Chapter 47
Of course, a "businessman" wouldn't do a losing business.
It's doubled in twenty years... well, who cares if it's reasonable or not, anyway, Li Yang can't afford it!
Li Yang said bluntly, "Teacher Li, I don't have any money. Even if you give me a 0.1% discount, I still can't afford it."
Li Yaowan knew, of course, that she had no money; her little act of sweeping the entire table just now was enough to prove it.
Li Yaowan's small eyes darted around as she stated her request. "How about this, you cooperate with me in my research, and I'll show you the materials left behind by the Agronomy Department back then?"
Li Yang saw through the trap Li Yaowan had set for her at a glance. She was using the Agronomy Department's data as bait, keeping her hanging on to work for her for free and act as a guinea pig.
Li Yang quickly regained the initiative, saying, "Teacher Li, show me the research materials from the Department of the Agronomy Department, and I'll help you purify the pills..."
Upon hearing this, Li Yaowan's eyes lit up. This seemed to be exactly the same as what she had said, only the word order had been reversed.
Next, Li Yang got to the point. "We'll split the profits 70/30 from the sales of the purified pills."
Li Yaowan: "..." 73 is barely acceptable.
Soon, Li Yang shattered her illusions. "I'm 7, you're 3."
Li Yaowan: "..."
The old woman immediately retorted, "That's impossible! Selling pills isn't that simple! We're responsible for the storage, identification, sales management, and operation of the pills, and we also have to pay hefty patent fees. At most, we can only give you 10%..."
Li Yang stood up abruptly and said, "Then forget it."
Li Yaowan: "???"
Before she could say anything, Li Yang turned and left the office without looking back, striding out of the research institute as if she had no interest in it at all, and went straight back to the Agronomy Department.
Li Yaowan was stunned. She suppressed the urge to contact Li Yang and muttered softly, "I'll wait for you to come back and beg me!"
After careful consideration, Li Yaowan felt that she had Li Yang firmly under her control.
This little brat is really asking for an exorbitant amount, demanding 73% of the bill.
Impossible!
Li Yaowan is a shrewd businesswoman who understands negotiation skills. Li Yang's seemingly resolute departure was actually a test of her bottom line.
Whoever bows their head loses.
Li Yang wants the Agronomy Department research materials; he'll have to come back to her sooner or later!
Thinking this with such certainty, Li Yaowan was also a little worried—eighteen is an age of impulsiveness, wouldn't she really go and never look back?
Li Yang returned to the small courtyard halfway up the mountain and found Si Kui teasing the Blood-Devouring Lotus by the pond.
"Teacher," Li Yang stepped forward with a smile, "Were you waiting for me?"
Si Kui flicked the water, Blood-Devouring Lotus to sink to the bottom. She paused, then looked at Li Yang and said, "Don't go to the Pill Department and be subservient. Once I advance to the Ninth Grade, everything will be..."
Li Yang laughed and said, "How is that being submissive?" She knew that the teacher had been watching her and probably had seen her conversation with Li Yaowan and felt that she had been wronged.
Especially the way she "left in a huff" after the deal fell apart over the profit sharing—it might not have fooled Li Yaowan, but it certainly made her teacher feel sorry for her.
Li Yang's heart softened, and she leaned over to massage the teacher's shoulders, saying, "I was just pretending. I didn't really want to fall out with Professor Li. It's just that I'm not a very influential person, and if I'm too compliant, people will take me for granted..."
She explained it to Si Kui in detail, and added, "Don't worry, Professor Li will come to see me in a few days."
Si Kui: "..."
Li Yang blinked again and said softly, "If she hadn't come looking for me, I wouldn't have bothered to beg her. I'll just rely on you, Teacher, to help me soar after you advance to the Ninth Grade!"
Si Kui's expression softened; she had clearly been coaxed by her.
However, she became increasingly determined to forcefully fuse with the Ninth-Grade Lianxin.
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The next day, Li Yang went to the trading place early in the morning. It had just opened, and she sold all the pills she had.
Grade One High Stage Star-Attracting Pill costs 25 merit points.
She gained 24 merit points, and five pills disappeared in the blink of an eye.
That Second Grade High Stage pill was snatched up instantly for 49 merit points.
After deducting the transaction fee paid to the trading office, Li Yang received 134.1 merit points.
Next, Li Yang began to sweep up First Grade Low Stage Star-Attracting Pill, which averaged around 5 points each. She bought 26 of them in one go.
Li Yang purified the pills directly in the trading area. He encountered the "constant pill refining, nausea and near death" incident along the way, which consumed a few more years of his lifespan. In the end, he used 100 years of his lifespan to upgrade the 26 Grade One First Stage pills to the Second Grade High Stage.
Li Yang listed all 26 Second Grade High Stage at once, setting the price at 49 merit points.
This time it wasn't instantly killed.
Li Yang wasn't in a hurry. She went back to the Agronomy Department for breakfast, and when she returned to the trading office, everything was already sold out.
After deducting transaction fees, Li Yang earned 1146.6 merit points this time.
