Chapter 10 Recipe
In front of a stall not far from the materials market, a middle-aged man with a butler with a thorny moustache was bargaining fiercely with the thin vendor owner.
"Each three goldwitter plant can't be cheaper, Mr. Gary." The stall smiled, his eyes narrowed into a small slit.
"Kidi, I am your old customer. I will take all these blue bead grasses, two golden wits per plant." The middle-aged man, who looked like a housekeeper, said to the vendor. He seemed to be very familiar with the market here, and his bidding was very firm.
"Oh, this is an impossible price. Do you want me to go back and get whipped by my wife?"
"Come on, Kiddy, every time you get beaten by your wife, it's because you secretly use money to find your good looks. But don't try to get benefits from me to satisfy your lower body." The housekeeper was very disdainful. He knew very well what these rat-like dealers were thinking. He must have planned to sell a higher price than his wife's requirements so that he could spend money on his own.
The vendor saw that no one was paying attention to him and secretly came over: "If you want, I can give you ten silver wits, how about it? You will still report three golden wits after you go back, how about it?"
"No, no, you're bribing, Kiddy."
"Oh, Gary, you're just a housekeeper, there's no need to be so dedicated."
"That's why I can become a steward from a servant, okay, two Jinweits at one, I won't give you another one."
The thin vendor shook his head with a bitter face: "I know you don't believe it, Mr. Gary, but I really can't take advantage of this price. You know, the potion of the beauty is very popular now, and the noble ladies are buying it wildly. Blue bead grass is an essential material for making this potion. Even if you don't buy it, I don't have to worry that no one will come to buy them."
The butler wanted to arrest the bastard and beat him up.
Many times, keeping the other party’s bottom line price does not mean that you can succeed. The hot sales in the market occasionally turn the buyer’s market into the seller’s market. Some material dealers are not worried that their things can’t be sold, and they can wait for the price.
However, purchasing materials at such a price means that the cost price of the produced agent is close to the sales price.
The problem is that he came late today, there were not many blue bead grass, and vendors in other places also paid this price. Damn Kidy, he got into the money, so don't think I will take care of his business again in the future.
While he was worried, a young voice suddenly sounded next to him:
"As far as I know, blue bead grass is not a necessary material for making beauty-retaining potions."
Butler Gary suddenly turned around and saw a handsome young man standing behind him.
On both sides of him, there were two beautiful little girls by their side.
The vendor named Kiddy was a little dissatisfied: "Hey, boy, don't make trouble here if you don't buy anything."
The boy shrugged his shoulders and smiled at Gary, "It seems that some people don't want me to speak."
The housekeeper glanced at the vendor disdainfully and said to the young man: "You can see that you are a young man from a well-educated family. He is just a inferior person. You don't have to pay attention to him. I'm very interested in what you just said. I think you are saying that there is something that can make beauty-retaining potion instead of Blue Bead Grass?"
The other party made an elegant bowing posture: "Many water-attribute magic plants of similar types can be replaced."
Kiddy, the hawker beside him, shouted in a sharp voice: "Mr. Gary, I don't think you told him that the Kammer family never produces the best and the following potions."
The butler named Gary smiled and looked at Xiuyi: "I'm sorry, sir, I can't adopt your suggestions."
Xiu Yi looked at the two beauties around him and smiled brilliantly: "Take the middle essence of a red lyricine plant, add two drops of Aruba lizard liquid to blend it, and use it to replace the blue bead grass to make high-quality beauty-retaining potion."
The butler and the vendor looked at each other at the same time.
Gary looked at Shuyi in disbelief, thought for a while and said, "Although I am not an alchemist, my long-term procurement has allowed me to learn more about the refining of potions. It's strange that I have never heard of this method."
Xiu Yi spread his hands: "Alchemy pursues the law of the movement of things, and how can the complex connection between everything be explored by humans? I believe that even the great Electra Alchemist, he dare not say that he has mastered the law of all things in this world. The ocean of knowledge is infinite, and new discoveries are born every day. It is not surprising that you have never heard of it. What is surprising is that you don't even have the courage to try it... The combined price of these two things is less than 1 Jinweit, which is much cheaper than Blue Bead Grass."
The housekeeper held up his chin with his right hand for a while, then nodded and said, "You are right, sir, I'm sorry for my doubts about you just now. You should know that few alchemists are willing to hand over their exclusive recipe."
"That's true. I'm willing to tell you because it's nothing in my opinion." Xiu Yi showed confidence.
