by Feng Yise
The moment these words came out, the faces of Ding Xiao and the group of shopkeepers changed greatly.
A measly little Ren Family really had the confidence to lose all decorum with the Southern Border Alliance?
Who gave him the confidence?
The Myriad Treasure Tower?
On what basis?!
When Family Head Su saw that Family Head Ren left no room to salvage things, he let out a sigh and said, "Shopkeeper Ding, truly sorry about it. To choose the lesser of two evils, my Su Family seriously can't continue the cooperation with you. Your medicinal pills are simply garbage compared to the Myriad Treasure Tower! Farewell!"
Finished talking, Family Head Su cupped his fists and directly left.
Family Head Ren naturally would not stay either, following Family Head Su and leaving the Cloudpill Establishment.
Ding Xiao stood there, his expression gloomy and erratic.
Garbage?
Several dozen factions, gathered the most elite alchemists, the medicinal pills refined were actually called garbage?
Ding Xiao was unable to accept this fact. He wished to rush up and tear Family Head Su's mouth into pieces.
Would he believe this kind of lousy reason?
"This … Just what's going on here? What in the world did the Myriad Treasure Tower do?" Shopkeeper Ling lost his previous composure long ago, astonishment on his face.
The others also had panic looks. Clearly, they were completely mentally unprepared about this sudden change.
Who could have thought that their three months of hard work, the Myriad Treasure Tower only used one morning and completely overturned the situation?
However, these Su and Ren two families were just the beginning.
Following that, one batch after another of big and small family factions actually all came to pay a visit and terminate their contracts.
Not just Cloudpill Establishment, but also Tranquil Heart Pavilion, Purplecloud Establishment, and the rest; the orders that they previously negotiated practically all fell short of success at the last step now.
Continuously for an entire day, they spent it in the midst of being utterly exhausted from overwork.
It was only all the way until the evening, when a series of medicinal pills were presented in front of the shopkeepers did they know why Family Head Su called their medicinal pills garbage.
"These … What are all these medicinal pills? Where did the Myriad Treasure Tower get the pill formulas? To actually be able to refine so many terrifying medicinal pills?" When Shopkeeper Lin was talking, his entire body was quivering.
He had galloped across the market all his life and had yet to encounter such a powerful enemy before.
The other party did not use any management methods at all and did not need any roping in or stomping at all, and completely did not need deliberate marketing.
Once the medicinal pills were out, all of the opponents were directly crushed!
This was absolute strength. It did not require that many flashy methods at all.
Just like an Empyrean powerhouse dealing with a True God Realm, what schemes or intrigues did they need to use?
One completely did not need such a thing!
Simply throwed a big slap over, directly pulverizing all of them!
"This should be the evolved version of the Buddha Jade Pill, right? This is the evolved version of the Chaos Origin One Breath Pill? … My God! Virtually all of the common medicinal pills in the market all have evolved versions!"
A shopkeeper said with a bitter smile, "They … They directly advanced medicinal pills by an era! Compared to these medicinal pills, ours are indeed rubbish!"
"This … How to still compete? Even if we have several hundred parties teaming up, we're also not the Myriad Treasure Tower's match! This kind of opponent isn't on the same level at all!"
The boundless enthusiasm from the morning was long gone without a trace already.
These shopkeepers all seemed to be like eggplants hit by frost, being unable to perk up at all.
Combining six great peak holy lands coupled with several dozen major factions, such a long period of meticulous planning, it was completely a joke!
Ding Xiao let out a slight sigh and said, "This matter is already not what we can influence. It's better to leave it to the lords to go worry about it. Our opponent is too powerful!"
The current Ding Xiao had a feeling of all hopes being dashed to pieces.
He had sunk and risen all his life, and exchanged blows with countless powerful opponents before. It could be said to be emerging victorious in every battle.
But this time, he felt powerless.
Crossing swords with this kind of opponent, one did not have any chance at all.
