After returning to the house, Li Siyuan tidied up a bit. Seeing Xue'er still absorbed in studying the fifth-grade pill formula, he smiled and said, "The First Master rewarded me with the Lingzhi Secret Chamber. I'm going to go into seclusion in the Lingzhi Secret Chamber, so I'll be away for a few days."
"Okay, Senior Brother Li Siyuan, remember to come back early!" Xue'er clenched her pink fists and bit them lightly with her pearly teeth. A hint of reluctance emerged on her fair and tender cheeks.
A normal person will not come out of seclusion for more than two or three months.
In other words, it would probably be two or three months before they would see each other again after Li Siyuan left. Xue'er felt a little reluctant to let him go.
Li Siyuan smiled slightly and shook his head, saying, "Don't worry, I'll just be gone for a few days and will be back soon. I also need you to do me a favor and make a bucket of marrow washing fluid in my room every night. I have other uses for it."
"Yeah... no problem."
Xue'er didn't think too much about it and just nodded in agreement.
Little did they know that Li Siyuan prepared it for the demon fox...
The Ganoderma lucidum secret room is on the top of a bald mountain behind Lingyao Peak, surrounded by huge red Ganoderma lucidum.
This Ganoderma lucidum is not that Ganoderma lucidum and cannot be eaten. The function of this Ganoderma lucidum is to absorb and exhale spiritual energy day and night.
There are six guardian disciples guarding outside the Lingzhi secret room, and these six disciples only recognize black iron keys.
At this time, Li Siyuan entered into seclusion holding the black iron key, and the six guardian disciples were on high alert. Without Li Siyuan's order, no one was allowed to set foot here, so as not to disturb Li Siyuan's seclusion.
Time passes day by day.
On this day, a major event occurred in the Qingyun Sect, causing the four Qingyun sects that had been checking and balancing each other to begin to waver.
"Have you heard? Tianyan Peak has started selling elixirs. They have everything Lingyao Peak has, and even things Lingyao Peak doesn't have, and the prices are very favorable!"
"Yeah, yeah, I heard that too. Let's go check it out."
Countless disciples from the entire Qingyun Sect, including many from the Lingyao Peak, all gathered towards the Tianyan Peak. The Tianyan Peak even opened its doors to allow disciples from other sects to enter and purchase elixirs.
Within half a day, the pills were sold out, and many disciples hurriedly placed orders with Tianyan Peak to buy more tomorrow.
Before I knew it, the order was scheduled for half a month later!
All the disciples went to Tianyan Peak to buy elixirs. Naturally, the Alchemy Pavilion on Lingyao Peak instantly became deserted and no one was interested.
Even with price cuts and promotions, few disciples come to patronize.
After all, the cost is there, how much lower can it be? You can't do business at a loss, right?
When Huang Zhenyi heard the news, he was so angry that he trembled all over. He quickly summoned everyone in the Dan Pavilion to hold a meeting to discuss the matter.
"I've learned about it. It was Lu Haotian who did it."
"In order to bring down Lingyao Peak, Tianyan Peak asked Lu Haotian to refine the elixir. With Lu Haotian's connections in Yancheng, he has more channels to purchase medicinal materials than us, and the price is lower. We can't outlast him."
"Master, why don't we go down secretly and kill Lu Haotian?"
Everyone discussed.
Huang Zhenyi shook his head and frowned, saying, "Lu Haotian is not only talented in alchemy, but also quite powerful. Moreover, he has the protection of Tianyan Peak. It will be very difficult to deal with him."
"What should we do? We can't just let them do whatever they want and cut off the lifeblood of our Spiritual Medicine Peak, right?"
"That's right. The Sect Master is still in seclusion. If we wait for him to come out and seek justice, our Spiritual Medicine Peak would have been finished long ago."
"That's right. Tianyan Peak only opened for the first day today, and it caught our Dan Pavilion off guard. We have lost all our financial resources, and the Dan Pavilion is short of funds for daily maintenance. If this continues for a long time, the Dan Pavilion will also close, which will directly affect the survival of our Lingyao Peak!"