He looked so confident.
If Clarice was here, she would definitely believe that Shuyi was playing with his tricks again, but now it was Dess and Lanti here.
Sometimes we have to admit that pretending to be cool in front of women is indeed a very effective act of attracting the hearts. Although Xiu Yi's purpose is not here, he did succeed in making the two little girls' eyes emit red and careful hearts.
The butler named Gary thought for a while and nodded, "I will try to buy some to go back and ask the alchemist in the family to try it."
Then he hurried away regardless of the vendor's shouts.
Hawker Kiddy stared at Shuyi with a fierce look: "Hey, boy, you ruined my business."
Lanti was about to retort, but was stopped by Xiuyi.
He threw a Jinweit to Kiddy, then took out a pen and wrote a few words on it and handed it to Kiddy, saying, "Don't worry, I can guarantee that he will come back to buy you the Blue Bead Grass. This note contains my name and address. If you can reveal this information to the Mr. Butler in a more obscure way, I will give you another Jinweit. What do you think?"
The hawker Kiddy looked at Shuyi in confusion, picked up the Jinweit and shook it, nodded and said, "No problem, a kid who loves to make trouble. If you don't give me that Jinweit, I will tell the housekeeper everything you tell me now. I will tell him you lied to him."
"Trade." Xiu Yi said calmly.
"I thought the method you told him was correct." On the way back, Lanti almost called out.
"That's indeed the correct configuration method." Xiuyi replied.
"Then why did the butler come back to buy blue bead grass?" Daisy asked in confusion.
"Because I only told him how to replace Blue Bead Grass with other materials, but did not tell him what method should be used for post-processing. So he was doomed to fail."
"Oh! Fink, you're so bad!" The two girls shouted at the same time covering their mouths.
"But I don't understand why you did this. Is it good for you to offend a family?" Daisy was a little worried about Xiuyi.
"And how do you know how to refine potions?" Lanti couldn't understand how Xiu Yi knew so much.
Two girls kept asking each other.
Xiuyi sighed and stopped. He looked at the two little girls and whispered: "Dis, Ranti, you are all good girls. But I can't stay in the singing and dancing troupe all the time. I have my own things to do, I mean... everyone must have something to pursue, right?"
Daisy looked at Xiuyi in surprise: "You said you were leaving?"
Ranti simply grabbed Shuyi: "No, Fink, you can't just leave like that."
Xiuyi patted Lanti's little hand: "Don't be nervous, I didn't say I wanted to leave. I just wanted to get something, but these things were not easy to get. I need someone to help me."
The two girls breathed a sigh of relief.
Daisy asked, "Do you say you need the help of the noble?"
"Yes."
"That butler Gary?"
"Yes."
The girl was completely confused: "But you just fooled him. If you told him the right way, he might come to thank you, but now..."
Xiu Yi stopped the culture of the two of them impatiently: "Believe me, Daisy, and Lanti, this world is very complicated and not that simple. A family's butler will not be able to repay kindness just because a passerby kindly guides him. They are not gentlemen who will repay kindness. Although they are always well-educated and gentle on the outside, that does not mean anything. You cannot expect a butler to trust you with an ordinary encounter and a few words of guidance, and then satisfy whatever needs you put forward. This is unrealistic."
"But you..."
“So if you want to attract the attention of a person or a family, sometimes it’s much faster and easier to attract hatred than to attract gratitude.”
The girls covered their mouths at the same time and widened their eyes: "Oh my god, you mean..."
"Yes, if they don't do the preparation in the right way, then the stamina potion is not just a failure. The potion in the crucible will rush out like a roaring wave..." Speaking of this, Xiu Yi smiled: "I know that most potion alchemists are not so good. They always like to pile all the materials they want to use just to hold them. When the potion in the crucible is rushed out, I believe that many materials will be destroyed, which will be far more than their expected losses."
"Oh, no! Fink! That Gary butler will kill you!" Lanti almost screamed.
She never expected that Xiu Yi walked over and taught others with confidence and would be a way to harm others.
"Yes, if I can't tell them how to properly use the materials, they might do that." Xiuyi replied with a smile, and he gently hugged the two girls: "But don't worry, I don't die so easily. I just want to make sure that the Gary butler will come to you. After all, revenge is always easier to get more motivation than repaying kindness. Of course, his purpose is definitely not to express gratitude, but what does it matter? The important thing is that he will come to me, and that's enough for me."
Chapter completed!