Another world: I loaded the career panel

Chapter 93 91. Selling medicine
Lanbaiyun Street, townhouse No. 34.

Because Raymond also had Arya at home, in order not to waste time, he finally chose to live with Sharifi. Now Loreni also lives with Sharifi.

"Raymond, what is the important thing that we need to talk about here."

After entering the house and closing the door, Sharifi asked eagerly.

Loreni also looked at Raymond curiously.

Sharifi couldn't help but asked a few times on the way, but Raymond shook his head and said, "You will know when we get there."

Raymond glanced at the two people who were almost overflowing with curiosity at this time, and shook his head helplessly.

However, he still used his hunter's ability to observe Sharifi's house, which was basically the same as his.

Seeing that there was nothing unusual, Raymond closed all the windows and curtains, plunging the room into darkness. Finally, he opened the white Hao stone lampshade and the room was illuminated again.

After doing this, he came to the guest table, looked at the two of them and said, "Okay, come here."

"Raymond...is it so...serious?" Sharifi couldn't help but swallowed.

Loreni gripped the magic wand tightly and became worried and nervous.

This series of actions by Raymond made them fully understand the seriousness of the problem.

"Come and see and you will know."

As Raymond spoke, he had already taken off his backpack, put it on the table, unlocked the lock, opened the backpack, and then slowly reached in and took out the pitted 'black iron ore' inside.

"Hey, what is this?"

At this time, Sharifi and Loreni came up and saw Raymond taking out a black stone that was the size of a human head and looked very ugly. Sharifi was a little puzzled.

But she soon noticed something unusual about the 'Black Iron Ore', "Huh? Why do you feel that the luster emitted by this stone is so special?"

Sharifi felt as if her eyes were attracted by this stone.

"This..." Loreni also stared at the black iron ore, but she quickly reacted and seemed to have thought of something.

Loreni was about to reach out her hand to touch and confirm, but she quickly stopped and looked up at Raymond with her obsidian eyes, as if asking for his permission.

Raymond laughed at her slightly cute appearance, so he smiled and said, "Touch as you like!"

After receiving Raymond's permission, Loreni's face immediately narrowed her eyes happily, "Yeah!"

"I want to touch it too!" Sharifei also reacted at this time and said immediately.

Of course Raymond would not object.

When the two of them put their palms on it.

Even though it was late summer, the weather was still a bit hot. Stone and metal were supposed to absorb the most heat, but when they touched the surface of the black stone, both of them felt a chill that penetrated their hearts at the same time.

"Oh!" Sharifi couldn't help shouting, and she stared in surprise: "It's so cold!"

Loreni, however, remained silent and did not speak. She lightly scratched the surface of the black iron ore with her palm, then took a breath, and then, silently, slowly retracted her palm.

But her eyes became extremely shocked.

"Huh? Loreni, what's wrong?" Sharifi saw the strange look on her face and didn't understand what happened.

She also touched the surface of the black iron ore with her hand, and stared again, "This... this stone has so many holes on the surface, how can it be so smooth? What kind of stone is this?"

Loreni looked up at her with surprise on her face, "Don't you recognize it?"

"Uh……"

Only then did Sharifi look at the black iron ore on the table seriously and pondered, "It feels a bit familiar..."

Suddenly, she seemed to have thought of it, and a look of surprise appeared on her face, "I know! It's... um..."

Loreni quickly covered her mouth to prevent her from shouting her name.

Looking at the appearance of the two of them, Raymond couldn't help but smile, nodded and said softly: "Yes, you should have recognized it. This stone is the magic-guiding material 'Black Iron'! But now it is still a raw ore. .”

After receiving Raymond's confirmation, Sharifi and Loreni looked at each other and finally understood why Raymond was so serious.

At this time, Loreni also let go of her hand from Sharifei. She looked at the black iron ore on the table and said: "Although it is an ore... but such a big one is probably worth more than a hundred gold coins." !”

"Raymond, how did you get it?" Sharifi asked immediately.

