Chapter 40: Selling Pills at a Stall Brings Great Success
Why aren't you participating this year? Did you chicken out?
"If I don't want to participate, I don't want to participate. Besides, I don't participate in every Alchemist Conference."
"I think you're just a coward. You haven't made any progress in alchemy all these years! Calling yourself an alchemy fanatic is laughable."
"If you have nothing better to do, go find a Daoist partner. All you do all day is chatter on and on, you're more annoying than the noisiest cuckoo."
"I think you're the most annoying one. You have nothing better to do than come to my Spirit Pill Peak every now and then to praise Song Yin's talent for alchemy. Do you even know that I was the one who first planned to take Song Yin as my disciple?"
"Bullshit! I made the decision first. She's my disciple, Qi Zibo's child, and a child of Danque Peak. You old bastard, don't even think about taking my child."
"Old man? I'm handsome and dashing. I think you're the old man. Wen Zhiling must be blind to have fallen for you."
"Oh dear, some people are so pathetic. They can't find a Daoist partner themselves, so they envy others who do. My wife just thinks I'm good-looking. Unlike some people, who are so ugly that no one wants them."
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Song Yin and the three direct disciples of Lingdan Peak sat together on the threshold, one hand supporting their face, silently listening to the two arguing inside.
I didn't expect them to stay outside for so long, and they were still arguing when they came back.
Unable to bear it any longer, Shao Yangtian skillfully took out several earplugs from his storage bag and distributed them to the people next to him.
"Here, this is a new one I specially prepared before coming to Nine Star City."
Song Yin unceremoniously took a pair and put them in her ears. As soon as they were in, Song Yin discovered the amazing thing about the earplugs: all the surrounding sounds disappeared.
Shao Yangtian transmitted his voice to Song Yin: "We can communicate via voice transmission. This earphone is specially made by a device repairman."
Song Yin: "You're so skilled."
Shao Yangtian: "Heh, I'm used to it."
Song Yin: "If I remember correctly, there are quite a few contestants living here. The two of them are arguing so loudly that they have completely disgraced the Immortal Cloud Sect."
Shao Yangtian: "Ha, they set up a soundproof array, so the sound can't get out."
Song Yin: "...How about we go out and find an inn to stay in? I have a feeling they'll make a fuss about here again."
Senior Brother Lü: "I've already booked an inn, let's go now."
Song Yin: "Senior Brother Lü is the most reliable! I'll give you as many spirit stones as you want."
Senior Brother Lü: "It didn't cost many spirit stones, Junior Sister Song, please don't be so polite."
The four of them got up and walked out at the same time, leaving the two inside to continue arguing.
The group arrived at the inn and each got a room.
Song Yin entered the room, cast a dust-removing spell, and then sat down at the table. She took out the pills she had prepared, counted them, and finally decided to take out twenty bottles each of first-grade and second-grade pills, and five bottles of third-grade pills to sell at a stall. If she needed more, she could just take more from her storage bag.
At the beginning of this year, she successfully overcame the difficulty of obtaining the third-grade elixir. When her master found out, he was so happy that he threw her the key to the storeroom.
Song Yin accepted the medicine with a smile, then turned around and rummaged through the storeroom for a number of good pills.
By default, only Nascent Soul stage alchemists can refine fourth-grade pills. Before coming to Nine Star City, she had also slipped a bottle of fourth-grade Sword Repair Pills into her storage bag. Sword Repair Pills are the most popular among sword cultivators. If one's sword heart is damaged and one has inner demons, one can take Sword Repair Pills to suppress those inner demons.
Inner demons are a common occurrence among cultivators, and pills that can suppress them have always been very popular.
The competition doesn't start for a few more days, so let's get down to business first.
After Song Yin finished counting the pills she was going to sell for the first time, she knocked on the door of the next room.
"Do any of you sell elixirs?"
Shao Yangtian poked his head out: "It's me."
Senior Sister Cheng: "I'll go too."
Senior Brother Lü: "I'll go again in a few days."
Finally, the three of them discussed it in Sister Cheng's room and decided to first take a walk around the city and then find a good place to set up their stall.
