Yuri Burns received the certification document from Locke's hands with some surprise. The certificate bore Witch Sophia's personal signature seal.
Formal wizards all had seals exclusive to themselves, enchanted with special magic from the enchantment school, making them virtually impossible to forge.
Yuri carefully examined the meaning represented by the seal and confirmed that this was a certification given by a First Circle wizard who was simultaneously a First Circle breeder and First Circle potion master.
At the same time, she looked at the various performance specifications of the Super Mandrake Vine written on the certification. "Both strength and speed exceed Tiflo Root Vines by 15%, and flexibility is 1.1 times that of ordinary quality Tiflo Root Vines."
"If this test data is true, then..."
Yuri raised her head and looked at Locke seriously for the first time, because she remembered Locke's statement that this work was completed under Witch Sophia's guidance.
This meant that even though a formal wizard had provided considerable help, this work was actually done by the second-class wizard apprentice standing before her.
Done by a wizard prospect who had only arrived at Lilith's Cottage a little over a year ago from the overseas mortal world!
Yuri no longer held the natural contempt she had for Locke as a second-class wizard apprentice, but instead regarded Locke as someone of the same level.
Of course, before a first-class wizard apprentice, Locke as a second-class wizard apprentice was still too immature in terms of combat power and magical levels in other fields.
Yuri changed her tone, "With the certification of formal wizard Lord Sophia, there's naturally no need to doubt its authenticity."
"Locke, you're really lucky. Of course, this is also built on your having talent." Yuri cast an envious glance at Locke. "You met a good teacher, and you yourself have talent too."
Her way of addressing Locke was no longer "junior," but directly calling him by name.
Yuri said, "Unlike me, my luck has been poor. Locke, do you know? When I first entered Lilith's Cottage, I was assigned to Mentor Harlen Vera."
Locke nodded, "Lord Vera is one of the most formidable potion masters at Lilith's Cottage."
His potion level was far above Teacher Sophia's.
After all, he was a veteran formal wizard, reportedly nearly three hundred years old this year. This old man still maintained his body at peak condition through the effects of potions, with no signs of declining magical power.
Really didn't know how many more years Harlen Vera planned to live.
Yuri sighed, "But Teacher Vera is a typical believer in genius supremacy."
"Wizard apprentices like us with insufficient talent won't catch his eye. He only sees prodigies like you."
"It's not just Teacher Vera who's , many formal wizards are the same. Quite a few formal wizard mentors even just treat students as their experimental subjects, having them test newly created spell models, or treat students as free labor, rarely teaching anything real."
Yuri seemed to be genuinely affected, but she changed the subject. "Let's get back to business. Lijin Secret Language generally charges twenty to thirty percent commission fees for purchases."
Locke raised an eyebrow. He hadn't expected Lijin Secret Language's commission fees to be so expensive.
However, thinking about it carefully, it made sense.
In most cases, magical plants cultivated by breeders and brought to Lijin Secret Language for sale were in a relatively disadvantageous position.
Lijin Secret Language had sufficiently stable clientele and could sell at relatively high prices, far better than breeders selling on their own.
Most breeders also didn't want to waste their precious research time on commercial activities.
But his situation was special. Super Mandrake Vines shouldn't be hard to sell.
They just temporarily lacked recognition.
Yuri pointed to vine boxes about arm-length on the shelves. Those dark green boxes were woven from special small magical vines intertwined together, forming delicate containers.
All magical plants at Lijin Secret Language were basically stored in these vine boxes, which could maximally protect these magical plants.
Yuri said, "This is an ordinary quality Tiflo Root Vine in our shop, priced at 20 magic stones."
She opened this vine box, revealing a Tiflo Root Vine with roots, stems, and leaves inside the dark green container.
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"I can purchase your Super Mandrake Vines directly at 20 magic stones each."
"You won't need to worry about sales issues afterward. I'll give you the magic stones directly."
Yuri said, "In the future, you can sell this way every time you come. As you can see, Tiflo Root Vines are only priced at 20 magic stones here too."
"This is a fair price."
Locke shook his head slightly, "A buyout system works. This saves trouble for both of us."
"But I have an opinion about the price. 20 magic stones won't do. I want 30 magic stones."
Yuri raised an eyebrow. She hadn't expected this second-class wizard apprentice to be so difficult to deal with.
Yuri shrugged and smiled diplomatically, "Dear Locke, you can't expect Lijin Secret Language to make no profit at all, can you?"
"As you can see, Tiflo Root Vines only sell for 20 magic stones at Lijin Secret Language, and the purchase price is even lower."
Locke wasn't prepared to back down, "You can price my Super Mandrake Vines higher."
"That's up to you. I don't care."
"For wizard apprentices, a magical vine with approximately 15% improved comprehensive performance, they'd be willing to spend more magic stones to buy it."
Yuri pondered for a moment, weighing the situation. Thinking of Lady Irina's earlier scolding and that Lijin Secret Language indeed needed to launch a completely new magical plant variety that customers would remember.
She smiled, "Alright, Locke, let's go with 30 magic stones. Consider it your senior making friends with you."
"Locke, Lijin Secret Language always welcomes talented breeders like you."
"That's 900 magic stones total. I'll count them out for you right now."
Locke nodded and commanded his two gray dwarf servants to deliver the goods.
Locke said to Yuri, "Senior, I'm too lazy to deal with too many troublesome matters. In the future, I'll bring all my works to Lijin Secret Language."
Surprise flashed in Yuri's eyes, and she quickly responded, "Of course, dear Locke, you're simply my savior."
"If that's the case, I'll try to give you satisfactory prices for all future transactions. Lijin Secret Language has a sufficiently large customer base to absorb all your commissions."
Yuri handed Locke a sack of magic stones and a badge, "Dear Locke, this is Lijin Secret Language's Platinum Star membership badge."
"With this badge, you can get a 5% discount on all magical plant purchases at Lijin Secret Language. Consider this a gift from your senior."
Yuri glanced at Locke's two gray dwarf servants and smiled, "Dear Locke, gray dwarf servants are selfish, cowardly, and weak, not very useful. You should really go to the slave market in Chimera Trading Market to buy some quality servants."
As the manager of Lijin Secret Language, Yuri naturally wanted to maintain good relations with talented breeders like Locke, so she deliberately offered a favor, "Recently, a batch of cat girls with ancient bloodlines was sent to Chimera Trading Market at Lilith's Cottage."
"They were obtained after a beastman empire in a mortal region of the Southeast Quadrant was destroyed. Although cat girls aren't rare, this batch of cat girls reportedly carries a trace of the ancient creature bloodline [Three-Eyed Tiger Cat], making them excellent whether as servants or experimental materials."
Yuri smiled, "Dear Locke, if you're interested, you can check out [Slave Depot] in Chimera Trading Market."
"Not many people know about this yet, so you should still be able to buy some."