"I picked it up in the territory of that group of crazy baboons and put it with these weapons." Raymond explained briefly.

Then, he pondered for a moment and said: "Although I entered the Moonlight Forest and found this ore alone, it happened when we were doing a mission together, so I feel that I can't take it all by myself, so prepare..."

"no!"

Before Raymond could finish speaking, Loreni immediately shook her head and interrupted Raymond's words.

However, she felt a little embarrassed for suddenly interrupting Raymond. Her face was slightly red, but she still said: "This... this black iron ore was obtained by you risking your life alone. Follow me and Sha Liffy has nothing to do with it, so... we can’t have it!”

"Yes, Raymond, we can't have this black iron ore!"

Sharifee immediately said, "How do you ask Lorene and I to do this kind of thing? If it were you, you wouldn't do that, right?"

Indeed, if the roles were reversed, Raymond would be just like them.

If it is an ordinary thing, then that's fine, but this black iron ore is too precious. If you accept it, it will make people feel uneasy, especially since the three of them are not the kind of selfish people who only think about themselves.

Raymond still wanted to persuade, but then the two of them were very resolute.

Seeing this, Raymond could only compromise, but he still said: "Okay, but you should be able to accept the gains from selling these two weapons and the herbs in the backpack, right?"

Just when the two of them were still about to refuse, Raymond said with a serious face: "If you want to refuse even this, I will consider changing my teammates!"

"Uh……"

Sallyfei and Loreni looked at each other and saw that Raymond was so serious. In addition, they had already rejected Raymond once before, so they could only nod in agreement.

"That's right." Raymond put a smile on his face again.

But he immediately thought of something, and then said: "But I want to keep this long bow and giant sword for now, and see if I can use them after Arya awakens... But I will calculate these two weapons." Value, give the money to you.”

With Raymond's 'artisan' vision and having seen many weapons from dwarf craftsmen before, he can roughly estimate the prices of these two weapons.

However, the huge sword was seriously damaged and its value was greatly reduced.

Sharifi and Loreni also agreed.

Sharifi even said: "It would be great if Arya could awaken, and the one who awakens is an archer or hunter. Our team is short of it, and this longbow is not damaged, so it can be used by her!"

Raymond and Loreni just laughed. After all, the probability of this kind of thing was too low.

The probability of awakening as an adventurer is less than [-]%, and even lower if you happen to be an archer or hunter.

Then the three of them didn't waste any more time. Raymond put the herbs in his backpack into Sharifei's backpack and put the black iron ore back into his backpack.

Finally, he put on his long bow, and the three of them went out to find a pharmacy to sell medicinal herbs. As for the giant sword, he left it with them first.

……

"Ah, why is it already full again?"

In the street, the familiar wailing sound of Sharifee could be heard.

Raymond and Loreni looked at each other and could only sigh helplessly.

Behind them was a pharmacy, and the three of them had just come out of it. Unfortunately, the pharmacy was full of the herbs in their backpacks, and the last herb was confiscated.

And this is already the fifth pharmacy they have found!
The previous ones collected very little.

Not only that, the purchase price of these herbs is even lower than the price in the guild's commission, only [-]% of the commission price!
Raymond guessed it was because potions made from these herbs were not tax deductible.

On the other hand, 'Blood Vine Grass', I wonder if it is more difficult to collect. The first drugstore they went to, they directly collected six plants, and the purchase price of each plant was the same as the commission.

The second store confiscated it because the owner didn't know how to make an 'intermediate physical recovery potion', and the third store collected all the remaining 'blood vine grass'.

But except for the blood vine grass, not many others were sold at all. Even the main material of the 'primary magic recovery potion', the 'blue spirit grass', was sold only three plants.

"Raymond, what should I do? I feel like it will be difficult to sell it if I ask the pharmacy again."

Several pharmacies came in, but no one accepted them. At this time, Sharifi was completely discouraged and squatted on the ground.

Loreni also looked shocked at this time.

Raymond also smiled bitterly. This kind of thing is really shocking.

However, his eyes glanced at an adventurer across the street who was wearing leather armor and had a dagger hanging from his waist.

