Inscriptions on the body can increase a warrior's cultivation speed or combat power.

  Like the engraved equipment, the engraved body symbol also has a limited quantity. Depending on the grade of the engraved body symbol and the warrior's physical condition, it can be used at most four or five times.

  The match with Zhang Guanyu is only four months away, and this charm can only be effective within a month of creation. If it's not created within that timeframe, the effect will be greatly reduced, or even worse, it'll just be a waste of time!

  However, wanting to draw a soul symbol within a month is as difficult as ascending to heaven!

  Although there are memories of that masterless soul, wanting to successfully depict it still requires a long time and the use of large amounts of rare materials for cultivation!

  Cultivation is still simple, but the harder part is gathering all the rare materials needed for the Lin's Body Symbol. The rarity of these materials just thinking about it makes Lin Ming shiver!

  Lin Ming currently has two simplest talismans in his memory, one is the Yuanyuan symbol used to increase cultivation speed, and the other is the Douzhi seal used to enhance combat power.

  However, even with these two simplest talismans, listing all the materials used is enough to drive people crazy!

  Just a few drops of the fifth-grade fierce beast's blood, one or two taels are worth 30,000 gold coins. Lin Ming needs to buy two taels, which is 60,000 gold coins, and even if he has the money, there's nowhere to buy it.

  No one in Tianyun Country is a match for a fifth-level ferocious beast. A fifth-level ferocious beast, probably only a post-heavenly peak warrior with strong strength can barely cope!

  This warrior is generally from a major sect or a martial arts family, with the blood of a fifth-level fierce beast. It can only flow out of a major sect and into these small countries at an astronomical price.

  The starlight stone is a meteorite that has fallen from the sky. It's an iron essence that has been condensed through high-temperature burning in the atmosphere, and this kind of iron essence can only be formed naturally by the power of heaven and earth. Not every meteorite produces starlight stones, only those weighing over 1,000 catties may produce one or two catties of starlight stone. The market price for one catty of starlight stone is at least 150,000 taels of gold!

  And extremely hard to find!

  Fortunately, Lin Ming only needed two taels.

  Lin Ming estimated that if everything was sold at the lowest market price, that is to say, every time they encountered some people who occasionally obtained these materials and were eager to get rid of them. Then gathering all these materials would require tens of millions of taels of gold, of course, this was simply a pipe dream!

  These materials, many of which are as valuable as the blood of a fifth-level ferocious beast and Starlight Stones, make the actual cost of money possibly fifty or sixty million taels, or even seventy million taels not uncommon!

  Even if you have 600,000 to 700,000 taels of gold, gathering all these materials would take a year or two with good luck, but without it, it might not be possible even in ten years!

  Even those relatively lower-grade materials on the list would be treasures in the Scriptorium of the Tianyun Kingdom!

  Moreover, the Inscription Guild requires points. Lin Ming's previous points have been used up, if there are no points, the so-called "low-grade" materials will not be sold by the Inscription Guild even for a high price!

  These are all treasures of the Inscription Master Guild.

  Looking at this list, Lin Ming felt a severe headache. He himself was unable to find everything, and now he could only rely on the Crown Prince.

  That's the benefit of joining a major force. The prince has many people under his command and extensive channels, which can help oneself greatly.

  However, even if the crown prince did his best, the materials he could find were limited.

  Lin Ming shook his head and smiled wryly, "I joined the Crown Prince's camp, but I haven't even done one thing yet, and suddenly he wants such a large amount of materials. Let alone those priceless treasures, even relatively low-grade materials would be hard for the Crown Prince to take out."

  Lin Ming was clear that the Crown Prince was not wealthy. Although the Crown Prince's mansion looked impressive, in reality, the expenses of the hundreds of people living there, plus the costs of banquets, gifts, and rewards, as well as the need to win people over and maintain his own power, meant that tens of millions of taels of gold were spent each year.

  This time, the gift for Lin Ming is over a hundred pure True Yuan Stones worth tens of millions of gold coins. A manor near Tianyun City with hundreds of acres of land and dozens of servants and maidservants also costs around ten million gold coins. Adding that priceless Purple Gold Soft Armor, it's at least thirty-something million!

  The prince's financial situation is not as good as some well-known calligraphers, such as Mu Yi and Wang Xuanji. They have a high income but low expenses, and after many years of accumulation, they are already extremely wealthy.

  The prince spends so much money every year, relying solely on the king's salary is a drop in the bucket. The prince's income mainly comes from manors, fields and shops.

  The manor and fields were given to Lin Ming, but the shops, Lin Ming knew that the prince would not have many, because the main shops in Tianyun City were all controlled by the United Chamber of Commerce.

  Compared to the tenth prince who has been on expeditions in all directions and plundered countless times, the crown prince is very poor. Because of his poverty, he cannot attract people, so the crown prince's power has always been suppressed by the tenth prince.

