"Yes, Sensei (President)!"

All the other young men stood up and gathered around Schubert, it was obvious that these were the alchemy apprentices who were preparing to fight on behalf of Maiink at the exchange conference.

The man who came in brought in a small package, then moved over a table and placed it in front of Schubert, gently placed the package on it, opened it, and then stepped aside and waited for orders.

I saw that the light of the magic element was instantly revealed in the open package, and it was all filled with various potions and alchemy items.

Schubert led a group of apprentices around the table, he was the first to reach out and look for the potion, then picked up a bottle of lilac potion, and asked his subordinates standing aside:

"I guess this is the potion you spend the most!"

"Elder Mingjian, it is true!"

"How much did this potion cost?"

"Thirty-six thousand gold coins, and the shopkeeper asks for forty-five thousand!" replied the subordinate very simply.

Schubert nodded, then put down the potion in his hand and replaced it with another bottle.

"Twenty-one thousand, but only sell me ten bottles, no more!"

This time, it was replaced by a crystal clear crystal-like object:

"Twenty-five thousand, the other party deliberately emphasized that this is the best quality in the city......"

......

This has been repeated more than a dozen times, and almost most of the types of goods in the package have been repeated.

The subordinate in charge of the purchase had been answering questions fluently, apparently remembering all the details clearly at the time of purchase, and had known that he would be questioned like this when he returned, but strangely there was no other expression on his face, which seemed to be an audit-style inquiry by his purchasing staff without causing any panic, because he knew what was the reason for this.

"Didn't you buy the top items on the list I gave you?"

Sure enough, Schubert seemed to ask an important question next, and his expression was no longer as casual as before, because it was a deviation from what he had expected.

"President, according to your orders, I went to the five largest alchemy potion and magic item stores in the city except for the Alchemy Guild, two of them did not have the stock of these top-grade potions, and the other three claimed that the boutique of the town store required the authorization of the store manager, and it was too late to sell, and some said that only regular customers who had been recommended by familiar buyers could buy it!"

After saying this, he stepped aside and hung his head and said no more, and Schubert listened to it and muttered for a moment without saying anything about his answer, but only waved his hand to signal that his men could leave.

Then he turned to a group of thinking apprentices and asked:

"Okay, you have heard the answer just now, now I need you to express your opinion, and judging from this, you have to evaluate the overall level of the alchemy world of Aixin. ”

After speaking, he calmly looked at his group of apprentices, as if he was looking forward to their answers.

It didn't take long for a very capable-looking bento among the apprentices to turn to Schubert and say:

"Teacher, according to the price given by the manager of Philip just now, Aixin's potion is two to three percent more expensive than the price of the same level of medicine in my country, and according to the law of rare things, it proves that the total amount of Elixien in circulation is less than that of my country, so the price is high, which proves that the overall production capacity of Aixin's alchemy items is low!"

Another person next to him also chimed in:

"Alania is right, in my country I have never heard of the most common treatment potion needs to be limited, if there is a store doing this, then his signboard is smashed, but here the other party obviously does not think there is anything wrong with doing this, so it must be in short supply.

And the quality of these potions is also uneven, among which there will be a difference in the quality of the potions purchased in the same store, which is even more telling that there are only two reasons for the lack of strict control over the quality of finished products, one is that the overall level of alchemists who are engaged in business is limited, and they cannot reach the level of uniform implementation of high-quality standards, and the other is that the business system is chaotic and there is not enough competition, resulting in business not promoting the technical proficiency of alchemists.

Aixin's business environment is one of the best in the whole continent, so it is definitely not the second situation, so it seems that the overall level of Aixin's alchemists is not too good!"

"Not so good? You're really exalting them, and if I want me to say that the level of can't even supply the healing potions is terrible, I'm really worried about the drug users who live in this country!"

"Hahaha......"

The sarcastic words that interjected next to him immediately caused a burst of laughter, but Schubert did not stop but did not care, but deliberately asked one of the students, who was very young and had a cold face:

"Noah, do you see something?"

As the question exited, the other chaotic voices quickly faded away, and it seemed that this child named Noah seemed to be valued among everyone.

"Several senior brothers are very reasonable, just like the teacher once said, alchemists must learn to deduce the truth and clues from various conditions other than appearances, and the strength of a country's alchemist guild is likely to be deliberately whitewashed, but the real business environment cannot be faked.

It is obvious that the overall level of alchemists engaged in commercial activities in Aisin is low, which means that the number and ability cultivated by the guild and other alchemy schools are not optimistic, although there is also a possibility that the art of alchemy is more used for research than practical output.

In addition, I noticed that the series of top-level potions listed by the teacher are all epic-level potions that can only be made by alchemists with the strength of a grandmaster, but the normal purchase is subject to various restrictions, although the grandmaster-level preparations are different in commercial operation after all, but I can still see something unusual in my inference.

If I'm right, Ai Xin hasn't had any newcomers promoted to the realm of the Grandmaster level in the last five to ten years, otherwise he wouldn't have set up so many obstacles on high-level potions, especially if he even needs the recommendation of an acquaintance, which is already out of the realm of business.

The daily affairs and research work of alchemists who have reached the realm of grandmasters are very complicated, and they will be less and less able to spare time to make potions, and in their capacity, no one will be able to support them, so if there are no newcomers to be promoted, there will inevitably be fewer and fewer high-grade potions circulating in the market, and if the only resources are outflowed, it will have an impact on the local area.

Therefore, considering all things considered, I think that the entire alchemy community of Aixin has not developed much in recent years, whether it is the cultivation of talents or the development of technology!

And the reason why you asked us to make this inference is mainly to evaluate the overall strength of the other party's participants in the competition, right?

Then, according to the actual situation, no matter from that aspect, I don't think the other party is afraid at all!"

He said a lot in one breath with a blank face, and in exchange for Schubert's smiling chin.

(End of chapter)