Since he wanted to foster a good relationship with Li Qi, it was natural to start with the simplest common ground.
Aside from business dealings, their sole common topic was the Azure Flame Medicine Pavilion.
The supervisors in the room seemed to have reached this conclusion.
Suddenly, Wu Anji, the supervisor from the Fine Equipment Pavilion who had brought Li Qi, spoke first.
"Fellow Daoist Ma, there's something I must caution you about. Although the forces behind you are extraordinary and far beyond what we in this remote place can compare to."
"Still, the Azure Flame Medicine Pavilion's influence spans at least twenty to thirty Void Black Markets in this vicinity, many of which are populated by powerful individuals. Since you have grievances with the Azure Flame Medicine Pavilion, you must be extra cautious."
After Wu Anji finished speaking, before Li Qi, who was controlling his Life Spirit Puppet, could react,
The other shop supervisors present couldn't help but grit their teeth, thinking Wu Anji had stolen a march on them.
At this moment, Li Qi, having heard Wu Anji's words, couldn't help but his eyes flickered slightly.
His heart also stirred a little.
Near every Void Black Market, there were numerous surrounding regions that facilitated transactions for cultivators from these areas.
Conversely, these established Void Black Markets were also a channel for those who opened shops to earn profits.
Take their Void Black Market for example; it had nearly ten thousand surrounding regions.
Smaller regions could encompass at least several hundred to a thousand small world-planes.
As for powerful regions, such as those ranked in the top hundred,
They would encompass at least several thousand, or even tens of thousands of small world-planes.
A rough estimate alone indicated that all the small world-planes surrounding their single Void Black Market would amount to at least tens of millions in quantity.
And according to Wu Anji, the Azure Flame Medicine Pavilion's influence covered at least twenty to thirty nearby Void Black Markets.
Disregarding the disparity in strength between these Void Black Markets.
If those Void Black Markets were as powerful as theirs,
Then indeed, being able to open shops in so many Void Black Markets and prosper indicated that the Azure Flame Medicine Pavilion's influence was truly formidable.
At least for the current Li Qi, if the Azure Flame Medicine Pavilion were to truly bring its full force against him, he would not be a match.
He had only known before that the Azure Flame Medicine Pavilion's influence extended beyond this single Void Black Market.
But now, through Wu Anji's words, Li Qi had gained a clearer understanding of the Azure Flame Medicine Pavilion's reach.
However, this was not enough. Much information could not be ascertained within the Void Black Market.
To understand the true situation of the Azure Flame Medicine Pavilion, one would likely have to consult factions capable of jointly establishing Void Black Markets with them.
Seizing this excellent opportunity, how could Li Qi let it slip away?
On the surface, Li Qi, controlling his Life Spirit Puppet, exuded an air of nonchalance.
At this moment, certain attribute points Li Qi had obtained, such as "Performance" and "Acting Skills," came into play.
His casual tone, even carrying a hint of disdain, as if genuinely contemptuous.
Li Qi, controlling his Life Spirit Puppet, couldn't help but let out a soft scoff.
"Spanning twenty to thirty Void Black Markets? That sphere of influence is indeed 'vast.'"
Li Qi's gaze turned to Wu Anji.
"You mentioned the Azure Flame Medicine Pavilion has no shortage of powerful individuals. Then tell me, how strong are these powerful individuals in the Azure Flame Medicine Pavilion? What is the highest cultivation level?"
As if sensing Li Qi's slighting tone, Wu Anji's expression grew solemn.
"Fellow Daoist Ma, you are unaware. The Azure Flame Medicine Pavilion alone has five cultivators at the Tribulation Stage. They are the Pavilion Master, the Vice Pavilion Master, and three Inspection Elders."
"Among them, the Pavilion Master of the Azure Flame Medicine Pavilion is a cultivator at the seventh level of the Tribulation Stage, no weaker than the top experts behind our shops. Below the Pavilion Master is a Vice Pavilion Master at the fifth level of the Tribulation Stage. The remaining three Inspection Elders are all at the first or second level of the Tribulation Stage."
Having said this, Wu Anji paused and looked at Li Qi.
"Fellow Daoist Ma, the Azure Flame Medicine Pavilion Tribulation Stage cultivator named Tian Mo, whom you forced to retreat a year ago, was one of those three Inspection Elders. Originally, those three Inspection Elders were generally at the Azure Flame Medicine Pavilion's headquarters. The reason for his arrival here was likely because..."
At this point, Wu Anji's words trailed off, and he did not continue.
After all, everyone present understood implicitly.
The reason Tian Mo came to this Void Black Market was naturally because Li Qi's counterfeit pills had severely impacted the revenue of their branch.
Moreover, in the past, the Azure Flame Medicine Pavilion headquarters had dispatched a cultivator at the seventh level of the Dao Integration Stage, but he was killed on the spot. Thus, the Azure Flame Medicine Pavilion had no choice but to send the Tribulation Stage cultivator Tian Mo to forcefully suppress and resolve the issue.
However, they never expected that the so-called issue would not be resolved.
Instead, it had completely annihilated the Azure Flame Medicine Pavilion in this Void Black Market, even leaving one of the three Inspection Elders, Tian Mo, severely injured and near death, almost losing his life on the spot.
Having fully understood the scale of the Azure Flame Medicine Pavilion's power, Li Qi fell into a brief period of contemplation.
Currently, Li Qi's combined combat strength.
The self-destruction of his three Life Spirit Puppets could, at most, heavily injure a cultivator at the peak of the first level of the Tribulation Stage.
And besides this trump card of self-destruction, his true killing move was the Farmer's Three Punches.
If he were to unleash the third punch at full power, perhaps he would barely possess the ability to kill a cultivator at the first or second level of the Tribulation Stage.
However, of course, regarding these Farmer's Three Punches, Li Qi intended to use them as little as possible.
Because once used, he would temporarily lose his true means of defense.
Otherwise, he would not have stayed in the Earth Void Realm for safety reasons and sent his three Life Spirit Puppets to self-destruct back then.
After all, his initial plan was to continue letting his Life Spirit Puppets self-destruct to annoy them.
He hadn't expected that the destructive power of his Life Spirit Puppets' combined self-destruction would be so potent, actually heavily injuring Tian Mo.
It was only after knowing that Tian Mo was heavily injured by the self-destruction of the three Life Spirit Puppets at that time.
That Li Qi decided to act personally, because in that situation, he might have been able to kill him without using the third punch of the Farmer's Three Punches.
In the current situation, if the Azure Flame Medicine Pavilion were to move against Li Qi.
Unless all three Inspection Elders came together, or the Pavilion Master and Vice Pavilion Master personally appeared.
Otherwise, Li Qi was at least no longer overly fearful of a single Inspection Elder.
"My own strength is still lacking. When I reach the seventh level of the Dao Integration Stage, or even the eighth level, by then, perhaps in my normal state, I might be able to contend with an early-stage Tribulation cultivator."
Silently calculating his current realm, which was only the early fifth level of the Dao Integration Stage, Li Qi thought to himself.