Demon Lord and His Unknown Child With the Empress

Chapter 70
Master, It’s Terrible!

Jiang Zhen pondered for a moment, carefully considering the idea, and found it feasible!

“Alright! We can agree to sell those herbs to the Qi family.”

“But we need to raise the price a bit more and demand that the Qi family sell the Fire Lotus Elixir ingredients to our Jiang family!”

Jiang Zhen instructed Jiang Ming.

As long as they could sell a large quantity of Fire Lotus Elixir, his Jiang family would overcome this difficult situation!

The Jiang family would soon rise again!

Jiang Ming nodded in understanding and was about to turn and leave when Jiang Zhen asked from behind

“By the way, what was the response from the Sacred Lotus Sect?”

“The Sacred Lotus Sect said that their Sect Leader is planning to come here personally!”

“She should arrive within a few days!”

A sinister smile crept onto Jiang Ming’s lips.

So what if his Jiang family is currently in a slump?

They still have the backing of the Sacred Lotus Sect!

Once the Sect Leader arrives, the situation will instantly turn around!

At that time, he would also make sure to find the murderer who killed his son, Jiang Gan.

It was most likely related to the Qi family or that woman named Luo Ruying!

“Good! Very good!”

Upon learning that the Sacred Lotus Sect Leader was coming in person, the gloom on Jiang Zhen’s face instantly dissipated. He excitedly stood up and exclaimed in delight.

After losing the Contests of Commerce competition to the Qi family and Chen Rou’s death in battle, he immediately sent someone to inform the Sacred Lotus Sect.

This humiliation, his Jiang family will definitely avenge!

He would make everyone who mocked or betrayed the Jiang family regret it!

As for the Qi family, he would let them revel for a little while longer!

Once the Sacred Lotus Sect Leader arrived, the Qi family would soon vanish from the world!

He wouldn’t let the Qi family or that Luo Ruying off the hook!

……

After the Qi family purchased a large quantity of herbs from the Jiang family, the Jiang family also bought a considerable amount of Fire Lotus Elixir ingredients from the Qi family and hired numerous alchemists to start mass production.

On this day, the Jiang family put a large quantity of Fire Lotus Elixir on the shelves of their various shops and once again raised the price of the elixir.

This move immediately sparked discontent among many cultivators.

“Seriously? Didn’t they just raise the price a few months ago? How are they raising it again?!”

“Exactly! And this time, they’ve increased it by so much!”

“A bottle of fourth-grade body tempering liquid for fifty thousand spirit stones?! Are they crazy?!”

“With the poor quality of that Fire Lotus Elixir, it’s clearly a rushed and inferior product, and they dare to sell it at such a high price!”

“Damn it! Refund!”

“I think the Jiang family is planning to make a quick buck and run!”

Large crowds of cultivators gathered in front of the Jiang family’s various shops, expressing their dissatisfaction.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Zhen didn’t show any concern. Instead, a carefree smile spread across his face as he leisurely sipped tea with Jiang Ming.

After taking a sip, he calmly instructed his subordinate, “Ignore those people.”

“If they want to complain, let them complain.”

“Yes, sir.”

The subordinate received the order and promptly turned to leave.

The reason Jiang Zhen could be so relaxed and carefree was that this kind of situation had happened many times before.

It was just letting those people vent their frustrations and complain a bit.

When the time came, they would still have to pay if they wanted to buy.

In the entire Nanli City, only his Jiang family sold the highest-grade body tempering liquid.

He wasn’t worried about not being able to sell it at all.

Just then, a servant rushed into the main hall from outside, looking flustered and panting heavily.

“N-No… No… It’s not good, Master, it’s not good!”

“I’m perfectly fine!”

“What’s the matter that requires such haste?!”

“You lack any composure in your actions!”

Jiang Zhen was angered by the servant who stumbled before him, unable to speak coherently. He slammed his hand on the table and stood up, scolding him.

“I apologize for my offense, but… but something truly terrible has happened!”

