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Salvatore Family

At the Salvatore family grounds.

A stately old man was looking at the Contact Stone Armour talisman over and over again. His gaze was aloof and indifferent, "He changed the ink recipe from ten grams of Iron flow grass to twenty grams and reduced the sand from the green eagle to three grams. He also inscribed the marking for 'rebound'. A little trick, not worth mentioning."

Although the man said it to sound easy, he knew it was not so. He handed it back to the retainer beside Elijah. He turned to the middle-aged man that was drinking a glass of wine.

"Did you call me for a tier-2 talisman, Elijah? I was in the middle of a very important experiment." He did not attempt to mince words with this new head of the Salvatore family.

"Of course not, Craftsman Brook, Look at this." Elijah motioned to Gabe and he presented the blood-red talisman with dark red markings.

It took everything Craftsman Brook had to prevent his hands from shaking. This tier-4 talisman was something else, he could feel the expertise in the crafting. He looked at the talisman carefully itching to study it and learn more skills.

"So, Craftsman Brook. How is this one?" 

"It is a tier-4 talisman. The Blood Body talisman. It is an explosion talisman that should be activated with blood. Not bad."

Elijah chuckled, swirling the liquid in his cup. "As expected of Craftsman Brook. This tier-4 talisman is nothing in your eyes."

"Young people don't know the immensity of heaven and earth. Even though it is a tier-4 talisman, its marking is not stable enough and this would affect the activation of the talisman. The ink is also not the best for this talisman. Back then I crafted the Blood body talisman, I would prefer to use the blood of a two tails Hornet Beetle a binding force in the ink. Young people, these days are always in a hurry."

Elijah chucked, "Sorry for calling you out for this little thing. Please return to your experiment."

Craftsman Brook stood up and left not looking back at the talisman as if they were in truth nothing of importance. 

The wine glass in Elijah's hands was crushed. Gabe looked down and he dared not breath

"How dare he look down on me? He is just a retainer of the Salvatore family? How dare you all look down on me?"

Gabe just bowed his head even deeper. Craftsman Brooke was more than a retainer of the Salvatore family. When Jeremy Salvatore, the former head of the Salvatore family who suddenly went missing, was once in a dire situation, craftsman Brooke. It left Craftsman Brooke severely injured and Jeremy offered him a post of a retainer.

Having spent many years in the Salvatore family as a retainer, he was well-qualified and had a much-respected status. His attainment in the Dao of Talismans was also high, he was the only person in the town who could craft a tier-4 talisman. Having rubbed shoulders with Jeremy Salvatore, he had zero regards for Elijah Salvatore.

"This talisman craftsman. What do you know about him?" Elijah calmed down a little to ask.

"Sir, he came to town not long ago. According to him, his master died and sent him here. He is an early-stage Dao Flowering Cultivator with an innate Spatial Dao seed. He also has a shop."

"Why have you invited him!?" Elijah snapped. What if some other family snatches him first?

Gabe hesitated. "Sir, his shop is at the seventh Alley."

Elijah bristled, his eyes almost turning red in anger, "So?"

Gabe swallowed, "The old master said..."