Chapter 119: Selling Pills
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
After spending a few days at home, Fang Ping was prepared to go back to school on the morning of the 5th.
The 6th was a Monday and MCMAU had resumed its classes.
The last time he departed, Fang Yuan had cried so hard that Fang Ping was deeply touched.
This time, it was again Fang Yuan who saw him off to the train station.
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Train station.
Fang Ping stared at the little girl for a while but after some time, he got annoyed. “Ingrate!”
Her weeping was dreadful last time. But now?
Fang Yuan sent him away cheerfully, wishing him as he quickly got into the train with a “Brother, why don’t you get in the train already” expression. Fang Ping felt like coughing up blood.
Fang Ping obviously knew the reason why.
As soon as he came back, face pinching was still a trivial matter. The main issue was that the girl’s dream of being the head of a female group was shattered. In the past few days, not one of the members of the Yuanping Society had dared approach her.
Fang Yuan looked bewildered. Not even pretending to be sad, she said, “Brother, come back early next time during the holidays and remember to call in advance!”
“I’ll come back even if it isn’t the holidays!”
Fang Ping snorted and said unhappily, “Don’t mess around so much. Disband that Yuanping Society of yours as soon as possible!!
“Also, if I find some of my stuff missing the next time I come back...”
“Not that you have many things left...” Fang Yuan muttered in a low voice.
What could be sold had already been sold? Was there anything else?
Besides, the market was already saturated—that should be the word, Fang Yuan reflected.
Everything desirable had already been bought. Now, even if Fang Ping’s stuff was put on sale, they might not even sell out. She would not continue selling Fang Ping’s belongings.
Fang Ping’s expression darkened and he pinched her cheek until it was almost time for the train to depart. “Take care of our parents at home. You’re a young adult now and should be more sensible.
“Also, call me if there’s anything. If the call doesn’t go through, don’t worry. I might just be busy. If the calls really can’t get through, you can look for Director Tan for help.”
“Okay, I got it...”
“Be a good girl, be smart. Don’t get kidnapped by bad guys.”
“As if I will.”
“...”
Once the siblings were done talking, Fang Ping turned around and waved at Fang Yuan.
As soon as Fang Ping left, Fang Yuan quickly took out her phone and made a phone call. “Call the sisters to gather at the old place!” she said imposingly.
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Magic City Train Station.
This time, Fang Ping was not stopped. He was quickly allowed to leave when he flashed his martial arts license.
He did not take the subway again but instead took a taxi and returned to school in less than 40 minutes.
...
Once back in school, Fang Ping delivered his luggage back to the dormitory and went straight to the logistics department.
Exchange office.
When the martial artist from before saw Fang Ping, he recognized him and greeted him with a smile, “Student Fang Ping, here to exchange things again?
“I told you those shoes were useful. You’ve profited with just 40 credits. By counting the 4 Rank-1 Vitality Pills, you would have already covered your cost.”
Evidently, he knew about the competition in the martial arts society.
Fang Ping was not surprised and smile. “Teacher Li, I’m here this time to exchange some pills.”
“Your instructor ran out of pills?” The Li martial artist laughed lightly but did not deny him.
“Let’s have it, what do you want to exchange? Rank-1 Bone-honing Pills?” he said with a laugh.
“During the bone-honing phase, Rank-1 Bone-honing Pills have the best effect. Add on a few more Rank-1 Vitality Pills and that should be enough.”
“Teacher Li, let me exchange 67 regular Vitality Pills.”
“67 pills...”
The Li martial artist suddenly stared blankly and then looked at Fang Ping with astonishment. After quite a while, he said, “Kid, you better not be disillusioned by money!”
“Credits are hard to earn!”
“Sure, you have a lot of credits now, more than 200. If you exchanged them for regular Vitality Pills, you will have a hard time cultivating.”
“It’s not that no one in martial arts universities wants to do business using credit exchange resources. Neither does the school forbid it since you earned the credits yourself.”
“But there are some things money can’t buy, regardless of how much you have.”
“Not to mention, if you really wanted to do business using credit exchange, it won’t necessarily be cost-effective. Have you thought that through?”
Clearly, Fang Ping would not be able to use all the 67 regular Vitality Pills. The natural conclusion was that he meant to sell them, which itself was not that uncommon.
