Ni Laicai, You Really Know How to Bring in the Money, Damn It

Little A, it's not that the host dislikes you.

I am Lu Ping, who has Forty Million in cash on me. I am not a poor god.

You're making the host lose face.

Little B still has to be the sweet and caring daughter. Now is the perfect time to build her persona, she needs to be careful.

Lu Ping chose B.

[You chose B.]

[You casually tossed the visiting card onto the table and spoke indifferently to Ni Laicai.]

Tell him that I am tired today.

[Ni Laicai paused for a moment, then quickly asked,]

"Senior, that's a million Spirit Stones..."

"What, you think I'm short of a million?"

You glanced at him.

[Ni Laicai was immediately jolted, cold sweat broke out on his back, and he quickly bowed.]

"This junior wouldn't dare! This junior has spoken out of turn!"

"You can ask me to help you if you want."

[You added slowly,]

"The reward is two million. Also, send him to line up; I only open the furnace a maximum of three times a month."

[After listening, Ni Laicai didn't feel you were making things difficult for him; instead, his eyes lit up as if he understood something. He nodded and bowed repeatedly as he retreated.]

[That's the demeanor of a grandmaster! To agree so easily would only make one seem less respectable.]

[Actually, your price isn't high. If these cultivators from the Domain of Chaos were to actually travel to the Azure Dragon Upper Domain to hire Fourth-Level Alchemist, the cost of the Teleportation Array alone would exceed one million.]

[It also saves them the risk of traveling back and forth. Two million is already a very reasonable price.]

It's a bit pricey, but it doesn't cause heartburn...

Lu Ping: "..."

Tongzi, have you been watching some weird stuff lately?!

Is this how you corrupted Little C?!

[After the news spread, the Yin Sha Sect Master not only wasn't angry, but the very next day he sent two million Spirit Stones and medicinal herbs, and expressed his willingness to wait.]

When Ni Laicai handed you the Storage Ring containing two million Spirit Stones and three portions of medicinal herbs, he was also clutching another Spirit Stone bag in his hand.

He gently pushed the bag of Spirit Stones onto your table, his smile barely concealed, and he bowed deeply.

"Senior, as you instructed, the furnace will only be opened three times this month. The Yin Sha Sect has already taken one spot, leaving two opening slots. The competition outside is so fierce that it almost flattens the threshold of the Gathering Immortals Tower."

"I took it upon myself to secretly photograph these two queue numbers from the rooftop last night."

"One spot sold for 1.3 million, and the other for 1.5 million."

"After deducting the expenses for Gathering Immortals Tower, the remaining 1.4 million is a gift to our elders."

[You stared at the extra pouch of Spirit Stones on the table, your finger lingering on the rim of your teacup, remaining silent for a long time.]

[So, before you've even heated up your stove, they've already turned the scalping business into an entire industry chain?]

[You can make over a million yuan out of thin air by selling a queue number.]

[You stared at Ni Laicai's face, which was beaming like a chrysanthemum, your heart churning with turmoil; a thousand words ultimately condensed into a single sigh.]

[Ni Laicai, you son of a bitch, you really do make money!]

[You took the money, but didn't act immediately, leaving the Yin Sha Sect Master hanging for ten days.]

[Ten days later, you leisurely opened the furnace, spent an hour refining a "Profound Yin Sha-Transforming Pill," and tossed it to Ni Laicai.]

[You'll have no choice but to accept the remaining two portions of medicinal herbs and the three extra Pills.]

After all, once the rules are established, the road ahead will become wider, right?

Lu Ping: "..."

System, are you never going to stop?!

Also, did the system use the items it bought for 12,999 yuan to view this...?

Lu Ping felt he had missed out on several small goals.

[This Profound Yin Sha-Transforming Pill, although it can be considered Earth Grade Pills.]

[However, whether it's the medicinal herbs involved in the Pill Formula, or the control of the heat and the fusion of medicinal properties during refining, the difficulty is far lower than that of the Taiyi Origin-Returning Pill.]

[Having obtained the medicinal herbs, and based on their effects, "Reverse Engineering" and "Artisan Spirit" come into play; you already have a pretty good idea of how to refine the medicine.]

[For you, crafting this is a piece of cake.]

[However, this is only from your perspective as a player who's stuck with the game.]

[For most Alchemists, those Fourth-Level Alchemist simply don't dare to even open their furnace to refine Earth Grade Pills.]

[Besides cheating, it's also because of your tireless dedication to Dao of Alchemy through several simulations.]

[Not to mention that you've refined countless Pills, and even compiled your own "Plain Explanation of the Dao of Alchemy," you've also collected eight Earth-Grade Pill Formulas.]

