But the young Alchemist clearly didn't know that he had just escaped a calamity. After hearing Lin Yun's refusal, his expression suddenly became unsightly. "Are you afraid that I'll do something? How laughable! I've personally compounded more potions than you've ever seen in your entire life. You think two potions of yours are enough for me to do anything? "
"I'm really not in a hurry …" Lin Yun took a deep breath and repeated his words.
"Alright then …" Seeing Lin Yun so insistent, the young Alchemist could only nod with a resentful expression. "But I'm short on time. I still have an important experiment to do, so I can only give you three minutes."
Lin Yun smiled and put the two potions on the table.
The two potions were green, and when placed on the table, they gave off a strong irritating smell. The young Alchemist couldn't help frowning after taking a sniff.
"Two inferior Healing Potions, valued at 300 gold." It only took thirty seconds for the young Alchemist to make a decision. When he put the two potions back on the table, he muttered, "Trash …"
This time, Lin Yun didn't say anything else and picked up the two potions to leave. 'What a joke, a Ghost Potion and a Volcano Potion are being treated as Healing Potions, and they're only valued at 300 gold. Do you really think I'm a fool?'
But just as Lin Yun was about to leave, the door to the reception room was pushed open.
The one who came in was an old man in his sixties. He had white hair and a face full of wrinkles. He was wearing a wrinkled gray robe and was gasping for breath when he entered. It looked like he had been in a hurry to get here.
"Is it Mage Merlin?"
"You are …" Lin Yun suddenly froze. He looked at the old man with some doubt. Whether it was his own memories or Mafa Merlin's, he shouldn't have any impression of this old man. Why did he look so familiar with him?
"You are Wizard Merlin?" When the old man saw Lin Yun, he immediately revealed a warm smile, "Welcome, welcome. Mage Merlin, let me introduce myself. I am Cadgar, the Black Horn Auction House's Chief Appraiser."
"Hello …" Lin Yun politely greeted him, but he was inwardly pondering the name of the Black Horn Auction House's Chief Appraiser, Cadgar. Lin Yun had heard of the name of the Black Horn Auction House's Chief Appraiser many times.
It was said that he was a person comparable to the Sage Tower's Thorpe. They were both High Mages and Great Alchemists, but he had always been too low-key, to the point that many people only knew of Thorpe, not Cadgar.
"Oh right, I just heard someone say that Mage Merlin came today to sell two potions?"
"Originally, but I changed my mind just now …"
"Ah?" Cadgar looked at Lin Yun with a stunned expression before looking at the young Alchemist on the other side of the table, thinking, 'What's going on? Did someone offend this Mage Merlin?'
As he thought of this possibility, Cadgar's expression became a bit unsightly as he looked at the young Alchemist.
This wasn't a joke. Last time, a bottle of Spectrum Potion had been delivered to the Black Horn Auction House, and even Master William had been full of praise for it. He had said that it was the most fantastic potion he had seen in the past few years, and some of the techniques used were simply unheard of.
Before Master Wilhelm left Thousand Sails City, he repeatedly told Cadgar that he had to find the Alchemist who compounded this Spectrum Potion.
Although the Black Horn Auction House hadn't been in contact with Lin Yun in the past few months, they had secretly investigated him. After all, the Black Horn Auction House was backed by one of Noscent's top forces, the Black Horn chamber of commerce. Their formidable information network far surpassed the other forces of Thousand Sails City. It could be said that as long as the Black Horn Auction House wanted, nothing in Thousand Sails City could be hidden from them.
Anything, including the true compounder of the Spectrum Potion.
Naturally, the process of the investigation wasn't that simple. The Black Horn Auction House used almost all of their intelligence network to investigate Locke Merlin, the Gilded Rose, the Flashing Gold chamber of commerce, and all the clues related to him.
In the end, they came to a shocking conclusion.
That Spectrum Potion praised by Master Wilhelm was most likely compounded by a young Alchemist in his twenties.
That young Alchemist's name was Mafa Merlin.
Cadgar was quite proud of this conclusion. In contrast, the Sage Tower, known as the number one force of Thousand Sails City, had also obtained a Spectrum Potion at the same time, but everyone, including Solomon, still believed that there was a mysterious Great Alchemist standing behind the young Mage Merlin.
Thinking of this, Cadgar really wanted to laugh.
