Chapter 20 - The Operation Approaches

"Sorry, I got carried away in the moment," Liu Peng apologized sheepishly as he released Su Mu.

Wiping the saliva from his face, Su Mu threatened through clenched teeth, "If you ever lose control like that again, I'll make sure you'll never get excited again."

Liu Peng shuddered in fear and quickly promised, "It won't happen again, I guarantee it..."

Seeing Su Mu's gloomy expression, Liu Peng hurriedly changed the subject and began to plan how to spend the money.

"First off, I want to buy a rune pad, and it has to be from a major manufacturer, one that's very realistic. Then I need to change my phone. Huawei recently released a flagship model equipped with the latest space formation technology. Even the most basic model comes with a 9 cubic meter dimensional space. With a phone like that, carrying things around would be so much easier. It’ll be especially helpful once we start at the cultivation university, both for daily life and for cultivation. Amu, you should consider getting one too."

A phone equipped with space formation technology? Wow, that has to count as a magic treasure, right?

Su Mu's interest was piqued, and he asked curiously, "How much does it cost? Can ordinary people use it too?"

Liu Peng replied, "Of course they can, otherwise why would it be a flagship product? And the price… let me see... the basic model is 360,000, and the larger the dimensional space, the higher the price."

"That's expensive!" Su Mu was taken aback. It seemed that dealing in magic treasures was the real moneymaker, but he wondered about the cost of production. He was also surprised, "You don't have enough money either."

Liu Peng chuckled, "My parents said that as long as I get into the cultivation university, they'll grant me a wish. So, they'll help me make up the difference if I'm short."

Su Mu rolled his eyes and thought to himself, "Make up the difference? More likely they'll give you a thrashing."

Oblivious to Su Mu's thoughts, Liu Peng went on to extol the virtues of the phone, "Actually, this phone is quite a bargain, considering it's the world's first to have a dimensional space feature. And it's not something you can just buy easily; you have to snatch it online. Because it's more expensive abroad, many purchasing agents are also vying for it, keeping its popularity sky-high. The best-selling one is the model with a 30 cubic meter dimensional space."

"Why?" Su Mu inquired.

Liu Peng explained, "Because a 30 cubic meter dimensional space can fit a car. Parking in the city is tough, not to mention expensive. With this phone, parking issues are a thing of the past. No matter where you are, you can just store your car in the phone—it couldn't be more convenient."

Well, that's using a phone as a parking space.

So, this is like carrying a parking space with you...

Liu Peng added, "It's a shame that living things can't enter the dimensional space, or else a lot of people would live inside it."

Su Mu imagined the scene of living inside a phone... it actually seemed quite interesting.

Shaking his head, he put those stray thoughts aside and sternly advised Liu Peng, "If anyone asks how much you earned this time, just say it was ten thousand. Also, you'd better wait a bit before buying the rune pad and the magic treasure phone."

Liu Peng paused for a moment before understanding, "You're worried that someone will get jealous and cause trouble?"

Su Mu nodded, "That's right."

"Got it, I know," Liu Peng responded.

Su Mu's concerns weren't unfounded. In fact, people had come asking how much money they had made.

Over the past few days, no one knew exactly how many boxes of special effect qi refining pills Su Mu had sold, but it was roughly estimated that two to three hundred people had purchased the medicine from him.

That's a sum of five to six million!

Although the lion's share was undoubtedly taken by the mysterious grand alchemist, Su Mu and Liu Peng, as middlemen, must have made a decent amount too, right? That's enough to make people green with envy.

No matter how these people inquired, Su Mu and Liu Peng stuck to their story, insisting they only made a little over ten thousand yuan and claimed they were not middlemen but just running errands for the grand alchemist, earning some hard-earned money.

People were skeptical of their claims.

But even with doubts, no one suspected they had made tens or hundreds of thousands, let alone millions. It was believed they might have made tens of thousands at most.

Compared to millions, tens of thousands didn't inspire as much jealousy, just a bit of envy for their good fortune.

There were even some who mocked them behind their backs, saying they put in so much effort only to get a meager share of one or two thousand yuan. While others feasted on meat, they didn't even get a taste of the soup, merely sipping water that had washed the meat.

Their tone couldn't have been more sour.

Several days passed.

That evening, Su Mu received a call from Doctor Ma, informing him that a Level 4 grade B alchemist had been arranged and would arrive at the hospital tomorrow. The day after tomorrow, they could perform the surgery on Xiao Yezi. He asked Su Mu to bring Xiao Yezi to the hospital tomorrow to do the pre-surgery checkups and preparations.

This good news thrilled the siblings.

After informing his sister, Su Mu immediately called his homeroom teacher to ask for leave.

The teacher was aware of Su Mu's family situation.

Over the past year, Su Mu had taken several leaves of absence to take care of his sister, whether at the hospital or at home. So the teacher wasn't surprised and didn't ask further, assuming that Su Ye was going for chemotherapy and readily approved the leave.

Of course, he still gave some advice, "The cultivation exam is coming up soon. While taking care of your sister, you can't neglect your cultivation! Even if you don't get into a cultivation university, having a high spiritual qi value can give you bonus points or even a tuition waiver at regular universities or training institutions like Lanxiang and New Oriental. To ensure your sister gets better treatment and doctors, you must try even harder."

"Thank you, teacher. I won't let you down," Su Mu promised.

Early the next morning, Su Mu took Su Ye out.

Even though it was June and the weather was hot and muggy, Su Ye wore a mask and a hat when leaving the house to cover her bald head, a result of chemotherapy.

After leaving their residential community, the siblings hailed a car and headed straight to the hospital.

Upon their arrival, Doctor Ma immediately arranged a hospital room for Su Ye and listed a series of tests to be done.

Su Mu accompanied his sister as she went through each test, spending the entire morning to complete them all.

Returning to the hospital room, Su Mu let his sister rest in bed. He went to the hospital canteen, got some food, and brought it back. The siblings made do with what they had and ate together.

Just after 3 p.m., Doctor Ma arrived at the ward with a young doctor in tow.

"Su Mu, Su Ye, let me introduce you," Doctor Ma began. "This is Alchemist Ling Ran who will perform the marrow washing and blood exchange surgery for Su Ye tomorrow."

Alchemist Ling appeared very young, but to everyone's surprise, he possessed the strength of a Level 4 grade B alchemist, which was quite extraordinary.

Moreover, Su Mu could sense a sharp, knife-like aura emanating from Ling Ran. It was said that some alchemists, in order to perform surgeries effectively, even learned the art of the flying sword, and Su Mu surmised that Alchemist Ling must also be a sword-flying expert.

After briefly learning about Su Ye's condition and calculating with his fingers, Alchemist Ling determined the timing for the surgery.

The surgery was set for 9 a.m. the following morning, when Su Ye would undergo the marrow washing and blood exchange.