The Mighty Mage
Chapter 56: Negotiations With The Elders

Chapter 56: Chapter 56: Negotiations With The Elders

Old Wu’s gaze remained fixed on the scroll, his expression inscrutable as he studied the ancient wisdom laid bare before him.

Gu Jin was a bit nervous seeing their expression.

Of course, the scroll was just another scam.

Thank god she had prepared many such scrolls when she was preparing to sell those formulas.

She had used modern techniques from her world to make the scroll appear ancient.

To make it look more realistic she has written the ancient Chinese language on the scroll.

When she came to this world, she was surprised to find that there was no such thing as an ancient Chinese language.

Other than the scroll’s exterior, everything written in the scroll was genuine.

Gu Jin hoped that they would stop focusing on the scroll’s exterior and look at its content.

The luck was really on her side because the elders stopped looking at the exterior and said,

"Let’s look at the formula first!"

Opening the scroll, the elders focused on the scroll, and the more they read the formula, the more surprised they were.

Their surprise soon turned into shock and finally, Old Fan asked with an excited expression,

"How much? For how many magic stones are you ready to sell this to me?"

Gu Jin thought for a moment. With the previous encounter, she had a rough idea and said,

"This formula, can not only increase your rank but also can make you rich, so..."

Gu Jin didn’t finish her words but the Elders of Alchemy Tower understood her words,

After a careful discussion, between them, Old Wu said,

"How about 60 million yuan and a friendship with the Alchemy Tower?"

Gu Jin didn’t agree to the condition straightway,

"I was fortunate enough to participate in one of the auctions held by the Dong Auction House and I saw how a Black Rank potion was sold for more than 100 million."

Gu Jin’s words made the Elders’s lips twitch.

They signaled each other and for a long time, both the party remained silent.

It was as if a war had commenced and whoever broke the silence would lose.

The Elders thought that with their silence Gu Jin would definitely relent.

But even after 20 minutes, Gu Jin remained calm.

Trying to make her nervous?

Bad idea.

In terms of emotions, Gu Jin has a better understanding of how to hide them and use them if she needs to.

Old Xiang finally said with a smile,

"Child we know that the amount we are offering is a bit less but friendship with the Alchemy Tower is a huge bargain. Trust me we will become your shield whenever you need us and help you out if you need us."

Gu Jin smiled back,

"Indeed. Such a big bargain, however, if you succeed in making this potion, you will get a monthly benefit of more than 500 million, am I not right?"

Old Xiang’s smile faded.

Old Wu and Old Fan’s faces turned serious.

They never thought that Gu Jin would accurately analyze the truth so easily.

"100 million and a friendship with Alchemy Tower." Old Wu said after gritting his teeth.

"300 million and friendship with the Alchemy Tower." Gu Jin proposed calmly.

"Impossible! You are asking for too much!" Old Fan instantly opposed.

Gu Jin stared at him,

"I am not asking for a fixed percentage of profit from every sale of the Black Rank Potion. You can see it as a one-time investment."

"You..." Old Xiang wanted to argue but Old Wu stopped and after staring at Gu Jin for a long time he said,

"Fine."

Gu Jin couldn’t believe her ears. They agreed? She thought that the negotiation would continue and the prize would go down to 150 million.

However, they agreed to the condition so easily!

Gu Jin cheered in her heart but continued with a poker face,

"Alright. My bank account number is..."

After telling her bank details, Gu Jin asked,

"Now tell me the rest part of the deal."

She didn’t believe that Old Wu didn’t want anything else from her.

Old Wu smiled,

"You are indeed smart. My request is very small, next time you have hands-on such a formula, consider us as the first candidate to sell it."

Gu Jin agreed.

After discussing it for some time, Gu Jin left.

With 305 million in her bank, Gu Jin felt like floating.

However, her happiness didn’t last long because the moment she appeared at her house, she saw that Si Kai was not at home.

The house looked a bit messy as if someone had fought there and Gu Jin’s heart started pounding seeing the scene.

An ominous feeling rose in her heart.

"Kai? Kai? Where are you? Come out!" Gu Jin shouted.

But no one answered her in return.

Gu Jin’s heart turned cold.

She searched through the entire apartment but didn’t see Si Kai at all.

Feeling worried Gu Jin hurriedly contacted the authorities of the building complex and asked them to show her the CCTV.

"Madam we can’t allow you to access the CCTV, just because you asked us. It concerns the privacy of people living here." The person in charge of CCTV said in a lazy voice.

Gu Jin’s eyes narrowed and she said in a cold voice,

"Either you show me the CCTV footage or I will kill you right away. Isn’t the privacy of people already compromised if their beloved person gets kidnapped right under the nose of security?"

The person in charge didn’t even bother to glance at Gu Jin and said,

"If I was in your place I wouldn’t do so. After all once you are in jail, who will rescue your little brother?"

Gu Jin felt even more angry.

That means Si Kai has indeed been taken away.

But what made her angrier was... that the person in charge may have seen Si Kai getting dragged out of her apartment but he did nothing and is still trying to defend the culprit.

Gu Jin was about to make a move but the person in charge’s words reminded her that she didn’t have time to argue. She needs to find the person behind all of this mess.

Most importantly she has to ensure that nothing happens to Si Kai.

"I will deal with you later." Gu Jin looked at the person in charge with cold eyes and left.

The person in charge shuddered a little but when he thought of how Gu Jin was against Si Family, his fear faded and he relaxed completely.

Gu Jin started narrowing down the possible culprit.

Si Kai only has one enemy and that was Si Family.

Gu Jin on the other hand has offended the Chu Family’s young miss but Gu Jin felt that Chu Hua wasn’t behind this incident.

What could the Chu Family possibly gain by kidnapping Si Kai?

Then the only possible suspect could be...the Si Family.

Gu Jin marched toward the Si family.

With each step Gu Jin took her heart felt heavy.

Even if she entered the Si Family, there are chances that she won’t be able to rescue Si Kai at all.

After all the Si Family has a Super Mage.

She started thinking of a plan.

Gu Jin soon reached outside the Si Family Clan area.

The guard at the gate saw her and asked,

"What do you want?"

He was a lean man with average looks and his aura was that of Intermediate Level Mage.

"Is Si Kai here?" Gu Jin asked looking inside.

The guard looked at Gu Jin with disdain and said,

"Si Kai? Who is Si Kai? Are you talking about the guy who was kicked out of the clan a year ago, he isn’t here."

Gu Jin changed her question,

"Was he summoned here today?"

The guard snorted,

"Look young man, neither we know any Si Kai, nor any Si Kai was summoned here today, so it’s better if you leave."

Even though the guard was arrogant, Gu Jin was able to sense that he was telling the truth.

Gu Jin gritted her teeth.

Looks like she needs to ask for help.

Gu Jin walked away from the Si family area and suddenly remembered Yun Jing.

He had said that if she needed any help she could ask the principal of the Magic Academy School to help her.

Gu Jin hurriedly made her way to her school.

When she reached the office she was stopped by a bodyguard-type person standing outside the office,

"Ma’am you can’t go in."

Gu Jin didn’t waste her time and directly shouted,

"Principal Feng I know you are inside, I need your help!"

The bodyguard was instantly irritated by Gu Jin’s behavior and he was about to taunt her for thinking that she could make Principal Feng let her in just because of her words when he heard Principal Feng say,

"Let her in."

Gu Jin entered the office without sparing a look at the dumbfounded bodyguard and said to Principal Feng,

"I need your help."

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