Mortgage, [Black Heart Pharmacy]!

"160,000 gold coins, that's all for today. Thank you for your hard work."

At the Fuxi City teleportation array, Jiang Yan happily saw off the five good actors, including Jian Po Cang Qiong.

As for the 160,000 yuan reward, Jiang Yan and the femme fatale had already agreed on a 10/90 split.

Jiang Yan took nine, which is 144,000 gold. After deducting the two handling fees for the mail, Jiang Yan received 115,200 gold!

Adding the 30,000 gold from the bronze equipment sold at the auction house, the 40,000 gold from Jiang Yan's previous purchase, and the 20,000 gold returned today by [Red Beauty's Drunkenness]...

Jiang Yan's backpack already has 219071 gold!

"Sure enough, as long as you broaden your horizons, money comes quickly!" Jiang Yan returned to the warehouse, retrieved all the items, settled the warehouse rental, and then happily went to the Hundred Flowers Valley instance in the Monkey Forest to level up.

It was only then that he discovered the messages sent to him by his three adopted sons.

Jiang Yan replied to each of them to avoid worrying his adopted sons.

Upon arriving at the Hundred Flowers Valley instance, Jiang Yan continued to choose Nightmare difficulty.

Once, twice, three times...

After five rounds of practice, Jiang Yan's Chain Lightning finally reached level 4!

【连锁闪电】（强化）：lv4（0/0）：吟唱2s后向目标施放一道雷电，造成210%的魔法伤害，同时雷电会即时分裂，随机攻击附近九个目标，造成130%的魔法伤害！蓝耗：45！CD：3s！

Jiang Yan decisively pulled out an enhanced scroll and enhanced Chain Lightning once again!

Afterwards, Jiang Yan continued to grind through the dungeons!

A few hours later, Jiang Yan received a message from the alchemy prodigy!

Alchemy Prodigy: Boss, I succeeded! I've successfully refined a beginner-level Blood Pill and a beginner-level Demon Pill!

Jiang Yan was overjoyed and hurriedly replied: What are the costs and the success rate?

The alchemy prodigy quickly replied: Boss, my current success rate is only 25%, and the cost is about 50 silver coins. I will continue to practice and improve my success rate!

Jiang Yan gasped.

The price of a basic Blood Pill or a basic Magic Pill in a pharmacy is 5 gold coins per pill. The profit margin is a staggering 1000%?

The pharmacy owners in the major cities of "Peak" are really too greedy!

Jiang Yan is determined to crack down on these unscrupulous merchants!

He immediately left the instance and rushed back to Fuxi City. He first met up with the alchemy prodigy, and after confirming his success rate in alchemy, Jiang Yan led him to the city lord's mansion!

He made up his mind: he would buy a shop on a mortgage right now and start his own pharmacy!

However, some details still need to be discussed with the city lord.

After being informed, Jiang Yan arrived smoothly at the city lord's study.

"Young friend Jiang, have you made up your mind?" The city lord asked with a smile when he saw Jiang Yan.

Jiang Yan nodded: "I plan to buy that shop again with a mortgage!"

"What kind of business do you plan to start, young friend?" the city lord asked.

"I'll open a pharmacy, selling basic Blood Pills and basic Demon Pills. In the future, I'll also offer basic Blood Demon Pills, as well as intermediate Blood Pills, Demon Pills, and Blood Demon Pills," Jiang Yan said. "City Lord, I wonder if there will be any trouble if I price my medicines lower than other pharmacies?"

"You can rest assured about that!" the city lord laughed. "The pharmacies in all the major cities have uniform pricing, so there won't be any sudden price drops or competition for profits with you!"

"Then I can rest assured." Jiang Yan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He was afraid that if he opened a shop selling cheap medicine, pharmacies in major cities would also lower their prices. If that happened, how could he continue to run his shop?

"However..." the city lord said with a smile, "Now that you have established a pharmacy, I still need to explain the matter of commercial tax to you in advance."

There's also the commercial tax... Jiang Yan's face twitched, and he chuckled, "City Lord, this commercial tax... shouldn't be too high, right?"

If it's high, then I can open a shop in another city.

The city lord seemed to see through Jiang Yan's little scheme and laughed, "Don't worry, I take 20% from others, but no matter how much medicine you sell at what price, I'll only take 10%!"

