Chapter 65

Cheng Yang immediately found a small wooden stool and sat down in a corner of the shop, while Ma Tao stood behind him.

In fact, Ma Tao was now filled with doubts. He had no idea why Cheng Yang was doing this. However, out of trust in Cheng Yang, he chose to follow unconditionally.

After less than ten minutes, someone finally walked into the shop. From his attire, he seemed to be from the military.

This person was indeed from the military, and he was a close confidant of the military district commander, Yuan Jianze. His name was Situ Fa. At this stage, those who could enter the shop to purchase items were all people with some influence.

The moment Situ Fa stepped into the alchemy room, his surprise was indescribable.

Over the past few days, he had entered the shop no less than a hundred times, but each time he only saw the boss. Moreover, the boss had a rather bad temper, and the first time he entered, he was thrown out.

But now, there were two more people in the shop, and from their attire, they seemed to be warriors. As for whether these two were from this world or from an unknown place, Situ Fa had no way of knowing. However, based on his estimation, given the boss's temper, it was unlikely that he would allow anyone to sit in his shop like this.

Just as Situ Fa was still puzzled, Cheng Yang spoke up, saying, "Sir, I have an item of equipment here. I wonder if you are interested?"

"Equipment?" Situ Fa was somewhat dismissive. He had already seen the equipment sold in the shop, and apart from the attack-boosting equipment that made him quite envious, the other armor was not impressive, as it only increased partial defense. On the other hand, the prices of these items were not low. The spirit energy points they received each day, after satisfying their cultivation needs, had to be used to buy food and other necessities, leaving very little for purchasing equipment.

Cheng Yang smiled faintly and said, "It is indeed equipment, and very good equipment." Saying this, Cheng Yang took out a necklace from his pocket and handed it to the other person.

Situ Fa looked at Cheng Yang and then took the necklace.

Upon seeing it, Situ Fa was immediately shocked, "Black Iron-level necklace? Increases 2 points of physical attack? This..."

This put Situ Fa in a difficult position. Clearly, the jewelry he had seen in the engraving shop before was all ordinary level, while this necklace was clearly not ordinary. If he could get this item, it would undoubtedly greatly enhance one's strength. However, valuable items were not cheap, and the spirit energy points in his account were all used to buy potions. He did not dare to act on his own.

After hesitating for a moment, Situ Fa asked, "Sir, are you planning to sell this equipment?"

Cheng Yang shook his head and said, "This item is not for sale, but if you can help me with something, I can give it to you."

"Quest NPC?" The term immediately popped into Situ Fa's mind. In his view, Cheng Yang's actions were very similar to those of a quest NPC. First, he appeared very mysteriously, and second, he did not sell the item but asked someone to complete a task.

If Cheng Yang knew what Situ Fa was thinking at this moment, he would certainly laugh out loud.

"Sir, what kind of help do you need?" Situ Fa suppressed his excitement and asked immediately.

Cheng Yang said, "Help me find a few people in your city. This task will be quite difficult for you, but if you can inform your superior, I believe it will be very easy for him. Of course, if you can complete it alone, I will give you this necklace. If you tell your superior to complete it, I can give you another ordinary piece of equipment."

Situ Fa's eyes twinkled, and he immediately asked, "Sir, what kind of people are you looking for?"

Cheng Yang, of course, knew what he was thinking. He planned to take the task himself if the people Cheng Yang was looking for were easy to find, and if not, he would inform his commander.

Cheng Yang smiled faintly and said, "I need to find the Ma Xiangnan couple and their daughter-in-law, Liu Xiyue, Wang Lu, and Zhou Jie..." Finally, Cheng Yang described the general appearance of the people he was looking for.

Upon hearing these names, Situ Fa knew he would not be able to get the Black Iron-level necklace. He immediately said, "Alright, I will go and inform my commander. I believe there will be news soon. But after we find the people, should we come here to find you?"

Cheng Yang nodded and said, "Yes, bring the people here, and I will hand over these items to you."

Situ Fa turned and left immediately.

After Situ Fa had walked far away, Ma Tao asked, "Lord, are Wang Lu and Zhou Jie your friends?"

"No, they are people who are very useful to our territory," Cheng Yang said frankly.

Then came a long wait. Taking advantage of this time, Cheng Yang took out his alchemy tools and began to refine potions in the alchemy room.

