CH 17 - 18

Chapter 17: Taken Advantage of Again

"Little Dragon, if you obediently take your medicine, I would take you to eat something delicious in the afternoon," Xiao Qingyang continued coaxing. He had never raised a pet before, let alone one as advanced and powerful as this one. He had to slowly figure out how to handle it.

"Li-Little Dragon?" Long Jingze felt a bit confused. Throughout his life, no one had ever called him "Little Dragon." Not even his parents used such a name for him.

"Grandpa Du's cooking is so delicious. The other day, I even found some wild rice. We can make rice and pair it with Grandpa Du's braised pork. It's so tasty it would make your mouth water," Xiao Qingyang said, reminiscing about the braised pork and rice he had eaten before. It had been a while since his unsatisfied stomach had begun protesting.

Braised pork? What was that? Long Jingze thought that this little guy seldom eats natural food, which explained his longing for it. He couldn't help but sympathize with the little guy.

However, cultivating natural food was difficult and expensive. Ordinary people couldn't afford to eat it regularly, and some might never get the chance to try it even once in their lifetime.

But it seemed that this little guy had a good life. He had a handsome appearance, fair and delicate skin. He looked like a young master from a wealthy family. Long Jingze couldn't help but wonder how he ended up on such a remote planet.

When he initially chose this planet, he thought there wouldn't be any human inhabitants. But on the first day, someone had picked him up and taken him home. He couldn't decide if it was fortunate or unfortunate.

However, being picked up by such a cute little guy might be... lucky. Long Jingze silently thought to himself.

"Little Dragon, is your stomach still hurting? If you drink this potion, the pain will go away," Xiao Qingyang persisted, not giving up on coaxing the golden dragon.

Long Jingze saw Xiao Qingyang's determined expression and then looked at the healing potion in his hand. He hesitated, torn between drinking it to make the little guy happy and not drinking it to leave it for him.

Although the potion was of low grade, it was still quite valuable for ordinary people, especially on such a remote planet.

But in the end, Long Jingze couldn't resist Xiao Qingyang's persistence and reluctantly drank the potion.

"Good boy," Xiao Qingyang said, with narrowed eyes, leaning in and playfully planting a kiss on the golden dragon's forehead.

Long Jingze's body stiffened once again. His already round eyes widened even further as he stared straight at Xiao Qingyang in disbelief.

He... He had been taken advantage of again? How could this little guy be so forward? He knew he was handsome, but as a boy, shouldn't he be a bit more reserved?

When Long Jingze was in the academy, many boys and girls liked him, but none of them dared to get close to him, let alone kiss him. This little guy had such incredible audacity.

But strangely enough, Long Jingze didn't feel any disgust or revulsion. In the past, he would feel extremely uncomfortable when someone tried to get closer to him, but now, after being carried and even kissed by this little guy, he felt no trace of revulsion. Instead, he felt a... hint of comfort.

Of course, Long Jingze would never admit this.

Just as Xiao Qingyang was about to continue building a good relationship with the little golden dragon, the interstellar delivery robot finally arrived.

"Hello, please place the delivery here," the small robot opened its belly compartment, indicating for Xiao Qingyang to place the items inside.

Xiao Qingyang opened his online store and checked if there were any other orders. This way, he could hand over all the deliveries to the robot at once, saving it another trip. Unexpectedly, he found a second order.

"Someone else has placed an order. Can you help me deliver this one too?" Xiao Qingyang asked the robot.

"Sure," the delivery robot replied.

Xiao Qingyang quickly clicked on the second order to mark it as shipped and handed both vials of healing potion to the robot.

"Thank you," Xiao Qingyang smiled and thanked the delivery robot.

"It's my pleasure to serve you," the delivery robot responded, taking the packages before leaving. 

Before leaving, it added, "Please remember to give me a five-star rating."

"Okay," Xiao Qingyang replied happily.

He had sold two vials of medicine in a row, earning a total of ten star coins. Although it wasn't much money, not even enough to cover the cost of a weapon in his past life, it was still his first earnings in this world, making him quite happy.

"Little Dragon, Little Dragon, I sold two vials of medicine and earned ten star coins. Now we can buy seeds for intermediate spirit plants, and your injuries will definitely improve," Xiao Qingyang hugged the little golden dragon, smiling brightly.

