Chapter Sixteen: The Alchemist Guild

  The effective time of the advanced attack halo has passed, and staying in the Ice Plateau is meaningless. Ye Chen bid farewell to Dingyuan and Shang, and returned to Lie Shan City all the way.

  I had just stored the newly acquired equipment in the warehouse when my friend's caller suddenly rang, and upon opening it, it was indeed Long Teng Xing Xing, who should have gathered enough gold coins by now.

  As soon as the call was connected, Long Teng Xing's slightly urgent voice came from the receiver: "Ye Chen brother, are you in the city? I've already gathered the money, when can we make the transaction?"

  The other party was in a hurry to send money to himself, and Ye Chen was naturally very pleased. His service attitude also improved a lot: "We can trade now, I'm in the city, where are you? I'll go find you."

  "Never mind, never mind, where are you? I'll go find you." Long Teng Xing's voice came from the other end of the intercom.

  Ye Chen didn't stand on ceremony either, and with a chuckle, said: "Alright then, I'm at the warehouse in west city, you come here."

  "Alright, I'll be right there." Long Teng Xing said before hanging up the phone.

  In less than a minute, the teleportation array not far from the warehouse suddenly flashed a golden light, and a swordsman player wearing armor and holding a long sword walked out of it. It was Long Teng Jian Xing.

  "Night Morning Brothers."

  Long Teng Jian Xing walked out of the transmission array, and at a glance, he saw Ye Chen not far away. He stretched out his hand to greet him from afar, then quickly ran over, walking up close to Ye Chen, shaking the pouch of money in his hand, smiling: "500 gold coins, it's all gathered."

  Ye Chen looked at Long Teng Xing who was walking towards him and seemed a bit dazed, saying: "You came through the transmission array?"

  "What's wrong?"

  "......5 gold coins for one use." Ye Chen was heartbroken in his mind, 100 pieces, 100 pieces, what a spendthrift.

  Long Teng burst out laughing: "Aren't I in a hurry? Besides, our Long Teng doesn't lack these 5 gold coins. Just our three teams have over a thousand brothers, and the daily guild funds they turn in are enough for me to splurge as the team leader. Moreover, Night Morning brother, you are an honored guest of our Long Teng. Our Young Master Wang has told me to take good care of you, so just give the word and I'll be at your beck and call."

  Ye Chen pouted and said: "No need to come at a moment's notice, next time you can just send me the teleportation fee directly, I'll be even happier."

  "Brother Ye Chen laughed and said, 'Alright, what's the deal? Are you going to give me the secret recipe first or should I give you the gold coins?' Long Teng Xing shook the money bag in his hand with a sly tone."

  "I'll give you the secret recipe first, and your Dragon Teng family will prosper. I'm not afraid that you'll run away." Ye Chen laughed heartily and directly told Long Teng Xingxing the secret recipe of the mountain bandits' hall in a low voice, then lightly smiled and said: "You can let your people try it out, and if it's good, you can pay me."

  "Alright, I'll let the brothers on that side try it out. If the secret manual is useful, I definitely won't let Brother Ye Chen lose out." Long Teng Xing felt a bit moved by Ye Chen's trust and smiled sincerely at him.

  Ye Chen nodded slightly, he really wasn't afraid that Long Teng Jian Xing would welch on the deal. If Long Teng Jian Xing dared to do so, Ye Chen would simply publicize the secret recipe of Shan Zei Da Ting, and by then everyone in Lie Shan City would know about it. Even if Long Teng was extremely powerful, he wouldn't be able to monopolize this benefit alone.

  This point, Long Teng Xing must also be clear in his heart.

  It was just a minute or two, and Long Teng Jian Xing slapped his palm heavily, his face unable to conceal the ecstatic expression. He called out to Ye Chen: "It's done! The brothers on that side have taken over the bandit chief's hall. Night Chen brother, let's make our deal!"

  "Good." Ye Chen nodded and directly clicked to accept Long Teng Xing's trade request.

  On the trading interface, Long Teng Jian Xing very comfortably put 500 gold coins on it, without even blinking his eyes. It can be seen that Long Teng is indeed wealthy and generous. If it were a smaller family, even if they could afford this amount of money, they would probably be heartbroken.

  Looking at the sudden increase of 500 gold coins in his backpack, Ye Chen's face also showed a joyful expression. 500 gold coins, that's more than 10,000 yuan! After deducting the workshop's commission, he could still have over 8,000 left, which was a huge sum of money for Ye Chen.

  "Haha, Ye Chen, now you're considered one of the wealthy men of Lie Shan City, how does it feel? Will you treat your brother to a meal? I've been craving that exquisite Manchu full-course dinner for a long time." Long Teng Zhan Xing said with a smile, teasing Ye Chen.

  "Get out." Ye Chen rolled his eyes. Shi Quan Shi Mei was the highest-end player-owned hotel in Lie Shan City, with prices that were frighteningly high. Ye Chen hadn't even set foot in the restaurant before, let alone ordered a full Manchu feast, which would surely bankrupt him. He said gruffly, "I'll just put my gold coins up for sale on the official trading platform, so you won't have to worry about it."

  Long Teng Jian Xing was taken aback: "Brother Ye Chen, are you really short of money? 500 gold coins can be sold for a lot of money, but in the game, it can also do a lot of things. At least, getting a set of rare blue equipment is no problem."

  Ye Chen shook his head: "Have you ever seen a studio that isn't short of money? I'm almost starving to death."

  "Is Ye Chen's brother in the workshop? Selling gold coins is feasible, after all, the current gold coin ratio is very high, and it will definitely drop in value soon. At least it's hard to sell for 1:20 or more." Long Teng Xing nodded in understanding.

  ……

  The two chatted for a few more sentences before Long Teng Jian Xing bid farewell and left. Ye Chen looked at the time, it was already past one o'clock in the afternoon, and no one had come to urge him to eat yet, so he assumed that Ling Yue had already taken care of lunch. Since that was the case, Ye Chen didn't rush to log off either. He took out a golden letter from his bag and headed towards the Alchemist Guild in Lie Shan City. According to the system's prompt, the alchemist named Keno was inside the guild.

  The Alchemist Guild is located in the very center of Lie Shan City, right next to the City Lord's Manor. It can be seen that the Alchemist Guild is still highly valued, at least with a much higher status than the Blacksmith Guild and the Tailor Guild.

  The gate of the Alchemist Guild was bustling with activity, as players selling potions set up stalls everywhere. These players were mostly Alchemists by profession, and they sat at their stalls, holding their cauldrons and loudly hawking their wares.

  "Level 10 red potion, restores 100 HP, 25 copper coins per bottle, buy 4 get 1 free, come check it out."

  "Level 5 Little Red, restores 60 HP, only 10 copper coins per bottle, a great helper for remaining medicine."

  "Wholesale large quantities of 20-level red medicine at a low price, those in need can make an appointment, beautiful women make reservations, with preferential prices."

  ……

  Ye Chen walked into the Alchemist Guild amidst the commotion, and since peddling was not allowed inside, it was noticeably quieter. The sparse players were either applying to become alchemists or haggling with NPCs over the price of medicine formulas. Ye Chen, dressed in a small, elegant outfit, entered the guild without drawing anyone's attention until he reached the staircase leading to the second floor, where two NPC guards blocked his way, and only then did the surrounding players turn their gaze towards him.