Chapter 163: Chapter 163: Illegitimate Son! Stay Away from My Coins!
Closing the guest room door, Qian Qi turned around and entered the room.
The gifts she bought and the Heavenly God Lotus Bundle were all placed in the guest room. Qian Qi picked the petals of the Heavenly God Lotus one by one, then pressed the bedside electronic bell.
After waiting for 15 minutes without anyone coming, she thought it might be broken, so she pressed the electronic bell a few more times.
This time, finally two servants knocked on the door.
Qian Qi opened the door and looked at the two, "Hello, is there food or a dried fruit drying machine here?"
She initially wanted to dry the Heavenly God Lotus petals using natural sunlight, but that would take more time. Since she was at the Sikong family, why not take advantage of some convenience?
But this convenience... doesn’t seem very convenient.
Qian Qi naturally felt the butler and servants’ neglect and their condescending looks towards her. Anyone with thin skin or an inferiority complex would probably not choose to bother them.
But who is Qian Qi?
Just a shameless little rascal who wouldn’t care about what these people thought of her.
To her, getting the drying machine to dry the Heavenly God Lotus petals was more important than anything else.
"Don’t have one?" Seeing the two servants look at each other, seemingly at a loss for what to say, Qian Qi raised her eyebrows, "Impossible, your grand Sikong family doesn’t even have a drying machine?"
"Well... there is one." A servant immediately said, turning and leaving, and in no time, returned with a small dried fruit drying machine, "It’s just not often used, so didn’t think of it right away."
"Thanks." Qian Qi took the drying machine and decisively closed the door.
The two servants exchanged glances, one of them said softly, "This guest invited by the young master sure has quite a temper."
"Don’t know their background, but doesn’t seem like an Awakener."
"Well, the young master himself isn’t strong, probably doesn’t want to befriend someone stronger than him? Besides, those powerful Awakeners might not want to befriend the young master, after all, he..."
The servant hesitated, "And you see how fat he is. It’s really neglectful. I’m embarrassed to say I’m a servant of the Sikong family when I go out, afraid of being ridiculed by servants of other families."
"Alright, enough said..."
The two walked away, and Qian Qi, who had been sticking to the door like a gecko, released her hands and ears.
The system looked at her with a difficult expression: [Really impressed. You couldn’t send me to eavesdrop?]
"You rascal!" Qian Qi suddenly guarded her pocket vigilantly, "Don’t covet the coins in my shorts pocket!"
[??? What the heck!] The system, embarrassed and angry, immediately sent a disdainful emoji, [(▼⊿▼) For those few coins of yours, I don’t care!]
After eavesdropping on the servants’ conversation, Qian Qi held the drying machine, sat on the sofa by the coffee table, and neatly placed the Heavenly God Lotus petals inside.
In the Gu Yun Mountain Dungeon, she had told Qin Mao and others that consuming the Heavenly God Lotus petals could make C-level and below magic beasts mentally unstable. However, what she didn’t say was that the petals could also make humans with C-level spiritual power and below mentally unstable upon consumption.
If the dosage is heavy, it can even be deadly.
The reason she didn’t mention it back then was that it wasn’t necessary, also to prevent malicious intent from harming others.
But the Heavenly God Lotus petals don’t store well for too long. While the Magic God Grass hasn’t been found yet, it’s better to dry and grind into powder for storage, which is not only convenient but also... for future use.
Before entering the Gu Yun Mountain Dungeon, the Awakeners coveting her Defense Armor made her realize that in this world filled with resource interests, life is the least valuable thing. In the future, she will inevitably encounter dirty and bloody means, so she should keep as many "bad things" as possible on hand.
Stabbing directly is too bloody; she prefers subtle and gentle methods.
After all, she is a delicate, psychologically fragile girl who doesn’t like too bloody or scary scenes~
Qian Qi spent about an hour to completely dry the Heavenly God Lotus petals, grinding them into powder with three petals as a measurement unit and packaging them. After wrapping 30 small bags, she packed the remaining into 3 small bags, one stuffed in her shorts pocket, another in her Defense Armor pocket.
Hmm, the logic of not putting all eggs in one basket, she’s very cautious!
"The Heavenly God Lotus petals have a mental instability effect; the Magic God Grass has a soothing mental effect. Combining both can allow the Mo Ya Beast to evolve into the Mysterious Hell Crow. Truly miraculous."
Qian Qi opened the Light Brain, recording a report on the Heavenly God Lotus, then started a separate document detailing Mo Ya Beast’s evolution.
Regarding the potential evolution of Contracted Beasts, Qian Qi didn’t plan to inform others. Her intuition told her this matter isn’t simple. Without sufficient power sheltering her, she shouldn’t act rashly.
But ultimately, the system was too useless.
Thinking of this, Qian Qi couldn’t help but act like a little old lady, meticulously recording the document while nagging to the system, "If you could ensure my personal safety, I would’ve flown high already, on what grounds do I have to tread cautiously, painstakingly cultivating my retirement force?"
"As long as I’m free of personal safety concerns, I can fully delve into brewing magic potions, revolutionizing, evolving Contracted Beasts, redefining world rules. If anything dares threaten my life or seeks to exploit me, they’ll have to ask for your permission first!"
Qian Qi spoke more passionately, and she slammed the table in excitement, "From then on, we can roam this world and instances, the Seven Great Families bowing to us, the Three Major Associations at our leisure, and the Two Major Research Institutes at our command. Even if A-level Beast Masters want to talk tough in front of me, they’d have to kneel and call me ’sir’ first before speaking!"
"By then, wanting money will be as easy as pie?" Qian Qi drooled, feeling the bright and beautiful future right ahead, "This world, all of it would be ours!!!"
The system: [...]
You’ve been told hundreds of times, refrain from daydreaming, or you’ll easily lose sight of your position!
"Of course, even with you being so useless, I still love you deeply." Qian Qi finished speaking with heroic passion, before turning all soft and gentle, "After all, you are my most loved Tongzi."
The system: [... You know me right, not affected by CPU＾＿＾.]
Qian Qi clicked her tongue, muttering, "Then try a KTV next time."
System: Hey, I can hear you!
[Revolution isn’t as simple as that, the power dynamics here are incredibly complex, any infringement on major powers’ interests will inevitably bring forces to obstruct, is revolution something that can be cut through quickly?]
The system just prepared to give Qian Qi a comprehensive lesson about how much blood has been shed historically during revolutions when Qian Qi said, "I know, so I’m actually just talkative, how could I truly attempt such a grand enterprise?"
She gleefully said, "Such troublesome matters should be left to others, as long as I accumulate enough retirement funds, I’m good~"
"Oh," she added, "also need to save enough for your retirement funds and coffin expenses."
The system: [Thanks for thinking of me... but the coffin expenses are unnecessary.]
After finishing the report, lunch time was nearly there. Having used so much brain power, she was already hungry. So she opened the Light Brain and sent a message to Sikong Wang.
After a while without a reply from Sikong Wang, she made a call, but after dialing several times, no one answered.
"Why isn’t he answering calls?" Qian Qi wondered.
[I’ll go check.] The system slipped through the gap under the door, and within half a minute, Qian Qi received a reply from the system in her brain area, [Qian Qi! Come quickly! Sikong Wang has fainted!]
Qian Qi was shocked, immediately dashing out the door.