Building a sect from scratch.

Chapter 270 Advanced Laboratory?
Du Cihuai said somewhat embarrassedly, "Well... I don't have any left either, I'm really sorry... But if you want some, I can ask the pharmaceutical factory to send me a larger batch!"

Ling Xuan was astonished: "Didn't the [Speed ​​Water] just hit the shelves of various pharmacies yesterday? It's already sold out!?"

Upon hearing this, the player looked regretful and almost heartbroken, saying, "Of course! They were all sold out that very night! You NPCs have no idea how much we players need this stuff! Anyone who knows the Wind Riding Technique can double their speed by using [Swift Water]! It's incredibly useful for traversing the map in the wild or for escaping in a pinch! I didn't manage to buy a single one because I logged on too late! I had to borrow two from a friend to actually use them!"

Ling Xuan offered a perfunctory consolation: "Well... please accept my condolences. Well, I'll just leave you some more later!"

The player exclaimed excitedly, "Really?! I want ten boxes! Money is no object!"

Ling Xuan was so taken aback by the number that she almost choked on her saliva. She even blurted out an exclamation, echoing the sentiments of the players: "Holy crap! What do you need so much [Speed ​​Water] for?!"

The player explained, "Actually, I'm from the [Eternal Righteousness] guild. Our guild's gameplay is more focused on intense combat, so we have a higher demand for this kind of thing, hehehe..."

Du Cihuai thought for a moment and said, "Then give me your ID. I'll reserve a batch of goods for you later. Does your community have a base?"

“Great! Thank you, Daddy! My ID is [Human Heart Transformation]! Our community…our community is newly established and doesn’t have a base yet,” [Human Heart Transformation] scratched his head sheepishly and said, “We plan to collect more prestige and contributions before settling down in the city, so we haven’t bought any houses or land yet…”

Du Cihuai pondered for a moment and came up with an idea: "How about this, after we reserve the goods, I'll have another player call you in the world chat, and you can just go to the pharmaceutical factory to find me, okay?"

"Great idea! Perfect!" [Human Heart Transformation]'s eyes lit up with delight. He then hurriedly pulled out a small pouch from his sleeve, took out a few five-yuan bills, and stuffed them into Du Cihuai's hand, saying, "I'll give you a deposit first, and I'll make up the difference later!"

"no problem!"

Just then, he heard a waiter from a barbecue restaurant in the distance call out the name of the restaurant, "Human Heart Transforms into the Way." He quickly said goodbye and pulled his relatives and friends, who were too embarrassed to approach, to sit down and eat.

The back-and-forth exchange between Du Cihuai and his sister and the player was quite intriguing to Jing Jiezi. Ling Xuan, not forgetting her mission to poach talent, turned to Jing Jiezi and brought up the old topic again: "Well, Fellow Daoist Jing, have you considered joining our Chang'an Pharmaceutical Company? With your Nascent Soul level, we two can vouch for you and you can be admitted without an exam!"

Hearing Ling Xuan's words, Song Bozheng looked at Jing Jiezi with envy and anticipation. Jing Jiezi hesitated for a moment before replying, "I appreciate your kindness, but I came to Chang'an City at the invitation of a disciple of the Taiyin Sect. She said she would be waiting for me near the teleportation array in Chang'an City this afternoon to invite me to her laboratory to study matters related to spiritual energy and human bones. I'm afraid I won't have time to join your Chang'an Pharmaceutical Company..."

“Wait a minute… ‘Spiritual energy and human skeleton,’ that name sounds familiar…” Ling Xuan pondered the phrase, thinking and thinking, when finally a flash of inspiration struck her. She couldn’t help but stomp her foot and raise her voice: “I remember! Isn’t it called ‘The Relationship Between Spiritual Energy and Human Skeletal and Blood Cell Regeneration’?!”

Jing Jiezi was startled by Ling Xuan's reaction, but the name of the project she mentioned was indeed what a Taiyin Sect disciple called "Yellow-haired Crane Immortal" had told him. He nodded somewhat confusedly and said, "Ah, yes, that seems to be the name... I heard it's a rather important 'experiment'."

Ling Xuan's eyes widened: "It's more than just important! It's absolutely important!"

Needless to say, this kind of nonsensical literature was learned from the players, and it inexplicably makes everyone understand it at this moment.

Even Du Cihuai exclaimed, "So you're the real boss!"

Song Bozheng looked blankly at his idol Du Cihuai, then blankly at his friend Jing Jiezi, who was incredibly unlucky and had terrible luck, and was good at nothing. His eyes were filled with disbelief and incomprehension.

Aren't you just a lazy bum like me?
How did it suddenly take off while carrying me?!

It's like everyone online calls themselves a "fat otaku," but when you meet a few "fat otaku" you chat with all day, they're all handsome men and beautiful women—one's from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the other's a big boss—and you're the only real fat otaku...

After a moment of confusion, Song Bozheng glared angrily at Jing Jiezi: "How dare you betray the world of lazy, unemployed cultivators... no, the world of salted fish cultivators!"
Although Jing Jiezi knew a little about research institutes and laboratories, she didn't know much about them. Seeing Du Cihuai and Ling Xuan's reaction, she was even more confused and could only ask cautiously, "Is this laboratory very powerful? It doesn't seem to be as good as 'Chang'an Pharmaceutical'?"

"Well..." Ling Xuan's expression was somewhat complicated. She patiently explained, "Our Chang'an Pharmaceutical is more commercially oriented, and the laboratory you mentioned, if I remember correctly, is the laboratory of the Spiritual Qi Research Institute. The Spiritual Qi Research Institute is the most advanced research institute in Chang'an City... no, no, it's the most advanced research institute in the entire Taiyin Sect... well, not exactly advanced, but it's the kind of institute whose research projects and content are all very fundamental, and every research result can revolutionize almost every industry! Although it only has one paper so far..."

Du Cihuai continued, "A thesis is a way to showcase research results, a popular format in the Blue Star world. For example, when inventing a pill formula, they have to investigate and record the functions of each spiritual ingredient, and then write it into a thesis so everyone understands what's going on! At Chang'an Pharmaceutical, including myself and my junior sister Ling Xuan, we only recently started learning how to write theses! But the Spiritual Qi Research Institute is different! The director of the Spiritual Qi Research Institute, Wang Qiqing, is said to be preparing to establish a publication—something like a ranking list—to evaluate and publish valuable papers. Chang'an City Lord Wang Ergou and the heads of other communities strongly support this, and they plan to allocate a large budget to establish awards and provide prize money. However, I don't know the specifics..."

(End of this chapter)