However, in most situations, the ones to do so were the older students of Year 3 or Year 4. They had a lot of credits stocked up and had exchanged some pills to help their family finances.
A new student like Fang Ping would never use all his credits for exchange in one shot.
It was the hardest for new students to earn credits. At their stage, every point should be used sparingly and not carelessly.
“Teacher Li, I know all that. So, can I exchange them?”
The Li martial artist gave him a look and nodded lightly. “You can. The credits are yours. You can exchange them for anything you wish as long as you have credit.
“So be it, since you don’t seem like an idiot, just make sure you think about it properly.”
After giving him a final reminder, the staff said nothing more. Soon, the staff in the back office handed over 7 bottles of pills.
“There are 67 pills in total. Take a look at them yourself. After deducting 201 credits, you will have 1 credit left. Why not just go for a meal and finish it?” Teacher Li joked.
With 1 credit, there was not much you could use it for except to eat or drink.
Fang Ping took the pills and smiled, “I’ll just leave it. Maybe I’ll get a reward again next time. 50 credits plus this 1 point, just enough to make another exchange.”
“You still plan to continue?” Teacher Li shook his head disbelievingly.
“As long as you think clearly about it yourself. And don’t sell them on a large scale. Getting caught is also very troublesome.
“Although martial arts universities do not prohibit trading, selling pills is a monopolized business outside.
“If you get arrested, not only will they confiscate the pills, I won’t be surprised if you were fined to the point of bankruptcy. You’d better take it easy.”
Powers like the government, martial arts universities and the military participated in the pills business.
An individual like Fang Ping selling them on a small scale would not cause a commotion. However, if he was caught selling them on a large scale, he would definitely land himself in trouble, even if the pills were from MCMAU.
“Thanks for the warning, Teacher.”
“...”
After giving his thanks, Fang Ping took the pills and hurriedly left. Just then, his wealth had increased by 670,000 as expected!
At this moment, Fang Ping’s statistics had once again changed:
Wealth: 6700000
Vitality: 265cal (273cal)
Spirit: 238Hz (241Hz)
He had not wasted any time during his few days at home. He once again honed his bones and had completed honing 28 bones.
“My wealth value is already at 670,000. I’ve left 3 pills for Fang Yuan and now I still have 70 regular Vitality Pills and 11 Rank-1 Vitality Pills.”
That was no small number.
After a brief consideration, Fang Ping dialed Li Chengze’s phone.
After a few greetings, Fang Ping asked, “I have a lot of Vitality Pills now. Is it convenient to sell them out?”
Li Chengze apparently did not expect that Fang Ping would propose another sale of pills since he had only sold a small batch the last time.
After thinking about it, Li Chengze asked, “How many are there?”
“70 pieces...”
“That’s a lot!”
Li Chengze was a little shocked and then quickly said, “Mr. Fang, it’s not advantageous to sell that many pills. Mainly because our strength is weaker.
“It’s no problem for big companies to sell them underhand but we don’t even have a single martial artist with us now apart from you.
“To sell so many pills in a short time, we’ll be discovered in no time. Not to mention, it’s dangerous.”
70 pills, even if they were just regular Vitality Pills, were already worth more than 6 million. Moreover, Fang Ping still had 11 Rank-1 Pills which were worth close to ten million.
“I got it. I’ll try to think of some other way.”
Fang Ping was not afraid to sell them. He just needed to find the right person.
After thinking about it for a bit, Fang Ping went straight to the dormitory.
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Room 15.
“What?”
Fu Changding who had just returned to school exclaimed with shock. “You want to sell pills? And that many!
“Fang Ping, do you need money at home urgently?”
“You could say that. Do you have the means?”
Fu Changding frowned. “Everyone is short on pills. Pills are required to maintain the consumption of Vitality and cultivate the later generation. The demand for Vitality Pills is at its greatest.
“Every year, one Rank-1 martial artist consumes a fair number of Vitality Pills.
“However, this is a monopolized business. People mainly buy from private sellers because they can get it cheaper...”
Fang Ping nodded. “This I understand. What price is everyone willing to pay?”
