Tale of the Red Dragon Without Dragon’s Might
Chapter 280 - 276: It’s Not a Lack of Money, but a Lack of Goods

Chapter 280: Chapter 276: It’s Not a Lack of Money, but a Lack of Goods

As long as it’s not about asking for intermediary fees or service charges, as long as it’s not about money, anything can be negotiated.

It’s just a mere flame, Anglistra agreed without hesitation, little knowing what fate awaited her. Refining low-level Human Elixirs might only take less than an hour, producing a large batch each time; whereas refining the Heavenly Immortal Pill could easily take forty-nine or eighty-one days.

In short, Leon called Salovis over.

If not for her mother’s intransigence, on the other hand, she had just nested on Volcanic Island. Volcanic Island, since its transformation, was imbued with a powerful force that could aid her rapid growth, especially she couldn’t be far from Leon. Even for one gold coin, Salovis was unwilling to spend, let alone 50,000 gold coins, which was indeed a painful blow.

Aside from the mother-daughter reunion being particularly tearful, Anglistra kept complaining about having an unfilial pair of children, making the veins on Leon’s forehead throb. Leon witnessed Salovis hand over 50,000 gold coins with tears in her eyes to buy some peace. Anglistra, accepting the filial money, was all smiles, deepening her understanding of the Red Dragon.

Seeing Salovis actually take out 50,000 gold coins, the shiny coins almost blinding to the eyes, Anglistra’s eyes widened, her glance at Leon somewhat skewed, she asked, "How many years has Salovis been working with you?"

"Not even five years." Leon answered.

"I remember you gave me two options." Anglistra said, "As long as you can help me earn a hundred to two hundred thousand gold coins in five years, I am willing to follow you."

"I cannot guarantee earning a hundred to two hundred thousand gold coins in five years... Opportunities don’t come every day, I can only assure you that you won’t be shortchanged." Leon did not deceive Anglistra.

An Ancient Fallen Empire’s tomb is really not something easily encountered, you might come across one in several decades.

Upon hearing this, Anglistra immediately hesitated.

Salovis, having recently suffered a severe loss, was full of resentment towards Anglistra and advised, "Instead of betting on an illusionary future... I might as well say what my brother often says to you, which is, ’A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.’"

"I’ll give you 50,000, and brother will give you 50,000, a hundred thousand gold coins in hand, where in the world can’t you go." Salovis nodded, thinking it’d be good enough to have her brother as her only kin.

Even if Anglistra’s fire couldn’t be used for refining Heavenly Immortal Pills, she is still a powerful adult Red Dragon, unable to conduct research like Tassera, nor manage like Cecilia, but at least she could handle battles and killings with no problem. Leon said, "You can wait, there’s no need to decide immediately."

Leon arranged for Anglistra to stay, she could stay on Volcanic Island like everyone else, or head to the Lost Plateau... the lair left by the adult Red Dragon Angmog was beyond Salovis’ control, but it was fine for Anglistra to live there.

And then a few days passed, he found that Anglistra was quite easy to keep, as long as she was fed regularly, she spent most of her days sleeping.

A month went by like this.

To attract Leon, such a powerful Red Dragon could definitely sway the balance of power in the Star Realm, the Githyanki were quite diligent in helping Leon find alchemy materials.

As Githyanki Star Realm Pirates, they brought Leon a lot of alchemy materials from other planes. The current problem is, the Githyanki only know how to fight but not to learn, they are ignorant, and may not even recognize many of the alchemy materials.

The Gold Shore Chamber of Commerce, not to mention, couldn’t refuse Leon at all.

Not just because after Leon plundered Moon Bay, he could sway the crazed pirates on the Flash Sea with just one sentence.

Another reason is, as Leon dominated Watchtower Port, he required the Elves to set up a trading center in Watchtower Port, persuaded Cloud Giants to become merchants, even the stubborn Dwarves started to relent, worried when Leon might call them over for a chat, for Watchtower Port is a bustling port city worth trading.

Apart from some truly rare and hard-to-find alchemy materials, the Gold Shore Chamber of Commerce brought almost all alchemy materials from the Material Plane to Leon.

Of course Leon had to pay for it, and ten thousand gold coins was actually just like that.

The esophagus of a Purple Worm comes from a CR 15 Purple Worm, about the level of an adult Red Dragon.

Kirin Fur contains benevolent magic from the rare large Celestial Creature, the Kirin, who serves benevolent gods on the Outer Plane, and is widely known as a prophetic fortune-teller and sacred guardian in the Mortal World.

Otherworldly Divine Servants are no match for Solar, and their feathers are not easy to obtain either.

To get a Beholder’s eyeball, you must kill a powerful Beholder.

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Seeing those alchemy materials, Leon could fully understand why the Gold Shore Chamber of Commerce asked for so much money.

Following this, Leon spent over a week. Figuring out what the existing alchemy materials could do and which ones could be used to refine Heavenly Immortal Pills.

He had never worked so hard before, devoting his entire day to the Alchemy Room, a building he had someone newly construct, apart from eating and sleeping.

Leon silently calculated, even a casual Heavenly Immortal Pill would cost at least 100,000 gold coins, not counting the extra manpower consumption.

In such a scenario, a Heavenly Immortal Pill merely strengthens a person, it doesn’t make someone ascend to heaven instantly; truly it should be refined with caution unless money is abundant and burning.

Leon now has a million gold coins, but he’s reluctant to invest all into refining Heavenly Immortal Pills.

He plans to invest half, that is, 500,000 gold coins, enough to refine five pills... under his current conditions, many Heavenly Immortal Pills can’t even be refined.

Considering he has a Vajra Body, Samadhi True Fire, and Hand Palm Bomb, as long as he has Mana, there’s no need to worry about defense and attack. Leon plans to focus on refining Heavenly Immortal Pills that enhance Mana.

Leon directed the Gold Shore Chamber of Commerce to purchase the necessary alchemy materials, only to find after a lot of hassle, it was impossible to buy so many alchemy materials.

Indeed, those with opportunities to access such rare materials, who among them lacks money?

Except for dragons, who are obsessive about money, obviously having the chance to become an immortal Sealing God Dragon, yet reluctant to miss the chance for swallowing a Treasure Vault amassed throughout a lifetime. Most species don’t value money as highly.

After several months, Leon only collected enough alchemy materials to refine two Heavenly Immortal Pills, Green Lotus Golden Pill still couldn’t be refined, he could only refine a lower tier Green Lotus Small Rejuvenation Pill, and an additional Heavenly Immortal Pill that boosts strength, which was okay, combined with the extremely high attack frequency provided by Three Heads and Six Arms, the output capability was solid.

Having decided, Leon gathered people and headed to the Alchemy Room.