"If it doesn't work, you can get a refund double the price."
Uchiha Yoichi said, "Besides, I don't expect to make money from this. I'm more interested in acquiring those rare medicinal herbs. Selling the secret medicine is just incidental... Most people can hardly use my secret medicine."
Yamanaka Ino twitched her mouth and said, "Boss, you're not that old, but you sure have a big mouth. You gotta know, our Sakura is the medical saint's..."
"Ino, let it be!"
Sakura quickly pulled Yamanaka Ino back while sighing inwardly, wondering why Ino was clashing with the pharmacist today.
"Sorry, boss, we're not buying for now. We'll be leaving."
Sakura smiled apologetically and then dragged Ino outside.
After walking a bit away, Sakura leaned on her forehead and said, "Ino, what got you so riled up today?"
"Who's riled up? That boss is just too arrogant, and the price of that secret medicine is ridiculous. Who in Konoha can even afford it..."
Yamanaka Ino snorted and said, then after thinking for a moment, asked, "Sakura, what if I buy one, and if it doesn't work as he claims, I get my money back?"
Hearing this, Sakura immediately dampened the mood, saying, "What if it's as effective as he says? You'd be eating up tens of thousands of ryo in one gulp."
They both had retired from being front-line ninjas, and since the Five Great Ninja Villages decided to replace wars with negotiations, A-Class and S-Class ninja missions have become rare, leading to reduced incomes for ninjas.
Yamanaka Ino was relatively okay; she had family businesses and her flower shop. But Sakura wasn't so lucky and had to rely on a fixed salary, with a mortgage to pay off slowly.
So Sakura couldn't afford to take such a risk.
"Moreover, that boss is definitely a powerful pharmacist. The accuracy with which he talked about the ginseng's age and extraction time... Anyone with such knowledge and vision must have high pharmaceutical skills..."
After Sakura finished speaking, she still had another thought in her heart, feeling that this kind of vision was on par with her master, Lady Tsunade, after following her for over two years.
"Sakura, based on what you said, are the effects of those secret medicines real? Like doubling speed, protecting meridians, recovering stamina within a minute..."
Yamanaka Ino didn't finish because there were many other secret medicines with various effects, like boosting strength several times over, healing quickly, etc., all without side effects, which seemed too incredible.
Although the Akimichi Race also has secret medicines that can boost one's power by dozens of times, they practically cause death upon consumption; moreover, making the Three-Color Secret Medicine is quite troublesome. At least, Yamanaka Ino knew that they were scarce among the Akimichi.
"I'm not sure either, but they're so expensive, there's no way I could buy one myself. I'll talk to Naruto about this tomorrow."
Sakura, pondering, held her chin and continued, "If they're really that amazing, we could buy some under the village's name specifically for ninjas on high-difficulty missions..."
Even though she was saying this, Sakura was thinking about Uchiha Sasuke. If it's truly effective, she felt that Mr. Sasuke would need it the most, alone out there with no one to help him.
"Hehe, Sakura, are you planning to buy it for Sasuke?"
Yamanaka Ino chuckled, asking. Growing up with Sakura, she knew exactly what was on Sakura's mind.
"You're so annoying, Ino, let's hurry up and go..."
Inside the pharmacy
Seeing no one around, Uchiha Yoichi returned to the second floor.
"I remember there's a Victor in the Shell Organization's inner array who privately cultivates the Divine Tree. That Divine Tree might be valuable..."
Uchiha Yoichi took out two storage scrolls, unsealing them after opening, and with a 'poof' of smoke, two bodies appeared in the room.
They were the Kamui Clone and the Tenseigan Clone.
However, these two clones' spirit bodies had been taken back by Uchiha Yoichi, and they were heavily sealed as well, now just like corpses.
Only in this way could the clones be stored in the storage scrolls and then kept in the storage ring.
"Spiritual Clone Jutsu!"
Uchiha Yoichi released two spiritual clones, entering the Kamui Clone and Tenseigan Clone bodies. After a few dozen seconds, the two clones simultaneously opened their eyes and lifted the seal on their bodies, standing up.
"Just sealed for a short while, and it feels rusty. Can't keep them sealed for long periods in the future..."
Uchiha Yoichi felt out the two clones, then thought for a moment and gave the Potara Earrings to the clones; though his main body was hiding in Konoha, facing no danger, the clones looking for information on Shell Organization outside might run into Jigen.
Now, Jigen could fully unleash Isshiki's power, and although he has to unseal afterward, it's still dangerous.
"Go find Shell Organization's Victor. He should be thinking about cultivating the Divine Tree. Try your best to assist him and guide him to the Dragon Vein region in Loulan to cultivate the Divine Tree."
The two clones quickly left Konoha using the Kamui Dojutsu; space-time ninjutsu is just that convenient, impossible for Konoha's barrier to stop space-time abilities.
Victor's cultivation of the Divine Tree shows signs of growth and blooming. Even if it bears a defective Divine Tree Fruit, it still has great value.
And with his guidance this time, it's possible to yield a higher-quality Chakra Fruit from the Divine Tree, which he could then try using for alchemy.
"Thinking carefully, this world's resources are really abundant, perhaps I could...."
Uchiha Yoichi smiled, then activated the Alchemy Furnace once more, tossing the ginseng he just bought from Sakura into it. Under his strong spiritual power control, the ginseng quickly got refined into a small amount of medicinal powder by the Golden Emperor Heaven-Burning Flame.
Then, Uchiha Yoichi continued placing other medicinal materials in, focusing entirely on refining the elixir.
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Mount Myoboku
Gamamaru suddenly woke up from a dream, pondering over the dream he just had, he had a strange feeling about it.
"Why would there be such a prophecy? The Ninja World is peaceful, and Kaguya's gone; is there an unknown enemy?"
Just now in his prophetic dream, Gamamaru saw himself being struck into the depths of the earth by a powerful foe, then blasted into severe injuries by several Truth-Seeking Orbs, and ended finally being dissected on an experimental table.
During that time, all the toads in Mount Myoboku didn't escape the disaster, all died.
"Fukasaku, come over here."
The Great Toad Sage couldn't figure it out, so he used the crystal ball to call for Fukasaku.
Soon, Fukasaku Sage hopped over and said, "What's up, Grand Elder? I'm training the next generation of Sages."
"It's nothing, has anything happened in the Ninja World lately?"
"Ninja World?" Fukasaku Sage looked puzzled and then said, "Not much, there's been no war for years. Recently, Mount Myoboku just got one more contractor."
The Great Toad Sage asked, "Oh, a new contractor? Could it be Uzumaki Naruto's son?"
Fukasaku shook his head, "No, I think it's Konoha's Konohamaru, probably Naruto's disciple... Is something wrong, Grand Elder?"
"Hmm..."
The Great Toad Sage pondered for a while, not speaking for several minutes, and just as Fukasaku Sage began thinking the Great Toad Sage had fallen asleep again, he finally spoke.
"Fukasaku, have that Maru come to Mount Myoboku when he has the time, I have a matter to ask him."
"That's Konohamaru, Grand Elder."
Fukasaku Sage helplessly reminded the Great Toad Sage and then asked, "Grand Elder, if you have questions, why not just go to Naruto?"
"Oh, can you call Naruto here?"
"I'm not sure. I'll have to check."
"Thanks, Fukasaku. Either Naruto or that Maru will do, I just want to ask about things happening in the Ninja World..."