“Generally, it’s about 80%. After all, large-scale purchases of pills come with discounts. It’s not uncommon to get them for 5% off or 10% off.
“For private sellers, 80% should attract plenty of buyers.”
“80%?”
Fang Ping frowned. He was not too satisfied with the price.
“I now have 70 regular Vitality Pills and 11 Rank-1 Pills. The market price is 10.3 million. How much can I get them for if I sold them?”
The Vitality Pills had brought him a wealth value of 7.1 million previously. He needed to receive more than 7.1 million to ensure an increase in the price difference.
If they were sold at 80% of the price, the most he could increase his wealth was by a couple million. This was slightly different from Fang Ping’s expectations.
“You still have so many Rank-1 Pills?”
Earlier, Fang Ping had just mentioned the regular pills. Fu Changding did not expect that he had also stocked up more than 10 pieces of Rank-1 Pills.
He was overbearingly rich.
He was even richer than himself!
Fu Changding glared resentfully at him. So rich and yet so stingy, he even ate free meals every day.
Fu Changding considered Fang Ping’s question for a bit before suggesting, “How about this, I’ll help you ask around. I’ll first ask my old man if he wants any. There’s no need to worry about the Vitality Pills.
“If you think the price is not suitable then I will help you ask someone else...”
Fang Ping nodded and Fu Changding made the call in his presence.
The call was directed to his father. He briefly explained about having a classmate who wanted to sell pills and then reported the quantity.
After a while, Fu Changding turned to Fang Ping and said, “My dad offered 9 million. Other houses would probably give you roughly the same price. It’s not high but it isn’t low either. What do you think?”
“9 million...”
It was a decrease of about ten percent. Fang Ping groaned slightly but nodded. “That’s fine.”
“Do you want me to help you ask someone else, lest you ...”
“It’s fine.”
Fang Ping laughed. “9 million is nothing to sneeze at and I know it myself. Not to mention, it’ll be safer and more convenient.”
This one-time transaction was not too cumbersome and it was safe.
“Then, it works.”
Fu Changding was not pretentious. This price was indeed not a cheap one. Of course, it would not be a loss for them as the pills obtained were not the unreliable pills, but privately made ones from MCMAU.
After discussing with his father for a while more, Fu Changding hung up the phone and said, “Give me your account number. My dad will transfer the money to you. You can just pass me the pills.”
Fang Ping handed the pills over and said, “You check them yourself now in front of me. I don’t want the pills to bring me any trouble.”
“Alright.”
After all, it was something worth 9 million. Fu Changding did not pretend to be impressed. If something happened afterward, it would embarrass both of them.
After a few quick inspections, Fu Changding laughed. “No problem. I say, Fang Ping, where did you get so many pills? Even if you exchanged all of your credits, you would still be lacking a bit?”
“I’ve gathered them.”
“You are not going to cultivate yourself?”
“I’ve stashed some away for myself.”
“Rich people...”
Fu Changding made a small complaint inwardly. As both of them waited for the money to be transferred to the account, they began to chat.
“Have you heard?”
“What?”
Sometimes Fang Ping could get some gossip from Fu Changding. He did not have any other channels to obtain this information.
“Capital City Martial Art University has come up with special training class.”
Fang Ping frowned thoughtfully and said, “I heard that the normal martial arts universities have also come up with a special training class. What are these classes for?”
“This is partly because of Wang Jinyang...” Fu Changding said mysteriously.
“When I went home this time, I heard that there were some issues going on among the normal martial art universities, MCMAU, and CCMAU recently.
“Mainly because of Wang Jinyang!
“When the fellow was Rank-1, he defeated the Rank-1s of MCMAU; when he was Rank-3, he then defeated several Rank-3s from CCMAU.
“That’s why the normal martial arts universities were protesting, saying that the famous schools only know how to ask for resources and that the students they cultivated were all rubbish.
“Sufficient resources has also led to a lack of necessary competition and dedication from students in prestigious schools.
“Sooner or later, the students of famous schools would eventually become purely casual martial artists, similar to those societal martial artists.
“Schools like MCMAU naturally do not recognize it. Wang Jinyang was a special case and they could not accept it as the norm. The purpose of the school was not to train individuals but to train students as a whole.
