Chapter 088

Chapter 088

Due to the prominent placement on Starblog's trending page and official website, as well as the front ranks of various pharmacy leaderboards, the massive exposure drew a steady stream of people into the live stream.

Upon entering, they discovered it was actually the annual voting for interstellar pharmacy applications, which had previously been treated as a joke on the official website! Typically, there would be only a handful of votes throughout the day, but now the count stood at over five thousand!

How could this be possible?

This sentiment echoed not just among those who entered but also in the minds of Old Qi and Bai Qi.

Bai Qi was practically seething with anger. "How can he, an unapproved supplier, have so many cultivation centers supporting him? Didn't we instruct everyone to refrain from voting?"

To ensure everything went smoothly, they had hinted to all the cultivation centers under their control across various planets.

Old Qi said, "These votes likely come from the cultivation centers that bought his potions from StarNet Pharmacy. I anticipated some support, but not this much."

Recalling the data from the previous tests, the quality of those potions indeed ranked among the best in the entire interstellar region.

Watching the vote count steadily rise, Old Qi felt pressure for the first time.

This upward trend seemed unstoppable.

He and Bai Qi exchanged a glance; now was not the time to be passive.

As expected, the vote count in the live stream soon surpassed six thousand and headed towards seven thousand.

At this moment, a wave of people flooded into the live stream, loudly voicing their doubts.

"How can a cultivator suddenly appear on the pharmacist leaderboard? Is there something shady going on? I feel sorry for my favorite pharmacist who's being overshadowed."

"Rumor has it that this cultivator is a royal family member, so he must have special privileges."

This comment instantly infuriated Bai Xiaoyu's fans.

The two sides quickly engaged in heated arguments.

"You should check the trending page; there are screenshots of the initial voting interface. Is this obscure page what you call 'privileges'? There were also two live streams directing traffic. Which side has the real scandal? Besides, you locals should know that the application interface is a flat live stream. When popularity exceeds one hundred billion, it transforms into a holographic live stream, forcing it to go live. The sudden appearance was entirely legitimate, following the official rules based on popularity. Your favored pharmacists couldn't compete even with the late-night traffic boost. Now you're stirring up trouble again? Doesn't the official website need to explain this?"

The criticism then focused on the official pharmacy website. As the situation escalated, even Old Qi began to feel uneasy.

A few minutes later, the official response came: a staff member who had been privately bullied by Bai Xiaoyu was blamed and subsequently fired for personal grudges.

Just as people expressed dissatisfaction with this outcome, others in the live stream turned their attention to the cultivators representing their cultivation centers.

"Given the number of votes, these cultivation centers must have received significant benefits, right?"

Without immediate explanations from the cultivators, the situation grew more chaotic.

However, the cultivators soon returned with data from their recent batches of hatchlings, which they posted on the public screen.

"These are the hatchlings raised using the Huang family's potions. After hatching, none exceeded C-level in mental or physical strength, mostly D or E. The hatching rate of young beasts has always been below average. In contrast, using the potions sold at a low price by Bai Xiaoyu's pharmacy, most hatchlings reached C-level, with a few even reaching B-level. There were also more young beasts. Moreover, the eggs were more active before hatching, and the hatchlings were healthier and more energetic. This is just my personal data."

Such data was not isolated; cultivators shared thousands of similar reports on the public screen.

Someone quickly compiled the data, revealing that the overall quality of the hatchlings had improved by one grade, and the birth rate of young beasts had doubled!

Moreover, these hatchlings were from the worst conditions, heavily polluted by dark matter on the edge of the galaxy, yet their quality and health surpassed those from the best environments on Imperial Star.

This data spread rapidly, and verifying its authenticity was simple since the cultivators had live streams and purchase records from Bai Xiaoyu's pharmacy, confirming the validity of the data.

While the breakthroughs on the edge planets hadn't garnered much attention initially, when the data was compiled, it was truly astonishing.

Everyone was stunned.

The trending page became even livelier, drawing more and more viewers.

After seeing the results, people started calling their local cultivation centers non-stop.

Such high-quality potions and suppliers must not be overlooked.

Many cultivation center directors, awakened in the middle of the night, responded enthusiastically to the strong public demand and cast their votes.

Even some cultivation centers under the Huang family, pressured by public opinion, voted.

The vote count in the live stream quickly rose from seven thousand to eight thousand, nine thousand, and finally ten thousand!

The live stream erupted in cheers.

Bai Xiaoyu, represented as a small white tiger, perked up his ears. He never imagined that the zero votes would reach the required threshold so quickly.

Cheers echoed across residential areas on various planets.

Bai Qi, watching the vote count exceed ten thousand, looked extremely grim. He had expected little competition until tomorrow night, but unexpected events led to this outcome within just two hours.

Bai Qi and Old Qi, faces darkened, realized that despite their efforts, Bai Xiaoyu's momentum was unstoppable.

Looking at the small white tiger, they both felt a sense of helplessness.

