Chapter 70 Female Cannon Fodder

"Why? You should know that it's more profitable to take a share." Xie Qiong looked at Mu Chen, a little puzzled.

Mu Chen nodded and said, "I know, but I'm short on cash right now and I'm in urgent need of Yuanshi. Although taking a share is profitable, the payment is too slow."

Ye Shi had a bitter face. Mu Chen, this impatient guy, was really... unreasonable!

Xie Qiong smiled and said with some understanding: "In that case, then..."

"Wait a minute." Ye Shi raised his voice anxiously.

Xie Qiong looked at Ye Shi's painful expression and smiled, "Little brother, what's the matter?"

Ye Shi interrupted the two of them. With only a passionate heart, he felt a little weak when being stared at by a big shot like Xie Qiong.

"Five hundred thousand is too little. It should be at least six hundred thousand. The prices in the imperial capital are too high. It's not enough to spend." Ye Shi looked at Xie Qiong anxiously and said hurriedly.

"Okay, six hundred thousand." Xie Qiong smiled and said indifferently.

Ye Shi felt depressed when he heard Xie Qiong's words. Six hundred thousand seemed a little too little! He should have offered seven hundred thousand.

After agreeing on the terms, the two men completed the transaction. Mu Chen's account suddenly had an extra 600,000 stones, and he felt refreshed.

Mu Chen pulled Ye Shi and walked out. "Shi Tou, you're amazing! Just by asking, we got an extra 100,000 stones."

Ye Shi rolled his eyes disapprovingly and said, "It's only 100,000 Yuan stones. Seeing how readily he agreed, I should have added another 100,000, oh no, 200,000. Even if it was 200,000, he would have agreed."

Mu Chen smiled helplessly and soothed: "Okay, it's already great to get an extra 100,000. Don't be too greedy."

"Aren't you angry?" Ye Shi looked at Mu Chen and asked.

"Angry? Why are you angry?" Mu Chen asked in confusion.

Ye Shi said as a matter of course: "The people from the low-level pharmacist guild have seized your pill formula! If the pill formula is in your hands, then we..."

"Even if the pill formula is in my hands now, I will have to hand it over sooner or later. My current ability is not enough to keep it. What's more, the pill formula can't play such a big role in my hands. Although I may not make that much money, in fact, the price offered by the low-level alchemist guild is already very generous." Mu Chenyun said calmly.

Ye Shi curled his lips and said, "That's true!"

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The next day, the Low-Level Alchemist Guild.

"Ruofeng, you are so amazing. You can actually think of using bitterwood leaves to neutralize the toxicity of ebony." Xie Danyan looked at Lan Ruofeng with admiration.

Lan Ruofeng smiled faintly and said, "It's nothing. I just had a sudden flash of inspiration. It was just a coincidence."

"Ruofeng, you are too modest. I still have a few missing ancient recipes. Several elders in the guild are trying to restore them. I wonder if you are interested." Xie Danyan looked at Lan Ruofeng expectantly and asked shyly.

"Of course." Lan Ruofeng said without hesitation. A noble lady from a famous family was so attentive. Although Lan Ruofeng had no interest in Xie Danyan, he still felt very pleased.

Zhuang Yu stood aside, listening to the conversation between the two, and couldn't help revealing a bit of jealousy in his eyes.

Xie Danyan was chatting and laughing with Lan Ruofeng with a smile on her face, and occasionally glanced at Zhuang Yu in a defiant manner.

Zhuang Yu couldn't help feeling sad when Xie Danyan looked at him like that.

"Mu Chen." Seeing Mu Chen coming out, Zhuang Yu couldn't help but flash a bit of surprise and astonishment in his eyes.

Lan Ruofeng frowned, followed Zhuang Yu's gaze, and asked in confusion, "Mu Chen, why is this guy here?"

"He is a guest of our guild, so he is here." Hearing Lan Ruofeng's question, Xie Danyan answered without thinking.

"He is a guest official of your guild?" When did your guild lower the standard for selecting guest officials so much? "Mu Chen is just a first-level alchemist! How could he become a guest official of your guild?" Lan Ruofeng said with a gloomy face, full of confusion.

"A first-level alchemist? No! Mu Chen, he is a second-level alchemist." Xie Danyan said.

Lan Ruofeng frowned and said in disbelief: "He is a second-level alchemist."

Xie Danyan nodded and said, "Yes."

Lan Ruofeng frowned and said, "Even if he is a second-level alchemist, he should not be able to become a guest official of your guild."

"That's right. However, he answered more than 200 questions with a reward of more than 100 yuan stones in one day when he was in the Bicheng Guild. More than 100 of them were proven to be correct. Grandpa Fu thought he was a promising talent, so he made an exception and recruited him as a guest official of the guild." Xie Danyan said carelessly.

When Muchen was in Bicheng, he chose to answer the questions anonymously, so few people knew that Muchen was the answerer. Afraid that Muchen would be noticed by other forces, Fu Zuquan and Xie Qiong tacitly chose to conceal the matter.

Xie Qiong also warned Xie Danyan not to talk nonsense, but when Xie Danyan was asked by Lan Ruofeng, she immediately threw Xie Qiong's advice to the wind.

