CHAPTER 860: CHAPTER 836: COOPERATION

Hao Zhigang suddenly knelt down.

Yes!

Kneeling right in front of Jiang Xiaoxiao.

Jiang Xiaoxiao jumped in surprise.

What’s this about?

"Nephew, let’s talk this over, why are you kneeling out of the blue, this isn’t ancient times?"

Jiang Xiaoxiao’s eye twitched, what the heck is wrong with this guy!

Hao Zhigang stubbornly remained kneeling, the old lady glanced at her great-grandson, probably understanding what he wanted to do.

She let out a long sigh, stopped speaking, found a chair, and settled herself comfortably there, not interfering with anything.

Jiang Xiaoxiao realized she couldn’t pull him up, so she let go and stood to the side.

She couldn’t afford to accept someone kneeling to her; she wasn’t looking to shorten her lifespan.

"Aunt, please take me as your apprentice."

With that sentence, Jiang Xiaoxiao burst into laughter.

She couldn’t help but laugh.

Jiang Xiaoxiao deeply suspected that she had merely torn through time and space to reach a city she had never known, yet this strange city made her feel like she was in one of those future novels about ascending to immortality.

She relied on peach juice to make potions, which was hardly genuine material.

Yet there were still people crying out to be her apprentice.

Even if he was a genius, she probably couldn’t teach him much.

"Hao Zhigang, you better get up quickly so we can talk properly! I definitely can’t take on apprentices, but cooperation is possible! You and your great grandma both should be clear that I’m just a dabbler; I just started learning alchemy last night.

If you were to learn from me, what could you learn? It was merely a stroke of luck that I combined my family’s secret formula with your family’s formula to make an elixir, it was purely accidental."

Hao Zhigang realized too, what was he thinking?

How did he not realize that this girl wasn’t able to practice alchemy before?

Didn’t he see this alchemist in their family using whatever was at hand?

He was initially heartbroken over those Ten Thousand Year Snow Lotuses, not wanting them to be wasted, but since it was her money and she acquired them through skill, what reason did he have to stop her?

So, turning a blind eye to avoid heartache, he went to sleep early.

Who could have imagined it would start with explosions and then gradually form?

The smell wasn’t great!

He fell asleep among various burnt and bizarre odors in the first half of the night.

He wasn’t choked to death, thanks to being trained in alchemy by his great grandma from a young age; he had been through this process.

His nose was already immune.

However, even a genius couldn’t instantly create real Super-grade elixirs, no Pharmacist hadn’t honed their skills over decades, mastering timing bit by bit, but who could have imagined this girl had truly brewed a pot of Super-grade Youthful Appearance Pills overnight.

Though there were many uncertainties and accidents in these Super-grade pills, still he had never achieved anything like this in his lifetime.

Seeing as this girl, younger than him, managed to do it.

It turns out calling her "Aunt" as the great grandma instructed wasn’t wrong, based on her skills, being his elder was more than justifiable.

Hao Zhigang stood up immediately; in this day and age, who kneels just like that?

That was just to show respect.

Wanting to be someone’s apprentice, learn the art of making Super-grade elixirs, but without showing a hint of sincerity, respecting and revering the teacher, who would be willing to take him as a disciple?

But now since it’s cooperation, the positions are equal, naturally, there’s no need to kneel.

His gaze was intense, "Aunt, how do we cooperate?"

This time, calling her "Aunt" was completely willing, even with a lot of respect.

This girl, with her overnight effort, could come up with Super-grade elixirs; her skills are perhaps unmatched in West City’s Ancient Medical World, even the Medicine God Association would struggle to find another.

Regardless of luck or blind stumbling.

This is called skill.

"I want to join the Medicine God Association, become a Pharmacist and Doctor of the association. Of course, joining would surely take up a slot from the Hao family, I know an external doctor isn’t qualified to join the Medicine God Association.

And naturally, the exchange is I will help you make Youthful Appearance Pills. Barring any surprises, provide you two thousand Youthful Appearance Pills and two hundred Super-grade Youthful Appearance Pills monthly, you handle the procurement of materials and sales of the pills, I handle the refining.