[For ordinary Alchemists, having a complete Earth-Grade Pill Formula, along with the refining experience accumulated over generations, is enough to sustain the lineage of Dao of Alchemy.]

The sect leader of the Yin Sha Sect, who was seeking the medicine, even offered the formula for the Xuan Yin Hua Sha Pill.

[This Pill Formula has been kept in the Yin Sha Sect for hundreds of years, but no one has ever been able to refine it successfully. Now that a skilled Alchemist has finally been found, the Sect Master naturally won't keep it hidden any longer.]

Otherwise, resources would be wasted, and the Pills would be ruined. Wouldn't that be losing both the product and the effort?

[Upon receiving the Pills, the Yin Sha Sect Master was overjoyed and immediately presented a gift worth 500,000 Spirit Stones as a token of his gratitude.]

[With this, the name "Alchemist Lu Ping" was truly established in the Nü Zhi City.]

Countless cultivators were scrambling to obtain the medicine, and the visiting cards they sent piled up like a small mountain at Ni Laicai's place.

[No, it's Spirit Stones piled up into a small mountain...]

[You will only accept three orders per month, and only orders from those at the Spirit Transformation Stage or above. The starting fee is two million, with no upper limit depending on the client's circumstances.]

[For a time, being able to hire Alchemist to refine pills even became a symbol of status within the upper echelons of the Nü Zhi City.]

[Your title also changed from the initial "Alchemist Lu Ping" to "Alchemist Lu". Finally, everyone respectfully addressed you as "Grandmaster Lu".]

[And those low-level cultivators who aren't qualified to ask for medicine spread rumors about you to the point of being mystical, saying you're some reclusive patriarch of a pill-making sect, just idly strolling through the mortal world.]

[You not only earned Spirit Stones, but also obtained various Earth-Grade Pill Formula, and of course, you have a surplus of Earth Grade Pills and medicinal herbs.]

[After all, you only need to hand over one. One batch yields four pills; you'll have no choice but to accept the remaining three.]

[Most of these Pills, like the Profound Yin Sha-Transforming Pill, have special uses. Otherwise, these Spirit Transformation monsters wouldn't necessarily wait for a master alchemist like you.]

[Even rare universal Pills are still available on the market.]

[As for special Pills, naturally, they can only be made by a skilled Alchemist.]

[One of the pills, the Creation Life-Restoring Pill, really opened your eyes; it actually reshapes the physical body. You were a little puzzled, since reshaping the physical body is already basic for Spirit Transformation monsters, why would they need this kind of Pills?]

[A month and a half later, you finished your fifth transaction and were preparing to continue your seclusion, taking elixirs to improve your cultivation.]

Ning Junqiu visited again.

[Although Ning Junqiu hasn't bothered us during this time, a man like you who's making such a splash in the spotlight, especially on her turf, is obviously someone she can't ignore.]

[Besides, you're a handsome cultivator who brings joy to anyone who looks at you.]

Ning Junqiu gave you a graceful bow and said softly,

"Grandmaster Lu, the City Lord's Manor has sent a visiting card; they wish to come here tomorrow to request an audience."

[City Lord's Manor?]

[The city lord of this Nü Zhi City, Yin Wuqi, is a genuine Void Refining Saint.]

[A Void Refining expert proactively sends you a visiting card, even though you're Early Spirit Transformation Stage.]

[When you Gu Wusuan in Doushu City, you only dared to bully him because he was at the Great Perfection of Spirit Transformation. If Void Refining expert were actually banging on the door outside the formation, you'd run away faster than anyone else.]

[Now, True Void Refining has come knocking.]

[No, Ning Junqiu said "I have come here to request an audience".]

[Void Refining expert "seeks an audience" with a Nascent Spirit Transformation, what a display of power!]

[Options pop up.]

[A: Seeing that Void Refining Grandmaster is giving me face, I, as a "Rogue Cultivator Grandmaster," must know my place and not act arrogantly.]

[B: Not here. A Void Refining cultivator, making her stand outside the Gathering Immortals Tower for three days and three nights—that's how Grandmaster Lu displays his superiority!]

[C: Throwing the invitation into Ning Junqiu's arms, she sneered, "You just want me to refine pills, right? First, give me a full-fledged director-level offer! Maximum social insurance and housing fund contributions, flexible working hours, 11 AM to 3 PM! Nine months of paid annual leave, plus 30% stock options in the City Lord's Manor! Yin City Lord will also have to serve as my personal assistant, serving tea and water, warming my bed, being delicate and easily pushed over..."]