Chat Group,
[Ice Frog is Stronger than Poison Frog: @Chu Mo, @Ya, how did it go? Are you done? Was it fast? Did you improve?]
[Revenge Girl: Meng, didn't you go study Soul Tools after dinner?]
[Ice Frog is Stronger than Poison Frog: Sigh, it's a long story. I'll keep it short. Grandpa said that to become a high-level Soul Engineer, you also need Soul Power. My talent is pretty good, but advancing would still be better. He said he'd find some medicinal herbs for me to eat in a few days.]
[Ice Frog is Stronger than Poison Frog: I didn't think it mattered before. As long as my level went up, I didn't care if my foundation was shaky. I have Soul Tools, after all. But now that I've heard there's another possibility, I still want to give it a try.]
After seeing the mention, Chu Mo opened the chat interface and checked it while enjoying his grilled fish.
Meng Hongchen's message basically meant that she wanted to raise her Soul Power Level.
Tang Ya, who had also been mentioned, naturally opened the screen to take a look. After a little thought, she replied.
[Ya: It can speed up cultivation. With the pill and my Martial Soul working together, I raised my level by one in less than an hour. I had built up some progress beforehand, but the speed was still remarkable.]
[Ice Frog is Stronger than Poison Frog: Really?]
[Revenge Girl: Meng, even if it's true, you can't go there! Aren't you afraid of getting kidnapped?]
[Ice Frog is Stronger than Poison Frog: Can't we use the pills? The last time, the red packet could transport things. It can even transport Gold Soul Coins, so pills should be fine too. I'll buy some.]
Meng Hongchen wasn't foolish enough to go on her own to Shrek City, which was under the other party's jurisdiction. What if they took her hostage and extorted a Level 9 Soul Tool from her grandfather?
Couldn't they send red packets?
Ju Zi's eyes lit up when she saw this. Though Ju Zi had a Trash Martial Soul, she also wanted to improve her Soul Power. Just as Meng Hongchen had said, to become a powerful Soul Engineer, she needed a respectable amount of Soul Power to support her.
Otherwise, she wouldn't be studying military texts here at night instead of going out to admire the stars.
Seeing that the other party wanted some, Chu Mo immediately came up with a new idea.
[Chu Mo: Pills that can increase cultivation speed are very precious. Not only did they take a lot of effort on my part, but there's also...]
After seeing the other party go on and on, Meng Hongchen was speechless. She'd already taken her clothes off, and he was showing her this!
[Ice Frog is Stronger than Poison Frog: (￢_￢) Get to the point.]
[Chu Mo: You'll have to pay more.]
That's right. He really needed money right now. Just as Wang Dong'er had said, using the Chat Group to take photos and appraise treasures was slow and depended on luck. It was better to go straight to the big spender, Meng Hongchen!
Well, it wasn't exactly ripping her off. It was a transaction!
[Ice Frog is Stronger than Poison Frog: །-_-།]
[Dong'er is Not a Girl: Hahaha!]
[Revenge Girl: Hahaha!]
Watching the lively Chat Group, Tang Ya felt too embarrassed to reply. Pills that could speed up cultivation were indeed expensive, and she really couldn't afford them. She only had a few worthless Hidden Weapons, which Chu Mo probably wouldn't even want.
So how could she repay him?
Huo Yu'er's thoughts were much the same as Tang Ya's.
[Ice Frog is Stronger than Poison Frog: So how much do you want to sell them for?]
[Chu Mo: Just 888 Gold Soul Coins per pill.]
[Ice Frog is Stronger than Poison Frog: It's not like I don't have money, but you can't treat me like I'm stupid and rip me off! Besides, didn't you give them to Tang Ya for free? Don't tell me you two have some Evil deal going on?]
Chu Mo's mouth twitched when he saw how she described him. Alchemists were quite rare in the Douluo World. Why could a Mystic Water Pill sell for hundreds of thousands of gold coins? The main reason was how difficult it was to become an Alchemist.
After all, combining several water-attributed materials into a Mystic Water Pill wasn't as simple as putting them in a Pill Furnace and having them add up to one finished pill.
It required the aid of a special Martial Soul or a life-type treasure. Otherwise, the medicinal properties could easily clash, or their combined potency could diminish.
That was why they sold for hundreds of thousands of gold coins. Of course, the rarity of the materials was another reason. Still, Chu Mo wasn't that greedy; he hadn't even priced his pills at a thousand Gold Soul Coins.
If someone asked whether Tang Ya would still have enough pills to cultivate if he sold some, the answer was, of course.
Xiao Lu had all the qualities needed to become an Alchemist. Rather than saying Chu Mo was refining the pills, it was more accurate to say he was asking Xiao Lu to make them. As for the cost?
One fruit was all Xiao Lu needed to make thirty pills.
A tidy little profit...
[Chu Mo: I'm only making a small profit, of course. Medicinal herbs are hard to gather, and I know the group owner is broke. I'm not trying to cheat you. If you don't think they work, you can get a refund.]
[Ice Frog is Stronger than Poison Frog: Fine, fine. I'll take two and give them a try.]
["Ice Frog is Stronger than Poison Frog sent a red packet to Chu Mo"!]
He'd successfully earned over a thousand Gold Soul Coins. This was much faster than making money the previous way!
Seeing how straightforward she was, Chu Mo replied without hesitation.
["Chu Mo sent a red packet to Ice Frog is Stronger than Poison Frog"!]
[Ice Frog is Stronger than Poison Frog: Okay, I'll go try the pills. If they really work, I'll buy some for my brother too, so he can stop taking supplements all the time and overdoing it until he dies. That's all.]
Just when Chu Mo thought the transaction was over, he suddenly received another red packet.
[Revenge Girl: I don't have much money left after buying experimental materials. I'll buy one for now.]
[Chu Mo: Okay.]
Whoever turned down a chance to make money was a fool!
As soon as he sent the message, Chu Mo closed the screen and took the freshly grilled fish Huo Yu'er handed him.
"Hey, do you have any pills left? I want one too!"
Wang Dong'er's eyes were fixed on the ground. Everyone in the group had taken pills, whether they'd bought them or been given them. She was the only one left, and it made her feel like an outsider.
Wang Dong'er hated feeling that way, so she wanted one too. Even if she didn't take it, she still wanted to have one. But she also felt a little embarrassed to ask.
Chu Mo asked casually,
"You want to buy one too?"
"Yeah!"
Hearing that, Wang Dong'er lifted her delicate chin like a kitten whose tail had been stepped on.
"Buy one? Can't you just give it to me?"
"You're such a young miss. It's not like you need to save those eight hundred-odd gold coins, right?"
"I have money, but I just don't want to pay for it! You have to give it to me. Otherwise, otherwise I'll bite you to death!"
Wang Dong'er's cheeks flushed, whether from anger or embarrassment.
"Wang Dong, Chu Mo, please don't argue," Huo Yu'er said softly. She took the pill Chu Mo had given her out of her pocket.
"I have one more pill here. You can have mine."
Although there was reluctance in her eyes, Wang Dong'er was at least her third good friend. Huo Yu'er didn't want her to get into an argument with Chu Mo.
"No. I want the one in his hand!"
As befitted a young miss, she'd quickly started acting unreasonable.
"Fine, fine. You win. Here, take it. Make sure you cultivate properly. Don't waste your talent."
Chu Mo helplessly rubbed his forehead. He'd lost to her. He took two pills from the Chat Group inventory and handed them to her.
As he gave them to her, he also lectured her a little. After all, her performance in the original story had been mediocre at best, and she really didn't like cultivating.
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