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"So this exhibition seems to be a fairly large-scale one."

"Chu Huatian is the young master of the Chu Family Medicinal Shop in Changhe Prefectural Capital. The owners or shopkeepers of medicinal shops from the cities under Changhe Prefectural Capital should have all come with him."

"Besides..."

Yang Ling swept his gaze over the others nearby.

These fellows should also be medicinal shop managers from various prefectural capitals.

This put Yang Ling somewhat at ease. With an exhibition of this scale, the Valley of the Dead definitely wouldn't have prepared just two thousand Spirit Nurturing Pills.

But he was also a bit worried about the share issue Elder Qin had mentioned earlier.

"Elder Qin, you said the external share has changed this year. May I ask how big... this change actually is?"

A middle-aged man in purple robes clasped his hands and bowed.

Yang Ling glanced at him.

Everyone present turned their gazes toward Elder Qin.

Elder Qin smiled faintly. "There have been some issues with the raw materials.

This year, our Valley of the Dead will reduce the share released to Yunwen Provincial Capital by at least ten percent.

But the prices will remain unchanged."

"What!? The share's been cut by ten percent, but the price stays the same!?"

"How is that possible!? Doesn't that mean we'll have to raise our selling prices?"

For a moment, the area around the stall became chaotic.

Elder Qin lightly raised his hand, and everyone instantly fell silent: "A price increase is inevitable. A hundred years ago, a single Spirit Nurturing Pill only cost one hundred taels of silver."

"Elder Qin, what's the exact share?"

Chu Huatian asked in a loud voice.

Elder Qin looked at him.

"Yunwen Provincial Capital has thirteen prefectural capitals. The distribution is based on each prefectural capital's strength and foundation. Let's take Spirit Nurturing Pills as an example. The previous total share was twenty thousand pills. Now it's eighteen thousand.

You're from Changhe Prefectural Capital, right? Your Changhe Prefectural Capital's share this year is one thousand eight hundred pills."

"One thousand eight hundred pills!?"

Chu Huatian suddenly showed some surprise.

In previous years, when the total share was twenty thousand Spirit Nurturing Pills, Changhe Prefectural Capital could only get one thousand five hundred. This year, it had increased instead of decreased!?

Huang Sihai, Bai Zhixing, Chen Qizheng, and the others were all somewhat delighted.

This way, they could also make another small profit.

"That's not right. Changhe Prefectural Capital's foundation is quite shallow. This year the total share is smaller, but their quantity is higher?"

"Exactly. With only eighteen thousand pills total, they take up ten percent? How are the other twelve prefectural capitals supposed to split the rest?"

Many shopkeepers raised objections. The purple-robed middle-aged man from earlier furrowed his brow and said:

"Elder Qin, is there a reason for this allocation?"

"Your information is outdated."

Elder Qin said with a smile.

"The Director of the First Division of the Public Security Department under the Ironclad Department in Changhe Prefectural Capital is a newly promoted Sixth-Rank."

"What strength are the Directors of the First Division in other prefectural capitals' Ironclad Departments? Most are just Eighth-Rank, with only a few being Seventh-Rank."

"So this year, our Valley of the Dead has raised the standard for Changhe Prefectural Capital."

Upon hearing this, everyone present fell into silence.

Many people exchanged glances, their eyes filled with astonishment.

They hadn't been to the Water Qilin Cave, and they usually stayed in their own little domains, not paying much attention to such news.

So they had never heard of this matter.

Chu Huatian and Bai Zhixing exchanged a look, their eyes showing a trace of emotion.

Chen Qizheng had also met Yang Ling. Hearing that it was because of him that the pill share for Changhe Prefectural Capital had increased, his expression was equally excited.

Their Chen Family did have a certain friendship with this Director Yang!

"So my reputation can even work across prefectures."

Yang Ling touched his face. Mm, still quite smooth.

The purple-robed middle-aged man's eyes turned somewhat gloomy. He said flatly:

"Then what's our Xiangfeng Prefectural Capital's share? Our Director of the Second Division of the Ironclad Department, Zhao Qing, is also Seventh-Rank and a royal member."

Elder Qin said: "Your Xiangfeng Prefectural Capital's share is also one thousand eight hundred pills."

The purple-robed middle-aged man's expression immediately improved somewhat.

