Chapter 85: Chapter 85: Be the most shameless person and earn the most money!
After leaving the Conducting Department College, Qian Qi remained silent all the way.
The system panel followed behind her, sneaking glances at her expression.
[Are you angry?]
"No." Qian Qi replied expressionlessly, heading towards the school supermarket.
[What do you want to buy?] The system couldn’t suppress its curiosity.
Qian Qi glanced at the system indifferently, "I want to give you a surprise gift. I hope you can disappear for a bit. Come out when I call you."
The system panel paused, calculating, but no matter how long it calculated, it couldn’t figure out what kind of gift Qian Qi would give it.
[Okay.]
It blinked and vanished into the air in an instant.
Qian Qi cautiously swiped the air twice, ensuring the system was indeed gone, before curling her lips into a strange and weird smile.
"You bastard, dare to spoil things? Just watch how I’ll deal with you!"
Qian Qi strode valiantly into the school supermarket, bought something under the peculiar gaze of the cashier, and then walked all the way to the deserted woods, standing by the greenish discarded river.
She leaned forward to check the shimmering water surface of the river, confirming she could clearly see her own face reflected, then she rubbed her cheeks slightly, showing a reverent expression.
"Great System Lord, come out!" Qian Qi shouted, "I’ve prepared an unparalleled surprise for you that only I in this world would prepare!"
In mid-air, the system panel flashed twice, floating before Qian Qi.
Curiously, it stared at Qian Qi: [What is the surprise?]
Qian Qi smiled slightly, her hands behind her back, suddenly sprang forward and slapped something onto the system panel.
Then she dashed off, not forgetting to stick up her middle finger, laughing wildly, "Hahaha — Stupid system, take that for spoiling things! Calling me a lousy fighter, putting on the pink panties I bought for you and eat dirt —"
System: ???
The system panel stiffened, it twisted its head rigidly to look at the green river, seeing the pink panties on its reflection in the water: !!!
What’s this?!
She dared to put such a thing on the great me?!
Damn you, Qian Qi!
Bring it on!!!
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The next day, Qian Qi gathered all the students of Magic Plant Class 101.
"Qian Qi, what’s up with the lump on your head?" Zhang Feng, standing at the front, couldn’t help but ask upon seeing Qian Qi’s forehead full of large, blue-purple bumps.
Qian Qi waved her hand dismissively, "Don’t ask, it’s the symbol of a hero."
System: [Heh.]
"Today I’ve called you here for the matter of the bet." Qian Qi stood on the hilltop, her hands resting on a hoe, her demeanor very serious.
She gazed deeply at her 37 classmates, her tone solemn, "First, I want to ask everyone, do you know why students from other majors look down on us?"
"Is it because we are ordinary people, without awakened skills, and contribute nothing?" someone raised a hand and answered.
"Correct!" Qian Qi declared loudly, "But there’s one more point that you’ve overlooked!"
"Take a guess, does our senior Li Shuyun, a sophomore, face criticism even though she’s an ordinary person without contributions?"
Her voice rang with determination, "No! Why?"
"Because her grandfather is the dean of the Magic Plant Research Institute, and even if magic plants are criticized, they hold infinite research value for Contracted Beasts! Moreover, she is a ranked member of the prestigious Li Family, her parents are Awakeners, and Dean Li’s friends are all wealthy and powerful individuals!"
"Therefore, Senior Li Shuyun is a person of wealth and influence!"
"So, what do we lack?"
"Money! Power!"
Qian Qi’s words made the students nod in agreement, realizing that with money and power, they wouldn’t be discriminated against, since sometimes even Awakeners need to bow down to the wealthy and powerful.
"Therefore, to become superior, we must become people of wealth and power!"
Qian Qi shouted, "We can’t obtain power, but we can acquire money!"
Her speech was shocking, like thunder crashing onto the hearts of the 101 Class students, "Do you want to be superior? Never be bullied, never be discriminated against? Eat without abandoning your favorite braised pork over a few bucks? More confidently speak to people, becoming someone admired and revered?"
"Then let’s farm!"
Qian Qi raised her hoe high, her face stern and spirited, she cried, "To prosper, farming is indispensable! Those who want to farm and become rich with me, lift your hoes! Shout with me—"
"Let’s grow the wildest magic plants! Brew the fiercest magic potion! Be shameless, earn the most wicked money!"
"Come on! Shout it out loud! Let me hear your determination!"
Upon hearing this, the students of Magic Plant Class 101 couldn’t help but shout with her, "Alright—! Let’s grow the wildest magic plants! Brew the fiercest magic potion! Be shameless, earn the most wicked money!"
Again and again they raised their hoes, chanting this exhilarating slogan, gazing expectantly and fervently at Qian Qi.
These students didn’t know what they were about to do or whether it would succeed, but they knew one thing:
Following Qian Qi, they would definitely benefit!
Because in this world, there’s no one more shameless or capable of making money than her!
"Very well—" Qian Qi gestured to silence them, planting her hoe heavily in the ground, she decreed, "Next, I will teach you how to cultivate Fire Qilin Lotus!"
"I will cover the cost of seeds and related fertilizers completely; you just need to learn to cultivate Fire Qilin Lotus to produce Fire Qilin Fruit, then extract seeds to continue planting, until everyone holds more than 100 seeds at hand!"
"Then, you will become new teachers, signing confidentiality contracts with other Magic Plant class students to become initial suppliers, teaching them to cultivate Fire Qilin Lotus to produce Fire Qilin Fruit, until all the Magic Plant Department students learn the method, making Fire Qilin Lotus cover the entire hill!!!"
She shouted aloud, "Can you do it!"
"We can—" the students of Magic Plant Class 101 shouted excitedly, already eager to begin, after all, it’s the Fire Qilin Lotus; even producing one fruit could sell for a high price of 20,000!
"But, Qian Qi, doesn’t that mean you’ll lose out?" Liang Yuting spoke up from the side, "The seeds of Fire Qilin Lotus are very expensive..."
Upon hearing this, the other students couldn’t help but nod.
"I certainly won’t give you seeds for free." Qian Qi smiled slightly, "After selling the Fire Qilin Fruit you cultivate, you need to transfer the cost of seeds and fertilizers to me, the remaining profit is yours to distribute freely."
"What about the time cost of teaching us?" Zhang Feng asked, although they were poor, they wouldn’t ask for something without repaying; Qian Qi counted the cost of seeds and fertilizers but didn’t include her time cost.
Yet this was the most valuable part.
"For my time cost, the Magic Plant Research Institute has already compensated me." Qian Qi’s face remained indifferent, she casually remarked, "You just need to let the blood-red Fire Qilin Lotus bloom all over the hill, raise your chest and tell the outside world..."
"Our counterattack has begun."
"The three-month bet will start with the Fire Qilin Lotus, whether we win or not depends on the Fire Qilin Fruit you cultivate."
"So..."
Qian Qi swung the hoe in her hand, producing a sharp whistling sound as it sliced through the air, pointing straight at numerous experimental fields in the mountain.
She casually stated, "Let’s begin."