Cultivating Immortality Through a Hundred Lifetimes in Both Realms

"Qi-boosting pills?" Zhou Hongchang frowned. "You mean the Qi-boosting pills were so badly sold out that you had to close your shop?"

"That's exactly right." Zhou Hongsheng nodded and said, "The 530 Qi-Boosting Pills that the Grand Elder sent last time were all sold out. Even cultivators from other markets came specifically to buy them!"

"Of the two hundred Qi-boosting pills you refined some time ago, only a little over one hundred remain."

"If we don't speed up the production of Qi-boosting pills, we'll probably run out of stock."

Zhou Hongchang opened his mouth, somewhat incredulous.

Ever since Jiang Yun asked him to start refining the Qi-boosting pills, he has devoted himself to refining pills all day long.

Unexpectedly, the Qi-boosting pills sold so well in just four months.

After regaining his composure, Zhou Hongchang said solemnly, "For the past four months, I have been following the orders of the Grand Elder to refine Qi-Boosting Pills every day, and have had no contact with the outside world."

"Tell me, what exactly are the effects of this Qi-boosting pill, and why is it selling so well?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Hongsheng explained, "The Qi-Boosting Pill is a pill developed by the Grand Elder, and its effects are the same as those of a first-grade high-quality Golden Essence Pill."

"Furthermore, it takes refining and absorbing eight pills to develop drug resistance, a fact already confirmed by the Zixiao Sect's Pill Hall."

"Otherwise, the formula for the Qi-Boosting Pill would not have appeared in the Treasure Exchange Pavilion."

Zhou Hongchang was taken aback upon hearing this, and said with a moved expression, "I guessed that the Qi-Boosting Pill was developed by the Grand Elder, but I never expected it to have such an effect."

"What should we do next?" Zhou Hongsheng asked. "I only have a little over a hundred Qi-Boosting Pills left, and they'll be sold out soon."

"Aside from the Grand Elder, I'm the only high-grade alchemist in the clan," Zhou Hongchang said helplessly. "I'll have to work a little harder."

"That's all we can do," Zhou Hongsheng nodded.

"There's no need for that." At that moment, a voice reached Zhou Hongchang and Zhou Hongsheng's ears.

Immediately afterwards, the two saw Jiang Yun walk out of the alchemy room.

"Greetings, Elder." Zhou Hongchang and Zhou Hongsheng bowed respectfully upon seeing this.

"I have over five hundred Qi-boosting pills here, including forty pills with Danwen pattern. Take them."

With a wave of his hand, Jiang Yun sent more than fifty jade bottles flying to Zhou Hongsheng.

He had heard Zhou Hongsheng and Zhou Hongchang's conversation clearly.

The Qi-Boosting Pills sold at Zhou's Pill Shop were very popular, attracting cultivators from other markets to buy them.

It's clear that the Qi-Boosting Pill has already gained a reputation. We can continue selling it for a while and wait for others to exchange for the formula and compete with Zhou's Pill Shop for business.

Jiang Yun didn't care how many spirit stones Zhou's Pill Shop earned from selling Qi-Boosting Pills.

He only cared about whether anyone was competing with Zhou's Pill Shop for business.

If so, it means that he has exchanged one copy of the Qi-Boosting Pill formula.

"Yes, ma'am!" Zhou Hongsheng was overjoyed and quickly accepted the more than five hundred Qi-boosting pills.

After accepting the Qi-boosting pills, he asked, "Elder, since the Qi-boosting pills are selling so well, should we open another pill shop?"

"There's no need for that; it will soon stop selling well," Jiang Yun said with a smile.

"What do you mean by that, Elder?" Zhou Hongsheng asked, puzzled.

"The formula for the pill!" Zhou Hongchang suddenly exclaimed excitedly, "The Grand Elder never sold the Qi-Boosting Pill to earn spirit stones; he was selling it to earn contribution points!"

Zhou Hongsheng was still puzzled and said, "Earning spirit stones and earning contribution points are not contradictory."

