"Envoy …" The eyes of the elder behind Qi Ling-er reddened.
He had seen the grievances he had suffered over the years, and he had thought that he would never be able to recover from it. Who could have thought that the other party would be able to cure him with a single pill?
Not even the God Kings of Drifting Specter Royal City would be able to do such a thing.
The crowd in the surroundings also couldn't help but tremble in fear.
Most people in Twilight City were unaware of the existence of the envoy, but as one of the wealthiest people in the city, even if they had not seen the beautiful Ye Qiuyan before, they had at least heard of her.
She was an expert from Drifting Specter Royal City. She had a scar on her face, and she always wore a veil when she was around.
Just by consuming a single pill, not only did her scar disappear, she even looked many years younger.
This could no longer be called a divine effect, but a miracle!
"How is it? If you don't believe me, you can give it a try. If you fail, you won't be getting a single cent for it, "Qi Ling-er said with a smile.
As someone who was able to control the massive black market, she was already very familiar with the way the black market operated. At this moment, the entire situation was already under her control.
"Allow me to give it a try!" Madam Chen, the one who had voiced the loudest earlier, stepped forward.
She came from an apothecary clan, and her partner, Chen Yixiong, was the strongest apothecary in Twilight City.
After walking out of the crowd, Ye Qiuyan took a closer look at the other party's appearance. She was an old lady in her fifties. Even though she had maintained her appearance well, she was already showing signs of aging.
Madam Chen took the pill and swallowed it. She closed her eyes to feel the medicinal properties of the pill, but before she could feel anything, she suddenly heard a commotion in the surroundings.
She quickly opened her eyes and saw a middle-aged lady in her thirties reflected in the mirror before her.
"This is … me?"
Madam Chen's body trembled uncontrollably.
The person in the mirror was her appearance from ten years ago. Just by consuming a pill, her skin had become taut, and her appearance had reverted back to how it was before. Was this really the effect of the pill?
She drove her zhenqi to see if it was just a smokescreen. Soon, her skin returned to its original appearance. Her body had truly undergone a transformation!
Not only did the pill make her skin smoother and younger, more importantly, the hidden injuries in her body, as well as the pill toxins left behind by the pill, had been completely cleared. Although her cultivation did not increase, her strength had increased by a lot!
"T-this … Not only is it a Beauty Pill, it's also extremely beneficial to one's cultivation!"
Mrs. Chen was so excited that she couldn't control herself.
As a member of the Apothecary Clan, he was well aware of the effects of medicinal herbs. It would already be an incredible feat if it could enhance one's beauty, and it could even aid one's cultivation as well … With these two benefits, a thousand Divine Coins was definitely a huge profit!
"Mrs. Chen, how is it?"
Qi Ling-er chuckled softly.
Suppressing her excitement, Madam Chen said calmly, "This … It seems like the effects are not too bad. However, I still need to feel it to see if there are any side effects. Generally speaking, powerful pills tend to have very strong side effects …"
"Yeah …"
Everyone nodded.
It was impossible for everything in the world to be perfect. Since it had such a powerful healing effect, would there be any unacceptable flaws?
Qi Ling-er frowned.
Judging from Zhang Xuan's expression earlier, it was clear that he had already confirmed the effects of his technique. Why was he unwilling to admit it?
"Mrs. Chen, what are the side effects?"
Someone in the crowd shouted.
"I'm not too sure about that either. I'll have to study it carefully!" Madam Chen pondered for a moment before continuing. "Since you only have 18 Beauty Pills left, why don't you sell them all to me? I'll be able to study it with that person to see how severe the side effects are. If you can improve it, that would be for the best …"
"Improve it?" Qi Ling-er widened her eyes in realization.
She had thought that Madam Chen really felt that something was amiss, but in the end, it was just that she had noticed the incredible effects of the Beauty Pills and wanted to keep them all for herself.
"You want to buy all of them? That won't do. I want to give it a try too! "Madam Liu could tell that something was amiss with the situation, so she stepped forward unwillingly.
"I want to buy one too!"
"Give me one!"
"I'll take this one!"
"Don't compete with me! I'll pay 1,100 Divine Coins!"
"I'll pay 1,200 Divine Coins!"
…
None of those who had become gods were fools. In an instant, a huge commotion broke out among the crowd.
There were a total of 18 Beauty Pills in total. If they did not get their hands on them quickly, who knew when they would be able to get their hands on them again?
It did not take long for the 18 Beauty Pills to be sold out. Each of them was sold for 1,500 Divine Coins, far more than what they had expected.
Seeing how such a small pill could be sold for such an astronomical sum, the old lady turned to look at Qi Ling-er with admiration in her eyes.
As expected of the Young Mistress.
Putting aside the fact that there was a limit on the quantity and that she had not displayed the effects of the Beauty Pills openly, it was likely that no one would buy them even if they sold them for 500 Divine Coins each.
Yet, in less than two hours, the price had already tripled. More importantly, her reputation had spread far and wide, so there was no way that she would be able to keep up with the demand.
This was her business acumen. No one else could match up to her.
In the past, the black market had been relatively unknown, and its sales had been limited. However, it was due to the Young Mistress' arrival that the black market had become more and more prosperous.
Not only was the old lady impressed, Ye Qiuyan was also curious about the Young Mistress's ability.
