“Young master, did you call me.” Asked his butler after entering the room.

“James, go to the treasury and bring 5 billion Black Gold coins here” said Xiao San.

‘‘Yes, young master’’ said Butler James and left the room.

After James left the room Xiao San said “Although I can’t change the decisions about the person who they have chosen. I can still help you by convincing them to lower the price of some things that are needed to expand your army.”

“But doesn’t that also help the others” asked Princess Helen in a questioning tone.

“It would indeed help them to a certain extent but don’t worry, in the whole empire except His majesty, there is no person who can give away 5 billion black gold coins freely like me” said Xiao San confidently.

Like this they talked about day to day thing that happen in the empire until James came in with a storage ring on a tray.

Seen this, Xiao San got up from his chair and took the tray from James and presented it to Princess Helen. This action also pleased Princess Helen a lot and all her resentments that were left by their conversation faded away after his actions.

She took the ring and probed it with her spiritual strength. And had after confirming the amount in the ring was right she nodded at Xiao San with a smile.

“If princess spends all this money, you can come back to me for more money” said Xiao San seen her nodding at him.

“Thank you, Brother San” said Princess Helen and got ready to leave but she was stopped by Xiao San’s actions.

He took out an ancient shield from his ring and kept it on the table in front of them.

After taking out the shield he looked at Princess Helen face, seen that Princess Helen having a puzzle look on her face, he explained “This is a 9thrank artifact that I got from one of my friends. This artifact can handle 10 attracts of 9thrank martial artists and it can also handle any attack from 8thrank martial art experts as well. If we were to put it into an auction the price of this item would be more than 7 billion black gold coins. This is my gift for you.

Your Highness can you it as you pleased.”

“You’re really giving this to me” asked Princess Helen in a surprised manner.

This was the first gift that he had given her. It was also a very precious gift. She thought that Xiao San had given a shield like this, to protect herself in the upcoming royal battle. She also thought that even though he was shy to admit his feeling to her. He could not stop worrying about her safety so that was the reason why he gave her an item like this. This thought made her satisfied with Xiao San a lot.

Xiao San nodded his head after hearing this question. But if he were to know that Princess Helen misunderstood about him giving her a shield. He would curse her for her crazy thoughts.

After he nodded his head she kept the shield inside her space ring with a smile. Then she again thanked Xiao San again and left his Mansion with her guards.

After sending off Princess Helen and her men, Xiao San returned to his study room with James. After that he sat on the sofa started to check some account books, while checking those books, he couldn’t help but say “this time I lost more than 7 billion, what a great loss is it” in a sad tone.

“But young master, that 5 billion black gold coins were something that the king gave to us and that artifact was something that was gifted by a grand duke so we did not suffer any loss in this transaction.” Said James while checking some accounts.

“What do you know? If I was to sell that artifact I could gain more than seven billion Black gold coins.” Replied Xiao San in a depressed tone.

“Young Master, is it really fine for us to fool all the candidates who are fighting the throne as the Emperor instructed us.” Asked James with a hint of worry in his voice.

Hearing his question, Xiao San stopped checking his accounts and looked out of the window blankly for few seconds and replied “This matter is in fact not good for us but do we have any choice. It’s fine if we Ignore his words once or twice but if we were to ignore his commands frequently we would be labeled as threats to their royal family. And at worse, if the new emperor or empress come looking to settle accounts. I would just sell Old emperor's name.” in a low tone.

“Then young master, who do you think the next ruler would be” (James)

“ The eldest Princess for sure.” Replied Xiao San to James question.

“If so with her personality she would definitely come to us asking for an explanation. What should we do at that time?” Although he did not ask why Xiao San choose her. (this was because he knew that his young master would not tell anything without any reasons.) But he still asked about the most worrying question in his heart.

“Don’t Worry about it. I already made some arrangements for this matter.” Said Xiao San with a smile. But in his heart he was praying god to make everything go as he planned.

After hearing this, his Butler nodded his head in relief because of the confidence that he had in him.

Both of them checked all the accounts in silence after the short conversation. Afterwards Xiao San went to sleep with great expectations for the next day which would be his birthday.

The would turn 18 again after tomorrow.

Difference between Mortal Artifact Divisions and Mortal Pill Divisions compared to mortal martial art Ranks.

Artifacts divisions

Pill divisions

Martial Art ranks

1stRank Artifact

1stRank Pill

1stRank Martial artist

2ndRank Artifact

2ndRank Pill

2ndRank Martial artist

3rdRank Artifact

3rdRank Pill

3rdRank Martial artist

4thRank Artifact

4thRank Pill

4thRank Martial artist

5thRank Artifact

5thRank Pill

5thRank Martial artist

6thRank Artifact

6thRank Pill

6thRank Martial artist

7thRank Artifact

7thRank Pill

7thRank Martial artist

8thRank Artifact

8thRank Pill

8thRank Martial artist

9thRank Artifact

9thRank Pill

9thRank Martial artist

Note

Although above table shows the differences in pills and Artifacts. There are some Instances that some pills or Artifacts can compete with some higher rank pills or artifacts.

This happens Artifacts because of the Blacksmiths skills or the quality of the materials. This reason is also same to pills as well.

Pill quality

So as the above explanation only top grade pills can rival pills of higher grade.

EX: - 1strank Top grade pill can Rival a 2ndrank low grade pill.

Artifacts quality

In artifacts rival grades are bit different.

EX: - 1strank High grade artifact can rival a 2ndrank low grade artifact

And 1strank top grade artifact can rival a 2ndrank half mid-grade artifact.

This compression goes until 5thrank

Then After 5thrank

6thrank Top Grade Artifacts can only rival to 7thgrade low grade artifacts

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