As soon as Harrison sat down, he couldn't wait to ask: "I wonder which two types of potion improvement plans you have. Can I take a look?"

"The Starlight Meditation Potion and the Echoing Whisper Potion. Here are the certification documents from the Arcane Master Association," Duke said, taking out two documents.

These documents are authoritative certification certificates issued by the Arcane Master Association, providing an objective evaluation of the improvement plans for the two potions.

"Jointly verified and assessed by the Level 1 Potion Expert Committee of the Association (members include: Level 4 Arcane Master Elon, Level 3 Arcane Master Kaela, etc.): This plan is a revolutionary optimization of the Level 1 Potion Echoing Whisper. Its theoretical breakthrough is of pioneering significance, with an astonishing and stable efficiency improvement. The significant reduction in material cost makes it have a solid foundation for large-scale promotion and application..."

Harrison carefully read the evaluation given by the Arcane Master Association. The weight of these evaluations was very high, allowing him to have the most intuitive understanding of the value of these two plans.

After thoroughly reading them several times, he thought for a while, likely in communication with the people from the Commerce Association.

Duke did not rush him, calmly drank a cup of tea, and waited quietly.

After a while, Harrison put down the documents in his hands and said, "Mr. Duke, on behalf of the Giant Rock Commerce Association, I propose to directly buy these two potion improvement plans..."

"No, it can only be in the form of exclusive licensing. I will not directly sell the recipes," Duke shook his head, refusing even before Harrison could finish his sentence.

The Giant Rock Commerce Association wanting to directly purchase these potion recipes meant they would also register them with the Arcane Master Association, making these data directly theirs, and Duke would have no further involvement, only earning the buyout fee.

Naturally, Duke would not adopt this approach, even if the buyout fee was high, since Wizards have long lifespans, and slow, steady gains are the way to go.

Harrison was not surprised, knowing Duke would say this, so he said, "Our association believes that an exclusive licensing model is acceptable. We hope to obtain the exclusive production rights, sales rights, and promotion rights for these two improved potion recipes and production processes."

"That's possible, but the scope and duration need to be defined," Duke said.

"The scope naturally includes the entire Wizard Plane and all other planes where our association has stable trade routes," Harrison quickly replied. "As for the duration... we hope for a sufficiently long period, say a hundred years? After all, the initial investments in production equipment modification, raw material supply chain adjustments, and market promotions require significant effort and time."

...

Duke then engaged in a detailed negotiation and discussion with Harrison, with numerous disputes arising over specific terms, leading to further negotiations.

Harrison was also constantly communicating with people from the association and continued the negotiations with Duke once he got their feedback.

It was only after several hours that both sides finalized the cooperation scheme.

The two sides adopted a tiered revenue-sharing model based on sales volume—the first 500,000 Level 1 Magic Stones at a share ratio of 15%; 500,000 to 2,000,000 at 18%; 2,000,000 to 5,000,000 at 20%; and over 5,000,000 at 25%.

In addition, the Giant Rock Commerce Association needed to provide Duke with a prepayment of one million Level 1 Magic Stones, which would be offset from future shares.

After finalizing the deal with Duke, Harrison promptly delivered the one million Level 1 Magic Stones.

"By the way, if there's any news about Crystal Cores, please let me know," Duke suddenly remembered to mention.

"Crystal Cores? Sure, is there a specific attribute you're interested in?" Harrison asked.

He certainly knew that Crystal Cores are essential for ascending to a Crystalized Wizard, but he hadn't expected Duke to start preparing so early.

"Any attribute will do," Duke replied.

Harrison found it somewhat odd; usually, a wizard would only focus on one or two attributes of Crystal Cores.

Without one's specific attribute match, using it for ascension would be a loss, given Duke's young age. Understandably, he shouldn't randomly choose a Crystal Core of any attribute.

However, he didn't ask more and simply noted it down.

...

After finalizing the cooperation with the Giant Rock Commerce Association, Duke returned to the deserted island of Black Sail.

He had already maxed out all his Curse Magic and temporarily did not plan to return to the Oracle Plane to gain other lesser spells.

It hadn't been long since his last departure, and Robert likely hadn't collected many new Curse Magics. Going back would consume a large amount of the Power of Faith, just for some Curse Magic, which wasn't worth it.

Even if Duke intended to return to the Oracle Plane, he would wait until he acquired a settlement in other planes first.

He returned to the Magic Potion Laboratory, intending to max out the Sun Resilience Potion.

The Sun Resilience Potion is a heavily used Level 1 Potion, which has excellent recovery effects for injuries to the body and Spiritual Power.

Duke planned to max it out and then extract its traits, which could also earn him some Arcane Master points.

To max out his proficiency with the Sun Resilience Potion, he also took some orders from the Giant Rock Commerce Association, aiming to use their materials for free.

This way, refining the Sun Resilience Potion wouldn't require him to purchase his materials and could earn some Magic Stones from the Giant Rock Commerce Association, achieving two goals at once.

A fortnight later.

[Sun Resilience Potion level up, free attribute points +1]

[Sun Resilience Potion: Level 9 (Trait: Sun Blessing)]

[Sun Blessing: After consuming the Sun Resilience Potion, one gains a continued blessing effect for six hours, enhancing physical recovery ability, Magic Power recovery speed, and easing Spiritual Power fatigue.]

Duke rejoiced upon seeing this trait, not expecting a blessing-type trait to appear after maxing out the Sun Resilience Potion.

Sun Blessing would allow whoever drinks it to comprehensively enhance recovery capabilities in body, Spirit, and Magic Power.

This means even without injury, one could consume the Sun Resilience Potion in advance to gain these blessing effects.

Whether for combat, potion refining, or alchemy, the Sun Resilience Potion could be utilized.

This kind of potion transcended the mere curative and restorative type, transforming into a potion with enhancement and blessing effect, effectively expanding its market.

Looking at the Sun Blessing trait, Duke noticed it required consuming one hundred and fifty energy points for extraction.

He didn't hesitate much, directly spending one hundred and fifty energy points to extract the Sun Blessing trait, leaving just fifteen energy points remaining.

Moments later, the fruits of the Sun Blessing fell to the ground, transforming into a stream of knowledge coursing into Duke's mind.

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