Apotheosis

Judging from the look on Gant's face, it was possible that this Snow Sword involved a sad story.

However, Zen ignored his reaction since this was obviously the matter of the Su Clan.

Carefully, he stowed the long sword. For some reason, Gant immediately followed when he went out of the Best Swords Shop.

"How much longer are you going to keep following me?" Zen asked, getting a little annoyed.

Gant seemed a bit troubled. But he answered almost immediately, "Okay, I have decided now!"

"What have you decided about?" Zen inquired as he became intrigued.

"I'll go with you and join your crew!" Gant replied earnestly.

"Huh? You want to join my crew?" Zen was a little bit shocked with Gant's forwardness. "You are a Flag Master, right?"

To this, Gant promptly responded, "Yes. Nonetheless, I don't have any problem with giving it up. The Flag Master I followed and supported before has been promoted to an Alliance Chief. Naturally, I took up his post as the Flag Master. He is about to participate in the competition for becoming a Oneness Guard. Therefore, I am now free to do anything I want!"

In accordance with the rules of the Dragon City, a person was allowed to relinquish the position of a Flag Master. However, cases like these were pretty uncommon.

In addition to that, the cultivation base of Gant was even higher than Zen's!

"But if you surrender your post as the Flag Master, you will not be able to enter the Dragon City anymore. Am I right?" Even though Zen wanted his crew to grow even stronger, he was still having second thoughts about letting Gant join them.

"It's alright. You don't have to worry about that. I have secret and special ways of getting in and out of the Dragon City," Gant replied with a sly smile.

"One final question, why do you wish to follow me?" Zen queried.

Gant's face betrayed a subtle hint of shrewdness as he chuckled and told him, "Hey, I just wanted to follow and support a rich man."

With that, Zen accepted Gant's request to join him. After all, the Su Clan was known for their great skill in weapon refining for generations. Thus, Gant would be a good addition to their crew. In any case, Zen felt as though he wanted to join their crew for a much deeper reason. There was a high possibility that it was because of the sword he had just purchased.

Needless to say, Gant gave up his flag the moment they stepped out of the Dragon City. He walked towards an old man and recorded his action.

Later on, they headed down to the marketplace outside the Dragon City.

The market here was a massive one. Since they had quite some time to spare, Zen began wandering around and checking the different commodities available here.

Although it didn't quite rival the Dragon City, there were lots of peculiar things being sold here. And strangely enough, they were very cheap. He even saw a vendor selling Latent Theurgies sealed with runes

of your ability and strength still stays in the Dragon City."

"You know what, I also ask myself the same question," replied Zen as he merely shrugged.

From the Ear Mouse alone, Zen acquired fifteen million divine crystals. But since then, he had purchased many things. Now, he had not many divine crystals left.

If he didn't use the inheritance Chiyou left him, he would definitely be impoverished by now.

Beldene's suggestion would greatly improve their situation. Furthermore, they could earn more divine crystals.

Having decided on that, they instantly bought two hundred small bottles of Heavenly Pure Liquid from the market. They would be able to sell each bottle of pure Sword-reading Liquid for twenty thousand divine crystals. Even if they only sold it for ten or fifteen thousand divine crystals, they could still earn about two to three million divine crystals. The cost on their end was quite insignificant compared to their profit.

By the end of the day, Zen had already finished making the Sword-reading Liquid.

Obviously, Zen would not peddle these himself. He requested Beldene and the others to sell them in his stead. The liquid could probably reach more people beyond the Sword Wall when they traded it in the market.

As he gazed at the bottles of Sword-reading Liquid, Gant also saw the growing mound of divine crystals. He couldn't stop himself from getting amazed. For generations, the Su Clan had poured their blood and sweat into refining divine weapons. They gave so much time and effort in refining a weapon, yet they were unable to earn as many divine crystals as Zen had for just one night.

Gant felt a bit frustrated. It was difficult for the Su Clan and many other powerful clans in the entire Bloom Divine Province to produce an extraordinary warrior who had the perfect compatibility with the Truth of Godly Way.

Subsequently, Zen started preparing for his voyage across the Sea of Truth again.