But the expressions of the medicinal shop owners and shopkeepers from various regions didn't look too good.

One Changhe Prefectural Capital, one Xiangfeng Prefectural Capital, directly taking three thousand six hundred Spirit Nurturing Pills.

The remaining fourteen thousand four hundred pills were to be split among the other eleven prefectural capitals?

The key point was that this share system didn't just apply to Spirit Nurturing Pills.

Other types of pills were also included.

This meant that Foundation Consolidation Pills and various other series of pills would all have reduced shares!

Elder Qin quickly finished allocating the shares for each prefectural capital.

As for how these shares would be divided within each prefectural capital, that had nothing to do with the Valley of the Dead.

Some prefectural capitals only got less than one thousand pills.

Some even got only seven or eight hundred.

They could only grit their teeth and swallow their grievances, not daring to fall out with the Valley of the Dead.

"As for the wholesale prices, every type of pill will increase by about ten percent."

"Take Spirit Nurturing Pills as an example. Previously, we gave them to you at four hundred fifty taels each. Now it's five hundred taels."

"Hiss—"

Everyone collectively gasped sharply.

Some nearby martial artists who didn't know what was happening curiously peered over.

Chu Huatian and the others exchanged glances.

A wholesale price of five hundred taels? Then how much could they sell them for?

That was their usual selling price!

"Everyone, you can now sign agreements for Spirit Nurturing Pills and pay the full amount. We will deliver the pills to you within three days."

Elder Qin said with a faint smile.

Some Valley of the Dead disciples had already brought out stacks of contracts and prepared paper and ink.

"It seems an individual can't buy large quantities of Spirit Nurturing Pills from the Valley of the Dead. At least not in today's situation..."

Yang Ling fell into thought.

Even Changhe Prefectural Capital, a whole prefecture, had only been allocated one thousand eight hundred Spirit Nurturing Pills.

Chu Huatian's Chu Family Medicinal Shop, representing Changhe Prefectural Capital, signed the contract and paid the money on the spot.

"According to the rules, since you've bought one thousand eight hundred Spirit Nurturing Pills, you must also buy five times that amount in inferior Spirit Nurturing Pills."

Elder Qin said with a faint smile.

"Their wholesale price hasn't changed. They're three hundred taels each."

Chu Huatian quickly nodded and counted out another huge sum of money, a full two million seven hundred thousand taels, and handed it to Elder Qin.

Seeing this scene, Huang Sihai and the others finally breathed a complete sigh of relief.

The profit margin on high-quality Spirit Nurturing Pills wasn't high.

These inferior Spirit Nurturing Pills were where they truly made their money.

The key point was that the Valley of the Dead was very strict about this condition.

The ratio was set at one to five.

Now, with these nine thousand inferior Spirit Nurturing Pills,

they could also make a killing this year.

Yang Ling stood outside the crowd, watching transaction after transaction being signed.

He couldn't help but feel emotional.

A single stall, a somewhat simple setting.

Who would have thought that in this short time, the pill transactions signed here would already amount to an astronomical figure.

And this was just Spirit Nurturing Pills, not even touching on other pills.

"Brother Chu, we need to find someone to take over a batch of Spirit Nurturing Pills first. Otherwise, our medicinal shop won't have enough operating capital moving forward."

Bai Zhixing's voice drifted to Yang Ling's ears.

Chu Huatian nodded slightly:

"That's simple. Other prefectural capitals would be happy to take over this batch of Spirit Nurturing Pills. We'll just keep one or two hundred to maintain face."

A strange expression appeared in Yang Ling's eyes.

So that was it. The reason Changhe Prefectural Capital had such a small quantity of high-quality Spirit Nurturing Pills was that these medicinal shops didn't want to sell them?

They mainly wanted to push the bundled inferior Spirit Nurturing Pills?

Seeing this, Yang Ling immediately moved closer:

"Everyone, we can talk business about the Spirit Nurturing Pills."

Chu Huatian frowned and looked Yang Ling up and down. He shook his head lightly:

"Friend, we don't do retail."

Yang Ling nodded: "I know. I'll take all the Spirit Nurturing Pills you have in hand."

Upon hearing this, Chu Huatian and the various shop managers and young masters he had brought couldn't help but all look at Yang Ling, their eyes filled with some doubt and uncertainty.

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