Hearing Yin Chuan's words, the managers from the other shops cast surprised glances at him.
But then, with the intelligence that allowed them to hold managerial positions, they easily figured it out. Yin Chuan had only recently broken through to the Tribulation Crossing stage and likely wanted to find Cang Yan Medicine Pavilion to refine a pill to stabilize his realm.
Immediately, Wu Anji, the manager from Jing Qi Pavilion, quickly replied, "Senior Yin Chuan, are you looking for Cang Yan Medicine Pavilion to refine a pill? That's a great pity. Cang Yan Medicine Pavilion withdrew from this Void Black Market a long time ago."
As Yin Chuan looked confused, Wu Anji began to explain, roughly recounting the past conflict between Penguin Medicine Shop and Cang Yan Medicine Pavilion, and the reasons for Cang Yan Medicine Pavilion's withdrawal from the Void Black Market.
"Is that the shop opened by the guy who used to sell imitation pills in the Void Black Market?"
From Wu Anji's words, Yin Chuan heard the keyword "imitation pills," which he had heard of many times before. He finally understood the true background of the newly opened Penguin Medicine Shop.
To be able to establish a foothold in this Void Black Market with imitation pills, and even drive away the former Cang Yan Medicine Pavilion, the alchemist in Penguin Medicine Shop must be quite skilled.
Thinking of this, Yin Chuan didn't mind anymore. His main purpose for coming here was to find an alchemist from a powerful medicine pavilion to refine a pill for him. As for which medicine pavilion or which alchemist, it was of no consequence to Yin Chuan.
Wu Anji's voice reached Yin Chuan's ears, "Senior Yin Chuan, are you planning to go to Penguin Medicine Shop to find someone to refine a pill? We know the manager there. Do you need us to introduce you?"
"No need, thank you." Yin Chuan waved his hand casually. After speaking, he ignored the managers from the other shops and strode directly towards Penguin Medicine Shop.
The faces of the managers showed no anger or dissatisfaction. Instead, they smiled and saw him off. After all, with Yin Chuan's Tribulation Crossing stage cultivation, he had the power to treat them this way. If Yin Chuan had truly wanted to slap these managers in front of the many cultivators in the Void Black Market, they would have had to greet him with smiles. This was the deterrent power that the Tribulation Crossing stage provided.
Only when Yin Chuan was further and further away, completely disappearing from the managers' sight, did their smiles slowly recede. The gazes of the other managers turned to Wu Anji, who had been answering Yin Chuan's questions. Their eyes were somewhat strange, even carrying a hint of surprise.
"Old Wu, you didn't tell the whole story about the conflict between Penguin Medicine Pavilion and Cang Yan Medicine Pavilion, did you?"
Nine parts truth, one part falsehood, or rather, not even falsehood, just vagueness. This was how Wu Anji had described the conflict between Penguin Medicine Pavilion and Cang Yan Medicine Pavilion to Yin Chuan. For example, the repeated self-detonations of cultivators and surprise attacks on Cang Yan Medicine Pavilion were described by Wu Anji as a mutual fight where both sides suffered considerable losses of Dao Integration stage cultivators. Or the final incident where three life-bound spirit puppets self-destructed, heavily injuring the Tribulation Crossing stage cultivator Tian Mo, was presented by Wu Anji as three peak Dao Integration stage cultivators, seeing no hope of escape, resorting to secret arts to self-detonate, which also inflicted a not-insignificant injury on Tian Mo. As for the private conversations among these managers and the manager of Penguin Medicine Shop, Ma Yunteng, and the mention of the terrifying strength of "Penguin" that he had heard, Wu Anji mentioned none of it.
Wu Anji's face showed a standard, faint smile. "Heh heh, what's there to tell the whole story? I saw that Senior Yin Chuan seemed to be in a hurry, so I couldn't waste his time. I just picked out the important points and gave a rough explanation."
"Besides, Senior Yin Chuan is only going to find someone to refine a pill. Is anything really going to happen? And if something did happen..." Wu Anji's smile remained unchanged as he trailed off.
However, after he finished speaking, the gazes of the managers beside him flickered slightly. They understood Wu Anji's unfinished sentence. If something truly happened, it would only be a conflict between Yin Chuan, the strongest Tribulation Crossing stage cultivator in the Yin Zong District, and Penguin Medicine Pavilion. And they were actually quite curious to see what Penguin Medicine Pavilion would do if such a rare conflict were to arise, or... if they would dispatch more strong individuals from their headquarters to directly suppress this Tribulation Crossing stage cultivator, Yin Chuan. After all, the backing of Penguin Medicine Pavilion was something that even they found mysterious.
On that day, after they, the supervisors, had privately communicated with the supervisor of Penguin Medicine Pavilion, "Ma Yunteng," they hadn't fully believed him. Their respective shop headquarters had been continuously exploring the outer void to investigate Penguin Medicine Pavilion. Unfortunately, they had found nothing. Therefore, based on the information previously obtained, they could only believe that behind Penguin Medicine Pavilion, there was indeed a terrifying force called "Penguin" capable of treating Dao Integration stage cultivators as low-level pawns to be sacrificed in suicide attacks.
"Alright, alright. Since Senior Yin Chuan has gone to find someone to refine a pill, we probably can't help much anymore. Let's all disperse. We still need to go back to doing business. Gentlemen, feel free to visit Jing Qi Pavilion for tea when you have time." With that, Wu Anji smiled and left.
At this moment, inside Penguin Medicine Pavilion, the first life-bound spirit puppet, in charge of the main hall, looked gravely towards the outside of the Penguin Medicine Pavilion's entrance. There, a Tribulation Crossing stage aura was getting closer and closer to Penguin Medicine Pavilion.