Chapter 66

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Walking over to a small wooden bench, Cheng Yang took off

his cloak and sat down. Imitating his Lord, Ma Tao did the same.

Even so, Ma Tao felt that this plan was even worse than the

first one! How was this going to help them find his family? In the end, he

decided to trust Cheng Yang and give his plan time to work.

It only took ten minutes for Cheng Yang to put his plan into

action. A man wearing a military uniform had just entered the Alchemy Tower. He

wasn’t just a soldier but also one of Yuan Jianzhe’s trusted aides, Sita Fu. He

was one of the few people with the authorization to buy things on behalf of the

military from the shops in the safe zone.

When Sita Fu entered the store, he nearly jumped in shock.

He’s made over a hundred visits to the various stores in the safe zone and

every time the manager was alone. Whenever he saw another person enter the

store, they would be thrown out seconds later.

This time there were two unknown people, both of which obviously were Professionals. Judging by the fact that they were both wearing eye catching pieces of equipment, Sita Fu reached the conclusion that these people were also NPCs like the manager. Otherwise, with the manager’s temper, those two would be lying on their faces outside the shop.

Just as Sita Fu decided to ignore the new NPCs, Cheng Yang

walked over to him and said, “Brave warrior, I have a wonderful piece of

equipment for you if you’re interested.”

“Equipment?” Sita Fu asked in a disinterest voice. He had

seen plenty of equipment for sale but none of it could catch his eye. It was

all overpriced junk that only increased a stat by one. The army had a hard

enough time getting enough Experience Fragments to buy food and medicine for

the civilians, how could they have enough to spare on trashy equipment?

“Yes, equipment and of a very high quality.” Cheng Yang said

energetically, bringing out a necklace and handing it to Sita Fu.

Unable to suppress his curiosity, Sita Fu took the necklace.

“Black Iron necklace? Adds two to the Physical Attack stat

and one to Physical Defense? This is…” Sita Fu was startled by how good the

equipment was.

This necklace was enough to make Sita Fu reconsider his

opinion on equipment. The Silversmithy only had low grade and crude jewelry that

paled in comparison to this one necklace. However, how could such a good piece

of equipment be cheap? Although he had a large amount of Experience Fragments

on him now, it was for purchasing medication for the sick. He didn’t dare to

misuse those funds.

“Is this necklace for sale?” Sita Fu finally asked after

some hesitation.

“I’m sorry but I can’t sell this to you.” Cheng Yang said

sadly, “but if you were willing to do a small favor for me I’ll gift this

necklace to you.”

“An NPC quest?” Sita Fu wondered. The way that NPC was

talking really made it seem like a quest. He showed off a great necklace and

refused to sell it but was willing to give it to him if he completed a task.

This was definitely a quest!

“Absolutely, what do you need me to do?” Sita Fu asked, his

heart racing with excitement.

“I’m looking for a few people and need your help finding

them. If it’s too difficult to complete on your own you can ask someone else to

help you. As long as you find them on your own this wonderful necklace is yours

but if you ask others for help I’ll give you two pieces of equipment of lesser

quality.”

“Who are you looking for?”

Seeing this Cheng Yang chuckled to himself. It was obvious

to him what this soldier was thinking but there was no way he’d let him take earn

a piece of Black Iron equipment.

“I need you to find the Ma Xiangnan couple and their daughter in law Xiao Ling, Liu Wei, Wang Lu, and Zhou Jie…” Cheng Yang said before describing their appearances.

Hearing how many people he needed to find, Sita Fu knew the

necklace he had seen was out of his reach. “I’m going to go ask my commander

for help. Should we bring them here when we find them?”

“Please do. Once I see all six here I’ll give you your

reward.” Cheng Yang smiled.

Sita Fu quickly bought what he came for and left.

After the soldier left, Ma Tao asked: “Are Wang Lu and Zhou Jie your friends?”

