Qian Qi nodded with satisfaction, "I knew, Classmate Miao Miao wouldn't leave me behind."
She got up, put on her coat, did a quick wash, then picked up her textbooks like yesterday, and clattered down the stairs in her flip-flops.
Chen Miaomiao followed behind her, very much wanting to reach out and push her down the stairs, but considering Qian Qi's thick skin and seemingly Xiaoqiang-like tenacity, Chen Miaomiao ultimately gave up on the idea.
She's not some foolish cannon fodder; if she wants to kill Qian Qi, she must have an alibi and not let herself be touched by any suspicion.
Qian Qi felt a bit regretful, "Why didn't she make a move? I was planning to counter in self-defense by kicking her down the stairs."
Blue Panel: [... Are you the bad guy or is she the bad guy?]
Qian Qi said not to mind these details.
After breakfast, Qian Qi dove back into the mountains, analyzed three new types of Magic Plant seeds, planted them in her experimental field, and began to take care of them.
Then she started roaming around the mountains again.
There are quite a few students at the Magic Plant Academy, with over a thousand students across four grades. So as Qian Qi was roaming around the mountains, there were actually quite a few students on the mountain recording the growth of their Magic Plants.
To the rare guest "Qian Qi", they were obviously very curious and a bit worried at the same time.
"Why did that lunatic suddenly come to the back mountain?"
"Who knows, won't she pull up our hard-grown Magic Plants on a whim?"
"I don't think so, plus her grades aren't good, she shouldn't know the weaknesses of Magic Plants, definitely can't survive against Magic Plants."
"Not necessarily." A senior whispered, "You probably don't know, but Qian Qi stole Li Shuyun's Fire Qilin Fruit a few days ago, and it's said the Fire Qilin Lotus was smashed to pieces with a hoe."
"Woah! The defense and aggression of the Fire Qilin Lotus are quite strong, and she could counter-kill it?"
"That's not all, I've heard that Qian Qi even wanted to eat the Fire Qilin Fruit, but for some reason, suddenly returned it to Li Shuyun."
"She's crazy! Eating a Fire Qilin Fruit? The fruits of Magic Plants can't be eaten directly, that's common knowledge!"
A few seniors were squatting together, their voices occasionally rising and falling as they discussed, their perception of Qian Qi's madness growing stronger. One of them couldn't help but complain, "I really don't know how her parents educated her, raising her to be this crazy."
Qian Qi was actually curious too, wondering how the original host's parents educated her.
Unfortunately, there was no presence of parents in her fragmented memory, and not even any contact information of relatives or friends in the Light Brain contact list.
There was a fixed contact, but without a note, Qian Qi didn't dare to call and inquire about who it was.
"Hopefully, they won't give me a family background full of extreme burdens." Qian Qi silently prayed, otherwise, she really couldn't guarantee who would be more miserable by then.
...
At night, the cool wind blew over the hills, and the bizarre Magic Plants swayed and shook their branches and leaves. The moonlight cast their giant shadows, eerie and terrifying, with occasional low hoarse strange sounds that arose suddenly in the dark and cold mountain forest, causing anxiety and fear.
Su Xingle stood at the foot of the mountain, with a plastic box filled with Demon Beast Meat at his feet. The cold wind made him shiver involuntarily, he rubbed his arms, trying hard to ignore those Magic Plants.
At this hour, most of the Magic Plant Department's students had already entered dreamland, and he really couldn't figure out why Qian Qi had him deliver Demon Beast Meat in the middle of the night.
After waiting for quite a while without seeing Qian Qi, Su Xingle couldn't help but poke at her with his Light Brain.
[Young Master Su Cheng]: Where are you? Why aren't you down yet?
[I am your uncle]: Are you in a hurry?
[Young Master Su Cheng]: Not really in a hurry...
He was mainly a bit scared, having heard that some Magic Plants can move on their own, even though the academy forbids planting those mobile Magic Plants.
