Chapter 192
**Chapter 249: There’s Always Time to Squeeze**
"Child of destiny?" Yu Xunge found herself repeating the phrase involuntarily.
Lucia spoke softly, "Yes, many of the Holy Clan mistakenly believe that the moon loves all living beings. In truth, it favors those who can change the world’s fate. It draws near to them, sensing the power of destiny within."
Yu Xunge: ?
What does that mean? Is she... the fabled Chosen One?!
She touched the condensation on the icy juice cup, dampening her hand, and adjusted the cowlick between her forehead and ear. Finally, she fiddled with the custom nose ring she had made on Blue Star. Yu Xunge, oh Yu Xunge, you really need to pay attention to your image when you’re out and about.
Who would have thought, Lucia continued, "But destiny has its ups and downs, just like those legendary epics sung by bards. Ninety-nine percent of legendary figures face misfortune... But if one’s life is all smooth sailing, how could they ever be worthy of the title 'legend'?"
Yu Xunge’s expression grew increasingly serious.
Lucia seemed to think of something, sighed, and withdrew her gaze from the moon, only to find the Minotaur across from her looking troubled. "You... what’s wrong?"
Yu Xunge let out a long sigh. What else could it be? She was the one who took on the burden!
Lucia, in the end, couldn’t understand why the Minotaur had left with such heavy steps.
Surely, he wasn’t worried that she might be the Chosen Minotaur, right?
Hahaha, isn’t that just like when she first started learning alchemy and worried that if alchemy disappeared, her life would be shrouded in darkness?
Hmm... could that Minotaur be that little brat from Hufflepuff?
...
After leaving the tavern, Yu Xunge didn’t rush back. Instead, she walked to a corner and pulled out her **Furious Moon** to check if there had been any changes since she had felt so cold earlier.
To her surprise, there was indeed a change. At the bottom of the three skill descriptions, a new note appeared.
**A+ Level → S Level Upgrade Condition: 0/10000g (Moon Sand)**
Yu Xunge tucked away her lantern and pocket watch, gazing at the distant clock tower whose spire seemed to touch the silver moon. Beneath the spire was the clock itself. When she had arrived, she had marveled at how the hour, minute, and second hands resembled the Milky Way. Who would have thought that the three galaxies contained Moon Sand?
This is awkward...
Criminals are driven by strong motives to commit their crimes. Now, she not only had a motive but two!
Double trouble!
With the practicality of the skills **Planet** and **Time-Space Walk**, there was no way she could resist upgrading **Furious Moon**.
After reactivating her invisibility, she summoned Tulan. Her disguise still had half an hour left, which was enough time to return and inform Hufflepuff that she was heading back to Blue Star.
When she returned to Hufflepuff’s alchemy shop and shared her news, Hufflepuff immediately grasped her hand, gazing at the Minotaur with deep emotion, and exclaimed, "You don’t have to return those ten bottles of **Melting Time**! Just bring me some when you can!"
Yu Xunge: Do you think I’m just running out to buy bubble tea?!!
With a resigned tone, Yu Xunge replied, "It depends on the situation. If there are extras, I’ll definitely let you have some for your research."
Since she was already going to make a move, a little more wouldn’t hurt.
After bidding farewell to Hufflepuff, Yu Xunge took a quick trip to the auction house but found no S-level skills that caught her interest. Finally, she stopped by the herb shop to restock on the herbs she needed before hurrying back to Blue Star to continue her seclusion.
Thanks to Lucia’s guidance and her recent studies of **Melting Time**, she was confident she could produce a low-level or "failed version" of **Melting Time** in the next few days.
It was only when she realized she hadn’t received any food from Shen Yushi for several days that she noticed it was already October 7th.
While having lunch with Tulan, she opened her panel and calculated that just from eating the food sent by Shen Yushi, she had gained 19 distributable attribute points. Although it wasn’t a guaranteed increase, a 53% probability was still quite impressive. She wondered if other players had such a high trigger rate from eating Shen Yushi’s food.
Previously, she had allocated 8 attribute points to agility while fighting the Black Jade, leaving her with 11 points. With the 5 points from leveling up from 8 to 9, she now had 17 distributable points, which she decided to allocate entirely to agility.
She didn’t believe in the "barrel theory." To her, the goal was to maximize her strengths. Most importantly, her agility had finally surpassed 100.
