Chapter 27

On August 10, Gu Fan returned to the Jiangnan base with the army.

Before leaving the team, the medical team leader told her that the merit points she earned on this trip would be distributed within two days, and asked her to check them carefully and contact him if she had any questions about the amount.

Gu Fan smiled and agreed, then returned to Phoenix Mountain with the Xinghe team.

The off-road vehicle was still driving on the mountain road, but the two villas halfway up the mountain were already visible. Gu Fan looked over there and actually felt a sense of security as if he were returning home.

"I can't sleep well outside. I need to have a good rest later. You can call me after dinner." Meng Lianying said with a yawn.

Fenghuo: "I'm going to catch up on some sleep too. I'll ask Taishan to put a few lunch boxes in the refrigerator in advance. Whoever wakes up can take one and heat it up."

Meng Lianying: "I don't want boxed meals. I want freshly cooked food."

Fenghuo: "Then do it yourself."

The two started arguing again. When Gu Fan first met them, he thought they were noisy, but now he didn't feel that way anymore.

The SUV stopped outside Villa No. 1. Taishan considerately handed Gu Fan a box lunch, guessing that she also wanted to have a good sleep.

Gu Fan thanked them, watched them leave, and went in.

Before she joined the army, she gave Professor Ma a spare key to help him transform the snow mountain behind.

Now the snow mountain has been renovated, and electricity is continuously supplied to the refrigeration system below the snow mountain. Professor Ma also bought an independent generator to prevent the snow mountain from melting due to power outages at the base.

As for electricity resources, this refrigeration system and generator alone cost Gu Fan 150,000 merit points. Add to that the external monitoring system, and the balance on Gu Fan's card is close to zero.

Gu Fan finally understood that it was difficult for ordinary people to earn merit points, and they could only rely on slow accumulation over time. However, ordinary people did not have much ambition for material consumption, and they could save some money if they saved.

As for the psychics, they mainly earn merit points by killing monsters and participating in military missions. The more dangerous the situation is, the more they earn. They then use the merit points they earn to buy expensive weapons or armor, so the merit points are spent quickly. It is not that easy to save wealth, unless they make a lot of money and return to normal life immediately.

After doing this calculation, Gu Fan thought of the A-level armor that Lu Ya gave her.

According to Meng Lianying, A-level armor cannot be purchased at the base no matter how many merit points you have. It can only be developed by the base and then distributed to A-level mutants according to strict conditions.

But this set of armor was obtained by Meng Lianying for her, and it was also one of the rewards for Lu Ya taking her to kill the wind bear, so Gu Fan felt at ease taking it.

The Galaxy team needs to catch up on some sleep, but Gu Fan is in good spirits.

She went to the snowy mountains first.

Although it was freezing cold on the top of the mountain, Gu Fan's heart was warm. She took out two snow lotuses from the space.

The snow lotus still looks like it was just dug out, with petals pure white and translucent, and underneath each snow lotus are densely packed long roots.

Gu Fan took ten thin tendrils from each snow lotus flower, and then planted the complete flower and the thin tendrils in the snow at the same time.

After planting, Gu Fan used the "Rooting Technique" on this snowy mountain medicinal field.

Rooting Technique, one of the inferior spells, is specially used to cultivate medicinal herbs so that they will not be affected by transplanting.

That was enough. Gu Fan took off all the petals of the two snow lotuses, and from then on she would come over every day to cast the "Spiritual Rain". The complete flower plants would be ready to bloom and be picked after thirty-six days, while the twenty roots would take twice as long. In short, they would grow faster than naturally.

After the snow lotus was planted, Gu Fan continued to transplant other medicinal herbs.

Phoenix Mountain is rich in spiritual energy and is suitable for the growth of forest medicinal herbs. The mountain land that Gu Fan and his friends bought also has a deep pool. Gu Fan went to the bottom of the pool and transplanted a piece of Qinglin grass.

After a busy day, Gu Fan could finally take a rest at dusk.

