# Chapter 101: Price Increase
After some negotiation, the White Dragon Lady agreed to form a [Contract Emblem: White Dragon] with Su Xiao. It could be said that sometimes physical interaction moves the heart more than verbal interaction.
Su Xiao raised his right hand. The White Dragon Lady across from him grasped his right hand with both of hers. He felt that although her hands were fair and soft, they were somewhat cold.
The White Dragon Lady closed her eyes, murmuring in a language Su Xiao couldn't understand.
[Prompt: Contract Emblem forming...]
[Because the Hunter has absorbed Dragon Blood Force, formation compatibility +19 points.]
Seeing this prompt, Su Xiao recalled the now "deceased" Holy Spirit rank set [Glory of Dragon Hunting]. It was because that set was permanently damaged that he had the chance to absorb the Dragon Blood Force within it.
"Sodoserqi (unknown language)."
"Speak human language."
"You, rude."
"..."
Su Xiao's left hand moved. Seeing this, the White Dragon Lady closed her eyes in thought for a moment, then said:
"I, I... dislike, the language of the later era, it has lost... beauty."
The White Dragon Lady stopped speaking in ancient language + Dragon language and switched to the more commonly used Void language.
"Oh? You can access the outside world?"
Su Xiao spoke while sensing his right hand. The Contract Emblem was still forming, but he felt nothing special.
"Of course... I can. My friend Luck occasionally comes to visit me... to see me."
"Luck? The Goddess of Fortune of the Void?"
"Exactly."
Hearing the White Dragon Lady's words, Su Xiao's expression remained calm, as if he had only heard of the Goddess of Fortune but had no interaction with her.
Su Xiao looked around, considering whether he could set a coordinate here. This was an unexpected gain — the White Dragon Lady actually knew the Goddess of Fortune.
[Prompt: Contract Emblem: White Dragon has completed formation.]
[Contract Emblem: White Dragon]
Origin: Eberas · White Dragon Lady
Quality: White
Category: Growth Type · Emblem
Emblem Growth Condition: Offer equipment, items, gems, etc. to this emblem to increase its quality.
Durability: 12/12
Emblem Effect 1: Dragon Soul (Passive) — This bonus has three forms: Dragon Force, Dragon Scale, Dragon Body.
Dragon Force Effect: When attacking with limbs, total damage increased by 5% (can grow).
Dragon Scale Effect: Body defense +2 points (can grow).
Dragon Body Effect: Reduces 1.75% physical damage (can grow).
Note: Only one of the three forms can be activated at a time.
Emblem Effect 2: Legacy (Passive) — Each time the emblem's quality is increased through offering, the Hunter has a certain probability of receiving a 'Return Gift'. After this emblem reaches Immortal rank, each offering has a certain probability of receiving a 'Return Gift'.
Note: 'Return Gifts' are items related to the Ancient Dragon Faction or Sun Faction, mostly relics of powerful beings from both sides.
Rating: 10 points.
Introduction: Is this really the Contract Emblem: White Dragon? Hmm... probably. What exactly did you do to the White Dragon Lady to get such a peculiar emblem?
Selling Price: Cannot be sold.
Seeing the characteristics of [Contract Emblem: White Dragon], Su Xiao knew his 98 Diamond Honor Medals were well spent.
The emblem's initial strength wasn't high, but it could grow. It wasn't picky — as long as something had a grade, it would eat it, unlike Dragon-Slaying Flash which was more particular.
The White Dragon Emblem's Dragon Soul (Passive) had three forms: attack, external defense, and physical damage reduction. Among these, Su Xiao favored the attack form most, as it could increase the power of his direct kicks.
Initially only 5%, once the White Dragon Emblem grew, the bonus would become considerable.
Additionally, Su Xiao could switch the White Dragon Emblem's bonus based on the enemy. When facing a boss with sharp melee weapon physical attacks, he would switch to Dragon Body bonus. If the enemy's energy damage was stronger, he would switch to Dragon Scale bonus to increase body defense.
The two defensive forms of [White Dragon Emblem], combined with the high resistance from [Borg Heart], were practically a jack-of-all-trades enhancement.
Su Xiao's [Divine Judgment] ring provided high health bonus, and his Spirit Shadow Constitution increased health by 38,337 points.
Spirit Shadow Constitution: Mana and body merge to create a marvelous resonance. Mana and health form a good cycle, health is greatly enhanced, increased by 100% of total mana.
Besides these two, Su Xiao's mastered basic passive Body Soul increased his total health by 35%, and provided 52 points of resistance to poison, erosion, paralysis, vertigo, and other abnormal attribute resistances.
With all these layers of bonuses accumulated, Su Xiao's survivability was already quite strong — provided he didn't encounter enemies like Moon Wolf or Ultimate Insect.
