Chapter 11: Phil Potion Shop

Genius, for Gao De, this was not a very strange evaluation; since he was a child, the people around him had been praising him like this.

But his genius was in the field of mathematics, which didn't seem to mean much to the magic world.

The predecessor's genius in the field of Potion Studies was the truly useful thing at the moment.

The acquisition price Master Seda could get for primary spider venom potion was 2 gold per set (3 small bottles).

This was built on the premise that Master Seda had a certain strength and could stably ship goods.

It was obviously impossible for him to ship goods on a small scale at this price, but it wouldn't be much lower, and the advantage was that it was pure profit without any cost.

"What a pity..." Gao De couldn't help but sigh.

Besides his outstanding talent in the field of Potion Studies, the predecessor was also more intelligent than the average person in terms of scheming.

He was not the only one who remained awake in this environment.

The predecessor was also such a person.

Just like Gao De, he was not willing to wait for his destined fate to descend in a muddled way, but tried to change his fate.

He had long been preparing for the predicament he was facing, and even miraculously found a breakthrough with his talent.

—As long as there is money, it is not impossible to find a way to crack the tracking mark.

But it was a pity that he hadn't had time to save enough money before he was chosen by Master Seda to test the drugs.

Time waits for no one.

If the predecessor had been given some more time, maybe he could have truly created a miracle of his own.

"Since you gave me a second chance, I will definitely succeed this time."

With the savings left by the predecessor, plus the qualification to freely enter and exit the herb garden he had just fought for, and "Fengling Yueying," the originally tiny hope was finally faintly visible.

After eating the standard dinner of rye bread + pea soup, Gao De left the herb garden with Amy before it got dark.

The package contained five sets of primary spider venom potion; he was going to send them to the potion shop in the city.

This originally belonged to Yilan's work, and after he stabbed Yilan to death, it was handed over to him.

Because of the existence of the tracking mark, Master Seda didn't worry about the apprentices escaping, and generally didn't restrict the apprentices' range of activities. At the same time, to save trouble, Master Seda had handed over the work of delivering potion goods to Yilan very confidently.

Of course, the price was negotiated by Master Seda himself, and Yilan was just responsible for delivering the goods.

Master Seda's herb garden was located in the suburbs of Hogan City.

The establishment of an herb garden requires a very large and fertile land.

Master Seda, as a potion master, had many ways to make money, but his expenses were also huge, so he couldn't be extravagant.

So even in a place like Hogan City, which was equivalent to an unknown small county town in his past life, Master Seda could only place the herb garden in the suburbs where land prices were cheap.

And the place Gao De was going to was the commercial district of Hogan City.

In most cases, the commercial district of a city is located in the best location in the city.

Hogan City was no exception.

Its commercial district was located in the very center of the city.

Even though Hogan City was not big, the location of the herb garden was indeed remote.

From the herb garden to the commercial district, walking took about an hour.

Round trip was two hours.

Before his transmigration, Gao De had many means of transportation for this distance.

Subway, bus, or even taxi.

He wouldn't consider walking at all.

But here, he only had one means of transportation—his own legs. Although there were carriages in this world, the problem was that carriages were rented by the hour, starting at 2 silver, and then 6 copper for every 5 minutes over.

This price was only something Master Seda was qualified to take, and had nothing to do with these little apprentices.

Hogan City's first impression on Gao De was three words: too broken.

Walking all the way, the roads were winding, almost without planning, and most of the roads were very narrow.

Because it had rained two days ago, many sections of the road were full of dirty water, and randomly thrown debris could be seen everywhere.

A sense of restraint and crowding rushed toward him.

Walking all the way, the pedestrians he met were mostly in a hurry, as if they had something urgent.

Gao De knew that these pedestrians were mostly workers in the city's factories; they had to rush home before dark, and then finish their chores as soon as possible, and go to bed early, so they could save a little kerosene money.

As they entered the slum area located on the edge of Hogan City, the stench in the air became more and more frequent, and many semi-unemployed people doing temporary jobs, dressed in rags, and wandering beggars could be seen on the side of the road.

Gao De and Amy also came from here.

It was very chaotic, very poor, and there were many people.

There were also many thieves.

Gao De instinctively grabbed the strap of the package, bent down slightly, accelerated his pace, and under Amy's lead, lowered his head and passed through this chaotic street.

Although he was barely a mage apprentice and mastered two cantrips, both cantrips had no lethality and were mainly functional, plus his not-so-strong body, Gao De could only be careful.

This was the reason Gao De brought Amy on this trip. The predecessor only left him knowledge; his current situation was equivalent to a person with amnesia.

That is to say, he didn't know the way.

Moving forward, as the stench in the air gradually faded and the houses on both sides became much brighter, Gao De straightened his back again and looked straight ahead.

Now they were in the commoner residential area of Hogan City; passing through this area, they reached the commercial district.

