Regis was stunned for a moment, and then showed a calm look: "Young man, your appetite is really not small. ”

Lance smiled, "For you, Master, these things are just a drop in the bucket. But for me, a little wizard apprentice, it was crucial. ”

Regis snorted: "Do you know how much a bottle of fake death potion costs? Not to mention that I made it alone." ”

Lance said calmly, "I guess it's not as valuable as the petrified heart in my hand...... Especially at this time. ”

The old man glared at him: "Do you know what happened to me if you offended me?"

Lance bowed his head and said nothing.

The two were silent for a while, Regis rolled his eyes, and suddenly smiled: "I understand, the reason why you are not afraid of offending me is not because you are not afraid of me...... Is it because you're going to that place, Puppet City?"

Lance smiled and raised his head: "The master's news is really well-informed. I only took over today. ”

Regis shook his head: "Don't kill the guy." Three years ago, one of my disciples entered the core area of the puppet city, but under the siege of three puppet warriors, he could only fall with hatred. He's a high-level wizard apprentice. ”

"No one wants to take a risk unless they have to. Lance was still very calm, he looked at Regis, and suddenly said, "Master, maybe we can make a deal." ”

"What deal?" the old man narrowed.

Lance looked at the other party squarely and said quickly: "There must be many benefits to a dangerous place like Puppet City, there are still so many people who want to go in and take risks. As a master of apothecary, you must also have a need for some special magic materials, I wonder if there are also magic materials you want in the Puppet City?"

Regis said briskly, "Of course, I've been hesitating for the past few days to issue a special mission to collect materials from Puppet City. But first, I don't have that permission. Moreover, the things produced in the puppet city must have been scraped by the three major wizarding organizations, and if I release this kind of task privately, although the three organizations will still respect me on the surface, they will definitely hold a grudge secretly. ”

"So although there are lucky people who can come back from the puppet city alive every year, the things in their hands are basically taken away by the three major wizarding organizations, and I am not willing to cooperate with those wizarding organizations, so it is difficult to get a piece of the pie. ”

"This kind of thing that offends people and doesn't please you, you still don't do it well. Lance said, "Since you have already guessed that I am going to enter the puppet city to fight, I might as well tell you that my purpose is to collect all kinds of rare materials in the puppet city and earn enough magic stones." ”

"Are you willing to do things for me?" Regis was a little surprised: "Although I am a master of apothecary, the remuneration I give is definitely not as attractive as the three major wizarding organizations." In order to monopolize the materials produced by the puppet city, they will spend a lot of money. ”

"We can enter into an agreement. Lance continued, "What I collect in the Puppet City will be sold to you first, and the price you paid is for me to buy a bottle of feigned death potion and a bottle of phosphorus potion for twenty magic stones. ”

The phosphorus potion was the pale green bottle that Lance had pointed to earlier.

Regis thought for a moment and suddenly laughed: "Cunning boy, I almost fell for it!"

He stood up and asked menacingly, "How do I know that you can come back from the puppet city alive?!" Even if I have to sign an agreement with someone, I will find a high-level apprentice with a higher level of mana, not a rookie with less than 40 mana points. ”

"Mana levels aren't everything. Seeing Master Regis ask aggressively, Lance was not surprised, he knew that this was a sign of the client's enthusiasm for his proposal.

Years of experience in selling chips have taught him that if customers are very cold and dismissive, then there is nothing to talk about, and asking questions like Regis is just giving himself a chance to convince the other party.

And convincing others is precisely the necessary skill of a chip salesman, and it is Lance's strength.

"First of all, it's an investment for you. There must be a difference between the magic stone I paid and the potion you gave me, and this difference is the amount you invested. This investment gives you an unlimited amount of acquisition rights...... After all, theoretically, there is no limit to the amount of magical materials I can collect. ”

"Second, since it is an investment, there will inevitably be risks. The core risk of our agreement is mainly one point - that is, whether I can come back from the puppet city alive......"

Lance cocked up two fingers and looked at Regis.

The old man couldn't help but nodded.

Lance chuckled inwardly, and here, he had deliberately omitted a core risk to test the old man's reaction - in fact, even if he managed to make it back alive from the puppet city, he might not be able to bring enough valuable magical materials. "Come back alive" and "come back alive and collect a lot of material" are two different concepts entirely.

Although Regis is a master of pharmacy, the knowledge of logic and sales in this world must not be developed enough, and the old man did not find the loopholes in Lance's mouth.

This gave Lance a boost of confidence. Perhaps this also has something to do with the fact that the people who survived the puppet city in the past carried a lot of rare materials.

He continued: "In that case, do I just need to prove to you that I am strong?"

Here, Lance secretly changed another concept: in fact, whether the strength is high or not and whether he can return from the puppet city alive is not necessarily completely equivalent. Although the higher the strength, the higher the odds of surviving the adventure, the relationship between the two is not absolute. In his narrative, however, the line between the two is cleverly blurred.

Regis listened to Lance's narration, and always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't find anything wrong, so he could only follow Lance's rhythm.

So he nodded.

Lance smiled, "My magic level is not high enough, but before I became a wizard, I was a hunter. I'm good at archery. ”

"The way the secular world fights is not for the wizarding world. Regis finally found a counterattack point, and immediately retorted: "No matter how good your archery skills are, you may not be able to penetrate the puppets' defenses...... There are also sneak attacks from other wizard apprentices. You know, the danger in the puppet city is not only those monsters. For the sake of profit, indifferent wizards can do anything. ”

Lance was overjoyed in his heart, he had completely diverted the old man's attention, and although the other party was refuting, he had ignored a few key points.

"That's why I asked you for that potion of phosphorus. "I read in a book that when an arrow is soaked in phosphorus gunpowder, it automatically turns into a flaming arrow. ”

"That's a good idea. Regis's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but nod and said, "Most of the monsters in the puppet city are wooden and very afraid of fire. ”

Lance smiled, "Of course, as a wizard, I also have my own spells. Believe me, the spell I'm best at is definitely the nemesis of the puppets!"

"What spell?" asked Regis.

"Scorching rays. Lance knew that if he didn't show some hole cards, this potion master was not so easy to fool.

"Scorching Ray?" the old man smirked, "A level 0 spell that has been almost forgotten, and this is what you're best at?"

Lance nodded.

"I'm still a little interested in what you said earlier. But now...... I'm sorry, I can't believe you. Regis shook his head a little tiredly: "If you insist on selling the petrified heart in your hand for a high price, then I can only wish you a good price." ”

"I've wasted too much time today, and since you don't have the sincerity to trade, then I won't accompany you. ”

The old man's face changed quickly, but fortunately, Lance was not slow to react.

He stood up and said loudly, "Give me a chance to show, I won't waste much of your time." Isn't it?"

Regis hesitated for a moment before frowning and said, "Okay, you come up with me, there's a laboratory upstairs where you can show off your good spells...... Scorching rays?"

"Thank you, Master!"

Lance was overjoyed in his heart, knowing that there was a chance that things could be done.

He immediately followed Regis out of the living room and up the stairs beside him.