“That’s why there was so much noise until both the government and the Ministry of Education came forward to intervene.
“Anyway, this is probably the situation. The two sides are a bit fierce and recently in Capital City, seven or eight grandmasters had picked fights.
“There was also a grandmaster here at MCMAU who went as well. Actually, both sides have been arguing for a while ... ”
Fang Ping frowned. He had heard Qin Fengqing talk about this before but he did not expect that it would have gotten worse.
Normal martial arts universities were unsatisfied with staying at the bottom of the pecking order with scarce resource allocation. Their students were struggling to make progress.
In MCMAU, new students could steadily reach Rank-1 and they did not need to worry about their families.
However, students of normal martial arts universities had to raise their own funds. Hundreds of thousands was no small number. For those who were not martial artists yet, not every family could afford it.
Now Wang Jinyang, who was from a normal martial arts university, had swept away Rank-1s and Rank-3s. That finally allowed an opportunity for normal martial arts universities to criticize the prestigious schools.
However, famous martial arts universities like MCMAU were not convinced since Wang Jinyang was not a common phenomenon and just a special case.
One person’s actions had threatened to negate the teaching achievements of famous schools. It was intolerable.
Fu Changding finally concluded, “In the end, the two sides agreed that this time, they’d use the freshmen as examples to prove that student education in prestigious schools may not necessarily be better than that of normal martial arts universities.
“Of course, prestigious schools have higher enrollment requirements and are definitely better than normal martial arts universities.
“Hence, an agreement had been reached where the Martial Arts University Alliance which consisted of the normal martial arts universities will be considered as one group; MCMAU and CCMAU will be considered as another group and second-level schools like East Sino National Normal University will be counted as one group.
“That’s a total of 4 groups. When this semester ends, each school will send their student representatives to showcase the results of each school’s education.
“The special training classes of the Martial Arts University Alliance were set up for this purpose. Each school will pick a group of their top geniuses from their students and then focus on training them.
“If only one school was considered, the end result would definitely be them losing to MCMAU. However, the Martial Arts University Alliance consists of almost 80 schools!
“If each school comes forth with one top student, their side will have 80 top-tier students. Obviously, that would out we pressure on MCMAU and CCMAU.
Fang Ping raised his brows. “You mean, the four groups will compete by the end of this semester?”
“Yeah, and it will definitely more serious,” Fu Changding said with a serious look.
“This is related to the resource allocation later on, even ... including the assigning of the shares of pills and weaponry companies.
“If schools like MCMAU actually lost, the resources provided to the school will surely be reduced. It will be a daydream for things to still remain like the current situation where we can exchange pills with just 30% of the market price.
“Don’t think of it as just a difference of 20% as the difference is really huge...”
Of course, Fang Ping understood the implications. He sighed. “Could it be that MCMAU is planning to set up a special training class too?”
“Not too sure about that. There is no news at the moment but I think it is highly possible.
“A swarm of mosquitoes can kill an elephant. Everyone is just at the starting point now. The differences aren’t too big.
“When normal martial arts universities focus their resources on raising students individually, the results would not be pretty decent. There are bound to be some geniuses across that many schools.”
Fang Ping thought and said, “We’ll see. What do you think?”
“Of course I have my thoughts on this. If the school is really going to give a specific group of students special training, there would surely be an inclination of resources. It is a waste to not pursue it.”
“Rewards are only for those who worked...” Fang Ping said with a soft voice.
After getting the benefits, it would be compulsory to fight for MCMAU.
As they chatted, Fang Ping’s phone notification rang.
The money had been transferred to the account!
Fang Ping looked joyous right now. His wealth had reached a new high: 8.6 million!
9 million cash had just entered his account and that gave him another 1.9 million of wealth compared to before.
If the 9 million was used to exchange for credits, he would get 300 credits which could be exchanged with 100 Vitality Pills. However, based on the price in the market, it was only worth around 9 million. They will not bring any increase in cash or wealth.
Hence, it would not work if he wanted to make a profit by continuously buying and selling them.
Credits still needed to be earned. It was obviously not really worth it to exchange them with cash.
His wealth had been increased a lot and his cash had reached 9 million. Even though he only had one Rank-2 Vitality Pill left, Fang Ping was already very satisfied.