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Chapter 371: The Alchemist Alliance Faces Collapse

The Alchemist Alliance has a good idea.

They felt that the Northern Continental Alliance was just struggling to survive.

The Beizhou Alliance saw that even though they had already lowered the price so much, their business was still snatched back by the Alchemist Alliance, so they decided to take the Alchemist Alliance down by offering a price lower than the cost price.

But in their eyes, the behavior of the Northern Continent Alliance was extremely ridiculous. The top leaders of the Alchemist Alliance were not prepared to deal with it at all. They kept their troops on standby and watched the Northern Continent Alliance destroy itself.

Every extra pill sold below cost price represents a loss for the Northern Continent Alliance.

The Northern Continental Alliance now occupies such a large market share in the seven continents. Once they do business at this price, it won’t be long before they lose money and are unable to make ends meet. By then, the Northern Continental Alliance will have destroyed itself.

But they would never have thought that the price set by Lu Yuan was not lower than the cost price, and he could even make a profit. This was the result of the high-yield assembly line that brought down costs.

If the Beizhou Alliance does business at such a price, not only will it not suffer a loss, it will even make a profit.

As the Northern Continent Alliance lowered the price of the elixir once again, the Alchemist Alliance did not take any action. They were just watching the fun, waiting for the Northern Continent Alliance to destroy itself.

However, the outside world does not care about the fight between the Alchemist Alliance and the North Continent Alliance. For these immortal cultivators in the outside world, the business war between the two alliances has nothing to do with them. They will buy from whichever alliance has better products.

The Alchemist Alliance's elixirs had originally dropped in price, and many cultivators felt that the Northern Continent Alliance's elixirs were too unpalatable, so they turned back to the Alchemist Alliance to buy elixirs.

But no one expected that within a few days, the prices of all elixirs in the Northern Continent Alliance would undergo another round of major adjustments. The prices after this adjustment were even cheaper than before. The prices were simply frighteningly low.

In the past, you couldn’t even buy fake medicine at this price, but now at such a terrifying price, you can really buy pills of the same quality.

In an instant, countless immortal cultivators rushed into the Northern Continent Alliance like crazy to buy its elixirs.

"Damn it, the Northern Continent Alliance is going crazy, this price is outrageous!"

"At this price, what's the difference between giving it away for free? Can you recover the cost?"

"Why don't you raise the price a bit? I'm afraid the Northern Continent Alliance will go bankrupt, and then the Alchemist Alliance will dominate the market, and I won't be able to buy such cheap pills."

Some people even felt that the pills from the Northern Continent Alliance were too cheap, fearing that they would go bankrupt, and even took the initiative to ask for a price increase. However, the response they received from the staff of the Northern Continent Alliance was that this was the intention of the headquarters, and that the price was set by Alliance Leader Lu himself and would not increase any further.

Such a reply instantly dumbfounded a large group of cultivators. After all, this was the first time they saw business done in this way. The customer was afraid that the boss would go bankrupt, so he took the initiative to propose a price increase, but was sternly rejected by the boss. It was simply outrageous.

When people were scrambling to get the Northern Continent Alliance's elixirs, many of them were found to have spoken ill of the Northern Continent Alliance before.

When the Alchemist Alliance just started to lower their prices, many people openly criticized the Northern Continent Alliance's elixirs for being unpalatable and total garbage, and openly announced that they would never buy elixirs from the Northern Continent Alliance again.

As a result, after the Beizhou Alliance lowered the price again, this group of people secretly came back and mixed in with the crowd to buy in bulk, but they were caught and pulled out.

"Fellow Daoist Lu? Didn't you say before that you would not buy elixirs from the Northern Continent Alliance? The Alchemist Alliance is next door, why are you here?"

"This...this...I just came by to take a look."

"Then what are you holding? So many pill bottles? You didn't buy the pills from the Northern Continent Alliance, did you? How many did you buy?"

"Some people say they won't buy anymore, but they end up buying more than I do."

"I'm sorry, Northern Continent Alliance. I spoke too loudly before. The Alchemist Alliance should not contact us anymore. I'm afraid the Northern Continent Alliance might misunderstand me."

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Such scenes were being played out in various places on the seven continents. Many cultivators who had previously switched to the Alchemist Alliance decisively turned back as soon as the North Continent Alliance lowered its prices. After all, no one can resist money.

The law of true fragrance.

