Looking at the pill in his hand, which seemed to have been naturally formed, Li Qi displayed an indescribable joy on his face.
The moment this pill was successfully refined and emitted its fragrance, he knew his attempt had not failed.
However, to be safe, Li Qi directly handed the pill to a natal spirit puppet beside him. Without any hesitation, one of the natal spirit puppets immediately swallowed the pill whole.
Li Qi carefully sensed its medicinal effects, finding no issues. It was basically identical to the Fu Zhong Po Zhang Dan he had borrowed from Gu Mengping that day.
As for why Li Qi knew its effects were identical to the Fu Zhong Po Zhang Dan, well, that was a bit unethical. Li Qi had discreetly taken a small amount of powder from the Fu Zhong Po Zhang Dan and tasted it.
"It has about seventy to eighty percent of the effect," Li Qi murmured to himself. Eighty percent was quite good, considering it was a pirated version of the Fu Zhong Po Zhang Dan.
Moreover, Li Qi calculated that the cost of the herbs needed for one imitation Fu Zhong Po Zhang Dan was less than two hundred thousand spirit stones. The profit margin was immense!
Li Qi couldn't help but swallow. At the same time, he calculated the spirit stones he had spent on researching the medicinal properties of various heavenly treasures during this period. Even with careful saving, it still amounted to over ten million spirit stones.
However, it wasn't too bad. Ten million spirit stones for the Will of the Heavenly Dao might only sustain the Will of the Heavenly Dao in his Dixu Realm for half a year. But now that he had successfully imitated the Hedao Dan, the value it could create was unimaginable.
As for the expenditure of over ten million spirit stones, in the Xiaoyan District, Li Qi had actually spent less than one million spirit stones. This was partly because some lower-realm spiritual herbs were unobtainable in the Xiaoyan District, and also because spending so many spirit stones in the Xiaoyan District was not suitable and could easily expose him. Therefore, the larger portion of these over ten million spirit stones was spent by Li Qi having his natal spirit puppets disguise themselves and purchase herbs from the Void Black Market.
"Since the imitation has been successful... it's time to sell it for money." Li Qi stretched lazily.
Then, with a "bang," he collapsed into sleep.
He enjoyed a sleep as peaceful as an infant's.
As for Li Qi's three natal spirit puppets, they did not receive such good treatment. While Li Qi was sleeping, they were busy with various tasks. Li Qi slept for a solid half a year. When he finally woke up, the haphazardly piled medicinal ingredients in the Heavenly Dao space had all been sorted. The three natal spirit puppets were busy setting up formations, never resting. Truly model workers, and without needing wages.
With a slight movement of Li Qi's consciousness, the three natal spirit puppets received the command and quickly gathered before him.
"How is the pill refining going?" Li Qi asked.
Natal Spirit Puppet Number One replied, "We have currently refined 16 imitation Hedao Dans. We intended to refine more, but we've run out of medicinal ingredients. If we spend more spirit stones to purchase ingredients, the accumulated spirit stones would be too much."
"So, we were thinking that after you woke up, we would sell these 16 imitation Hedao Dans for spirit stones, and then purchase more ingredients."
"That's fine too." Li Qi nodded. The way these natal spirit puppets thought was inherently close to his own. If he were in their position, he would have acted the same way.
However, now that he was awake, he could head to the Void Black Market to sell the pills. With a thought, he dismissed the three natal spirit puppets again, ending their diligent and tireless existence. The three natal spirit puppets were then recreated. And to be safe, the appearances of these three natal spirit puppets were randomized.
"Next, the three of you will go to the Void Black Market and hawk these pills for money. As for the price of these pills..." Li Qi stroked his chin slightly. Considering they had eighty percent of the effect of the Fu Zhong Po Zhang Dan, "Then... six million spirit stones each."
"Yes." Having received their orders, the three natal spirit puppets immediately left the Dixu Realm and headed for the Void Black Market.
As for why all three were going together, selling the pills was a task that only required one natal spirit puppet. However, in a place like the Void Black Market, if one didn't have the backing of a powerful establishment and was privately hawking such items, without some strength, one was bound to be targeted. If they truly encountered an enemy that a natal spirit puppet couldn't handle, they could have the other two natal spirit puppets self-detonate to cover their escape. In any case, the pills and spirit stones could not be lost. After all, that was their own fat pig's food expenses!