The Mechanical God Sect

"The white orchids are worth a total of 6,000 gold coins. Do you have any other questions?" The shopkeeper could tell that Mr. Six seemed to have no intention of staying for long, so he didn't waste time and directly gave the price quote.

Sitting on a high stool in front of the counter, Carlos tapped his fingers irregularly on the tabletop and nodded, saying, "You can pay with five elements galleons: darkness, light, wind, earth, and fire."

The wind elemental galleon is prepared for Mia by Carlos, while the earth elemental galleon is for Jack to use. Additionally, he remembers that there are a few other students who have a slight talent in affinity with the fire element, so preparations can be made for them as well.

Of course, these three elements only require a sufficient amount of Galleons. Carlos mainly needs the Dark element Galleons, on one hand because they are more convenient to circulate, and on the other hand because almost all students can make use of them.

After giving Carlos the equivalent value in galleons for the items, the shop owner took the opportunity to inquire, "I wonder if Mr. Six has any other medicinal herbs available for sale besides White Orchid?"

The shop owner understands that whoever goes to the Misty Forest to pick medicinal herbs will not only collect white orchids, but will also gather other valuable herbs along the way.

Carlos glanced at the shop owner and said coldly, "You only need to focus on purchasing white orchids. As for everything else... you can't handle it!"

After speaking, Carlos turned around and left.

The shop owner was suddenly filled with cold sweat upon hearing this statement, realizing that they may have been too impulsive. Upon careful consideration, it is true that Mr. Six had a completely casual attitude when selling the white orchids, simply using crude wooden boxes or cloth bags as if selling junk.

This indicates that White Orchid is just an ordinary medicinal herb of little importance to him or his team, which is why they casually found a purchasing store to sell it. As for the true medicinal herbs they collected in the Misty Forest, the shop owner can't even imagine.

But those invaluable medicinal herbs, if one wants to sell them, they definitely won't end up in a small shop like his.

Upon realizing this, the shop owner couldn't help but slap himself and murmured, "I'm such a big-mouthed idiot. The channel for White Orchid hasn't stabilized yet, and I'm already thinking about expanding to other medicinal herbs. If Mr. Six is in a bad mood and switches to another supplier, then we'll suffer a huge loss. Greediness can be a fatal flaw, Klaus!"

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After leaving the store, Carlos returned to his rented house and sat in front of the desk, deep in thought. For Carlos now, obtaining medicinal herbs was no longer a difficult task.

The biggest problem now is how to sell it. Yes, selling is also a huge challenge. This time he packed ten bags full of medicinal herbs. Apart from half of the low-grade herbs, the rest are either intermediate or high-grade.

There are nearly two thousand plants of white orchids alone here, but he dares not sell them all at once because it would easily attract attention.

Currently, the transportation of medicinal herbs here is mainly controlled by some prominent families or large merchants. If Carlos were to consistently sell a large quantity of herbs in one location, especially fresh white orchids, it would quickly disrupt the market for those nobles or big merchants who deal in medicinal herbs.

At that time, they could easily identify Carlos through their investigation. However, this was not the situation he hoped for. Making a fortune in silence is Carlos' style.

So he must handle it cautiously, selling in multiple locations and batches. However, no matter how cautious he is, over time, it is equally easy to expose himself. Therefore, he feels that he needs to minimize his public appearances as much as possible.

It would be best to find some agents within the capital city to help sell and even manage the herbal medicine business. Just as Carlos was contemplating this, there suddenly came a noisy sound from outside the window.

Carlos stood up and looked outside through the window next to the desk.

He rented a two-story house, although it is not large in size and located on the outskirts of the capital city. Fortunately, it is close to the street, making it convenient for Carlos to come and go. Moreover, he can also observe the outside situation through the windows on the second floor.

At this moment, Carlos saw through the window that two carriages collided with each other on the street.

One of the carriages was luxurious in design, while the other one appeared to be simple and possibly a public carriage. Despite the continuous apologies from the driver of the humble carriage after the collision, it seems that the owner of the extravagant carriage is not willing to let he go easily.

Despite being dressed in a black suit, resembling a noble gentleman, his behavior was extremely rude. The formally dressed man walked directly towards the carriage driver and forcefully pulled him down from the carriage, delivering two hard slaps. He then pointed at his own luxurious carriage that had been scratched and continuously cursed, demanding compensation from the driver.

Carlos, who saw all this through the window, furrowed his brow. Although he disapproved of the actions of the man in formal attire, it was not appropriate for him to intervene. However, suddenly an idea popped into his mind.

I need to find an agent now, maybe I can try to seek assistance from this coachman.

"Are you blind? This is my newly bought carriage. Look at what you've turned it into!"

Capital, Brave Street in the southern district. A middle-aged man dressed in a black suit is grabbing the collar of a carriage driver and pointing at a slight crack on the luxurious carriage, angrily cursing.

"Do you know how much I spent on it? 250 gold coins! You can't afford it even if you work your whole life!"

"I'm sorry! I'm really sorry!" Despite the sudden change of direction by the luxurious carriage earlier, which caused the collision between the two vehicles, the coachman did not argue and kept apologizing.

The man in formal attire slapped the carriage driver again and shouted.

"If you don't compensate me today, I will take you to the Holy see for trial. You know what the consequences will be!"

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Please don't take me back. I'm sorry..."

As the speed of the rickshaw driver's apologies increased, the man in formal attire couldn't bear it any longer and pressed the rickshaw driver's head to the ground, intending to kick him with his foot.

"Hold on!"

A voice interrupted the man in formal attire's action.

Carlos, wearing a black knitted hat and round-framed glasses, walked over and casually threw a small bag to the man in formal attire.

He took the bag in a fluster, and the well-dressed man initially seemed displeased. However, upon hearing a crisp sound from inside the bag, he quickly opened it and discovered there were actually 10 gold coins inside.

"Should this money be enough for you to repair the carriage?"

The well-dressed man glanced down at the huddled carter on the ground and coldly sneered, "Consider yourself lucky!" Without paying any attention to Carlos who gave him money, he jumped onto the carriage and urged his followers to quickly drive away from here.

After the luxurious carriage had gone far away and the onlookers dispersed, Carlos turned to the coachman and asked, "What is your name?"

"Sir, my name is Archie."

Taking out a copper coin covered with gray mist, Carlos smiled and said, "Don't be nervous. I am a missionary of the Mechanical God Sect. Can I take up some of your time to explain our sect's beliefs?"