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Chapter 356: It Could Have Been Better
Chapter 356: It Could Have Been Better
November 6th, 2024
On the highway leading to Dongfang City, a rugged SUV sped along. In the back seat, a man gazed at the city in the distance, his eyes filled with shock, curiosity, longing, and apprehension.
In the front seats, a man and a woman sat. The man appeared to be in his early thirties, a smile on his face. The woman, in her twenties, maintained a cold expression.
They were none other than Red Tea and Nightingale.
The two had just completed a recruitment mission, bringing in a promising new recruit, and were now returning to headquarters.
During the drive, the man in the backseat kept asking questions, and Red Tea patiently answered each one.
Nightingale, sitting in the passenger seat, remained silent, almost as if she were invisible.
Soon, the SUV reached the city gates.
The man in the backseat widened his eyes, deeply moved by the sight before him.
"Nightingale, when we go in, should I drop you off somewhere?" Red Tea asked with a smile.
"Mhm."
Nightingale nodded.
Her gaze wandered to the notices posted on both sides of the city gate.
The next moment, she saw a face she knew all too well.
As she read further, she froze.
"?"
Red Tea noticed her reaction and immediately became puzzled.
What had she seen that shocked her so?
Following her gaze, he too was stunned by what he saw.
"Crack."
Nightingale pushed open the car door and walked straight ahead.
Red Tea snapped out of his daze and quickly pulled the car over to the side. He got out and joined her, staring at the wanted poster before them, his eyes filled with awe.
The person on the wanted poster was someone he would never mistake.
It was Jiang Cheng, the very recruit he had brought into the Dawn Society.
At the time, Jiang Cheng was only a First Rank Force Warrior.
But now? He had killed an Eighth Rank Force Warrior? This had to be a joke! When he had learned of Jiang Cheng's betrayal, he had specifically invited Nightingale to find and capture him, intending to send him to headquarters for the reward.
"Red Tea, Nightingale, what's going on?"
The man in the backseat couldn't help but follow them, asking questions as he too looked at the wanted poster.
Initially, he didn't think much of it since he didn't know the person on the poster.
But as he read further, learning that this person was once an assassin for the Dawn Society who had killed many and then escaped, his jaw dropped.
Wow, this fugitive was from the Dawn Society? He had just escaped?
"Let's go."
Nightingale glanced at the two of them, her expression returning to its previous coldness.
In truth, she was even more shocked than Red Tea.
"Okay."
Red Tea agreed and took one last look at Jiang Cheng on the wanted poster before returning to the car.
"Red Tea."
The man in the backseat tentatively asked, "Is that man the traitor of our Dawn Society?"
The atmosphere in the car became heavy.
After a long while, Red Tea finally responded with a grunt.
"Why would he betray the society?" the man muttered. "Our Dawn Society treats everyone so well, and we do good deeds for the greater good."
"Who knows?"
Red Tea hesitated before answering.
He had wanted to say that Jiang Cheng was a coward who, after failing his mission, had no choice but to escape to survive. This was the official story within the society.
But after seeing the wanted poster, he wasn't so sure anymore.
Because if the poster was accurate, Jiang Cheng could easily take care of him now.
...
Time flew by, and more than a week had passed in the blink of an eye.
In the alchemy chamber, Jiang Cheng gazes at the pill furnace before him. With the final top-grade Spirit Nourishing Pill successfully refined, the experience bar on the panel is also finally full.
Jiang Cheng feels a flash of white light in his mind, a feeling of enlightenment, as if the top of his head has been opened.
But this kind of enlightenment, many people often seek but cannot find.
"Finally, it's complete."
Jiang Cheng sighs, feeling that it wasn't easy either.
Originally, he thought it would take a month, but fortunately, with his sweat and efforts, it was shortened to around twenty days.
"It's time to call them."
Thinking of this, Jiang Cheng picks up his phone and dials Gu Chang Kong's number.
Soon, the news reaches Gu Chang Kong, and Yang Chun rushes over.
"Little brother, is your pill refining technique complete?" Yang Chun hurriedly asks as he closes the door.
"En."
Jiang Cheng nods with a smile.
Without saying more, he directly uses five portions of medicinal ingredients and refines a batch in front of the two of them.
With five portions less of medicinal power, the time spent refining the pills is significantly longer than before, and the spiritual energy consumed during this period also increases considerably.
After a little more than an hour, the pills are successfully produced, ten pills without exception, all of which are top-grade Spirit Nourishing Pills.
The two of Gu Chang Kong gasp in surprise.
"Jiang Cheng, you really did it."
"With only five portions of medicinal ingredients, you refined a furnace of top-grade Spirit Nourishing Pills."
"In this case, the cost of each furnace of pills has been reduced from 500,000 to 250,000."
"Compared to before, the profit of each furnace of pills has increased from 500,000 to 750,000."
"Brother Jiang, how many furnaces can you refine in a day if you refine pills like this?" Gu Chang Kong asks.
"According to one furnace per hour, ten furnaces in a day is about right."
Jiang Cheng replies.
Gu Chang Kong nods.
Previously, Jiang Cheng could refine eight or nine furnaces of top-grade Spirit Nourishing Pills in a day, and the market price was eight or nine million.
Now, refining ten furnaces in a day, the market price is ten million.
The two seem not very different when compared.
However, because the cost has been reduced by half, the final profit differs by two or three million.
Of course, the distribution ratio he agreed upon with Jiang Cheng is 6 to 4, and it is not distributed according to the profit, but rather calculated according to the total value of the refined pills.
For example, these ten furnaces of pills, with a market price of ten million, Jiang Cheng will take four million, and the remaining six million is his.
This six million still needs to deduct one portion of medicinal ingredients, that is, 2.5 million in costs, and the remaining 3.5 million is his real profit.
Fortunately, the real cost of medicinal ingredients is even lower, fifty portions, that is, less than two million, and the calculated profit is the same as Jiang Cheng's, which is also a profit of five to four.
The black market's monthly profit is also two hundred million, and now there is an additional two hundred million in profit each month, enough for him to prove himself within the family.
If it were someone else, they might still have some other thoughts.
For example, from Jiang Cheng's troublesome money, doing some handiwork to make the final data look much better.
But he doesn't want to do such shortsighted things.
"Brother Jiang, you've done very well."
"Big Brother Gu, you're too kind."
Jiang Cheng smiles.
He really wants to say that he can do even better.
For example, refining third-rank Spirit Nourishing Pills.
When the level of Spirit Nourishing Pills goes up, what he earns in a day won't be four million anymore, but rather one or two million, two or three million.
(End of Chapter)
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