The Marshal’s Wife is Wild
Chapter 240 - 239: Low-Cost Nutrient Solution

Chapter 240: Chapter 239: Low-Cost Nutrient Solution

Only Xiong Lie stayed on Capital Star awaiting orders, while Wen You and Si Yuting rushed back to Abel Star together.

Not long after, Qu Tong faced her second monthly exam.

This time, her results climbed to fourth place.

Qu Tong compared her performance with that of Lan Weiying, who was in first place, and found the gap was not a small one.

Even if she were to improve the taste of the Nutrient Solution in the remaining month, Lan Weiying’s Nutrient Solution was nearing perfection, a level she couldn’t reach.

"Prince Consort Sister, you’re already very impressive. You’re the only student from Class C in the top ten this year," Rong Yueqing consoled Qu Tong, genuine envy in her eyes.

Nearly perfect scores in every theoretical course, something no one across all departments had achieved.

Qu Tong touched Rong Yueqing’s curly long hair and sighed, "You don’t understand."

Rong Yueqing did not know that Qu Tong had to take first place, nor did she understand why Qu Tong could formulate an Advanced Mind Stabilizing Potion yet couldn’t even properly prepare a low-grade Nutrient Solution.

That’s what Rong Yueqing thought and asked, "Prince Consort Sister, can you only formulate Advanced Mind Stabilizing Potions? What about the high-grade Nutrient Solutions?"

"No," Qu Tong sadly replied.

Such a pity.

Suddenly, Qu Tong had a thought—could she possibly use a low-quality high-grade Nutrient Solution to replace a high-quality low-grade one?

Qu Tong went to ask Fu Xiangyu, who affirmed her idea.

If the taste was the same, the score for formulating a mid-grade Nutrient Solution would definitely be higher than that for a low-grade Nutrient Solution, and the same logic applied to a high-grade Nutrient Solution.

It’s just that first-year students hadn’t been taught how to formulate mid and high-grade Nutrient Solutions yet.

Finally, Qu Tong found a way to break through her predicament.

*

After finishing her classes on Friday, she took a flyer back to Luyi Star.

Xuan Ping and the other four, with nothing better to do, helped expand the farm and build canals, casually capturing some low-grade Star Beasts from the unexplored forest and confining them to a set area.

Qu Tong spent most of her time learning potion-making from Old Yuan.

Old Yuan was indeed a grandmaster; his teaching was much more effective than that of the average tutor.

Whenever Old Yuan needed help, Qu Tong assisted with researching potions to enhance physique, and when he didn’t, she followed the notes he had written for her, repeatedly preparing the high-grade Nutrient Solution.

Whenever she encountered a difficulty, she waited for Old Yuan to have spare time to give her direct guidance.

With the foundation Old Yuan had previously taught her, Qu Tong soon managed to formulate a high-grade Nutrient Solution that met the data requirements.

During this process, Old Yuan himself tasted the high-grade Nutrient Solution for Qu Tong.

His assessment was that although the primary purpose of a Nutrient Solution was to supplement bodily functions and did not require a delicious taste, it should at least be palatable.

Qu Tong herself felt quite helpless.

This was the result even though she had been diligently working on the improvement every day with Rong Yueqing.

Looking at the dozens of data-qualified but oddly-flavored high-grade Nutrient Solutions she had formulated, Qu Tong didn’t want to taste each one.

After sampling a few, she anonymously listed the rest on the Star Network.

The listing read: Advanced Nutrient Solution, taste not guaranteed, 300 Star Coins per bottle, 50 in stock.

Qu Tong chose to post this in the mercenary task area. Not long after the listing went up, a user came to inquire.

Surfing in the Waves: [Are you sure it’s a high-grade Nutrient Solution? 300 Star Coins per bottle?]

No wonder he asked; the market rate for high-grade Nutrient Solutions was never below 1000 Star Coins.

Tangtang: [Sure.]

Tangtang was a casual online nickname that Qu Tong had chosen, and she also sent a copy of the electronic test report over.

