Netherworld Retrograde

Chapter 163: Chapter 75: Gold-Plated Magic Potion_2

”You could use this to forge new Spiritual Ability Equipment, keep it, or, well, sell it directly to us. Here’s the price list...”

I don’t know if it’s a bias or not, but Li Yelai always felt that the staff at the Equipment Department, whether male or female, young or old, all exuded the air of a cunning merchant.

After glancing at the price list, Li Yelai felt this wasn’t just bias, but a fact!

”Mysterious Material from the Path of Zero, you’re only offering fifteen Merit Points for it? These materials are also derived from various Extraordinary Creatures or Taboo Items. How come they’re only ten points?” Li Yelai widened his eyes, ”Last time didn’t you say, buying a Mysterious Material from you costs thirty points? A C-grade Spiritual Ability Equipment costs sixty points! So you’re just doubling the price to sell?”

You should know, Mysterious Material is extracted from the Soul Well of a Spiritual Ability User after they die.

The higher the grade of the Mysterious Material, the more expensive it is. And vice versa.

But it shouldn’t be just fifteen points, right? That’s such a rip-off!

Plus, for the same C-grade Spiritual Ability Equipment, the Flame Broken Blade was indeed broken, but Li Yelai had found both pieces.

The material should be unchanged, yet the entire price was suppressed to twenty-five Merit Points.

And they, the Equipment Department, sell a C-grade Spiritual Ability Equipment for sixty points.

More than double, indeed—they’re making a killing!

No wonder my colleagues all say the Equipment Department is full of swindlers!

They truly deceive without shame!

”Mr. Night General, every time we recast, dismantle, or remodel, it consumes a lot of manpower,” the Equipment Department staff defended.

”No deal, too little. So it’s a C-grade weapon, and if you just casually change it into a dagger, it sells for more than twenty-five points,” Li Yelai frowned and started bidding up, ”Fifty points!”

Yes, he had no intention of forging new Spiritual Ability Equipment.

He already possessed two pieces, the Red Dragon Spear and the Summoning Bell, and had no plans to switch.

If he used three Spiritual Ability Equipments at the same time, who knows when they would get twisted.

Moreover, his Merit Points were needed to buy Magic Potions, and he wouldn’t have many left, so he intended to sell these materials to maintain or repair his Spiritual Ability Equipment later on.

”Fifty points is too much! Let’s do twenty-eight points, that’s already a very high price!” The Equipment Department staff were shocked by Li Yelai’s counteroffer and firmly opposed.

”Ha, you’re forcing me to use my trump card!” Li Yelai said sternly.

”Even if the team captains come, this is our price,” the Equipment Department staff said with a trembling heart.

Then, one by one, they started to hide their car keys.

As members of the same division, they were well aware of Li Yelai’s reputation as a vehicle killer!

Worried that Li Yelai might fancy their cars.

Of course, Li Yelai wouldn’t really cross the line with his own colleagues, although they are a bunch of swindlers...

So, he turned and walked away, and after a while, he brought over a team captain who was strolling around the division.

If it were any other team captain coming over, the Equipment Department wouldn’t be scared. It’s just bargaining, right? Even the King of the Restricted Zone would have to face some cuts here!

But... the captain Li Yelai brought was a handsome young man.

He carried a Blade Shield on his back, rubbing his hands eagerly as if he was quite looking forward to the upcoming bargaining.

The visitor was none other than the captain of the fourth squad, Moon Shadow!

That strongest trash-talker who could make even Taboo Items shut down completely.

If trash talk counted as actual combat power, he would probably be above all others.

Dignity? What’s that exotic thing? Moon Shadow would claim to have no knowledge of it!

Seeing Moon Shadow clearing his throat, the Equipment Department instantly caved.

”Thirty points, no more!”

Moon Shadow coughed.

”Thirty-five points! Really, we can’t do any more!”

Moon Shadow took a deep breath, eyes shining.

”Forty points, forty points! Any higher and we’re losing money!”

Moon Shadow finally nodded, saying to Li Yelai, ”This is about right. In the future, if there are good deals like this, make sure to find me.”

