Chapter 98

Chapter 98

Bai Xiaoyu looked at the two planets. Although he had passed, there wasn't a single nursery under his banner.

He was a bit puzzled. "Is this possible?"

Lou Hao: "It is possible. I estimate that the new nurseries will be placed under our Pharmacy Department soon."

Bai Xiaoyu: "Looks like it'll take some time. The new potions here need to be put on the Star Network for other edge-star nurseries..."

Before he could finish speaking, his optical brain notified him that both planets now had a direct-affiliate nursery each.

Immediately afterward, the governors of both planets contacted Bai Xiaoyu, stating they would arrange for people to build the nurseries in their planet's Pharmacy Department and asked Bai Xiaoyu if he had any requirements, hoping to have them completed as soon as possible so that the many nurseries on their planets could get their eggs taken care of...

This left Bai Xiaoyu stunned. Their Pharmacy Department only had one newly built nursery, probably without even a single egg. Wasn't this exaggeration a bit too much?

Lou Hao's expression showed no surprise, as Bai Xiaoyu was usually too busy, leaving the pharmacy store's affairs to him. What Bai Xiaoyu didn't know was that, currently, on these few planets they had entered, besides their direct-affiliate nurseries, many non-direct-affiliate nurseries also came to purchase potions.

These two planets were likely the same; as long as one nursery was directly affiliated with their Pharmacy Department, all nurseries on the entire planet benefited.

Lou Hao explained the situation. "So you think every day when our Pharmacy Department restocks and sells out immediately, it's because of what? However, due to the potion quantity issue, only some nurseries can grab them. For these two planets, I plan to list the amount corresponding to the nurseries Huang's occupies. What do you think?"

Replacing Huang's potion market on several planets continuously brought Lou Hao immense satisfaction. After waiting so long, he could finally make Huang's suffer. And this was just the beginning.

Bai Xiaoyu nodded. "You handle this aspect; no need to ask me."

Lou Hao looked at his boss who always avoided such matters, his lips twitching slightly. But thinking about how he was busy from morning till late night, he understood the headache.

The Pharmacy Departments on these two new planets were fully built in just three days. When Lou Hao delivered the potions, he was startled by the many cultivators waiting at the pharmacy gates and the cheering residents of the planet.

Many of these residents were fans of Bai Xiaoyu's live stream, some even considering immigrating to Bai Xiaoyu's planet to lay their eggs for him to nurture. Others knew about the high-quality potions from Fireseed and came to show their welcome.

Lou Hao was almost overwhelmed by the enthusiastic cultivators and residents. All the listed potions sold out in moments.

He wasn't surprised, but checking the backend, he found that ninety percent of the nurseries buying the potions were directly affiliated with Huang's Pharmacy.

Lou Hao smiled, a smile filled with unrestrained arrogance.

On the other side, Huang's Pharmacy Department, which hadn't opened for business all day, faced a gloomy evening. Not just today, but for the past three consecutive days, their potion sales had plummeted, dropping to less than one-tenth of their usual numbers. Today, it was even worse, falling to zero.

This had never happened before.

Upon investigation, they discovered that all their direct-affiliate nurseries had run to Fireseed, the new supplier, to buy potions!

In the following days, their Pharmacy Department saw no customers, deserted for an entire week.

They urgently reported this up the chain, and were instructed to sell the potions at a discount to salvage the situation. Thus, the prices of the potions kept dropping, but they still couldn't compete with the A-grade and above potions provided by Fireseed. Even at double the price, the value proposition was far better than their discounted potions!

Moreover, due to their past practices—underpaying for herbs and selling problematic potions to nurseries, leading to poor-quality hatchlings or even deaths—the public's initial welcome had turned into resistance. Parents whose hatchlings had died harbored deep resentment towards Huang's Pharmacy Department.

With Fireseed's arrival, few supported Huang's, while many wanted them gone.

In this potion war, Huang's Pharmacy Department suffered another blow. While Fireseed's entry wasn't forceful, the collective defection of their direct-affiliate nurseries was their biggest hit. The change in residents' attitudes towards them was also unprecedented. Many who had previously been submissive and exploited now openly told them to leave the planet!

Bai Qi, upon seeing the report, nearly laughed in anger.

After all, these were just a few edge-planets, not affecting his major interests. Still, being repeatedly eroded by Bai Xiaoyu in Huang's territory made him increasingly annoyed.

