The two then went together to a trading house inside the fortress to sell the things they had taken from Jin Hongbo, Long Xi, and the others.
Apart from the important spirit materials, which they kept, they sold everything else, including the Thunderfire Thunderclaps and all the components dismantled from the Heavy Armored Warrior and the Sickle Demon. This brought their funds to just over twenty thousand Talisman Coins, and they headed to the only shop in the fortress that sold spirit mercury.
Business was booming at the shop. Needless to say, this had a great deal to do with Master Artisan Bu Wenmo's lecture.
The two waited in line for quite some time before their turn finally came. They went inside at once and told the shop attendant, "We'd each like one jin of spirit blood. Please help us exchange our blood."
"Certainly. Please come inside, honored guests. The Puppet Master employed by our shop is Craftsman Lin, a disciple of Master Artisan Bu who holds the rank of True Disciple in the Creation Sect!"
Led by the attendant, the two entered the inner room and found a woman who looked around forty already waiting for them.
Li Chen thought she looked familiar. Then it struck him-wasn't she one of the disciples who had accompanied Master Artisan Bu to the lecture?
Craftsman Lin motioned for them to sit in the chairs and had the attendant bring hot tea and blankets. With a slight smile, she said, "A fresh infusion of spirit blood may cause some discomfort. Please bear with it."
"Thank you, Craftsman Lin," the two hurriedly replied, wrapping themselves in the blankets and drinking the hot tea.
The middle-aged woman then inserted specially made steel needles into Li Chen's and You An's wrists.
The needles were connected to