Chapter 2398: Chapter 2377: Consecutive Probes

In the blink of an eye, another two days passed. The Holy Pill Pavilion was still packed with customers, so busy the shop clerks were run ragged. But they were all full of energy, because Lin Feng had doubled everyone’s wages. With that kind of money to perk them up, they were all as hyped as if they’d been injected with chicken blood.

A middle‑aged man in a yellow robe browsed around the shop, then headed straight up to the second floor. Sure enough, on the second floor he saw all kinds of Flawless Quality Elixirs. After asking San’er about the prices, the man in yellow quickly bought all seven Flawless Quality Elixirs in the display window, spending big without blinking.

Seeing this, San’er, who was in charge of second‑floor sales, was naturally delighted. He immediately settled the bill and personally sent the yellow‑robed middle‑aged man off.

After selling those Flawless Quality Elixirs, San’er immediately followed Lin Feng’s instructions and went to the backyard to find him, reporting what had just happened in detail.

"No problem. Just do as I told you. Here are seven Flawless Quality Elixirs. Go top up the shelves. If they sell out again, come back here and get more from me." Lin Feng handed over the seven prepared pills to San’er, gesturing for him to follow his instructions at once.

"Yes, Boss!" San’er replied immediately, then left to replenish the Flawless Quality Elixirs on the second floor. He still didn’t know exactly what Lin Feng was planning, but he knew one thing: doing what Lin Feng said would not be wrong.

After San’er left, Tao Tao couldn’t hold it in any longer and said to Lin Feng, "Buying up all the Flawless Quality Elixirs in one go... this doesn’t feel quite right, does it?"

"Yeah, Boss, why do I feel like they’re definitely up to no good?" Tangyuan added on the side. This whole situation seemed really strange to it as well. Those seven Flawless Quality Elixirs weren’t even the same kind, but seven different ones. No matter who was buying, there was no way they’d suddenly need seven different types at once. Something was obviously off.

"You two can see it, how could I not? Relax, the fish I’ve been waiting for has already bitten the hook. Since someone likes to buy elixirs at high prices, let them buy to their heart’s content. Otherwise, wouldn’t all the Spiritual Medicine I bought have gone to waste?" Lin Feng burst into a grin at Tao Tao and Tangyuan’s words. These past days he had been working overtime refining seven furnaces of pills. If these people wanted to drain the pond to get at the fish, then let them come. Business delivered right to the door—why wouldn’t he take it?

"Oh? Brother Lin is still the cleverest!"

"Boss, you really are worthy of being my boss, the mighty Tangyuan!"

Once Tao Tao and Tangyuan heard that, they finally realized Lin Feng had already laid everything out in advance. Since that was the case, they didn’t need to worry anymore. Their hearts settled, and smiles spread across their faces. Tangyuan was so happy it spat out a jar of wine from its mouth, leaving Lin Feng and Tao Tao both dumbfounded. They really couldn’t figure out how that tiny mouth of Tangyuan’s had managed to swallow such a big wine jar in the first place.

While Lin Feng and the others were drinking, another person came into the shop. Just like that previous yellow‑robed middle‑aged man, he bought seven Flawless Quality Elixirs in one go, forcing San’er to run to Lin Feng for more pills yet again.

In the span of six hours, the Holy Pill Pavilion met seven such buyers. San’er was so busy he was almost constantly running back and forth between the front and rear courtyards, but he was extremely happy, because with sales going up, his bonus went up too. Lin Feng had already told them the details of the reward system before.

That evening, Lin Feng had the Holy Pill Pavilion close early and set up a table of food and wine in the backyard to treat San’er and the other clerks...

While Lin Feng’s side was in high spirits, on the other side a few Family Heads sat together, frowning and troubled, discussing what had happened that day.

"This is damned strange. We sent six people to buy up so many Flawless Quality Elixirs, yet the Holy Pill Pavilion’s stock of Flawless Quality Elixirs seems endless. Just what the hell is going on?" Patriarch Zhang, who had a dark face to begin with, looked even darker now. He found it baffling. Even at the auction house, you never saw anyone auctioning off seven different Flawless Quality Elixirs at once. So where exactly was the Holy Pill Pavilion getting all its Flawless Quality Elixirs from?

"I’m puzzled too. They just opened, and they already got their hands on so many Flawless Quality Elixirs. What kind of background is that?" Patriarch Sun said with a frown. He really couldn’t understand where the Holy Pill Pavilion’s supply was coming from. To obtain that much stock in one go was downright terrifying!

"In my opinion, this Holy Pill Pavilion is definitely not simple. But just with this little probe we still can’t figure out what’s behind them. So I think we should buy another batch tomorrow. If after we clear out that batch, the Holy Pill Pavilion still looks like it has endless stock, then we shouldn’t act rashly for the time being. We’ll wait until we’ve thoroughly investigated their background, then decide what to do." Patriarch Shi voiced his thoughts. The more he looked at it, the more he felt the Holy Pill Pavilion was anything but ordinary. But to back off just like that—he was really unwilling.

