Chapter 369 - Lava adamantine (2/2)

“Of course… Of course… Of course I’m interested!” Hoffman repeated himself thrice before finally getting his meaning across. He was too excited indeed, and had even forgotten the usual negotiating when it came to discussing deals. Truth be told, he was not planning on negotiating, either—this was a nearly miraculous potion, and no matter what kind of terms were offered, he was sure he could earn them back by selling it to the other mages.

“Very well.” Lin Li nodded his head, and took out another dozen bottles of Arcana Potion, placing them on the table. “I don’t have much time recently; hence, I’ve only got a dozen bottles. Why don’t you sell these first? I’ll let you decide how to go about doing it since you’re the expert here. I only have one request: I want 70% of the earnings, and if possible, I hope the Glittergold Trade Union can provide me with some herbs…”

Lin Li paused here. “Don’t worry, it’s not some rare herbs. They’re just hard to find in Doland, and I don’t have time to visit other cities. If the Glittergold Trade Union has connections, I hope you can help me buy more. I’ll pay you according to the market price.”

“It’s a deal, President Felic. Give me a list of the herbs you want later, and I’ll have them sent to the Tower of Dusk within a week,” Hoffman agreed without thinking, because he knew this was a once in a lifetime opportunity that he did not want to miss due to a moment’s hesitation.

Lin Li busied himself after sending Hoffman off. The Arcana Potion was way more complicated than the Arcane Magic Potion, and even with his abilities, he could only make at most a few bottles a day. If he did not hurry and make more while he had time in the next several days, he would not have the time to do it once he really started becoming busy.

For the next few days, Lin Li cooped himself in the pharmaceutical lab. Besides receiving his daily “teaching” from Apophis, he spent all his time working on the Arcana Potion. The potion was critical to the Guild of Magic: besides bringing them great wealth, it would also attract troops of mages to join them. By then, it would be the mages begging the Tower of Dusk to accept them instead.

Besides that, Lin Li sent Norfeller to Doland to pa.s.s a message onto Kaman.

Of course Kaman would listen to what the G.o.d of Fortune had to say. The next morning, Kaman had sent over a few dozen miners to start working on a spot less than a kilometer from the Tower of Dusk. This was a spot that Kaman originally had his eye on, but he had been too late—when he’d brought his men over, Lin Li had already bought the t.i.tle deed. They even got into a scuffle over it, which almost cost Kaman his life.

Now that so much time had pa.s.sed, Kaman no longer thought of revenge. Actually, if anyone wanted to take revenge on Lin Li now, he’d probably be the first to jump at the person. Seriously? I’ve lived for so long and only met one G.o.d of Fortune. If you kill him, who else is going to give me wealth?

When he thought of this, Kaman could not help but congratulate himself for his luck. Ever since he’d got to know this young mage, his business became better each day. Now, every Adventurer in Doland City knew that if they wanted to buy the best magical equipment, they should go to Kaman’s weapon shop. The earnings from his weapon shop in the past two months had even surpa.s.sed those of his mining business!

Ever since he got a taste of the benefits, Kaman became more diligent in his work, and when Lin Li asked him to send people to mine refined iron from mineral veins nearby, Kaman sent over 40 miners when a dozen would have been enough. Even then, he came from Doland to inspect the mining personally from time to time.

That evening, Lin Li had just finished a bottle of Arcana Potion before a knock sounded on his door.

“d.a.m.n it, these two old fellows really have nothing better to do. Why do they keep coming to mess around in my pharmaceutical lab? Tsk, I’ll put laxatives in their food soon…” Only Apophis and Gerian would knock at this time. They seemed possessed, acting like curious kids at their old age and always coming to watch Lin Li in the pharmaceutical lab, annoying him to no end…

Lin Li set down a beaker while cursing angrily before swinging open the door to the pharmaceutical lab, only to realize that it was not the two old fellows knocking on the door, but Gavin and Kaman.

“How come you’re here?”

“Mr Kaman said he had something urgent he needed to talk to you about…” Gavin glanced at Kaman who stood next to him. Frankly speaking, he did not think much about this corrupted businessman who re-sold quarry stones. He had lived in Doland for so many years, after all, so how could he not know what kind of person Kaman was? But President Felic seemed to think highly of this man; hence, Gavin did not say more, but instead decided to find an opportunity to tell President Felic that Kaman was not a good man and to caution him against being cheated by him…

“Alright, you can go, Gavin. I’ll talk to Mr Kaman.” Lin Li knew that Kaman would not come find him if there was nothing important. He was unlike the two crazy old men, and would never dare do this.

“Noted.”

After sending Gavin off, Lin Li brought Kaman to the meeting room.

“What’s the matter?”

“You see, Mage Felic…” Kaman gulped; he looked nervous. “My men have been mining for the past few days, and I’ve been there a few times… Things have been going well, but when I went there earlier, I heard they ran into some problems…”

“What problems?”

“After digging six meters deep, they couldn’t dig any deeper, as though something was in their way. I heard them say it was a mineral vein, but much harder than refined iron. They’ve already gone through a few dozen shovels…”

“Let them rest for a while, then. The refined iron they got is enough to last some time anyway…” Lin Li did not think much of it, as refined iron mineral veins usually came with other mineral veins as well—they were usually magical metals. Truth be told, this was why Lin Li wanted to mine for refined iron as he actually wanted the magical metals that came along with it. Otherwise, it was too little refined iron for him to personally get Kaman to send miners to work on it.

However, he could not let miners mine for magical metal, or it would be disastrous if they damaged it…

“That’s what I thought too…” Kaman nodded his head, but fear was still evident in his eyes. “I heard them say that the mineral vein is strange indeed. It feels like a furnace when they stand on it…”

“Wait…” Lin Li’s expression changed when he heard that. “You’re saying that the temperature is high around the mineral veins?”

“Very high. I haven’t been there personally, but I could feel the heat standing outside the cave. It was as though something there is burning…”

“Let’s go, bring me there!” Lin Li stood up suddenly, pushed open the door, and left the room without waiting for the confused Kaman.

Existing alongside refined iron mineral veins and incredibly hard, also scalding hot at the same time… what else could it be besides Lava adamantine? To think that he would find it in Doland when he could not find it in the Fire Plume Ridge, and at such an obscure place too…