He instructed his subordinates to hold their ground, allowing Bai Xiaoyu to bask in temporary glory. Once he fully controlled the insect prince, he would settle the score then.

However, Huang's Pharmacy Department's zero sales on these two planets became a laughingstock among other factions.

Huang's Pharmacy Department persisted, as their business wasn't solely dependent on nurseries but also the troops stationed on the planet.

The soldiers stationed there received news faster. Fireseed provided enhanced versions of healing potions, growth fluids, blood replenishment potions, and mental strength recovery potions, which they collected daily.

These were soldiers from the Sixteenth Legion, stationed on a non-frontline planet. Most were recovering from injuries before returning to the frontlines, replacing other wounded soldiers.

Many of these soldiers had already used Bai Xiaoyu's potions and had strong intelligence capabilities, arriving even before the planet's cultivators.

The lead soldier couldn't help but smile as he stored the potions in his medicine space button.

A fellow soldier nudged him. "Got them?"

He nodded. "Of course, these are the highest-rated potions in the legion. These pill-shaped potions are all 2S+, something Huang's can't buy even at sky-high prices."

The soldiers, pale-faced, looked at the space button with joy.

With these potions, they could recover quickly and return to battle. They had seen neighboring planets rotate soldiers weekly.

Enhanced healing potions and growth fluids repaired their internal injuries while improving their physical constitution and mental strength.

Enhanced growth fluids quickly replenished their physical and mental strength, while blood replenishment potions restored lost blood after healing.

These potions were ideal for wartime, but there weren't enough. If every frontline soldier had them, casualties would decrease significantly.

Currently, most frontline soldiers used royal potions, with some from Huang's or other suppliers, mostly B-grade, far inferior to Fireseed's minimum A+ and maximum 2S+ quality.

The soldiers sorted the potions upon returning. There were more growth fluids, but only a hundred portions of each pill-shaped potion daily, all personally refined by Bai Xiaoyu, of high grade.

The soldiers kept the growth fluids and sent the rest to the legion. Though insufficient, it could reduce at least a hundred frontline casualties.

Bai Xiaoyu knew the soldiers' needs but couldn't provide more since these potions required manual refinement.

As he watched the data of the potions taken by the soldiers, the system suddenly appeared. "Congratulations, Host! Your points have reached ten million. The second batch of potion refining machines has been unlocked. Would you like to view them?"

Bai Xiaoyu was instantly delighted. He hurriedly tapped on the icon of the store added to his personal homepage in the system on his optical brain and found that the store had indeed been updated with four new alchemy devices for manual preparation of potions. These were the enhanced versions of the Repair Solution and Cultivation Liquid, as well as the Blood Replenishment Potion and the Mental Energy Recovery Potion.

The first refresh would display all the new device icons at once, and after that, it would automatically refresh once a day. The homepage featured three devices.

Looking at these alchemy devices, Bai Xiaoyu realized each one required five million points and two hundred billion credits.

His points had just surpassed the ten million mark, with less than thirty thousand left over. Combining the credits he had just transferred back, he could only afford to buy two of them.

Bai Xiaoyu hesitated, unsure about the legion's demand for these four potions. He tossed four pill-shaped potions in his hand, pondering while leaning against Dagei. Beside him, Xiaobaihu climbed onto his shoulder, walked along his arm, and sat down, pawing at the pills.

Though only the size of a palm, this fluffy silver-white ball used to be manageable, but now, within thirty seconds, Bai Xiaoyu felt his hand starting to ache from holding it.

The metal egg, seeing a tiger cub sitting on Bai Xiaoyu's hand and another egg behind him, hopped over and sent a message: "Xiaoyu, what are you looking at those pills for?"

Bai Xiaoyu: "These four potions can now be mass-produced. I'm not sure about the legion's priority for them, so I plan to ask."

At this moment, the big black egg moved slightly. Bai Xiaoyu turned to look at it and gently patted its surface, "Dagei?"

The black egg hopped over and lightly touched Bai Xiaoyu's arm.

This gentle touch didn't hurt Bai Xiaoyu, but even with its excellent balance, Xiaobaihu, who was prepared, still rolled off his arm and landed on the ground.

Xiaobaihu stood up, looked at the black egg beside Bai Xiaoyu, extended its sharp claws, and bared its teeth.

The black egg wasn't afraid of the little one and even rubbed against Bai Xiaoyu's wrist. Infuriated, Xiaobaihu jumped up and scratched and bit the black egg fiercely.

