Lu Yuan was stunned.

Chief Pharmacist of Lingyaotang?

This is an achievement that every pharmacist dreams of!

Lingyaotang has hundreds of branches in Ling'an Continent, but only a handful of them are qualified to recognize the chief pharmacist.

In other words...

Throughout the entire Ling'an Continent, there are only ten chief pharmacists in the Lingyao Hall!

And now Gao Hong is actually asking him to serve as the chief pharmacist?

"Elder Gao, if I remember correctly, you should be the chief pharmacist of Lingyao Hall, right?" Lu Yuan tentatively reminded him.

If he really becomes the chief pharmacist of Lingyao Hall, what will happen to Gao Hong?

Unexpectedly, Gao Hong simply waved his hand nonchalantly and looked at him with a smile.

"The quality of my potions is nowhere near as good as yours! How about you become the chief pharmacist and I'll assist you?"

No, no, no!

Lu Yuan shook his head and refused without even thinking.

"I'm not very interested in pharmaceuticals. Refining body-strengthening potions was just a passing fancy. Let's forget about it."

Are you kidding me?!

Gao Hong's achievements in the medical field are well known. If I were to appear out of nowhere and inexplicably take Gao Hong's place, wouldn't everyone dig up my ancestors for eighteen generations?

He didn't want to get into any trouble!

He just wanted to run the Divine Beast Pavilion and the auction house peacefully and earn money to support his own children!

Seeing that Lu Yuan was genuinely uninterested in the position of chief pharmacist, Gao Hong shook his head and sighed regretfully.

"well!"

"An absolutely outstanding talent! If you were to switch careers and go into pharmaceuticals, you would be unparalleled!"

Gao Hong's tone was full of regret, but Lu Yuan remained unmoved.

But Gao Hong clearly didn't want to give up so easily.

His eyes darted around, and he asked Lu Yuan.

"Young friend Lu, since you don't want to be the chief pharmacist, could you please make medicines for Lingyao Hall?"

Seeing Lu Yuan's brows furrow slightly, Gao Hong quickly explained.

"You don't need to sit in the office every day like other pharmacists. You can think of it as the Spirit Medicine Hall placing orders for medicines with you. As long as you complete the order quantity each week, the Spirit Medicine Hall will pay you per bottle!"

After hearing Gao Hong's words, Lu Yuan raised an eyebrow.

Actually, he really wanted to make medicine, but only high-level potions could achieve the desired effect for him. However, he could only learn to make high-level potions by constantly practicing making low-level potions, which created a vicious cycle that made him too lazy to do it and he didn't make any progress in making medicine.

However, if the Spirit Medicine Hall were willing to recycle those low-level potions, it would undoubtedly be a great help to him.

Seeing that Lu Yuan's attitude was softening, Gao Hong immediately continued to persuade him, "If you agree, I will try my best to get you more compensation. What do you think?"

The moment the topic of adding money came up, Lu Yuan immediately straightened his attitude.

How much will the reward be?

Gao Hong pondered for a moment, then gestured a number.

"Six hundred thousand per bottle! The Spirit Medicine Hall will provide the raw materials for alchemy!"

After saying that, fearing that Lu Yuan might not be satisfied, she quickly explained.

“There’s definitely a difference between the price of bulk purchases and individual purchases. Under normal circumstances, the purchase price of a low-grade body-tempering potion is only 500,000. Although the quality of your low-grade body-tempering potion is extremely high, its effects are only comparable to a mid-grade potion, so 600,000 is the limit.”

The reason he was willing to pay 700,000 to acquire the low-grade body-tempering potion from Lu Yuan was entirely due to its research value. In terms of the potion's actual effects, it didn't deserve such a high price.

Lu Yuan naturally understood this as well, so after thinking for a moment, he nodded in agreement.

“I can accept orders, but I can only produce a maximum of fifty bottles per week.”

"no problem!"

Gao Hong immediately nodded in agreement.

Even a pharmacist who works at the Spirit Medicine Hall every day can only produce about seventy bottles of medicine a week. It is already quite remarkable that Lu Yuan can promise to deliver fifty bottles of medicine every week without working at the office.

Just as the two finalized the details of the drug transaction, the lobby manager knocked on the door of the VIP lounge.

"Mr. Gao, Mr. Lu, President Wei has finished his meeting and asked me to take you both to his office."

"Let's go!" Gao Hong stood up first. "We can also confirm the potion deal with Wei again!"

...

The two followed the lobby manager to the top floor of the office building and entered a familiar office.

As soon as he entered the room, he saw Wei Zheng waving at him.

"Lu Yuan, come and sit down! Why didn't you tell me you were coming to see me? Have you been waiting for me?"

Lu Yuan smiled slightly.

"I didn't wait long. I just happened to have some free time, so I didn't call you beforehand."

Seeing the two sitting on the sofa chatting happily like old friends, the lobby manager standing at the door couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

President Wei always had a serious and unsmiling demeanor in front of them; when had he ever shown such a genuine smile?

As expected, Mr. Lu holds a special position with President Wei!

Thinking about this, he couldn't help but mentally review what he had just done. Only after confirming that he hadn't done anything to displease Lu Yuan did he breathe a sigh of relief.

Gao Hong, standing to the side, glared at him with displeasure and blew on his beard.

"Young Wei, you only have eyes for young friend Lu, not for this old man like me, is that it!"

Upon hearing this, Wei Zheng seemed to only then notice Gao Hong, and opened his mouth in surprise.

"Oh! Isn't this Professor Gao? You've finally decided to come out of the lab?"

Gao Hong rolled his eyes in disdain.

"Stop joking with me, kid! I'm here to talk serious business!"

Upon hearing this, Wei Zheng immediately straightened his posture, glanced at Lu Yuan, and asked, "What is it?"

Gao Hong stroked his beard and said with a smile, "I just finalized a collaboration with young friend Lu. He's willing to help our Spirit Medicine Hall refine medicines."

Gao Hong's tone carried a hint of smugness.

Back then, after Wei Zheng learned from him how precious the potions Lu Yuan refined were, he intended to invite Lu Yuan to cooperate, but due to various reasons, they were unable to reach an agreement.

But now that he has accomplished this, he can't help but feel that Lu Yuan and he are closer.

Wei Zheng ignored all of this and turned to stare wide-eyed at Lu Yuan.

"Is what Old Gao said true?"

"That's right."

Lu Yuan smiled and admitted that he had told Gao Hong everything he had discussed earlier.

Wei Zheng nodded repeatedly after listening.

"Alright, alright! I'll have someone draft the contract right away, and we'll sign the agreement now!"