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As a member of the strategic investment department, it would be a disservice to her status as an outstanding employee not to take advantage of such a valuable deal.

Even the original version of the youth-preserving elixir, which only maintains appearance, has plenty of wealthy buyers in the universe.

One dose provides permanent results, a far cry from the skincare routines that require constant maintenance.

What's more, this enhanced version—putting everything else aside, she herself would like to get one to try, and then give one to Sister Jade.

Although she is a department director, she is still a woman, and it would be a lie to say that she is not interested in things that help people stay young forever.

Youth fades quickly, beauty withers easily, and worldly glory is but fleeting smoke—this saying says it all.

Bai Zhi scratched her head. Toppa seemed really enthusiastic. Maybe the company really wanted to make this money?

She thought for a moment, since the company seemed so enthusiastic, could the terms be raised a little?

Bai Zhi: [Natopa, I've tentatively proposed exchanging 40 wealthy people for one pill. Is the company willing to accept that?]

She originally wanted to exchange 300,000 for one, but now she's adding 100,000 to try first.

Almost immediately, Topa replied: "Of course, our company will take this order. We have a professional team that guarantees we can handle things with those prosperous people."

Just kidding. As one of the most notorious threats in the universe, the company has done a lot of research on the Bountiful People, and they have the technology to exterminate and capture them.

"Oh no, I feel like I offered too little."

Seeing Toppa's almost unceasing reply, Bai Zhi immediately realized that the company was probably making a killing at this price.

The tycoons in the universe seem to be so rich that they could probably buy this kind of medicine, which costs hundreds of thousands of dollars to exchange for one dose, without even blinking an eye.

"Forget it, that's it."

Bai Zhi shook her head. There was no point in improving it further. Anyway, this kind of thing was easy to refine, so she wouldn't lose out. She could just treat it as a deal to build a relationship with Toppa.

Seeing that Bai Zhi hadn't replied for a long time, Topa thought that Bai Zhi might be regretting the proportion, so she quickly sent a message:

[Miss Bai Zhi, our Interstellar Peace Company can accept 50 Bountiful People in exchange for one, how about it?]

Of course, that's fine, let's do it that way then.

Bai Zhi smiled upon seeing the message from Toppa; she hadn't expected to receive an even larger percentage.

However, this is probably not the absolute limit for the price.

But Bai Zhi didn't intend to suppress it to that extent; she still wanted to let them make some profit.

After all, this is no easy task. If one is not careful, those prosperous people are not to be trifled with, and there may be quite a few casualties among the company's employees.

【Then please contact General Jingyuan, Miss Topa. He will work with the company to develop detailed rules and regulations.】

The rest can be left to General Jingyuan – perfect!

She didn't want to waste time arguing with the company about so many things.

What she needs to do now is go to the Shence Mansion to relieve the pressure there, and also get this enhanced version of the Youth Preservation Pill.

Achieving the desired state of physical stagnation is not difficult. If the external body can stagnate, the internal body can too; it's simply a matter of applying the same principles to different situations.

She then drew inspiration from high-level golden pills and added them in, giving them additional health-strengthening effects, which could be considered as some of the bonus benefits.

Whether aging can be stopped requires further verification, but the improvement in health is immediately noticeable.

Of course, besides this, the most important thing is to perform an encryption-like operation on the medicine to prevent it from being reverse-engineered.

Although this thing is insignificant compared to the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir, it is actually quite extraordinary for ordinary people. Bai Zhi doesn't believe that the company doesn't have any ulterior motives.

No matter what, even if the company is a force protected by faith, it is also a cosmic behemoth, and it will still engage in the operations that capital should engage in.

She didn't want her research findings to be widely copied by the company.

Therefore, protecting one's own interests in the face of the company is a necessary action.

"Hmm... For encrypted pills, I'll embed the Yin-Yang principles that my master taught me into them."

Yin and Yang energies rose from Bai Zhi's hands. Although she often dozed off while listening to Laozi talk about the Yin-Yang Dao and Yuanshi Tianzun talk about the Hunyuan Dao, and many things were a bit difficult to understand.

However, I have learned a little bit of the basics.

The so-called Taiji generates Yin and Yang, and Yin and Yang generate the Four Symbols, which is like a mechanism of "differentiation-interaction-recombination", a kind of underlying algorithm of the world.

Differences (Yin and Yang) are established from chaos, energy is generated between differences, information is exchanged, and basic modules (Four Symbols, Eight Trigrams) are infinitely superimposed to form a complex system.

