Coiling Dragon Book 6 (Chp 8 onwards)

Book 6, The Road to Revenge - Chapter 24, Breakthrough

Linley was silent for a moment, then smiled and nodded apologetically at Yale. "Boss Yale, sorry for the hassle."

"It's no hassle." Yale chortled. "It's just sending someone to make a delivery is all. No big deal. Our Dawson Conglomerate often sends people to deliver letters to the headquarters. We'll get several things done."

Linley nodded.

"Third Bro." Yale's voice became solemn as he looked at Linley. "Tell me the truth. Why are you in such a rush to get these herbs?"

If it were someone else asking him, Linley totally could've lied and claimed that he was using it to make a medical lotion which would help him increase the speed at which his body gained strength. After all, it wasn't unheard of to bath in medicinal waters as part of training. But facing one of his bros, Linley didn't wish to lie.

"Boss Yale, right now, I can't tell you yet. When the time is right, I will tell you." Linley patted Yale on the shoulders as he spoke.

The bros of dorm 1987 had been together since they were young. They ate together, lived together, played together. They were as close as real brothers.

"Understood, Third Bro. But if you need anything at all, make sure you let me know." Yale didn't ask anything else.

The next day, Linley's housekeeper brought over the herbs which Linley had asked for, except he hadn't been able to find any fog grass. Based on what the housekeeper said, there was no fog grass available on the market at all. If they wanted to buy some, they would have to send someone to buy it from the Four Great Empires.

After all, fog grass was cultivated from the great plains to the far east. Some of the market centers of the Four Great Empires fairly close to the great plains did have a small amount of fog grass for sale.

"Right now, of the eight ingredients I need to produce Bloodrupture poison, seven are ready. All I'm missing is cloud fungus." Within his secret study, Linley had put all of the various herbs in front of him on a table, pondering what to do. Of the eight ingredients, there were three that were rare. Fog grass had been procured by the Dawson Conglomerate, while he already had enough Blueheart Grass.

"If I wait three months, then at that time, the people from the Dawson Conglomerate will come and deliver the cloud fungus." Linley felt very confident.

At most, three months. At that time, he would have all the ingredients that he needed, and would thus be able to prepare a few mixtures of Bloodrupture poison.

But Linley wasn't the sort of person to sit around waiting.

"Help me spread the word. Let it be known that I am preparing to begin a period of training with the usage of herbal baths, and need cloud fungus as one of my components. I'm willing to pay up to a million gold coins for it." Linley instructed his housekeeper.

Although Linley wouldn't lie to his bros, he had to give a good excuse to the rest of the world.

Cloud fungus, in and of itself, was not a poisonous plant. It actually was greatly beneficial to the body. But all herbs possessed their own wondrous properties. When these eight herbs were all refined and processed together, they would be able to produce a poisonous powder like the Bloodrupture poison.

"Yes, Lord Linley." Upon hearing the words, 'a million gold coins', the housekeeper's heart trembled.

To Linley, a million gold coins really wasn't much. When he had auctioned off his sculpture, 'Awakening From the Dream', the price was twelve million gold coins. Afterwards, when Patterson had secretly met with him, he had gifted Linley another ten million gold coins. After Linley's rise to prominence and appointment to the rank of Prime Court Magus, the Radiant Church, King Clayde, and many other nobles had all given Linley many valuable gifts.