In the City of Arcana, at Maximus’ Manor:
Two weeks later.
Maximus took a break from his battles because today his children were going back to school.
“Are you having problems living here, Amara?”
A week ago, Maximus had invited Amara to live here to get used to it.
Living in another place was just too expensive.
Of course, the real reason was for his son Liam and Amara to get closer.
“There’s nothing wrong, Uncle; it’s so homey here,” Amara said sincerely.
Here, Amara felt like she was at home again.
She had Lily and the girls to talk to about everything.
There was also the shameless Liam who always made her laugh.
Since moving here, Amara found herself smiling more and more.
“Hmm, that’s good.”
“I’ve already registered you in the Lumina Crystalis Guild.”
“Just follow Liam and the others; they’re your classmates.”
“Thank you, Uncle,” Amara said, truly grateful towards Uncle Maximus for all the things he had done.
She vowed to someday repay Uncle Maximus, whatever it takes.
If Maximus knew her thoughts, he would probably just say, “Why don’t you give me one or two grandchildren?”
“It’s nothing; alright, here is your ride,” Maximus said, hearing the autonomous vehicle parking.
“Goodbye, children; be good at school!”
“Don’t worry, Daddy. We’re already used to school,” Lyla said.
“We’re always good,” Serene and Cyra pouted.
The others also commented, saying their goodbyes.
“Study hard, Liam,” Maximus said meaningfully patting him.
“Of course, Father,” Liam said, blushing.
“Hmm, good.”
Although he would like for the two to get married quickly and give him some grandchildren.
They were still kids and should focus on what’s important.
Seeing them leave, he sighed.
His wives were still training with Hina and were barely at home.
Looking at the empty place, he thought about what to do next.
As for fighting on the ancient battlefield?
Just the thought of it made his mind numb.
Although he won all the fights, it got harder and harder for him to do so.
Each fight required his full focus, as one mistake could lead to his defeat.
“Hmm, how about I visit Edward…”
“Just right; it’s also time to sell tier 6 potions!”
…
In the Silver Leaf Floating City, at the Jewel Crown Pavilion:
“Welcome, host,” Edward bowed.
“Hmm, the shop has changed so much…”
It’s only been a few months, and the shop has become several times bigger.
“It’s for the wild alchemists who joined the pavilion.”
“Oh, how are they now?”
“I have recruited more than a thousand Tier 1 alchemists, 300 Tier 2 alchemists, 57 Tier 3 alchemists, and 3 Tier 4 alchemists.”
“There are no Tier 5 alchemists?”
“It’s too difficult to hire. Furthermore, our contracts are so strict,” Edward expressed his difficulties.
After all, the alchemists joining the Jewel Crown Pavilion basically committed themselves to a lifetime contract.
“Don’t worry about that; take your time…” Maximus didn’t really care about the lack of alchemists.
The main source of potions is still his system.
“Then let’s see how these wild alchemists are doing now.”
“Right away, host…” Edward led the way around the shop, reaching the alchemist workshop.
Here, a line of alchemists was concentrating on alchemy, trying over and over again.
Even in the face of failure, it seemed as if nothing happened as they calmly took out more alchemical materials.
“Shop owner!”
A few finally noticed them watching.
“You’re here, shop owner!”
“Hmm, continue with your work…” 𝞸𝗏𝑳xt.𝗰𝗈𝑚
Seeing that Edward didn’t need anything, they went back to work.
They were truly grateful to Edward.
Although it seemed that they had signed a slave contract.
It was only to prevent them from going to the other workshop, wasting the training the pavilion invested in them.
They basically had an unlimited supply of alchemical materials.
Potioneering alchemy was not too difficult using a pile of materials.
Now, they had become proficient in potioneering alchemy.
Sometimes they even managed to create high-quality potions, which they didn’t dare to think of previously.
Unfortunately, they couldn’t achieve the shop owner’s skill level, creating top-quality potions at a stable rate.
Satisfied with what he saw, Maximus returned to the office to talk to Edward.
“How much is the profit this month?” Maximus inquired.
“About 1.73 billion low magic crystals,” Edward calculated.
“Hmm, it’s about to reach 2 billion,” Maximus nodded, satisfied.
Since he upgraded Edward, the amount and variety of potions he provided had tripled.
“This month, we will begin selling Tier 6 Synergy potions.”
Synergy potions are similar to mystic potions and elemental potions; they’re cultivation potions.
Tier 6 is about merging the soul and body, and synergy potions just hasten that process.
“Alright, host,” Edward just nodded.
His disguised identity was already a Tier 6 archmage and Tier 6 alchemist.
