183: Chapter 183 How about I recommend a place to you?

The two of them shifted their gazes over, and the panel clearly displayed:

[Congratulations on refining extremely high-quality potion. You are rewarded with 600,000 points and the title: Genius Alchemist.]

Gu Changming skipped over the 600,000 points, his gaze landing on the 'Genius Alchemist' title.

Soon, the detailed information was also displayed:

[Genius Alchemist: Luck +5, slight increase in success rate when refining potion.]

Seeing this, the corners of Gu Changming's mouth curled up, and he turned his head to look at Chen Yiming.

What was this?

A genius officially certified by the system?

Compared to Gu Changming's calm, Qin Lie's reaction was much more obvious and shocked.

He stared at the line of reward information; it was his first time seeing such a scene.

Refined items could actually be recognized and forcibly purchased by the Mall panel, followed by such an exaggerated reward.

600,000 points was already a huge sum, but that title which could increase the success rate was of immeasurable value to logistical production classes like them, far exceeding what points could measure.

One must know, to increase the success rate even a tiny bit, they would pour in countless precious materials and effort.

Yet with the bonus from this title, the success rate could be directly boosted. Wasn't this reward beyond ridiculous?

However, compared to the shock of the two men, Chen Yiming's gaze was currently locked onto the 600,000 points. She stared and stared, unable to stop herself from pursing her lips.

While the two were still processing the information, she became fidgety.

She gently swayed her body again, her gaze flickering between the panel and Gu Changming, before finally speaking tentatively in a small voice:

"Um..."

Hearing her voice, Gu Changming looked over.

"Those 600,000 points..." she whispered, "could you give me a little bit?"

A flicker of surprise flashed in Gu Changming's eyes.

"Is 50,000 okay?" Chen Yiming asked for a pittance.

After saying that, she immediately cut her own price: "Actually, I wouldn't mind 30,000 either."

Looking at her like this, Gu Changming almost wanted to laugh.

He hadn't intended to take her reward in the first place.

Although, logically speaking, the developed formula belonged to him, so the reward could be said to belong to him as well.

But if they really wanted to argue about it, there was room for debate.

Moreover, she could have easily not shown it to him, played dumb, and kept it all for herself.

Yet this girl still displayed the reward that only she could see. He didn't know whether to call her smart or foolish.

Gu Changming shook his head, confirming Chen Yiming's nature once again. Although she had some issues, she was generally quite good.

"I'll give you half," Gu Changming said with a smile.

He also hadn't expected that a potion he just asked Chen Yiming to refine would be forcibly purchased by the Mall panel.

It was a pleasant surprise; he could recover his costs.

"Really?" Chen Yiming's eyes instantly brightened visibly.

"Alright," Gu Changming nodded. "Claim your reward, and then refine a new potion for me."

Since the formula had already been developed and the main work was done, it didn't matter if it was taken away; they could just refine it again, and it wouldn't cost many points.

However, as soon as Gu Changming finished speaking...

Chen Yiming looked like a deflated balloon, slumping against a nearby chair.

"I can't. I lose interest once I've made it. I don't want to do it anymore," Chen Yiming said weakly. "How about I give you the formula, and you find a high-level Alchemist in the upper levels to refine it? Although the failure rate might be higher, I'll cover the costs!"

She was now a wealthy person with a huge sum of 300,000 points; she could afford a little loss.

Listening to her, the smile on Gu Changming's face faded.

He didn't say anything, just looked at the useless Chen Yiming with a flat expression.

Chen Yiming also noticed his gaze and looked over cautiously. The moment their eyes met, her neck instinctively shrank.

"Didn't you want to know how I met Qin Lie back then?" Gu Changming said, turning his head to look at Qin Lie.

Hearing this, Qin Lie immediately understood and leaned in, threatening, "Back then, he went to our camp area to find someone to forge and upgrade his weapon. Out of all the Blacksmiths in the camp, only I took the job."

"Later," Qin Lie said with a grin, "after he left, over ten people died in the small woods in front of our camp. They died quite miserably; I saw it with my own eyes."

Chen Yiming was stunned and immediately retorted, "You're lying to me!"

"I'm not lying," Qin Lie said. "If I'm lying to you, may my forging skills never improve for the rest of my life."

Chen Yiming was taken aback; that was a brutal oath.

She swallowed hard and looked at Gu Changming, who was still staring at her.

"Haha," she immediately gave a sheepish laugh. "I was wrong, Big Brother. I'm very interested. I'll go refine it for you right away."

Gu Changming pointed toward the refining table and waved his finger without saying a word.

Chen Yiming jumped up. "Right away!"

...

Over an hour later.

Gu Changming led Chen Yiming out of the shop.

Qin Lie followed them out, speaking with some reluctance, "Leaving already?"

He wanted to ask Gu Changming to stay in this Stronghold, but he couldn't think of a good reason.

"Yeah, I'll be back in a while," Gu Changming replied.

In his previous life, during the beast tide Assessment that would later strike the Stronghold, this place suffered heavy losses because most of the people here were logistical ability users.

So this time, Gu Changming definitely had to come here to protect them.

With so many logistical ability users surviving who should have died, it would definitely change the original timeline.

Hearing that Gu Changming would return, Qin Lie felt a bit more at ease. "Alright."

After a few more pleasantries, Gu Changming led Chen Yiming toward her small refining hut.

On the way, Gu Changming raised his hand, letting the sunlight shine on the "dragon blood essence" in his hand, admiring it carefully.

An attribute boost of around 150 points already put it on the threshold of B-rank.

After taking this potion and finding a secret realm to train in, it shouldn't take more than a few days to break through to B-rank.

Satisfied, he tossed the potion into his ring space and turned to look at Chen Yiming, whose mental and physical energy were nearly exhausted from refining the potion.

Seeing him look over, Chen Yiming immediately forced a smile. "Big Brother..."

"How about I introduce you to a place?" Gu Changming said.

"Huh?" Chen Yiming was startled.

"Your method of refining potion isn't suited for making a living in a Stronghold like this," Gu Changming said. "I'll introduce you to a place where you'll definitely have plenty of points to spend. Do you want to go?"

She wasn't a qualified Apothecary at all; her focus was on researching new types of potion, which often required a massive amount of points—so much that even he might struggle to afford it.

Therefore, she really wasn't suited for competing in a free-market economy. She needed a new platform, an organization that could provide her with a steady stream of points to support her, so she could fully realize her talent.