After all, Mage Merlin had stayed in the Sage Tower's library for a very long time. During that time, the Sage Tower had countless opportunities to get in touch with him, but unfortunately, the Sage Tower had missed those opportunities.
Even now, Solomon was still having a headache over how to get in touch with the mysterious Alchemist behind this young Mage.
But what was the current situation …
What had happened during the time he hadn't been there?
"Don't worry, Mage Merlin. Our Black Horn Auction House is truly sincere in cooperating with you. How about you listen to our conditions before making a decision?"
"Alright then, tell me about it." With Cadgar's status, these words were indeed very sincere, so Lin Yun couldn't refuse. Moreover, if he hadn't been disgusted by that young Alchemist, Lin Yun would have definitely put these two potions up for auction in the Black Horn Auction House.
Thus, after Cadgar's request, Lin Yun took advantage of the situation and agreed.
Hearing the conversation between the two, the lifeless young Alchemist gulped. Ever since Cadgar opened the reception room's door, the young Alchemist had been wondering if he was dreaming. Otherwise, how could he explain everything before his eyes?
This was too frightening …
The Chief Appraiser of the Black Horn Auction House, Cadgar, was actually being polite to a young Mage in his twenties!
That's right, he was being polite!
The young Alchemist had worked in the Black Horn Auction House for ten years, but he had never seen Cadgar being so polite to anyone. Whether it was Solomon of the Sage Tower or Monchi of the Twin Moons chamber of commerce, Cadgar had never been this polite.
'What is the background of this young Mage …'
As he thought about it, the young Alchemist couldn't help gulping. At this time, his throat felt extremely dry, as if something was stuck in it.
After all, Lin Yun's attitude towards this young mage wasn't very good, and he even called the two potions he took out trash. He didn't think much of it at the time, because he was truly busy and didn't have much time to waste here. Secondly, he was a bit displeased with the other side's attitude, showing that he wasn't too reassured about him.
Thus, when he evaluated the two potions, he was somewhat perfunctory.
Normally, this wouldn't have been a problem, but now, it seemed to be a bit serious …
That was a person that even Cadgar was being polite to, yet he had recklessly offended him. Moreover, Cadgar seemed to value those two potions very much, even saying that the Black Horn Auction House was very sincere.
What did that mean?
With the young Alchemist's understanding of Cadgar, how could he not know that this meant that Cadgar had already decided to keep those two potions in the Black Horn Auction House at all costs?
As he thought of this, the young Alchemist couldn't help turning pale.
But fortunately, whether it was Lin Yun or Cadgar, they didn't have time to pay attention to that pale young Alchemist at this time.
After hearing that Lin Yun had the intention to relent, Cadgar immediately rejoiced and hurriedly put forward his conditions. "Mage Merlin, I wonder if you have heard that the Black Horn Auction House holds an auction every three months?"
"Of course I have." Lin Yun nodded. The Black Horn Auction House was a grand event in the entire eastern part of the kingdom, not to mention that Lin Yun had come today for this.
"Then, Mage Merlin, if you are willing, I hope that you can put the two potions you brought at the Black Horn Auction House in a few hours. What do you think?"
Cadgar didn't excessively brag about the Black Horn Auction House, nor did he explain the benefits of doing so, because Cadgar believed that the other side wouldn't refuse his conditions.
Even a Great Alchemist wouldn't have an easy time getting on the stage of the Black Horn Auction House. After all, that was a grand event in the entire eastern part of the kingdom. Being able to get on that stage was equivalent to being recognized by the entire eastern part of the kingdom. Even a Great Alchemist would find it hard to resist that kind of temptation.
Thus, after Cadgar stated his conditions, he didn't say anything else and only narrowed his eyes to observe the young Alchemist's reaction.
"This …" No one had expected that Lin Yun, who had already relented, would reveal an awkward expression after hearing Cadgar's conditions.
Cadgar stared blankly for a moment, unable to react for a moment. He even wondered if he hadn't been clear enough.
In fact, let alone Cadgar, even the young Alchemist that had previously annoyed Lin Yun couldn't help stomping his feet and cursing. 'What kind of joke is this? This is a grand occasion of the entire eastern part of the kingdom! Any Alchemist that steps onto that stage would have their status multiplied a hundred times. It's fine if you aren't excited to the point of tears, but what is the meaning of that awkward expression?'
"I'm really sorry, High Mage Cadgar. I don't think I can leave these two potions for the Black Horn Auction House."
"…"
Lin Yun's words instantly silenced the reception room.
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