The final profits will be split 50-50."

Hao Zhigang’s face darkened, this girl really dares to dream, trying to take all the advantages, leaving the dirty and tiring work to the Hao family; even though they have the secret formula, they didn’t have the skills to make Super-grade Youthful Appearance Pills.

Didn’t the girl say the Super-grade Youthful Appearance Pill contains medicine from their family’s ancestral secret recipe?

The core secret formula is in her hands, they can only do the legwork, and she ends up with all the profits.

Plus, the Medicine God Association slot has to be given to this girl, the more he thought about it, the less fair it seemed.

"Aunt, I think your ancestors weren’t surnamed Fan, but Zhou instead."

"You think I’m Zhou the Skinflint?"

Jiang Xiaoxiao laughed.

Even if Hao Zhigang was excited, he wasn’t so blinded by this miraculous opportunity falling into his lap, he still fought rationally for his family’s benefits, showing this guy had his strengths.

"Look at the cost of procuring materials, the Ten Thousand Year Snow Lotus alone in the Youthful Appearance Pill is priced at 500,000 each, plus other medicinal materials, how much is that? And we have to handle the sales.

The labor and resources cost us much more than you, and we bear the risk, whereas you just need to refine for a while at night. It might only take you ten days or half a month to finish everything.

Yet you’d get half the profit for free. That makes it feel like we’re just working for you.

Moreover, the Medicine God Association’s exam qualification isn’t something just anyone can get, our Hao family earned it through hundreds of years of legacy. You can’t just take it with a few words, taking the slot and profit, while we do all the costly and laborious stuff.

This isn’t fair either."

Hao Zhigang felt Jiang Xiaoxiao must have been a profiteer before.

Too damn crafty.

Jiang Xiaoxiao’s intention was to start high and bargain down, knowing her demands were unreasonable, but she made them to prevent Hao Zhigang from thinking he could easily fool her.

Forming a model of cooperation right from the start, letting Hao Zhigang understand that she’s not an easy person to deal with.

That way, avoiding crises in future collaborations.

Jiang Xiaoxiao is now cooperating with the Hao family, chiefly for their slot.

Otherwise, there’s no necessity to help them make Youthful Appearance Pills; she’s not in it for the money.

But this was a concept formed quickly after thorough consideration.

Jiang Xiaoxiao understood who could say how much the herbs required for Rejuvenation Pill would cost?

She observed even a small Youthful Appearance Pill required a Ten Thousand Year Snow Lotus costing 500,000.

In times like this, though it was the ’90s, 500,000.

Many families couldn’t gather that much even if they went bankrupt.

Ten thousand families bundled together might not gather this sum.

But here, it’s simply the price of a single herb.

She planned to ask Number Nine later if those Ten Thousand Year Snow Lotuses could be found outside or at a cheaper price.

But partnership was certainly essential.

She needed the Hao family.

"Don’t restrict your vision to the present, be aware that I can make Youthful Appearance Pills today, perhaps I can make other Super-grade elixirs tomorrow. Once I enter the Medicine God Association, I can access many medical recipes.

One day the Hao family’s sales may include more than just Youthful Appearance Pills, the Hao family’s resurgence will just be a matter of time. The benefits in this, nephew, you better think clearly, I take the money without qualms, and you’re not giving too much either.

Leaving the Hao family, I just need to call out, plenty of people would wanna cooperate with me? The profits might even be better. Unless Hao Zhigang, you plan to silence me, but in doing so, there’s no benefit for the Hao family, and Hao Zhigang, you’d remain a lowly creature for life! A joke to others."

Jiang Xiaoxiao considered every angle.

Hao Zhigang grinded his teeth in anger.

This woman’s mouth is so sharp?

He even considered if he should silence her!

The old lady slapped the table, "Our Hao family agrees!"

The old lady was wise.

He sighed in relief.

The deal was done.

Old Song, wait for me to return.