This was an interlude in Meng Huai's shop opening, though her shop didn't have many customers yet. The purchase limit eased the problem of her insufficient inventory.
However, her friends were actively helping her promote it. As the saying goes, good wine needs no bush, and soon her shop gained a reputation within this small circle.
Not only did students know about it and flock to buy, but many teachers also purchased some. Especially the detoxification pills, many wanted to buy them for research but failed. Furthermore, due to the popularity of the detoxification pills, the star beast meat also started selling, and at a considerable price.
Research indicated that the energy from star beast meat could help improve physical fitness.
But soon Meng Huai's shop experienced a small-scale explosion in popularity because she added an item: Ancient Metaphysical Divination, one slot per month, fifty thousand per session.
The trend of ancient metaphysics resurfaced, and people were no longer blindly dismissive. Some were already anticipating the effects of the so-called ancient metaphysical divination, as people were not very familiar with it yet.
Nowadays, Meng Huai was the only one acknowledged in ancient metaphysics, not being labeled a swindler.
However, when the students saw this price, they all teased Li Wei, "You've hit the jackpot!"
Meng Huai, however, just wanted to see if, as Wang Ziming had said, she wouldn't be arrested by the interstellar police even if she started doing divination.
Meng Huai's listing was only a pre-sale, and purchasing was not yet open. Not many people knew about Meng Huai's shop initially; it was confined to the circle of the Imperial Military Academy.
But someone spread this news to the post about ancient metaphysics, and onlookers came. Although it had only been online for a few days, it had caused quite a stir on the internet.
Moreover, due to the surge in popularity of the divination slots, people learned about Meng Huai's shop. As a result, more people bought items from her shop.
The link for ancient metaphysical divination had been up for a few days, yet Meng Huai encountered no problems: "It seems it's true what Wang Ziming said, the police won't arrest me for such a minor issue. It seems I can actually go ahead with this divination."
Indeed, the police had intended to arrest Meng Huai. But they were admonished by a senior: "Can we arrest students of the Imperial Military Academy just like that? Moreover, she's the top scorer of the freshman test. Are you all bored?"
After that, no police officer mentioned the matter again.
However, since Meng Huai was delaying opening the purchase channel, many people inquired: "Junior Meng, when can we purchase the divination opportunity? We can't wait!"
"Let me see, Senior Sister. I don't have time recently!"
The inquirer was the senior student who had welcomed the freshmen. She had always felt that Junior Meng was somewhat unfathomable and wanted to purchase the divination opportunity. But she also knew that many people were waiting for this chance.
As for what Meng Huai had been doing lately, it all started with a message from Teacher Sun Xia to Meng Huai. Sun Xia was a teacher in Class Two of the Mech Engineering department. She specially requested privileges from Class One's teacher, allowing Meng Huai to access books on mech engineering in the library, just like students in Class One.
Her Class Two students had restrictions, only able to access content below A-grade. But Class One students were different; there were no restrictions.
Upon receiving this news, Meng Huai spent days immersed in the library, learning about mechs. Her photographic memory and comprehension skills enabled her to learn quickly. Within a few days, she had assimilated the entire library's content.
Now, if asked to build a mech, she wouldn't have a problem. So, when Sun Xia invited her to attend classes in Class One of the Mech Engineering department, she refused.
"Classmate Meng, I've spoken with the head teacher of Class One. She also hopes you will attend class, as she doesn't want such great talent to be wasted! You can learn a lot this year, and you'll need to catch up next year when you transfer departments!"
Meng Huai replied to Teacher Sun Xia, "Teacher Sun, I have my own judgment."
However, Sun Xia was not satisfied with her attitude, feeling she was wasting her potential: "Classmate Meng, talent alone is not enough without effort. How many geniuses have been buried in the river of history due to complacency?"
Then, Sun Xia excitedly asked Meng Huai, "Classmate Meng, you're not thinking of going to the Infantry department, are you? I heard Teacher Wang has been looking for you recently, you haven't agreed, have you?"
"No, I just understand everything."
Meng Huai felt that attending any more classes at this point would be of little use. Having sufficient materials now, building a mech herself would be far more beneficial than listening to basic knowledge in a classroom.
Meng Huai thought: She was no longer the Meng Huai who knew nothing about mechs or current technology... While this might sound arrogant, it was the truth. However, Teacher Sun Xia felt that Classmate Meng might be too proud and complacent.
"Alright, think about it again."
As Sun Xia left, she thought that it was better to let young people face more setbacks, otherwise, they would always be ignorant of the immensity of the world.
Meanwhile, in several laboratories at the Imperial Military Academy Research Institute, people were studying the detoxification pills. Someone asked Tang Qianyi, "Teacher Tang, still no analysis?"
Tang Qianyi had already put several pills into research, but with no success.
"Yes, this is the latest equipment. But we can't even fully analyze the most basic materials. Look at this report."
Tang Qianyi passed the analysis report, and the person looked at the material analysis on it. The unknown materials were even more numerous than those analyzed, not to mention the more complex methods likely involved in the manufacturing process.
"It seems this really won't work. Shall we ask that student?"
"How would they tell us such classified information? Besides, I asked indirectly, and she said even with all the materials, we couldn't replicate it. She also warned that if it fails, this thing would become highly toxic. Alas."
Tang Qianyi shook his head, deciding to give up researching the detoxification pill. After all, it was something she sold for profit, and their continuous research would inevitably lead to rumors of them trying to steal Meng Huai's business.
They were teachers, after all. If it spread that they coveted a student's property, would that be proper?
Tang Qianyi thought: If this continues, his reputation would be ruined! Forget it, forget it.
Seeing that Tang Qianyi had given up, another teacher also left.