Li Qi frowned tightly.
He knew.
After this incident, Cangyan Medicine Pavilion would know that he had been selling imitation Hedao Pills.
"If I want to continue selling Hedao Pills in the future, I'll have to be more careful."
After all, Cangyan Medicine Pavilion had dispatched two cultivators at the third level of Hedao realm in their first attempt to apprehend him.
However, Li Qi didn't believe that Cangyan Medicine Pavilion's strength was limited to just two cultivators at the third level of Hedao realm.
If Cangyan Medicine Pavilion had sent even more powerful experts.
He might have had to sacrifice his second and third natal spiritual puppets to self-destruct.
"Let the natal spiritual puppets return for now. They must have earned quite a lot during this period."
Li Qi muttered to himself, then issued the command for the three natal spiritual puppets to return. He then waited quietly in the Dixu Realm.
Half a month later, the three returning natal spiritual puppets entered the Heavenly Dao space of the Dixu Realm.
Li Qi took several spatial rings from them.
Looking at the vast quantity of spirit stones and Heavenly Dao Will within the spatial rings.
He had to admit that his choice back then was indeed correct.
Instead of continuously consuming the spirit stones from the Dixu Realm to purchase Heavenly Dao Will, he had directly attempted to analyze and replicate the imitation Hedao Pills, achieving self-sufficiency.
It was no exaggeration to say that from the very first Hedao Pill he sold until now.
The pure profit Li Qi had made far exceeded the accumulation of spirit stones mined in the Dixu Realm for an entire year.
Of course, this was after converting the Heavenly Dao Will into spirit stones.
But in reality, all this Heavenly Dao Will had ultimately ended up in the belly of his "fat pig" Heavenly Dao Will.
Even so, the sheer quantity of spirit stones in his possession was still an astronomically large number.
"Selling these Hedao Pills is truly profitable."
At this moment, even Li Qi couldn't help but click his tongue.
While sighing, Li Qi fed all the newly acquired Heavenly Dao Will to the Dixu Realm's Heavenly Dao Will.
Unfortunately, the intensity of the Dixu Realm's Heavenly Dao Will had not changed significantly.
This was mainly because Li Qi had fed it too much, and the Dixu Realm's Heavenly Dao Will couldn't digest it all at once.
However, once it was fully digested.
The Heavenly Dao of the Dixu Realm would likely experience a slight improvement.
Meanwhile.
At Cangyan Medicine Pavilion.
Seeing Chen Fang and Wu Cangqing return empty-handed, Steward Huang Hao's expression changed slightly upon hearing their report.
"What did you say! The one selling our imitation Hedao Pills in the Void Black Market is not just a single Hedao cultivator?"
"Yes."
Chen Fang nodded, recalling the second and third natal spiritual puppets who had fearlessly covered the escape of the first natal spiritual puppet.
He frowned and said.
"Besides the person selling the pills, there were two other cultivators at the first level of Hedao realm behind him."
Three Hedao cultivators.
Upon hearing this, even Huang Hao, the steward of Cangyan Medicine Pavilion, fell silent for a moment.
But the next moment, a cold glint appeared in his eyes.
"Three Hedao cultivators, I truly didn't expect that. However, three cultivators at the first level of Hedao realm are not qualified to snatch our Cangyan Medicine Pavilion's business here, especially when they are using our imitation pills."
Chen Fang and Wu Cangqing's eyes flickered.
"Steward Huang, do you mean..."
Huang Hao's expression remained unchanged as he slowly said.
"I will send a message to headquarters during this period and have them dispatch more experts. If those guys dare to come and sell imitation pills again,哼哼..."
After saying this, Huang Hao's figure vanished from the spot.
In the following period, many people in the Void Black Market noticed.
Eyes and ears of Cangyan Medicine Pavilion appeared in numerous locations within the Void Black Market, seemingly investigating something.
Furthermore, in the eyes of these Cangyan Medicine Pavilion's informants, many cultivators at the peak of the Return to Void realm were being closely monitored.
Because they knew that the target customers for their imitation pills were precisely these cultivators at the peak of the Return to Void realm.
But in reality.
This was entirely meaningless.
