Chapter 156: Holy Light Beast Vet Old Shaman?!
In the one-on-one consultation service, Yuan Zhu quickly figured out the inside story of Running City’s pharmaceutical industry.
Over these years, numerous well-known large enterprises have successively come to Running to invest and establish ‘research institutes and drug centers’, mainly for two reasons:
The most prominent is Running City’s proactive ‘self-transformation’ or ‘struggle for self-rescue’.
As an old industrial city adjacent to the super metropolis Taixi, Running has long been in a state of blood loss, talent outflow, and being siphoned away.
Local forces, in order to revitalize, had no choice but to take a different path, vigorously developing the [Extraordinary Prison] industry to take on Taixi’s ‘super serious offenders’; and proactively relaxing [Forbidden Experiment] restrictions, while holding underground fighting events in the Inner World ([Spirit Layer]) to promote various enterprises’ products, forming an industrial chain.
The reason Running in the Present World doesn’t feel the changes brought by the ‘pharmaceutical field’ is mainly because these enterprises and research centers are entrenched inside the [Spirit Layer], separated by a world, revolving around ability users of different systems.
Only a few ripples leak out to the Present World, affecting the mortal fighters in the underground fighting circle. And this is also part of the play. It is the downward compatibility of different ‘drug systems’, collecting ‘experimental data’ on the pollution effects on mortals.
Another reason why multiple forces favor Running, this old industrial city, and successively establish ‘branches and strongholds’ is Running’s special ‘space-time docking’ phenomenon that has lasted nearly 20 years.
Yuan Zhu had encountered this situation before: at night on the way home, the street he passed suddenly space-docked with an alley from an unknown space-time, then quickly disappeared.
In addition, every night in Running City, enthusiastic citizens form groups to hunt and kill wild animals and marine beasts thrown out by ‘space-time docking’, obtaining high-quality protein gifted by nature.
And he, along with Lu Rang, Mai Lili, and other Running little partners, were kidnapped by [Happy Home] together to work off the books for [Mao Mao King]. This is also inextricably linked to Running City’s space-time rules being too loose.
In Senior Student’s recounting, this special space-time phenomenon allowed the originally mediocre, gradually forgotten and eliminated old city to regain vitality, attracting attention from multiple forces. This led to the subsequent series of self-rescue actions and obtaining investments from various enterprises.
Yuan Zhu propped up his chin and activated famous detective reasoning mode: “So, Running was rediscovered by the outside world because of [Space-Time Docking], leading to subsequent investments, influx of a series of ‘research centers and drug institutions’, establishment of several heavy prisons, and major development in the [Spirit Layer]. The root cause is that the outside world is using [Running] as a testing ground?”
Senior Student affirmed this: “Yeah, I heard from the academy’s professor that in Du Ling Star’s history, many cities or regions have experienced [Space-Time Docking]. Without exception, they all had major events of historical significance, but unfortunately the specific details are sealed, and I don’t know much either. The academy calls land where such ‘anomalies’ appear [Spirit Descent Land].”
Yuan Zhu: “Learned something new.”
If that’s the case, then Running’s hidden value is even higher. It’s full of opportunities everywhere, a heaven-sent place for entrepreneurship, worth heavy investment and development.
Senior Student asked in return: “What are you asking about these for?”
“Isn’t it because I stepped onto the Supernatural Path and realized how poor I am? Cultivation requires massive wealth to support it. With my current abilities, if I don’t seek progress and just want to live a wealthy mortal life, it’s not difficult. But to advance further in the [Holy Light Domain] and continue improving strength, I must have massive cultivation supplies. So, I need to make money, and big money at that!”
Then, Yuan Zhu shouted a deafening sentence: “No money, how to get stronger?!”
Hearing this, Senior Student nodded repeatedly in agreement. The poor study literature, the rich practice martial arts, and after stepping into supernatural power, one is essentially tainted with irreversible [Pollution], with no way back.
This is no longer something you can stop just by wanting to; you can only keep going, maintain the rhythm, and strengthen control over the [Power of Pollution].
Ultimately, temporarily taming the [Power of Pollution] and incorporating it for one’s own use, gaining a night of peaceful sleep. Then being counterattacked by even fiercer ‘pollution’, starting a new round of confrontation.
None of this happens without massive energy and investment behind it; even with vast mortal wealth, you may not be able to buy matching ‘supernatural resources’. What’s more, without even the most basic money, the only option left is to sell oneself and join the [Holy Church].
Senior Student agreed: “Your thinking is right. So, you’ve set your sights on Running City’s pharmaceutical industry? Not cleaning up garbage at [Fire Fang] anymore?”
