The price of so many resources for these pills meant that the planar lords from the Silver Longitudinal Zone, despite having money, would naturally not be entirely without caution. They would not complete a transaction without some form of vigilance.
After the number one life-bound spirit puppet informed them of the price.
They also calculated the prices according to the pills they had purchased.
But as they calculated!
A problem arose.
Wait, why was the price given to them by the supervisor of the Penguin Medicine Pavilion the full original price?
It was precise down to the single digit, and not even half a spirit stone was cheaper.
After all, the number of pills they were purchasing this time was not small. It included not only sky-high priced pills but also a large number of ordinary pills.
If even a small discount could be obtained on the total price of so many pills.
Even if it was just a ten percent or twenty percent discount, the resources saved would start from millions upon millions of spirit stones.
Thinking of this, Chen Qing, who was at the forefront, immediately looked at the number one life-bound spirit puppet.
"Ahem, supervisor. We are planar lords from the Silver Longitudinal Zone. We are purchasing pills together this time, aren't you going to give us some discount?"
At the same time, as Chen Qing said "planar lords from the Silver Longitudinal Zone," he subconsciously emphasized his voice slightly.
Upon hearing this, the number one life-bound spirit puppet paused for a moment, then quickly slapped his forehead, his face showing an apologetic expression.
"Ah, yes, yes, it was my oversight. Esteemed fellow cultivators have traveled a long way and purchased so many pills from my Penguin Medicine Pavilion, naturally, some discount should be given."
Hearing this, the planar lords of the Silver Longitudinal Zone, who had been frowning, suddenly beamed with smiles.
This was only right. After all, in the Silver Longitudinal Zone behind them, there was a living Tribulation Stage expert.
How could this Penguin Medicine Pavilion miss such an opportunity to foster good relations with the planar lords of their Silver Longitudinal Zone?
At the same time, the number one life-bound spirit puppet pondered for a moment.
"How about this, esteemed fellows, I'll round down the figures for you? Rounding to the nearest whole number?"
Rounding down? Rounding to the nearest whole number! Did that mean the digits after the first one were disregarded?
The original amount of over a hundred million became a hundred million.
The original amount of over eighty million became a clean eighty million.
Over seventy million became a clean seventy million!
This seemed... not bad. Especially for Chen Qing, the pills he purchased were valued at over one hundred and thirty million. This immediately saved him over thirty million spirit stones!
This supervisor of the Penguin Medicine Pavilion! He was truly sensible and showed more sincerity than the supervisors of other shops!
If there was an opportunity in the future, he would definitely report this to Lord Yin Chuan.
A smile appeared on Chen Qing's face.
With his cultivation at the seventh level of the Dao Integration realm, he was considered top-tier in the Silver Longitudinal Zone. Apart from the two or three at the eighth level of Dao Integration above him, his strength was the strongest. It was normal for him to have casual conversations with Yin Chuan on weekdays.
However, seeing the delighted expressions of these planar lords from the Silver Longitudinal Zone, the number one life-bound spirit puppet felt a little confused.
Was it really necessary to be so excited over just rounding down the figures?
And the next sentence from the number one life-bound spirit puppet caused the smiles of these excited planar lords from the Silver Longitudinal Zone to instantly freeze.
"Esteemed fellow cultivator, since I've rounded down the figures for you, your resources of one hundred and thirty-five million two hundred and sixty-seven thousand six hundred and forty-two spirit stones will be one hundred and thirty-five million two hundred and sixty thousand."
"And esteemed fellow cultivator, your resources of one hundred and sixteen million four hundred and twenty-eight thousand eight hundred and seventeen spirit stones will be one hundred and sixteen million four hundred and twenty thousand."
Upon hearing the words of the number one life-bound spirit puppet.
All the planar lords present from the Silver Longitudinal Zone were stunned: "????"
Is this what you call rounding down?
Are you serious?
"Wait, esteemed fellow cultivator... When you say rounding down, you mean we only get a few thousand spirit stones discounted???"
Someone directly interrupted the number one life-bound spirit puppet, saying with disbelief.
"Yes, is there any problem? By rounding off these small figures, we give you a discount, and it's easier to calculate, isn't it wonderful?"
The number one life-bound spirit puppet said with a smile.
What he meant by rounding down was naturally not the tens of millions or millions that Chen Qing and the others were imagining.
What he meant by rounding down... was truly rounding down, at most not charging the few thousand spirit stones below the 'ten thousand' mark.
After all, no one dislikes money.
His imitation pills were already high quality and low priced. If the Cang Yan Medicine Pavilion were still here.
The pills they needed would have cost at least thirty to forty percent or even more spirit stones to purchase.
Now that he was monopolizing the void black market, not raising prices and continuing to maintain the original price was already very considerate, let alone rounding down tens of millions.
His Penguin Medicine Pavilion! It was only earning hard-earned money!
However, Chen Qing and the others' faces immediately darkened.
"Esteemed fellow cultivator, we are cultivators from the Silver Longitudinal Zone, are you really only going to discount us such a small amount of spirit stones?"
"Hmm? Is there a problem? I know you are cultivators from the Silver Longitudinal Zone, there's no need for you to emphasize it."
The number one life-bound spirit puppet said indifferently.
Hearing that the number one life-bound spirit puppet seemed to disregard the mention of the Silver Longitudinal Zone, Chen Qing and the others' eyes narrowed slightly.
"Esteemed fellow cultivator, our Silver Longitudinal Zone has the only Tribulation Stage expert in this void black market. Are you truly not going to give us some discount on the price?"
As these words fell, the number one life-bound spirit puppet's gaze immediately fell upon Chen Qing.
At the same time, the enthusiastic smile on his face disappeared.
"So what if you have a Tribulation Stage expert? Let alone having a Tribulation Stage cultivator in your Silver Longitudinal Zone, even if your own cultivation is at the Tribulation Stage, you will still pay the original price to purchase pills from my Penguin Medicine Pavilion."
"Even that fellow cultivator of the Tribulation Stage behind you, the one named Yin Chuan, when he orders pills from me, I don't give him any discount. Based on you, are you worthy?"
As he spoke these words, the number one life-bound spirit puppet's gaze instantly became incredibly sharp, from having been smiling to now glaring directly at Chen Qing.
And under the gaze of the number one life-bound spirit puppet.
For some reason, even though both of them had the same cultivation at the seventh level of the Dao Integration realm.
For some reason, Chen Qing felt a sense of impending doom.
This feeling was something he hadn't even experienced from those at the eighth level of Dao Integration in the Silver Longitudinal Zone before.
It was similar to what he had experienced when the strongest experts from various regions had joined forces to attack the Silver Longitudinal Zone in the past.
Chen Qing had felt something similar from cultivators at the ninth level of Dao Integration, and even at the peak of Dao Integration.
In an instant, a cold sweat appeared on Chen Qing's face.
And before Chen Qing could speak, the planar lords beside him, who were not making eye contact with the number one life-bound spirit puppet, were angered by the fact that the number one life-bound spirit puppet had mentioned Yin Chuan so dismissively.
Their faces immediately turned red with indignation.
"Hmph, how can a mere supervisor like you be qualified to speak ill of Lord Yin Chuan? The only reason Lord Yin Chuan didn't ask you for a discount was simply because he disdained to do so. You failed to seize the opportunity to curry favor with Lord Yin Chuan; it is you who are unappreciative."
In response, the number one life-bound spirit puppet's expression remained unchanged, and his voice sounded indifferently.
"A mere cultivator who has just entered the Tribulation Stage, am I supposed to curry favor with you?"