  "This time, the crown prince's gift to me was also a costly one, with a total value of tens of millions of taels of gold. The crown prince took it out all at once, and I'm afraid he might have some cash flow problems now. I just received the gift, but I need materials again, which isn't very suitable. However, I must get these materials, or else I won't be able to collect them myself. It was already a huge effort for me to gather the materials for the Mingyao symbol, let alone this Ming body symbol, which requires even more precious materials. If not, I can only ask the crown prince to help me find a way, and I'll figure out the money myself... That Zhuangzi can be returned to the crown prince first..."

  "Yuán symbol and Dou's seal, two paths of inscribed body symbols, plus my Empty Spirit Martial Intent, combined with the practice of Force like Silk and the Chaotic Mystic Bone Scripture. Four months later, I have confidence in fighting Zhang Guanyu, but six months later, I still don't have a grasp on Ling Sen... This Ling Sen, the stronger I get, the more I can feel his terror..."

  "But the premise is that the prince can find all the materials for the Mingwen symbol. Some of the materials I listed, I'm afraid only the sect would have them. Relying solely on the prince's channels, how many could he find?"

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  Inscriptionists' Guild, Hall of Inscriptions——

  Lin Ming had just stepped into the Lingwen Master Guild when he was immediately discovered by the receptionist who had received him last time. The receptionist's eyes lit up, and she quickly put down her work, walking briskly towards Lin Ming. As she moved, her breathing became slightly hurried.

  Now Lin Ming is not well known in Tianyun City, they have only heard of Lin Ming's name and do not know what Lin Ming looks like. This receptionist had been responsible for Lin Ming's inscription master assessment and had his information. The Inscription Master Guild naturally knew that the dazzling first genius of the Seven Profound Martial House in Tianyun City was actually the young man who had taken their inscription master assessment before.

  This is an extraordinary figure!

  "Mr. Lin." The receptionist brewed a sweet and lovely smile, bent down her small waist to bow to Lin Ming, her good figure matched with the tight-fitting uniform, having a unique charm.

  "Oh, it's you. I wanted to see the director." Lin Ming recognized this receptionist.

  "Alright, follow me." The receptionist's heart skipped a beat as he remembered himself.

  "Thank you."

  "It's my honor to serve Mr. Lin." The receptionist led Lin Ming directly to the study, every day at this time, the master would be in the study, it was the time he taught his granddaughter, Wang Xuanji's martial arts and calligraphy skills had already reached a bottleneck, so he put most of his energy into his granddaughter now.

  The receptionist pushed open the door of the Mingwen room. This was Lin Ming's second time here, as he had taken his previous exam in this very same location.

  At this time, Wang Xuanji was sitting next to a cyan inscription platform, pointing at the finger movements of a girl beside her. The girl wore a white inscription master's long gown and had a delicate appearance. She was none other than Wang Xuanji's granddaughter, Wang Yuheng.

  Wang Xuanji noticed someone behind her and turned around, slightly stunned.

  "Mr. Lin?"

  "Wang Hui Chang." Lin Ming slightly bowed.

  "Ha! Mr. Lin is a rare guest, it's been a long time since he came! I really didn't expect that Mr. Lin not only is a genius in calligraphy, but also a martial arts prodigy! At the age of 15, he defeated the 32nd ranked disciple of the Seven Mystical Martial Arts School, this future is boundless!"

  "Wang Hui Zhang has overpraised." Lin Ming was not surprised at all that the Master's Guild already knew about his situation.

  At this time, Wang Yuhan also stopped the inscription technique in her hand, looking at Lin Ming with a complex expression. She was originally an absolute genius, with a 4th-grade martial arts talent and a 5th-grade soul talent. This qualification, combined together, is even more than Bai Jingyun and Murong Zi's. In the noble circle, the number of aristocratic sons who want to marry Wang Yuhan is not less than that of Bai Jingyun and Murong Zi.

  But compared to the young man in front of her, she was utterly ashamed. Her mastery of talismanic script was off by a huge margin, not to mention her combat prowess. Because Wang Yuheng had focused most of her energy on talismanic script, as for martial arts, she only emphasized cultivation, since talismanic script required deep true yuan, so sufficient cultivation was necessary. As for combat techniques, Wang Yuheng didn't even know the basics, let alone those freaks from the Seven Mysteries Martial Manor, even ordinary cultivators of the same level could defeat her.

  How did this guy cultivate? She started learning about the inscription technique at the age of eight, and there is a difference in the order of cultivation. Even Qin Xuan, who was talented and had a special talent for it, was only equal to her in terms of inscription techniques. But these days, she has made rapid progress, and I'm afraid she has already surpassed Qin Xuan.

  But in comparison to Lin Ming, Wang Yuheng was completely speechless. Even if he had started practicing the art of inscription from birth, it wouldn't be so abnormal, right? He himself was still struggling with basic finger techniques, while Lin Ming could already use the Bright Buddha Plucks the Lotus.

  "Mr. Lin has come today, is there something on his mind?"

  Wang Xuan asked this, Lin Ming felt a bit embarrassed. After all, he was also a registered rune master of the Rune Master Guild, but since his registration, he had never come back. Occasionally coming this time, it was still for materials and rune practice.