Contractor's Guild

  Yuan Yong blinked his eyes, feeling that he appreciated this clever Seventh Young Master of the Duan family even more. He also didn't pretend to be polite, stretching out his right hand and opening it up. Inside the delicate transparent glass bottle was a similarly colorless and transparent **. What was most astonishing was that inside the **, two silver light stripes could be clearly seen, looking particularly beautiful in the colorless glass bottle.

  Duan Chu had never seen a medicine with a silver glow before. It was dotted with stars, just like the bright light belt around a constant star.

  "Isn't it beautiful?" Yuan Yongyi smiled proudly. In the entire Hawa galaxy, only the medicine personally made by Lord Qi was like this, and it was extremely rare and priceless, even if it was just a ordinary person's soothing agent. The fact that Yuan Jintang could openly sell it showed its extraordinary strength.

  Duan Chu nodded and took a few steps forward to take the bottle. She ran her fingers over the body of the bottle and asked in a low voice, "This silver light, is there something special about it?"

  Yuan Yongyi just smiled and nodded this time, without elaborating. Instead, he proactively invited: "I've always been straightforward in my speech, no beating around the bush. I don't know if you're free today, but how about I treat you to a meal?"

  Duan Chu was slightly surprised, but with the Shu Ning agent in his hand, he had no reason to refuse. He couldn't help but smile slightly and propose calmly: "Yuanshao is being polite, it should be me treating you instead. Let's consider this bottle of Shu Ning agent as a thank-you gift."

  Yuan Yongyi looked at Duan Chu, the smile on his face became more sincere, and he noticed that Ma Wen and Shi Di had become vigilant in an instant, but he didn't care, just introducing himself: "My name is Yuan Yongyi, you can call me Yongyi, or call me Brother Yuan."

  "Yong Yi, you can call me Duan Chu from now on." Duan Chu took over the conversation. He had a good impression of Yuan Yong Yi, at least this person was very straightforward and never showed any disdain or contempt towards him from start to finish, which was much better than those people like Duan Ya Qing. However, calling him "brother" was still out of the question, as Duan Chu couldn't imagine himself addressing Ning Kangyuan, who looked like a jumping bean, as his brother.

  Yuan Yongyi was five or six years older than Duan Chudie, but he had no objection to Duan Chudie not calling him "Brother Yuan". Even his fifteen-year-old sister Yuan Yingzhen would call him by name without any formality.

  "Duan Chu, you've just arrived at Central Street too, right? There are still two stellar hours until lunch, do you have any plans? I'm free, why don't we hang out together?" Yuan Yongyi asked.

  "Of course, if you don't mind, I'd also like to go take a look at the gardening store or flower base." Duan Chu nodded.

  He came to Zhong Xin Street, originally just wanting to take a look at the actual objects of medicine and planting. Since he knew that the contract maker's medicine was different from ordinary pharmacists, in terms of planting, he also wanted to see it with his own eyes. As Yuan Yongyi, as the young master of Yuan Jintang, should be more familiar with the so-called Contract Maker Guild than ordinary people, and is just right for inquiring about contract maker news.

  "Oh, of course, I might even be able to offer you some advice." Yuan Yong said with great enthusiasm, and then with a wave of his hand, a sleek, luxurious convertible hovercar appeared before them.

  "Let's get on the bus first."

  Duan Chu stared at the car that appeared out of thin air, shocked. In the original owner's understanding, only specially made mech suits for warriors could be stored in a spatial button and carried around. But that car was clearly just for transportation, or perhaps this alien planet had something similar to storage space? Then he used his portable tea mountain to store things, maybe he could use it to cover up.

  Yuan Yongyi had already boarded the car and saw Duan Chu still curiously looking at him, so he chuckled twice: "Duan Chu, if you have any questions, come up and talk about it."

  "Seventh Young Master?" Pres walked forward with difficulty. This flying car was good, but it didn't have their seats, what would they do with these attendants?

  Duan Chu also noticed that there were only two rows of seats on the flying car, so he got on and sat down beside Yuan Yongyi. Then, he instructed Pres: "Pres, go to Alkaid, book a private dining room for me. Ma Wen and Steve, you don't need to follow us either. We'll meet at Alkaid in two star hours."

  "How can this be? How can the young master's side lack a guard!" Ma Wen vetoed. They were entrusted to protect Duan Chu, and if they abandoned their post and were discovered by Lord Bevis, they would likely suffer the same fate as Xuan Shi. Moreover, since Yuan Yongyi had been so rude to Duan Yaqing earlier, how could they let Duan Chu leave with the young master of the Yuan family?

  "What's wrong, don't I have you here?" Duan Chugang wanted to refuse, but Yuan Yongyi had already spoken up first and with a flick of his hand, the flying car sped past Pres and the others.

