Chapter 1965

In the side room, Yang Kai took his seat but did not rush to touch the tea in front of him.

The shopkeeper of the lingdanfang is a bit overly enthusiastic which makes him feel that there is something fishy going on. So he shows the necessary caution.

Kang Siran obviously also noticed this and didn’t care. He smiled slightly and said, “I heard that the guest is here to buy a Danfang?

“That’s right！” Yang Kai nodded.

Kang Siran’s eyes lit up and he said, “So, the guest is an alchemist?”

Yang Kai frowned and said lightly, “Does your shop inquire about the details of the guests while selling things？”

There is already a bit of blame in these words, but Kang Siran didn’t get angry. Instead, he said with an apologetic look on his face, “Young Master Yang, don’t be angry. It’s the old man’s fault. The old man will use tea instead of wine here to apologize to you！”

As he spoke, he really drank up the tea in his cup in one gulp.

He wiped the moisture on his chin and said, “If the guest is really a alchemist and your alchemist level is high enough, the old man can give you any you need.

“What does this mean？” Yang Kai was confused by him.

Kang Siran smiled bitterly when he heard this and didn’t answer immediately. It seemed that he was choosing his words carefully. After a while, he said, “Since that’s the case, then the old man will be straightforward.”

“Shopkeeper Kang, please speak.”

“Actually, it’s like this.” Konstans pondered for a moment. “Our Spirit Pill Workshop is currently a bit short of alchemists… If the guest is an alchemist above the Void King level, I would like to hire the guest as an alchemist of our workshop. The treatment will definitely be favorable. I have two proposals for you to choose from. You can get a certain amount of monthly salary every month, or you can take a percentage of the income with our workshop. It all depends on your own will.

Yang Kai was Stunned upon hearing this： “Your workshop is short of alchemists？”

“To be honest.” Konstans seemed to have been troubled by this matter for a while. Now that he saw a glimmer of hope, he had no intention of hiding it. “Our workshop originally had three alchemists. But two of them left a while ago, and now there is only one left. The spirit pills refined are really a bit insufficient, so…” But don’t worry. If our Spirit Pill Workshop has any pill formulas, you can check them. I will definitely not hide them privately.”

This answer couldn’t help but make Yang Kai a little heartbeat. After all, he didn’t have many source crystals in his hand at present. If he really had to buy pill formulas, maybe he could only buy one or two ordinary pill formulas. As for the pill formula of the Source Coagulating Pill… it must be extremely precious. With his current financial resources, he absolutely couldn’t afford it.”

He had originally only planned to inquire about the price of the pill formula first and then go to raise source crystals to buy it.

Unexpectedly, when he came to this Spirit Pill Workshop, he actually encountered this unexpected surprise.

Yang Kai asked with a poker face, “Why did those two alchemists suddenly leave？ Could it be that the remuneration given by Shopkeeper Kang is not enough？”

“How could that be the case.” Kang Siran couldn’t help but wryly smile. “I consider myself to be fair in business and honest in dealing with people in this Fenglin City. The prices offered by our alchemy workshop to several alchemists are definitely not low. It’s just that… people always strive for better things. It’s an eternal truth. In the face of greater interests, their choice to leave the alchemy workshop is also taken for granted.”

After hearing what he said, Yang Kai somewhat understood.

“Poached by others！”

Upon hearing this, a hint of annoyance emerged on Kang Siran’s expression, and he nodded and said, “That’s exactly the case. Our Lingdan Workshop is actually an industry of the Ziyuan Chamber of Commerce. And the Danqi Pavilion across the street is a business of the Qiyao Chamber of Commerce. It’s natural for them to target us.”

“Ziyuan Chamber of Commerce, Qiyao Chamber of Commerce？” Yang Kai furrowed his brows.

“The guest has never heard of them？” This time it was Kang Siran’s turn to be surprised.

Yang Kai smiled awkwardly and shook his head.

Kang Siran was stunned for a long time. He seemingly didn’t expect that Yang Kai, a Void King Realm Layer 3 cultivator, had never heard of the names of these two major chambers of commerce. After all, in the Southern Territory, apart from the supreme hegemon, the Star God Palace, the next level of forces were the Ziyuan Chamber of Commerce, the Qiyao Chamber of Commerce, and other major forces.

Yang Kai’s strength was not low. How could he not have heard of this？

But Kang Siran was after all a businessman. He was best at observing words and expressions. To avoid Yang Kai’s embarrassment, he quickly smiled and said, “It seems that the guest is a person who has cultivated hard. No wonder he is young but has a cultivation level not inferior to that of the old man. The old man admires and admires.”

Yang Kai gave a dry laugh and didn’t answer.

However, judging from the information revealed by Kang Siran, it seems that the two major chambers of commerce are in a hostile relationship. This is not difficult to understand. Peers are enemies. Since they are all in business, there is naturally a competitive element in it.

The Seven Luminaries Chamber of Commerce offered a higher price and poached two alchemists from the Spirit Pill Workshop, resulting in the embarrassing situation of the Spirit Pill Workshop at present.

Without enough alchemists, there will naturally not be enough spirit pills. Over time, I’m afraid no one will come to patronize the Spirit Pill Workshop anymore. And as the shopkeeper of the Spirit Pill Workshop, Kang Siran naturally saw it in his eyes and was anxious in his heart.