What was once a harmless creature without claws or fangs now exuded the aura of a mighty tiger.

Once the vote threshold was reached, the pharmacy supplier application was automatically approved, but the voting continued.

The small white tiger stood up, waving its tiny paws. "Thank you for your support. The first ten thousand cultivation centers that voted will receive this quarter's egg cultivation fluid and repair agents. Fans who helped in the live stream will get three thousand bottles of the Essence Cultivation Agent as a reward."

Bai Xiaoyu then posted the details of the Essence Cultivation Agent on the public screen. People clicked and saw that it was an S- grade top-tier potion capable of enhancing mental strength and physical constitution!

Such high-grade rewards, given away in quantities of three thousand bottles!

Everyone felt as if they were in a fantasy.

No wonder those eggs' potential had improved by a major level. The quality of the new supplier's potions was astonishingly good.

Now, looking at the separate lottery system, the fans were ecstatic, waving their arms and staring at the potion samples beside the system, their eyes almost turning green.

In the interstellar world, people placed great importance on their own strength. Any potion that could enhance physical or mental abilities not only commanded a high price but also faced constant demand.

The audience on the official potion website took a while to react. They usually asked the streamers to help with potion-making, and occasionally, the streamers would give out some C-grade potions as benefits. An S- grade potion had never been given away by any alchemist before.

Is this real?

It wasn't until the lottery results came out and the lucky fans started showing their order notifications from the "Bai Bai's Dear Big Black" potion shop that everyone was left gaping in shock.

After the lottery ended, Bai Xiaoyu logged off, but the voting in the live stream continued.

Even though the current vote count didn't matter much anymore and there was no deliberate vote-seeking, the number of votes kept rising steadily.

By the time the live stream closed early the next morning, there were over 100,000 votes for the cultivation centers.

This data caught the attention of various factions. These cultivation centers represented the market and public opinion. If Bai Xiaoyu's potion supply continued to develop, these centers would support him just as they did today.

One hundred thousand centers might not seem like a lot, and spread across a planet, it wouldn't be enough for one center per planet.

However, no potion supplier had ever started with such momentum. Coupled with the excellent quality of the potions and Bai Xiaoyu's talent as a cultivator, the possibility of him becoming a dominant supplier that could break the current distribution pattern was very high.

But saying this was still premature; after all, his scale hadn't fully developed yet.

On the other side, Bai Xiaoyu was informed as soon as he woke up that the district chief and others were already waiting for him.

After finishing his morning routine, he walked out with Dabhei following him, and a small white tiger perched on his shoulder. When Bai Xiaoyu looked over, the white tiger transformed into a little child.

Bai Xiaoyu carried the little one out and saw the district chief rushing over, smiling broadly and saying, "Master Bai, congratulations on passing the application. Now hurry and register as our Ninth District's exclusive potion supplier."

Bai Xiaoyu nodded, and the application documents were quickly submitted. It wasn't long before they were approved.

Now Spark officially became the Ninth District's direct potion supplier. The district chief looked at the approval document repeatedly, clearly very excited.

At this moment, another robot passed through, and another district chief arrived...

Thus, Bai Xiaoyu spent the morning receiving visits from the district chiefs of various districts on Planet D36, and soon half of the cultivation centers had their own direct pharmacy departments.

At this point, the district chief of the Ninth District spoke up, "Since our district's cultivation centers have changed their direct potion suppliers, the Huang's Pharmacy should be told to go back where they came from."

Everyone agreed immediately. Some even clenched their teeth, "Back then, they relied on being our district's direct potion supplier, controlling the fate of newborn eggs. Not only did they charge extremely low prices for medicinal herbs, but they also threatened to withhold potions and leave the planet. Today, we'll grant their wish!"

Lou Hao also arrived, naturally involved in this matter. The metal egg and Dabhei followed, along with a little one clinging to Bai Xiaoyu's neck.

They set off in a large group, and upon arrival, many citizens were already gathered outside the Huang's Pharmacy.

Seeing Bai Xiaoyu and the others, they surrounded them, excitedly saying, "District Chief, Master Bai, you're here too?"

The district chief of the Ninth District nodded and asked, "Why are you all here?"

The leader replied, "We knew Master Bai was about to take over our district's pharmacy, so we came early, hoping to help. Besides, everyone has deep resentment towards the Huang's Pharmacy for years of exploitation and bullying. We all want to see them leave this planet!"

Inside the pharmacy, the staff still looked down on the crowd outside. However, when the crowd approached collectively, they couldn't help but step back, "What do you want?"

The tall man rolled up his sleeves, revealing muscular arms, and sneered, "Do you really not know what we want? You are no longer the direct potion supplier for any cultivation center on our planet. Get out now and make room for our direct supplier."

The person in charge of the Huang's Pharmacy was grabbed by the collar and struggled but couldn't break free. He began to panic. The man who used to be submissive had unexpectedly shown such high combat skills.