On the other side, after the two elders finished arguing, they discovered that their disciples were all gone.
Looking at the notes left by their apprentices, the two said: ...
After reading the note, Qi Zibo sighed, "The child has grown up and started to run away from home, no longer wanting to stay with his elders."
Xin Huailiang, unusually, did not refute, but echoed, "Yes, my three family members always love to run around outside."
The two exchanged a heated exchange, then turned and left.
After learning about the situation, the three-person stall group chose a location and started setting up their stall.
Song Yin took out a table and carefully laid out a solid-colored tablecloth. She also placed some fresh flowers she had bought while shopping in Nine Star City on it. The colors were carefully matched by her, and the infusion of wood-attribute spiritual energy would allow the flowers to maintain their best condition for a long time.
Finally, arrange the pill bottles neatly. First-grade pills are in white bottles, second-grade pills are in very light blue bottles, and third-grade pills are in peacock blue bottles, which are a bit darker than the first two. The colors go from dark to light, which is pleasing to the eye.
After setting up the display, she took out a chair and sat down to wait for customers.
The two senior and junior disciples opposite them simply pulled out a piece of cloth and spread it on the ground, while the pills were casually piled up in a heap. They fell silent.
Shao Yangtian: "Second Senior Sister, isn't our stall too simple?"
Senior Sister Cheng: "Many people around us just put things on the ground like us, but with the decorations that Junior Sister Song Yin made, it instantly felt much more upscale."
Shao Yangtian: "So we need to buy a table and flowers?"
Senior Sister Cheng thought for a moment and said, "No need for now. Most people are like us, so it won't affect selling pills."
Shao Yangtian believed his senior sister's words and squatted by the roadside waiting for customers.
About half an hour later, Song Yin's stall welcomed its first customer.
A female cultivator dressed in a red dress came over and asked, "What kind of pills do you have here?"
Song Yin stood up from her chair, softened her tone, and smiled, "We have pills ranging from first to third grade here. Feel free to pick one up and look at it. The name and grade of the pill are listed on it."
The female cultivator in red had come specifically to buy a batch of pills after hearing that the Alchemist Conference was being held in Nine Star City. At this time, there were the most alchemists here, so there was a wide variety of pills available, and the prices were relatively reasonable.
After entering the city, although there were pill sellers every few steps on both sides of the street, she wasn't sure which stall to go to. Until she saw a stall that was very nicely decorated, especially standing out from the simple stalls across the street, she walked over without hesitation.
She glanced around and her gaze fell on the second-grade pills. She took out a pill bottle and said, "It's actually a Lesser Rejuvenation Pill. May I open it and take a look?"
Song Yin: "Okay."
The female cultivator in red opened the pill bottle, and the unique fragrance of a high-grade Lesser Rejuvenation Pill wafted out. She exclaimed in surprise, "It's actually a high-grade Lesser Rejuvenation Pill! How much is it?"
Logically speaking, the Lesser Rejuvenation Pill is considered a relatively expensive second-grade pill, with a single bottle potentially selling for a hundred mid-grade spirit stones. Song Yin didn't set the price too high, but neither would she set it too low.
"Eighty mid-grade spirit stones. You are our first customer today, so we can give you a discount: seventy-five mid-grade spirit stones."
In the pill shop, a Lesser Rejuvenation Pill of the same quality costs one hundred mid-grade spirit stones, and even if it's cheaper, it's only ninety mid-grade spirit stones.
The red-clad female cultivator's eyes flickered slightly, filled with the joy of finding a bargain. She stopped haggling and said, "I want ten bottles of Lesser Rejuvenation Pills."
"A total of seven hundred and fifty mid-grade spirit stones." There were only five bottles of Lesser Rejuvenation Pills on the table, so she had to take out five more bottles from her storage bag.
After inspecting the ten bottles of pills and finding no problems, the woman in red readily paid with spirit stones, then stored the pills in her storage ring and left happily.
Some people saw the female cultivator buy ten bottles of pills and leave happily, so they curiously gathered around to quietly find out what this exquisite stall was selling.