“How much money can cleaning up garbage make? I have a few ordinary friends who told me that many fighters in the underground boxing ring are using [Body Tempering Fluid] or other magic potions and pills… They’re expensive and in short supply. So I had some ideas, and Senior Student, aren’t you a top student of the [School of Dangerous Botany]? You naturally know how to plant ‘Extraordinary Medicinal Herbs’…”
Senior Student understood: “So you gave me these [Pollution Medicinal Herb Seeds] as gifts, and inquired about [Frog School] news, right?”
Yuan Zhu gave her a thumbs up.
He did indeed have ideas to set up some industries in Running; firstly, he was indeed very poor and short of money.
For cultivation resource consumption, he wasn’t lacking. Firstly, he had [Space of Gods] exchanges, and could frequently go to the ‘Bubble World’ for no-capital robbery to complete primitive accumulation; additionally, the vast [Disease Garden] and massive pollution crops were all top resources for cultivating [Holy Light].
But his wealth accumulation in the mortal world was zero; he was just an ordinary laid-off 18-year-old worker. Whether dreaming of becoming a small capitalist, supporting his younger brother, issuing salaries to [New White Feather Association]’s followers, or laying groundwork for [Anti-Law], he needed a money-making business.
Currently, he set his target on the [Pharmaceutical (Veterinary Medicine)] field he was most familiar with. If he could get an introduction from Senior Student to contact the [Frog School] and dive into this circle, completing primitive network accumulation and familiarizing with industry inside stories, it would be perfect.
So he asked: “Does Senior Student think I can get a piece of the pie? For example, we cooperate, contract a piece of land, plant medicinal herbs with supernatural attributes, and sell them to the academy for pharmaceuticals?”
Senior Student shook her head: “You have great ideas. But forget about ‘planting medicinal herbs’. This requires selecting spirit lands with super strong pollution attributes in the [Spirit Layer], setting up barriers for conditioning, then arranging professionals to carefully tend them. It’s not something you can do by casually contracting a couple acres.”
Yuan Zhu instead felt these conditions weren’t hard to meet; his [Animal Husbandry Village] fit perfectly and was already trying batch planting of ‘Insect System Pollution’ specialty medicinal herbs; additionally, [Disease Garden] was clearly a Grotto-Heaven Blessed Land plantation already conditioned by ‘Disease Pollution’.
And the [Shadow Domain] he planned to reopen was also a spirit land with ‘planting potential’. Unfortunately, he couldn’t reveal these, so he could only keep them in his heart and secretly get started.
“Then… does Senior Student have connections to introduce me to [Frog School]’s senior students, to become the agent for [Body Tempering Fluid] in Running’s underground black market? I’m quite familiar with the underground fighting circle, can act as middleman and broker + experimental assistant, help the academy dig up and cultivate ‘Frog School experimental subjects’, record cultivation data, provide professional cultivation reinforcement package services, turn them into ‘fighting stars’ for throwing matches to make big money.”
Yuan Zhu was somewhat confident in cultivating mere [Path of Strength. Fighters].
Firstly, he was very familiar with the underground boxing ring, an old hand who had mixed in the amateur group. Secondly, after returning from further studies in [Cicada City], the [Great Desolation Immortal Scripture] contained massive ‘Insect System cultivation techniques and martial arts moves’. Even without True Qi support, he could magic-modify them to erupt with impressive physical damage.
And when cultivating ‘Path of Strength. Supernatural Civilian Worker Martial Artists’, he could also treat these cultivators as ‘experimental subjects’ for knockoff analysis, figuring out the [Path of Strength] and knockoff replicating it.
Using [Frog School]’s resources, eating their rice, stealing their technology, sharing their experimental subjects, mapping their business network, then throwing matches to promote his own ‘fighting brand’—just thinking about it felt great.
However, Senior Student ruthlessly shot down: “Don’t even think about it; it’s impossible.”
“Why? I can lower the remuneration to the minimum, just give me a chance!” This was a great opportunity to break into the professional circle.
Senior Student Chen retorted: “You know it’s a good business, willing to lower remuneration and give it for free just for a chance to enter the industry. So wouldn’t all those [Frog School] graduates over the years think of that?”
Yuan Zhu: “Huh? So, similar secondary dealers, fighter brokers… someone already did them? University students are that unscrupulous?”
Senior Student rolled her eyes: “Studying at [Rain Courtyard] university doesn’t mean everyone has real talent and learning. No backdoor relationship holders? Losers gilding via connections? Or excellent graduates without relatives and friends to arrange lucrative jobs?”
Thinking about it, it made sense; Yuan Zhu looked dejected and sighed: “Sigh, in this day and age, money is hard to earn and shit is hard to eat.”
