Chapter 77

Basiloro might think that telling Lin Yun about the Monty family's alchemy press conference was doing the young archmage a favor. Unfortunately, Lin Yun didn't really feel that way...

Lin Yun was too busy to care about any press conference. Today, fifty alchemists from the Gilded Rose had come, and each one needed to have a personal conversation with Lin Yun. Each one needed to be personally arranged for, and by the time the morning was over, Lin Yun was so busy he couldn't even touch the ground. Not to mention the Monty family's alchemy press conference, even if the Monty family held a memorial service, Lin Yun wouldn't have time to send a wreath...

He was really too busy...

The fifty alchemists had various specialties: some were proficient in potion alchemy, some in puppet alchemy, some in enchantment alchemy, some in array alchemy, and so on. Only Lin Yun could understand their actual levels through conversation, and only Lin Yun could arrange their positions based on their actual levels.

Lin Yun was already struggling to deal with these fifty alchemists, how could he have time to care about the Monty family's alchemy press conference...

These alchemists were not easy to deal with. Normally, they relied on their status as members of the Alchemists' Guild and didn't take the alchemy shops in Thousand Sails City seriously. Even if they occasionally accepted a commission, they were treated like lords. Even the owners of the alchemy shops would scold them if they were slightly dissatisfied, and they didn't need to give any face.

Moreover, no one dared to say anything...

There was a saying in the Thousand Sails City Alchemists' Guild: "Running an alchemy shop is too simple. It doesn't matter if you don't have materials, it doesn't matter if you don't have funds, and it doesn't even matter if you don't have an owner. As long as you have an alchemist, that's enough."

This might sound exaggerated, but it was mostly true. For an alchemy shop, the most important thing was the alchemist. The owners of alchemy shops usually treated their alchemists like gods. Being scolded a few times was nothing; as long as they helped make money, even a beating was acceptable...

These alchemists, who were used to being treated like lords, were now bundled and sent to the Gilded Rose by Basiloro. To say they weren't unhappy would be a lie.

However, Basiloro's position in the Alchemists' Guild was second only to the president, Les, and he always said what he meant. No matter how bold these alchemists were, they didn't dare to be dissatisfied with Basiloro.

But not being dissatisfied with Basiloro didn't mean they weren't dissatisfied with Lin Yun.

All of them were members of the Alchemists' Guild, and being bundled and sent to the Gilded Rose was already a humiliation. They didn't expect the owner of the Gilded Rose to treat them as if they were important figures, immediately assigning tasks to so many alchemists: "You go handle item enchantment, you go handle enchantment processing, you go handle material selection, you go handle potion preparation..."

A few alchemists with bad tempers immediately lashed out. What was this? Were they treating alchemists like alchemy apprentices?

What a joke. Alchemists might not participate in the management of alchemy shops, but in the alchemy laboratory, the alchemists always had the final say. Did the owner of the Gilded Rose understand the rules? If you were really that knowledgeable, why did you need us alchemists? Just count your gold coins and stop giving orders...

They thought that after these alchemists lashed out, the owner of the Gilded Rose would at least be a bit more restrained.

But to their surprise, the owner didn't even raise an eyebrow. He just smiled and asked, "Would you prefer if I let Grand Alchemist Basiloro arrange it personally?"

As soon as these words were spoken, even the most bad-tempered alchemists calmed down...

What a joke. If Grand Alchemist Basiloro arranged it personally, who in the entire Alchemists' Guild didn't know that Lin Yun had a close relationship with Basiloro? If Basiloro really arranged it personally, no one present would have a good time...

In the end, only two alchemists were still not satisfied.

Lin Yun simply ignored them...

He just paid a little more attention to these two alchemists, one old and one young. The older one was over fifty, and the younger one was in his twenties. Lin Yun knew the younger one, Haus, who was twenty-five years old and had been an alchemist for three years. That meant he became an alchemist at the age of twenty-two, a genius who was not much worse than Farrow of the Black Horn Auction House.

It was normal for a young genius to have a bit of arrogance, especially someone like Haus, who became an alchemist at twenty-two, was a member of the Alchemists' Guild, and had both talent and opportunity. His future was bright, but he was bundled and sent to the Gilded Rose by Basiloro, and it would be a lie to say he didn't have some resentment.

But the older one made Lin Yun frown.

This alchemist was over fifty, with an ordinary appearance and ordinary skills, the kind of person you might not even remember after seeing ten times. Lin Yun had to ask someone to find out his name, which was John. Listen to that, John, there were at least eight thousand people in Thousand Sails City with that name, as ordinary as it could be.

But this ordinary alchemist caught Lin Yun's attention several times. John usually kept to himself and didn't say much, but whenever other alchemists complained, he was always the loudest...

It seemed that Basiloro had sent him another troublemaker.

Lin Yun didn't say much, but he secretly remembered John.

The morning passed quickly, and after talking to each alchemist and making arrangements, it was time to take them to adapt to their new jobs in the afternoon.

"Mr. Merlin, what do you mean by this!" When it was Haus's turn, there was another problem...

To settle these fifty alchemists, the Gilded Rose had put in a lot of effort. The old butler bought a dozen houses and converted them all into alchemy laboratories. Lin Yun and Haus were now in one of these newly renovated alchemy laboratories.

This alchemy laboratory was assigned to Haus, but the young genius clearly had a lot of dissatisfaction...

"What do you mean?" Lin Yun couldn't help but frown again. Although he didn't say much, he was already annoyed with Basiloro.

I gave you the alchemy formula straightforwardly, and you sent me this group of lords, especially Haus, who is really difficult to deal with...

"Mr. Merlin, look at these magical materials. Aren't they too low quality? This quality is only suitable for alchemy apprentices to practice. And look at this alchemy table. Mr. Merlin, is the Gilded Rose in trouble? These tools were phased out by the Alchemists' Guild ten years ago. Did you find them in the antique market?"

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