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Li Yaowan chuckled awkwardly and said, "As your minor professor, it's only right that I care about you..."

Li Yang wasn't buying it and said bluntly, "If there's nothing else, I'm hanging up."

Li Yaowan: "Yes!"

Li Yaowan is always scheming against others, so she's always afraid of being schemed against, especially since the person opposite her is a cunning little fox. If she asks her for a favor right away, she might be met with an exorbitant demand from this little fox.

However...

A little fox is just a little fox.

This little girl is too quick-witted; I won't give her a chance to talk nonsense.

"Is it related to the Star Ash Mystic Realm?" Li Yang asked.

Li Yaowan: "..."

Li Yang thought for a moment and said, "Teacher, you may be at a higher level, so you don't understand the situation at lower levels. For example, I can't provide the rare and precious materials in the Star Ash Mystic Realm."

Li Yaowan sighed and said, "I know."

Li Yang thought to herself, "Then why did you tell me to just take whatever I wanted from the Star Ash Mystic Realm!" If Zhong Kun and Lin Zhaoqin hadn't explained it to her, she would have really thought she could just take it out whenever she wanted.

After hesitating for a while, Li Yaowan finally blurted out, "... The Star-Slaying Military Academy has also sent students to prepare for entering the Star Ash Mystic Realm."

Li Yang asked in surprise, "Isn't this a secret realm belonging to our Zhongdu Military Academy? Why can someone who Star Slaying also enter?"

Even students within the school have a hard time getting spots, so how did students from other schools get in to cultivate?

Li Yaowan said, "You might not know, but the strongest departments on Star Slaying's side aren't the combat departments, but rather the alchemy and Weapon Forging Department, especially the Pill Department. Their school produced a Pill Dao Heavenly Fortune Bearer completely overshadowed our Central Capital Pill!"

This was a tangled web of events that Li Yang was unaware of.

Among the seven departments of the Zhongdu Military Academy, powerful families exist Central Capital the three major combat departments and the Star Support Department. Only the alchemy and Weapon Forging Department do not have such Supreme- level families.

Of course, there are also prominent families in these two systems, but they are not as well-established as the Lin Family, Zhong Family, Ying Family, and Shen Family.

The reason is that the real experts in alchemy and weapon forging are all based at the Star-Slaying Military Academy.

Families like the Jiang Family, which Star Slaying Pill, and the Yang family, which Star Slaying- Slaying Weapons, are renowned Huaxia Yang Family. While their top-tier combat strength may not be as formidable as other Supreme families, their wealth is the most astonishing.

Li Yaowan poured out his grievances to Li Yang: "Over the years, anyone with even a little talent in alchemy has gone to the Star-Slaying Military Academy. Our Central Capital Pill is on the verge of running out of talent. You have no idea how bad the enrollment situation is this year!"

"There are a full twenty S-rank talent Pill Department students on Star Slaying's side! Among them, that brat from the Jiang Family, even if he's not a Pill Department Heavenly Fortune Bearer, he's definitely been blessed with good fortune!"

"Speaking of which, this young man from the Jiang Family is also from Donghua Province. Your generation is truly full of talented people!"

Li Yang thought of a name— Jiang Yuqing.

The student who ranked fourth in the provincial civil service exam in Donghua Province later applied to the Star-Slaying Military Academy.

Li Yaowan continued, "You're saying this Star Ash Mystic Realm is a secret realm belonging to our Central Capital, but Star Slaying has taken a liking to the rare and precious materials within and actually wants to go in to refine pills... That's really going too far!"

Li Yang was still puzzled and asked, "Did the school agree as well?"

Li Yaowan: "Those bastards in the Secret Realm Office are all blinded by money. The Jiang Family promised them a lot of benefits, so they gave them two spots, calling it 'joint exchange'."

Li Yang: "..."

You, so obsessed with money, have the nerve to say others are obsessed with money too?

Finally, Li Yaowan got to the heart of the matter, saying angrily, "What's infuriating is that they even provoked our Pill Department, saying they wanted to have a competition with us! They brought in two freshmen, and they claimed that the pills refined by these two freshmen would far surpass those of all the senior students who entered our Pill Department, not just in quantity but also in quality!"

Only then did Li Yang realize that students from the Pill Department had also entered the secret realm this time.

That makes sense...

The Star Ash Mystic Realm is full of rare and precious materials. Although those at a lower level cannot bring them out, they can refine them into pills, Star Weapon, or Star Artifact before bringing them out.

From this perspective...

It's not just the Pill Department; presumably, there are also quite a few senior students from the Weapon Forging Department.

Li Yang asked, "How many people from our Pill Department are entering the country this time?"

Li Yaowan: "Eighteen people."

Li Yang: "..."

Li Yaowan said resentfully, "There should have been twenty people, but two spots were given to Star Slaying's side."

Li Yang was speechless and said, "Teacher Li, are our eighteen students really no match for those two freshmen?"

"How can that be the same!" Li Yaowan. "It's like you, who can refine 100 pills a week by yourself. That's way better than a pill-refining factory with 100 people!"

Li Yang: "..."

She touched her nose, too embarrassed to say anything.

Although she is a single person, she has refined herself over 100 years.

Whose alchemy factory is so inefficient!

