[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-global-survival-the-tower-witch-with-an-e-rank-t":3,"chapter-global-survival-the-tower-witch-with-an-e-rank-t-global-survival-the-tower-witch-with-an-e-rank-t-chapter-14":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Global Survival: The Tower Witch with an E-Rank Talent",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1374159,1818,"Chapter 14: This Lady Runs a Monopoly","global-survival-the-tower-witch-with-an-e-rank-t-chapter-14",14,"\u003Cp>Seeing the positive market response, Lan Qingyou breathed a small sigh of relief, the corners of her mouth curling upward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed — finding the right niche and carving out a specialized track was the key to reaping early-mover advantages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sure, she couldn't walk freely like everyone else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But while others spent their recovery time chopping trees, she spent hers reading books. Different paths to the same destination.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adding friends, though — that was a hard pass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Glancing at the 99+ friend requests that had exploded into her friends tab, Lan Qingyou didn't give them a second look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was extremely motivated right now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She pulled out the ten boxes of test tubes she'd stocked in her storage and bottled another hundred mana potions to list.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gone in minutes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One hundred and fifty potions had instantly netted her fifteen hundred basic units.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then she hit a wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason? She was out of test tubes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was plenty of potion left in the crucible, but without containers, it was all worthless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crucible held roughly twenty-something liters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rounding down to twenty liters — that was twenty thousand milliliters. At ten milliliters per potion, one pot could yield two thousand doses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But since she'd brewed it down, only about half remained — still roughly a thousand doses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She'd only sold a hundred and fifty. Selling out was a long way off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With 9,968 people still in District 666, even selling out wouldn't give everyone a share.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching all that potential revenue sit unobtainable, Lan Qingyou felt deeply uncomfortable — like leaving money on the table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, while brainstorming a solution, she idly started going through the friend requests, dismissing the freeloaders one by one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she spotted one interesting message.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She tapped the avatar and checked the profile: a thin-faced man with gold-rimmed glasses, slightly messy hair, and a tie on his chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His profile simply read: \"Professional Merchant.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Probably some kind of business elite back on Blue Star.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang Chuan: \"I have a large stock of test tubes. Add me if you're interested.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One look at this setup and Lan Qingyou added him immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang Chuan: \"Boss Lan, you finally added me! I'm thrilled.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lan Qingyou: \"How many test tubes?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lan Qingyou had no interest in small talk or relationship-building. Straight to business.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang Chuan: \"53 boxes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lan Qingyou: \"Price.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn't ask why he had so many. There was no need.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because she'd already seen — in his shop — that he was buying them at 2 units per batch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was interesting was that he wasn't using \"per box\" as the unit, but \"per ten.\" He was counting used test tubes too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'A middleman. A professional one, at that.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was factoring in recycled empties — going for the full resource recovery play.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was what you called expertise. A genuine talent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Lan Qingyou made some adjustments in her own shop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang Chuan: \"5 basic units per ten.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lan Qingyou: \"3 units per ten. I'll let you keep a margin. Otherwise, I'll just buy direct.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang Chuan: \"Deal.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a moment's consideration, Shang Chuan agreed to Lan Qingyou's price.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, his whole business was built on the markup. If the other party was willing to let him earn, the smart move was to quit while ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harmony brings wealth. No reason to push back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, just moments ago, the test tube purchase listing in Lan Qingyou's shop had disappeared — that was her show of good faith.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he kept playing hard to get after that, he'd be digging his own grave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lan Qingyou: \"From now on, you handle the purchasing. Send me a trade request whenever you get a box. We'll settle daily.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a point-to-point, end-to-end trading method that could persist long-term.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All you had to do was send a trade request to the other party with the items attached, then wait for them to accept. Very convenient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even better, the system allowed you to set these pending trades to auto-expire at 12, 24, or 48 hours.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang Chuan: \"No problem.