Potion Venerable
"Sea Emperor, check when they're setting off." Gu Ding clearly wasn't going to give up.
"We will depart in three days, accompanied by several major forces, including the Freedom Alliance, the Medicine God Alliance, and the Divine Armory Pavilion." The Sea Emperor quickly found out the results.
"Everyone, use your brains and see if there's any way to sneak in," Gu Ding said, then turned to the others.
"Gu Ding, we don't actually need to go in as Interstellar Pirate. Aren't you a pharmacist? We can contact the Medicine God Alliance and sneak in as pharmacists," Miko quickly offered her suggestion.
"That's a good suggestion, but my status as a pharmacist in the Medicine God Alliance is that of a nobody. Apart from my teacher and the others, I hardly know anyone and can't even speak to anyone. I don't even know the name of the leader of the Medicine God Alliance..."
Although Gu Ding possessed exceptional talent in potion-making, he spent less than one percent of his cultivation time on it. Even after passing the assessment, his potion-making level was only at the two-star god level, allowing him to only refine potions for Mid-rank God. Within the Medicine God Alliance, those who held influence could refine potions at the true god level; Gu Ding's current level was far from sufficient.
When those forces came to inquire about information and wanted to leave their contact information, Gu Ding refused, saying that he had already accepted the Federal Government's invitation to cooperate. Now he regrets his decision.
"Sea Emperor, you should contact Stda of the Freedom Alliance. With his cultivation talent, he should know some high-ranking members of the Freedom Alliance."
Stda, from the Freedom Alliance. He was Gu Ding had met at the Or ruins. Although they hadn't interacted much, they had fought side-by-side and killed insectoid beasts together, so they had exchanged contact information.
The communication line was quickly established, and Gu Ding contacted them. Stda seemed somewhat surprised. After they separated at the Or ruins, Stda had frequently seen news about Gu Ding on the SkyNet and was amazed by the rapid growth of Gu Ding Team.
"Gu Ding, you're a big celebrity now. You recently escaped from prison and were wanted by the Federal Government. What can I do for you?" Stda teased with a smile.
"You've probably heard about the Second Time Axis, haven't you?" Beating around the bush was never in Gu Ding's nature. He went straight to the point.
"Hmm. I heard about it. What's wrong?" Stda had no idea what Gu Ding was up to.
"I want to go into that Time Plane with your Freedom Alliance, so I need your help to pass on this message to the higher-ups of the Freedom Alliance," Gu Ding said bluntly.
"Okay, I'll talk to our Head Instructor and see if he can get in touch with higher-ups." Stda readily agreed.
About half an hour later, Stda's number called.
"Our Head Instructor just contacted the higher-ups. They said the Federal Government has strictly limited the number of people from other forces entering, and the number of places available for other forces has been drastically reduced. If you had come a day earlier, there would have been a way, but today all the places have been allocated. Many powerful figures within the organization are arguing fiercely over the places, and they are not willing to give them up."
"I understand." Gu Ding could easily guess that the limit on the number of people was proposed by those few Ultra-Left Faction gods. "Thank you for helping to pass on the message."
"Don't say that, I wasn't much of a help either," Stda, somewhat embarrassed.
After hanging up the call, Sea Emperor suggested, "Let's try the Medicine God Alliance."
"But I don't know anyone in the Medicine God Alliance at all, let alone have any contact with the higher-ups."
Gu Ding somewhat regretted not spending more time on potion concoction. Otherwise, even if he couldn't concoct True God-level potions now, concocting Half-Step True God- level potions shouldn't be too difficult. In that case, he could obtain a five-star Divine Alchemist qualification certificate, which should give him a chance to come into contact with high-ranking individuals capable of concocting True God-level potions.
"It doesn't matter if we don't know them. Let's give it a try. Anyway, the work email of the Medicine God Alliance Leader Potion Venerable, is public to all members of the Medicine God Alliance. We just need to add our signature— Gu Ding Pirate Crew —and we might get noticed. After all, we're somewhat famous in the Universe Sea now." The Sea Emperor thought it was worth a try.
