“Sir, I heard you want to purchase a potion that our Chamber of Commerce doesn’t currently sell. For this type of potion, we require an additional custom-made fee, so I hope you’ll be mentally prepared.” Linley stood in front of Mark, looking up at him with a forced smile.
Mark also curled his lips slightly and said, "Okay, okay, as long as you can make ten bottles of the same potion, the price is negotiable. But if you can't make it, what do you say?"
Linley narrowed his eyes and sneered, "Hmph, what do you think of our Holy Grace magic potion? If it's a magic potion you can produce, there's nothing we at Holy Grace can't make! The situation you describe doesn't even exist!"
"Everyone's good at boasting," Mark said, shaking the potion in his hand and pointing at the waiter. "He just said you have all kinds of potions in your store! Now you say it needs to be custom made. I think we should just agree on this in advance. We don't need a written agreement. Just a verbal promise in front of everyone will be fine."
“Alright!” Linley, of course, wasn’t going to be intimidated by a young man. He spoke fearlessly, “If we can’t produce the same potion, I can personally compensate you with 30 gold coins!”
"make a deal!"
In the ten years or so he had worked at Holy Grace Magic Potions, Linley had never seen a young man dare to speak to him like that!
Since both parties had signed the contract, Linley didn't waste any time.
He wanted to quickly copy the potion and then blackmail this ignorant young man. Once he made the potion, Mark would not be able to deny his debt!
"Nora, go get my magic analyzer!"
Since everyone present was to bear witness, Linley’s analysis of the magic potion naturally needed to be done in front of everyone.
The recipe for Mark's holy water was extremely simple. After Linley sat down and placed the entire bottle of potion in the analyzer's magic circle, and then focused his consciousness on the magic analyzer for less than 10 seconds, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but widen.
"Look, Pharmacist Linley is smiling. There's probably no suspense."
"It's only been a short time, and you've already figured out the potion's ingredients? The pharmacist at Saint Grace Pharmacy is truly remarkable!"
The noise of the onlookers' discussion made Lin Lei, who was sitting in the middle of the room, even more delighted. He wanted to punish Mark for daring to cause trouble in their Holy Grace Magic Potion Shop, and he revealed his test results without any shame.
"10mL of slime gel, 10mL of evening primrose juice, 80mL of water, 1g of blessed silver powder. Humph, this is the basic formula for ordinary holy water. You think you can ruin our Holy Grace Magic Potion with this kind of stuff? You're really looking down on us, sir."
"Oh? Then tell me, what are the specific effects of this bottle of holy water in your hand?" Mark asked calmly.
"Haha, this kid must have a problem with his brain. It's said to be holy water, what other effects can it have? By the way, what specific effects does holy water have?" A customer whispered to his companion.
"Emm... seems to be exorcism and purification?"
As a third-tier pharmacist, this question naturally didn't faze Linley. He proudly raised his double chin and said, "It can purify alien magical invasions, restore injuries, and restore mana. It's the top-tier of low-tier consumable potions. However, even the top-tier low-tier potions are still low-tier, and we at Sheng'en can still make them."
"Are you sure?" Mark asked somewhat disappointedly. He had thought that this Lin Lei pharmacist who came with such a strong aura must have some real stuff, but now it seems that he overestimated him.
Seeing Mark’s expression, which seemed to be questioning his ability, Linley felt as if a nerve in his heart had been severely pricked.
As a pharmacist, he could not tolerate any outsider looking at him with questioning eyes!
“Hmph, what else can you say it can do?” Linley slammed the table and shouted, “Boy, don’t think you can get away with just being unreasonable. You’re going to buy these ten bottles of holy water today, whether you want to or not!”
"That's right, young man. Stand at attention when you're being beaten. It was you who started the trouble with the Holy Grace Potion. Now that you've been exposed, you have to admit it!"
"If you want to blackmail someone, you have to consider the price you'll pay!"
After Linley's shout, the onlookers had already defined Mark as a speculator who deliberately came to the Holy Grace Potion to extort money.
Mark said nothing, he just walked forward and opened the cap of the crystal bottle.
Everyone present was a professional, so it went without saying that they were very good at sensing magical auras.
The magical aura emanating from the bottle of "holy water" in front of them was clearly completely different from the holy water they usually saw!
"This doesn't look like holy water."
"I feel like this potion is special. I'm particularly eager to get it. I'm afraid it's much more advanced than holy water!"
The crowd began to murmur again.
Linley looked at the crystal bottle in front of him in horror. His magic analyzer was a custom-designed potion analyzer by a high-level wizard from the Holy Grace Potion.
Since he started working at the Holy Grace Pharmacy, his analysis results have never been wrong. Judging from the analysis results, the formula of the potion in front of him is clearly the same as that of ordinary holy water.
But the facts are in front of him, he lost completely!
But as a noble third-level pharmacist of the Holy Grace Pharmacy, he would never admit defeat!
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible! You must have done something!"
Mark sneered, "I don't know what your pharmacists' rules are for testing potions, but I know that ordinary people would at least open and smell the potion first, right? Pharmacist Linley, please have one of your mid-level or senior pharmacists come over. I don't think you're up to the task."
“You… you…” Linley’s eyes turned black with anger, but he couldn’t utter a word in rebuttal.
Yes, ordinary pharmacists do have to open the medicine themselves when testing and do a series of medicine tests before they can determine the formula.
But he is the pharmacist of Holy Grace Pharmacy. With the magic analyzer, he doesn't need to do such troublesome things.
"What do you mean by 'me'? Can you give me the same potion? If you can't, just tell me. If you can, make it quickly." Mark looked at the waiter named Nora again.
Nora's face was grim at this moment. He had thought that calling in pharmacist Linley would solve the problem.
However, he hadn’t expected that Lin Lei, who was so used to being lazy, was still clinging to the B analyzer in this situation. If this matter couldn’t be resolved perfectly today, he didn’t know whether the reputation of their Holy Grace Potion would be affected. He and Lin Lei would definitely be in trouble.
Just as Nora was racking her brains, trying to make the matter less serious, a gentle voice sounded from the stairs beside her.
"Sir, I'm deeply sorry that you've had an unpleasant experience with our Holy Grace Pharmacy's service. Could you please let me take a look at this bottle of potion?"
An old gentleman came down wearing a tight black tuxedo, a white shirt with a flower collar, his white hair combed meticulously, and a square mustache.
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