Chapter 53

Signing mid-level alchemists could greatly accelerate Dan Sect’s development.

However, mid-level alchemists were highly valuable, and most of them were trained by prestigious families or institutions. Poaching them directly was no easy feat.

Fortunately, Royal Sister was her full-blooded elder sister, so she agreed to transfer two mid-level alchemists to help her.

Otherwise, even borrowing those two would have been impossible.

Chu Ning thought for a moment.

“For now, we’ll work with these people.”

“Did Royal Sister ask for anything in return for the help?”

Xia Ye’s lips curled into a smile.

“No special conditions. She said to consider it a wedding gift for me.”

“However, the two mid-level alchemists aren’t entirely free. Royal Sister wants ten percent of their pill profits.”

Hearing this, Chu Ning nodded. Now she understood her Royal Sister’s stance.

Xia Ye continued, “Besides her, Eldest Royal Sister, Second Royal Brother, and Fourth Royal Brother also agreed to lend us mid-level alchemists, but they want twenty percent of the profits.”

“This… but my store’s daily sales cap is only one million star coins. If we produce more Jade Dew Pills, can we even sell them all?”

Currently, a single Jade Dew Pill was priced at ten thousand star coins. A one-million-star-coin cap meant she could sell at most a hundred pills per day.

Not to mention, her store carried other medicinal pills as well—Jade Dew Pills might not even sell a hundred units daily.

Hmm… Now that she thought about it, a daily sales limit of one million star coins wasn’t much at all.

“You don’t know?” Xia Ye looked at her in surprise. “The daily sales cap can be raised.”

Chu Ning looked confused.

Xia Ye realized that his wife probably hadn’t studied the StarNet store regulations in detail.

“The reason StarNet imposes a daily sales cap is to prevent fraud. But as long as you pay a sufficient security deposit, you can increase the limit.”

“Really? So if I deposit a billion, will my daily cap be raised to a billion?” Chu Ning was pleasantly surprised.

She still had plenty of money in her account.

And in half a month, when the Gu family and the Alchemists’ Association paid her their patent licensing fees, she’d have even more.

“Exactly. So the sales cap isn’t something to worry about.”

“Our real concern is pill production and store traffic.”

Her store’s popularity was steadily rising, but it was still too new to have enough customers.

“Wife, when the Jade Dew Pill’s test data was first released, a certain streamer contacted you and bought some pills to showcase in their live broadcast. Do you remember them?” Xia Ye suddenly asked.

“You mean Li Huan?” Chu Ning immediately recalled the name.

“Yes.”

“She created quite a buzz when she streamed the Jade Dew Pill. Did she ever ask you for a patent license?”

“She did, but I told her to contact Director Zheng. As far as I know… he probably didn’t sell it to her.”

After all, ever since she received that four-billion-star-coin patent fee, she hadn’t gotten any additional payments.

And even the Alchemists’ Association President had hit a wall with Zheng Yuan—it was unlikely that a mere streamer like Li Huan would have secured a license.

“Then can you contact her and ask her to help promote our alchemy store? Also, we can ask her to post a recruitment message to help us hire more alchemists.”

Chu Ning hesitated for a moment.

“I’ll give it a try.”

She immediately pulled up her light-brain.

At that moment, Li Huan had just finished a live stream and was staring at her audience data with a sigh.

During the Jade Dew Pill craze, she had gained several billion followers.

But afterward, she ran out of Jade Dew Pills, failed to obtain the patent, and had to switch to other pill-related content.

As a result, she had been losing tens of millions of followers every day.

During her streams, viewers kept asking about Jade Dew Pills or Chu Ning, putting her in an awkward position more than once.

Ugh… She was struggling.

Just as she was sulking, her light-brain chimed with a message.

Li Huan, feeling drained, took a moment before checking it.

But the moment she saw the sender, she jumped to her feet.

It was from Chu Ning!

“Miss Li, are you available?”

Li Huan quickly replied.

“Yes, yes! Lord Chu Ning, how may I assist you?!”

Before Chu Ning could type another message, Li Huan sent a video call request.

Adjusting her posture, Chu Ning answered the call.

Li Huan’s bright, excited smile filled the screen.

“Lord Chu Ning!”

“Hello, Miss Li.” Chu Ning took a moment to adjust to the woman’s enthusiasm.

“Hello! Lord Chu Ning! Long time no see!”

“Uh… long time?” Had it really been that long?

“Ahem, Lord Chu Ning, do you wish to discuss a collaboration?”

“Yes.”

“Is it about the Jade Dew Pill’s patent license?!” Li Huan’s eyes sparkled.

“If you agree to help, I can sell you the patent license.”

“I accept! I accept!” Li Huan answered without hesitation.

Her followers! She had found a way to keep them!

With the Jade Dew Pill license, she could hire alchemists to produce and sell it in her live streams.

Right now, the Jade Dew Pill was incredibly scarce on the market. If she became the only streamer selling it, her viewership would explode.

Not to mention, once she had the traffic, she could sell other pills too. She could already imagine herself staring at her bank account and counting the digits.

Chu Ning raised an eyebrow. “You’re not even going to ask what I need?”

“What do you need, Lord Chu Ning? If it’s within my ability, I’ll do it immediately! If not, I’ll fight to make it happen!”

“No need to fight.”

“I just need you to…” Chu Ning then explained her request.

“That’s it?” Li Huan was surprised at how simple the task was.

“Yes.”

“Done! Leave it to me.”

“Tomorrow during my live stream, I’ll pin your store’s name on the screen. Also, about the alchemist recruitment—”

“We’ll post the details on our StarNet store.” Xia Ye suddenly interjected.

Li Huan blinked, surprised to hear another voice.

Chu Ning’s expression stiffened slightly. Out of courtesy, she adjusted the camera to show both Xia Ye and Qin Zheng.

“These are my two beastmen, Qin Zheng and Xia Ye. Currently, Xia Ye is managing my StarNet store.”

Seeing the two beastmen, Li Huan’s eyes widened.

One was unparalleled in elegance, while the other was bewitchingly beautiful.

As expected of Lord Chu Ning—to be able to marry such outstanding beastmen… and not just one, but two!

Chu Ning noticed her gaze and frowned slightly.

“Ahem, apologies for my lapse in composure.”

“Your two beastmen are truly remarkable. Lord Chu Ning, you are quite fortunate.”

Chu Ning’s expression finally eased.

“You flatter me.” Xia Ye smoothly took over the conversation.

He and Li Huan then discussed the collaboration details.

The deal was quickly settled.

Li Huan agreed to promote Chu Ning’s StarNet store and advertise the alchemist recruitment during her streams.

In return, Chu Ning promised to contact Zheng Yuan and grant Li Huan a secondary license for the Jade Dew Pill patent.

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