Soon, three months passed. During these three months, the Northern Continental Alliance maintained its lowered prices and expanded its business.

The Northern Continental Alliance is also becoming more and more prosperous, and its strength is increasing day by day.

This situation is completely different from what the Alchemist Alliance had imagined before. After all, in their imagination, the Beizhou Alliance would never be able to last this long.

Their move to lower the price again would only be self-destruction and they would not be able to last long. However, now the North Continent Alliance is not only not in any decline, but is becoming more and more prosperous, and their business is getting bigger and bigger.

At its peak, the Northern Continent Alliance captured 40% of the market share of the Alchemist Alliance in all seven continents.

But now, in just three months, this proportion has directly reached 70%.

The current North Continent Alliance has swallowed up 70% of the business of the seven continents, leaving only 30% for the Alchemist Alliance.

Moreover, most of these 30% have contracts with the Alchemist Alliance. The reason they have not switched to the North Continent Alliance now is because their contracts have not expired.

It is conceivable that once these people's contracts expire, they will probably switch to another team immediately. After all, no one wants to be taken advantage of.

The price at the Northern Continent Alliance is so low, who would be willing to keep paying high prices to support the Alchemist Alliance?
What's more, the Alchemist Alliance has never had a good reputation. When it was the only dominant one, it didn't treat others as human beings. Now it is a case of everyone pushing down the wall when it falls.

After three months of waiting, the top leaders of the Alchemist Alliance did not see the North Continent Alliance go bankrupt. Instead, they were about to go bankrupt.

At this moment, these senior executives were as anxious as ants on a hot pan, and many of them had already turned red.

"How could this happen? How much strength does the Northern Continental Alliance have?"

"Such pricing itself disrupts the market. They have been able to persist for so long. If they continue like this, they will outlast us before we outlast them."

"Can the Northern Continental Alliance really offer such a price?"

"Impossible. Everyone here is an experienced pharmacist. Don't we know the cost of the pills? Even if we refine the pills ourselves, they can't afford it. They must be losing money!"

"I don't care whether they are losing money or not. I just want to know how we can turn the situation around. Our business has been decreasing. Now no one even comes to buy pills from us anymore.

The Alchemist Alliance branches in all seven continents need to make expenditures, and the headquarters itself has no money, so where do these spirit stones come from?"

"If we don't find a way to turn the situation around, we're going to collapse."

The situation within the Alchemist Alliance's top management is very urgent now.

Because judging from the current situation, the Beizhou Alliance is still stable, and can even be said to be as stable as a rock. Instead, it is their Alchemist Alliance that can no longer hold on.

The business of the Northern Continent Alliance was growing, and it had seized more than 70% of the market. The Alchemist Alliance had already slashed prices once, and the profit margin of the pills had dropped significantly. In addition, there was no business to do now, and they had branches in various places in the seven continents before, and these branches all needed spirit stones to operate.

Because the Alchemist Alliance was a monopoly business before, business was so good that almost all branches in different places made huge profits. Not only were they self-sufficient, they even had to pay a large sum of money to the headquarters every year.

It can be said that he is fat from top to bottom.

But it’s no longer possible now. All the business has been snatched away by the Northern Continent Alliance. The branch alliance has no profit. If they want to maintain basic operations, they can only ask the headquarters for money. After all, without money, they can’t survive.

These senior executives at the Alchemist Alliance headquarters all live a life of luxury, with huge daily expenses. Even though business was bad some time ago, their quality of life has not declined.

Moreover, these high-level alchemists have no habit of saving money. The warehouse at the headquarters is basically an empty shell. They can barely protect themselves now, so how can they have the energy to care about those branch alliances?
That's why they are so anxious and eager to find a way out.

But unfortunately, after much thought, no solution was found. After all, the current North Continental Alliance can be said to be basically impeccable.

The price is already extremely cheap, and the Alchemist Alliance cannot surpass this price at all.

As time went on, the cultivators from the seven continents gradually got used to the price, and it was naturally impossible for the Alchemist Alliance to sell their high-priced pills. It was useless even if they made the pills more fancy.

After all, the essence of elixirs is not to be used for decoration, but to be taken to assist in spiritual practice.

In comparison, as long as the North Continent Alliance's elixirs are cheap enough, even if they are a pile of shit, they will still be best-selling items that people will rush to buy.

There is almost no possibility of a comeback.

All the senior executives looked at Zi Chen. The situation of the Alchemist Alliance was now critical. The remaining 30% of business alone was not enough to maintain the basic operation of the Alchemist Alliance.