At this moment, Senior Student suddenly changed the topic: “However… if you really can endure hardship and are willing to put in effort to earn some hard money, I do have a connection.”
Yuan Zhu’s eyes lit up: “Oh? Good sister, what I need isn’t just a way to make money. It’s an opportunity to contact the supernatural circle and ‘advance’. I really want to progress!”
Senior Student nodded: “Don’t worry! I only thought of this path because you want to get close to [Frog School] and become a secret medicine agent. And honestly, your conditions… really fit quite well.”
Yuan Zhu asked curiously: “What exactly is the connection? Related to which supernatural discipline at Rain Courtyard?”
Chen Yi didn’t answer directly, instead asking: “Do you still remember those ‘polluted living sacrifices’ that the Old Temple Priest used when you were branding your Holy Mark?”
“Yeah, yeah, yeah, I remember!”
Not to mention the Old Temple Priest, last night he even directed the Goblin to dig into mouse holes to pick up toads, throwing the mice and frogs into the ‘Disease Garden’ to be thoroughly polluted, then using Holy Light on them.
Extremely cost-effective, just a bit color-fading.
Senior Student: “The Academy Church over there regularly consumes a batch of experimental rejects from various disciplines that are ‘polluted experimental subjects.’ Purifying these ‘polluted bodies’ is a form of cultivation for Holy Light; for the Academy, it’s destroying experimental pollution garbage. Win-win. Therefore, Rain Courtyard regularly sells similar ‘experimental garbage’ at low prices to the ‘Holy Church’ or the Holy Light Demon Extermination Department in hospitals.”
Yuan Zhu’s expression was odd: “So the connection you gave me is to contract Rain Courtyard’s ‘experimental garbage’ and resell it?”
How did it end up that he still couldn’t escape the identity of a Scrap Dealer? Cleaning at Fire Fang, and now at Rain Courtyard still contracting non-recyclable hazardous garbage?
“What good thing are you thinking of? Someone’s already doing this business, both Tai Huang Dao and Fire Fang have shares. You want to compete with your Boss?”
Yuan Zhu: “凸(艹皿艹)！！!” Damn! Not even letting him pick up garbage?!
“Then what is the connection you gave me?”
Senior Student explained: “Rain Courtyard’s various disciplines have a large number of ‘pollution-type experiments’ every day that need testing and verification, with huge demand for ‘experimental subjects.’ The mice and frogs used in experiments are not wild mice and toads caught casually from the wild; they need to be continuously bred for five generations in an absolutely clean enclosed isolation environment, screened to ensure they are clean enough themselves, zero pollution. Therefore, the acquisition price for this kind of ‘Experimental Grade mice and frogs’ is far higher than ordinary market varieties, and the demand is enormous.”
Yuan Zhu had an enlightenment: “You want me to raise this kind of ‘Experimental Grade mice and frogs’?”
“Right! First, the Present World’s environment is very suitable for breeding and cultivating ‘Experimental Grade mice and frogs.’ Because the Present World’s suppression force is the strongest, pollution degree is the lowest, and the environment is the most stable. Additionally, on Du Ling Star, whether humans or other creatures, under the premise of not actively contacting ‘pollution,’ after continuously breeding five generations, the offspring’s deviation will drop to the lowest, that is, absolutely clean, pollution washed white.”
Yuan Zhu chimed in: “I get this, the grace of a gentleman cuts off after five generations.”
Senior Student gave an appreciative look: “And when I said you’re suited for this business, I’m not talking nonsense. After your Holy Light purifies a ‘sacrifice,’ it leaves a large amount of ‘ashes,’ right?”
“Correct, Cui Miao Zhu said he’s willing to buy back these ashes at a price.”
Senior Student introduced: “Your Holy Light is also a form of pollution for experimental mice; once contaminated, they’re not clean, and the Academy won’t take them. But the remains turned to slag by Holy Light purification have their original pollution completely rejected, and the residual Holy Light will automatically dissipate over time. The final ‘residue ashes’ obtained are very clean quality ‘unattributed substrate,’ widely used in various experiments; at the same time, they are also added food for raising Experimental Grade mice and frogs.”
“Don’t you want to contract a piece of land? Go for it boldly! Then build an absolutely enclosed building, hire a professional team to set it up, ensure ‘environment clean, sterile, zero pollution,’ then purchase a batch of Experimental Grade mice and frogs from Rain Courtyard as breeding stock, start breeding work, and continuously self-produce and self-sell ‘Holy Light ashes’ to purify your experimental subjects.”