Everyone in Dan Pavilion complained bitterly and gnashed their teeth at Tianyan Peak's actions.
Huang Zhenyi pressed his hand, pondered for a moment, and said, "If our Dan Pavilion reduces the price of all pills by 50%, how long can it last?"
"What? Fifty percent?"
Zhang Ren, the senior brother from Lingyao Peak and the main manager of the Dan Pavilion, heard Huang Zhenyi's words and hurriedly stopped him, saying, "Master, if the prices of all the pills are reduced by 50%, we will lose everything!"
"I know. I'm asking how long can you hold on?"
"If we reduce the price by 50%, I estimate that they will be sold out in two days at most..."
"Two days..."
Huang Zhenyi nodded silently and said, "Then reduce it by 50%!"
“Master!”
"I've made up my mind! Go!"
Zhang Ren sighed and had to retreat. He went to Dan Pavilion, reduced the price of all pills by 50%, and asked his disciples to promote it.
"Master, what should we do next?" everyone asked.
"You all should go to Dan Pavilion and help."
After saying that, Huang Zhenyi waved his hand and left the lobby. With his hands behind his back, he walked slowly towards the Ganoderma secret room with a worried look on his face.
The Lingzhi secret room is protected by six guardians and no outsiders are allowed to approach.
Even when Huang Zhenyi, the head monk of Spiritual Medicine Peak, arrived in person, six Dharma protectors stepped forward to stop him, saying, "Sorry, head monk, you can't go any further."
Huang Zhenyi stopped and nodded, "How long has Li Siyuan been in seclusion?"
The guardian said, "About five or six days."
"It's only been five or six days..."
Huang Zhenyi's eyes wrinkled slightly, and he sighed to the sky, "It seems that God is going to destroy my Spiritual Medicine Peak!"
"What happened at Spiritual Medicine Peak?"
Suddenly, a strange aura enveloped the area. Huang Zhenyi trembled all over and looked around, but he didn't see anyone except the six guardians. He was immediately filled with fear.
But after listening carefully, the voice sounded very much like Li Siyuan. Huang Zhenyi quickly asked in his mind, "Are you... Master Li?"
Li Siyuan smiled and said, "Yes, the spiritual energy in the Ganoderma Lucidum secret room was more surging than I expected. Combined with the two hundred Qi-Strengthening Pills you gave me, I took advantage of the situation to open not only the seventh door, but the eighth door is about to open. That's why I can't come out for the time being. I'm using my spiritual perception to communicate with you."
Is the eighth door about to open?
Huang Zhenyi was shocked. What kind of incredible talent is this!
It was only the sixth gate before I entered, and it has only been five or six days, but I actually broke through the seventh and crossed the eighth gate!
"Master Li is truly a genius!"
Huang Zhenyi praised repeatedly.
"Don't flatter me, what happened to Lingyao Peak?"
Huang Zhenyi told Li Siyuan word for word how Tianyan Peak's sale of elixirs disrupted Lingyao Peak's status in Qingyun Sect. The latter was silent for a while after hearing this.
"What's the difference between the pills from your Dan Pavilion and those from Tianyan Peak?" Li Siyuan suddenly asked.
"The pills at Tianyan Peak are made by Lu Haotian. Lu Haotian returned from Yancheng Alchemist's Union after three years of training. He's already a seventh-grade alchemist, and his alchemy skills are superb, with a wide variety of varieties..."
Huang Zhenyi shook his head and sighed, "The pills he refines are of higher quality than mine, and they are produced in huge quantities. Most importantly, he can suppress our Dan Pavilion in terms of price. Therefore, our Dan Pavilion cannot withstand such a heavy blow..."
Li Siyuan pondered for a moment and said, "The quality is higher than yours, but the price is lower... This is clearly a price war, and they want to destroy your Spiritual Medicine Peak's Dan Pavilion."
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