**Strength**: 54
**Constitution**: 53
**Intelligence**: 50+5 (from Wuxi)
**Agility**: 105
Closing the panel, she glanced at the little dragon beside her, diligently eating. During her days of seclusion, Tulan had been exceptionally well-behaved, not making a fuss and even helping her clean up dragon droppings to keep the backyard tidy. Tulan had also restocked the vending machine upstairs.
Sometimes, when Yu Xunge got too busy to eat, Tulan would prepare instant noodles for her, worried she wouldn’t have enough to eat, and would carefully bring a full bowl of noodles to her, a gentle smile on her face. Yu Xunge couldn’t help but imagine Tulan saying, "Mommy~ wash my feet!"
Thinking of this made Yu Xunge’s heart soften. She pulled out two hundred gold coins and placed them in front of Tulan. "Your allowance for this month is doubled!"
She was increasingly satisfied with Tulan. Sure, she could be a bit mischievous at times, but she never caused trouble when it mattered.
After calming Tulan down, Yu Xunge contacted Zhao Shuying.
She had finally succeeded in creating a low-tier version of **Melting Time**. The herbs used were completely different from those in **Melting Time**, but most of the components were the same, and many steps had been simplified. The final product could only be considered a basic potion, but it was more than sufficient for the current players on Blue Star.
**Yu Xunge**: **There’s Always Time to Squeeze** reduces the cooldown time of all player skills by 30 minutes, with a cooldown of 10 minutes.
**Zhao Shuying**: Young lady, what’s your price? How much for a bottle?
**Yu Xunge**: This formula is my own research. I can sell you the formula directly, but it’s a bit complex. Although it’s just a basic potion, three steps cannot be replaced by machines and require an alchemist. The herb cost is around 50 silver coins, but you can also send people to collect herbs from dungeons; they’re all low-level herbs from dungeons below level 10.
**Zhao Shuying**: Our offer is this: we’ll write off the 1200 gold coins you owe for **The Big World and the Small Me**. If it’s for the Special Affairs Bureau’s internal use, we’ll give you 1 copper coin for each bottle produced. If we sell it, you’ll get 5% of the profits from each sale. This is our sincerity from the Special Affairs Bureau. Is that acceptable?
**Yu Xunge**: Sounds good.
The Special Affairs Bureau, already accustomed to Yu Xunge’s style, offered the most sincere price. Whether they had received advice from a higher authority or had finally become familiar with her temperament, they knew that the more generous they were, the more likely she would remember them when something good came along, "repaying" their kindness.
Yu Xunge was indeed very satisfied with this price. What pleased her most was the division of profits that Zhao Shuying proposed, separating it into internal use and sales.
If the Special Affairs Bureau used this potion for maintaining stability in dungeons, she could accept a smaller reward. However, if they were to profit from it, she would definitely feel uncomfortable, even if the money ultimately went towards the Bureau’s development. The nature of the transaction was different.
Zhao Shuying’s profit-sharing method perfectly resolved this issue. And while 1 copper coin seemed pitifully small, for an official organization like the Special Affairs Bureau that could access various resources, it was like having a money-printing machine.
Even if the consumption of this potion couldn’t compare to that of basic healing potions, the Special Affairs Bureau and various major factions needed to clear high-level dungeons, and the demand for potions of this level would be staggering. At least every important player would carry more than three bottles.
For every ten thousand bottles produced, she would earn 1 gold coin. How many people were there in all of Huaxia?
Yu Xunge pulled out her phone calculator and began to dream.
In less than an hour, Zhao Shuying arrived through the portal, canceled the debt, and signed a game contract with her, stamping it with the Special Affairs Bureau’s seal. As per Yu Xunge’s request, they also included a clause in the contract to send her monthly profit shares directly to her email.
After signing the contract, Yu Xunge followed Zhao Shuying to the alchemy division of the Special Affairs Bureau, where two hundred intermediate alchemists were already waiting for her to start the class.
Upon arrival, Yu Xunge got straight to the point, skipping any self-introduction. She walked up to the podium, quickly wrote down the formula, and began explaining the processing methods for each herb without holding back. After half an hour of answering questions, she finally left.
Money doesn’t come easily. For the next while, she would have to teach the alchemists for an hour each day. Intermediate alchemists from all over the country would gradually come to attend her classes until at least 500 of them could successfully produce **There’s Always Time to Squeeze**. Only then would this transaction be considered complete.
Perhaps influenced by Lucia, even when someone asked questions unrelated to **There’s Always Time to Squeeze**, Yu Xunge would still provide answers.
And these weren’t just random questions; many were issues that most intermediate alchemists encountered when hitting a bottleneck, and Yu Xunge would do her best to help them out.
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