Like a glass of ice water, it may seem simple, but it already contains the potential for all subsequent changes such as cold, heat, flow, and solidification.

The contents of such a pill are enough to create countless combinations. If someone tries to reverse it, they will probably get countless different results.

As we all know, to reverse engineer something, you need a stable formula for derivation. The confusion in the analysis results is enough to discourage the company from reverse engineering the idea.

As Bai Zhi attempted to use Yin and Yang energies to encrypt the elixir, a simply dressed old man suddenly appeared not far away, his calm, unwavering eyes fixed on Bai Zhi.

"Hey, it worked!"

Bai Zhi opened the alchemy furnace, and a bright green pill bounced out. As it landed in her hand, yin and yang energies flashed across it.

Just as she had imagined, this thing required very few materials. About 300 pills were needed to make roughly one Nine-Turn Golden Pill. She could even easily refine a whole batch to eat like candy.

Although this thing is basically useless to her, it's really just like a candy bean.

Chapter 912 Wealthy Merchants Attempting to Reverse-engineer the Angelica Elixir

On the interstellar internet, news from the Luofu Immortal Ship is spreading continuously.

"Have you heard? Bai Zhilong, the Dragon Lord of Luofu Immortal Ship, is going to offer up a precious divine medicine to save the lives of those wealthy people."

After forwarding a chat log to the group, a netizen added a comment at the end.

"What is this? Chat logs? General Jingyuan of Luofu issued a tender to various major forces, offering 40 Fengrao citizens in exchange for a super-powered Youth Preservation Pill. The forces submitted their bids, and ultimately three forces were selected to enter Luofu to carry out the work of eliminating hostile Fengrao citizens..."

"This anti-aging pill was developed by Longzun Baizhi."

"It's chat history, so we have no choice but to believe it now."

A netizen posted a meme that made fun of the chat history.

Such chat logs appear countless times every day on the interplanetary internet, and the vast majority of netizens have long been accustomed to them and do not take them seriously at all.

Believing information leaked from unknown sources like these "insiders" would be truly foolish.

"Bai Zhilongzun? I've heard of her. She seems to be very skilled at healing diseases. In many videos from Luofu Immortal Ship, what were originally fatal injuries were completely healed after she touched them."

“There were videos of the martial arts ceremony before. Many of the contestants who fought to the death looked like they were about to die from serious injuries, but Bai Zhi took care of them in no time.”

Another netizen started discussing Angelica dahurica, since the medical field in Xianzhou is very advanced, and many people suffering from intractable diseases like to go to Xianzhou for treatment.

"This Dragon Lord is indeed powerful, but this news is most likely false. What kind of Youth Preservation Pill is worth at least 40 of the people of Fengrao? Those are not ordinary people, but the people of Fengrao with strong vitality."

"Even if you went to a beauty salon for ten lifetimes, you probably wouldn't spend this much money, right?"

Several netizens commented that even if Bai Zhi was a skilled physician, it was impossible for her to possess such a valuable medicine, which was beyond their comprehension.

"Believe in this instead of believing I am a star god."

"Don't disbelieve me, go check the official website of Luofu Immortal Ship; the relevant information is being publicized there."

One lurking netizen suddenly appeared, posted a message in the group, and attached a screenshot from the official website of Luofu Xianzhou.

This attracted the attention of many netizens, who rushed to Luofu's official website to check the relevant news.

As it turned out, just like what was said in the group chat, Luo Fu did indeed invite some major powers to participate in this transaction.

The reason for making it public is that this kind of thing definitely needs to be notified to everyone on the Luofu Immortal Ship. There's nothing to hide, since those large forces have already come in to clean up the remaining Fengrao people.

"Did you guys notice? It actually describes the effects of this youth-preserving pill on it. Holy crap, that's outrageous!"

Many people swallowed hard as they looked at the effects of the youth-preserving pills described on the packaging.

Maintaining a youthful appearance isn't particularly impressive, because interstellar technology is so advanced that as long as one regularly visits beauty salons or similar institutions for maintenance, it's not impossible to look like an 18-year-old at 80.

But Bai Zhi's condition is that once you eat it, it's over; no further maintenance is needed, and she'll remain the same until she dies.

Besides that, what shocked them the most was the effect of stagnation of bodily functions, as explained later.

Although this effect is not the same as becoming an immortal being, it is actually similar to having an experience similar to that of an immortal being.

The so-called immortal species are those that maintain their peak physical condition until they die.

Take Jing Yuan, for example. Despite his advanced age, his physical functions are exactly the same as when he was 18.

