Chapter 570: A Friend’s Visit
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These were just personal gains for Lin Li. The trip to Roland City was also very rewarding to the Tower of Dusk. Lin Li and his companions brought back many contracts of every type. There was the herb supply contract, potion sales contract, mage training contract, and magical items purchase priority contract. These contracts were all negotiated by Gavin personally. Lin Li was quite trusting of Gavin’s negotiation skills. Evidence had shown that Gavin had done a great job and had maximized the interests of the Tower of Dusk in every negotiation.
These contracts would bring consistent flow of cash into the Tower of Dusk for its future development and sustainability. It was right to say that the Tower of Dusk had stepped into a positive developmental path from today. Before this, Lin Li had been supporting the Tower of Dusk all by himself. It wasn’t an exaggeration to say that the Tower of Dusk would have disappeared from the Breezy Plains within days if not for Lin Li.
Lin Li had obtained the Throne of Darkness, discovered the underground palace, and wiped out the Syer Bandits. These, however, were only one-off events. n.o.body could rely on just discovering ruins to ensure the survival and development of a faction. In addition, Lin Li would be so lucky to always find treasures and ruins. Once all ruins were discovered, how would the Tower of Dusk survive?
However, everything was different starting from today. The Tower of Dusk could now touch on every single area of the Breezy Plains through these contracts. A third of all the notable factions in the Breezy Plains now had some kind of business connection with the Tower of Dusk. This meant that the Tower of Dusk had truly integrated into the Breezy Plains now.
After coming back to the Tower of Dusk, Lin Li didn’t waste any time, and got busy with the matters in Tower of Dusk in an orderly manner. First, he had to send 10 Archmages to protect the Seven Leaf Gra.s.s’s caravan like he had told its boss Charles before. With the current abilities of the Tower of Dusk, sending out 10 Archmages was a piece of cake. With Lich Ujfalusi going as well, the caravan of the Seven Leaf Gra.s.s would come back from the Elven Kingdom unharmed even if they faced the second-ranked Bandit clan on the way.
Fortunately, Gavin, who was a mage talented in business, could help out so that Lin Li didn’t have to waste precious time on all those complicated business contracts. Be it the business with Glittergold Trade Union, Gilded Rose, and the Malfa Family, or the collaboration with the Time Consignment Store and the business contracts with various factions, Gavin managed all of them meticulously.
Of course, Wilkinson and his companions became busier as the amount of business increased. Lin Li was also stricter with them. Be it high- or medium-level pharmacists, all the pharmacists didn’t slack at all. They spent every day in the potion laboratory. However, none of them had any complaints despite being so busy, as the large amount of practice had brought about great improvements in their pharmaceutics capability…
Beckley, who had sent letters to the Malfa Family as the messenger of the Tower of Dusk, received a secret mission from the President again. He had to go further for this mission than the last, to the land of blacksmiths and wheat wine—the Dwarf Kingdom. He had to go there to discuss the purchase of Crystal Cannons.
Lin Li wanted to build the Tower of Dusk into an indestructible combat fortress. Hence, the highly destructive Crystal Cannons were an indispensable item in this plan. n.o.body could imagine how a Magical Tower equipped with 20-plus Crystal Cannons would look like. After all, even the royal palace of the Dwarf Kingdom only had over 10 Crystal Cannons.
However, although the Crystal Cannons were very powerful, they weren’t easy to construct. Even the Dwarf Kingdom which possessed the greatest number of blacksmiths couldn’t construct 20-odd Crystal Cannons in a short time. Beckley was going to the Dwarf Kingdom this time mainly to negotiate the price of these Crystal Cannons as well as to push the production forward. He couldn’t just disa.s.semble the Crystal Cannons on the walls of the Dwarf Kingdom’s city walls, after all.
With the end of the auction, the leaders of each invited faction all left Roland City and returned to their respective areas. What happened during the auction also spread like fire throughout the Breezy Plains. If it weren’t these reputable people telling the tale, n.o.body would believe that it was true.
A potion auctioned at 10,000,000 gold coins and a Legendary-mage only 20? Those had exceeded the limit of people’s imagination. Countless people especially yearned to see the Legendary battle in the Harvest Square with their own eyes. Nowadays, it was very hard to see a true Legendary powerhouse, not to mention witnessing a battle between two Legendary powerhouses.