One percent is 10%!

Jiang Yan immediately nodded: "Okay, this tax it is! There's one more thing, City Lord, if my business is good and I make a lot of money, can I pay off the mortgage early?"

"Of course!" the city lord laughed. "I'll only charge you 800,000 gold coins in interest on your mortgage. Even if you pay it all off early, it won't affect me much! Young friend, is there anything else?"

Jiang Yan shook his head: "No more!"

"Alright, let's draw up the contract now!" The city lord clapped his hands, and the butler immediately brought out a standard contract and filled in the monthly mortgage amount, commercial tax, and some default clauses.

Breach of contract?

Jiang Yan hurriedly looked at it, and then quickly felt relieved.

There is only one breach of contract: it cannot open stores in other cities.

Jiang Yan naturally had no objection. He could enjoy such mortgage and commercial tax benefits in Fuxi City, but he might not be able to do so in other cities. He wasn't stupid, so he naturally wouldn't ask for trouble!

After the contract was signed, the city lord handed him a land deed and said, "Write your name on it, and that shop will be yours! You can hire NPCs directly from inside the shop later."

"Thank you, Lord City Lord!"

Jiang Yan wrote his name on the land deed, and instantly, the land deed turned into a stream of light and disappeared.

Jiang Yan looked at the city lord, who nodded with a smile.

Jiang Yan then took his leave.

After leaving the city lord's mansion, Jiang Yan led the alchemy prodigy to the nearest shop near the teleportation array.

"Boss, what are we doing here?" the alchemy prodigy asked, somewhat puzzled.

"This will be your alchemy shop from now on." As Jiang Yan approached the shop, a system notification came to his ears.

[Ding~ Please name your store!]

Jiang Yan was too lazy to think of a name, so he just typed in: Black Heart Pharmacy!

[Ding~ Player naming successful!]

The next instant, the words "[Black Heart Pharmacy]" appeared on the store's signboard!

"Boss, is this the pharmacy you rented?" The alchemy prodigy wasn't stupid; he could tell at a glance what the prospects were for this shop.

This shop is so close to the teleportation array that it must be bustling with customers. With his alchemy skills and prices that are cheaper than other pharmacies, he's sure to make a fortune!

"I bought this on a mortgage; it cost ten million gold coins," Jiang Yan said with a smile.

"Ten million gold coins...that's...!" The alchemy genius did the math, and realized that was 4.5 million in cash!

He stared blankly at the name of the pharmacy, feeling both surprised and worried. Could he really help the boss earn back so much money?

"What are you standing there for? Come in." Jiang Yan opened the shop door and went inside. He found that the shop was extremely spacious and had two storefronts and warehouses.

One is a storage warehouse with 500 compartments, which anyone can use as long as Jiang Yan authorizes it!

The other is a private warehouse, which only has fifty slots, but only Jiang Yan himself can use it!

Jiang Yan immediately stored the excess items he had on him, such as the enhanced scroll, the Hundred Flower Snake bone, and the mutated Tiger King bone, into his private warehouse.

The alchemy prodigy is then appointed as the shop manager, and granted the right to use the storage warehouse!

"I am... the shop manager?" The alchemy prodigy received the system notification the moment he was appointed.

Jiang Yan smiled and said, "Talented man, from now on you will be the manager of this shop. In addition, I will also give you 10% of the profits. You have to work hard, understand?"

A 10% profit margin?

The alchemy prodigy's eyes widened: "Boss, this...this is far too much!"

A basic Blood Pill or Demon Pill that costs 50 silver coins to produce, even if sold for one gold coin, would still yield a 100% profit. If he takes 10%, then for every basic Blood Pill sold, he would receive 5 silver coins!

Little by little, he couldn't even imagine how much money he could earn in the future!

Moreover, he didn't have to pay any costs; on the contrary, the boss had already spent ten million gold!

"Alright, stop being coy and don't refuse, it's settled then!" Jiang Yan said, "You're the shop manager now, so you can use some basic operational rights. You renovate this place, then refine all the herbs into pills. We'll open for business in a few days!"

"I understand, boss!!" The alchemy prodigy seemed to wake from a dream, his whole body trembling with excitement!