Chapter 37

“One gets what one pays for. With a middle-tier alchemist refining the  Pill, its price can’t be cheap. Unless some people manage to contact middle-tier alchemists and get them to voluntarily lower the price of the  Pill.”

This statement was sarcastic, but it gained the approval of some.

Then, both sides started arguing in the bullet comments.

Li Huan saw the content in the bullet comments and stepped in to mediate.

“Everyone, the price of an alchemy product isn’t decided by the alchemist who researches the formula.”

“Respecting patents and alchemists is an obligation of every citizen in the Federation.”

“Of course, when I say this, I’m not criticizing those who want the  Pill’s price reduced. After all, you all wish for more people to benefit and for everyone to buy at a better price.”

Li Huan’s words brought a wave of agreement.

“Your intention is good, but to achieve such a goal, we all need to work together. We need to increase the purchase volume so that alchemy merchants and organizations will buy large amounts of the required herbs to lower costs, not go and ask the alchemist who created the formula.”

“So, I won’t be discussing the pricing of the alchemy products with Lord Chu Ning.”

The bullet comments were filled with supportive voices.

Li Huan looked at her livestream and was surprised to see the number of viewers had skyrocketed to over a billion, and it was still growing.

At the same time, her follower count had surpassed 200 million.

Even without counting the gifts, she had made a fortune from this livestream.

Originally, she had planned to end the stream after testing the  Pill on her older brother and herself.

But now, things were going so well, she didn’t want to end it.

She cleared her throat.

“Everyone, my original plan for today’s livestream was to test the effects of the  Pill on B-grade females and beastmen. Since I was pressed for time, I only arranged for my older brother and myself as test subjects.”

“But I didn’t expect so many viewers to join today’s stream.”

“I’m wondering if any of you would be willing to come on my livestream and personally take part in the test, volunteering to try the  Pill?”

As soon as Li Huan said this, the bullet comments exploded.

“I’m here! I’m your diehard fan, look at me!”

“Host, look at me! I’m an A-grade beastman!”

“I’m signing up too! I’m an A-grade female and an A-grade alchemist!”

“Waaah… I’m a C-grade female, but I’ve been a fan of you for two years! Does that count?”

Li Huan scanned the comments.

“Everyone’s responding enthusiastically. It seems like you’re all very curious about how the  Pill works on different grade females and beastmen.”

“Here’s the plan. I’ll randomly select a few people to volunteer: two A-grade individuals and two C-grade individuals, one female and one beastman from each group. If you’re interested, you can register your information at the bottom right corner of the livestream. I’ll start the lottery in 10 minutes.”

“Once selected, I’ll privately send you the address, and we can meet up to begin the test.”

“By the way, since this is a lottery, there will be prizes. Each selected volunteer will receive one  Pill and one bottle of high-quality alchemy product.”

One  Pill and one bottle of high-quality alchemy medicine were worth almost 10,000 starcoins. Each individual would get around 10,000 starcoins in rewards, which wasn’t bad, but Li Huan thought it was worth it.

With the flow of traffic this good, she had to make the most of it. The rewards were far less than what she was gaining.

The bullet comments were once again filled with cheers and sign-ups.

After the 10-minute countdown ended, Li Huan began the lottery.

Once the winners were selected, she immediately sent out the addresses.

Then, as she interacted with her viewers, she waited for the volunteers to arrive.

Meanwhile, in the Marshal’s residence’s alchemy room…

Chu Ning had finally completed the last ten alchemy formulas from yesterday, and she called Qin Cheng to help test her mental strength readings.

Qin Cheng put the testing equipment on Chu Ning and pressed the activation button. The machine quickly showed the readings.

“99981! It’s increased by 31 points!” Qin Cheng said with delight.

Gu Ming, standing beside, was also surprised by the result.

After just one night and half of the morning, her mental strength had increased by 31 points. This was a significant boost, and it was close to the final 100 points needed to level up.

Chu Ning, however, didn’t seem particularly happy.

She had taken a spiritual strengthening pill and refined ten new formulas, yet her mental strength had only increased by 31 points.

It seemed the last 100 points before leveling up were really hard to come by.

“Only the spiritual pill helped me level up.” Chu Ning said helplessly.

Gu Ming’s eyes widened in disbelief.

“Cheng-ge.” He immediately turned to Qin Cheng.

Did he hear that right?

She said the spiritual pills helped her level up. But wasn’t there no pill that could directly help someone level up?

Qin Cheng glanced at Gu Ming and nodded slightly.

Other people didn’t have such pills, but his wife did.

She had used one before to help her level up.

At the time, her mental strength had reached 9999, and she was just one point short of leveling up to B-grade.

After using the spiritual pill, her mental strength had instantly surged by 40 points, directly reaching B-grade.

At that time, she had said the pill worked for A-grade and lower individuals as well.

B-grade pinnacle was still under A-grade, so of course, she could use the pill to help with leveling up.

Chu Ning noticed Gu Ming’s expression but didn’t explain any further.

Instead, she took a pill from her Xu Miring and swallowed it.

“Test again.” After taking the pill, Chu Ning turned toward Qin Cheng.

“Understood.” Qin Cheng replied and reactivated the testing equipment.

“100001! The mental strength has increased to 100001!” A moment later, Qin Cheng happily announced.

Gu Ming looked at the number above Chu Ning’s head in shock. His eyes widened like saucers.

Her mental strength had really surpassed 100000! Just by taking one pill, her mental strength had increased by 20 points!

“It looks like the spiritual pill works better for C-grade females than for B-grade females.” She had gained 40 points when leveling from C to B, but only 20 points when leveling from B to A.

In the cultivation world, there was no equipment to measure mental strength. People knew that a lightning tribulation could help with leveling up, but they didn’t know the exact data. Now, she had clarified it for herself.

“Master—” Gu Ming stepped forward, ready to ask a question.

But a single glance from Chu Ning stopped him.

“Let Qin Cheng explain it to you later.”

“Please process the herbs for the third-tier pill. I’ll try refining it next.”

Leveling up was great, but cultivation couldn’t be neglected.

She had to seize the time to improve her strength to the mid-stage of Gold-tier so she could refine the spiritual-strengthening pill.

Her remaining pills were few. Hopefully, she could continue to replenish them soon…

“Come with me.” Qin Cheng called Gu Ming over to process the herbs.

As the two of them worked with the herbs, they continued talking about the leveling-up pills.

Gu Ming was left in stunned silence, occasionally looking at Chu Ning, feeling more and more in awe of her.