"Impossible! When I met him in Mo City, he had just become a first-level alchemist. It has only been a few months now. How could he become so powerful? Didn't a passing senior alchemist answer those questions on a whim?" Lan Ruofeng said disapprovingly.

Xie Danyan frowned and agreed with Lan Ruofeng, saying, "Those questions were answered anonymously, and the Yuanshi all went into Mu Chen's Yuanshi card. However, I also suspect that Mu Chen didn't answer those questions. He just heard the answers from others and then wrote them down in our guild."

Lan Ruofeng nodded and said, "I think this possibility is more likely."

Lan Ruofeng narrowed his eyes and thought secretly: Mu Chen was able to answer so many questions at once, could it be related to Ye Shi? I haven't heard that Qu Kun knows how to make potions!

Xie Danyan nodded and said readily, "I think so too. Muchen has just been promoted to a second-level pharmacist, but many of the questions he answered were advanced second-level pharmacist knowledge. Moreover, after answering them once, he never made a move again."

"It seems that this is indeed very suspicious!" Lan Ruofeng said with a frown.

Zhuang Yu sighed and said somewhat sadly, "Mu Chen always likes to take shortcuts, but doing so is not the right way after all!"

Xie Danyan frowned and said, "You know Mu Chen."

Zhuang Yu nodded and said, "Yes!"

"Does he always like to cheat?" Xie Danyan asked immediately.

Zhuang Yu frowned and said helplessly, "He's not...it's just that he hasn't grown up yet."

Xie Danyan narrowed her eyes and said with disgust: "It turns out that he is really a liar."

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Mu Chen and Ye Shi walked into the low-level pharmacist guild in the imperial capital on a whim, and coincidentally met Lan Ruofeng and Zhuang Yu again.

Lan Ruofeng saw Ye Shi and walked towards Mu Chen and Ye Shi with a faint smile. "Mr. Mu, what a coincidence! I see you again. Have you found a place to stay?"

Mu Chen nodded and said, "Found it."

"The low-level pharmacist guild provided us with a place to live, free of charge." Ye Shi said with some pride.

Lan Ruofeng glanced at Xie Danyan, who looked at Mu Chen with disdain and said, "Mu Chen, no matter what method you used to deceive my grandfather and make him think so highly of you, you must know that what's true can't be false, and what's false can't be true!"

Mu Chen: “…”

Ye Shi: “…”

"Who is your grandfather?" Ye Shi couldn't help but frowned and asked.

Xie Danyan's face darkened as he snorted coldly, "You don't have to pretend to be ignorant. My grandfather is the president of the guild, Xie Qiong."

Ye Shi lowered his head and thought to himself: So it was the old fox who spent a very low price to buy Muchen's pill formula. He was wondering whether the old man was a good person or not. Looking at the look on Xie Danyan's face, he knew that the old man was probably not a good person.

"Mu Chen, taking the wrong path may bring you some benefits temporarily, but it will cause endless troubles in the future." Zhuang Yu looked at Mu Chen and said earnestly.

Mu Chen: “…”

Ye Shi tilted his head, looked at Zhuang Yu in confusion, and said, "What are you talking about? It's incomprehensible."

Zhuang Yu didn't say anything, but just looked at Mu Chen with complicated eyes.

Mu Chen took Ye Shi's hand and said to Xie Danyan and the others, "Sorry, we have something else to do. We'll leave first."

Xie Danyan immediately stood in front of Mu Chen and said, "Mu Chen, why are you in such a hurry to leave now? Are you feeling guilty?"

Mu Chen smiled and said good-naturedly, "Yes! I feel guilty, very guilty."

Xie Danyan gritted her teeth and said, "I knew you were lying."

"Miss, you are indeed very observant." Mu Chen complimented with a smile.

"You..." Xie Danyan looked at Mu Chen in exasperation.

Mu Chen ignored what Xie Danyan said and pulled Ye Shi out.

Mu Chen's face was dark as he pulled Ye Shi forward, thinking secretly: I can't stay in this low-level pharmacist guild anymore. Xie Qiong's granddaughter is actually Xie Danyan. Xie Danyan is another female cannon fodder in the story. She has always been in love with Lan Ruofeng and has done a lot for Lan Ruofeng. However, Lan Ruofeng has never been interested in her.

Xie Danyan is Xie Qiong's granddaughter. Now, she holds a grudge against him because of Lan Ruofeng, so it is better for him to stay away from her. Xie Qiong loves his granddaughter very much.

Mu Chen looked at Ye Shi and said, "Shi Tou, we have to move out of that guild."

Ye Shi said reluctantly, "It's free! Are you afraid of that woman?"

Mu Chen shook his head and said, "That's not the case. It's just that the girl is close to Lan Ruofeng and Zhuang Yu. I don't want to get entangled with these two people. Besides, we are not short of money now. Besides, Holy Star Academy will be recruiting students soon."

"You're right, you're right. We can't get too close to them. Lan Ruofeng and Zhuang Yu give me a very bad impression." When Ye Shi mentioned the two of them, he suddenly felt an indescribable disgust in his heart.