Liu Yi and Liu Lan left the Montenegrin Empire and returned to Purple Lake City. They told Lu An and Beauty Yang about the other party's conditions. When Beauty Yang heard that there were eight Black Water Diamond Pills, her heart skipped a beat. She looked at Lu An and asked, "There are only fifteen days left. Can you refine them?"
Lu An frowned. The last time he refined the Black Water Diamond Pill, it took him eight days and he only managed to refine one pill. Although he was now a Level 6 Heavenly Master, he didn't know if he could refine so many pills in fifteen days.
"I'll try my best." Lu An looked at the three women and said, "I'll estimate the time after refining the first pill. If I really can't refine so many pills, I'll have to trouble you to negotiate again."
Liu Yi nodded and said, "I'll go to the Montenegrin Empire again and see if there are any other business opportunities. Aren't you still missing two sets of materials to refine the Black Water Diamond Pill? I'll go and buy them for you. "
"I'll go with you." Liu Lan said.
The two women quickly left. Lu An, who had already obtained six sets of materials, returned to the refining area and began to refine the pills.
However, after becoming a Level 6 Heavenly Master, the speed of refining pills didn't increase as much as Lu An expected. Perhaps it was because Lu An's alchemy skills didn't change, so there wasn't much of a change. Just the first pill alone took him three days to refine.
Even if the time would be reduced after the first attempt, it would only be a slight reduction. Lu An was already very familiar with refining the second pill. However, the process would waste some time and he would have to wait. Lu An could only wait. After refining the second pill, Lu An could estimate the time that would follow.
The war would start in half a month. To prevent any accidents, the mercenaries had to come at least three days earlier. In half a month, Lu An could only refine six pills, no more.
Even if Lu An could refine more pills after that, he would miss the time. When the Purple Lake City was destroyed, it would be meaningless to refine more pills.
Lu An continued to refine pills day and night. Liu Yi and Liu Lan would come back every day to take a look. The rest of the time, they would be in the Montenegrin Empire looking for business opportunities. Beauty Yang and her daughter took charge of the situation and stabilized the four countries so that they wouldn't panic. However, the one month deadline was getting closer and closer. Finally, it was three days before the deadline.
On the twelfth day, Lu An's efforts were not in vain. He managed to refine the six pills three days ahead of the estimated time. He was also very tired because of this. After Liu Lan and Liu Lan immediately went to the Montenegrin King's Chamber of Commerce.
Zhao Fu once again stood in front of the young and beautiful woman and placed the six medicinal pills on the table. The young woman casually picked one up and sniffed it before examining it. After a while, she put it down and said with satisfaction, "Not bad, this Black Water Diamond Pill is good."
Hearing this, Liu Yi and Liu Lan let out a sigh of relief. Just as Liu Yi was about to say something, the young woman said, "However, looking at the heat of these pills, they should have been refined not long ago. Don't tell me that these pills were refined in the past ten days?"
Liu Yi frowned and asked, "Does this have anything to do with our deal?"
"Of course not." The young woman smiled and said, "But you only brought six pills. I asked for eight, and I said that I wouldn't refine them in installments."
"…" Liu Yi's heart tightened. What made her disappointed was that she couldn't find any suitable business opportunities after searching around the Black Mountain Empire for more than ten days. Otherwise, if she could get her hands on two pills, this problem wouldn't have happened.
"Then I'll reduce one person," Liu Yi said, "I'll only hire two Level 7 Heavenly Masters. Is that enough?"
"No." The young woman smiled and said, "It's still eight."
"Why?" Liu Yi asked with a frown.
"Why do you ask me? You should know very well." The young woman smiled and said, "I can see that you're a smart person. If it were you, you would do business like this too."
"…"
Hearing this, Liu Yi frowned even more. Although Liu Lan was very confused, Liu Yi knew the reason. The reason was simple. Although there were fewer people to hire, the work didn't change. Although there were fewer people, it was more tiring.
"There's no room for negotiation?" Liu Yi asked seriously.
"Of course there is." The young woman smiled and said, "It's business. Why can't we talk about it?"
Liu Yi wasn't surprised by this answer. She frowned and asked, "What do you want? Tell me."
"What I want is very simple." The young woman sat forward and looked at Liu Yi as she said, "I can even charge you six elixirs and waive the cost of the other two elixirs. However, the condition is that … the alchemist who refined these elixirs must come to me."
Liu Yi was stunned when she heard this. She didn't expect the other party to have such a plan. That's right. Compared to an alchemist who could refine Level Seven pills, pills weren't worth mentioning. The influence of a Level Seven alchemist was much greater than pills.
"How about it?" The young woman raised her eyebrows and asked, "It's just a trip and a chat. He can leave in less than a day. Moreover, he can leave with three Level Seven Heavenly Masters. I feel like I'm losing out on this deal."
"…"
Liu Yi frowned and looked at the young woman in front of her. She was slightly hesitant. She didn't know why, but she felt that it was very unwise to let Lu An come to the Montenegrin Empire. However, she had no other choice. She reached out and took back the six Level Seven pills. She stood up and said, "I'll pass the message."
"I'll be waiting here." The young woman smiled and said.
Liu Yi didn't say anything else and left with Liu Lan. Liu Lan saw that Liu Yi's expression wasn't good, so she didn't dare to say anything. After the two of them returned to Purple Lake City through the teleportation array, Liu Yi told Lu An and Beauty Yang about this.
Lu An was stunned when he heard this. To him, it was just a trip. The other party was such a huge merchant association, so they wouldn't hold him back. However, just as he was about to agree, Beauty Yang spoke first.
"I suggest that Master doesn't go." Beauty Yang immediately said.
Lu An was stunned and asked, "Why?"
"Because there are people in the Montenegrin Empire who have the right to know Master's background." Beauty Yang said very seriously, "If by chance you're discovered, even the entire Purple Lake City won't be able to save Master."
"…"
Lu An looked at Beauty Yang's serious expression and fell into deep thought. However, after a few breaths, he said, "You said it's just in case. My background isn't that easy to be discovered. I'm just going to the merchant association. I'll protect myself, so don't worry. For the sake of Purple Lake City, I have to go. "
"…"
Seeing how determined Lu An was, Beauty Yang knew that she wouldn't be able to persuade him. She could only say, "I'll go with Master."
"No need, I still need you to guard Purple Lake City. If the enemy attacks, you can take the others and escape." Lu An said seriously, "Don't worry, I'll be back soon. It'll be fine."
Hearing Lu An's words, although Beauty Yang was worried, she could only nod. After Beauty Yang agreed, Lu An immediately turned to Liu Yi and Liu Lan and said, "Let's not delay, we'll go now."
"Okay." Liu Yi nodded. The three of them once again entered the teleportation formation and arrived at the capital of the Montenegrin Empire.
This was Lu An's first time in the Montenegrin Empire, and it was also his first time in the four empires. When Lu An walked out of the inn and saw the bustling scene around him, he took a deep breath and immediately calmed down.
Here, he had to be careful. There was no one he could afford to offend here. He covered his face with a veil hat and headed to the merchant association under Liu Yi and Liu Lan's lead.
Soon, the three of them arrived at the merchant association and went to the young woman's room. After entering this place, Lu An also knew that he could no longer wear the veil hat like this. Without the other party's reminder, he took it off.
After taking off the veil hat, Lu An's face was revealed, and his eyes met the young woman's.
In that instant, the young woman was clearly stunned. She couldn't help but look at Lu An, but Lu An didn't like the feeling of being looked at. He cupped his hands and said politely, "This one is Lu An, an alchemist who refines the Black Water Vajra Pill. How may I help you?"
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