Chapter 9

“Yes,” Chu Ning replied.

“Hello, Ms. Chu! I’ll make the payment now. If your address hasn’t changed, I’ll arrange for a delivery robot to pick up the goods shortly.”

Chu Ning’s eyes brightened.

“Okay.” She quickly responded.

Just as the call ended, the other party transferred 1932 star coins to her, also sending her the address in text.

“Ms. Chu, please confirm the address. If there’s no issue, I’ll schedule the delivery robot.”

Chu Ning glanced over and replied with “No problem” in three words before clicking “Receive Payment.”

After checking her account balance and seeing the increase, Chu Ning felt reassured.

The delivery robot was very efficient and arrived within ten minutes.

Chu Ning handed the two bottles of elixir to the robot.

After another ten minutes, the store owner notified her that the elixir had been received.

“Ms. Chu, thank you so much for your support.”

“This is our store’s membership registration address. Please log in and register to become a member of our Chengxin Pharmacy. After registration, send us your account ID, and we’ll grant you 1932 points. Then, when you buy herbs from us in the future, if the total is within 1932 star coins, you’ll enjoy a 10% discount.”

Chu Ning’s expression froze for a moment.

“Is the 10% discount on herbs limited?” she asked.

“Yes. The number of points in your account determines the value of the herb discount you can enjoy. After the purchase, corresponding points will be deducted from your account. But don’t worry, as long as you continue to sell elixirs to us, we’ll add the corresponding points back to your account. This policy is mainly to encourage customers to sell most of their elixirs back to our pharmacy. After all, a 10% discount doesn’t leave us with much profit.”

Chu Ning read through the information. While slightly dissatisfied, she could understand.

She clicked the link to register an account.

Then she sent her account ID “Chu Ning” to the other party.

“Points have been credited to your account. Thank you for your support, Ms. Chu Ning.”

“By the way, my name is Liang Yu, and I’m an assistant at Chengxin Pharmacy. If you have any questions regarding herbs or elixirs, feel free to contact me. Thanks again!”

Chu Ning noticed the way she was addressed and couldn’t help but twitch her lips.

Thinking of something, she typed: “Can I still participate in your positive review cashback event?”

“Yes,” came the immediate response.

Chu Ning was delighted and immediately left a positive review, then sent a screenshot to Liang Yu.

Liang Yu was prompt in returning 10 star coins.

Even a small sum like that was appreciated, and Chu Ning happily accepted the payment.

After thanking him, she closed the chat window.

Returning to the Chengxin Pharmacy website, Chu Ning logged in as a member and proceeded to purchase another batch of pain relief pills.

With the member status, the previous price of 928 star coins was reduced to 835.2 star coins.

Chu Ning paid the amount without hesitation.

After paying, Chu Ning waited for the herbs to arrive.

Since members received priority shipping, Chu Ning received her order in about half an hour.

After receiving the goods, she immediately began processing the herbs.

Once processed, she was ready to continue refining pills.

Learning from her previous experience, Chu Ning decided to use only half the herbs in the pill furnace this time to avoid overexerting herself.

After about ten minutes, the refining was complete.

This batch of pills yielded eleven pain relief pills.

However, it had drained most of her mental energy, and she felt very hungry.

Reluctant to use a Jade Dew Pill to recover her energy and body, Chu Ning had to settle for two tubes of nutrition liquid to stave off hunger.

After consuming the two tubes, her stomach felt significantly better.

But soon, the hunger returned.

Chu Ning sighed, grabbing two more tubes of nutrition liquid.

This time, however, the nutrition liquid still didn’t satisfy her hunger.

“It seems that eating and drinking alone can’t save me,” Chu Ning muttered.

The main difference between nutrition liquid and natural food was that the latter contained a special energy that helped females and beasts recover their mental energy.

Thus, whether for females or beasts, the quickest way to alleviate hunger after using up mental energy was to eat natural food.

Chu Ning knew this, but natural food was expensive, and she had been unwilling to buy it.

Previously, she hadn’t used up much of her mental energy, so the nutrition liquid was enough to fill her up.

But after consuming a significant amount of energy, the liquid just wasn’t cutting it.

After hesitating for a second, Chu Ning decided to visit the supermarket again.

The supermarket was close to her house, and the physical store had a wider variety of items than the online shop, and everything was fresher. Since she wasn’t planning to refine pills anytime soon, she figured she could go for a little shopping trip.

After packing the herbs, elixirs, and pill furnace into her spatial ring, Chu Ning put on a coat, grabbed a few shopping bags, and went out the door.

At this moment, at the Marshal’s Mansion.

Qin Zheng was lying on the couch, drenched in sweat after enduring another wave of mental energy fluctuations, looking exhausted.

Beside him, the physician Gu Ming was removing the silver needles that had been placed in his body.

“You’re lucky this time. You escaped another crisis,” Gu Ming remarked, his tone not very pleasant.

Qin Zheng didn’t mind.

“With you here, nothing’s going to happen to me,” he replied, raising a faint smile.

Though he smiled, he didn’t bother lifting his eyelids.

He had just expended most of his energy while resisting the mental fluctuations, and was too lazy to even open his eyes to look at his friend’s sarcastic remarks.

Gu Ming heard this and frowned.

“I’m a doctor, not a god. How can I guarantee you’ll be fine?!” he retorted.

“Your agitation level is already close to the critical limit, and the insect poison has seeped into your bones. If you don’t find a female to calm your agitation and detoxify soon, not even a god can save you!”

Finding an S-class female to sleep with would lower the agitation level, and after that, he’d be able to help him detoxify.

It wasn’t that hard, after all. He was a marshal, and with his looks, any S-class female would willingly cooperate.

After a good night’s rest, the agitation would subside, and then he could focus on the detoxification.

How could someone so high-ranking still be so obsessed with chastity? Ridiculous!

Qin Zheng laughed lightly, clearly not taking his friend’s advice to heart.

“I’m getting married,” Qin Zheng suddenly spoke up.

Gu Ming froze.

What?

He was—getting married?

“So, don’t bother trying to convince me to do those things anymore,” Qin Zheng continued.

“I’ve already requested a six-month leave from His Majesty to recuperate. Just help me stabilize the fluctuations.”

Gu Ming furrowed his brows.

“Who are you marrying? What’s their mental energy level? Or is it—”

“My wife’s mental energy level isn’t high, so she can’t provide me with spiritual comfort at the moment,” Qin Zheng directly interrupted.

Thinking of Chu Ning, Qin Zheng couldn’t help but smile again.

Earlier, when His Majesty urged him to get married, he had intentionally proposed a few unlikely candidates. To his surprise, the system had matched him with a wife who met the criteria.

He had once scoffed at the idea of “love at first sight,” but after seeing his wife’s video, he now believed in it wholeheartedly.

His wife wasn’t exceptionally beautiful, but her looks were pleasing enough to win his heart. And her personality made him admire her even more