Gu Yan

Some time later, the door opened distracting Nie Li from gazing into the association's gardens through the window. It was a well taken care of, beautiful garden. He should create such a garden in his home in the future.

"Nie Li, let me introduce you. This is president Gu Yan of the Alchemy Association."

"Thank your director. President, I am glad to meet you," Nie Li bowed slightly.

"Me too young man. I heard you want to sell us a large party of Purple Haze grass," Gu Yan said scrutinizing him.

"Yes, given the reputation of your organization and that it is the largest buyer in the market now, I decided to sell it all to you. For a reasonable price of course. In addition, I want to have further cooperation with the association in the future."

"Hm, you say you want to sell all of it for 100 million. It's a bit lower than the market price. Couldn't you make more money if you sell it slowly?" Gu Yan asked. He wanted to know his real motivation for doing all this.

"Possibly," Nie Li nodded, "But it would be too much of a hassle to organize everything. On the other hand, the Alchemy Association has the ability to realize Purple Haze Grass easily. And you'll have practically a monopoly on it."

"Ha ha ha, you're right young man. And what kind of further cooperation you were talking about?" Gu Yan asked.

"Let's finish our current deal first. So do you agree to my offer?" Nie Li knew what they wanted to know. But as the Russians in Robert's world would say 'Money in the morning, chairs in the evening'.

"Hm, You're very mercantile, young man," stated Yang Xin smiling.

"I have some expensive projects to fund. So I don't have any other choice." Nie Li shrugged.

"Yes we can spare a hundred million for this purchase I think" Gu Yan said. Actually, it was a good price. Considering wide-area usage of the grass they can produce some beautifying products, elixirs, and so on. They will make many times that money in a year maximum.

"Okay, let's finalize the deal then." Nie Li said. He took out 11 interspatial cards from his ring. He had taken all of the Purple Haze Grass from his warehouse into them before leaving for the expedition.

"Hm, you have them with you?" Gu Yan said looking at the cards. Yang Xin on the other hand was confused.

"Yes, these are storage devices. Each of them contains 20 tonnes of Purple Haze Grass." He slid them towards Gu Yan and Yang Xin.

Yang Xin curiously took one of the cards and checked it.

"It doesn't slow down the time. Is that how you were able to put them inside another storage device?" There were some conditions to follow when one wanted to put one storage device inside another, even then it was not completely safe.

"No, it still damages my ring," Nie Li said.

"Oh okay," she said still wondering about where he got these strange interspatial storage devices. "It will take some time to check all of them," she said to Gu Yan who was checking another card.

"It's okay. You can send me the payment when you are finished checking. I will leave my address." It didn't matter if he got the money today or a few days later.

"You trust us with this?" asked Gu Yan looking at him.

"I wouldn't have come here if I didn't trust you. Your reputation speaks for itself." Nie Li stated. Both of them died protecting the Glory City in their previous life. And in the novel, they had been a great help to his counterpart.

"Good, good. Director, get someone to bring a hundred million from the treasury. If our friend trusts us this much we will trust him as well"

"Of course, president." She nodded and left the room.

Gu Yan said. "It's commendable that the young people like you are interested in alchemy. The new methods of using the Purple Haze Grass provided by you greatly contribute to the safety of Glory City."

"Thank you, president Gu Yan. Glory City is our home. Protecting it is everyone's duty." Nie Li knew what interested Gu Yan most, but will wait until he asks directly.

"That's a good attitude. But I wanted to ask, how did you learn so much about the purple haze grass?"

Nie Li sighed. It looks like it can't be avoided.

"Actually my master helped me write those letters. Also, he was the one who told me to contact the Alchemy Association for cooperation."

Gu Yan was surprised for a moment. But it actually made sense. Someone who had researched one grass to that level cannot be a 13-year-old kid. He must be a great expert.

"Who is your master? Can we meet him?" Gu Yan said, humbly.

"I am afraid that's impossible. My master usually doesn't like to be disturbed. But at the moment he is investigating something outside the city."

"Oh, that's unfortunate. But understandable." It was not uncommon for strong experts to become hermits. "Deliver our thanks to your teacher then." It was also good to have such a strong expert around Glory City. He must inform the City Lord and Lord Ye Mo about him immediately.

"Thank you, I will." Nie Li answered. His old self was his teacher. The memories he inherited could be considered the teachings of his master. Actually, he could say he has two masters.

At that moment the door opened distracting them and Yang Xin returned.

"I gave the orders," she reported to Gu Yan, then added, "Warned them about confidentiality too."

"Good, now young man, what kind of cooperation you were talking about?" Gu Yan curiously asked.

"My master gave me these elixir formulas here. My master has some conditions but we will talk about them later," Nie Li said and held out the recipes he prepared.

"What?! Soul Nurturing Pill, Soul Concentrating Pill, and Soul Tempering Pill? Scarlet Body Enhancing Pill and Nine Transformation Pill?!" Gu Yan gasped reading the papers. His usual calm was nowhere to be seen.

These formulas were lost to history. Their current best formulas were considered low-ranked elixirs before the Age of Darkness. If these recipes are true it will change everything for them. For the Alchemy Association and for Glory City.

Yang Xin also looked at the papers in awe. She didn't know what they talked about in her absence, and what master Nie Li was talking about. But she heard about these elixirs before and never expected to see their real formulas.

Nie Li decided to stop them before they became too excited. "President, don't forget I haven't told my master's conditions yet."

"Oh, do tell young. What are the conditions of your master for these elixirs?"

"First of all, 30 percent of the profits from their sale go to my master. He needs resources for his research."

"Definitely," Gu Yan hastily replied interrupting him, "The alchemy association is willing to offer 50 percent of the profits."

"No thirty percent is enough. And you haven't even checked the validity of those recipes yet." Nie Li stopped them." And the second condition is you can't release all of these elixirs now."

"What? Why?" Gu Yan asked. If these formulas are valid, it will bring a new age of alchemy.

"My master thinks that their appearance may attract some unwanted attention from organizations like Dark Guild." He is going to blame everything on his 'master' now.

"The Dark Guild? It may be true, but they have been eyeing our City for hundreds of years." Gu Yan replied.

"Let's say, my master thinks they are planning to attack Glory City in three to four years with their full power. And they may accelerate their plans if they think Glory City is becoming too strong."

This was news for them. Yang Xin wondered if they would dare to attack the city with Lord Ye Mo around. The dark guild usually attacked from shadows not showing themselves. She could not imagine them openly attacking Glory City. But seeing both of the males' serious faces she stayed silent.

And Gu Yan became worried. Because, unlike Yang Xin, Gu Yan knew more about the Dark Guild and its leader Demon Lord. So he could imagine what a full-scale attack from them would look like.

"Is your master sure about it?"

"Yes. He has met them before."

"So what your master thinks we should release these elixirs." Gu Yan was sure that these formulas were genuine.

"You can reveal the Soul Nurturing Pill to the public immediately. The rest of the elixirs must stay secret for anyone except you and maybe the people you trust absolutely. My master will inform you when you can release them to the public. And it must not look like those recipes appeared out of nowhere."

"Okay, We agree to those conditions. It's his formulas. I only hope that he wouldn't wait too long before allowing us to release these pills to the public. Because, if the attack on Glory City is imminent we must prepare for that."

Nie Li thanked them and after receiving his payment and buying the pills he came for, left the Alchemy Association. Yang Xin was appointed as his contact at the Alchemy Association.

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