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And just like that, the two ended their pleasant exchange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lan Qingyou got her test tubes; Shang Chuan got his cut. A bright future for everyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With over five hundred test tubes in hand, Lan Qingyou immediately resumed bottling and selling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Business was booming — potions sold out the instant they went up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, sales were so brisk that she discovered each storage slot had a stacking limit of 999. That was useful to know.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This meant the smartest use of storage was to dedicate it purely to materials.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wood, Stone, Vine, Soil, Sand, Monster Crystal Cores — all the core basics.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But since she'd occasionally need slots for listing finished potions or exchanging for specific items, she had to keep some spaces open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By that math, slots were actually quite tight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lan Qingyou removed the Stone exchange listing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, her Shelter upgrade only needed 100 Stone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she replaced it with a new trade: ten Crude Mana Potions for one E-rank Monster Crystal Core, limited to ten exchanges.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She also added a listing of five potions for 500 grams of food or mineral water, limited to ten of each.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was clearly gunning for a Shelter upgrade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But even knowing Lan Qingyou's intentions, people who needed to buy still had to buy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With over nine thousand people in the channel and not even enough for one potion per person, Lan Qingyou wasn't the least bit worried about not selling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was that brazenly open about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This Lan Qingyou must be raking it in.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Raking it in doesn't even cover it. By my count, she's pulled in at least six thousand units of materials.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"@Lan Qingyou, nobody's going to argue with you for being good enough to earn a living at this. But could you consider dropping the price? Everyone's struggling to survive here — isn't this profiteering off a crisis?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Shut up! You! Xin Tianle, right? I've got your name now. If Lan Qingyou stops selling potions because of you, I'll be the first one to cut you down.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where'd this internet saint come from? Kindly roll your round self far, far away.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you out of your mind?! Don't make me start swearing!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He's not wrong, though. Sales are clearly great — would it kill her to lower the price a bit? Treating customers well is treating yourself well.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She's running a monopoly, genius. Why would she need customers to 'treat her well'?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing how well Lan Qingyou's business was doing, some were envious, some admiring, some passive-aggressive, and some offering earnest advice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lan Qingyou read their messages and let out a cold laugh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, with a few taps, she blacklisted every last one of them from her shop. She wasn't exactly short on customers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Passive-aggressive, are we? Offering free business advice? That's right — this lady runs a monopoly.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'And what are you going to do about it?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'I'll price you right out of the market.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Let's see if you've still got attitude then.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For good measure, she even added a six-word motto to her shop's description: \"Buy it or buzz off.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The customers who came to buy potions bared their teeth at that one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tsk tsk. This Lan Qingyou's got one hell of a temper.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Does she? I don't think so. Shaking off parasites like that early benefits everyone.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Isn't ten potions — a hundred Mana Points — for one E-rank Monster Crystal Core a bit cheap?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not really. I got lucky today — took down a horned rabbit and found an E-rank Crystal Core inside.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Trust me, bro — first of all, stop fixating on those damn wolf packs. Broaden your horizons and you'll find that plenty of monsters are E-rank.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Really? I'll give it a try tomorrow.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though Lan Qingyou's pricing looked unreasonable on the surface,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the majority of people in the 666 channel were surprisingly accepting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sure, there were internet beggars panhandling online, there were moral crusaders lecturing from their high horses, and there were jealous types being snide — but most people couldn't care less.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the District 666 Villain Valley channel, after all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For people who'd already been villains back on Blue Star, they had far less naive idealism and far more down-to-earth pragmatism than other districts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When it came time for action, these fine gentlemen wouldn't pull their punches either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chaos was very real.\u003C\u002Fp>",1410,"2026-06-05T21:58:31.676Z",1,"novelbin.me","d8aa3a11b6de5f26c7aec9181c3bdc8f05fb3ed8f431d20d46a483de40a20248","global-survival-the-tower-witch-with-an-e-rank-t-chapter-15","global-survival-the-tower-witch-with-an-e-rank-t-chapter-13",965,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fglobal-survival-the-tower-witch-with-an-e-rank-t-cover.jpg"]