Chapter 30

The night before the pharmacy opened, Gu Fan wanted to treat the Xinghe team to dinner.

The people of China love to eat and have an extremely passionate pursuit of cooking skills. Even though times have changed, there are still restaurants of all sizes in the base.

With Fenghuo's strong recommendation, they chose a Sichuan restaurant and booked a private room tonight.

Hotpot is a must-order. The chilies swirling in the red oil make you drool just by looking at it.

Gu Fan was considered very self-disciplined in the cultivation continent. After getting the fasting pill, she never ate grains again. But after coming to Earth, her appetite increased and she couldn't stop. Only when the Galaxy Team went out on a mission would she stay in the villa alone to practice meditation.

"By the way, are you going to take any missions soon?"

It has been a month since the Anshi cleanup. Team Xinghe is a mission-crazed team and it is rare for them to have such a long break.

Xinghe said: "I have accepted it. We will leave the day after tomorrow."

Gu Fan immediately understood that they wanted to see her pharmacy open smoothly before leaving.

The team helped her a lot this month. If she wanted to calculate it based on favors, Gu Fan would have to take out her account book and write it down one by one to remember it clearly.

But since when, Gu Fan no longer treated the five people as outsiders.

"Where is the location of this mission?"

"It's still a military mission. This time it's the Li family army's turn to go out."

The four armies all have the same goal of expanding the scope of human activities and clearing out monsters, so they will accept any military mission unless there is a more important task.

Gu Fan has been in the base for so long and has seen some of the world. The army is well-trained and well-coordinated, and the five people from Xinghe are all A-level powerhouses, so their safety should be no problem.

Meng Lianying was not very comfortable with Gu Fan staying alone in the base. If Gu Fan was not timid, they would have wanted to invite him to join them.

"Fanfan, if you run into any trouble while we're away, don't be stubborn. Contact my cousin, or Professor Ma, or Zou Shan and Xu Yun. They're all your connections, so don't worry about saving face. The substance is what matters most. Always ask for help when it's time."

Meng Lianying spoke in the tone of a parent instructing a child.

Gu Fan smiled and said, "Didn't you say that the base is very safe? Don't worry, if you really encounter any trouble that I can't solve, I will use my connections."

As long as you are alive, you can slowly repay any favors you owe. Death is the worst.

The waiter brought all the side dishes.

Let’s eat.

After eating and returning to the villa, Meng Lianying urged everyone to sing karaoke. Xinghe, Qingteng and Taishan were not interested. In the end, he and Fenghuo each held a microphone and started a competition. Gu Fan leaned on the sofa to cheer for them.

It was dark and Gu Fan wanted to go back to the villa, but Meng Lianying politely wanted to see her off.

The night in Phoenix Mountain is very quiet, and the cool evening breeze makes people relax.

As they approached Villa No. 1, Gu Fan suddenly asked Meng Lianying, "Yesterday, I accompanied Uncle Zou to buy a house, and I ran into Xiao Chen, who works for your cousin. He said he was here to buy a house for your cousin. Did Young Master Lu tell you about this?"

Meng Lianying was surprised. "He didn't say anything. He's usually either at the research base or in the military camp. Why did he come here for no reason?"

Gu Fan pretended to be innocent: "Maybe it's to take care of you."

No matter how thick-skinned Meng Lianying is, he doesn't think he has that much face.

He took another look at Gu Fan.

Just then, the evening breeze blew up the loose hair by Gu Fan's ears, revealing a fair and smooth profile, with long and dense eyelashes slightly curled up, and a pair of clear and smart eyes that were not tainted by the mundane world.

Meng Lianying's throat moved, and he withdrew his gaze before Gu Fan noticed, and a guess quietly emerged in his mind.

Speaking of which, my cousin is already 27 years old, and it is indeed time for him to start thinking about worldly things. Other women cannot attract him, but Gu Fan is more than enough.

"Big, probably." Meng Lianying said unwillingly, "No one can tell what he's thinking. But it's good that he lives here. He's more or less an acquaintance. With him around, we feel more at ease when we go out on missions."

In any case, Meng Lianying was still very confident in his cousin's character. At most, his pursuit would fail, but it would not hurt Gu Fan, so he did not tell Gu Fan about his guess so as not to scare her.

Before parting, Gu Fan took out a Beast Repellent Pill in a porcelain bottle and handed it to Meng Lianying, saying, "The pills I can refine are of little use to you. Since there aren't many of them, I'll give you one. If you need it, you can share it among the five of you. The effect will last for four or five hours. Of course, it's best if you don't need it."

Meng Lianying didn't answer and said unhappily, "Why are you being so polite to us? There are limited quantities of these things, and you're not with us, so keep them for self-defense. Okay, get out of the car quickly, I'm in a hurry to get back to sleep."

Gu Fanlai stayed in the passenger seat and insisted on giving him the gift: "Beast Repellent Pills, Beast Repellent Pills, I can't imagine what kind of monsters I'll encounter at the base. Just take them and return them to me when you don't need them. Besides, this is a gift from me to the five of you, not just for you. If you really don't want it, just don't take it when you get into trouble."

Meng Lianying: ...

He actually couldn't win the argument with Gu Fan!

Seeing Gu Fan throwing down the beast-avoiding pill and jumping out of the car, Meng Lianying shook his head and picked up the beast-avoiding pill.

After watching for a while, Meng Lianying chuckled.

Gu Fan gave his cousin a good thing that cost him 10,000 points for free.

In this way, his ability level is not as good as his cousin's, but his ability to make friends is far better than his cousin's.

After collecting the beast-repelling pill, Meng Lianying went back humming a popular song.

