Chapter 73 The Lone Wolf Requested to Pair with You

For ten whole days, John traveled back and forth between the Beast Tamer Association and the Black Market, earning a total of three million Stellar Coins.

John shook his head in exasperation as he walked down the street. "These are challenging times. It's become such a struggle just to earn even a few Stellar Coins."

He went to the Beast Tamer Association to retrieve twelve Power Flowers, preparing to concoct them at home.

In the Verdant Valley of the City of Wisdom, the top floor of an office building was brightly lit.

"Can someone explain to me why the sales of Power Potion have decreased by 30% this month? At the end of July, it dropped by a whopping 70%!" Beck roared.

Several company managers around the conference table all had worried expressions on their faces. They didn't know how to explain.

They were from Miracle Pharmaceuticals, and to dominate the Power Potion market in the City of Wisdom, they had cut off their competitors' supply channels.

SourceLife Pharmaceuticals had thus lost its market share of Power Potion.

Mark said, "Power Potion is one of the basic potions. Its sales shouldn't fluctuate this drastically! There must be a human factor.

"Investigate this thoroughly. Find out who is competing with us!"Beck roared again. The company had paid a huge price to capture the Power Potion market share, and they hadn't even recouped their costs yet, and now this problem had arisen.

In ten days, John sold more than two thousand bottles of mid-grade Power Potion. In a big city, this wouldn't cause much of a stir.

But the City of Wisdom was just a small city, and his potions had already affected the market.

"Successfully concocted Power Potion! Proficiency increased! Upgraded from 'Mastery' to 'Expert'!

"Expert: The concocted potion has a special effect: it can consume an additional 25%!"

John exclaimed softly. After concocting so many potions, his proficiency level had finally increased!

He summoned the golden Slime and had it consume a bottle of mid-grade Power Potion. Sure enough, the original resistance disappeared, and its strength increased by 0.5% again.

In the end, the golden Slime consumed ten bottles of mid-grade Power Potion and ten bottles of low-grade Power Potion, increasing its strength by 10%.

That was the advantage that came with a high level of proficiency. Even those with Stellar Coins couldn't compete.

Although the Golden Slime's innate abilities weren't great, they could be compensated for with the use of potions.

Just then, hesuddenly received a message on his phone.

[Lonely Wolf requests to pair with you!]

John looked puzzled. David was playing a prank again.

He frowned and clicked yes, only to receive another message: [Sorry, you can't pair with me!]

John immediately called, and it was quickly answered.

"David, what are you up to?"

"I clicked the wrong button. I clicked on Bluetooth pairing," David said calmly.

"Why do I feel like you did it on purpose?" John was suspicious.

David said, "Don't mind the details. I'm preparing to go to Skylight City tomorrow. Are you coming?"

"Why so early? Are exams starting soon?" John frowned.

"I'm going a few days early to visit Mia," David replied.

"Mia?" John was taken aback as he remembered who Mia was.

She was supposed to come back for the summer, but unfortunately, she had taken on a task at the last minute.

Options appeared before John's eyes.

[Option 1: Go to Skylight City with David. Reward: Slime size +5%]

[Option 2: Continue setting up a stall. Reward: Low-grade Power Potion production +1]

John thought for a moment and chose the first option.

He nodded. "Alright! I'll go with you tomorrow. I have nothing else to do anyway."

Now that his power poison proficiency had increased to an expert level, although it had granted an additional effect, the original 30% material reduction effect was gone.

This meant he could only concoct ten bottles of mid-grade Power Potion at a time, which would cost eighty thousand Stellar Coins and make him a profit of less than ten thousand Stellar Coins.

As for other potions, like size potions, defense potions, etc., they were expensive and not in high demand, so it was impossible to sell them in large quantities.

John's plan to earn Stellar Coins had to be temporarily halted.

Of course, the main reason was that it was too boring to keep doing this.

John had already persisted for ten days, which was quite remarkable.

It seemed disrespectful to the system that he was working so hard!

David said, "I'll be relieved if you're around. I'm relieved. My parents aren't here, so the travel expenses will be on you."

John raised an eyebrow and said, "So that's is your real motive."

David replied, "If you don't go, I'll have to take out a loan online. I already have my photos ready."

John asked, "What photos?"

David replied, "A private photo is needed for the loan."

John ended the call, feeling helpless about David.

He turned around and started packing his luggage, putting all his essentials, such as clothes, a phone, a passport, and a big bag, into his backpack.

John took out his phone, bought a train ticket, and then clicked on Mia's Facebook profile picture.

John: [Mia, I have good news to tell you!]

After a while, he received a message.

Mia: [What is it?]

John was about to type but then thought that telling her directly would ruin the surprise.

John: [The good news is that I have good news to tell you tomorrow!]

As soon as he sent the message, John instinctively felt a faint sense of danger and immediately turned off his phone.

"You must be looking for a beating." Mia gritted her teeth in her dorm room. She was probably not going to sleep well tonight.

Early the next morning, John told his parents where he was going and then set off on the journey with David.

"Sir, to the City of Wisdom station!"

They got into a taxi, each carrying a backpack.

David asked, "John, why didn't you book a flight?"

"You're so silly. You can see the scenery from the train!"John explained seriously, adding, "People nowadays are too restless, and the fast pace of life has made us lose ourselves. We need to learn to slow down!"

David rolled his eyes. "Just be honest."

John said, "Plane tickets are too expensive."

David said helplessly, "If the tickets are expensive, just say they're expensive. Don't get all philosophical on me."