She swept up another 100 Grade One First Stage Star-Attracting Pill, but this time she didn't rush to purify them. Instead, she left the trading area and went to the combat training camp to open a monster-hunting room.
Li Yang's actions were so smooth and efficient that he managed to alarm half of the Pill Department in just half a day.
In the internal group chat for the Pill Department: "Holy crap, what's going on?! Who's hoarding large quantities of First Grade Star-Attracting Pill?"
"Ahhh, how can so many Second Grade High Stage Star-Attracting Pill be flooding the market!"
"Holy crap, this is insane! Second Grade High Stage Star-Attracting Pill for 49 points! How the hell am I supposed to sell it for 55 points each?!"
"The Star-Slaying Military Academy has infiltrated our trading area? What the hell! 50 points for Second Grade High Stage Star-Attracting Pill is already a student price, 49 points? Are they even trying to make a living?!"
"Which big shot has entered the fray? Aren't they playing by the rules? Leave them a way out!"
For alchemists at a lower level, refining a Second Grade High Stage Star-Attracting Pill is extremely troublesome, costing at least 40 points. Setting the price at 50 points already leaves little profit.
However, for alchemists at higher levels, such as those at the fifth or Sixth Grade, they can easily conjure up a bunch of Second Grade pills by hand, at ridiculously low cost.
Of course, high-level alchemists wouldn't disrupt the low-level market.
Although there are no explicit rules, it is an unspoken agreement within the Pill Department that everyone has disciples.
Professors don't need to steal their students' jobs. Besides, they don't have the time to deal with low-grade elixirs; they're already too busy with scientific research.
This matter naturally reached Li Yaowan as well.
After a quick check, Li Yaowan gasped, "That little rascal Li Yang!"
No wonder he left so resolutely; he was waiting for her here!
Saving the market is worse than saving the world...
Li Yang spotted Li Yaowan's weakness and launched a precise attack!
Let alone a week, Li Yaowan couldn't contain herself after just one morning, especially after discovering that Li Yang had bought another 100 Grade First Grade- Star-Attracting Pill.
Li Yang can purify one molecule in just ten seconds.
It only takes a few minutes to purify 100 pieces.
Once these 100 Second Grade High Stage Star-Attracting Pill are released to the market, the students in the Pill Department will probably be crying in their professors' offices!
Li Yaowan swallowed hard and said, "She doesn't have mutated wheat, she won't last long. She's just trying to scare me."
As she said this, she couldn't help but send someone to find out where Li Yang was.
The teaching assistant quickly replied, "Professor, Li Yang is in the combat training room."
Li Yaowan asked in surprise, "What is she doing there?"
The teaching assistant was also confused, muttering, "She's so strange, she's been killing alien plants for three hours straight..."
"What?!" Li Yaowan's heart skipped a beat. "She's been killing alien plants all this time?"
Others might not understand, but Li Yaowan grasped it instantly.
It turns out that it doesn't necessarily have to be mutated wheat; heterologous plants can also work...
Holy crap!
Li Yaowan was now truly anxious. She thought she had Li Yang under her control, but in reality, the other party had her completely under her control.
The score of 73 is already being generous to Li Yaowan.
Li Yang were to do it himself, he could destroy the entire Pill Department!
Of course, Li Yang didn't want to do that. Cutting off someone's livelihood is like killing their parents, and she didn't need to make a mortal enemy for herself.
This morning's little squabble was just telling Li Yaowan that she had the leverage to negotiate with her on an equal footing.
If Li Yaowan really pushes her too far, she can turn her beloved "Dan City" into complete chaos.
Chapter 47
Li Yang was huffing and puffing as he killed the alien plants in the combat training room.
It's difficult for her to improve efficiency. Firstly, she doesn't have a suitable offensive Star Skill yet, and secondly, it takes some time to deploy the exotic plants in this room.
Therefore, her efficiency is really low; she can only gain a maximum of 80 years of lifespan per hour.
At first glance, it seems like a lot, but she can't keep up with the monster kills.
After one hour, the combat training room will forcibly interrupt the monster-killing process, and she will have to wait two hours before coming back.
It's not that we don't have enough exotic plants, but rather it's to protect the students.
Students like Li Yang, who are at the Second Grade Realm, have to wait two hours; if she were only at the First Grade Realm, she would have to wait four hours.
Even worse, the practical training lab has a daily time limit.
Li Yang only managed four tries before being notified. "You've reached your daily time limit. Please try again tomorrow."
Li Yang was speechless.
A busy day yields 320 years' worth of earnings.
In the past, she would have jumped for joy, but now... it's barely enough to purify the pills.
It still has to be "crops"!
This combat training room is like an appetizer; it's okay to have it occasionally, but you can't expect it to fill your stomach.
To make matters worse, the system actually stopped working.
This substandard pill pushed its limits; after consuming about a hundred lumps of "dog poop," its Tongzi collapsed.
[Your continued refinement of this utterly repulsive, rotten, septic-like inferior medicine has caused indelible damage to your body and mind, requiring 30 years of your lifespan to recover and relax.]
Li Yang: "..."