Chapter 978: Risk

"Name your price."

Su Xiao ordered a cup of coffee for the black merchant 24k. The black merchant 24k nodded politely.

"Mr. Bai Ye, we have already cooperated once, so the price will be a little more favorable. Let's make it 300,000 Paradise Coins."

Undoubtedly, for the audience of this blueprint, the price of 300,000 was definitely a sky-high price, even if this blueprint was gold quality.

Su Xiao just smiled, staring at the black merchant 24k, without saying a word.

10 seconds, one minute, five minutes.

Cold sweat seeped from the black merchant 24k's forehead. The hood he wore covered this point. The female cafe owner not far away swallowed, murmuring: "What's with this tense atmosphere? Isn't it just trading items? Is it necessary to be so terrifying?"

Imagine what it felt like to be stared at by Su Xiao, who was full of blood and had a smile on his face. The black merchant 24k panicked.

"Cough, bargaining during the trading process is normal, this..."

Although the black merchant 24k was a bit afraid of Su Xiao, he was an experienced merchant. No matter what situation he was in, he had to maintain the most basic dignity of a merchant, which was not to sell at a loss.

"50,000 Paradise Coins + two bottles of recovery potions."

Su Xiao couldn't use too many Paradise Coins; he still had to manufacture alchemy creatures later, which was a large expense.

"What quality of recovery potions?"

The black merchant 24k didn't refuse immediately. This was a qualified merchant. Before determining the other party's offer, he wouldn't refuse the other party's offer, no matter how outrageous the offer was.

"Purple quality."

While speaking, Su Xiao took out a bottle of No. 1 Potion. This was a specially improved No. 1 Potion containing very few Hashirama cells. After drinking it, there was no risk of tree-fication, just that the recovery amount was lower.

The completed version of the No. 1 Potion could recover 87% of HP, while this bottle of No. 1 Potion could recover 76% of HP, which Su Xiao thought was very average.

Seeing this potion, the black merchant 24k was shocked. It wasn't that he hadn't seen higher-level potions, but he hadn't seen a potion with this recovery amount at purple quality. Thinking of Su Xiao wanting to buy alchemy creature blueprints, the black merchant 24k thought of one point.

"It's really surprising. I originally thought Mr. Bai Ye was a melee type. Now it seems that Mr. Bai Ye's Intelligence attribute is surprisingly high."

The black merchant's words made Su Xiao feel a little puzzled. He didn't show it, but secretly pondered the meaning of the other party's words.

Obviously, the black merchant was very satisfied with this improved version of the No. 1 Potion and bluntly stated that Su Xiao's Intelligence attribute was high. If guessed this way, did the Intelligence attribute have some boost to Alchemy?

No, if there was really a boost, he would have discovered it long ago. But there was another possibility, which was that the Intelligence attribute had a bonus to independently developed formulas. This point was most obvious in Potion Science, such as the No. 1 Potion Su Xiao developed himself.

A long time ago, he was puzzled why the No. 1 Potion was so strong. A purple quality potion could recover 87% of HP and also had a strong recovery effect on internal organ injuries.

Thinking this way, Su Xiao understood what was going on. The Intelligence attribute would boost the formulas he developed independently. This was undoubtedly important information.

"How about it?"

Su Xiao looked up at the black merchant 24k.

"It can be seen that Mr. Bai Ye doesn't want to pay too many Paradise Coins. It should be that there is a demand for Paradise Coins in the near future. How about this, 20 bottles of this potion + 50,000 Paradise Coins."

"1 bottle."

"..."

The black merchant 24k was silent, his face a bit ugly.

"Mr. Bai Ye, this is too insincere."

"No, I am very sincere."

In a few words, Su Xiao figured out why the black merchant cared about the No. 1 Potion. Although the No. 1 Potion recovered a lot of HP, it had slight side effects. Once a recovery potion had side effects, the price would be greatly discounted. This was also the reason why Su Xiao had never sold the No. 1 Potion; it couldn't be sold at all. Even the slightest state decline during battle was fatal. The No. 1 Potion was his exclusive potion and not very suitable for others.

The reason the black merchant 24k was interested in the No. 1 Potion was that he wanted to crack the formula of the No. 1 Potion and then improve it. If successful, he would make a fortune.

The black merchant 24k thought a bit too much. The ingredients of the No. 1 Potion were so complex that most alchemists would doubt life. The No. 1 Potion was based on a special alchemy secret medicine, then greatly improved by Su Xiao, and added with various materials such as Hashirama cells. The preparation difficulty was extremely high. Even with a clear formula, other alchemists might not be able to prepare it. This was a formula belonging to Su Xiao personally.