RowdyWave: "[Judging by the data, it really is a high-grade nutrient solution, but what the hell does ’undetermined’ mean in the taste section?"]

Tangtang: "[It probably means it doesn’t taste good."]

The message showed as read but not replied to; Qu Tong didn’t mind and continued to respond to someone else’s questions.

About ten minutes later, RowdyWave probably couldn’t resist the temptation of the price and placed an order for 5 bottles of nutrient solution.

Afterward, orders came in dribs and drabs, but all in small quantities.

Perhaps because the price was really too low, all 50 bottles of nutrient solution were sold out in half a day, divided among over a dozen users.

Qu Tong sent out the potions via standard shipping, barely making back the cost of the raw materials—after all, it was a shame to throw away high-grade nutrient solutions.

After arranging for standard shipping at the merchant’s, Qu Tong drove the hovercar back and checked on the situation at the farm on the way.

She found that Tang Shigui and the others were adapting quite well, while Xuan Ping and his group were thoroughly enjoying themselves.

Even Gu Xiu joined in with Xuan Ping and the others, setting up a lounge chair at the edge between the floral sea and the farm, basking in the sunlight, and drinking fresh-squeezed juice.

He was also surrounded by the eager-to-please trio led by Li Kun.

As Xiang Bin told her, Li Kun and the two with him were quite envious of Xuan Ping and the others who had served in the military; they’d cluster around whenever they had a chance and had indeed learned quite a few martial arts moves and spiritual power training techniques from them.

When they weren’t around, they would follow Tang Shigui and the other veterans in daily physical exercises.

Qu Tong eyed the saplings around the vegetable garden, which had grown to about ten centimeters in height, craving for some lychee, or longan would be fine, too.

She broke off a branch and headed to her own backyard mountain.

Only after using her special ability to accelerate its growth did she confirm that it was a lychee tree, and a sweet lychee variety known as Feizixiao at that.

Qu Tong harvested all the lychees from the tree, soaked them in ice water when she got back, and stored them in the crisper drawer of the refrigerator in her space.

The potion fanatic Old Yuan also exceptionally emerged from the lab and shamelessly took half of Qu Tong’s lychees for himself.

Many fruits were considered rare, and she didn’t share them with others after returning to school; instead, she gave quite a few to Rong Yueqing.

Rong Yueqing, savoring the cold and sweet lychees, looked blissfully content.

"It’s great to know you, Prince Consort Sister; I always get to eat so many fresh fruits. Back in the Imperial Palace, only a few of my brothers and the Empress had the chance to eat fruits of this quality occasionally."

Qu Tong smiled gently and popped a crystal-clear lychee into her mouth.

"Don’t you need to go back to your own country?" Qu Tong asked curiously.

If they counted from the beginning of their acquaintance, Rong Yueqing had also been staying in the Garan Empire for half a year now.

"With brother’s help, there’s no need to go back for the time being; I prefer staying here."

Rong Yueqing continued eating lychees while intermittently talking about her treatment back in the Kasa Empire.

The Kasa Royal Family all had good genes and decent talents. Although Rong Yueqing had a beautiful appearance, she was considered a useless beauty by everyone from a young age.

Her mother was a passive and tolerant person, which was fortunate since they were sent to live in the Cold Palace when Rong Yueqing was still young.

The Cold Palace was quite secluded, so not too many people went out of their way to bully her.

Life was not too bad there; they didn’t lack food or clothing, but she also didn’t have any friends.

"Every time he got bullied badly, he would come and hide with me, always carrying a lot of injuries. He wouldn’t disdain the sweets and candies I didn’t want to eat and would finish them all."

"But once, the Third Prince and his group came looking and falsely accused me of stealing gems from their crowns, they ransacked mine and my mother’s room, even slapped my palms. After that, brother didn’t come to see me again."

"The next time I saw him was this year."

"The Empress was helping me choose someone for an arranged marriage. I didn’t want to get married so soon, so I asked brother to bring me here with him."