The Marshal’s Wife is Wild
Chapter 156 - 155: Monopoly of Moonlight Grass

Chapter 156: Chapter 155: Monopoly of Moonlight Grass

Qu Tong didn’t insist; if it really couldn’t be done, the deliveries to the store and for the Energy Liquid would just have to be postponed a bit.

Qu Tong: [Thank you, any amount will do. Once we get through this, I’ll treat you all to a meal.]

He Zhou: [It’s only right.]

Fei Wenxing: [Don’t worry, I’ll even check with zombie friends I haven’t contacted in eighteen years for you.]

Cheng Yao: [May I timidly ask if you’ll be cooking the meal yourself, Sister Tong?]

Fei Wenxing: [Do you only think about food? Haven’t had your fill of steamy shit?]

Cheng Yao: [...]

Cheng Yao: [Downstairs! Watch me knock your head crooked.]

...

Qu Tong had Cheng Yao and the others help with collection while she prepared the medication at hand.

After preparing more than fifty vials of Spirit Power Stabilizing Potion and fifty vials of Sleep-Aid Potion, Qu Tong’s spiritual power was nearly depleted.

She kept a reserve of 20%, since using it all up would lead to serious consequences—like sleeping from today until tomorrow.

In the evening, Gong Yun got in touch with an apology, saying that they hadn’t reached a decision on the matter and that he couldn’t allocate a share of the Moonlight Grass to her privately.

However, Gong Yun provided Qu Tong with a fair amount of other medicinal herbs and Energy Stones.

For this, Qu Tong was very grateful.

The next day, Fei Wenxing and Cheng Yao gave Qu Tong the Moonlight Grass they had collected—just over fifty plants, a far cry from the seven or eight hundred needed.

It was Rong Yueqing who gave her over a hundred plants all at once, squinting with one eye and telling her she had swindled them from her brother.

The Alchemist Association had placed an advertisement on their official website homepage, offering a purchasing price more than double the normal rate.

Many students from the school sold theirs, and only those who hadn’t browsed the Star Web in the past two days or who didn’t care for the 8,000 Star Coins still had some.

Fei Wenxing and others’ extensive purchasing of Moonlight Grass also drew everyone’s attention. After deliberate publicity by some, those who had signed up with Qu Tong began to feel uneasy.

Even with the incitement of some, a portion of the group blocked Qu Tong right after class.

Fei Wenxing and Cheng Yao stood in front of Qu Tong, glaring angrily at the troublemakers, "What are you trying to do? The beginning of the month isn’t here yet, what’s the meaning of this?"

The leader, looking past Fei Wenxing and Cheng Yao, pointed directly at Qu Tong, "As the War God’s wife, you need to keep your word. We’re here for a clear answer."

"Our Sister Tong always keeps her word. You just wait until then," Cheng Yao answered for Qu Tong.

A person from the crowd hollered: "But everyone says that you won’t be able to produce the medicine. If not, why would you be buying Moonlight Grass?"

Chen Erhu, standing with crossed arms not too far away, joined in, "If you can’t produce the medicine, don’t make big claims!"

Qu Tong looked indifferently at Chen Erhu and then turned to the crowd, "The time isn’t up yet. What kind of assurance do you want?"

After hesitating, the leader mustered up courage and said, "You must give us a chance to buy the medicine at the beginning of the month. Otherwise, you will compensate us 200,000."

"Right, compensate us 200,000," the others also thought it was a good idea.

Fei Wenxing couldn’t stand it anymore and lost his temper, immediately lashing out, "Don’t be shameless. She promised you a chance for the medicine, not 200,000 worth of medicine."

"You’re knocking your abacus beads right onto my face. Does Sister Tong owe you anything? Take a look if you’re even worth that."

"The time isn’t here yet. Stay put and don’t be played for a fool without realizing it. What’s in your head, shit? Can’t you think for yourselves? Always jumping at shadows."

Fei Wenxing’s fighting spirit was strong and he intimidated the crowd on the spot. Some had already begun to waver.

Qu Tong didn’t have the time to reason with them and said coldly, "I can give you assurance. Come up and register your names. If I don’t obtain the quotas from Miss Ali at the beginning of the month, I will compensate you 200,000."

With Qu Tong saying this, some began to waver even more.

The young man at the lead thought that it wouldn’t be a loss anyway, so he gave his name.

Once the first one did, the rest followed suit and registered their names.

A few people chose to withdraw, quietly standing aside without stepping forward.

Fei Wenxing muttered that they were letting off these people too easily, but Cheng Yao felt it wasn’t that simple.

After registering, Qu Tong said softly with a smile, "If I secure a spot, your spots will be cancelled."

Fei Wenxing, upon hearing this, felt an immediate burst of satisfaction.

"Why should we?" the youth who had just instigated the trouble immediately cried out in protest.

Fei Wenxing didn’t need Qu Tong to speak up as he retorted on her behalf, "Why should you indeed, hogging all the benefits for yourself, why don’t you just ascend to heaven then?"

"You..."

"You what? Want to fight? Go up on the arena then!" Fei Wenxing clenched his fists, exuding an aggressive aura.

The few who had earlier backed down suddenly felt grateful, as they had obtained such coveted spots. How could they not wait even a few days?

This minor incident did not affect Qu Tong’s work efficiency; she spent half a day using up the newly collected Moonlight Grass.

On the third day, there was still no news from Gong Yun’s side, indicating that the Alchemist Association was still applying pressure on the Royal Family.

Qu Tong was not particularly concerned; monopolizing the raw materials was just an indication that they were choosing the wrong approach.

She was looking forward to the day when they would be stuck with all the Moonlight Grass they had hoarded.

After explaining the situation to Palace Commander, Qu Tong said the delivery of the Spirit Power Stabilizing Potion for the military would be delayed by two days.

The Palace Commander was very understanding, even having anticipated the possibility of not receiving the delivery at all. A mere two-day delay was of no consequence.

Qu Tong went to Miss Ali’s God of Wealth Temple and posted an announcement:

"Buying fresh Moonlight Grass, no purification level required, 1000 Star Coins each, available through teleportation portal."

There were already many followers of Qu Tong’s shop, resulting in hundreds of comments appearing immediately.

[Isn’t Moonlight Grass at least 3500 Star Coins each normally?]

[Read carefully, no purification level required!]

[Ah? No purification requirements mean even the contaminated Moonlight Grass is wanted, in that case I have loads here.]

[1000 Star Coins is a great price, shop owner wait for me, I’m going to collect some now.]

[I’m very curious what the shop owner is doing with contaminated herbs? Can you even make potions with that? Won’t that be poisonous?]

[Mind your own business concerning the affairs of a potion master.]

...

After a while, people started posting photos with links in the comments section of the shop.

Qu Tong originally planned to purchase six to seven hundred stalks, but the comments section reported two to three thousand.

Thinking that these herbs had to be used eventually, Qu Tong decided to buy them all and sent out a group transmission of Luyi Star’s teleport codes.

The teleport codes were randomly generated, which could hide the receiving address, only revealing the general area.

Because the locations were quite scattered, it wasn’t convenient to send them to the school. She had to send them to Luyi Star and then have Old Yuan help her ship some over, while asking Xiang Bin to find a plot of land to start planting the rest.

After taking down the announcement and posting a note that she had collected enough in the comments section, Qu Tong started processing the received Moonlight Grass.

Eliminating the contamination from the Moonlight Grass also required spiritual power, but not as much as directly growing usable plants from seedlings or seeds.

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