Duke's goal was to keep as low a profile as possible. Shops in prime locations usually saw heavy foot traffic; goods would naturally sell well there, but they would also draw too much attention.
At first, his target customers were the Mages of Sky City, but later on, he would mainly sell to players.
With players around, he did not need an especially good storefront. Players could quickly spread news about him through online forums and other channels.
Duke had already learned from Daili that potion-makers were also extremely scarce here, especially those capable of brewing powerful potions.
The potion-making standards of this plane seemed rather low. The Level 1 Potions Duke casually took out were already considered extremely powerful potions in Daili's eyes.
There were no large-scale potion shops in Sky City either, only a few relatively well-known potion-makers. However, they were still far inferior to Duke.
They could only barely brew one or two kinds of Level 1 Potion, and their failure rates were exceptionally high.
Daili also knew some basic Potions knowledge and had told Duke about certain aspects of potion-making.
After learning about their brewing procedures and the instruments they used, Duke understood why their potion-making failure rates were so high.
Their research into potion ingredients was nowhere near as thorough as that of Wizards. Their related equipment was incomplete, and their brewing methods were still rather primitive.
There was far too much knowledge involved in potion ingredients. Different ingredients possessed entirely different properties, and even the slightest variation in handling could greatly reduce the effect, or even produce the opposite result.
All of this required systematic study to master, and the knowledge system was immensely complex.
However, the Oracle Plane clearly lacked such a structured potion-making legacy. It still relied on primitive word-of-mouth teaching, usually