He had received instructions earlier to hold out and refuse to hand over to the new supplier, preventing Bai Xiaoyu from succeeding.

He thought it would be easy, but these commoners actually threatened him!

He tried desperately to break free, "Let me go! How dare you treat me like this? From now on, your district's eggs will only get the worst potions."

He still dared to threaten them, believing that the Huang family could handle this. No one had ever replaced the Huang family's position on an edge planet, not even the Xu family, who were rivals of the Huang family on Imperial Star, let alone a new supplier like Bai Xiaoyu.

He had no backing—how could he compete with the Huang family?

Thinking the man would back down, he was instead picked up and thrown outside.

Coincidentally, he landed right in front of Bai Xiaoyu and the others. The district chiefs immediately stepped forward, "Minister Huang, how come you're bowing so deeply after a few days?"

The Huang family member's face turned pale. These people used to treat him respectfully, but now their attitudes had completely changed.

At this moment, the others were also thrown out, forming a pile of more than ten people.

The men who threw them out approached and said, "Finish the handover and get lost."

The Huang family members gritted their teeth, "You'll regret this."

Ignoring their words, the crowd packed up everything inside and threw it out.

The district chiefs, angered by their refusal to hand over, directly forced them to leave.

These dozen people initially refused but, seeing the anger in the crowd's eyes, dared not stay and quickly walked to their spacecraft.

Just as they reached the spacecraft, someone couldn't resist throwing a rotten egg at them.

This seemed to be a signal, and the prepared crowd threw rotten eggs and spoiled vegetables at them.

"Get lost! Leave this planet now!"

Interstellar people had strong arms and good aim. Despite their decent physical condition, the targets couldn't withstand so many rotten eggs hitting their faces. Soon, they were covered in stench, nearly fainting.

Looking back at the place they had stayed for two years, they saw nothing but disgust on every face, even from the five- or six-year-old children who bared their teeth at them.

When Bai Qi arrived, he saw his people being attacked.

The aircraft hovered in midair, drawing everyone's attention.

Bai Qi emerged from the aircraft and stood there, looking down.

Bai Xiaoyu also looked up at Bai Qi.

Their eyes met, but neither showed much emotion.

At that moment, the man nearly buried under rotten eggs and vegetables looked up and saw Bai Qi. He wiped the slime off his face, suppressed the urge to vomit, and shouted, "Young Master, you're finally here. Look at these people, they're completely lawless..."

Before he could finish, a rotten egg hit him right in the mouth, shattering it.

Bai Qi finally spoke, "Bai Xiaoyu, you've grown bold, daring to attack my people."

Bai Xiaoyu replied, "I'm not just daring to attack your people. If you dare come down from your aircraft, I'll attack you too. The question is, do you dare to come down?"

Smelling the stench even from this height and seeing the rotten eggs in everyone's hands, Bai Qi's face darkened.

He really didn't dare.

He could dodge one person, but against a crowd, he would end up like the waste below.

At this moment, he turned to look at Lou Hao beside Bai Xiaoyu. Wasn't he supposed to be in a berserk state? And wasn't his physique and mental strength destroyed? Yet now, Lou Hao looks almost normal? Not only does he show no signs of weakness, but Bai Qi can even sense an inexplicable aura from him.

Could he have recovered? That's impossible. His body was nearly drained, and his wings were removed. Even if he had recovered, it wouldn't be this fast. It must be a bluff.

The only change is that his face looks younger.

Lou Hao had been training for months and had returned to a twenty-year-old appearance, still two years younger than before.

Seeing Bai Qi, he immediately became furious. Bai Qi looked at him without fear.

But in the next second, his eyes widened as Lou Hao's wings grew back. In the moment of his surprise, Lou Hao moved close and delivered a fierce punch.

Bai Qi barely managed to respond; he had no wings and could only use his mecha to fight back.

Lou Hao also brought out his mecha, and soon they were engaged in combat.

Meanwhile, the man buried under rotten eggs was ignored.

Bai Xiaoyu did not stop Lou Hao. At this moment, a few younglings quietly approached him. These were the little ones who often followed their parents to their side.

They held Bai Xiaoyu's hand and looked up with innocent curiosity, asking, "Dad said that Brother will be responsible for half of our planet's newborn eggs' medicine. Does that mean there will be more powerful siblings like Brother?"

Bai Xiaoyu nodded and shook his head, "Not yet like them, but someday in the future."

The younglings looked envious, "Does Brother also take care of other planets' eggs?"

Bai Xiaoyu opened a star map, "We're working on it."

He hoped not just the newborn eggs on D36 would benefit, but also those on other planets.

This was a holographic star map, resembling a twinkling sky.

He looked at a planet at the edge, which was the current D36 planet.

With a gentle tap, the star lit up, and the words "Fire Seed" faintly appeared.

This was the real-time map of the medicine supplier Fire Seed. Although only one star was lit among countless others, a small flame can spread.

He believed that one day, this vast expanse of stars would all be ignited.