"Fellow Daoist, after more than twenty years, you've finally appeared. It wasn't me who exposed you back then; it was the customers who bought the pills who sold you out."
Outside the Void Black Market, on a certain desolate meteor.
A cultivator at the first level of the Dao Integration realm looked excitedly at puppet number one, his innate spirit puppet.
He was naturally the first person to have transacted with puppet number one.
For the past twenty-odd years, he had thought of puppet number one day and night, even dreaming of its unforgettable presence from time to time.
This was because, as a reseller, he had made a fortune following puppet number one.
Now that this person, with whom he hadn't been in contact for over twenty years, had found him again, how could this Dao Integration stage cultivator suppress his excitement?
"I know this naturally. Otherwise, I wouldn't have contacted you so soon. Fellow Daoist Huang."
"Fellow Daoist, are you planning to resume business by contacting me again?"
Huang Anchang looked at puppet number one with excitement.
Then, puppet number one nodded slightly, and with a faint swipe of his finger over his spatial ring, various pills were taken out and displayed before Huang Anchang.
Huang Anchang gazed at these pills of various kinds.
"This is the Void Breaking Pill, the Origin Void Pill, the Longevity Pill..."
The names of the pills were recited from his mouth.
These were all incredibly expensive pills from the Azure Flame Medicine Pavilion, each capable of bankrupting a cultivator.
For some cultivators, even going bankrupt might not be enough to afford these pills.
"Fellow Daoist, did you replicate these pills?"
Huang Anchang's eyes widened as he looked at puppet number one.
"Yes."
Puppet number one nodded, then continued.
"I've come not only to resume the business of selling pills with you but also because, with you alone, the target is too large and you're prone to being caught like last time. Do you have any trustworthy and reliable fellow Daoists? I want to find more agents to help me sell the pills."
Upon hearing this, Huang Anchang showed hesitation.
The selfish thought, even in a cultivator like him, would not disappear.
Previously, he was the only agent, and he made a fortune.
But if he helped puppet number one find other agents, would he still be able to earn the same amount of money?
As if sensing Huang Anchang's thoughts,
Puppet number one showed a non-committal expression, patted Huang Anchang's shoulder, and chuckled.
"Fellow Daoist Huang, don't worry. You were my first collaborator. Even if more people help me sell pills in the future, they won't have our close relationship."
"Moreover, as my first agent, you will only earn more money in the future, not less. After all, refining pills is already very troublesome for me, let alone selling them personally."
Puppet number one's meaning was clear.
Work with me, and you'll be my top agent.
After hearing this, Huang Anchang no longer hesitated too much.
After all, what puppet number one said was true. Their profit-sharing had long been agreed upon.
Compared to finding a reliable agent elsewhere,
It was much more convenient to work with him, an old partner who had stubbornly refused to speak when questioned by several Dao Integration cultivators from the Azure Flame Medicine Pavilion.
"Fellow Daoist, you can rest assured about this. After you disappeared, indeed, many fellow Daoists came to ask me about your situation, wanting to buy Dao Integration Pills. I'll find a way to select a few from them who can cooperate, and then let you personally assess them."
"That would be best. I'll trouble you then."
As expected, Huang Anchang handled the task entrusted to him by puppet number one very quickly.
In less than half a month, under Huang Anchang's screening, many people were quietly brought before puppet number one.
Finally, puppet number one selected a few seemingly reliable individuals and appointed them as new agents.
...
In terms of pill sales, the Void Black Market was currently in a state of calm.
Initially, many cultivators in the Void Black Market were waiting for puppet number one's reappearance so they could buy cheap pills from him.
But alas, five years, ten years, and even twenty years passed.
The puppet number one who sold replicated pills back then seemed to have vanished, completely disappearing.
Some peak Void Returning cultivators who had been saving money were utterly despairing.
They had even managed to gather resources worth six million spirit stones, just to buy one replicated Dao Integration Pill.
But now... they couldn't even find the person.
Ultimately, those who could afford it pooled more money and went to the Azure Flame Medicine Pavilion to buy overpriced pills from the black-hearted establishment.
As for those who couldn't, they could only remain stuck at the peak of Void Returning, or attempt to break through without using pills.
And just today.
Several sneaky figures reappeared in the Void Black Market.
"Fellow Daoist, want cheap pills..."