Li Qi had naturally predicted this long ago. How could he foolishly continue selling in the Void Black Market?
Moreover, with the current reputation of the first natal spiritual puppet, there was no need to go to such lengths and travel to the Void Black Market to sell.
Outside the Void Black Market, on a relatively large meteor.
Several secretive cultivators at the peak of the Return to Void realm, led by a Hedao cultivator who seemed familiar with the local paths, headed towards the meteor.
And on the meteor.
A figure stood quietly.
This figure was none other than the first natal spiritual puppet.
"Cough, cough, has anyone followed us along the way?"
A low voice emanated from the first natal spiritual puppet, spreading across the meteor.
The leading Hedao cultivator's deep voice also echoed.
"Don't worry, fellow Daoist. I've checked. No tails."
"On the other hand, fellow Daoist... where's your merchandise? Is it enough? I'm not just asking for a few pills this time. These fellow Daoists beside me are just representatives. Behind us, there are many more fellow Daoists at the peak of the Return to Void realm who urgently need to purchase."
"The merchandise is certainly enough. It depends on how much you can take."
Hearing this, the leading Hedao cultivator slightly raised his hand and extended a finger.
"I'm prepared to take ten pills this time."
Upon hearing this, the first natal spiritual puppet finally turned around, surprise evident in his eyes.
"You want this many at once?"
"What, fellow Daoist, can you not produce them now?"
"That's not it, I'm just a bit surprised that you want so many."
Hearing this, the leading Hedao cultivator chuckled.
"It's all because of you, fellow Daoist. Your Hedao Pills are cheap, and their effects are no worse than the original ones from Cangyan Medicine Pavilion. Your reputation has already spread."
"If it weren't for the fact that Cangyan Medicine Pavilion has too many informants in the Void Black Market recently, and you dare not show yourself, if you could show yourself, there would likely be a number of cultivators at the peak of the Return to Void realm, far beyond your imagination, looking to buy Hedao Pills from you."
Hearing this, the first natal spiritual puppet shook his head slightly.
"There's nothing that can be done about it. Otherwise, why would I have found you to cooperate with? After all, you were the very first customer I sold Hedao Pills to."
That's right, the Hedao cultivator who brought new customers to the first natal spiritual puppet was precisely the first cultivator at the peak of the Return to Void realm who had traded with Li Qi.
How could Li Qi not know about Cangyan Medicine Pavilion's activities in the Void Black Market?
He naturally wouldn't be foolish enough to let the first natal spiritual puppet continue selling in the Void Black Market.
Wouldn't that be like sending a sheep into a tiger's den?
But the Hedao Pills still had to be sold, as the profit from these pills was how the Dixu Realm's Heavenly Dao Will continued to advance.
Therefore, Li Qi, in his original form, finally devised a compromise and approached the cultivator who had been the first to purchase his Hedao Pills.
He negotiated with him to help him attract customers.
Or to develop him into a secondary seller to help him sell the pills.
In the beginning, this Hedao cultivator was almost penniless after purchasing a single Hedao Pill.
Li Qi, with a tentative mindset, gave him two Hedao Pills for free to sell.
And this Hedao cultivator was indeed appreciative.
He understood that the short-term gain from immediately pocketing those two Hedao Pills was not as significant as the long-term benefit of obtaining a supply of goods from Li Qi.
Thus, he diligently helped Li Qi attract customers.
After a long period of cooperation.
This Hedao cultivator had already become extremely wealthy.
He was even capable of directly taking ten Hedao Pills from the first natal spiritual puppet in a single transaction.
And Li Qi, no longer had to personally go to the Void Black Market and risk danger to find customers as he did in the beginning.
"Fellow Daoist, as per the usual arrangement, the price for you is five million spirit stones per pill. As for how much you can sell them for on your end, that's entirely up to your skill."
"Naturally."
With that, the Hedao cultivator took out a large pile of Heavenly Dao Will and spirit stones from his embrace, totaling resources worth fifty million spirit stones, and handed them to Li Qi.
Of course, these resources worth fifty million spirit stones might not all belong to him. They might have been pooled together by the many cultivators behind him who wanted to purchase them.