He could feel that there was seemingly a giant shadow behind the Myriad Treasure Tower, manipulating this war.
That person was Ye Yuan, Grandmaster Ye!
In front of Grandmaster Ye, Ding Xiao felt like he was just like a child.
No matter how you fought with flashy moves, the other party did not take you seriously at all.
Although he said to leave it to the various lords verbally, actually, Ding Xiao understood in his heart that this war, the Southern Border Alliance already completely lost!
Even if it was the six great grandmasters joining hands, they were also unable to salvage this kind of declining trend.
Unless, they could join hands and take out a batch of even more advanced medicinal pills.
Except … how was that possible?
Even if the Medicine Ancestor took action, he might not be able to do it too!
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One bad news after another flew to Cloudpill Great Imperial Capital like scraps of paper.
"All of Longwind Great Imperial Capital's Cloudpill Establishment's medicinal pills cannot be sold and we are already unable to sustain our expenditure. Shopkeeper Ding requests to withdraw from Longwind Great Imperial Capital!"
"Ling Yun Great Imperial Capital's Cloudpill Establishment has already gone bankrupt. Shopkeeper He requests to withdraw!"
"Autumn Day Great Imperial Capital's Tranquil Heart Pavilion has already gone out of business. Shopkeeper Feng requests to withdraw!"
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In the audience hall, Empyrean Pilljade's expression was grim until it was virtually about to drip water.
Among these intel, many places were not the Myriad Treasure Tower's territory, but the six great holy lands' territory!
It was as if the Myriad Treasure Tower opened up throughout the entire Southern Border's great imperial capitals overnight.
Furthermore, they only used an extremely short time and made the Southern Border Alliance crumble like crushing dead leaves.
The Myriad Treasure Tower's new medicinal pills were too domineering!
As long as one was not a fool, they would definitely choose the Myriad Treasure Tower's medicinal pills.
So what if prices rose?
Even if it rose 20% the price, the Myriad Treasure Tower's medicinal pills cost-performance was still a great deal higher than ordinary medicinal pills!
This war already did not have suspense!
Chapter 2059 - All-round Defeat
"T-T-This … How can this be? Brother Pilljade, you mustn't leave us alone to die! Ye Yuan he … is definitely taking revenge on us!"
Hearing one news after another transmitting over, Empyrean Proudcloud looked like he lost his wits.
The Southern Border Alliance was actually all-round defeated within a short half a month's time.
Especially his territory, it was shockingly already a severely hit area.
The Myriad Treasure Tower even did a 3% discount in his territory. Furthermore, the medicinal pills were very plentiful.
This kind of situation absolutely could not be seen elsewhere.
Because right now, the Myriad Treasure Tower's medicinal pills were extremely sought after. Even if it rose 20% in price, it was still hard to seek out a single pill.
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sp; Although the Myriad Treasure Tower was well-prepared this time, they could not stand up to the tidal water-like martial artists.
No matter how many the medicinal pills were, it was also impossible to satisfy the requirements of all martial artists.
After all, there were too many martial artists and too few alchemists.
Hence, Empyrean Proudcloud's territory was virtually crushed by the Myriad Treasure Tower already. His medicine shops could not continue operating anymore.
Even a blind person could also tell that the Myriad Treasure Tower and Ye Yuan were deliberately squelching Empyrean Proudcloud.
Empyrean Pilljade's brows furrowed, and he said with a cold snort, "How to save you? Our six great holy lands already can't save ourselves now, and you're still counting on us to go and save you? Didn't you hear? Just earlier, Eastfence Great Imperial Capital had already completely fallen and became the Myriad Treasure Tower's territory?"
Eastfence Great Imperial Capital was a very important great imperial capital in Empyrean Pilljade's hands. Its status was similar to that of the Myriad Treasure Tower's Longwind Great Imperial Capital.
Even Eastfence Great Imperial Capital had fallen into enemy hands, it could be imagined how dangerous the current situation was.
