Exchanging for a Pill Formula

Both sides had obtained certain promised benefits, and amid clinking cups they spoke grandly of lofty matters.

True Person Changqing drained the wine in his cup and said:

"Fellow Daoist possesses the Green Lotus Heart-Burning Fire, giving you a unique natural advantage in refining Golden Core Pills. In the future, if we gather the materials and commission you to refine them, would that be feasible?"

Ji An could not have wished for more. "No problem. Does your side have any additional requirements?"

It did not matter who he refined pills for, so long as the benefits ended up in his hands.

If more factions commissioned him to refine Golden Core Pills, not only would he make a name for himself, he would also gain tangible benefits.

"By custom, we take forty percent of the theoretical pill yield, and the remaining pills belong to Fellow Daoist.

"If Fellow Daoist is willing to sell the surplus Golden Core Pills to us, we can repurchase them at fifty percent of the highest price from the auction house's most recent sale."

Ji An gently shook his head and said:

"I agree to that price, but I need your shop to use Purple Cloud Jade Ganoderma Pills as payment instead."

The auction house charged twenty percent of the final sale price, and the other party needed to make some profit for their hard work gathering the materials.

If one person wanted to take all the benefits, they could only walk themselves into a dead end.

He did not lack Spirit Stones. What he lacked were pills.

True Person Changqing had originally expected him to haggle, but he had not expected the cooperation to be settled so easily.

"Very well. I agree to Fellow Daoist's request. In half a year, there will be two batches of