And Leilin Farell had just demonstrated formidable strength in front of the old witch, backed by the Four Seasons Garden no less — there was no way the other party wouldn't take him seriously.
As for being caught with leverage and threatened?
Leilin wasn't part of any dark wizard organization, so why would he be afraid?
And after successfully joining the organization behind the old witch, they would all be on the same side. Leilin had other preparations in place and wouldn't let this old witch leak anything.
Clatter!
A pile of high-grade Magic Stones radiating intense energy fluctuations were all dumped onto the counter by the old witch, along with over a dozen black crystal cards.
These were magic stone crystal cards — each one contained the essence of a thousand Magic Stones compressed together, serving as the power source for many high-level wizard spell arrays. They were extremely popular.
"All my Magic Stones are here. Take whatever you want from the shop, just give me that potion formula..."
A hint of pleading appeared on the old witch's face, as if she desperately needed this potion formula.
This situation surprised Leilin somewhat.
He had expected the old witch to be very interested in the formula, but not to this degree of obsession.
However, this situation naturally worked even more in his favor.
Leilin kept his expression unchanged, casually reaching out with his hand to sweep all the magic stone crystal cards and Dark energy particle crystals toward himself.
"How precious is a spiritual power potion formula that can be used by full Wizards? I went through great trouble to find this thing!" Leilin said flatly, while a look of despair crossed the old witch's face.
"However, while I can't give you the formula, we can cooperate!" Just as the old witch was about to lose her composure, Leilin's offhand remark sent all the energy particles she had gathered crashing back down.
"Cooperate? How would we cooperate?"
"You're very skilled in soul-related matters! And the raw materials for this spiritual power potion are spirit bodies rich in soul essence! You provide the raw materials and the preliminary preparation, while I handle the final processing and refinement. Of the finished potions, I take sixty percent and you get forty percent!"
Leilin made his proposal.
Clearly, this proposal struck at the old witch's weak point.
In terms of strength, she couldn't take down the current Leilin. Moreover, Leilin's backing made her somewhat wary. And this potion was genuinely extremely important to her.
"That split is too low! Capturing spirit bodies, preliminary refinement — I'm the one doing all that dangerous work! If the White Wizards catch me, they'll hunt me to the ends of the earth!" the old witch emphasized her contributions.
"That's the ratio. It can't go any lower!" Leilin's expression turned cold. "After all, I hold the formula. If you agree, we can immediately sign a contract and summon the Eye of Judgment as witness!"
"...Fine!" The old witch fell into a long silence before finally squeezing the word out through gritted teeth.
After rescheduling their meeting time, Leilin departed with a smile on his lips.
Cooperating with the old witch had been his plan ever since their last meeting.
The spiritual power potion he had just shown was, of course, the genuine ancient formula — Maria's Tears.
As an apprentice, he had already completed a simplified version of this ancient potion: the Blood Resentment Potion.
After advancing to First-level Warlock and with the Chip upgraded, Leilin finally had the ability to fully restore this ancient potion formula.
This potion truly lived up to its reputation as something the ancient Wizards had created for their own use. According to the Chip's rough estimates, Maria's Tears would have a tremendous effect even on the current Leilin, capable of rapidly increasing his spiritual power value.
But the mass collection of souls and the preliminary preparations were extremely tedious and bloody — their cruelty even surpassed the refinement of the Blood Resentment Potion! If the White Wizards discovered it, the only outcome would be being hunted to death and having the formula extracted under interrogation.
Leilin didn't have that much time or energy, nor did he want to bear such enormous risk.
Furthermore, given the special nature of the potion formula, only a wizard with at least Full Wizard strength could handle the raw materials, and they needed deep understanding of the soul.
This kind of wizard — Leilin currently only knew the old witch.
As for the Four Seasons Garden, there were certainly wizards who could meet the requirement, but Leilin hadn't even mentioned it.
This kind of spiritual power formula suitable for full Wizards was far more expensive than apprentice-level ones, and it was an ancient potion to boot. Even thinking with his toes, Leilin knew he wouldn't be able to keep this formula — it would definitely be confiscated by the organization under the banner of the greater good.
Although the organization would certainly give him some benefits, how could that compare to keeping it all to himself?
A potion that could increase spiritual power was an irresistible temptation for any full Wizard.
Therefore, under Leilin's persuasion, the old witch quickly agreed.
Moreover, the two of them swore an unbreakable oath under the witness of the Eye of Judgment.
The old witch was even forced to swear never to leak any information about Leilin or the potion formula.
This was, naturally, Leilin's requirement. That way, even if someone discovered the old witch's secret, they wouldn't be able to trace it back to Leilin.
In reality, Leilin had transferred all the risk of making the potion onto the old witch.