Chapter 28

The previous 100,000 Star Coins were all paid by Qin Zheng, and now another 400,000 Star Coins, where would she get that?

“Okay, I understand.” Chu Ning replied and hung up the call.

Qin Zheng put down the work in his hands and walked towards Chu Ning.

“I’ll pay the remaining 400,000. Let’s go to the Patent Office again.” He spoke.

But Chu Ning didn’t move.

“If I don’t apply for a patent, will the formula I submitted be leaked?”

The pill formula not only contains the proportions of various medicinal materials, but also the trajectory and path of spiritual power.

Without the formula, even if one gets the pill, it would be very difficult to deduce the formula.

“The Patent Office is an official organization, and you’ve gone through the normal registration process, so there should be a registration record, so the formula shouldn’t be leaked. But—” Qin Zheng paused.

“But nothing is absolute, the additional 400,000 testing fee, though not cheap, is still very worthwhile.”

Seeing Chu Ning not responding, Qin Zheng continued, “If the wife is worried about losing money, I can make you a promise in advance. Once the patent is obtained, the military will purchase the patent usage rights at the highest permitted price, which is at least 3 billion.”

Chu Ning’s eyes flashed with surprise.

“If the Spiritual Recovery Pill can truly quickly replenish physical and spiritual power, we Gu clan are also willing to buy the patent.” Gu Ming chimed in.

Chu Ning nodded slightly.

Finally, she looked at Qin Zheng.

“Then this 400,000, plus the previous 100,000, count as me borrowing from you. When the patent is sold and I make a profit, I’ll pay you back then!”

Borrowing the 100,000 last time already made her feel a bit guilty, and now another 400,000, she felt a bit shameless.

After all, she would be making a good profit from selling the patent, she didn’t want to be seen as a soft-bellied female.

Hearing this, Qin Zheng put down his worries.

He was really afraid that his wife would give up applying for the Spiritual Recovery Pill patent because she was reluctant to pay the testing fees.

“Okay, we’ll do as you said.” He agreed.

So the two of them decided to go to the Patent Office immediately.

Gu Ming was unwilling to stay behind either, so he went to the Patent Office with them.

At the Patent Office, Tao Qi came out to receive Chu Ning, apologized to her, and explained the specific situation.

After Chu Ning was assured that the testing fees would not increase again, she let Qin Zheng pay the fees.

Once the 400,000 Star Coins were credited, Tao

“Miss, rest assured, the patent application for the Jade Dew Pill will be ready by day after tomorrow at the latest.”

“After that, our Patent Office will transmit the drug information into the drug library and notify you.” Tao Qi said to Chu Ning.

“Okay, thank you for your hard work.” Chu Ning thanked them, and left with Qin Zheng and Gu Ming.

At the Qin Manor.

After dinner, Chu Ning went to the alchemy room to refine pills again.

She went through all the formulas for Grade 2 pills.

After finishing, Chu Ning had Qin Zheng test her spiritual power level.

“It’s 99,910!” Qin Zheng reported the number excitedly.

His wife’s progress was simply astounding!

At each realm, the higher the peak, the more difficult it is to make even the slightest advancement, especially the last 100 points of spiritual power.

Many people spend months or even years to increase just 1 point of spiritual power.

But his wife seemed to have no bottleneck at all.

Hearing the reported value, Chu Ning was a bit disappointed.

She felt she was very close to completing the Foundation Establishment, but she still lacked 90 points of spiritual power.

After hesitating for a moment, Chu Ning opened her spiritual computer and sent a list of medicinal materials to Qin Zheng.

“Help me prepare these materials tomorrow, I want to try refining for the A-grade.” She remembered a few Grade 2 pill formulas from the Cultivation World.

Although she didn’t remember many, she still knew a few.

While their effects are similar to some pills in this world, and even a bit inferior, they are still considered Grade 2 pill formulas.

And the new pill formulas have better effects in boosting spiritual power.

She currently lacks 90 points of spiritual power to complete the Foundation Establishment, so to pursue speed, she could actually take some pills to aid her advancement.

One pill may not be enough, taking a few more would greatly increase the chance of successful advancement.

But her foundation is forming too quickly, so for long-term considerations, refining more pill formulas will make her foundation more solid.

Qin Zheng looked at the material list and immediately forwarded it out.

“Is this also a pill formula?” He asked Chu Ning.

Gu Ming next to them also looked at Chu Ning.

“Yes.”

“These materials can refine eight Grade 2 pills, but these Grade 2 pills have some similar effects to the ones I refined today.” She had studied the Patent Office’s regulations, and in such cases, the pill formula cannot be patented.

However, not being able to patent it does not affect her refining experience and accumulation.

Qin Zheng was a bit disappointed.

But Gu Ming’s eyes gleamed with excitement.

“Even if it can’t be patented, as long as it can help boost spiritual power, that’s fine! Even an unpatentable Grade 2 pill formula can fetch a high market price of over 1 million in the exclusive market. Wife – oh no, sister-in-law, are you willing to sell it?”

“Our Gu Clan is willing to pay 8 million Star Coins to exclusively purchase these eight pill formulas!”

When Chu Ning heard the word “wife”, she gave Gu Ming a peculiar look.

Afterwards, hearing Gu Ming’s following words, she didn’t bother thinking too much.

“Sell!” She immediately agreed.

8 million Star Coins is not a small amount!

“Wait -” But unexpectedly, Qin Zheng suddenly interjected.

Chu Ning looked at Qin Zheng.

“The military should also need these pill formulas.” Qin Zheng looked at Gu Ming, intending to ask Chu Ning to sell the pill formulas to him.

But seeing Gu Ming’s gaze, he changed his mind.

“How about we share it between the two families? Each family pays 5 million Star Coins.”

This way, his wife can earn more.

Gu Ming thought about it and nodded.

Buying the unpatentable pill formulas is for cultivating alchemists, and the military and the Gu Clan don’t really have a competitive relationship, and Zheng Ge and him are both his wife’s beast husbands, so the plan to share the pill formulas is reasonable.

Then, the gazes of the two beastmen turned to Chu Ning.

Being able to earn an extra 2 million Star Coins, of course Chu Ning was happy with it.

“I agree.” She spoke.

So Qin Zheng and Gu Ming each contacted someone.