Cheng Yang's herb-gathering skill had now reached level 2, and his alchemy skill had also reached level 2. His current stamina was 40 points, enough for him to refine 40 potions. Moreover, due to the increase in his alchemy skill level, his success rate in refining small vials of mana potions had improved, with about 7 or 8 successes out of every 10 attempts.

After using up 40 points of stamina, Cheng Yang obtained 30 vials of mana potions, and his alchemy skill also improved by 5%. This meant that to upgrade his alchemy skill again, Cheng Yang needed to successfully refine 600 vials of small mana potions, which would take at least 20 days.

Refining the potions took Cheng Yang more than half an hour, which was quite a long wait for Ma Tao.

When Cheng Yang opened his eyes, he found someone looking at him intently. It was the boss of the alchemy shop. From his expression, it was clear that he had made some astonishing discovery.

"Have you already changed your profession to an alchemist? Do you have the Divine Effect talent?" The boss asked, his face full of shock.

Cheng Yang was slightly taken aback. Why was this person so surprised to learn about the Divine Effect talent? The boss of the alchemy shop in Luofeng Village did not have such an expression when he changed his profession.

"I do have the Divine Effect talent. Is there anything strange about that?" Cheng Yang asked, feigning confusion.

The boss had a look of defeat and said, "This is the Divine Effect talent. Do you know what the Divine Effect talent means?"

Cheng Yang nodded and said, "Of course, it means that the potions and pills I refine have double the effect."

"You..." The boss was speechless for a moment before saying, "Forget it, let's pretend I didn't say anything. But I want to make a deal with you. Are you willing?"

Cheng Yang immediately asked, "What kind of deal?"

"I will buy the potions you refine from you at three times the price of ordinary small vials of mana potions. What do you think?" The boss said immediately.

Cheng Yang's heart stirred, and he was about to agree when he suddenly remembered a saying: "No profit, no early rise." This guy must have a reason for wanting to buy the potions he refined. Moreover, their true value was probably more than three times the price of ordinary potions.

"I can't do that. I can't take advantage of you, or I would feel guilty," Cheng Yang said with an innocent look.

The boss said with a sense of righteousness, "It's fine. I also value you as a talent and am willing to pay more to support your early growth. If you have no objections, let's sign a supply agreement, shall we?"

Cheng Yang firmly shook his head and said, "No, when I changed my profession, the teacher who changed it for me did not show too much excitement about the Divine Effect talent. I think its value is not very high. If you buy the potions I refine at three times the price, you will lose money. Unless you can tell me why this is valuable, I will not make a deal with you."

The boss hesitated for a moment and then said, "Can you guarantee that if I tell you the benefits of the Divine Effect potions, you will agree to the deal?"

"Of course," Cheng Yang said sincerely.

If Liu Hao and the others were here, they might have noticed something, but this boss clearly did not know the details. He looked at Cheng Yang and, thinking he was not a deceitful person, said, "Alright, I'll tell you. The value of the Divine Effect, I don't need to explain, I'm sure you know its power. However, the value of the potions refined by an alchemist with the Divine Effect talent is no different from ordinary potions. But in this world, there are some special dungeons where the use of potions is restricted. For example, some dungeons only allow the use of small vials of mana potions, while medium vials are ineffective. Now you understand the value of your potions, right?"

A hint of a victorious smile appeared on Cheng Yang's lips, and he said, "It seems these potions do have some value. If so, isn't three times the price a bit too low?"

The boss, seeing Cheng Yang's expression, inwardly thought, "Not good," and said, "How can you go back on your word? Just now..."

Cheng Yang smiled and said, "Just now, I only agreed to make a deal with you, but I didn't say I would do it at the price you offered. I think that in these dungeons, my potions would sell for ten times the price, and there would still be people willing to buy them."

The boss was speechless for a moment and then said, "Ten times the price is too high. Although I can sell them for ten times the price, the profit is very low. I am a businessman, after all, and I can't do business without profit."

Cheng Yang smiled and said, "How much profit you make is none of my business. I only know that my profit must be satisfied. If you don't agree to the deal, don't blame me."

The boss looked very conflicted and, after a long time, said, "If you promise not to sell your potions in this main city, I can agree to give you ten times the profit, and 80% of the potions you refine each day must be supplied to my shop. We must include these terms in the supply agreement."

PS: Requesting recommendations and collections. After the new book list, the increase in collections has indeed slowed down a lot, which is quite sad...

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