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  Xia Ming furrowed his brow, somewhat puzzled: "What's going on? Can't a big trading firm like yours even get this much material?" Xia Ming's eyes flickered, those four materials were precious but far less rare than elemental crystals. Was the Wanxiang Trading Firm just a hollow name, unable to even gather some common herbs?

  The receptionist saw the impatience on Xiaoming's face and immediately became anxious: "Respected sir, it's not like that! If you usually come, these materials would be readily available. But just yesterday, a big customer came and specifically bought out all of these materials. It's not just our Wanxiang Trading Company, but also other trading companies and even pharmacies - all of these materials have been completely sold out. Now, I'm afraid it's hard to find these herbs anywhere on the entire Flame Island!"

  Xia Ming's eyebrows relaxed, then furrowed again: "There's actually something like this." He was shocked in his heart, not expecting that someone else was also buying up these herbs on a large scale.

  Acquiring the entire Flame Island's magical herbs requires such wealth and audacity! But Xia Ming really couldn't understand - you're already so rich, what do you want these worthless weeds for?

  Herbs are hard to find for a while, can't the plan to make 【Magic Source Potion】be put on hold?

  Xia Ming felt a bit helpless, running into someone who burned money with herbs. He had no way out and could only wait and see what happened next.

  Just as Xiaoming was leaving the trading floor, the receptionist suggested: "Respected sir, your request is reasonable, but the situation is indeed a bit special now. Why don't we do this, the person in charge is on the second floor, why not ask you to follow me to the second floor and have a chat with her to see if there's a solution?"

  Xia Ming nodded, thinking to himself that it was no wonder this was one of the three major trading firms on the mainland - their service was indeed thorough. The conversation had already reached this point, what else could he say?

  "Please follow me, sir." The receptionist bowed again and led Xiaoming to the second floor.

  Xia Ming was invited by the welcoming lady into a room on the second floor, where the interior decoration was extremely luxurious, with magical element lamps and crystal chandeliers, making the entire room bright and spacious, with everything in sight.

  Xia Ming sighed at the luxury of Wanxiang Trading Co., quietly waiting for the arrival of the so-called person in charge.

  The door was gently pushed open and a charming young woman walked in with the receptionist.

  The young woman wore a red dress, with a plump figure, charming to the point of being dazzling, and every smile had an irresistible charm that was completely different from the green and tender girl. This woman fully understood how to use the most enchanting part of her body as a woman, and even when walking, the swaying of her skirt had an inexplicable temptation.

  The beautiful woman came in and waved her hand gently, letting the welcoming girl retreat.

  The beautiful woman said in a soft and charming voice that sent shivers down to the bone: "I just heard that young girl say, sir, do you need to buy some herbs here?"

  The beautiful woman was slightly surprised, it seemed that the guest in front of her who was dressed as a magician was actually an alchemist. The status of an alchemist was even more noble than that of a magician, and the conditions for becoming an alchemist were also extremely strict.

  Firstly, there is a scarcity of herbal materials, such as the elemental crystals in Xiaoming's hand, which even an Ouyi law master may not be able to produce.

  Secondly, the success rate of alchemy is generally speaking, even a very good pharmacist's success rate in alchemy is at most around one-third, which also directly leads to the shortage of potions and the price of pharmacists naturally rising.

  The last thing is the preciousness of alchemy recipes. For every pharmacist, the recipe is **, and they would rather die than leak it out. Even if it's a closest true apprentice, it's only passed down by word of mouth, and many precious alchemy recipes are lost because of this.

  But to become a pharmacist, countless medicinal herbs and piles of prescriptions are needed, and unique talents are also required. The cost of cultivating a pharmacist is far beyond imagination.

  Xia Mingke didn't know the intricacies of this place, and no matter how experienced he was, he had only been in contact with magic for a little over a month, having just shed his rookie title.

