Soon after, the first Natal Spirit Puppet, which had not long returned, received Li Qi's command and directly left the Dixu Realm, returning to the Void Black Market where Yin Zongyu was located.
After sending off the first Natal Spirit Puppet.
Li Qi again used his authority as the Lord of the Plane to check the specific state of the Heavenly Dao Will of Dixu Realm, which had already reached the peak of Tribulation Transcension.
Compared to cultivators, there was no such thing as half a step to the Great Ascension stage for Heavenly Dao Will.
Heavenly Dao Will at the peak of Tribulation Transcension was simply Heavenly Dao Will at the peak of Tribulation Transcension.
For Heavenly Dao Will at the peak of Tribulation Transcension that had reached this realm, the improvement in its own strength was no longer too important.
The specific difference was perhaps like 99.9999% and 99.99999%.
Of course, this did not mean that the Dixu Heavenly Dao no longer needed to devour other Heavenly Dao Wills.
Having something to eat was better than having nothing. This was an eternal truth.
Immediately, Li Qi looked at the resource storage in the Dixu Realm's Heavenly Dao space.
The Dixu Heavenly Dao, at the peak of Tribulation Transcension, had been mostly devoured.
However, for the Dao Harmonization stage Heavenly Dao Will below the Tribulation Transcension stage, due to the more abundant resources from the prosperous land, there was no shortage.
"This Dao Harmonization stage Heavenly Dao Will is quite suitable as a snack for my fat pig,"
Li Qi muttered to himself.
Then Li Qi pondered for a moment.
He was thinking about how long he had been back in the Dixu Realm.
It had been nearly forty years since he just returned.
"I don't know when the forces selling elixirs in the Qingrao Domain will make a move against us, I should return sooner."
Li Qi continued to mutter.
Li Qi knew how powerful his elixirs were.
As long as the elixirs sold in his Penguin Medicine Pavilion were either in terms of cost or efficacy, they were a level stronger than the elixirs of the same type in the Qingrao Domain.
Because of this, wherever his retailers, who were out to make money, went, countless people flocked to buy the elixirs sold by the Penguin Medicine Pavilion.
Although this was due to the power of his elixirs, it still cut off the livelihoods of others.
Originally, Li Qi thought that the forces selling elixirs in the Qingrao Domain would make a move sooner within these decades, wanting to nip his Penguin Medicine Pavilion headquarters in the bud.
So, along the way, Li Qi would communicate with the two Natal Spirit Puppets in the Qingrao Domain after each formation was set up.
The news he received was calm and peaceful.
His elixirs from the Penguin Medicine Pavilion had been around for decades and were still expanding outwards, yet the other forces selling elixirs had not reacted at all.
But Li Qi knew that just because these other forces selling elixirs were not reacting now, it did not mean they would never react in the future.
Because his retailers, in order to earn more resources, did not even need him to say anything, they would advance into areas not yet covered by the Penguin Medicine Pavilion's elixirs, until all areas were completely saturated with elixirs.
And all of this was exactly as Li Qi had guessed.
The Modao Chamber of Commerce, the Tiandan Chamber of Commerce, and a few other chambers of commerce whose businesses had been partially taken over by Li Qi had also become restless during this period.
At this moment, within the Modao Chamber of Commerce, the eight guild masters gathered together once again.
The last time these eight guild masters met was a hundred years ago.
A hundred years ago, their purpose for gathering was because the Penguin Medicine Pavilion showed signs of developing branches.
This made them somewhat alarmed.
But thankfully.
While these guild masters were discussing how to counter the troublesome Penguin Medicine Pavilion.
The Penguin Medicine Pavilion's expansion of branches suddenly stopped.
At most, the Penguin Medicine Pavilion had only developed one branch.
This relieved the eight guild masters.
Losing one trade competition in the Void Black Market, or even two, was a very small loss for them.
After all, the Qingrao Domain was vast, and there were countless Void Black Markets.
But one day, just as these guild masters were congratulating themselves.
Their subordinates suddenly sent a message saying that the number of elixirs sold in many of their chamber of commerce branches had drastically decreased.
And these branches with declining elixir sales were becoming more and more numerous, spreading to more Void Black Markets. Even the losses caused by this incident made even the guild masters feel a pang of pain.
They immediately dispatched their subordinates to investigate the specific reasons.
And when they learned the truth of the matter.
They realized that it was, damn it, the Penguin Medicine Pavilion again.
And the Penguin Medicine Pavilion's method was very strange.
It was not developing branches.
Instead, countless scattered cultivators were selling elixirs from the Penguin Medicine Pavilion themselves.
Only then did these few guild masters understand.
It seemed that the Penguin Medicine Pavilion, perhaps finding it troublesome or for other reasons, had no intention of developing branches.
However, they had chosen another method to expand their influence.
Reducing wholesale prices of elixirs!
When they heard this method, these guild masters were even stunned.
It wasn't that the method was particularly novel.
This method had been thought of by people a long, long time ago.
But it always came down to one problem.
That was cost.
To have these scattered cultivators sell elixirs for them in various Void Black Markets, they naturally had to lower prices. Otherwise, these cultivators would have no reason to go to various Void Black Markets to sell elixirs for them.
And the reduced price could not be too low.
For example, a chamber of commerce that had already perished chose to sell to other cultivators at a 98% or 97% price, letting other cultivators help them sell.
But in reality, with only a 0.3% profit, and with various risks such as being robbed, few cultivators were willing to work for that chamber of commerce.
Nearby Void Black Markets were fine, and they might earn a little, but if it was too far, no one would go even if beaten to death.
As for lowering prices further, even the chambers of commerce could not do it.
After all, alchemists, medicinal ingredients, and various other things all incurred costs.
How could the profit extracted by alchemists who could refine elixirs for Tribulation Transcension stage cultivators be small?
Therefore, for those chambers of commerce, a 97% or 98% price was already the lowest.
If it were any lower, it would be better to spend some cost initially and create branches in various Void Black Markets for more long-term business.