Chapter 110: the plan ii

"Alright, so how should we test our limits first?"

['Easy, we start with you. Let's see how far your telekinesis can reach.'] Al answered.

Alex looked around the garden, searching for something that he could pick using his telekinesis.

['Just try picking the flowers, start with the ones closest to you then keep moving forward.'] Al suggested.

"Okay." Alex shook his arms and cracked his neck. He took in deep breaths and bounced a little.

['Why the hell are you wasting time warming up? You use your brain for this, what do your muscles have to do with this?'] Al was getting impatient with Alex.

"Alright, sheesh." Alex focused his gaze at a sunflower that was just a few yards away from him. He stared hard at the flower for minutes.

['What are you doing!?'] Al asks in frustration.

"Trying to pluck the flower, what else?" Alex said in a low tone. He too was getting frustrated at the fact that he couldn't use his telekinesis.

['I'm trying but it's not happening.'] Alex gave up.

['How did you do it in the first place?']

['I don't know, it just happened at the spur of the moment.']

['Useless.'] Al accused.

['Hey it's not my fault. That witch is to blame.'] Alex defended himself.

Alex attempted to pluck the sunflower again. He made attempts time after time and nothing happened. 

['Indeed. Lex, we would have to rely on you for this. Stealing the pills just got harder now, without telekinesis. Alex, switch with Lex.'] Al commanded.

"Hmph!" Alex scoffed at his aloofness.

-Switch.

['What do you have in mind for me Al?'] Lex asked. As there was no one around, Lex had no reason to be shy.

['We need to think of how to make the pills move. How good is your accuracy Lex?']

['Above average I guess.']

['Okay, first things first, let's find out how wide the territory of your spatial ability is. Throw a stone into the distance and tell me when it is out of reach for your ability…'] Al directed.

Lex picked a pebble up and did as Al asked him to. He threw it into the distance. ['There.'] Lex relayed as quickly as he could.

['Good, now walk to the point where you think it was out of reach and let the system calculate the distance.']

Lex followed his direction and walk to the point where he assumed that the pebble was out of his reach. He looked down at the distance that the system had calculated.

"0.30km." He mentioned.

['Roughly 300 meters, we need it to be accurate. look at the tree over there. Put 300 meters between you and tree, then throw another pebble at the tree and see if it is as you say it is.'] Al suggested.

Lex did as he suggested and threw a pebble at the tree.

['I could feel it right until it hit the tree.'] Lex said.

['300 meters it is then. We would have to be 300 meters within the range of the pills. One problem down, the other problem now is how we are going to make the pills move. Although I do have a plan for this, I'm afraid that it might damage the pill if we use it.']

['Tell us about it then.'] Alex uttered.

['If Lex could use a pebble, the same way he threw one at the tree but this time with a lot more finesse and control... Switch with me Lex, I think it would be better if I draw this on the sand for everyone to see.'] Al stated.

-Switch.

The first thing that Al did was to bring out the combat knife in his ring. He proceeded to draw an X on one side of the sand floor then another one parallel to the first one he drew.

"This first X is us and the second one is where the pill is. We already know that we need to be within 300 meters of the target, but we don't know if there are any suitable spots 300 meters within the Seadan apothecary. That problem we would have to deal with last… We use the system's X-ray feature to locate the pills from the where ever we might be. I think it would be best if we are positioned in an alley or inside a building. But not one that is crowded, we can't have them knowing that we are the culprit.

Lex, you will throw a stone, from our position you will open a spatial hole for the stone and open two more inside the show glass, aiming at the pills. One for the stone's entrance and the other for the pills to exit. I fear that the stone might break the pill if you throw it too hard and if you don't use the right amount of force the pills might now go in the position we want them to." Al explained.

['I can do it. Four pinpointed spatial holes, it shouldn't be hard to do. '] Lex said.

"I think so too. But note, when the pills arrive we mustn't let the pill touch anything in the position we would be in. The fragrance from those pills is strong and intoxicating, any cultivator would be able to track its scent and if we come in contact with it after its disappearance then it will lead to us. I don't know what a sky cultivator realm is capable of but I know that the strengths of cultivators are not to be underestimated. I am most wary of the head alchemist." Al finished.

['Before we finalize this, we should go back there and scout out a favorable position to carry the operation on.'] Alex pointed out.

"Alright. I will head there and see what will be best." Al volunteered.

"Alex!" Al heard Camron call out to him. He quickly cleaned what he drew on the sand and returned his knife to his ring.

['Even if anyone saw that, they wouldn't be able to tell what it's for.'] Alex stated.

['Call it paranoia.'] Al responded.

"We are heading out with the clients, they say that they want to go out for tea. You are the one we are waiting for now." Camron said when he reached Al's side.

"Then let's not keep them waiting for long," Al smirked at his friend.

['Now I don't need an excuse to go out…']

Al followed Camron to where the rest were. The clients were all sitting on a horse of their own and everyone else was on foot. They left the mansion not long after.

On their way Al noticed that they were taking the same route to the Seadan apothecary that Alex took earlier today, he was walking behind everyone. He also noticed the stares that Miriam occasionally turned to give him.

She turned again and looked at him and Al winked at her. Miriam wasn't expecting that reaction nonetheless, it made her happy, she giggled at his winked, and licked her lips.

Her reaction didn't escape the eyes of everyone there, they all turned to look at Alex. Katherine began to feel threatened by Miriam and started to get jealous. She glared at Miriam.

The males from the Beastal school were jealous of Alex too.

"Lucky bastard," Drake uttered.

"When the world favors you." Adrian shook his head and looked at his reflection on his sword.

"What does she see in him?" Neko whispered.

"Don't think about it too much, if I had to be honest, he is good looking but not my type. I cannot go for someone as weak and lazy as him. If anything, you are superior compared to him." Tammy said to comfort Neko.

Sravya smiled at what Tammy said. "There are different types of strength, his cultivation might not be up to your standards but something else might be."

"You shameless bald monk." Tammy blushed at Sravya's innuendo. These two had gotten closer during their stay in the mansion, Sravya enjoyed teasing Tammy.

"Is the tea house close to any apothecary?" Camron asked. "I would like to get some cultivation pills for myself before the end of the day." He added.

"Yes, there is one a few meters away from the tea house," Jayda responded.

"Thank you, Miss Jayda." Camron placed his fist in his palm as he expressed his gratitude…

Soon they reached where the Seadan apothecary was. While they were passing the front of the shop, the scent of the evening primrose reached their nose and stole their attention.

"What's that scent?" Drake asked.

"The evening primrose, a pill that they found on the corpse of a heaven realm cultivator during an expedition. Earlier when I was here, I heard them advertising it. It is sure to quickly increase the cultivation of whoever consumes it as long as they are below the heaven cultivation realm. There are only 6 of the pills and they will be auctioned 4 days from now. They are also going to auction out the invite 2 days from now."

"Sounds expensive," Neko muttered.

['That's why we are going to steal it.'] An evil smile found its way up to Al's lips as he stared at the yellow pills sitting on a white piece of cloth, in a show glass.

['We are coming for you.'] He thought and followed his companions as they left for the tea house…