  Duan Chu turned his body to look back, and unexpectedly, Ma Wen and Siti didn't chase after him. He couldn't help but feel surprised in his heart. Even if the flying car was fast, it still couldn't compare to a mecha. Could it be that Ma Wen and Siti hadn't brought their mechas? This was simply impossible.

  "Don't worry, they won't come after us." Yuan Yongyi said with a smile, as he had refused the guards' request to follow him. The two guards naturally had to ask for instructions from their superior, lest they offend the Yuan family without cause.

  Duan Chuxi thought for a moment and felt at ease. Yuan Yongyi's approach seemed a bit overbearing, but it was exactly what he had in mind. With the Duan family guards following him, every move might be reported to Beiwusi and the others, even if Duan Chuxi was confident that he wouldn't arouse suspicion, it would still restrict his actions.

  "Yong Yi, are you familiar with planting?" Duan Chu casually brought up a topic.

  Yuan Yongyi nodded, very satisfied in his heart. As expected, Duan Chu didn't like those guards following him at all. He set the route on the flying car and then turned to Duan Chu, telling him in detail:

  "Yuán Jǐn Táng has many cooperative pharmacists, and the gardening store and planting base have also been cooperating. After all, most of the materials used to make medicinal preparations come from plants in nature, and many pharmacists even go to study planting specifically to gain a deeper understanding of plant properties."

  Duan Chu nodded, he had already understood these things before, but he didn't expect that there were pharmacists who specialized in studying planting, which was quite similar to the story of "Shennong tasting a hundred herbs".

  Duan Chushun followed the topic and asked, "I just heard that Yuan Jintang is a pharmacy affiliated with the Qiyue Guild. Does the gardening store also have a store affiliated with the Qiyue Guild?"

  Yuan Yongyi burst out laughing and looked at Duan Chu with appreciative eyes, asking casually: "Is it because of the Shu Ning agent? Did you notice that in the middle of Yuan Jintang's store name, there is a golden lightning bolt shrouded in mist?" Seeing Duan Chu nodding, Yuan Yongyi replied spiritedly: "That is the symbol of the Contracter's Guild. Any store with this mark indicates that it has cooperation with the Contracter's Guild, also known as a Contracter's Affiliate."

  Before that, Duan Chu had always felt that the mark should represent something, but he didn't expect it to be the Contractor's Guild. It was just that Contractors were so highly respected in the Hua Wa star system, and the original owner had always wanted to become a Contractor, yet he didn't even know of the existence of the Contractor's Guild, which seemed quite incongruous.

  "Please don't be surprised, I hadn't even heard of the Contract Holder's Guild before!" Duan Chutu said calmly, revealing his own ignorance.

  Yuan Yongyi, however, was not surprised at all and waved his hand indifferently: "What's strange about this? The Contracter Guild and the Yuan Lao Hui are the same, they never appear openly on the Star Domain Network. Let alone you're only eighteen years old, even some battle-hardened warriors may not know what this mark represents."

  Yuan Yongyi finished speaking and suddenly revealed a hint of strangeness on his face. He turned around, looked at Duan Chu seriously, and asked: "I remember your mother was... a contract wife, right?"

  Duan Chu also noticed Yuan Yongyi's pause and nodded in puzzlement.

  "Yes, what's wrong?" asked Duan Chu, with a hint of speculation in his heart. Both the Contractor Association and the Elder Council were not open to the public, but the existence of the Elder Council was known to the original master, yet he had never even heard of the name of the Contractor Association, and it was hard to believe that there was no trickery involved.

  Yuan Yongyi was unusually silent and didn't respond immediately. He only then realized that the Duan family, with a 9th-level warrior, was a top noble family even in the capital planet of Xing. Although Duan Churong wasn't favored, he wouldn't be as ignorant as the general public, who could only learn about various news through the Galactic Network. Especially since his own mother was a contract holder. The only possibility was that the Duan family had hidden this piece of news from Duan Churong.

  "Huh, we've arrived." Yuan Yongji noticed the car had stopped and before getting off, looked at Duan Chu and said: "All contractors in the Havva Star System must join the Contractors' Guild, and the Contractors' Guild is also the greatest reliance of contractors."

  Motoaki didn't elaborate any further, believing that from the comfort goods store, he could infer that there was also a contract-affiliated store in the gardening shop, and Duan Chu would definitely understand his meaning. As for the overbearing side of the Contract Association, it would only be a good thing for Duan Chu, who had not yet awakened.

  "Thank you!" Duan Chu smiled and thanked him. The greatest reliance, is it referring to the worries in the back? A guild that gathers all the messages of those who have made a contract and prohibits external disclosure, for this awakened person who has been hiding his identity in every possible way, it's really not good news.

  Yuan Yongyi smiled and put away his flying car, and the two of them walked into the gardening store side by side.

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