  Xia Ming said: "I need Bi Xue Hua, Elemental Liquid, Sacred Spirit Tree leaves, and Qian Jin Cao. These four materials." It seems that the receptionist earlier did not fully reveal Xia Ming's requirements to the beautiful woman, which made Xia Ming nod in secret approval. Wanxiang Trading House indeed did a good job in this regard, without leaking customer information.

  "Which of these materials do you want?" The American woman was taken aback, but quickly regained her composure: "Didn't that girl just tell you? All four of these materials on the entire Flame Island have already been bought out, I'm afraid it will be very difficult to collect them for a while..."

  Xia Ming smiled: "With the reputation and strength of Wanxiang Trading House, can't we quickly collect it?" Xia Ming didn't believe the beautiful woman's words. Even if that mysterious person bought these four materials in large quantities, Wanxiang Trading House must have had stockpiles. Otherwise, such a big auction house wouldn't need to do business at all, and they would just be waiting for the right price to sell.

  "May I ask, sir, do you need these four materials to prepare the 'Source of Magic Potion'?" The beautiful woman's eyes sparkled as she asked tentatively, seeming to see through Xiaoming.

  Xia Ming's eyebrows involuntarily twitched, but this beautiful woman was indeed worldly-wise and didn't bat an eyelid: "Not bad."

  "It turns out that you are a noble pharmacist, and I, Yuna, was the one who was rude." The beautiful woman, whose name was indeed Yuna, stood up and bowed, exuding elegance, and then that soft, gentle voice sounded again.

  "Your Excellency is a noble pharmacist, and our Wanxiang Trading Company has made up its mind to befriend you. How about this: although we don't have any stock of these four materials in our trading company at the moment, I guarantee that we will gather all four materials for you within three days, and they will all be free of charge. What do you think?"

  Beautiful woman Yuna's words were polite and measured, when she heard that Xia Ming acknowledged the need to prepare the "Source of Magic Medicine", she even used honorific language, referring to Xia Ming as "Your Excellency".

  Xia Ming's mind moved slightly, and his keen perception caught the subtlety in it, but of course he wouldn't point it out, letting Yuna play along.

  Xia Ming narrowed his eyes: "Miss Yuna proposed such generous terms, I wonder what price I need to pay in return?" Xia Ming didn't believe there was a free lunch in this world.

  Yuna smiled and slightly opened her crimson lips, exhaling a gentle breath: "The price is not worthy of consideration, I only hope that after Your Excellency has successfully concocted the 【Source of Magic Medicine】, if there are any leftovers or perhaps in the future when you concoct other medicines, you will remember our small transaction and bring them to our Wàn Xiàng Trading House for auction."

  This demeanor really made Xia Ming somewhat admire, and sighed that it was no wonder that even Anthony couldn't help but praise this place, for there was indeed a sense of being at home here.

  "This condition, I agreed." Xia Ming was indifferent, anyway, it's the same wherever they auction in the future, first get the four herbs and then talk.

  Yuna's eyes flashed with a hint of joy: "Thank you, sir. Then it's settled. Please come back in three days to collect the medicine." After they finished discussing, Yuna smiled and saw Xiaoming off.

  Watching Xiaoming's back as he left, Yuna didn't clap her hands until Xiaoming was completely gone. The welcoming lady walked in earlier.

  "Welcome." The receptionist bowed her head respectfully to Yuna.

  Yuna nodded her head in approval and said: "You've done a great job this time, we're running a business here, can't afford to offend any of these potential gold owners."

  "Really, is he a pharmacist?" The receptionist asked with a curious and delighted expression after hearing the praise.

  Yuna smiled: "It shouldn't be wrong, but when did the Cangyan Island produce a pharmacist who can formulate the 'Source of Magic' potion? A pharmacist like that wouldn't be unknown, yet I've never seen this person before..." Yuna furrowed her brow in thought.

  "Should we go and investigate his background?" The receptionist asked cautiously.

  Yuna shook her head without thinking: "Don't do such a foolish thing, for this kind of person, getting his good impression is enough, no need to be intentional. Can't afford to offend him, do your best to meet his requirements, got it?"

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