Li Yelai nodded sincerely, ”Understood, Moon Shadow Captain!”

Moon Shadow Captain was as terrifying as this!

With the help of ”nuclear weapon” Moon Shadow, Li Yelai had harvested forty Merit Points.

However, seeing the relieved expressions of the Equipment Department personnel, he estimated that he could probably ask for more, truly a bunch of profiteers!

After bidding farewell to Moon Shadow Captain, Li Yelai found the exchange zone within the branch.

He decisively spent three hundred Merit Points to purchase the Third Awakening Potion [Mimicry·Scale Armor].

The staff member of the exchange zone said to Li Yelai, ”Then we can start making the Magic Potion now, and you can come to pick it up in half an hour. You may also enter the back to watch the concoction process.”

”Can I actually watch the making of the Magic Potion?” inquired Li Yelai.

”Of course, it’s a complimentary service, after all, you’re the one who’s going to drink it. You can see what’s inside,” the staff member said with a smile. ”But if you find it disgusting, you can choose not to watch.”

”Then I’ll take a look, consider it a learning experience,” Li Yelai nodded. He was quite curious about the Magic Potion.

Thus, Li Yelai followed the staff member into the back of the exchange zone.

He discovered that there were three Ye Boshou stationed there, as well as a pharmacist in a white lab coat.

It was said that during the concoction of Magic Potions, certain dangers might arise, hence a powerful Spiritual Ability User had to be present to ensure safety.

Also, upon receiving the message, Captain Yang Chen had sent over a piece of Mysterious Material.

It was a heart covered in black scales, personally escorted to the back by a Fourth Awakening Spiritual Ability User.

The pharmacist looked at the faintly beating heart with a trace of fear.

”Black Dragon Armor,” the Processor who delivered the heart mimed the words, then handed the box containing the heart over to the pharmacist.

The pharmacist sighed softly, glanced at Li Yelai who was watching from outside the window.

And then began the Magic Potion concoction.

Mimicry vines, Heaven’s dew, hundreds of armored scales...

One Extraordinary Material after another was placed into the crucible by the pharmacist, and with the collision of materials, the crucible emitted a strange sound.

Even Li Yelai, watching from outside the window, could faintly hear that eerie roar.

A Ye Boshou guarding the back cautiously approached the crucible, while the pharmacist just shook his head.

Then, grabbed the still-beating, scale-covered heart.

A sharp scalpel lit up in his hand, swiftly stabbing into the gaps between the scales.

After pulling out the scalpel, he suspended the heart above the crucible.

Soon, three drops of golden blood seeped from the wound, and as the blood emerged, the heart withered instantly.

A dragon’s roar came from within the crucible.

For a moment, Li Yelai saw a black dragon roaring out of the crucible, fearsome and terrifying!

Then it was suppressed by three massive figures and torn apart.

Li Yelai knew that this was a Virtual Realm Projection!

In the process of crafting the Magic Potion, a highly active material had projected into the Void Realm but was suppressed by the Virtual Realm Projections of the three Fourth Awakening Spiritual Ability Users.

As the projection was destroyed, the inside of the crucible returned to calm.

After adding a few more Extraordinary Materials, the pharmacist waited for the crucible to cool down completely.

Then he took out a cup of gold-plated liquid.

Wanxiang Third Awakening Magic Potion [Mimicry·Scale Armor] was completed.

”Is the making of a Magic Potion really this dangerous?” Li Yelai asked with some gravity: ”My thanks for your effort.”

Yet the staff member of the exchange zone spoke somberly, ”What are you talking about? The risks you Processors face are far more dangerous than this. Many colleagues have never been seen again after receiving their Magic Potion.”

As a staff member of the exchange zone with no particular Spiritual Talent, he was acutely aware of the responsibilities and dangers faced by Processors.

Because too many familiar Processors had never come back.

Soon, the gold-plated Magic Potion was personally handed to Li Yelai by the pharmacist.

”Remember, never use the Magic Potion unless you’re absolutely sure. While using a Magic Potion can grant a certain ability, the user might also be affected by its power. Be extremely cautious!” the pharmacist warned gravely.

”I understand,” Li Yelai nodded solemnly.