It is impossible to regain the market, so the only option is to take the last resort.

In other words, we will go back to the days when the Alchemist Alliance had a monopoly. If we can't solve the problem, then we will solve the person who raised the problem.

As long as the North Continent Alliance is destroyed and there is no more disruption from the North Continent Alliance, and the Alchemist Alliance returns to its previous monopoly situation, it will naturally be able to reverse the defeat in an instant.

By then, it will be of no use for the cultivators from the seven continents to complain, because they are the only ones who have elixirs to sell.

"Fellow Daoist Zi Chen, how is the investigation going on with the ancestors? If this continues, the lower realm will collapse before the ancestors can investigate clearly. By then, even if we destroy the Northern Continent Alliance, it will not make much sense. The loss will be too great."

"Yes, it is urgent and can't wait any longer. There must be a solution, right?"

“This investigation has been going on for almost a year!”

The senior executives all had complaints. They had never encountered such a situation before and life was becoming too difficult.

Moreover, the pressure from the local alliances is enormous. If there is no solution, they will lose their minds.

And as far as they know, many of the people in the Alchemist Alliance under their command now feel that the Alchemist Alliance has no future and have begun to switch to the North Continent Alliance.

As one side gains strength while the other loses strength, the Alchemist Alliance will completely collapse in two months at most.

Zi Chen also felt a tremendous amount of pressure. Although he was not far from ascending to the upper realm in less than ten thousand years, he also understood that the reason why the ancestors in the upper realm could live so comfortably in the upper realm was inseparable from the support of spirit stones supplied to them by the Alchemist Alliance in the lower realm every year.

That’s right, the Alchemist Alliance sends a lot of tribute money to the ancestors of the upper realm every year, and this amount of money is an astronomical figure.

This is also the reason why the ancestors from the upper realm have always protected them, and the Alchemist Alliance’s current status is also the result of mutual benefit for both parties.

Although Zi Chen was absolutely confident in his ascension, he also did not want the Alchemist Alliance in the lower world to collapse.

After all, he would definitely need the support of spirit stones from the lower realm after he ascended. He didn't want the resources from the lower realm to be cut off after he ascended, as that would make life difficult for him up there.

Zi Chen was also anxious. It was indeed as the senior officials had said, the ancestors had spent too much time on these investigations.

If this continues, they really can't hold on any longer.

Zi Chen said: "Okay, I will contact the ancestors now to see what the situation is over there, and inform them of the situation here. It is indeed urgent."

After listening to Zi Chen's words, the senior executives present finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Afterwards, Zi Chen began to contact the upper realm.

As the communication barrier in the fairy world was broken, Zi Chen began to communicate with the true immortal ancestors in the upper realm.

It was the same True Immortal Patriarch from last time. Seeing Zi Chen initiating communication again, the Patriarch asked, "Zi Chen, why are you disturbing me?"

Zi Chen and the high-ranking officials of the lower realm who were present all bowed respectfully, and then said, "Grandmaster, let's talk about the matter from last time. How is the investigation of the news from the upper realm going?"

Zi Chen asked about the progress and also talked about the current situation in the lower world.

Zi Chen said that the current situation down there was indeed not good, and it could even be said to be critical.

If no action is taken, the Alchemist Alliance will not be able to hold out for much longer, and by then the spirit stones that are donated every year will be gone.

This True Immortal Ancestor had a rather casual attitude at first, but after learning about the situation in the lower realm, he learned that the Alchemist Alliance in the lower realm might collapse, and there would be a lack of offerings every year in the future.

The matter has affected his own interests, and the True Immortal Ancestor finally became serious.

He said: "I have asked someone to investigate the matter, but the identities of the disciples of the three religions are confidential within the three religions. As you know, the status of the three religions in the fairy world is extremely high, so it is not easy to find out their internal information, so it will take a little longer.

But we and the ancestors of Wuji Sect have found a way to connect the three religions. It will take at most a month to figure it out completely. You just hold on for another month.

After a month, there will naturally be a way to deal with it."

This time, the Alchemist Alliance's immortal ancestor from the upper realm gave a deadline.

In a month, they will definitely give a result.

When Zi Chen heard the deadline, he also nodded.

This is the only way now. At least it is not bad news. In a month, the Alchemist Alliance can hold on if they grit their teeth.

(End of this chapter)