At this time, Empyrean Wenlan could not resist saying, "Humph! Proudcloud, you still have the cheek to say that! If not for you, this kind of situation also wouldn't have appeared! Back then, if you lowered your head to Ye Yuan, how can we get into such a mess?"
His losses were also extremely devastating, his mood very bad.
Seeing Empyrean Proudcloud jump out, he finally could not resist bursting out.
Empyrean Proudcloud said in a great rage, "Wenlan, you're shooting me at this time now? Back then, I wonder who was it that banged his fist on the table and yelled bravo, and even said that they wanted a share of the loot?"
"You!" Empyrean Wenlan was stifled, but he was unable to refute Empyrean Proudcloud.
When Ye Yuan withdrew from the Southern Border Alliance, Empyrean Wenlan clapped his hands and cheered at that time.
Furthermore, in the beginning, because of face, he was embarrassed to make a move to swallow Ye Yuan's territory.
But later, he had indeed reached his hands out to Ye Yuan's territory.
"Enough!" Empyrean Pilljade yelled furiously and said, "What's the use of arguing now? If you have the time, then why not think about how to salvage our position in this declining state?!"
Empyrean Windrider said, "Right now, it isn't just the problem of defeat! For the sake of the operation this time, we've virtually mobilized all of the Southern Border's elite alchemists and refined large batches of medicinal pills. If these medicinal pills are unable to be sold, they will rot inside the warehouses."
Empyrean Blazing Sun also said with a solemn face, "This time is different from the past. As long as medicinal pills are stored properly, they will always sell. But these medicinal pills that Ye Yuan took out have already rolled out across the board in the Southern Border. Once they become conventional medicinal pills, our medicinal pills won't be able to sell at all!"
Empyrean Lumen let out a slight sigh, and said, "I urged you all back then, but you all wouldn't listen. Now, it's too late to regret!"
The others were silent.
Empyrean Lumen warned them back then, saying that Ye Yuan's understanding of Alchemy Dao was extremely deep, creating several kinds of new pill formulas was not a problem. But no one believed.
It was just that Empyrean Lumen was still extremely shocked in his heart.
He thought that he already thought highly of Ye Yuan. He did not expect that Ye Yuan's performance still exceeded his imaginations.
As soon as these medicinal pills emerged, it was like martial artists cleansing their marrows, making the entire Southern Border's alchemy world have an overall reorganization.
To the six great holy lands, the blow was close to catastrophic.
Empyrean Pilljade's gaze flicked, and he opened his mouth and said, "Now that it has come to this, we already don't have a way out! Order all medicine shops to lower the prices of medicinal pills by half! If it really doesn't work, then drop it to 40%, 30%! Since we can't beat them in terms of quality, we'll use price to force them into a corner! Can such a colossal Southern Border Alliance be defeated by a mere one person? Then wouldn't we all become laughingstocks?"
Hearing Empyrean Pilljade's words, the other people's minds quivered.
Losing a little was much better than medicinal pills rotting in the warehouse.
The Southern Border Alliance used too much strength this time. The one-off medicinal pills refinement was roughly enough for the various major factions to sell for as long as ten years.
But this kind of method was a typical example of harming others without benefits; it was too shameless.
It was just that reaching this point, these heavyweights would not care about whether it was shameless or not.
Therefore, a drawn-out fierce battle unfolded between the Southern Border Alliance and Myriad Treasure Tower.
The Myriad Treasure Tower's medicinal pills were indeed unparalleled under the heavens, refreshing the understanding of all martial artists.
As soon as the more than ten kinds of medicinal pills were rolled out, it immediately swept through the entire Southern Border, with sky-high praises.
In contrast, the Southern Border Alliance's medicinal pills were too lousy.
However, one could not help that they were shameless!
If the Myriad Treasure Tower was selling their medicinal pills for 100 thousand high-grade divine essence stones, then the Southern Border Alliance only sold theirs for 50 or even 30 thousand high-grade divine essence stones. This was still very attractive to some bottom-level martial artists.