The metal egg hopped around, watching the fight, urging it on.

Bai Xiaoyu sighed, here we go again.

This scene played out daily, sometimes between Dagei and Xiaobaihu, sometimes between Dagei and Bai Kan, sometimes between Xiaobaihu and Bai Kan, or even all three together.

One always watched the fight, but often ended up joining in. Anyway, every day was lively.

The four pills, knocked to the ground by Dagei, lay scattered in a straight line about a meter apart.

Under Xiaobaihu's attack, Dagei hopped between the first and third pills, moving back and forth.

Having spent too much time with Dagei, Bai Xiaoyu understood its actions, "Are you suggesting we choose the enhanced Repair Solution and Blood Replenishment Potion?"

The black egg happily hopped over, followed by Xiaobaihu attacking its back. The large egg, taller than an adult, rubbed against Bai Xiaoyu's face.

Bai Xiaoyu patted the black egg, "Alright, let's do it your way."

Bai Xiaoyu's indulgence of Dagei's behavior annoyed the other egg and tiger, leading to another big fight.

Watching them fight, Bai Xiaoyu redeemed the enhanced Repair Solution and Blood Replenishment Potion.

Each device still produced two thousand bottles every eight hours, though the quality was lower than his own, fluctuating between S- and S+ based on the quality of the herbs.

Afterward, Bai Xiaoyu contacted Yu Xi and Su Ran, informing them about the mass production of these two potions.

Liu Lingxi must have been free this time; almost immediately after receiving Bai Xiaoyu's message, a call request came through. Soon, a man in military uniform appeared, his youthful features now fully matured. His stern expression softened upon seeing Bai Xiaoyu, revealing a familiar smile like the young Yu Xi, "Brother Bai, these are exactly the potions the frontline soldiers need. This is great."

Bai Xiaoyu smiled, "Xiao Xi, you've grown a lot. Judging by your reaction, it seems we chose the right potions."

The two eggs and the tiger were not strangers to the sudden projection. They stopped fighting and gathered around the projection in a triangular formation.

Liu Lingxi was also familiar with the trio. Initially smiling at Bai Xiaoyu, he turned to face the two eggs and the tiger, his smile fading and his lips forming a straight line.

After he left, Brother Bai was left with Dagei, another egg, and a tiger. Seeing this made him want to punch someone. He suddenly felt annoyed with the person on Imperial Star, why did they give Brother Bai so many brothers?

The metal egg felt its admiration for General Liu Lingxi shatter. The big tiger inside the metal egg ground its teeth and its claws itched. Calling Brother Bai all the time, how old are you? You're several rounds older than Xiaoyu, yet you still call him that?

Xiaobaihu also bared its teeth at Liu Lingxi, Brother Bai belonged to him alone, why was this wolf calling him that?

Liu Lingxi's gaze finally settled on Dagei, "Brother Bai, when you said you chose correctly, does that mean these two potions were chosen by this black thing?"

Bai Xiaoyu found the situation somewhat amusing. Every time the trio fought, Xiao Xi's appearance turned it into a quartet. He nodded, "Yes, Dagei chose them."

Liu Lingxi scoffed, and their conversation didn't last long before he hastily ended the call as usual.

After the call ended, the trio resumed their unfinished fight.

Bai Xiaoyu calmly watched them fight, then thought about the eggs at the breeding facility, especially the one that had been dormant for twenty years with only yolk. With only yolk, perhaps he had an idea.

Soon, Su Ran also expressed that the mass production of these two potions was timely. Upon learning that Dagei had chosen them, he nodded knowingly, stating that battlefield injuries and recovery were more critical than sustaining combat power.

Their conversation didn't last long either. Soon, Bai Xiaoyu mentioned the herb he had thought of, which was the size of a watermelon.

Indeed, it looked like a melon but was classified as a herb.

This herb was called the Nurturing Herb, round and bright red, with a circular pink petal-like mouth at the top and directly rooted at the bottom, without any leaves or vines.

Inside the melon was something transparent like egg white, but without the yolk. It matched perfectly with the dormant egg that lacked egg white.

As long as an animal's fertilized egg entered it, it could develop and grow inside.

Bai Xiaoyu stroked his chin, thinking that it would result in a plant-like egg that looked strange, but given the number of peculiar eggs he already had, it wasn't a problem.