"Alright then, there's no better way anyway." Gu Ding immediately agreed.
Sea Emperor quickly drafted an email, revised it several times based on everyone's suggestions, and sent it out with the subject line "Gu Ding Pirate Crew".
Although the Potion Venerable was the leader of the Medicine God Alliance, he was actually quite free most of the time, aside from refining medicine. Because of this, he would occasionally check his email to see if anything interesting had happened, as a form of amusement.
As a high-ranking member of Medicine King Valley, many events occurring Medicine King Valley were automatically reported to his email. What impressed him most was a duel in alchemy over 30,000 years ago. The participants were two top figures from the Medicine God Alliance, both True God-level alchemists. They decided to duel in Medicine King Valley over a single ingredient. The duel lasted for over three months, with the two concocting tens of thousands of different potions without a clear winner. However, it also led to a significant leap in Potion Venerable's alchemy skills.
From then on, he developed a good habit of frequently checking his email. This habit rarely changed, even when he was extremely busy; he always managed to find time to check his inbox. Sometimes, when he saw interesting videos from Medicine King Valley, he would use a different account to like them.
On this day, after arranging the matters for the expedition to the Second Time Plane, he opened his email again.
Just then, the system notified him of an email. He glanced at it casually and saw the words "Gu Ding Pirate Crew" in the title.
"The Gu Ding Pirate Crew, is it that alchemist Gu Ding?" Upon recalling the name Gu Ding, the Potion Venerable immediately opened the email. He had noticed Gu Ding three years ago, and back then, his teacher, the Medicine Ancestor, had even requested Gu Ding's information. However, in recent years, Gu Ding had been imprisoned and had not appeared, so the name had become somewhat unfamiliar.
After reading the email, Potion Venerable frowned slightly. "This is troublesome. The spots were allocated early this morning. If only one or two can be squeezed out, it won't be a big problem, but the Gu Ding Pirate Crew has more than ten members..."
After glancing at the contact number left at the bottom of the email, Potion Venerable dialed it using video mode.
"A video call has come in from an unknown number, it seems to be from the Medicine God Alliance." The Sea Emperor's side reacted immediately.
"Connect it!" Gu Ding nodded.
As soon as the call connected, an image of a Middle-Aged Man in a white robe was projected in front of everyone.
"Greetings, members of the Gu Ding Pirate Crew. I am the Potion Venerable of the Medicine God Alliance." The middle-aged man exuded an extremely powerful aura. His gaze swept over the crowd and finally landed on Gu Ding.
"Are you really the leader of the Medicine God Alliance, Potion Venerable? Why would you take the initiative to contact us?" Gu Ding was full of doubts. He didn't even know who Potion Venerable was before, and it could be said that he had no connection with him at all.
"Didn't you just email me saying you wanted to participate in this exploration of the Time Plane?" When Gu Ding asked, Potion Venerable thought the email was a prank. "You didn't send that email?"
"It's true that we sent the email, but..." Gu Ding still couldn't quite understand.
"Actually, I noticed you three years ago. I watched you concoct potions, but I haven't contacted you before for some other reasons. Let's talk business first, and leave the small talk for another time." The Potion Venerable's words finally answered some of Gu Ding's doubts.
"It's not impossible for you to get a spot in the Time Plane, but all our spots were allocated early this morning. We can only squeeze out two or three spots for you at most. But how many people are in your Pirate Crew ..." Potion Venerable explained.
"One spot is enough. I can let others enter my Miniature World." Gu Ding didn't expect the Potion Venerable to be so agreeable.
"If it's just one spot, then there's no problem." The Potion Venerable readily agreed. "The departure date is three days from now. Can you get to our headquarters within three days?"
"Three days is no problem. With the performance of this spaceship, it can arrive in two days if we activate the longest distance transmission." The Sea Emperor reminded Gu Ding.
"We can get there in time." Gu Ding nodded immediately.
"That's good, see you then!"
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[How strange, why have the number of clicks doubled in the last two days? Is there some kind of recommendation? I didn't see any notification in the backend... Or did some big shot give my chapter a recommendation?] (To be continued~^~)