This is the quality that short-lived species envy the most.

Short-lived species, even if they can eventually live to 150 with proper care, will begin to weaken significantly after their forties or fifties, and their quality of life will decline day by day as time goes on.

However, if you have Angelica dahurica, this enhanced version of the youth-preserving pill, you only need to take it at the age of 18 and pay attention to it in your daily life. Based on the most extreme calculation of 150 years old, you can enjoy nearly 130 years of youthful vigor at the age of 18.

"Brothers, I really want this. I'm over 50 now, and I'm not feeling well all the time. If I have to wait a few more years, I don't know how painful it will be."

One person spoke in the group chat, their words filled with longing.

"Forget about it. It would cost at least 40 people to exchange for one. Oh my, that's a lot of money. Is this what it means to be a skilled professional? I really regret not studying pharmacy back then."

"Otherwise, I might be the one stealing the spotlight today."

The other person also regretted it quite a bit. If they had known that pharmacy was so amazing, they wouldn't have chosen to study their civil engineering major.

"Even if you actually invent it, you can't protect it. Only powerful experts at the Commander level would dare to show off such a heaven-defying thing so openly. If an ordinary person invents it and dares to expose it, they will definitely suffer the consequences."

"Putting everything else aside, the company will definitely force you to take over."

This incident caused a great stir, not only among ordinary people but also creating quite a ripple in the world of the wealthy.

It is common knowledge that the richer and more powerful people are, the more afraid they are of dying.

The wealthy naturally have their own ways of prolonging their lives, such as the simplest method: turning themselves into tin can robots.

But generally speaking, unless one is at their wit's end, very few people would do this, because there is a big ethical issue involved: is the self that has been uploaded to consciousness still the same self?

That kind of thing is probably more accurately described as a backup of consciousness. Uploading consciousness while the original body can still move is too abstract.

The idea that after one's death, a robot with the same memories would replace them and do the same things as before is something most people would find hard to accept.

"Everyone, is anyone interested in that miracle drug?"

In a quiet group chat called the Wealth Exchange, a wealthy individual posted a question.

Soon, someone responded.

"Of course, Mr. Nick, I think there are very few people in this group who are not interested in this drug, you are all quite old."

“Mr. Horek, you seem to be around 60 years old. Such a large company, yet you don’t have a single qualified successor.”

Those who saw this message smiled slightly. The man named Horek had built a vast fortune from scratch, but unfortunately, none of his offspring were up to par.

He is getting older and older. Even with careful care every day, he still looks extremely tired. If this continues, he probably won't live to 150 and will die on duty for various reasons.

And that enormous fortune would be swallowed up by various forces because of the incompetence of the offspring.

All his efforts over the years have been in vain.

"Everyone, let me be frank. I really need that medicine, and I believe you all feel the same way."

Horek was getting impatient. Due to his physical condition, he had previously planned to try the consciousness uploading technology, but now that Bai Zhi (Angelica dahurica) had come out, he felt that there were still other ways to deal with his problem.

If only I could get my hands on one...

"This kind of thing is definitely very expensive, costing 40 people. The subsequent price increases will probably be very high as well. Mr. Horek, are you prepared with enough funds?"

It's simply a matter of squandering the credit points of 40 people in this group; anyone in this group could afford to do that.

However, it is clear that there are entry restrictions on the Immortal Ship. It is not a place where just any Tom, Dick, or Harry can run in and hunt down the bountiful people to exchange for goods.

Compared to the explicit costs of weapons and personnel spent hunting these bountiful people, the more intangible things are what they cannot access.

In this universe, having credits doesn't mean everything; true strength, like that of a Commander, is what really matters.

"Although we don't have the qualifications to enter, we still have plenty of funds. How about we pool our money and buy a Youth Preservation Pill from those forces that have won the rewards?"

Horek spoke first:

“My company happens to be in the pharmaceutical industry. If we could have a youth-preserving pill as a research subject, given my company’s research capabilities, we would definitely be able to reverse engineer its ingredients.”

“We are well aware of your company’s research capabilities. It seems you have hired quite a few experts and scholars from the Academy of Sciences. But are you really prepared to reverse engineer and produce an exclusive drug for an envoy?”

Another wealthy individual expressed his concerns.

Often, research capabilities are not the issue. Even if it's a partial invention by a genius, and ordinary people can hardly understand the underlying principles, they can still reverse engineer the structure and imitate it.

I can't solve the problem, but I can at least copy homework, right?