You can tell from the adventurer nameplate hanging on the opponent's waist that he is a bronze-level adventurer.

This man had been following Raymond and his friends since they walked out of the second pharmacy.The other party should be a thief, he was very cautious along the way, and his tracking skills are not bad, but unfortunately, Raymond has awakened as a hunter at this time.

With strong environmental observation ability, he just glanced at the surrounding environment and noticed that the other party was observing them, and he followed the three of them.

After following us for so long, and seeing our current state, it’s time to come over... Raymond thought to himself.

He had almost guessed what the other party was planning to do following them.

At this time, he answered Sharifei's words: "Someone should come here soon to collect all our herbs."

"Really?"

Sharifi immediately stood up excitedly, "If someone is willing to take all these herbs away at once, I will even sell them to him cheaper!"

"Of course it's true." Raymond smiled.

Loreni tilted her head and looked at Raymond, wondering why he was so sure.

But Raymond didn't look at her, but looked across the street, because the bronze-level adventurer was already walking towards them.

Salifee and Loreni quickly noticed this.

The two of them instantly looked at Raymond with shock and confusion.

Raymond smiled and explained: "Actually, you can find it as long as you observe the surrounding environment more carefully."

At this time, the thief had already walked up to the three of them. He asked somewhat respectfully, "Are you the dual professional Raymond, the explosion magician Sharifi, and the priest Loreni?"

"It's us."

Raymond nodded and then said directly, "Do you want to buy our medicinal herbs?"

When he heard Raymond directly state his purpose, the thief was obviously shocked, and then smiled bitterly and said: "I didn't expect that Raymond, you would have discovered me a long time ago... But I remember that no matter 'fighter' or 'warrior', It seems that they haven’t strengthened their investigative capabilities. Are all dual-professionals so powerful?”

Then the thief admitted directly, "Yes, I do want to buy the herbs in your hands, but let's change the conversation first."

Afterwards, he took Raymond and the three of them to a nearby tavern.

There were many people in the tavern, but the thief ignored them. He seemed to have opened a box long ago and took the three of them directly to the innermost box on the second floor.

"Please allow me to introduce myself first."

After Manik closed the door, he began to briefly introduce himself, "You can just call me Manik. My profession is a thief and I am a retired adventurer."

"retired?"

Sharifi looked at the bronze-level nameplate on his waist curiously.

"Haha... This was my adventurer level before, but I haven't accepted a mission for five years." Manik explained with a smile.

Raymond observed Manik's every move and found that what he said should be true.

However, he looked at Manik's face, which was obviously in his 30s, and it was normal for him to retire.

Adventurers are generally relatively young, and there are very few adventurers over 30 years old.

Because many adventurers, after working as adventurers for many years, have saved money and no longer do such dangerous work.

As for those adventurers who can't save money and keep doing commissioned tasks, the final result will most likely be that they never come back after accepting a certain commission.

After a brief self-introduction, Manik got straight to the point: "Now that Raymond knows what I do, I will tell you straight away. I am ready to buy all the herbs in your hands, but the price may be lower than the price in the drugstore." Lower."

"How much lower?" Raymond also asked directly.

"For ordinary herbs, the purchase price is only [-]% of the commissioned price. If it is the main medicine, the price will be a little higher, [-]%. And if it is the main medicine of an intermediate potion, I will buy it at the original price!"

Manik said slowly, his tone was unhurried and sincere.

"I think these herbs of yours should have been freshly picked, and the medicinal power has not been damaged. If you leave them for two more days, the damaged medicinal power will affect the quality of the potion produced, and the price will be even lower..."

"I can tell you that the reason why the drug store doesn't accept these herbs from you is because they have collected enough herbs to refine them in the past two days... Even if you want to go there earlier the day after tomorrow and sell them to them, they will find that you have these herbs. If it’s not fresh, we won’t accept it.”

"Don't worry, my price is absolutely fair. If it were someone else, I might lower the price, but if it's you... I don't dare to offend people like you." Manik finally looked at the three of them and smiled bitterly. Then he said.