The White Dragon Emblem's Effect 2 was interesting. When the emblem's quality increased, Su Xiao had a certain probability of receiving a 'Return Gift'. In other words, this was his harvest from offering equipment, items, and gems.
These 'Return Gifts' were related to Ancient Wyverns and the Sun God Clan, belonging to the legacy of both sides. If he obtained an Ancient Dragon essence, or a Sun system inheritance, skill, etc., that would be excellent. The former he could use himself, the latter he could consider selling — Sun system inheritances, equipment, skills, etc., were all very expensive and easy to sell.
Su Xiao put away [Contract Emblem: White Dragon] and looked the White Dragon Lady up and down.
"You... what are you looking at."
The White Dragon Lady was a very serious woman. Even when beaten earlier, she endured and maintained her composure.
"..."
Su Xiao didn't speak. After confirming that the White Dragon Lady wasn't a mount, he was somewhat disappointed as he sat cross-legged on the ground, waiting for the time limit to expire and return to Reincarnation Paradise.
"Human, can we make a fair trade?"
"Speak."
"Perhaps there are still Ancient Wyverns alive. If one day you encounter an Ancient Wyvern, you must tell it that the Ancient Dragon Kingdom · Eberas still exists, not completely destroyed by the Sun God Clan."
"Oh."
Su Xiao responded casually. He estimated that with his Charm attribute, if he encountered an Ancient Wyvern, he would most likely not even get to speak before the other side pounced on him to fight.
"Thank you. As repayment, I can teach you the power of crystals."
The White Dragon Lady's index finger tapped on the armrest of her seat. Crystal layers spread from that starting point, quickly covering the walls, ceiling, and floor with a layer.
Crack, crack, crack~
A crystal statue appeared before Su Xiao, identical to his figure and appearance, also sitting cross-legged on the ground.
The White Dragon Lady raised her hand, and the surrounding crystals shattered with a crack, dissipating into the air. She said, "This kind of control, you can achieve it too. Want to know the method?"
"Of course."
"Time's up though."
A hint of satisfaction appeared in the White Dragon Lady's eyes. The pain on her head seemed to have disappeared. Spatial fluctuations appeared, and Su Xiao vanished, returning to Reincarnation Paradise.
...
In his Exclusive Room, the spatial fluctuations around Su Xiao faded. He came before the Honor Shop and found that the [White Dragon Lady of Eberas] exchange option had disappeared.
The White Dragon Lady's method of controlling crystals was something Su Xiao very much wanted to obtain. He could use the crystal layers formed by Cyan Steel Shadow Energy for defense. If he had the White Dragon Lady's method of controlling crystals, it would be like adding wings to a tiger.
"Ancient Dragon Kingdom · Eberas."
Su Xiao muttered softly. If he had the opportunity in the future, he definitely wanted to go there and meet the White Dragon Lady at the Stone Bridge Tower again.
"Woof?"
Bubu Wang barked, asking if Su Xiao had 'changed profession' to Dragon Knight.
"Not at all."
"What's the situation, boss? Is the White Dragon Lady's body size not big enough to be a mount? If the White Dragon Lady can dragonify, she should at least be Barbatos's size, right? If the White Dragon Lady can switch forms, you can ride her during the day and also at night."
Baha laughed meaningfully. Bubu Wang and Beini both looked at it with confusion.
Su Xiao walked into the Alchemy Laboratory, sat before the workbench, and began mixing potions. He had decided earlier that permanent enhancement potions would no longer be sold at fatherly prices. His reputation had been established enough; it was time to gradually increase prices.
In many situations, people have a psychology: expensive things aren't necessarily good, but good things are definitely expensive.
Su Xiao currently only sold two types of potions: [Ocean Essence] and [Ancient Secret Medicine]. As for other permanent enhancement potions, they were limited by the exchange quota for materials — he had no materials to mix them.
[Ocean Essence (Perfect): Greatly enhances mental strength and toughness (enhancement intensity determined by the drinker's True Intelligence attribute).]
[Ancient Secret Medicine (Perfect): After drinking, permanently increases physical strength by 10 points, permanently increases health by 4000 points (this is the improved version).]
Su Xiao had mixed many of these two potions. Unless there was a mistake, over 95% were Perfect grade. Of course, this was also related to his Luck attribute having reached 43 points.
Five bottles of [Ocean Essence] and five bottles of [Ancient Secret Medicine] were placed on the workbench before Su Xiao. He looked at these ten bottles of potion, contemplating how to price them. Beside him, Bubu Wang, Baha, and Beini all sat on round chairs, each with a contemplative expression. Not far away, Amu was snoring loudly.
