Chapter 304: Knowing His Hiding Place
Chapter 304: Knowing His Hiding Place
"The more, the merrier?"
After repeating these words, Yang Chun's face rarely showed a bitter smile.
"Little Brother Jiang Cheng, I highly value your potential, and I trust you. Given time, you will definitely become a Fourth or Fifth Rank Alchemist, or even higher. But right now, I really can't provide you with too many resources, because your method is just too costly. So, here's what we'll do."
He extended a finger.
"Later, I can provide you with one million yuan's worth of herbs. At a cost of 5,000 yuan per batch, that's 200 batches. This is the most help I can offer you for now."
"Thank you, Brother Yang," Jiang Cheng said, a smile appearing on his face.
200 batches, with a consumption of 10 batches per refinement, would be enough for 20 refinements. With his mastery of alchemy, this wouldn't be a problem.
"Don't get too excited just yet," Yang Chun waved his hand.
"These herbs worth one million yuan are not free. You have to pay them back. For example, if you refine these 200 batches of herbs and produce 200 Basic Spirit Nourishing Pills, you can return that many pills. This way, you would still owe 800,000.
When you refine pills in the future, in addition to the required task quantity, you'll need to refine some extra. You can either purchase the herbs yourself or use the ones we provide. If you choose the latter, it involves another matter that I didn't plan to bring up so soon."
"What is it?" Jiang Cheng asked.
"Regarding acquisitions, we have a quantity requirement for the refined pills produced by each alchemist daily. As long as you meet the requirement, it's fine. But if you produce even one extra pill, we can acquire it at three times the market price. The higher the pill's quality, the higher the acquisition price."
"I understand," Jiang Cheng nodded.
"So, if you use the herbs we provide for free, for the remaining 800,000, you must repay us using this method. If you purchase the herbs yourself, we will acquire them at seven times the market price. After all, we need to make a profit too."
Yang Chun smiled, "But as I said before, if your level is high enough, we can discuss the specific distribution ratio. So, Little Brother Jiang Cheng, you should consider carefully before deciding whether to borrow this one million."
"No need to think about it," Jiang Cheng said directly. "I'll borrow it."
"Alright," Yang Chun replied, seeing Jiang Cheng's determination. His confidence in Jiang Cheng grew, perhaps it would turn out just as Jiang Cheng said?
"Brother Yang, if I borrow this one million in herbs and my level does improve significantly, can I continue to borrow herbs from you?"
"Huh?" Yang Chun's eyes widened in surprise as he stared at Jiang Cheng.
What? How much does he want to borrow?
Is one million not enough?
Another million?
Or even more?
Jiang Cheng continued to look at him.
There's a saying that goes...
When you owe the bank a million, you're in trouble.
But when you owe the bank a billion, the bank's the one in trouble.
The same principle applies here.
If he owes the Black Market a million and the Dawn Society finds out, they might come to pressure him. The Black Market might consider the pros and cons.
But if he owes them ten million or a billion...
Outside of his family, the black market was undoubtedly one of the people least willing to see him get into trouble in this world.
Of course, this was just an afterthought.
What Jiang Cheng cared about the most was quickly improving his pill crafting skills.
The psychic energy of a First-Level Mind Master was simply too little.
After a while, Yang Chun finally spoke up.
"Let's talk about it later. But if your skills improve by then, lending you another one or two million worth of herbs won't be a problem."
"Thank you, Brother Yang. Rest assured, I won't let you down," Jiang Cheng said with a smile.
Soon after, he received a batch of herbs worth one million.
At his current rate of six pill craftings per day, consuming sixty sets of herbs, this batch would last him three to four days.
By then, he would approach Yang Chun again, demonstrating his pill crafting skills that had reached the Mastery Level, and he could obtain another one or two million worth of herbs.
As for the debt?
It's not like he won't repay it; he'll just keep a record for now.
In the end, he'll definitely have to settle it.
...
The third day, at dusk.
Dawn Society Headquarters.
After several days of quiet, the headquarters regained its former bustling atmosphere.
After searching for Jiang Cheng for several days with little progress, the members of the Dawn Society gradually returned.
It wasn't that they didn't want to earn the 50 or 100 million.
If they couldn't earn it, what could they do? It was said that many people went to the slum district, but they still came back empty-handed, wasting several days.
Inside the office building.
Two or three people were also complaining in Bing Li's office.
"Damn it, I checked the entry-exit footage from all four gates, but I didn't see that guy Cang Hai."
"Is it possible that he changed his appearance?"
"I considered that too, so I paid special attention to the people in the vehicles, especially the elderly, but there was still no progress. How did that kid manage to leave the city with his family?"
The speaker was perplexed.
"Is it possible that he never left? Even if he disguised himself and left in batches, but with three liabilities, where could he go? How far could he get? He would definitely be discovered and found by our people."
"So, he's still in the city? But the outer district is this big, where could he be hiding? It's impossible for him to have escaped into the inner city, right?"
The speaker didn't believe it himself.
Even their own leader would find it challenging to enter the inner district.
The three of them discussed for a while, but with no results. Finally, their gazes turned towards Bing Li, who was sitting in a chair, staring at the computer screen.
From the start of their discussion until now, Bing Li hadn't said a word, focusing solely on the computer screen.
Someone couldn't help but glance at his computer screen, and they saw records of Jiang Cheng's entrances and exits from the headquarters. The records showed the dates and times of his visits, spanning several months, densely packed, making the viewer's head hurt.
"Bing Li, what can you make out from this?" The man frowned, thinking that Bing Li was wasting time.
But Bing Li shook his head and narrowed his eyes, saying, "No, there's a critical clue hidden in these records."
"What do you mean?"
"Do you know where he's hiding?"
"Can you tell from these entry and exit records?"
The other three in the room had mixed reactions.
"I can't say for sure, but I have a guess. Come and see."
Bing Li waved at the three of them.
(End of Chapter)
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