“Once an experimental subject gets polluted, directly use Holy Light to thoroughly purify it, wash off the pollution, obtain new ‘ashes’ and reinvest into the breeding cycle. If there are extra ‘ashes,’ don’t panic, sell them to me. The Academy has always cooperated with the Holy Church; we sell polluted sacrifices at low prices, and they return unattributed ashes.”
Yuan Zhu, having listened, suddenly saw the light; this was indeed a bottom-level path to wealth by contacting Rain Courtyard and the superfan academys.
A Holy Light Cultivator switching careers to breeding tycoon, providing the Academy with Experimental Grade zero pollution mice and frogs, was indeed a presentable ‘overt job,’ and as long as he was willing to work hard, there
“Sister, isn’t there anyone else taking over this industry? Like Holy Light Cultivators who aren’t doing well.”
Senior Student: “Naturally, you’re not the only one cultivating experimental subjects. First, the academy has a huge demand in this area, but the pollution concentration in the Spirit Layer is too high, making it unsuitable. Those capable powerhouses disdain doing this kind of business in the Present World that damages their status and doesn’t make big money. Second, animal husbandry isn’t some easy and comfortable job, especially with ‘Experimental Grade animals’, which have extremely high requirements for drinking water, food, and living environment. It requires investing a huge amount of energy, and they’re also prone to getting sick, spreading diseases, and suffering pollution… one dies and a whole bunch follows.”
“Finally, the academy signed contracts with multiple ‘experimental biology farming facilities’, shopping around from various suppliers to drive down prices. If one farming facility suddenly suffers an outbreak and collapses, there are more companies to provide supplies. You’re in this line of work, which is professionally aligned, and I can help you contact sellers.”
“Also, aren’t you interested in the pharmaceutical field? I suggest you specialize in farming experimental grade frogs. This kind of experimental subject involves the purification of body tempering fluid. I heard that the Frog School is trying artificial guidance and cultivating frog god dependants frog species with stable polluting traits. If you farm frogs well and feed them more ashes, you will have a chance to contact experts from the Frog School and participate in the cultivation of frog god dependants. It is not impossible to use this as an opportunity to break into the new body tempering fluid field.”
Yuan Zhu nodded repeatedly: “This is good! I’m not afraid of hard work, and the difficulty doesn’t seem high?”
Chen Yi agreed: “Your 【Holy Light System】 is indeed suitable for farming. Before introducing the pure mother body, hide in the farming facility and release a few rounds of Holy Light to clean up the pollution and purify the site. Those professional ‘farming companies’ also need to regularly invite ‘Holy Cultivators’ to perform blessing and demon extermination inside the farming sites. Your expertise is too perfect for it!”
Yuan Zhu fell silent upon hearing this. Ordinary Holy Light Cultivators, after graduation, would go to the hospital to serve as doctors in the Holy Light Demon Extermination Department; this was for human physicians.
And he, this ‘Holy Light Little Genius’, achieved great success in Seal Casting yet inexplicably entered the ‘Experimental Grade Frog Farming Industry’, starting to release Holy Light on animals, becoming the ‘Great Holy Light. Veterinary Medicine Shaman’!
Damn it! In my last life, after graduating from university, I mistakenly entered a veterinary medicine company and moonlighted as an unlicensed veterinarian; in this life, after graduating from Holy Light, I’m serving livestock again? And trying to infiltrate the [Body Tempering Fluid] field, stealing advanced ‘native frog medicine technology’.
“Is this fate?”
Senior Student: “Ah? What are you saying?”
“I say, when do we start?”
Senior Student: “Don’t worry. You can select a location first, I’ll help you contact a senior student from the Frog School, and by the way, apply for an Academy Enterprise Assistance Contract.”
Yuan Zhu: “What’s the use of this?”
“When you build the farming facility, the Frog School will send excellent students to help you design and plan, providing professional guidance. When you officially start farming, the academy will send top students to provide technical guidance. Also, your company is under the Rain Courtyard’s name, so you can enjoy tax reductions and other benefits. Do you really know frog farming that well? If not, of course you need to hire professionals to operate it.”
Yuan Zhu: “This good? Then what do I need to pay?”
“First, 10% of the profit must be handed over to the academy. Second, you need to hire a group of [Frog School] students, provide job opportunities, as well as salary. Even if deep cooperation projects are launched, you must sponsor designated students to complete their studies. Of course, if you get along well enough, after graduation, they might even consider working for you. The premise is that your company offers sufficient benefits and development potential.”
Yuan Zhu was very satisfied with this. He even arranged for a Frog School supernatural intern? I was just worrying about having no chance to steal the Immortal Scripture, and now they’ve delivered themselves right to my door?
“The request is very reasonable. I unconditionally approve. Then, I’ll leave it to you, Senior Student!”
“Leave it to me.”
