Cube Street, known as the "Black Street", is located in the heart of Ringpin's Red Light District, and is occupied by a large number of ostensibly legitimate militants, even the usually strict mounted police don't want to meddle here.

Nolan got into the carriage with fifty bottles of primary healing potions, and followed the address left behind by the order to find 97 Square Street.

It was a richly decorated restaurant, and it was now closed, and Nolan stepped forward and patted the door.

It is both a red-light district and a night market, and it is very busy at night and deserted during the day, so it is natural that he was not welcomed when he came in the morning.

He waited patiently for a few minutes, and only then did a guy rub his eyes and push open a crack in the door from the inside, and said angrily, "What do you want to do early in the morning?" ”

"Tell the 'old wolf' that his goods have arrived, and tell him to come down and inspect them."

Only then did the guy see the Ouroboros badge on Nolan's chest, his expression immediately became respectful, and he bowed and said, "My lord, sit inside for a while, and I'll go and call someone." ”

Nolan took a seat in the box with a box of potions, and waited for a while, the middle-aged man who had come to the workshop to place an order a few days ago was late with another alchemist.

"You're punctual."

The middle-aged man looked at the young alchemy apprentice, no, he should be called an alchemist by now, he already wore that Ouroboros badge on his chest.

"You're my first customer, so naturally you're not sloppy."

Nolan leaned back in his chair and pointed to the potion box casually, "The goods are all there, you can check them casually." ”

The middle-aged man glanced at the alchemist beside him, and the alchemist stepped forward and began to check the color of the potion.

"I didn't expect that in just a few days, you really became an alchemist."

The middle-aged man's eyes burned, "Teenage alchemists are rare, maybe you didn't say much, your ability is indeed stronger than Asti." ”

Nolan shrugged: "It's stupid to measure a person's strength by age, and I hope my partner doesn't make such a low-level mistake." ”

The alchemist quickly inspected the goods and nodded slightly at the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man counted out two gold coins from his arms and pushed them over: "According to the wholesale price of the market, the price of a bottle of four silver and fifty copper, fifty bottles is two gold and twenty-five silver."

"A deposit of twenty-five silver has been paid before, and this is the final payment—the remaining two gold coins."

The conversion ratio of gold, silver, and copper coins in the Roland Empire is 1:100:10000, and Noren accepted the gold coins and was not in a hurry to leave, but took a sip of tea and waited for the middle-aged man to speak.

He knew from the beginning that these fifty bottles of primary healing potions were just a pretense, and the middle-aged man didn't come for it that day.

Because of the common medicine like the primary treatment drug, you only need to place an order with the front desk.

And if you want to meet with the alchemist in the workshop, there must be some secret and special need.

Sure enough, the middle-aged man continued the topic: "Happy cooperation, my name is Old Wolf, this is our family's advisor Shaman, and he is also an alchemist like you. ”

"Nolan Wiese." Nolan nodded to his colleague.

"I've heard of you." Sharman's voice was a little hoarse, "Two days ago, the Alchemy Society certified a young alchemist, and that person is you." ”

"It's me."

"Good." The old wolf clapped his hands, "Since your strength has been recognized by the Society, and it has saved us unnecessary temptation, to make a long story short, Mr. Nolan, I would like to invite you to have a long-term cooperation with us."

"Introduce myself again, I'm working under Harrison. Lord Harrison is the master of the Black Street, the speaker of the Red Light District, and of course he has an obvious identity, that is, the president of the Mercenary Guild of Peak City.

"We have rich resources in our hands that you can't imagine, as long as we are willing to cooperate with us for a long time, you can use our resources at your disposal, even if it is some precious alchemy materials, we can also help you get it."

The old wolf's expression was very confident, and he was indeed very confident about the forces behind him.

In fact, there were more than one or two alchemists attracted by his generous rewards. Alchemist is actually a very expensive profession, and every time you do an experiment, you have to consume a lot of valuable alchemy materials, and the experiment is ...... Failure is often the norm.

"I'd love to be friends with you." Nolan bowed, "Let's talk about the current situation first, do you have any needs at the moment?" ”

"We want you to improve a potion recipe."

This time it was the alchemist Shaman, who took out a tube of dark red potion from his bosom and handed it to him, "This is a stimulant that we got through some channel, and its effect is as significant as the side effects. ”

Nolan took the potion, and the book of omniscience in his mind turned the pages automatically, and Sharman continued to explain beside him:

"This stimulant can put the user into a state of euphoria for a short period of time, reducing pain and increasing strength. However, after the effect of the drug ends, the user will enter a long period of weakness, in addition to which it will make the user addicted, hallucinate, and the cost of refining the drug is relatively high.

"Therefore, we believe that the formula of the potion must be improved in order to use this alchemical potion on a large scale. It's a pity that we lack an alchemist who specializes in pharmacy, so we plan to cooperate with you. ”

Nolan opened the cork and examined the liquid in the test tube, and quickly concluded: "The hallucination is due to the addition of poppy in the potion formula, which is a highly effective painkiller and can increase the level of euphoria when combined with other ingredients.

"As for the high cost, it's probably because there are some expensive and low-utilization materials in the formula, and you can try to replace them with more affordable materials later on - so what kind of improvements do you want to make to the formula?"

Sharman spread his hands: "What Lord Harrison means is that he wants this bottle of stimulant to have stronger potency, fewer side effects, and lower refining costs. ”

Nolan laughed and said, "The idea is very good, but unfortunately this kind of requirement fundamentally violates the principle of equivalent exchange in alchemy, and in the selection of potion formulas, the efficacy, side effects and cost can often only be chosen between two of the three and cannot be taken into account."

"If you want to choose a cheap and efficient drug, then it must have corresponding side effects; If you want to make the perfect medicine with high potency and low side effects, then it must be expensive.

"Of course, pharmacy theory is now more standardized, and our first task in researching pharmaceutical formulations is to prioritize the minimization of side effects as much as possible, and then balance the efficacy and cost.

"For example, with the same healing potion, the efficacy of the high-level healing potion is qualitatively improved compared to the primary one, but the refining cost is also extremely high. You can't expect to match the efficacy of a high-level healing potion at the cost of a vial of a primary healing potion.

"So the idea is very clear - you tell me the maximum budget for refining this bottle of potion, and I will improve the formula within this range, and according to the amount of your budget, I will decide how effective the medicine will be."

As an alchemist, Sharman naturally understood what Noren meant, and he fell into an eerie short silence, and then said slowly:

"For us, if we can guarantee high efficacy and low cost, then we don't have to think about side effects."

"......" Nolan narrowed his eyes, "Alchemists are responsible for their own work. ”

"No, the alchemist is only responsible for his employer, and we pay for your brains in this transaction, and you don't have to think about anything else, and no one will trouble you."

"I'm afraid it's against our work ethic."

"We can add money."

"Deal."