“No.” Cheng Yang replied pulling out his alchemy tools, “They

are talented people who can be useful to Phoenix Village.”

Since he would have to wait a long time for the military to

find the people he needed, Cheng Yang planned to refine his potions for the

day.

Having leveled up his Profession to Standard-Grade, Cheng

Yang was now able to attempt to make a potion forty times. In addition, his

success rate was around seventy five percent after his Refine skill had leveled

up.

This allowed him to make thirty potions with the forty

Energy he had. When he was finished, his Profession was five percent closer to

leveling up today. Extrapolating from that number, he would need to refine six

hundred potions and twenty days to become a High-Grade Alchemist.

When Cheng Yang finished, he turned around to find the

manager staring at him with greedy eyes. His appearance was that of someone who

had discovered something amazing.

“You’re an Alchemist right? Do you have a Profession Talent?”

the manager asked.

Cheng Yang frowned, why was the manager acting like this?

The Alchemy Tower manager in Phoenix Village hadn’t acted like that when he earned

his Alchemy Profession.

“I have one, yes. Is that odd?” Cheng Yang asked.

“Is that odd! This is a Profession Talent we’re talking

about! Do you know what they represent?” The manager shouted in exasperation.

“All I know is that my potions are twice as effective as

normal.” Cheng Yang snapped, “Why, can you not do that?”

“You…” The manager forced himself to calm down. “I cannot.

However, you can so I wonder, would you be willing to make a deal with me?”

“What kind of deal?”

“It’s simple, I’ll buy any potions you make for three times

the price of a normal one.”

Just as Cheng Yang was about to agree, he suddenly he

remembered something: if there was a motive, there was profit to be had. Since

this guy was willing to buy his potions that meant he was confident in selling

them. This meant that his potions were worth far more than just three times the

ordinary price.

“I’m sorry but I can’t accept.” Cheng Yang acted apologetic,

“I can’t just take advantage of you, it’ll make me feel bad.”

“Don’t worry about me, you’re a talent worth nurturing.” The

manager said with great sorrow, “I want you to mature as soon as possible so

don’t worry about the terms being unfavorable. If there’s nothing else just

sign here.”

“Absolutely not. When I was transferred, the manager in my

village didn’t seem to care about my Profession Talent so how could it be

profitable? If you buy it for three times the normal price I’m afraid you’ll go

out of business. Unless you can prove you won’t suffer a loss I refuse to sell

my potions to you.”

“If I tell you why I’m so confident will you promise to sell

me your potions?”

“Of course.”

If a sly person like Liu Hau were here, he would instantly

see through Cheng Yang’s façade. Unfortunately for the manager, Cheng Yang had

completely fooled him.

“I trust you’ve noticed how beneficial potions are right?”

The manager whispered to Cheng Yang, “However, there are several places where

their use is limited. Some instance dungeons will only let you use a certain

number of potions and others restrict you to using Standard or Low Grade

potions. So, do you see why I’m so confident?”

“Oh? So they were so valuable?” Cheng Yang smirked, “In that

case isn’t three times the price far too low”

“Didn’t you promise to sell?” The manager said with a sour

expression, “How can you-“

“I promised that I would sell them, not what the price would

be. Since these potions are so valuable doesn’t ten times the normal price

sound much more reasonable?”

“That price is far too high!” The manager said after a

moment of speechlessness. “Although it might sell the profit margin will only

be slightly better than a normal potion! Isn’t that too unprofitable?”

“Why would I care how much profit you make?” Cheng Yang

asked shamelessly, “All I care about is how much profit I’ll make. If you don’t

want to buy them for that price don’t try and claim I broke my promise!”

Cheng Yang’s declaration shocked the manager. “If you promise to sell your potions in this safe zone then I’ll buy them at ten times the normal price.” He grunted through gritted teeth. “You also need to provide me with eighty percent of the potions you make every day. Now please just sign the contract.”

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