Walking for another twenty minutes, before dark, Gao De finally arrived at the commercial district.

Hogan City's commercial district was very prosperous; because it was dark, the street lights on both sides of the road were already on.

The street lights here were all magic crystal lights, using a strange crystal called magic crystal as energy, which was much brighter than kerosene lamps.

In the same city, separated by only thirty or forty minutes of travel, on one side, people couldn't even bear to light a lamp at night to save a little kerosene money, while on this side, the more expensive magic crystal lights were on all night.

It was as if they were two different worlds.

The streets in the commercial district were very wide and very clean.

Various tempting aromas drifted out from the high-end restaurants on both sides of the road.

When passing by a bakery called "Pande Bakery," the sweet smell of freshly baked pastries and cookies drifting out of the shop made Gao De and Amy, who had eaten rye bread all day, instinctively swallow their saliva.

It was just that the price tag on the water sign outside the bakery made the two of them have to pass by without looking sideways—the cheapest maple sugar cookie cost 6 round copper coins for a small portion.

The pedestrians on the street were all wearing exquisite clothes, but the colors of men's clothing were very monotonous, generally brown and black, while the dresses of ladies and misses were much more gorgeous, with various colors and gorgeous decorations.

Amy had bent down slightly again, lowered his head, and accelerated his pace, just like his posture in the slum area.

But it was different.

Gao De was looking around with great interest, looking at this "exotic" style that he would definitely not see in his past life.

Following the door number, Amy led Gao De to their destination.

"Phil Potion Shop."

A medium-sized shop that occupied three door numbers 18, 19, and 20 on this street, the sign was very large, and there was also a water sign standing at the door.

"Phil Potion Shop is recruiting diligent herb gatherers."

"The maturity period of thorn grass is coming soon. Because this grass grows on high mountains, the picking period is very short, and the demand is relatively large, so we urgently need to hire 5-10 temporary herb gatherers who are physically strong and can endure hardship."

"This job requires going out to the mountains, sleeping in the wild, and following the instructions of our shop's pharmacist."

"Payment is based on the quantity and quality of collection, and our shop will provide necessary wild equipment and food."

"Those who are interested, please come to our shop for an interview in the near future."

"..."

It was an announcement recruiting odd-jobbers.

Thorn grass, a kind of herb with small thorns on the surface, its medicinal effect is to restore physical strength, and dried thorn grass is often used as an auxiliary medicine for the brewing of physical strength recovery potions.

And physical strength recovery potions are one of the best-selling low-rank potions, so when the thorn grass matures, potion shops will generally collect them in large quantities and then air-dry and preserve them to ensure a stable supply throughout the year.

Knowledge about thorn grass flashed through Gao De's mind.

He moved his gaze away from the water sign and strode into Phil Potion Shop.

This was the shipping party negotiated by Master Seda.

Because the specific details had already been negotiated, and it was not the first time they had cooperated, plus Gao De was only responsible for delivering the goods, the transaction went very smoothly.

He walked into the shop, stated his identity and purpose, handed the five sets of primary spider venom potion to the clerk, and then received a "delivery note" stamped with the Phil Potion Shop seal, which completed the task of this trip.

—The money did not pass through Gao De's hands; every once in a while, Master Seda would bring the "delivery note" to collect the payment himself.

"Gao De?" After leaving Phil Potion Shop, Amy saw Gao De looking around, seemingly looking for something.

Gao De came back to his senses.

The primary spider venom potion belonging to Master Seda had already been sold, but the set of primary spider venom potion belonging to him was still lying quietly in his package.

Gao De didn't remember where the predecessor had sold these potions before, but it didn't matter; he could open a new channel.

"Amy, I want to stroll around a bit more, you go back first." He turned to Amy and said.

Amy was stunned, and then instinctively said: "It's already so late, there are no magic crystal lights in the slum area..."

Gao De thought about it, and it did make sense. This world was different from his past life; public security could not be guaranteed, especially in places like the slum area, it was safer to go together.

He took out 6 copper coins from his pocket and stuffed them into Amy's hand, "Wait for me at the door of Pande Bakery, I'll find you after I'm done, and then we'll go back together."

"Gao De..." Amy was not surprised that Gao De had money, but advised: "Master Seda's potion has been successful, we should be able to live a stable life, and you are the strongest among us, you will definitely be valued by Master Seda..."

"Are you sure?" Gao De was not surprised that Amy knew something, just asked back.

After all, they were under the same roof; it would be strange if Amy didn't know anything.

"Should be..." Amy muttered, looking very guilty.

Clearly, he also knew Master Seda's character in his heart, just deceiving himself subconsciously.

"I killed Yilan and have already offended Master Seda. Besides, no matter what, the situation won't be worse, right?" Gao De said, then turned and left, "I'll be back to find you soon."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 12 =====