Upon hearing the price, which was a bit cheaper than the pills sold in stores, some of them either bought one bottle or, like the female cultivator, bought multiple bottles.
People love to join in the fun, and the number of people gathering in front of Song Yin's stall kept increasing.
Song Yin never expected her business to be so booming as soon as she opened.
There was a medicine shop not far away. The shopkeeper, seeing this, was very envious and said to his boss, "She buys all kinds of medicines for a little less than we do. Should we buy some too—"
The owner interrupted the shopkeeper, saying, "They're only here for a short-term stall because of the Alchemist Conference. These low-level alchemists will naturally leave once the conference is over. We're doing long-term business, so there's no need to compete with them."
Shao Yangtian and Senior Sister Cheng were completely dumbfounded; why were there so many customers in front of Song Yin's stall?
Song Yin: "Please line up in an orderly manner and do not cut in line. There is currently a sufficient stock of pills. We will replenish the stock even if it is not enough. Please do not push."
Song Yin quickly calculated and collected the money while also maintaining order at the scene to prevent anyone from cutting in line and causing disturbance.
Even so, some people still heard that the pills here were of good quality and reasonably priced, and thought about squeezing to the front to buy a few bottles.
Overwhelmed, Song Yin finally cried out for help to the two people opposite her.
"Senior Sister Cheng, Senior Brother Shao, please help me!"
Senior Sister Cheng quickly got up, told Shao Yangtian to put the pills back into his storage bag, and then went over to help.
Senior Sister Cheng immediately released her Golden Core stage aura to maintain the queue, saying, "Everyone, please line up in an orderly manner and do not cut in line. Those who cut in line will not be sold."
Shao Yangtian helps customers pack pills. Because of the Diling Pill incident many years ago, he will quickly check the pills to make sure they are correct before packing them for the customers.
With the help of the two people, Song Yin felt much more relaxed.
The pills on the table were quickly sold out again. Even though there were still some in the space, Song Yin was not in a hurry to restock. Instead, she said to Shao Yangtian and Senior Sister Cheng, "I have run out of some pills here. Senior brothers and sisters, please take out the pills quickly."
Shao Yangtian was taken aback and looked at Song Yin.
Senior Sister Cheng didn't react for a moment.
Song Yin urged them again to quickly bring out the pills.
Someone asked, "Are all your pills of the same quality?"
Song Yin confidently explained, "One is my senior sister, and the other is my senior brother. Their alchemy skills are quite good, so please feel free to check!"
The pills produced by Lingdan Peak are for the benefit of the sect, and the two of them are direct disciples of Lingdan Peak, so how could their pill-refining skills be lacking?
The two realized what was happening and placed the pills they had prepared on the table, but their pill bottles were all the same color.
"Okay! I trust you!" He selected the pills, checked them, and found that the quality was indeed the same. He happily bought several bottles and readily paid with spirit stones.
When the pills were from Shao Yangtian and Senior Sister Cheng's inventory, Song Yin was responsible for counting and packing them for the customers, and they collected spirit stones in return. When Song Yin took out new pills, she collected the spirit stones.
The line didn't gradually close until it got dark.
Shao Yangtian checked his storage bag with his divine sense and said incredulously, "Second Senior Sister, I've sold out of several kinds of pills."
After checking her storage bag, Senior Sister Cheng said, "Me too!" She rushed forward, picked up Song Yin, and spun her around, "Ahhh! Junior Sister, you're the best!"
Shao Yangtian, standing to the side, exclaimed excitedly, "Junior Sister, you're the best!"
Song Yin patted Senior Sister Cheng's shoulder, "Senior Sister, put me down quickly. Let's continue selling pills together tomorrow, and let's invite Senior Brother Lü along too."
Senior Sister Cheng's gaze was resolute: "We'll pull her over if we have to!"
Senior Brother Lü, who had prior knowledge of the competition, exclaimed: "Achoo! Who's talking about me?"
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Author's Note: Master Group: Where are they?
The apprentice group: Already gone!
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[Empty bowl]
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