Li Yang roughly understood Li Yaowan's intentions; she simply wanted Li Yaowan to help her refine pills in the Star Ash Mystic Realm.

This was exactly what Li Yang wanted.

Since she doesn't need to cultivate during her two months in the secret realm, and collecting Star Ash Soil won't take much time, why not refine a batch of pills and make some money while she's at it?

Of course, she couldn't show it; she had to look extremely embarrassed.

Li Yaowan coughed lightly and said, "With your help, our Pill Department has a much better chance of winning."

Li Yang hesitated for a moment, then looked troubled.

Li Yaowan said, "I know, this Star Ash Mystic Realm is very rare. It can greatly improve cultivation speed. With your talent, you can continue to break through realms after you come out..."

"See, I didn't mention it before, did I? If it weren't for the fact that the person who made this Star Slaying Pill is so unreasonable, I wouldn't have put you in such a difficult position!"

Li Yaowan knew very well that he couldn't fool this little fox by trying to "play the victim" or "stir up hatred."

The only way to get Li Yang to sacrifice her own interests to help the Pill Department is to offer her even greater benefits.

"In that case..." Li Yaowan said with a heavy heart, "I'll give you a personally passed-down pill formula, which you can use indefinitely."

Li Yang: "..." She felt no attraction whatsoever.

Li Yaowan said, "It's a personally passed-down elixir formula! I developed it myself! The research and development costs were astronomical. If minor students use it, they'll have to pay 1000 points in patent fees every year!"

Li Yang's ears perked up.

There are also patent fees.

However, as Li Yaowan said, the research and development costs are astronomical.

Just like the pharmaceutical company in Li Yang's previous life, it's not easy to develop a drug that can be sold stably; it often involves projects worth hundreds of millions.

Li Yang asked, "What elixir formula?"

Li Yaowan said, "Realm-Breaking Pill!"

Li Yang: "..."

Li Yaowan continued, "I know your teacher is against Realm-Breaking Pill, but times have changed. Realm-Breaking Pill refined using my formula are almost identical to 'breaking through through battle.' Even if the Star Aperture are slightly impure after breaking through, taking Polishing Pill later will basically..."

Before Li Yaowan could finish speaking, Li Yang said, "Teacher Li, I don't know how to refine Realm-Breaking Pill, and I don't advocate anything my teacher doesn't encourage."

Li Yaowan couldn't help but say, "Dean Si specializes in Star Magic and spiritual cultivation; she's not very knowledgeable about alchemy and may even have some outdated prejudices... this..."

"Professor Li!" Li Yang's voice turned serious. "Each department has its own rules, and we hope you can respect them."

Li Yaowan: "..."

She coughed lightly and said, "How about this, as long as you're willing to help the Pill Department in the Star Ash Mystic Realm, you can choose any pill formula you like."

Li Yang asked again, "Is it limited to pill formulas refined in the Star Ash Mystic Realm?"

"That's natural."

What kinds are there?

"To be honest, the most cost-effective one is the Realm-Breaking Pill..." Li Yaowan stopped herself in time, and after thinking for a moment, she said, "There aren't many suitable for your current realm, only three."

"One is the Body-Tempering Pill. You probably haven't used this pill before, but it actually sells extremely well, second only to the Star-Attracting Pill;"

"Then there's the Mind-Clearing Pill, which is used to cultivate Spirit Points. It doesn't sell well in schools, but once you pass the Third Grade Realm, everyone has to buy it."

"Then there's the Potent Star Recovery Pill. This pill is difficult to make and expensive, and its sales are only so-so."

Li Yang wasn't interested in Body-Tempering Pill or Mind-Clearing Pill; she didn't need medicine, she could just rely on her life force.

But this Potent Star Recovery Pill...

Li Yang asked, "During my monthly exam, Lin Zhaoxia gave me a pill that instantly restored my body's Starlight. Was it this Potent Star Recovery Pill?"

Li Yaowan: "Her... um, I don't..."

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The formulas in this area might be slightly inferior, but the effects are about the same.

Li Yang then asked, "What is the annual cost of using these three prescriptions?"

Li Yaowan immediately replied, "I promised to give it to you, so of course I won't accept any money."

Li Yang said, "Teacher Li, even if you didn't tell me, I could find out with a little time."

Li Yaowan could only honestly reply, "Body-Tempering Pill 800, Mind-Clearing Pill 2000, Potent Star Recovery Pill 2500."

Li Yang: "Then let's Potent Star Recovery Pill."

Li Yaowan: "Xiao Li, this pill formula isn't about the higher the price, the better. My expertise isn't in recovery pills, which is why it's a bit pricey! Why don't you consider the Mind-Clearing Pill? You might not need it now, but once you reach the Third Grade Realm... this thing is even more commonly used than the Body-Tempering Pill!"

"Teacher Li, I don't need it."

"?"

"I don't need to take pills to cultivate."

"..." Li Yaowan hated these geniuses who didn't need drugs and whose cultivation speed far surpassed Heavenly Chosen of ordinary people!

Fortunately, such Star Wielders are only one in a billion; otherwise, their Pill Department would have to go out of business.

Li Yaowan, too lazy to persuade him any further, said, "Alright, alright, I'll give you Potent Star Recovery Pill. Just don't regret it!"

Li Yang added, "Teacher Li, I only promised to work hard at alchemy. If I still can't surpass those two..."