"Since that's the case, forget it. There are many other chambers of commerce in the Paradise."

Su Xiao's meaning was very clear. There was more than just the Black Sail Chamber of Commerce. He only cooperated with the Black Sail Chamber of Commerce often, so he looked for them first.

The black merchant 24k looked contemplative. Su Xiao was indeed an old customer, and a powerful old customer. Losing such an old customer made him worry. The Black Flag Chamber of Commerce could have today because of the support of these old customers, and secondly, because of President Qian Dapang's business acumen.

"Deal."

The black merchant 24k made a prompt decision. This alchemy creature blueprint was bought by their chamber of commerce for 40,000 Paradise Coins. That's right, 40,000. The audience for this thing was too small, so small that individuals couldn't sell it at all. A blueprint that couldn't be used by oneself and couldn't be sold, even if it was gold, had no value. The previous owner initially priced this thing at 250,000 Paradise Coins, 150,000 after two derived worlds, then 100,000, 60,000, and finally, in helplessness, dumped it to the Black Sail Chamber of Commerce for 40,000.

Su Xiao paid 50,000 Paradise Coins + No. 1 Potion x1 to obtain the gold blueprint. This thing might have been pressed in the Black Sail Chamber of Commerce for a long time.

Just after receiving the blueprint, Su Xiao used it immediately.

【You have mastered the manufacturing blueprint of the Frost Bull-headed Man.】

【Materials required for the Frost Bull-headed Man: High-level Pseudo-biological Skeleton (12 copies), Monster Crystal Core·Large (1 copy), High-level Biological Magic Guide Tissue (42 copies), Biological Metal (27 copies), Active Hydrogen (50 copies), Magic Energy Conduction Pattern (18 copies), Aslan Powder (36 copies), Soul Fragments (307 copies), Mana 3000 points.】

This pile of materials was enough to discourage over 80% of manufacturers. The price of each material was not low. Su Xiao tried to substitute with Paradise Coins.

【If you need to use Paradise Coins to substitute materials, you need to consume 460,000 Paradise Coins, Soul Crystal (Medium) x3.】

Getting this news, Su Xiao was not surprised, and he had a way to deal with it.

"I still need to purchase other things."

"Of course, you are welcome."

After Su Xiao described it simply to the black merchant, the black merchant compiled a list. One hour later, the transaction between the two sides ended.

Leaving the cafe, Su Xiao headed straight for the trading market and began to search carefully in the massive stalls of the trading market. It took a whole morning before he stopped purchasing. Counting the materials purchased from the black merchant and the procurement in the trading market, Su Xiao spent a total of 130,000 Paradise Coins.

There were many materials needed to manufacture the Frost Bull-headed Man. To some extent, this was a good thing. The more materials required, the greater the probability of finding substitutes. Alchemy products like Apollo that only required 3 materials were actually harder to deal with.

After a big purchase, Su Xiao returned to the alchemy laboratory in the exclusive room. Not long after, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang also returned to the exclusive room to act as an assistant.

Su Xiao tried again to substitute the required materials with Paradise Coins. Because he had already purchased many materials, the amount of Paradise Coins consumed this time dropped significantly, requiring only 100,000 Paradise Coins.

Sure enough, the practice of substituting materials with Paradise Coins was a loss. Unless he really couldn't find the required materials, Su Xiao wouldn't use Paradise Coins to substitute materials.

Paradise Coins were consumed rapidly, and a large number of materials made of Paradise Coins appeared in Su Xiao's hands. The quality of these materials was extremely high. Paradise products must be fine products.

The threshold for manufacturing the Frost Bull-headed Man was very high. Just the consumption of 3000 points of Mana would block many people. If the Mana was less than 3000 points, it was very likely to be interrupted during manufacturing, leading to the scrapping of all materials.

Su Xiao took a deep breath, took out three Soul Crystals (Medium), and smashed these three Soul Crystals (Medium) to obtain 312 Soul Fragments.

Everything was ready. It was time to start manufacturing the Frost Bull-headed Man. Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang was very excited because the Frost Bull-headed Man was controlled by it during battle and was also carried by it at ordinary times. This meant that Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang's combat power would undergo a qualitative change, having a powerful thug.

Su Xiao only had one chance. Once the manufacturing failed, it was a loss of 230,000 Paradise Coins. Perhaps because of this, contractors rarely learned Alchemy Creature Manufacturing. The benefits were indeed huge, but the risks were too high. ===== CHAPTER 979 =====