"Who says there won't be a conflict?" Zhou Hongchang laughed. "When the time comes, everyone will go to the Treasure Exchange Pavilion to exchange for the Qi-Boosting Pill recipe, and then refine the Qi-Boosting Pill to compete with my Zhou Family Pill Shop for business. What will happen to my Zhou Family Pill Shop's business then?"

"It will plummet." Zhou Hongsheng suddenly realized, "I understand now. The Qi-Boosting Pill was developed by the Grand Elder. The Grand Elder can obtain contribution points by exchanging the pill formula at the Treasure Exchange Pavilion."

"That's right." Jiang Yun nodded slightly, then asked, "Any other pill shops in Ningyuan Ward besides my Zhou family's pill shop selling Qi-boosting pills recently?"

"No," Zhou Hongsheng shook his head and analyzed, "Perhaps they have already obtained the pill formula and are working hard to refine the Qi-Boosting Pill."

"Hmm, let's sell these five hundred Qi-boosting pills first, and then see how things go," Jiang Yun pondered.

Even if the Qi-Boosting Pill becomes famous and people try to exchange for the formula, it still takes time to refine the pill.

We need to observe the situation further. If other shops in Ningyuan Ward also sell Qi-boosting pills, it means that many people have already redeemed the pill formula.

"Yes, ma'am."

Zhou Hongsheng immediately took the pills and returned to Zhou's Pill Shop.

And at this very moment, just as Jiang Yun had predicted.

The Meng, Shen, and Cheng families of Ningyuanfang.

When the Qi-Boosting Pill business was booming at Zhou's Pill Shop, these three Foundation Establishment cultivation families sent people to the Treasure Exchange Pavilion to exchange for the Qi-Boosting Pill formula.

These three major families are now urging their alchemists to quickly refine the Qi-Boosting Pill so they can get a share of the profits.

During this period, Zhou's Danpu's Qi-Boosting Pill business remained booming.

Many cultivators at the late stage of Qi Refining came to Ningyuan Market from other markets to buy Qi-Boosting Pills from Zhou's Pill Shop.

Among them were cultivator families who sent people to purchase the medicine, then tested its effects, and after confirming its efficacy, immediately went to the Treasure Exchange Pavilion to exchange for the pill formula.

Two months later.

It took half a year in total.

Zhou's Pill Shop sold nearly 1,200 Qi-Boosting Pills.

If it weren't for the time and alchemists required to refine elixirs, the number would be far greater than this.

However, after that, shops selling Qi-boosting pills sprang up like mushrooms after rain.

Maple Leaf City has 49 wards, and each ward has a shop selling Qi-boosting pills.

As a result, the business of Zhou's Qi-Boosting Pills began to plummet.

"Unfortunately, Zhou's Pill Shop has never been so prosperous."

Inside the alchemy shop, Zhou Hongsheng looked at the plummeting business and couldn't help but sigh.

On the other side, Jiang Yun was overjoyed when he learned of this situation.

"Nowadays, all forty-nine wards of Maple Leaf City have shops selling Qi-boosting pills."

"I imagine many families have exchanged for the Qi-Boosting Pill recipe."

"It's time to go to the Treasure Pavilion to settle my contribution points."

With this in mind, Jiang Yun immediately set off for Ningyuanfang Duibaoge.

Inside the Duibao Pavilion, Qiu Jiantian saw Jiang Yun and this time took the initiative to greet him.

"I've been waiting for you for a long time, you've finally arrived!" Qiu Jiantian greeted him with a smile.

"Manager Qiu," Jiang Yun greeted him, then asked in a deep voice, "I've come to collect contribution points. I wonder how many people have come to exchange for pill formulas these past few days?"

"I haven't counted how many people have exchanged for the pill recipe, but the contribution points you'll receive this time will far exceed 50,000!"

After returning to the counter, Qiu Jiantian took out a jade slip.

This jade slip records the total number of contribution points earned from exchanging Jiang Yun's three pill formulas in the forty-nine workshops of Maple Leaf City.

Qiu Jiantian pushed the jade slip in front of Jiang Yun, clicked his tongue enviously, and said:

"Take a look first. In the past six months, the Qi-Boosting Pill formula has sold a total of 79500 contribution points."

"As for Qi Condensation Pills and Qi Nourishing Pills, there are also 29400 contribution points."