The servant knelt on the ground, trembling as he replied.

Jiang Zhen and Jiang Ming both furrowed their brows and asked, “Speak quickly, what happened?”

“The Qi… the Qi family suddenly started selling a body tempering pill called the Immortal Refining Pill!”

The servant stammered in a panic.

Jiang Zhen and Jiang Ming’s expressions changed abruptly, their faces filled with shock.

“What?!”

“You said the Qi family started selling body tempering pills?!”

“Ye-Yes…!”

“It’s… it’s said that this… this Immortal Refining Pill is a seventh-grade body tempering pill…!”

The servant replied.

“Sev-Sev-Seventh… Seventh-grade?!”

“If you dare to spout nonsense, you’ll pay with your life!”

Jiang Zhen’s jaw trembled in astonishment. He quickly walked up to the servant, grabbed him by the collar, and questioned him sharply.

That was a seventh-grade pill!

It wasn’t some cheap trinket!

The value and rarity of a seventh-grade pill were extraordinary; it was something one might encounter but couldn’t actively seek!

It had never appeared in the entire Nanli City!

And now he was suddenly being told that the Qi family had produced a seventh-grade pill?!

Moreover, it happened to be a body tempering pill!

“It’s true, Master…”

“I wouldn’t dare utter a single falsehood.”

The servant said with a mournful expression.

Upon receiving the news, he immediately confirmed its authenticity and then rushed back without stopping to report.

Jiang Zhen, upon hearing this news, felt as if his soul had left his body. He stumbled backward several steps in a daze and collapsed onto the ground.

Jiang Ming hurriedly stepped forward to help Jiang Zhen up and offered words of comfort.

“Big Brother, don’t worry!”

“Seventh-grade pills aren’t easy to refine. The Qi family definitely won’t be able to mass-produce and sell them.”

“Even if they manage to refine them, the price will certainly be high, and not everyone can afford them.”

“For our Jiang family, the Qi family’s seventh-grade body tempering pills might not necessarily affect the sales of our Fire Lotus Elixir.”

Just as Jiang Ming finished speaking, another servant rushed in from outside, knelt on the ground, and said in a panic,

“Master, it’s terrible!”

“Many cultivators are demanding refunds for the Fire Lotus Elixir they bought from us!”

“All the Qi family’s shops have launched a new seventh-grade body tempering pill, and the price is the same as our Fire Lotus Elixir!”

“Everyone is flocking to the Qi family’s side!”

“Also, the Qi family has sent people to persuade many cultivators who originally agreed to manage our Jiang family’s shops to switch sides and join them!”

“Now there are many cultivators causing trouble in our shops. What should we do, Master…?”

Bad news came one after another, and Jiang Zhen’s heart felt as heavy as if it had sunk to the bottom of a valley. His expression was blank, and he couldn’t recover for a long time.

Even Jiang Ming couldn’t help but feel a sense of despair.

He couldn’t believe that the Qi family’s seventh-grade body tempering pills would be sold at such a low price and that they could be mass-produced…!

A seventh-grade body tempering pill at an affordable price, in comparison, his Jiang family’s Fire Lotus Elixir had no competitiveness at all!

It wouldn’t be long before the body tempering liquid market would be completely monopolized by the Qi family. And the Fire Lotus Elixir that his Jiang family had spent so much money and resources refining wouldn’t sell at all!

Other cultivators who had bought it would also demand refunds from the Jiang family…

It’s over, it’s all over…

Jiang Ming also slumped onto the ground.

Only at this moment did Jiang Zhen and Jiang Ming truly understand.

The herbs the Qi family had been acquiring in large quantities weren’t for refining the Meridian Healing Elixir at all.

They were specifically for refining this seventh-grade Immortal Refining Pill…!

They had been tricked…!

If the Jiang family still had a breath of life left after the Chamber of Commerce competition, that last breath had been extinguished by their own hands…

It was they who had sold a large quantity of herbs to the Qi family…

But they couldn’t fathom where the Qi family had gotten the pill formula from…?