Inside room 908 of the Galaxy Hotel, Wei Sijian, with his small eyes and square face, was introducing his exclusive tea drinks to Chen Qian with a slightly arrogant air.
"The raw material for this herbal tea is Maojian tea, which I cultivated using the top-notch ecological soil in the Beidu Martial Arts University laboratory. I didn't even give it to my dad when he asked for it."
"Why not give it to me?" Shen Qian couldn't tell if the tea was good or bad; he just subconsciously thought it tasted good. He smacked his lips in surprise.
“He’s not worthy!” Wei Sijian said matter-of-factly. “How can someone who doesn’t even understand basic pharmacology be worthy of drinking such high-grade medicinal tea?”
"How much does this cost per kilogram?" Shen Qian already knew that Wei Sijian's thought process was different from ordinary people, so he didn't care and asked casually.
"How can the medicinal tea I cultivated with my own hands be measured by something as mundane as money?"
Wei Sijian first expressed his dissatisfaction, then, as if remembering something, complained, "Last time, my senior brother secretly took three taels of silver to the auction to earn some research funds, and it only sold for two hundred thousand..."
"Pfft...cough cough cough!"
Shen Qian almost spat it out, but when he thought about the gold flowing from his mouth, he forced himself to hold it back, and for a moment he choked until his face turned red.
After a while, Shen Qian finally came to his senses, looked at the teacup in his hand, and asked incredulously, "What's so amazing about this tea?"
"It can temper the internal organs and increase mental strength," Wei Sijian replied.
He nodded, immediately understanding.
He is no longer a complete novice when it comes to alchemy. After being taught two prescriptions by the system, he has gained some basic understanding of alchemy.
Alchemy that can temper the lungs and spirit is a rare and valuable medicine; the combination of both is even rarer.
Wei Sijian wasn't exaggerating; this medicinal tea is indeed worth the price.
"This tea is really good... Do you have any more? Could I have some to try?" Shen Qian asked, pretending to be nonchalant.
"There aren't many... but since Brother Chen has asked, then of course it's no problem." Wei Sijian readily agreed.
Soon, a bag of packaged tea leaves was handed to Shen Qian.
He weighed it in his hand; it weighed at least two ounces.
Now it was Shen Qian's turn to feel embarrassed. "Sijian, I don't have any suitable return gift, but if there's anything I can do to help you in the future, please don't hesitate to ask..."
Before Chen Qian could finish speaking, Wei Sijian, his eyes shining, handed him a small notebook.
"They're all up there."
"What?"
He paused, startled.
"These are some questions I've recently encountered regarding alchemy. Please enlighten me, Brother Chen!"
Seeing Wei Sijian's sincere face, Shen Qian agreed without hesitation, but after he opened the notebook and read it through, Shen Qian fell silent.
After a while, Shen Qian suppressed the urge to slam the door and leave, and asked, "These...are all...?"
“Yes!” Wei Sijian nodded repeatedly.
"How...how did you manage to write down over a thousand questions in such a small notebook?"
He took a deep breath before he could suppress the urge to swear.
He looked at the small notebook in his hand, which contained only a few dozen pages, and suddenly realized that he was the naive one.
"It's...it's just to save some paper." Wei Sijian seemed to realize he had gone too far, and lowered his head somewhat embarrassedly, saying dryly.
"Ten, at most ten questions, we'll talk about the rest later... You can choose yourself."
The system should not be over-squeezed before sinking, which set a target for Weisi's assessment.
"OK!"
Wei Sijian nodded excitedly and quickly grabbed the notebook to start scribbling.
Seeing Wei Sijian looking like he had gotten a great deal, Shen Qian felt increasingly like he had been tricked.
After Wei Sijian selected a question, he entered the hang-up command to answer it, and then his consciousness went black.
...
When Shen Qian woke up again, he saw Wei Sijian sitting by the window, holding several large pages of paper filled with writing, staring blankly at the night sky.
"You...you're crying?" Shen Qian walked over and was startled to see Wei Si's face covered in tears.
"A single conversation with you is worth more than ten years of study!" Wei Sijian exclaimed, regaining his composure. "Brother Shen will be my mentor for life!"
"Alright, alright, have you prepared the pills I asked for?"
Shen Qian was already used to the system's routine operations and didn't even bother to check the logs. Remembering the main purpose of tonight, he asked.
"I had it delivered before you arrived."
Wei Sijian stood up, pulled a package from under the table, and handed it to Shen Qian. "There are three hundred satiety pills inside. They are all military standard. The calories in one pill are roughly equivalent to twenty beef hamburgers."
"Ten flavors are available, including curry, spicy, seafood... all of them."
Thanks.
After a quick mental calculation, Shen Qian figured these three hundred pills would probably last for half a year. He nodded in satisfaction. "How much should I pay you?"
“These low-grade pills don’t cost much, Brother Chen, how could you insult me like this?” Wei Sijian quickly waved his hand, displeased.
"Alright then." Shen Qian nodded. "I'll be going now."
"Wait a minute, Brother Chen, there's something else I almost forgot."
Wei Sijian suddenly slapped his forehead, rummaged around in the room for a while, and found a crumpled document in some corner, which he then handed to Shen Qian.
Shen Qian took it curiously, glanced at it, and then paused in surprise.
Agreement on the transfer of patents and distribution of revenue rights for novel physical fitness drugs.
This is the header of the document.
"What is this...?" Shen Qian asked in astonishment.
“Developing physical fitness drugs was a task assigned to me by my teacher. Now that the research is complete, the formula will be transferred to the Jingcheng Medical Association. In addition to donating money to us, they will also give up 10% of the drug's revenue.”
Wei Sijian explained, "This is the agreement they sent last week. I've already added your name to it. You just need to fill in your bank card number. We'll each have a 5% share of the profits."
"I've already spoken to the teacher about this, and he's agreed."
After digesting the information for a while, Shen Qian shook his head, somewhat tempted, and said, "I can't accept this. The physical enhancement drug is your own research and development. What's the point of adding my name to it?"
"But without your guidance, Brother Chen, I don't know how much time I would have wasted!"
Wei Sijian disagreed with Shen Qian's point of view. He argued with a red face and a thick neck, "Brother Shen, you should understand how terrible it is for people like us to waste our precious time and energy in the wrong direction!"
No, I don't know, we're not the same kind of people...
Shen Qian silently complained, but still chose to refuse.
It wasn't that he was particularly noble; he just felt that he had already earned tens of thousands of W using the formula for the energy potion, which was enough, so why be greedy?
It goes without saying that a drug like this, destined to be a bestseller, would generate astronomical profits even if it only yielded a few percent.
But Wei Sijian's words became increasingly vehement, as if he would destroy the prescription and prevent anyone from obtaining this dirty scientific research result if Shen Qian did not agree. In the end, Shen Qian had no choice but to nod helplessly.
"I have one more small request," Chen Qian said after thinking for a moment.
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