In an era where everyone is cultivating immortality, the system wants me to become a demon?

Chapter 59 Su Yuan: System, you've really done me a disservice!

Su Yuan didn't set the price of the blue pills at two thousand each randomly.

In the era of universal cultivation of immortality, the alchemy and weapon-making industries are extremely developed. Take body-refining medicine as an example. Apart from those animal muscle-building medicines, there are actually quite a few body-refining medicines that can be legally purchased.

The only downside is that it's expensive.

So expensive that Su Yuan has never taken a single body-refining medicine.

Take the Dragon Tendon Tiger Bone Pill, the best-selling pill in the Qi Refining stage, for example. Its market price is around 3,500 yuan, and it can even reach 5,000 yuan when it is expensive.

The effects of this medicine last for up to four hours and can improve muscle strength and bone density.

However, according to the drug description, the combined effects of this pill over four hours are not as effective as those of the blue pill over two hours.

But this thing is a legitimate product after all. If the blue pills are sold for more than three thousand yuan, then they will be in direct competition with the Dragon Tendon Tiger Bone Pill.

Most body cultivators would rather have a less potent medicine or pay a few hundred yuan more than buy it from a private alchemist.

But if the price difference is close to double... even if someone ends up in the hospital, they'll still have to praise the blue pill for its potency.

Moreover, the system itself said that the pills refined using the Demonic Technique: Finger Spirit are free of toxicity and are absolutely safe.

Besides, there's almost no cost to making blue pills yourself!
Selling it for 2,000 yuan means making a net profit of 2,000 yuan. How can manufacturers selling Dragon Tendon Tiger Bone Pills compete with themselves?

As expected, Yang Wentao was not surprised but delighted after hearing the price Su Yuan mentioned!
"Two thousand! Really only two thousand?!"

Chen Nuoyi, standing to the side, was somewhat surprised by Yang Wentao's reaction:

"Two thousand yuan for one pill... is that cheap? When I first started working, I couldn't earn that much in a week."

Yin Qiyue glanced at her niece, seemingly wanting to say something but then stopping herself.

Even before we knew she was the eldest daughter of the Chen family, a single pill could easily cost tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of yuan.

With a smile, Su Yuan helped Yang Wentao up and said:
"That's right, only two thousand will do. How many are you planning to buy from me?"

Yang Wentao hesitated for a moment and said:

"I'm still just a student and don't have much savings. I can only afford to buy five for now."

Su Yuan: "Five? That should do."

Just as Yang Wentao was busy taking out his money, Su Yuan suddenly changed the subject:
"However, senior, the supply of this medicine is actually quite scarce. I'm the only one who knows how to refine it."

"How long will five pills last you? Maybe by the time you want to buy more, I'll be out of stock. Don't miss this opportunity!"

Hearing this, Yang Wentao panicked.

He couldn't stand life without the blue pills anymore; even taking one a day probably wouldn't be enough.

Finally, he gritted his teeth, made up his mind, and transferred 20,000 yuan to Su Yuan!

"This is all my living expenses for this month. Once I have the money, I will come back to you to buy medicine as soon as possible."

Su Yuan nodded in satisfaction, took out a few packaged blue pills from his pocket, and handed them to the other person:

"I only have six secret pills on hand for now. You can use them first, and come back to me in a couple of days to get the rest."

"Good! Good!"

When Yang Wentao saw the blue pill he had been longing for appear in front of him, his eyes widened in amazement.

He disregarded the pain of spending 20,000 yuan at once and quickly knocked on a pill.

The moment the blue pill melted in his mouth, his body stopped trembling, and a strange excitement appeared on his face. He was instantly filled with vitality.

"Brother Yuan, then my brother and I will take our leave now!"

Yang Wentao was already itching to get to the gym and work out.

As for Huang Sheng?

Brother Su Yuan said he wouldn't die, so that means everything's fine, right?

As soon as Su Yuan nodded, Yang Wentao immediately hoisted his cousin onto his shoulder and rushed towards the gym. After watching him leave, Su Yuan looked at the newly deposited 20,000 yuan in his account and nodded in satisfaction.

But at that moment, Su Yuan suddenly heard a "ding-dong" sound in his ear.

[Has it finally come to this? You can no longer suppress your true nature, and while you are corrupting the Taihua Sect, you have even extended your evil clutches to the disciples of other righteous sects!]

You control their bodies with evil elixirs and plunder their wealth with seductive, demonic sounds!

Here we go again! This damn system is slandering us again!

I'm just doing business. Business is all about supply and demand; if there are buyers, there will be sellers.

Did I ever promote the blue pill? No, I didn't! I didn't force Yang Wentao to buy the blue pill, I didn't force him!
It's entirely his own fault, what does it have to do with me?

[To allow a righteous cultivator to become so corrupt and degenerate reveals your ambition! You no longer want to fight alone; you want to plant spies in every righteous sect, to suck the marrow from the bones of everyone you've led astray, to strengthen yourself!]

No, I didn't think that way. I just wanted to earn money to get into a good university.

[The Demon Lord's Quest has been updated]

[Quest: Primordial Beginning (In Progress)]

[The power of one person has its limits. You wish to establish an unparalleled demonic cult, where followers willingly offer sacrifices to aid you in achieving the Great Dao! Please recruit followers as soon as possible and let the Yuan Cult begin!]

[Mission Progress: Recruiting Followers (2/1000)]

[Task Reward: Upgrade to Magic Power (Selectable)]

Looking at the new tasks that refreshed on the system panel, Su Yuan sighed helplessly.

This system is really making things difficult for me!
I don't want to be the leader of some evil cult, but the system rewards are just too tempting.

Fortunately, given the system's usual behavior, it doesn't need to recruit a thousand henchmen to count as a thousand followers.

Yin Qiyue, the leader of the Qiyue Cult with over 200,000 followers, has already shown him the right path.

Online fans can also be considered followers.

Once you build up your account, completing this task shouldn't be too difficult.

But then again, who are his only two followers?

Yang Wentao is definitely one, and the other must be his "first wife," Chen Nuoyi.

Once the Yuan Cult has developed further, I'll at least get the class monitor a position as the vice leader of the Yuan Cult, so she can act as its henchman, hehehe!

Just as Su Yuan was secretly plotting this nefarious matter, Yin Qiyue's voice brought him back to his senses.

Then the purple-eyed girl exclaimed in surprise:
"Twenty thousand yuan, you just made it like that?"

She immediately became curious again:

"Su Yuan, how much does it cost you to refine these blue pills? They're so much cheaper than body-refining pills on the market, do you make any money from them?"

Su Yuan looked at this future Left Envoy of the Yuan Cult, too embarrassed to tell the truth, and mumbled:

"I can definitely make money. If I can develop this business, I might be able to earn 200,000 to 300,000 yuan a month, or even more, just by selling medicine."

Yin Qiyue nodded with some admiration, then thought for a moment and asked:
"But it seems you've only developed that one college student as a client. How are you going to expand your business after that?"

Su Yuan said confidently:
"Good wine needs no bush, and Huang Sheng's cousin is a living advertisement. I don't believe that the people around him won't be curious after they notice the changes in him."

"I reckon it won't be long before someone finds me through Huang Sheng's cousin's introduction."

Seeing that Su Yuan had planned everything, Yin Qiyue stopped asking questions.

She continued to follow the two men, watching them work.

The precious weekend flew by in this fulfilling work.

The next day, Yin Qiyue went back to her school. Su Yuan had already made an appointment with her to come to the Taihua High School cafeteria to do a live broadcast after school.

(End of this chapter)