Chapter 73: The Lonely Wolf Requests to Be Paired with You

For a full ten days, Chen Shu shuttled between the Beastmaster Association and the black market, earning a whopping three million Huaxia coins.

As he shook his head on the way, Chen Shu sighed, "Times are really tough now. It's unexpectedly difficult to make some money."

He went to the Beastmaster Association to retrieve twelve Big Power Flowers and prepared to go back home to configure them.

As they say, some are happy while others worry.

On the top floor of an office building in Nanjiang City's high-tech zone, the lights were brightly lit.

"Can someone explain to me why the sales of the Big Power Potion have decreased by 30% this month? Especially at the end of July, it decreased by a whopping 70%!" a middle-aged man with a dignified face roared angrily.

The several company executives sitting around the conference table all wore worried expressions, unsure how to explain.

They were from Xiaxing Pharmaceutical Company, which forcefully cut off the supply channels of their competitors in order to dominate the market for Big Power Potions in Nanjiang City.

As a result, 666 Pharmaceutical Company lost a significant portion of the market share for Big Power Potions.

A man with black-framed glasses said, "The Big Power Potion is one of the fundamental potions, and its sales cannot fluctuate so dramatically! There must be someone behind this."

"Investigate for me! Investigate with all our might! I want to see who dares to touch the company's cake!"

The middle-aged man roared, as the company had paid a great price to secure the market share for Big Power Potions and was still waiting to break even when this problem arose.

In just ten days, Chen Shu had sold over two thousand bottles of intermediate-grade Big Power Potions. While it might not cause much commotion in a big city, it had already impacted the market in Nanjiang City.

"Successful configuration of the Big Power Potion! Proficiency increased! Upgraded from 'Control Level' to 'Great Achievement Level'!"

"Great Achievement Level: Configured potions have special effects: Can be ingested an additional 25%!"

Chen Shu exclaimed softly as he had finally raised his proficiency level after configuring the potions so many times.

He summoned the Golden Slime, and after it ingested a bottle of intermediate-grade Big Power Potion, its original resistance to the potion disappeared, and its strength increased by an additional 0.5%.

In the end, the Golden Slime ingested ten bottles of intermediate-grade Big Power Potion and ten bottles of low-grade Big Power Potion, resulting in a 10% increase in strength.

This was the benefit brought by reaching the Great Achievement Level of proficiency, which even wealthy families couldn't compare to.

Although the Golden Slime's talent was lacking, we could still rely on drug usage...

Just then, Chen Shu's phone suddenly received a message.

'The Lonely Wolf requests to be paired with you!'

"????" Chen Shu looked puzzled, wondering what Zhang Dali was up to again.

Furrowing his brows, he clicked "Yes," but another message popped up: 'Sorry, you're not a match!'

"..." Chen Shu immediately made a phone call, and it was quickly answered.

"Dali, what are you doing?"

"Uh, I clicked the wrong thing. I accidentally clicked on Bluetooth pairing," Zhang Dali calmly said.

"Why do I feel like you did it on purpose?" Chen Shu looked skeptical.

"Don't worry about these details. I'm getting ready to go to Kyoto tomorrow. Are you coming?"

"So soon? The exams are about to start?" Chen Shu furrowed his brows.

"I'm going a few days early to visit Fang Si," Zhang Dali replied.

"Fang Si?" Chen Shu's expression froze as he remembered.

Originally, Fang Si was supposed to come back during the summer break, but unfortunately, she received a last-minute assignment.

Options suddenly appeared before Chen Shu.

[Option 1: Go to Kyoto with Zhang Dali, Reward: Slime's size increases by 5%]

[Option 2: Continue running the stall and expand it! Reward: Increase in production of low-grade Big Power Potion by 1]

After contemplating for a moment, Chen Shu chose the first option.

He nodded and said, "Alright! Let's go together tomorrow. I don't have anything else to do anyway."

Now that the proficiency level of the Big Power Potion had reached the Great Achievement Level, although it granted additional effects, the original 30% reduction in materials had disappeared.

This meant that he could only produce ten bottles of intermediate-grade Big Power Potion at a time, which amounted to 80,000 yuan, with profits of less than 10,000 yuan.

As for other potions such as the size-enhancing potion or defense potion, their high prices and low demand made it impossible to sell in large quantities.

Chen Shu's money-making plan had to be temporarily put on hold.

Of course, the main reason was that doing the same thing over and over again was simply too boring.

The fact that Chen Shu had persisted for ten days was already unprecedented.

"Even with a system, he's still working like a laborer. This is an insult to the protagonist's halo!"

"I trust you to take care of the travel expenses since my parents aren't here."

Chen Shu raised an eyebrow and typed, "So, you had this intention all along."

Zhang Dali replied, "If you don't go, I'll have to resort to online loans. I've even prepared the photos."

"What photos?"

"Don't you need a private photo for a loan application?"

"..."

Chen Shu ended the call directly. Continuing the conversation would probably leave him speechless due to Zhang Dali's antics.

He turned around and started packing his luggage—clean clothes, phone, ID card, urine bag, and various essentials were all stuffed into his backpack.

Chen Shu took out his phone, purchased the train ticket, and then opened Fang Si's profile on SuperChat.

"Fang Si, I have some good news to tell you!"

Soon, a message arrived, "What good news?"

As Chen Shu was about to type, he suddenly thought that directly telling her would lack surprise.

"The good news is... I have good news to tell you tomorrow!"

As soon as he sent the message, Chen Shu instinctively felt an indistinct aura of killing intent and immediately turned off his phone.

"What the hell is wrong with you?!" Fang Si gritted her teeth in the dormitory. She probably wouldn't be able to sleep well tonight.

She had seen people teasing others, but she had never seen someone do it so blatantly!

Early the next morning, Chen Shu informed his parents with a single sentence before embarking on the journey with Zhang Dali.

"Driver, to Nanjiang City Train Station!"

The two of them carried backpacks and got into a taxi.

"Chen Pi, why didn't you book a flight ticket?"

"Are you stupid? The train allows you to see the scenery outside!"

Chen Shu explained earnestly and sighed, "People nowadays are too restless, life is too fast-paced. It has made us lose ourselves. We need to learn to slow down."

Zhang Dali rolled his eyes and said, "Speak human language!"

"Flight tickets are expensive..."

Zhang Dali looked speechless and retorted, "If they're expensive, just say they're expensive. Why pretend to be a life mentor?"