Raymond couldn't tell that the other party was lying, and he could accept the purchase price.

So he glanced at Sharifi and Loreni, and found that they both nodded without thinking.

Raymond couldn't help but smile in his heart, knowing that the two of them didn't want to go to every house on the street to ask for pharmacies.

So he nodded and said: "We can sell these herbs to you, but can you tell me who you bought them from?"

Raymond was indeed a little curious about this, and he had some guesses in his mind.

If it was as he suspected, he felt that he might be able to use Manik in the future!
After hearing Raymond's words, Manik looked at Sharifi and Loreni and hesitated, "I can tell you, but you must promise me not to tell anyone else."

"Okay." Raymond nodded directly in agreement.

Seeing him like this, Sharifi and Loreni could only agree.

Then Manik said: "Then let me tell you... these are all activities of the pharmacist industry. In fact, it is not a secret. Many adventurers also know it."

Later, Zai Manik told Raymond and the others some things.

It turns out that some pharmacists are unable or unwilling to join the 'Alchemist Association' for some reasons, and for these pharmacists, the 'Alchemist Association' does not allow them to test potions.

Naturally, the potions produced by these pharmacists cannot be sold openly, and they do not dare to go to the Adventurer's Guild to issue a request to find herbal medicines, otherwise it will be like throwing themselves into a trap.

In order not to be discovered, they secretly asked some adventurers, namely Manik, to help them purchase extra herbs from other adventurers and use these herbs to make potions.

Then, let Manik and others help sell the potion.

Some of the profits earned will be given to Manik and the others.

Even if the profit share is not very high, the income is not much lower than the monthly income of a bronze-level adventurer like Manik.

Although you have to be careful to avoid the knights, it is undoubtedly much safer than fighting against the monsters.

It is very suitable for a thief like Manik who has good strength and is very good at escaping.

Sharifi and Loreni were speechless.

"But... this kind of thing is not allowed in the kingdom, right?" Loreni said biting her lower lip.

"Yes, if you sell it secretly, doesn't it mean you haven't paid any taxes?" Sharifi couldn't help but say.

In their view, the behavior of these pharmacists had violated the laws of the kingdom and was a crime.

Manik suddenly felt a little embarrassed, but he immediately said: "Actually, no, they all go to the temple regularly and donate all the taxes they should pay to the temple, no matter what!"

"Uh..." Loreni was stunned for a moment.

Even Raymond felt it was a bit unexpected, and he was sure that Manik was not lying.

Manik felt that we couldn't talk any more, so he immediately asked Raymond, "Can you sell me the herbs?"

Raymond nodded and handed him the backpack.

After Manik took out the herbs inside and counted them, he finally said: "There are a total of 32 silver coins and 86 copper coins. I'll give you 33 silver coins!"

He quickly paid the money to Raymond and the others. Before leaving, he said to several people: "If you want cheaper potions, you can come to this tavern to find me and tell the boss my name, and he will tell you." Where am I?"

Then, he left quickly.

Raymond and the others looked at each other.

"Raymond, do you want to buy from him in the future?" Sharifi blinked, seeming to be moved.

Loreni was a little hesitant. She felt that this behavior was not good, but she knew that they would donate taxes to the temple, but she didn't know what to say.

"Ahem..." Raymond could only cough twice and said, "This... we'll talk about it later. There have been robbers recently, and we won't make any entrustments. We'll talk about it then."

Although he said this, Raymond already had a certain idea in his mind.

However, he did not want to tell Sharifei and Loreni his thoughts for the time being.

Soon, the three of them divided the money and agreed that after the group of robbers had their results, Raymond would go find them again and waved goodbye.

……

When he returned to Red Rose Street, he opened the door with the key.

Arya, who had red hair, had stood up from the chair, put her hands on her chest, and looked in the direction of the door, her eyes full of hope.

After seeing him, Arya was not very excited. She just smiled and said: "You are back!"

Raymond also replied with a smile on his face, "I'm back!"

(End of this chapter)