milk or goat's milk, rather a woman's breast milk.

  In general, the mansions of princes and nobles would raise some wet nurses to squeeze out breast milk for the enjoyment of the nobility. Human breast milk was considered the most nutritious among all types of milk. The growth of infants was closely related to whether they were fed breast milk and the length of time they were breastfed. Therefore, it was a common practice in Tianyun Kingdom for nobles to raise wet nurses in their mansions.

  Generally, the profession of wet nurse is taken up by women who have given birth to children but lost them or given them away. These women mostly come from rural areas and are usually only those with poor family backgrounds who would take on this work to supplement their household income.

  An old saying says that women with big buttocks are good at raising children, so generally speaking, women who have sufficient breast milk tend to be a bit plump. Adding to this, rural women often start working in the fields from a young age and their skin becomes coarse and unattractive due to exposure to sun and rain.

  Zhang Guanyu was a man who had high standards for his wet nurses. He believed that the usual type of woman who served as a wet nurse would seriously affect his "appetite", so he insisted on hiring only beautiful young women to be his wet nurses, many of whom were concubines from wealthy families, around 20 years old, and looked gentle and charming.

  The power of the Chamber of Commerce is vast, and some big families, in order to please Zhang Guanyu, actively offer their concubines. Some are forced by Zhang Guanyu and have no choice but to present their concubines obediently. As for the children born to these concubines, they can only be raised by the wet nurses of the mansion.

  Some concubines have weak bodies and little milk, but that's okay. Zhang Guanyu particularly likes this kind of thing, he thinks this kind of milk is the most fragrant and precious.

  Sometimes, some very young and beautiful concubines would even be directly admitted to the harem by Zhang Guanyu, who was interested in all kinds of beauties, including married women.

  "Found it?" Zhang Guanyu slowly savored the milk in her bowl and lazily asked.

  "Returning Young Master, I've found it." The speaker was a man in his forties with a long and steady breath, a strong heartbeat, clearly possessing the power of the Practicing Qi stage.

  "En, we're going." Zhang Guanyu said, finishing the milk in his bowl in one gulp, and licking his lips with some excitement, looking rather ferocious.

  "Master... is this really...?" The middle-aged man trailed off, hesitant to continue.

  "Huh? Are you afraid of offending Lin Ming?"

  "Master, Lin Ming has now become a quasi-core disciple of the Seven Profound Martial World. If he rises to power in the future and becomes one of the Seven Envoys or even the Sect Master, it will be difficult for us if we have offended him..."

  "You mean I should just surrender and let him step on me to get ahead, and that's how I'll be considered a good friend of Lin Ming?" Zhang Guanyu's voice suddenly turned cold.

  The middle-aged man hastily said: "Young master, I didn't mean it that way."

  "Hum! The Seventh Martial House is pushing me and Lin Ming to opposite sides, so we can't get along peacefully! Are you asking me to concede without a fight? Even if I conceded, would Lin Ming appreciate it? The Seventh Martial House wants me to be Lin Ming's stepping stone, but they don't know that I'm not a stepping stone, I'm an iron thistle, whoever steps on me will die!"

  Zhang Guanyu's martial heart is arrogant, he can tolerate someone being stronger than him from the start, but he cannot bear to see a man younger than him catching up and surpassing him, especially Lin Ming who is five years younger than him!

  He had been extremely displeased with Lin Ming for stealing his thunder, and four months later, this battle would inevitably be presented to the attention of the people of Tianyun Country. In such a situation, if he lost, he would lose face completely. With Zhang Guanyu's pride, he couldn't accept such a thing.

  Actually, in this battle four months later, Zhang Guanyu was completely confident of winning. However, even if he won, he still felt that Lin Ming would surpass him. At that time, Lin Ming would definitely challenge him again and defeat him, so the result would be the same!

  Zhang Guanyu had a premonition that if he was ever defeated by Lin Ming one day, then he would be surpassed by Lin Ming forever and never be able to turn the tables!

  This would crush his pride, this knot, can't be untied! Because he can no longer surpass Lin Ming!

  Zhang Guanyu absolutely did not want to see such a thing happen.