These days, he has also been looking for suitable alchemists and wants to recruit them into the Spirit Pill Workshop. But Fenglin City is not big in the Star Boundary. Even if there are alchemists, they already have their own affiliations. Even if those alchemists with not high levels are hired, they won’t be of much use.

So he was so enthusiastic about Yang Kai. So when he heard that Yang Kai came to buy the pill formula, he immediately asked the waiter to invite him in.

People who will buy alchemy formulas must undoubtedly be alchemists. Ordinary warriors simply won’t pay attention to alchemy formulas. They just need to raise materials and pay enough remuneration to ask alchemists to refine them into pills.

“May I ask, what is the level of the guest’s alchemy？” Kang Siran revealed his predicament completely, and then looked at Yang Kai nervously and expectantly and asked.

If Yang Kai’s alchemy level was not high, then he didn’t need to waste time with Yang Kai.

Yang Kai thought for a while and said, “There is no problem refining Void King-level pills.”

His answer was not complete and he also concealed something, but this answer was already enough to satisfy Kang Siran.

Hearing Yang Kai personally admit that he was a Void King-level alchemist, Kang Siran was already extremely excited, and his two eyes were full of sincerity.

Before he could speak, Yang Kai said, “Shopkeeper Kang doesn’t need to say anymore. I refine pills only because I need source crystals. It’s a means of making money and can also be regarded as a kind of cultivation. I won’t refine pills for a long time. Maybe one day I won’t refine them anymore. Shopkeeper Kang should still ask someone else.”

The other party’s attitude was very sincere, and Yang Kai didn’t want to deceive anything, so he spoke frankly.

After all, for him, alchemy was just a means of cultivation and he wouldn’t invest too much energy and time. If he agreed to Kang Siran’s request, it would be equivalent to selling himself to the Spirit Pill Workshop, and his future time and freedom would be restricted.

This was not what Yang Kai wanted to see.

“Not refine for a long time？” Kang Siran was stunned for a moment, and then smiled. “It doesn’t matter. As long as the guest can help this old man refine for three months… no, two months will be enough. This old man won’t waste too much of your cultivation time.”

“Just two months？” Yang Kai looked at him in surprise.

“That’s right. In fact, the situation here has already been reported to the Chamber of Commerce’s headquarters by this old man. They also promised to transfer two alchemists over, but it still takes a little time. After all, the journey is far, and this is a small place, so the headquarters won’t pay too much attention. It will probably take about two months before and after. So as long as the guest can help this old man hold on for these two months, it will be fine.”

“So that’s how it is！” Yang Kai nodded slightly.

“What does the guest think？ Do you need to consider it carefully？” Kang Siran asked nervously.

He had been almost driven crazy by this matter during this period of time. Seeing a suitable candidate sent right in front of his eyes, he was in no way willing to miss it.

“If it’s two months… I might as well give it a try. However, Shopkeeper Kang, those pill formulas of your workshop…”

Before Yang Kai could finish speaking, Kang Siran waved his hand boldly and said, “If the guest really becomes one of us, those pill formulas can naturally be checked at will, and even copied.”

“Can I ask what kind of pill formulas there are？ Is there a Source Coagulation Pill formula among them？”

“A pill recipe like the Source Coagulation Pill can be found in almost every pill workshop. However, due to differences between each workshop, the pill recipes will have some slight differences. Why, since the guest is a Void King-level alchemist, don’t you even know how to refine the Source Coagulation Pill？”

Kang Siran suddenly felt a bit uneasy, thinking that Yang Kai couldn’t have been talking nonsense just now, right？ Which Void King-level alchemist doesn’t have the pill recipe for a spirit pill like the Source Coagulation Pill？ This is the pill that Void King Realm martial artists need the most.

Yang Kai smiled awkwardly and could only say, “The place where I come from is relatively remote, and there aren’t any particularly powerful martial artists either, so…”

Although this explanation was full of loopholes, it was at least a reason.

Kang Siran didn’t go digging deeper and annoy people.

“Well, shopkeeper Kang, you make a list of the pill recipes your workshop has and give it to me. I’ll go back and think about it carefully. If it’s possible, I will definitely come again within three days.” Yang Kai didn’t rashly agree to Kang Siran. After all, he wasn’t familiar with this Spirit Pill Workshop or Kang Siran himself. Who knew if he was a hypocrite？

It’s always right to be careful about everything.

“That’s fine too. Then this old man will be waiting for the guest’s arrival. Please consider it as soon as possible. Our Spirit Pill Workshop’s pills are currently in short supply.” Kang Siran knew that this matter couldn’t be rushed and could only agree to Yang Kai’s request.

Immediately, he sorted out a catalogue of pill recipes and handed it to Yang Kai.

After taking leave of Kang Siran, Yang Kai didn’t return to his residence but still strolled around the city.

Every time he saw a shop selling spirit pills, he would go in and inquire.

Although he had already reached an agreement with Kang Siran, he still wanted to try if he could buy prescriptions from other places. After all, if he could do it alone, it would be better than sharing the profits with the Spirit Pill Workshop, and the income he obtained would also be more.

Of course, there are also some benefits to cooperating with the Spirit Pill Workshop, such as a fixed customer source, sufficient materials, and no need to worry about the sales channel and so on.

Both have their advantages and disadvantages.

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