Chapter 73 Mithril and the Trade

Yan Shi looked at the words on his grandmother's work notebook, lost in thought.

Liu Guang's remains are now lying in her spatial bracelet.

When Yan Shi heard Afra say that Liu Guang's soul had long since dissipated, he sensed that something was wrong.

Putting it in a smart bracelet and carrying it with you is definitely the best option.

Safe, private, and convenient.

Question Gu Feng, understand Gu Feng, and learn from Gu Feng.

It's mithril, that kind of material...?

Yan Shi opened the Lingdu search and found Mithril, but all the results were related to the Mithril Merchant Guild.

[The Bureau of Extraterritorial Control is issuing a city-wide warrant for the secret banking group. The relevant notice is as follows:]

Let's take a look at the heinous crimes committed by smugglers like the Mithril Merchant Guild.

After scrolling down a few pages, some other relevant information appeared.

Yan Shi had nothing else to do for the time being, so he simply continued flipping through the pages for a while, stopping when he reached page 9.

Looking to buy 19 grams of mithril. Name your terms.

The poster is Gear Click Click, and the posting time is 53 years ago.

Yan clicked on the link, which led to an online forum for trading rare materials.

There weren't many replies below; the first few posts were all skeptical.

2L:

19 grams of mithril? Are you sure you didn't mislabel the unit? It's not 19 milligrams, but 19 grams?

3L:

If I could trade 19 grams of mithril for that, I'd rather believe I'm the Pope.

4L:

Mithril is probably only found in the Alchemy Tower; I swear on my soul, it won't exceed 1 gram.

19 grams is wishful thinking. This is a trading forum, not a wishing well.

The original poster replied to comment #4:

The alchemy tower only contains 0.26 grams; I've already replaced it, but it's not enough.

6L:

Goodness, who is this poster? He can just take all the rare materials in the Alchemy Tower like that?

...

12L:

Such a large amount of mithril... If you really need it urgently, you can ask the Death Church. They may not have mithril, but they might have other alternative solutions.

The original poster replied to comment #12:

The Death Church says they don't accept inquiries from the living, I ****

12L replied to the original poster:

Were you the one who held a gun to the neck of the Death Church bishop a couple of days ago and asked him questions...?

The original poster replied to comment #12:

Yes, what happened? :)

...

18L:

19 grams of mithril? I should have about the same amount. OP, please DM me.

This post is now closed.

Grandma only briefly mentioned in her work notes that mithril is a very expensive material.

However, judging from the replies in the first few posts, the explanation is too simplistic. Mithril should be an extremely rare and scarce material.

19 grams is an incredible amount.

The Alchemy Tower is the highest hall of honor for alchemists throughout the entire world. Even with all the materials in the Alchemy Tower, it only contains 0.26 grams.

Given its extreme scarcity, the probability of finding a second Mithril Spring in the Underworld is extremely low.

Therefore, only Grandma or Guan Yunji could produce this amount at once.

I wonder how many more of these "living" alchemical puppets Guan Yunji has made. Even if not many, there must have been some sacrifices in the early stages.

The amount in one bottle, minus 19 grams, isn't enough for such a large quantity, so the post showed an 18L bottle of 19 grams of mithril, which Yan Shi thought was for his grandmother.

Apart from that day, there was no further mention of mithril in Grandma's work journal.

Then the gears of this poster started clicking away...

Yan Shi switched back to the Bureau of Foreign Affairs system, infiltrated the Information Department's Lingwang Communications Division, and used his privileges to directly access the user backend of the online trading forum for the rare material.

Then he raised an eyebrow.

Duan Yunchen.

Yan Shi: "Wow!"

What a coincidence this world is like.

Without hesitation, she made another emergency call to Duan Yunchen.

As the director, she had just returned from working overtime. Duan Yunchen, the head of the Weier Hub Branch, was sleeping so soundly at this hour. He had to get up and work overtime!

Duan Yunchen answered quickly this time. After connecting, he first carefully looked at the caller ID, then grinned insincerely and said politely, "Director Yan, good evening. Everything is normal at the Weir hub. Do you have any specific instructions?"

You could hear the gritted teeth and reluctance in his tone.

Yan Shi pretended not to notice and said without changing his expression, "Yes, good evening."

Seeing that Duan Yunchen was unhappy about working overtime, she felt less bored when she went out to work overtime at night out of curiosity and ended up bringing back a corpse.

Yan Shi glanced again at the messy alchemy workbench behind Duan Yunchen and the various strange little pets in front of him: "Gears clattering."

Duan Yunchen: ?

"What?" She rubbed her ears.

"The gears clicked and clacked." Fearing that Duan Yunchen might have forgotten, after all, it had been 53 years since then, Yan Shi kindly added, "It was the name of one of your online trading forums."

Duan Yunchen: ...

Dead memories overwhelmed her.

Duan Yunchen replied with a forced smile, "It seems so. Do we have to memorize and find out all the names of the Spirit Network accounts when we work at the Bureau of Extraterrestrial Affairs?"

If it weren't for Director Yan, she would have immediately hung up the message and blocked the person.

Duan Yunchen suppressed his restless hand, took a deep breath, and repeatedly told himself, "This is Director Yan, this is Director Yan."

You can't beat her!

Yan Shi had teased people enough, so he stopped his preamble and asked directly, "What did you exchange 19 grams of mithril for in a single round?"

Duan Yunchen's expression cracked.

She tried to play dumb: "What single game?"

"The 64th Director of the Bureau of Foreign Affairs, Director Shan." Yan Shi looked through the screen into Duan Yunchen's eyes: "Don't tell me you don't know, or I'll come to the Weir Hub now and make you speak."

Duan Yunchen was still trying to change the subject: "Director Yan, it's not very proper to force your subordinates to talk about things that are not related to work."

Yan Shi: "When you were holding a gun to the neck of the bishop of the Death Church and asking him questions, you probably didn't have this in mind."

Duan Yunchen: ...

She was hit by a boomerang many years ago.

Yan Shi: "I hope you take this seriously, as it is closely related to the recent Mithril Merchant Guild case."

"Today we discovered that the Mithril Merchant Guild's suspects are alchemical products containing mithril."

Duan Yunchen's pupils contracted slightly, and his expression turned cold.

“What does this have to do with me?” Duan Yunchen replied, “The mithril I traded for was used up more than fifty years ago.”

"Besides, the fact that I'm still here, working diligently, is already a deal in itself. I have nothing more to say. At the very least, Director Yan, the Will Hub Branch is not as good as the Lingkong City Branch."

This is one of the world's largest transportation hubs; it's not something you can just smash up.

After all, she was a witch who barged into the Church of Death many years ago, and she was never someone easy to talk to.

Yan Shi: "Hmm, the Will Hub Branch and the Lingkong City Branch are different. Hopefully, the Alchemy Tower won't be as fragile as the one in the Lingkong City Branch."

It can withstand one of her moves.

If Duan Yunchen threatened her with the Weil Hub Branch, then it's reasonable for her to threaten Duan Yunchen with the Alchemy Tower.

Duan Yunchen understood Yan Shi's subtext: "Director Yan, isn't this violating the Underworld Peace Protection Regulations? Are you going to break the law yourself?"

Yan Shi: "But you can't stop me. I'm still communicating with you properly because you're my subordinate."

The inner world is all about strength, unlike the outer world.

"So, can you tell me the specifics of your transaction now? Why did you specify the Will Hub?"

Author's Note: The first day of August, and I've already used up all my free time for the month QAQ

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