After a few months, selling Tier 6 potions wasn’t considered unusual.
“Hmm, just sell 10,000 high-quality and 100,000 mid-quality ones.”
Tier 6 synergy potions cost 1,000 magic crystals in the system.
Here, due to demand, they cost 15,000 magic crystals.
As for selling mid-quality potions.
It’s to show that Edward is not some monster, only selling high-quality potions.
“Furthermore, you should open a virtual shop in the World Trade Realm.”
“I’m already working on that, host.”
In the beginning, Edward didn’t bother to set up a virtual shop as they were only selling in-demand high-grade potions, which were in short supply.
But with the addition of the wild alchemists he recruited, the shop had more excess low and medium-quality potions.
“That’s good. I’ll have my token spirit process it a bit faster,” Maximus nodded at Edward’s initiative.
During their talk, he blocked Tintin from any activity, so he needed to tell it later.
Soon, they talked more about various plans and possible improvements to the shop.
…
A month later…
In the virtual world, Ancient Battlefield:
“Huh!”
“I was finally defeated…”
Instead of being sad about his loss, Maximus was happy.
“I can finally rest!” Maximus muttered happily.
That’s right, during this month, he had been grinding on the ancient battlefield with only a few hours of rest.
But looking at his winning streak, he felt it was worth it.
[Maximus Shadowcrest: Rank 4 Silver
Battles: 6,576
Wins: 6,574
Losses: 2
Ties: 0
Battle Power: 14,913
Reward: 50,191-day energy equivalent]
“Now it’s time for another upgrade!”
After a month and a half, his potential points had shot through 50 million points.
Without hesitation, he started to upgrade.
…
A day later,
“Huh!” Maximus’s breath caused a little turbulence as the mana suddenly rioted.
“Calm down…” Maximus muttered as the mana suddenly became obedient.
“Really effective…”
Gaia’s Primas Genesis is like tuning yourself into a world.
As he grew in strength, his influence on the world became more significant.
Just now, he didn’t control himself, and the mana suddenly became turbulent.
“41 Elemental soul paths…” This is what he did in just a day.
Maximus didn’t think that he could condense all of that in just a day.
If it were not for enough potential points, he could still go on.
50 thousand days worth of energy is equivalent to at least 500 elements.
Another half, and there’s no problem condensing all elemental soul paths.
“Sigh, I need to fight some more.” Maximus sighed.
…
While Maximus was desperately fighting in the ancient domain to acquire enough energy.
Liam and Amara were having a date.
“Is it okay to skip class like this?” Amara asked nervously.
“Don’t worry, as long as you pass the monthly test, the teacher will not say anything,” Liam explained.
“Oh, then why are we skipping class?” Amara asked.
During these months, she had been very diligent in class.
Often gaining the teacher’s attention due to her talent and comprehension.
She didn’t know what had come to Liam’s mind suddenly inviting her out.
“It’s to show you around City of Arcana. You’ve always been studying, and you don’t get to see good things,” Liam said.
Although his father and mothers were busy with their training, they would still travel every month or so.
“Then show me around,” Amara gave a sweet smile that almost melted Liam.
“Hmm,” Liam was embarrassed but courageous.
Holding Amara’s hand, they toured around the City of Arcana.
…
In Lumina Crysalis, Grade 2:
“Psst, why is your brother not here?” Ella poked Max’s side.
“I don’t know. Why?”
“Aren’t you curious?”
“Why would I be? He’s probably with Sister Amara,” Max muttered.
Liam and Amara were like glued together, so Max guessed that they were together outside.
It’s not like skipping class was a new thing.
From time to time, Max and Nathan would skip too.
With the large allowance their father gave them, there were a lot of things they could do.
Even his sisters sometimes skipped class to hang out with some friends.
“Tsk, insensitive idiot…” Ella muttered silently.
Of course, she knew that Brother Liam was with Sister Amara.
The reason she asked was so that Max could also invite her to skip class.
“What?” Max asked as he didn’t hear what she said.
“I said you should treat me to ice cream,” Ella said.
Since Max couldn’t take the initiative, it was up to her.
“Alright, I’ll treat you after class.”
“No, I want it now,” Ella pouted.
“Fine, should I ask for delivery?” Max asked ignorantly.
“I want Hagel Plum Ice cream; it’s not possible to order takeout.”
“So troublesome,” Max complained a little.
“What, you don’t want to?!” Ella raised her voice a little as if wanting to beat Max.
“Fine, but you should also treat me later,” Max compromised.
“Hehe, let’s go~” Ella grabbed Max and dragged him out.
“Sigh, kids these days…” The teacher sighed, seeing the two skipping class arrogantly.