"Patriarch Shi has a point. I also think we can’t just stop halfway like a snake with a lion’s head. Here’s what we’ll do: tomorrow we buy in two more waves. If that Holy Pill Pavilion can still hold out after that, then it can only mean one thing: the Holy Pill Pavilion is anything but ordinary, and there must be some unimaginably powerful master alchemist backing them. With our strength, we can’t afford to offend such a force. But there will definitely be people interested in that, and all we need to do is dig out the Holy Pill Pavilion’s true background. Naturally, someone else will do what we want to do."

Patriarch Zhao nodded as he spoke. He also felt that this matter was not simple, so he agreed that Patriarch Shi’s idea was the most prudent way. Only by doing this could they bring the risk down to the lowest.

The others all nodded in agreement, thinking this method was best. After briefly hashing out the details, everyone finally dispersed...

In a flash, the next day arrived. From the moment they opened in the morning, the Holy Pill Pavilion received one customer after another coming to buy Flawless Quality Elixirs. And just like before, each person bought a set of seven. What no one expected was that over the course of a single day, a total of twelve such buyers showed up, each of them getting seven Flawless Quality Elixirs. This completely shocked the major Prominent Families!

None of them could figure out where the Holy Pill Pavilion’s elixirs were coming from. No matter how much they sold, there was always more to restock with. And the prices they themselves had arranged for buying Flawless Quality Elixirs were sky‑high, much higher than the auction house. Even if each family only bought three times, they still couldn’t bear that kind of drain.

In the end, with no other choice, the families were forced to abandon this tactic of draining the pond to catch the fish. Not only had they failed to achieve their purpose, they’d made each of their families lose a large amount of Yuan Stone. There was no way they could explain such a result to their clans.

After a brief discussion, they immediately set out for the Medicine God Sect, wanting to figure out what was going on from them. But the answer they got left them all speechless: the Medicine God Sect hadn’t supplied the Holy Pill Pavilion with any elixirs at all. Moreover, when the Medicine God Sect learned that a large number of Flawless Quality Elixirs had appeared in Xucheng, they actually sent one of their Elders down the mountain together with the Family Heads, wanting to get to the bottom of where these Flawless Quality Elixirs came from...

While those few were busy running around over this matter, Lin Feng’s side was busy celebrating.

"Boss, are those guys stupid or what? They know we’re selling at a high price, but they still insist on coming to buy. We really struck it rich this time!" Tangyuan stood on the table, gnawing on a bone as it spoke to Lin Feng, genuinely overjoyed. Once Lin Feng finished converting the Yuangang, there’d be Yuan Stone for it to use for Cultivation. It was really looking forward to whether it could transform after evolving to the Demon Venerable Realm. It had long been sick of its current appearance.

"Right, Brother Lin, one Desolate‑grade elixir goes for 1,500 Yuan Stone, and one Flood‑grade elixir for 4,000 Yuan Stone. Those people are losing way more than just a little. What are they thinking?" Tao Tao’s face was also full of smiles. This whole thing was really entertaining to her. Just the Yuan Stone these people had willingly handed over in the past few days already amounted to several hundred thousand. They obviously knew they were getting the short end of the stick, yet they still kept at it. She really couldn’t wrap her head around it.

"They just wanted to drain the pond to get at the fish, to cut off the signature elixirs of my Holy Pill Pavilion and hit our elixir sales from all sides. It’s just that they never imagined all the Flawless Rank elixirs were refined by me. That’s why they took such a loss." Lin Feng explained calmly, then thought for a moment and added, "If I’m not wrong, they won’t pull this trick again in the future. They’ll definitely switch to other methods to suppress the Holy Pill Pavilion."

"Boss, what kind of methods will they use?" Hearing that, Tangyuan immediately dropped the bone in its paw and stared at Lin Feng with its beady little eyes.

"Brother Lin, are we going to be in danger?" Tao Tao also stopped what she was doing, asking with a hint of worry.

"There are basically only two options. One is to work with that Medicine God Sect somehow. The other is that they band together and simply don’t allow the Holy Pill Pavilion to keep doing business. If it’s the first, it’ll be easy to deal with. But if it’s the second, then things will get a lot more troublesome." Lin Feng didn’t hide anything and laid it all out directly.

"Boss, I think they’ll definitely come to investigate our Holy Pill Pavilion. Judging from how cautious they’ve been acting, it’s obvious those people are extremely careful. So as long as we don’t let them uncover the Holy Pill Pavilion’s background, we might be able to get through this period." Tangyuan said seriously at this point. That was just how things were now: with their strength far below the other side’s, the only way to protect themselves was to keep their side shrouded in mystery.

"Yeah, Brother Lin, we absolutely can’t let them figure out what’s really going on here." Tao Tao chimed in, fully agreeing with Tangyuan. The situation was exactly like that now. If those people dug out the Holy Pill Pavilion’s details, then things would really get ugly.

"Relax. With an Array Master like me here, everything’s already been arranged. Unless they can find someone in Xucheng who’s better at Formations than I am—but that’s not very likely." Lin Feng smiled at Tao Tao and Tangyuan. He had long since thought all of this through and made his arrangements. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have chosen to take over this shop in the first place...