The man walked towards Davis and then turned to look at the receptionist as he extended his hand towards her.

A parchment suddenly appeared in his hand after which the receptionist took it into her hands before she opened it and read.

She furrowed her brows at the content.

"Jos Brightwood's application for the Peak-Level Sky Grade Exam is to be canceled?"

She heaved an exasperated sigh and said, "You know the rules, right?"

However, she continued to say, "Cancellation of a reserved slot will not be refunded but the cancellation cost is double the amount of the application form excluding the costs of the ingredients."

The man nodded his head, knowing that the Thousand Pill Palace put this rule to keep people who needlessly booked slots and waste the time of the examiners.

After all, an alchemist wasn't available at all times as they had their own lives to live, not to mention train in the concoction of pills. For this, they rather have a huge concern and greed over wealth. Only with knowledge and wealth could they improve and stand above the masses and especially, their seniors.

It is often commonly said that their time alone is worth enormous wealth.

In the field of Alchemy, just talent alone wasn't enough.

The man then handed over 100 Mid-Level Spirit Stones.

Undulations spread but no one seemed to care about it as if it were a daily life occurrence.

The receptionist took the spirit stones and stored it in a spatial ring kept it below the counter. She then asked with a curious expression on her face, "So, what had happened to that Jos Brightwood, the Brightwood Family's genius alchemist?"

The man looked hesitant at first but then he shrugged, "Jos Brightwood is dead."

"How!?" The receptionist exclaimed as her eyes went wide.

"How would I know? I was just sent to deliver this cancellation application."

"Then... You would've at least heard about rumors, right?" The receptionist's eyes gleamed.

Clearly, she was rather interested in how that good looking man had died.

The man pondered a bit before he said, "I don't know exactly... but it is rumored that his own parents killed him..."

"Hahaha!" The receptionist laughed.

As if understanding her laughter, the man also laughed, "I know right? The murderers should've done a better job at framing his death... Who doesn't know that his father and mother are recluses and are extremely caring towards their only son! How is it possible for them to kill their own descendant!?"

Davis heard their conversation by the side as they treated him like air. Initially, he had been astonished to hear the name of the bastard he killed but when he heard them speak about his death, he stood shocked!

'He made a move on his own mother!?'

A feeling of disgust welled up over him but when he realized that he had ordered Fallen Heaven on what to do, the conditions he told, he became rather flabbergasted.

[Dies by trying to violate a woman who willingly touches them.]

This was the vague command he used to kill him. The 'willingly' in the command probably applied to all emotions. As for whether it was love or familial love, it seemed like it didn't matter.

He quickly understood that Jos Brightwood's mother had just casually touched him, ultimately leading to his death....

'Well, to be punished by his own parents to death, maybe he will live his next life without any negative karma...' Davis inwardly laughed at the person who dared to humiliate his wife.

'What an apt ending...' He couldn't help but derive a sense of pleasure from Jos Brightwood's death but felt pity for his parents.

"Mister Davis, it looks like the slot has opened up. You don't need to wait until tomorrow... I'll just refill your application form's slot since you both have taken applied for the Peak-Level Sky Grade Alchemist Exam."

The receptionist winked at him in a meaningful way.

'Tipping?' Davis just shook his head and handed her a single Mid-Level Spirit Stone.

The receptionist became shocked before she smiled at him in a thankful light, no longer teasing him with her charm, "There is still an hour for your exam to start..."

"I'll wait...."

Davis nodded his head and walked to the other side as he started to wonder how the other bastard had died. He then relaxed and waited for an hour for the exam to start while cultivating.

The hall was silent without much disturbance, hence he was able to enter meditation without being interrupted.

As for the receptionist who saw him enter cultivation at this time, she went speechless but just shook her head in exasperation. She didn't go out of her way to disturb him. Normally, she would've kicked out such a person who came here just to cultivate, but since he had come here to take the exam and even handsomely tipped her, she just left him alone.

'Too bad, he's just my type...' The receptionist sighed for her future.

In reality, Davis wasn't cultivating but concentrating on healing his Soul Essence.

He had tried using his Sacred Soul Healing ability from the third layer of Sacred Luminance Mist. However, contrary to his expectations, the Sacred Soul Healing ability achieved nothing. It failed to heal his Soul Essence.

Davis pondered on this matter and concluded that the Sacred Soul Healing ability was only useful for healing flesh injuries and soul injuries, but not the deeply enigmatic Soul Essence.

Even now, he still only had 70% of his Soul Essence remaining and apparently, he could feel his Soul Essence slowly healing through the avatar's presence.

There actually existed a condition not mentioned in the records.

The avatar needs to be in his Soul Sea to heal his Soul Essence!

Even then, judging by the rate of healing, he felt that it would take at least a year for the Solitary Soul Avatar to restore 1% of his Soul Essence!

This was actually good, and can even be said to be exceptional but for Davis, this rate of healing was simply too long! He could not afford to wait for that long!

Unfortunately, even though he had the Pill Recipe for improving the quality of his Soul Essence and Soul Force, such as the Soul Emerging Pill, he did not have a Pill Recipe for healing his Soul Essence that is at the Mature Soul Stage.

However, he had a Pill Recipe for a pill that is capable of healing or restoring Soul Essence up to 20%, however, that was a Peak-Level Earth Grade Pill, only useful for healing or restoring the soul of Adult Soul Stage Cultivators and below.

Since he was a Mature Soul Stage Cultivator, the pill's grade would have to be increased by an entire grade, to the Peak-Level Sky Grade to work on him.

Davis felt that he could somehow improve that Pill Recipe and increase its grade by running a simulation in his mind and testing it, but so far, he found it extremely difficult.

Davis had never created a Pill Recipe from scratch, much less try to upgrade one. His endeavor instantly hit a bottleneck the moment he found the combination of ingredients in his mind to be a mess.

Besides, he would have to continuously experiment with the modified or upgraded Pill Recipe and try concocting the pill in reality, to at least have a semblance of fruition.

All this left him feeling perhaps that he could wait for thirty years to completely heal his Soul Essence but that would destroy the meaning of conjuring an avatar now.

After all, he created the avatar so he could be at two places at the same time. If he had it in his Soul Sea, it would entirely destroy his meaning of creating the Solitary Soul Avatar!