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Chapter 12 - The Gym Teacher's Covert Promotion
The sale of special effect qi refining pills was nothing short of explosive. This prompted the students who had been on the fence to finally jump into action, joining the long lines of eager purchasers.
Everyone was eyeing the upcoming examination for cultivation. Their spiritual qi values were more or less on the same level, and if the special effect qi refining pills truly had two to three times the potency of regular qi refining pills, anyone not taking them would be left in the dust.
No one wanted to fall behind, especially not with something as significant as the examination for cultivation at stake.
Even students whose spiritual qi value hadn't reached 900 joined the queue to buy the pills.
Initially, they had little hope for their examination for cultivation, but the emergence of the special effect qi refining pills gave them a glimmer of hope.
Perhaps, after using these pills, their spiritual qi values could surge past 900.
And if this year's passing threshold was the same as last year's, or even slightly lower, wouldn't that mean they would meet the standard?
Thus, a line quickly formed in the corridor, stretching two to three hundred students long. It drew not only the attention of other students but also the inquiries of teachers.
Upon hearing that Su Mu had special effect qi refining pills, the gym teacher, who also taught the Qi Cultivation Technique, hurried over.
In this world, gym teachers held a high status, and no teacher dared to use the excuse of 'the gym teacher is sick'1 to take over their class.
In this world, only cultivators could become gym teachers, guiding students to temper their bodies and practice the Qi Cultivation Technique.
Though gym teachers were revered, they rarely took over classes due to their limited numbers. At Su Mu's school, which was a provincial key school, there were only two gym teachers, both level 2 grade A cultivators.
The two teachers personally taught first-year students, while the Qi Cultivation Technique classes for second and third-year students were managed by the class teachers, with the gym teachers providing supervision and guidance.
Being cultivators, they were different from ordinary people; neither of the gym teachers needed to use the special effect qi refining pills for their cultivation. Just by trying them, they confirmed that the pills were indeed over twice as effective as regular qi refining pills.
With the 'appraisal' of the two cultivator teachers, the students in line who hadn't tried the special effect qi refining pills were completely reassured.
Su Mu was also pleased; the actions of the two teachers turned into an inadvertent promotion for him.
The teachers didn't stop Su Mu from selling the special effect qi refining pills. They preferred their students to increase their spiritual qi value, and if more students got into a cultivation university, not only would they receive a bonus, but they could also be recognized as outstanding teachers.
So, after making their rounds, they simply reminded everyone: "Maintain order, don't disrupt the other students, and you can only buy and sell during breaks. Once the bell for class rings, everyone must return to their classes and focus on their lessons."
Su Mu readily agreed and called out to the queue outside the classroom: "Did you hear what the teachers said? Keep the order! If anyone breaks the rules, there will be no discounts, and no more special effect qi refining pills!"
The students in line quickly responded: "Don't worry, teacher, we will definitely keep order and behave ourselves."
They dared not do otherwise.
Losing discounts or the special effect qi refining pills was something none of them could bear!
The teachers nodded in approval and left contentedly.
This left some students who had hoped the teachers would ask Su Mu to lower his prices quite disappointed.
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For the teachers, as long as the pills were genuine, there was no problem.
As for the price, it was a matter of willing buyer, willing seller. They couldn't really intervene even if Su Mu sold five boxes for twenty thousand, no matter how expensive that might be.
After watching the teachers leave, Su Mu continued to sell the special effect qi refining pills.
"Sixty pills, count them, and if there's no issue, take them. Next."
Meanwhile, back in the office, the teachers began discussing Su Mu and his special effect qi refining pills.
"I saw students talking about this in the WeChat group last night and thought it was fake. I didn't expect there to actually be such a thing as special effect qi refining pills."
"Where did Su Mu get these special effect qi refining pills from?"
"I heard it's from a mysterious alchemist."
"He knows an alchemist? Is it a relative? Does his family include cultivators?"
"To enhance the effect of qi refining pills two to three times, that's no ordinary alchemist. As far as I know, big pharmaceutical factories that produce qi refining pills invest a lot of money each year to improve formulas and enhance effects. Though qi refining pills are not spiritual pills, they are basic alchemical pills for cultivation available to the general public, and are considered a key project. But even so, I've never heard of any factory being able to increase the effect of special effect qi refining pills by that much."
The one speaking was one of the only two cultivator teachers, named Xie Lei.
Although his cultivation level was average, being level 2 grade A, he came from a cultivation family and knew many things others did not.
The office fell silent for a moment before being filled with the teachers' exclamations and amazement.
"So, the alchemist who provided Su Mu with the special effect qi refining pills must be quite impressive. Could it be a grand alchemist?"
"Such a difficult task, even a grand alchemist might not be able to do it. It's probably a grandmaster of alchemy! And very likely one who has graduate and doctoral students, with a research team."
"Su Mu has such connections in his family?"
"I think that this grandmaster of alchemy, even if not related to Su Mu, must have a deep connection with his deceased parents. Otherwise, why provide him with special effect qi refining pills and let him sell them at school? It must be because they see he's struggling financially and has a sick sister, so they're helping him out in this way."
"That makes sense! As a grandmaster of alchemy, they wouldn't waste time on this unless it was to support Su Mu."
"It's a pity that the grandmaster of alchemy only now gave the special effect qi refining pills to Su Mu. If he had given them earlier, this year's senior students' spiritual qi values could have been much higher. Maybe we would have seen several students breaking the 1000 mark."
"What are you dreaming about? The grandmaster of alchemy wouldn't do that because giving the special effect qi refining pills to Su Mu too early wouldn't fetch the price they do now, nor would it have the intended effect of helping Su Mu."
It must be said, the teachers were quite gossipy.
Their conjectures and discussions about Su Mu and the special effect qi refining pills added a layer of mystery to the whole affair.
At the same time, they indirectly helped Su Mu solidify his story.
Footnotes:
The gym teacher is sick(体育老师病了): In China, since physical education is not included in the college entrance examination, many teachers will take over gym classes using the excuse that " The gym teacher is sick."