She had thought that it was just a gimmick to scare others, but who could have thought that it would actually be so effective?
Where in the world did Qi Ling-er get her hands on such a formidable pill?
She had asked many people in Royal City for help, but none of them had found anything similar to it. Yet, the Young Mistress was able to do so.
Ye Qiuyan turned to the old lady and instructed, "Look into the origins of this pill. Even Conferred God King Qi Meng might not be able to forge a pill of this level, "Ye Qiuyan instructed.
"Yes, Your Highness!" The old lady nodded before disappearing into the crowd.
To be able to become a special envoy, he naturally had his own channels of information regarding the entire city.
…
In the City Lord Manor …
A middle-aged man dressed in armor was looking at the box in his hands with a deep frown on his forehead.
City Lord Wu Fangqing!
He was the father of the young lady whom Zhang Xuan had met previously, Wu Xiaoxiao.
Wu Fangqing raised his head to look at the middle-aged man before him and asked, "Is it really as effective as you claim?"
"Yes, Your Highness! I saw it with my own eyes! "The middle-aged man clasped his fist.
While the price of the Beauty Pill had skyrocketed and the quantity was limited, the City Lord Manor was still the strongest existence in Twilight City. It was not too difficult for them to obtain a single pill.
"Call Xiaoxiao over!" Wu Fangqing seemed to still be in disbelief as he instructed.
"Father, you were looking for me?"
Not too long later, Wu Xiaoxiao walked over and said, "I'm cultivating right now. I'm not fooling around …"
"I'm not talking about your cultivation. Consume this pill," Wu Fangqing said.
"Pill?" Wu Xiaoxiao did not know that her father had called her over in such a hurry just to feed her an ordinary God Essence Pill. She hesitated for a moment before taking the pill and swallowing it.
As soon as she swallowed the pill, she saw a look of shock on her father's usually calm face. His eyes were filled with disbelief.
"Father, what's wrong?"
As the city lord, her father had always been an austere person. For him to suddenly react in such a manner made Wu Xiaoxiao a little nervous.
"Young Mistress, take a look for yourself!"
Before Wu Fangqing could respond, the middle-aged man from before walked up and passed a mirror over.
Wu Xiaoxiao took a look at it doubtfully, and her body jolted in disbelief. "Is this me?"
In the mirror, the freckles and blemishes on her skin had disappeared. Even though there was not much change to her appearance, she looked several times more beautiful than before.
It was as if she had undergone a makeover. Not only her appearance, even her disposition seemed to have undergone a huge transformation.
To be able to change so much just by consuming a pill …
"Father, the pill you just gave me …" Wu Xiaoxiao could not help but ask.
"It's nothing much." Wu Fangqing stood up and paced around the room with his hands behind his back. After which, he turned to Zhang Xuan and said, "Tell me more about that Zhang Xuan!"
"Zhang Xuan?" Wu Xiaoxiao glanced at him doubtfully for a moment before nodding. Then, she recounted everything that had happened.
"I understand. You can leave now!"
Wu Fangqing said with a wave of his hand.
As the city lord, it went without saying that he was aware of the happenings in the black market. In fact, he even had his men hidden in the black market!
As such, he was aware that Zhang Xuan was selling the Beauty Pill.
On top of that, Zhang Xuan had bought the slots every single time without exception. As the city lord, it would be difficult for him not to pay attention to such matters!
"City lord, the value of this pill is immeasurable!"
Seeing the young mistress walk out, a glint flashed across the middle-aged man's eyes.
Others might not know the value and market of the Beauty Pill, but with a single glance, he immediately understood.
There was no doubt that it had a bright future ahead of it.
Wu Fangqing nodded. "If I can make use of it, Twilight City will be able to soar to greater heights. However, as you have heard earlier, Zhang Xuan has an extremely powerful teacher, and there's a good chance that he's a master teacher. It's very likely that he was the one who forged the pill. "
The reason why he had brought his daughter over was to test out the pill and find out more about Zhang Xuan's background.
That fellow had saved his daughter and captured the bandit Streak of Ash alive. As the city lord, if he could not find out more about the other party's background, he would be a goner.
"Mo Yun is only a middle-tier God, so he's unable to see through the other party's background. Perhaps, Yang Xuan might not be that formidable. This won't do. I'll head down to take a look," the middle-aged man said with narrowed eyes.
"Be careful. Also, discuss with him whether he's willing to sell the pill formula or not. If he's unwilling, we'll think of another way. Of course, make sure not to let him know that I'm the buyer," Wu Fangqing instructed.
"Yes!" The middle-aged man nodded before vanishing from the spot.
As the city lord, it went without saying that he wasn't a benevolent person.
Even someone as powerful as him would be tempted by such a formidable pill.
Of course, the prerequisite was that he had to follow the rules. Otherwise, he would have to resort to other means.
"To be able to clear the obstacles in one's cultivation, to be able to beautify one's body, to be able to guess the slots accurately, and to be able to capture the high-tier Streak of Ash alive despite being a low-tier God … That Zhang Xuan isn't as simple as he seems!"
Wu Fangqing placed his hands behind his back and chuckled softly.
"But so what if he isn't simple? In my Twilight City, no matter who you are, you'll have to coil up and cower before me! Not even master teachers! "
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