Time flew by, and several months passed.
Several months might not seem like a long time for ordinary people, let alone for cultivators like Li Qi, who were at the Tribulation Stage.
For them, several months was not even enough time to go into seclusion; they might spend years in a simple meditative state.
During these past few months, with the full effort of two natal spirit puppets in attracting customers, countless cultivators who had traveled from other void black markets to purchase elixirs were successfully converted into offline retailers. They purchased elixirs at a 10% discount and resold them in their respective void black markets.
There was even an unexpected small incident that Li Qi hadn't anticipated.
Some cultivators who were local to this void black market would occasionally see the two natal spirit puppets taking external void black market cultivators aside for discussions.
A cultivator who was somewhat familiar with a natal spirit puppet and had purchased elixirs multiple times casually inquired about the situation.
The natal spirit puppet then explained truthfully, as it was not a secret.
Upon hearing the truth, many local void black market cultivators couldn't sit still.
With such a good opportunity, why weren't they included?
Even though they were cultivators of the local void black market, it didn't mean they couldn't wholesale a portion of the elixirs to sell in other void black markets.
After all, who wouldn't want such an easy way to earn money?
Earning hundreds of thousands of spirit stones in resources might not be considered particularly astonishing for cultivators at the Tribulation Stage.
However, making hundreds of thousands or even millions of spirit stones in resources with such simple transactions was indeed extremely remarkable for these Tribulation Stage cultivators.
After all, it was too easy, and this was just the profit from a single elixir.
If they had sufficient capital and went out once to sell all the elixirs they had, the value earned in a short period could be millions or even tens of millions.
Such terrifying speed in earning spirit stones drove even these Tribulation Stage cultivators into a frenzy.
Suddenly, more and more cultivators in the local void black market who heard the news flocked to them.
For a considerable period afterward, there were even more wholesale retailers coming to purchase elixirs than actual customers buying them.
However, this also led to a problem.
Many cultivators discovered that when they came to buy elixirs, for example, a Jade Dew Concentric Elixir priced at 1.3 million spirit stones, they could get it at a 10% discount if they claimed to be wholesale buyers.
Consequently, any cultivator who heard the news, regardless of whether they were genuinely buying elixirs for personal use, would come forward claiming they intended to buy elixirs for resale.
The two natal spirit puppets had noticed this early on and informed Li Qi.
However, Li Qi was unconcerned.
He didn't set any rules, like a minimum purchase amount to qualify for a discount.
He had a broader perspective.
For those who came to buy elixirs but pretended to be wholesale buyers, Li Qi directly instructed his two natal spirit puppets to sell to them.
After all, for Li Qi at this moment, the spirit stones earned by genuine buyers were insignificant compared to the actual profits that genuine wholesalers could make in a single transaction.
The former would only earn an extra hundred thousand by haggling.
But the latter, with just one visit, could potentially bring Li Qi profits of tens of millions.
Instead of haggling with the former, it was more beneficial for his natal spirit puppets to refine more elixirs.
Just then, Li Qi's eyes narrowed slightly, as if he sensed something.
Immediately, his consciousness instantly took control of the permissions of natal spirit puppet number three.
Li Qi's gaze shifted towards the entrance of the Penguin Elixir Pavilion.
Outside the entrance, a familiar figure with a smiling face, clearly in a very good mood, was slowly approaching the Penguin Elixir Pavilion.
Li Qi knew who this figure was.
It was Wu Tong, the cultivator at the peak of the eighth level of Tribulation, who had been the first to accept the suggestion of natal spirit puppet number three a few months ago.
Furthermore, this was the first retailer to return to the Penguin Elixir Pavilion in these past few months.
Thus, Li Qi, controlling natal spirit puppet number three, stepped forward and cupped his hands in greeting.
"Fellow Daoist, it has been several months. How was that batch of elixirs from last time?"
Upon hearing Li Qi's question, Wu Tong's smile widened even further.
"Fellow Daoist! Don't even mention it. The elixirs you gave me were completely snatched up within two days of me taking them out."
When Wu Tong returned to his void black market.
He had originally planned to spend some time selling the Jade Dew Concentric Elixirs he had wholesaled from the Penguin Elixir Pavilion.
At that time, Wu Tong was prepared to spend half a year or even longer to sell off this batch of elixirs, and then immediately go into seclusion to prepare for a breakthrough to the ninth level of Tribulation.
However, Wu Tong did not expect that because the efficacy of the Jade Dew Concentric Elixir was so potent, and the price was the same as that of the Mo Dao Merchant Guild at 1.3 million.
As a result, what Wu Tong anticipated would take half a year or more to sell was swept away by the many eager cultivators in just two days.
After all, for those cultivators who were not yet aware of the existence of the Penguin Elixir Pavilion, with the same price and elixirs that were one or two tenths stronger than those of the Mo Dao Merchant Guild, not buying them would be foolish.
And at a price of 1.3 million spirit stones per elixir, Wu Tong could earn 130,000 per elixir.
In just those two days, Wu Tong had directly earned a profit of about three million.
This was true exorbitant profit.
Earning three million in two days, even for a Tribulation Stage cultivator, except for those who owned mines and were involved in business, the only way to achieve such a gain would be through direct robbery.
Therefore, after selling those elixirs, Wu Tong even slightly postponed his closed-door seclusion.
After all, it was uncertain when he would be able to break through to the ninth level of Tribulation through closed-door seclusion.
It would be better to not go into seclusion at all, but to travel back and forth, reselling elixirs, to earn more money, and then use the support of abundant resources to complete his breakthrough.
It was possible that while achieving his breakthrough, he could also earn a substantial amount of resources.
"Steward, I want to wholesale elixirs!"
With a slight flick of his hand, the next moment, Wu Tong produced a handful of spatial rings.