Everyone in the Breezy Plains changed their att.i.tude towards the Tower of Dusk radically almost overnight. Before this, everyone was just very scornful and jealous that some lucky lad who had established a small Guild of Magic for less than a year had garnered the support of a batch of high-level pharmacists. However, no one dared to show any disdain for the Tower of Dusk now, as that would make themselves appear to be extremely stupid.
Moreover, n.o.body felt any jealousy, as they were clear that it was totally natural for this young Master Felic to achieve everything he had with his abilities. The reason why people had got jealous was because they had felt that they were better than Lin Li in some aspects, but didn’t get the same kind of results as Lin Li. This had made them feel very wronged and get green with envy. However, n.o.body dared to compare themselves to this young Master Felic now. Just his current Legendary-realm power was unattainable for many people, not mentioning the fact that he was only 20, and it was only a matter of time before he reached Sanctuary-realm.
Before this, people knew about the Tower of Dusk only because of the high-level pharmacists in it. However, anyone who didn’t know who the owner of the Tower of Dusk was by now would be mocked by everyone. Almost everyone in the Breezy Plains knew about Master Felic and the Legendary battle in the Harvest Square. There were even bards who wrote epic poems about this battle. The whole Breezy Plains got into a frenzy over the deeds of Master Felic like a pot of boiling water for the moment.
A month pa.s.sed just like this. Much to the relief of various factions, the Tower of Dusk didn’t seem to have any intention of settling old scores with them. It still accepted their gifts and did business with them as usual. Thinking about it, Master Felic didn’t just become a Legendary-mage. If he had really wanted to settle the old scores, he wouldn’t have had to wait until now.
Lin Li had just been a homebody who gamed at home every day before he came to Anril. Thus, he didn’t like the feeling of being known by everyone now. It was his personality to ama.s.s wealth while keeping a low profile. However, he also knew that he was the current owner of the Tower of Dusk and President of the Guild of Magic in the Breezy Plains, so it was hard to keep a low profile even if he wanted to.
In fact, Lin Li reputation in the Breezy Plains skyrocketed after the incident, and this was a great pus.h.i.+ng force for the development of the Tower of Dusk. The most direct evidence of this was that many mages requested to join. It was a stark contrast to the desolate scene when the Tower of Dusk had just been established.
A young mage stood by the entrance of the potion laboratory, and looked at Lin Li who was walking out with inconcealable admiration. He said in a trembling voice, “President Felic, Hutton of the Malfa Family wants to see you.”
“Oh?” Lin Li was rather surprised, and couldn’t think of a reason why Hutton would suddenly want to meet him. Though the Tower of Dusk and the Malfa Family had business connections, there were people in charge of the specific businesses. Since he had come back from wiping out the Syer Bandits, this was the first time Hutton came to the Tower of Dusk to meet him.
This wasn’t Hutton’s fault, actually. From seeing Lin Li defeat the Lord of Darkness at the Abyss of Tharlen to witnessing him kill 10 Archmages with a single blow in the Dragon Mountains, Hutton feared Lin Li from the bottom of his heart. Even though the Malfa Family now collaborated with the Tower of Dusk, and the incident in the Blackstone Mountains had long ended, that uncontrollable, intrinsic fear made Hutton tremble involuntarily every time he thought of Lin Li.
When Lin Li came to the reception room, other than Hutton, there was also a stern-looking middle-aged man in the room. Though they were talking about something, Hutton had to turn his body slight when he talked, and the middle-aged man just sat upright and still. When they saw Lin Li enter the room, both rose and walked towards Lin Li with smiles.
“Master Felic, I am so sorry! I should have come for a visit officially after wiping out the Syer Bandits in the Dragon Mountains. However, I only came today.” Hutton’s face was all smiles, but he held complex feelings. This person standing in front of him was even younger than him, but he couldn’t even call himself a genius when compared with Lin Li.
Lin Li didn’t respond to Hutton immediately, but looked at the middle-aged man. He smiled, and said, “I didn’t expect Master Cheyenne to visit me personally. Please excuse me for my impropriety in making you wait so long.”
There were just two people Lin Li respected in the Malfa Family. One of them was the current patriarch and Hutton’s father, Sorenson; the other was Hutton’s teacher and the pillar of the entire Malfa Family—Legendary-mage Cheyenne. Although Cheyenne was a middle-aged man as old as Hutton’s father, the aura of a Legendary powerhouse radiating from his body couldn’t escape Lin Li’s senses, as he was also a Legendary powerhouse.