The cost of [Ocean Essence] was 15 Soul Coins per bottle. Plus, since he was now mostly mixing Perfect quality, Su Xiao priced it at 200 Soul Coins per bottle. Five bottles would net him 925 Soul Coins in profit.
Regardless, [Ocean Essence] was a potion that only worked below 200 True Attributes. If the price was too expensive, no one would buy it.
As for [Ancient Secret Medicine], the cost was 55 Soul Coins per bottle. It worked even when drunk above 200 True Attributes. [Ancient Secret Medicine] enhanced physical strength and health. This wasn't exclusive to tank types — every contractor in Reincarnation Paradise wanted stronger survivability. In other words, this potion was needed by all contractors.
"Boss, I suggest 5000 Soul Coins per bottle."
"Meow (You're an idiot)."
"Woof~"
What Baha said about 5000 per bottle was of course unrealistic, but 900 Soul Coins per bottle could still be sold. Five bottles would be 4225 Soul Coins.
Calculated this way, each time he sold potions, Su Xiao could earn over 5000 Soul Coins. This was quite a high income — no risk needed, just over ten minutes, and over 5000 Soul Coins in hand.
As of today, mixing potions through Alchemy in Reincarnation Paradise and then selling them had officially become one of Su Xiao's resource acquisition channels, second only to his total income after each world experience.
If he could obtain the Life Diagram of [Tunneling Servant], combined with his existing [Silent Servant] Life Blueprint, after this silly combination appeared, the income from Alchemy would be even more astonishing.
Having developed Alchemy for so long, the fruits were finally becoming sweet. Additionally, the name Holy Flame Alchemist had begun to spread initially in the Void.
Su Xiao took an alloy box and placed it on the workbench. This was material sent by White Bull's people, delivered through Lide's channel from the Void to Reincarnation Paradise.
What Su Xiao needed to do was simple: mix these materials into a potion that could enhance the Endurance attribute. It was usable below 150 attributes, seemingly unremarkable, but its strength lay in stability — no side effects whatsoever. For some Void races, buying this potion for their children to ensure better growth was worth spending more money.
Su Xiao named this potion [No. 1]. He would mix it here, then Beini would disguise herself as Holy Flame's Cat, deliver the potion to Lide, who along with Owo would send this batch to the Void. One of White Bull's trusted subordinates would take over, and then it would be sold through various channels of White Bull's organization.
At this stage, Su Xiao's side did this work for free. Lide's side took a delivery fee and received a promise from White Bull: if Arcane Eternal Star launched a purge because of Owo's 'Slintez' identity, White Bull's side would intervene.
Arcane Eternal Star was indeed the current strongest overlord force in the Void, but facing White Bull, the underground emperor, Arcane Eternal Star also had to show some face. For the inconsequential Owo, it wasn't worth antagonizing White Bull.
Su Xiao's side did this work for free, and White Bull wasn't stingy either. He opened up the benefits in this area. The profits from [No. 1] potion were handled by two of White Bull's trusted subordinates.
Both of White Bull's trusted subordinates were big shots who had seen great things. While the profits tempted them, they didn't lose composure. But their subordinates couldn't handle it — those two groups had red eyes. Anyone who obstructed their potion business, these thugs would really go and massacre their entire families.
This was what Su Xiao wanted to see. Give up the immediate small gains, let White Bull's subordinates establish the channels, and let the Holy Flame Alchemist's name spread.
The potion sales channels + Holy Flame's fame were far more important than the early small gains. When the potion business was on track in the Void, Su Xiao and White Bull would then enter the scene and begin a grand feast. At this stage, let the little ones eat first. If they didn't eat their fill, why would they risk their lives for this matter?
One hour later, Su Xiao placed the last bottle of [No. 1] potion into the cold storage box. This potion hadn't been certified by Reincarnation Paradise. If sold within Reincarnation Paradise, the certification fees would cause Su Xiao to lose money.
This batch totaled one hundred bottles of [No. 1] potion, an appetizer. When the timing was right, Su Xiao would have White Bull's side gather materials for [Ocean Essence]. That was a potion very suitable for Law Destroyers. He didn't believe that by then, Arcane Eternal Star could remain calm.
For Arcane Eternal Star, [Ocean Essence] was definitely a treasure for nurturing the new generation. If Arcane Eternal Star bought [Ocean Essence], spellcasters without a certain status wouldn't have the chance to obtain this potion for their offspring.
[Ocean Essence] was just the beginning. As long as Su Xiao continued developing the Alchemy Codex, there would definitely be potions suitable for Eighth Rank and above spellcasters. By then, what would the high-level members of Arcane Eternal Star do? Could they resist inviting the Holy Flame Alchemist?