Chapter 59: Malicious Acquisition

"Okay, after Master Seda returns, I will pass your meaning on to him."

Gao De was naturally unwilling to sell the medicinal garden, not to mention that Master Seda was already gone.

But the situation was like this, and he couldn't think of a response for a while, so he could only use the "delay" tactic.

"It's just that when he left, he explained that this trip was because the research on the potion recipe had no results for a long time, so he decided to take a break and return to his hometown to visit relatives, and I don't know when he will be back."

Hearing Gao De say this, Oliver's expression was strange.

Gao De noticed the subtle change in the other party's expression, and while his heart tightened, he continued as if nothing had happened: "I have mastered all of Master Seda's potionology knowledge, so he temporarily handed the medicinal garden to me to manage until he returns."

When Oliver heard Gao De say this, his eyes lit up suddenly, and at the same time he was a little suspicious: "Are you saying that you have mastered all of Master Seda's potionology knowledge?"

It could be seen that he held reservations about this statement, half-believing and half-doubting.

After all, Gao De looked too young.

Gao De nodded firmly, "Master Seda has taught me both Primary Spider Venom Potion and Primary Stamina Potion, and I have mastered them all."

"If that's really the case, we are also willing to hire you as our shop's potion maker," Oliver said with a chuckle.

"Also, if Master Seda doesn't return for a long time, it's not impossible for you to decide some things."

Oliver pretended to look at the medicinal garden and stretched out two fingers of his right hand, indicating: "200 gold coins, I am willing to pay 200 gold coins to acquire your medicinal garden."

Hearing this price, Gao De couldn't help but grit his teeth bitterly in his heart.

Not to mention anything else, the cost of Master Seda taking down this medicinal garden back then was more than two hundred gold coins, not to mention the various renovations and construction later.

Plus the four pieces of medicinal fields that stably produce, doubling the two hundred gold coins would not be an exaggeration.

"Master Mage only asked me to manage the medicinal garden temporarily; how dare I make such a decision without authorization? It's better to wait until Master Seda returns before making a resolution."

Although his heart ached, Gao De still smiled and said.

"That's true," Oliver didn't take it seriously, "It's just that things like opportunities have time limits. I'm in a hurry here and can't give you too much time. You should consider it carefully."

"I think even if Master Seda returns, he will be able to understand the decision you made; after all, being able to join our Phil Potion Shop is a great blessing."

After laughing and leaving this sentence, Oliver waved his hand, boarded the carriage parked under the tree on the side, and left leisurely.

"Smiling Tiger." After sending Oliver and his party away, Gao De cursed in his heart.

He had clearly sensed the malice released by Oliver for a moment just now, which was why he took the initiative to reveal that he had inherited all of Master Seda's potionology knowledge.

It was both to reveal his own value and to stabilize the other party.

Only by having value will the other party think twice before acting.

But how long this thinking twice can last and how much effect it has is hard to say.

"Gao De, what should we do?" Amy, who had witnessed the whole process from the side, couldn't be as calm as Gao De and was already flustered, just holding on in front of outsiders.

Now that Oliver and his party were gone, he couldn't hold on anymore and said in a panic: "Master Seda has already..."

"Don't tell others about this; let me think." Gao De knew what Amy meant and could only explain it this way.

Phil Potion Shop, second floor.

A long table made of mahogany separated the room into two spaces.

Behind the long table was a man full of majesty. His eye sockets were deep, his brow bones were slightly raised, and his beard was neatly trimmed.

He wore a custom-made robe made of high-grade dark purple fabric, with an emblem of unknown meaning embroidered on his chest.

Clearly, this was a person of extremely noble status.

Oliver, the owner of the potion shop, was standing respectfully in front of the long table at this moment.

There was no trace of the self-satisfied posture he had at the Seda Medicinal Garden during the day.

"Baron, today I went to the Seda Medicinal Garden and the Yilan Medicinal Garden in the suburbs. The Yilan Medicinal Garden has agreed to let me have the medicinal garden, but the situation at the Seda Medicinal Garden is more complicated."

"How do you say?" The man called Baron asked.

"I went there and didn't see the master, Master Seda. According to the apprentices in the medicinal garden, Master Seda returned to his hometown to visit relatives."

"But I suspect that Master Seda actually didn't return to his hometown to visit relatives, but has already died of old age, and it was just hidden by the apprentices in the medicinal garden."

"That Master Seda's age was already old, and the last time he came to the shop to get Psychic Bone Powder, I received him."

"At that time, his complexion had already decayed to the extreme, looking like he was about to die."

"In addition, Master Seda had been researching his high-rank potion for ten years, paying unknown amounts of money and energy, and had long been crazy, vowing not to stop until he reached his goal."

"Such a person, how could he suddenly stop his research and choose to return to his hometown to visit relatives?"

"Moreover, for an old mage who has lived in seclusion for ten years, it's hard to say whether he still has relatives in the world. He said he returned to his hometown to visit relatives; who believes it?"

"And saying it's visiting relatives, I also sent people to the post station in the city to ask, and there is no record of that Master Seda renting horses at the post station and car firms."

"That old mage is so old; how could he go on a long trip without renting horses or carriages, relying on walking? Can he walk?"

"Eight or nine out of ten, it's as I said, he has already died of old age in the medicinal garden, but these apprentices are bold and imaginative, wanting to create the illusion that the old mage is still in the world, so they can continue to operate the old mage's medicinal garden."

"I have to say, if it weren't for your hint that I should start annexing and acquiring the potion shops in the city, I really wouldn't have noticed this Seda Medicinal Garden; this matter would have almost been done by them."

"Then why didn't you take action?" The majestic man sitting behind the long table finally asked after listening for a long time.

"There was a small accident. An apprentice in the medicinal garden claimed that he had inherited all the potion knowledge of the old mage."

"That apprentice looks very young, only thirteen or fourteen; if what he said is true, I see great potential for cultivation, so I temporarily dismissed the idea and decided to wait and see."

"This kind of talent should join the Phil Potion Shop and make medicine for us."

"With his age and talent in the field of potionology, I don't know how much money he can help us earn in the future."

"For a little bit of money, sending him to prison is a bit short-sighted, so I thought it would be better to acquire their medicinal garden in a relatively peaceful way..."

"That said..." The majestic man's fingers tapped the table lightly, "That's not wrong. Get things done as soon as possible, don't make mistakes, otherwise..."

"Baron, don't worry, I will definitely handle this matter properly."

"It won't be long before he agrees to let me have the medicinal garden and becomes the shop's potion maker."

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"It won't be long before he agrees to sell the herb garden to me and becomes the apothecary for this shop."

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