For some time, both parties were stalemated there.
This seesaw battle lasted until the fifth year. Finally, the balance was broken by a series of news.
Firstly, Empyrean Chaoyuan came out of seclusion and announced to join the Myriad Treasure Tower's camp.
The second news, the Beitang Ancient Family and seven great ancient families that were reclusive similarly announced to join the Myriad Treasure Tower's camp.
Although Empyrean Chaoyuan was an itinerant cultivator, the forces under his command still could not be underestimated.
Exiting seclusion this time, he broke through to the half-step Ancestor Realm!
This kind of strength was an apex existence even when placed in the entire Southern Border. No one dared to overlook him.
And the addition of the Beitang and other ancient families gave the Southern Border Alliance the most lethal blow.
The seven great ancient families, each family was an ancient family at the Mt. Tai level of the Southern Border's alchemy world. Their strength even did not lose to the seven great peak holy lands.
With their support, the Myriad Treasure Tower's strength immediately soared by a great deal.
To the Myriad Treasure Tower, the most important was the problem of resources. After all, it was hard for two fists to fight four hands.
But although these reclusive ancient families were obscure, they had tremendous influence in terms of resources.
With this kind of confidence, the Myriad Treasure Tower was not afraid of fighting a protracted war at all.
You lower your price, I want to see until when you can do so!
When it reached the eighth year, the Southern Border Alliance finally started collapsing.
Firstly, a batch of medium and small factions could not bear the stalling and started going out of business one after another.
The resources grasped in their hands were far too lacking compared to those peak holy lands.
Right on the heels of that, some grandmasters' factions also gradually started going bankrupt.
Later on, even a major force like the Cloudpill Establishment also started to not be able to hold on anymore.
In the nint
h year, Cloudpill Great Imperial Capital's City Lord Manor was overcast with dark clouds.
Fatigue and helplessness were written all over the faces of all of the heavyweights.
"Brother Pilljade, we can't continue like this! Carrying on like this, the entire Southern Border will become the Myriad Treasure Tower's territory!" Empyrean Remotenight said with a mournful look.
"Yeah, this war is a bottomless hole! If we keep dragging on, the resources that we acc.u.mulated over a long time will all be gone!" Another Empyrean was practically crying.
Chapter 2060 - Lowering Head
Among the Empyrean powerhouses present, which one did not have abundant net worth?
In these hundreds of thousands of years, the Southern Border Alliance monopolized more than 70% of the entire Southern Border's medicinal pills market. The wealth acc.u.mulated was incomparably abundant.
It was just that no matter how abundant, they also could not feed into a bottomless hole!
Moreover, although their business was huge, the majority of what they gained had to be contributed to Heavenly Emperor Bodhimandas.
Without the protection of Heavenly Emperors, they were nothing.
Just like the Myriad Treasure Tower, it was precisely because their back was resting against Heavenly Emperor Myriad Treasure that Flutterfeather had this confidence to make a clean break from the Southern Border Alliance.
Otherwise, why would these people fight what trade war with Empyrean Flutterfeather? They would have directly called up a bunch of Empyrean powerhouses and annihilated the Myriad Treasure Tower.
Over nine years, these people felt deeply fatigued.
Fighting a war that could never be won had no meaning whatsoever!
Especially that Empyrean Chaoyuan and the seven great reclusive ancient families making a move dealt an even more lethal blow to them.
Empyrean Pilljade's expression flickered incessantly, and he gnashed his teeth in hatred and said, "Really damn it all to hell! I didn't expect that they actually made the seven great reclusive families come into being unknowingly. Truly off by one move!"
Empyrean Blazing Sun sighed and said, "The ch.i.p.s in their hands are too strong! Even for the seven great reclusive ancient families, it's also impossible to not be moved when they see these medicinal pills. After all, that represents strength!"