[I am your uncle]: If you're not in a hurry, turn around.
Su Xingle, puzzled, turned around and immediately met Qian Qi's smiling big face.
He was so startled he turned pale: "Oh my gosh!"
When did she come over? Why was there not a bit of sound?
"Help me carry it up." Qian Qi had a hoe on her shoulder, which was inconvenient, so she skillfully ordered Su Xingle around.
Su Xingle didn't dare to disobey; he quickly picked up the plastic box and followed Qian Qi.
The two walked on the safe path, which, although called safe, actually just meant it was relatively far from the experimental fields and out of the attacking range of the Magic Plants. While walking, Su Xingle could hear clearly the creak of twigs under their feet, which sounded particularly eerie in the silent night.
Glancing sidelong at those Magic Plants stretching their branches and leaves trying to attack them, Su Xingle couldn't help speaking up, trying to ease his nervousness through conversation, "Um, Qian Qi Junior, aren't you afraid?"
Qian Qi turned back, gave him a light glance, and laughed for some unknown reason, "Guess why I'm carrying a hoe?"
Su Xingle tried to think hard, "For defense? In case some Magic Plant attacks us, you can use the hoe to fight back?"
Qian Qi shook her head, "Wrong, it's in case you're torn apart by the Magic Plants, and I won't have a hoe to dig a pit and destroy the body without a trace."
Su Xingle: ???
This made him even more scared.
He was wrong, he shouldn't fear the Magic Plants; Junior Qian Qi is far more terrifying than the Magic Plants!!!
After walking for almost 20 minutes, they finally arrived at their destination. Qian Qi opened the plastic box and saw the legendary Demon Beast Meat.
It looked similar to beef on the surface but with denser fibers. She squeezed it, and wow, it was all solid, hard muscles.
So tough, can the Fire Qilin Lotus digest it?
"Is this stuff tough to handle?" Remembering something, she turned to ask Su Xingle.
"Not too tough. I know a senior who graduated, and he happened to have a channel to purchase fresh Demon Beast Meat." Su Xingle said.
"Oh?" Qian Qi suddenly became interested, "What channels are there for Demon Beast Meat?"
"Three kinds. One is that Awakeners hunt Magic Beasts after entering instances, and then bring the Magic Beast corpses out. After selling valuable parts to the Magic Beast Research Institute, the remaining parts, such as Demon Beast Meat, are sold to Beast Masters as food for their Contracted Magical Beasts."
"Another is sales from the Magic Beast Research Institute's official website, though the price is a bit higher, it has the advantage of plentiful supply and stable prices, plus nationwide direct delivery without having to wait for Awakeners at instance entrances."
"And another...." Su Xingle paused, "is like my senior who graduated; by working at the Magic Beast Research Institute, he has many invisible benefits, such as obtaining exclusive selling rights, buying Demon Beast Meat at a low price from the institute, and reselling it."
Qian Qi pondered. If she wanted to open a factory to produce Blood Stopping Magic Potions in the future, she would certainly need to arrange a Demon Beast Meat supplier in advance; perhaps she could connect with someone from the Magic Beast Research Institute... like Su Xingle's senior.
No no no, there's still a markup for middlemen.
Qian Qi tentatively asked, "If your senior resigns, will he still have that exclusive selling right?"
Su Xingle nodded, "Yes."
Aha!
Qian Qi was overjoyed, in that case, couldn't she just work at the Magic Beast Research Institute herself? Once she gets the exclusive selling rights, she'll just slip away!
But she vaguely remembered, to work at the Magic Beast Research Institute, it seemed a degree and diploma from the Magic Beast Department are necessary? Thinking like that, she couldn't escape the fate of changing majors!
Very well!
For affordable and quality Demon Beast Meat, let her work hard to earn money, heading towards the Magic Beast Department major!
Honey pot-like sweet retirement life, wait for me~