After taking a fasting pill, Gu Fan continued to practice.

At nine o'clock the next morning, Gu Fanzheng was taking the Xinghe team to visit several of her medicinal fields, and the merit points issued by the army had arrived.

Gu Fan worked for a total of six days and earned 150,000 merit points, plus the basic reward of 10,000 points for accompanying the army, totaling 160,000 points.

The army was quite generous, and Gu Fan smiled at the account balance.

The five people from Xinghe just glanced at the numbers casually. When they looked up, they saw Gu Fan's honest smile, like a farmer who was happy with a good harvest.

Meng Lianying came over and saw Gu Fan's balance. He was surprised and said, "150,000? Well, according to the compensation of medical personnel in the rear, 150,000 is doubled."

Gu Fan reciprocated and asked him how much he had given.

Meng Lianying bared his white teeth and said, "I won't say it anymore. I'm afraid you'll feel inferior if I tell you."

Gu Fan: ...

She inexplicably thought of the long string of numbers in Lu Ya's account. The merit points of the Galaxy Team were probably astronomical.

Just then, someone contacted Gu Fan.

Gu Fan answered the call.

"Hello, is this Miss Gu Fan? I'm the security guard at the entrance to Phoenix Mountain. A woman claiming to be a member of the Lu family army wants to buy scar-removing pills from you. What do you think?"

Gu Fan's eyes lit up and he said, "I see. Please ask her to wait a moment. I'll be right there."

After ending the call, Gu Fan happily announced to the Xinghe team that her business had arrived, and then ran to her Xiaoqing car.

"I'll go with you!"

Fenghuo and Menglianying spoke almost in unison.

Gu Fan drove the two of them down the mountain.

In just over ten minutes, two more family members of the Lu family soldiers arrived. It turned out that the soldiers had all gone to the barracks today, and they were worried that they would not be able to buy medicine if they arrived late, so the impatient ones sent their family members to grab the orders first.

Because there were few people, Gu Fan finished her business quickly, and then went to find a real estate salesperson in Phoenix Mountain and bought a shop at the entrance of the mountain to use as her pharmacy.

Fenghuo and Menglianying helped her decorate the shop.

When printing the price list for the pills, Fenghuo reminded Gu Fan: "Your medicines are all good things that ordinary people only dream of. Isn't the price too cheap?"

Take the hair growth pill as an example. Gu Fan only sold it for 50 points per pill, but Fenghuo said that people were still buying it even if it was sold for 50,000 points per pill.

Scarcity makes things valuable. Gu Fan knew this truth, but the medicinal materials for these pills were too common. Now she could cultivate them on a large scale. If she were asked to sell them at a high price, Gu Fan would feel guilty.

Anything that torments the conscience may sow the seeds of evil in the heart.

Some cultivators don't care, but Gu Fan does. She doesn't want to be a good person, nor does she want to be a bad person or a profiteer.

"That's the price. You've seen my medicinal fields, and there are 20 million people in the base. Even if only 10,000 people buy the hair growth pills, that's still 500,000 in revenue. It's a zero-cost business."

Small profits but quick turnover, pretty good.

Meng Lianying pinched his chin and said thoughtfully, "You're not greedy, but some people are. They might buy from you at a low price and then resell it at a high price."

Gu Fan didn't expect this.

Fenghuo: "So, you have the person who needs the medicine come to buy the medicine in person, and take it on the spot. You can't buy it on their behalf."

Meng Lianying: "Yes, and you should also advertise more, telling everyone that you are the only genuine pharmacy, with low prices and no second-rate pricing."

"Also, you have to go to the Drug Administration to apply for a license to practice."

"You can't handle it all by yourself, you have to hire sales staff."

The two of them talked back and forth, and Gu Fan finally realized that there were so many things to do if he wanted to open a pharmacy at the base.

Fortunately, she has plenty of time, so she can take it one step at a time. After this busy period, she can concentrate on practicing again.