Long Jingze was initially dissatisfied with Xiao Qingyang's way of addressing him, but when he saw the other's radiant smile, his struggling body gradually relaxed, allowing the other to hold him.

Being so easily satisfied with just ten star coins, this little guy was truly easy to please. Long Jingze couldn't help but wonder what would happen if he gave him a hundred thousand star coins when they returned to the Imperial Capital. He would probably faint from happiness.

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Chapter 18: Sold Out in an Instant

Another day had passed, and as soon as Xiao Qingyang woke up, he heard the notification sound of an online order. Without even taking the time to freshen up, he hurriedly opened his online store and found that all the remaining bottles of potion had indeed been sold out. Moreover, the person who placed the order was the same customer who had made the first purchase of the potion.

Xiao Qingyang looked at the empty shelves in his store and the extra ten star coins in his balance, and couldn't help but burst into laughter.

But the surprises didn't end there. His private message inbox was also constantly flashing, indicating that someone had sent him a private message.

Qiao Qiao Qiao: Shopkeeper, do you still have any healing potions in stock? Hurry up and restock, I want to buy more!

I'm not an idiot: Shopkeeper, you have too few items in your shop. I couldn't grab any. When will you restock? Please let us know in advance.

This "I'm not an idiot" was the second customer who had placed an order yesterday. Unexpectedly, both of the only two customers in the store had become repeat customers and were urging him to restock. Xiao Qingyang felt like he had won a prize.

He hadn't expected these potions to sell at all. After all, they were made from gradeless spiritual plants, and the potions themselves had no grades either. Even if someone bought them, it was probably just out of curiosity, and they would most likely be one-time customers.

He had no choice but to sell these potions. Once he had enough money, he would definitely improve the grade of the potions. However, he hadn't expected that even gradeless potions would be in demand, and the customers were urging him to restock. This meant that in the future, he wouldn't have to worry about not being able to sell the potions he made. These two customers were truly good people.

Completely unaware that they had been labeled as good customers in Xiao Qingyang's mind, both customers initially purchased the healing potions because they were cheap and didn't have high expectations for their effectiveness.

However, after using them, they discovered that the effect was not inferior to low-grade healing potions, and there was an inexplicable feeling of comfort, as if all the old ailments in their bodies had been cured.

Of course, the two customers didn't really believe that a potion priced at only five star coins could have such astonishing effects. It was probably because the effect exceeded their expectations that they had such an amazing illusion.

But even so, the price of this potion was definitely worth more than five star coins. Being able to buy such a potion at such a cheap price meant they had made a profit.

So, after using the first bottle of potion, Qiao Xiaomeng immediately bought up all the remaining potions in the store. Unfortunately, there were still too few, and it would be even better if there were higher-grade ones.

The second customer was a step slower and could only watch as the number of items in the store became zero. That's when he couldn't help but send a private message to Xiao Qingyang.

From the appearance of this store, it was obvious that it had just opened. With such low prices, it was very likely that the shopkeeper was trying to boost sales and reputation. Such prices wouldn't last forever, so they had to strike while the iron was hot and grab more potions to stock up, as they would definitely increase in price in the future.

As for the shop owner being a novice alchemist, Qiao Xiaomeng and the second customer didn't even consider it. After all, an alchemist who could refine potions with such remarkable effects definitely wouldn't be a beginner.

In reality, both of them weren't entirely wrong in their assumptions. Xiao Qingyang did have some experience, but the potions he had previously refined were different from the potions in this world, even the refining methods were different. Therefore, for the potions he had recently refined, he was indeed trying them out for the first time.

But regardless of whether he was a novice or an experienced alchemist, Xiao Qingyang was extremely happy and proud that the potions he had refined could be sold. This meant that he now had a skill that could earn him a living, and he could buy more higher-grade spiritual plants to refine higher-grade potions.

Becoming an alchemist had always been the biggest wish of the original owner.

The family of the original owner's mother was an alchemist family, and they held a relatively high position in the Huaxia Empire. Unfortunately, they gradually declined later on. Both the original owner and his mother had hoped to revive the family, but one encountered the wrong person, and the other had mediocre talent.

Now that he had taken over the original owner's body, Xiao Qingyang would shoulder not only his own responsibilities and obligations but also those of the original owner.

The original owner had hoped to become an alchemist, so Xiao Qingyang would help fulfill that wish.