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The pharmacy opened the next day.

Gu Fan also went to the store to help.

Before she even put out any advertisements, a long line of customers had already formed to buy the pills. It seemed that the efficacy of the hair growth pill and scar removal pill was too attractive. There were also several examples of people who grew beautiful hair after taking the hair growth pill, such as Officer Wang and Professor Ma, so everyone couldn't wait to get their hands on it.

There are seven kinds of elixirs in total, each placed in a basket, with one hundred bottles in each basket.

Every month, Gu Fan only opens once, on the 10th.

Gu Fan's efficiency in refining pills alone is limited, and cultivating herbs takes time. If he doesn't control the quantity, there's a high risk of stock shortages. Currently, limited sales are being implemented each month to ensure a continuous supply of pills while leaving Zou Shan and Zou Yuanyuan with ample free time. Zou Shan is an A-level expert, and confined to the pharmacy every day is a waste of his talent.

An electronic reminder scrolled above the pharmacy, informing everyone of the limited sales rules and stating that all buyers must take the medicine on the spot. If there is no effect after one hour of observation, the store will refund ten times the merit points.

Those who really needed the elixir didn't care at all. Only those who came late were annoyed by the limited quantity. As for those drug dealers with ulterior motives, who wanted to cause trouble because they didn't know Zou Shan's ability, Zou Shan fired a rocket without warning, which passed by the drug dealer's neck, leaving a red mark burned by the flames. The scene was instantly calmed down, and no one dared to make trouble anymore.

The team advanced in an orderly manner. Seeing that the line behind was too long, Gu Fan made a few temporary wooden signs with the limit terms written on them and put them in the open space behind the team.

Xinghe and his team also arrived. Based on the situation on the scene, Xinghe suggested: "The seven kinds of elixirs should be divided into seven windows according to the type of elixir, with seven lines. Then a large electronic screen should be installed to display the inventory status of the seven kinds of elixirs at any time."

Fenghuo: "What if a person wants to buy more than two kinds of pills?"

Meng Lianying: "Then let's queue up again. What's wrong with queuing up once more for such a good thing?"

The new suggestion was adopted, and Fenghuo and Menglianying took the initiative to take on the task of installing the large electronic screen.

By noon, all 700 pills were sold out, with four types of pills costing fifty points each and three types of pills costing one hundred points each, for a total of 50,000 merit points.

Fenghuo: "50,000 points a month, 600,000 points a year. For a C-level psychic, Fanfan's income is already very considerable."

Meng Lianying suddenly had an idea and asked Gu Fan, "Why don't you take in a few apprentices? If more people can make pills and sell more medicine, your income will double."

Gu Fan said, "I'm already very content with 600,000 a year. I don't want to expand any further. Besides, alchemy is a secret method that my grandfather taught me. It can't be passed on to outsiders."

Of course, "grandfather" was just an excuse. Gu Fan didn't want to teach others the art of alchemy.

Moreover, Gu Fan felt that people with fire-type abilities might not be able to learn alchemy.

In addition to controlling the fire, alchemy also requires releasing spiritual consciousness into the alchemy furnace to observe the progress of herbal refining and the fusion state of the pill, and adjust the temperature and intensity of the flame at any time. If you want to release spiritual consciousness, you must first reach the strength of the fifth level of Qi Refining Stage.

However, the supernatural beings on Earth do not possess divine consciousness.

Even an S-level expert like Lu Ya can only use his mental power to sense the changes in the five elements and cannot use his spiritual sense. Ordinary psychics can't do this. If Gu Fan really wants to accept a disciple, how can she explain the matter of spiritual sense?

Directly teach the methods of cultivation to the people on Earth?

It is even more impossible. Gu Fan has already observed that the Earth's superpowers have only evolved crystal cores in their brains and release superpowers with mental power. They do not have the five elements of spiritual roots in their bodies.

In other words, to the people on Earth, she is almost an alien. Gu Fan can tell others that she can make elixirs, but she must never reveal the secret of making elixirs, and she must hide her true origins.

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New equipment was added to the pharmacy, and Team Galaxy also set out to complete the mission.

Without his companions, this month's medicine was sold out, and Gu Fan basically didn't have to go out anymore. He applied spiritual rain to the herbs every morning, and the rest of the time was either spent refining pills or practicing.

On this day, Gu Fan was refining the elixir when his communication bracelet suddenly beeped with an alarm. The surveillance camera on the other side of the high wall had detected a person or a monster.

There are two types of alarm sounds. One is just for detection. If someone tries to break in by force, it will become a more shrill beep.

Since the other party did not force his way in, Gu Fan patiently refined the furnace of pills, which took him about twenty minutes. Then he finished his work and hurried to the monitoring room.

There were eight monitoring screens, and the indicator light below one of them was flashing.

Gu Fan looked carefully and saw a woman in green camouflage clothes looking at the high wall stealthily in the direction of the back mountain. It seemed that she was looking for a breakthrough.

Unfortunately, this ordinary monitor cannot detect the target's ability level.

Gu Fan was staring at the woman in the video when another screen issued a reminder.

Gu Fan looked over and saw that it was the main entrance. A familiar SUV slowly stopped outside the door. The door opened and Lu Ya walked down with an expressionless face. His eyes were directly cast towards the surveillance camera hidden in the green vines on the wall.

At that moment, Gu Fan actually felt that Lu Ya had seen her through the monitor.

Lu Ya raised his right hand.

The next second, Gu Fan received his call: "I'm in a little trouble, maybe you can help me."

Gu Fan understood that this person came to collect a favor.

She opened the door for Lu Ya with the remote control.