"So many space rings?"
Li Qi blinked slightly as he looked at the handful of space rings Wu Tong produced.
The space rings used by cultivators of their level were incomparable to the few square meters of those low-level cultivators.
To put it bluntly, a single space ring could easily accommodate a small mountain.
And Wu Tong had pulled out a handful of them; what was he planning?
Li Qi slowly accepted the space rings handed over by Wu Tong.
He hadn't yet realized the gravity of the situation.
Immediately after, his divine sense swept over them, intending to first examine the resources within, and then ask Wu Tong what kind of pills he intended to wholesale this time.
But the next moment.
When Li Qi sensed the resources stored in these space rings, his eyes widened completely.
It wasn't that the resources were particularly expensive.
It was... the sheer quantity!
This is outrageous.
And this time, Li Qi was indeed somewhat surprised by the vast amount of resources in Wu Tong's hands.
The combined resources here amounted to at least over eight hundred million.
Taking a deep breath, Li Qi slowly steadied his emotions. Despite the abundance of resources, he was not a stranger to wealth. He wouldn't inquire about Wu Tong's background or the origin of these resources, as it wasn't his place to ask.
To do so would truly be overstepping boundaries. Unless he was considering promoting Wu Tong to be his first-tier distributor someday, he wouldn't need to thoroughly investigate Wu Tong's background.
"With so many resources, what kind of pills are you looking to wholesale? I have them all."
Li Qi said calmly.
Wu Tong, meanwhile, was quietly observing Li Qi. He had originally brought out so many resources to gauge the reaction of the manager of Penguin Medicine Pavilion.
But he hadn't expected such composure.
After all, even he had been astonished when he first obtained so many resources.
Such a colossal amount of resources was naturally something an ordinary Tribulation Stage cultivator like Wu Tong couldn't afford.
In fact, to acquire such a massive sum to wholesale pills.
Wu Tong had even mortgaged his small world to a larger merchant guild in his vicinity. If he couldn't repay the principal and interest within a hundred years, his small world would belong to that merchant guild.
Furthermore, to obtain more funds, he had even borrowed money from all his acquaintances, borrowing everything he possibly could.
Then, Wu Tong had even approached another merchant guild and signed a contract of servitude. With his peak cultivation of the eighth level of the Tribulation Stage, he had managed to sell himself for a good price. Of course, this contract was also redeemable.
The agreement was also for a hundred years.
This meant that if he couldn't repay the debt after a century, his small world would be lost.
His friends would become creditors.
And he himself would have to work for others to repay the debt.
This was arguably the most colossal gamble of Wu Tong's life.
If he could succeed in this gamble now and wholesale pills multiple times for sale, he would not only repay all his debts but also amass a substantial fortune.
However, if the gamble failed, Wu Tong would likely have to start anew.
'As expected, I underestimated the manager. He must have seen much greater things.'
Wu Tong couldn't help but think. Based on the information he had, he knew that Penguin Medicine Pavilion seemed to have appeared out of nowhere.
He hadn't heard of Penguin Medicine Pavilion during his long time in Qingrao Domain.
But just now, after observing the manager's expression, Wu Tong knew that someone who could remain unfazed by hundreds of millions in resources was definitely not an ordinary person. This was merely his casual demeanor.
Without wasting further time, Wu Tong then listed all the pills he needed, one by one.
Unlike last time when he purchased only Jade Dew Concentric Pills, this time Wu Tong's purchases were quite mixed.
He bought a small portion of all the currently popular pills sold by Penguin Medicine Pavilion.
In response, Li Qi, controlling his third natal spirit puppet, handed over all the pills Wu Tong required.
Wu Tong, with a look of extreme caution, placed the pills into his space ring.
"My future hinges entirely on whether this gamble succeeds or fails!"
Wu Tong couldn't help but murmur to himself.
"What?"
Li Qi heard Wu Tong's low murmur with some confusion, but he was unaware of Wu Tong's situation with loans and borrowed money.
"It's nothing, manager. Just wait for my next visit! When I return next time, I will wholesale even more pills!"
Wu Tong said with a smile, and then he left Penguin Medicine Pavilion directly.
Wu Tong's return as the first retailer seemed to trigger something.
Over the next two months, the offline retailers who had been invited by his natal spirit puppets also returned to Penguin Medicine Pavilion one by one.
Judging by their expressions, it was evident that they had all sold the pills they had wholesaled previously very quickly and made a considerable profit.
And similar to Wu Tong, who had already departed.
This time, the cultivators who came to wholesale pills again, for some unknown reason, had basically brought out extremely large amounts of resources, and the quantity of pills they wholesaled was even greater.
It was only because most of his natal spirit puppets were diligently refining pills 48 hours a day without interruption that the pill inventory of Penguin Medicine Pavilion could sustain such a large number of cultivators wholesaling simultaneously.
At the same time, during conversations with a small portion of the retailer cultivators.
Li Qi noticed that the emotions of these few cultivators seemed to be similar to those of Wu Tong, who had left earlier.
They all carried a sense of desperation, as if it was a do-or-die situation.
Subsequently, he learned from these cultivators that to wholesale more pills this time, they had mortgaged everything they could and borrowed money from every possible source.
It was only then that Li Qi finally understood why Wu Tong, who had left earlier, had been in such a state.