Now, Ye Mo had nothing to worry about. He'd found the Ancient Fragment and completed the three-year battle.
He planned to go to Xu Wang City, but not to visit Li Huamei. Instead, he wanted to sell all the medicinal herbs, materials, and useless Emperor Weapons he had and exchange them for Disaster Pills.
He'd just broken through the Four Disasters, so he planned to save some resources to break through the Five and Six Disasters.
At that moment, Xu Wang City was still bustling with activity. People came and went, and there was an endless stream of horses and carriages. All of them were dressed like merchants, with a large number of servants. They left Xu Wang City, and no one knew where they were going to buy resources.
Merchants were a business of buying and selling. They bought goods from rogue cultivators or suppliers, and then sold them to others at a high price.
These merchants were very powerful. They earned tens of millions of Disaster Pills a year. If it was a large merchant house, their annual net profit could reach hundreds of millions or even billions of Disaster Pills.
Ye Mo landed and paid the entrance fee. But he found that the inside was very different. The number of people on the streets was much lower than before. The shops on both sides of the street were almost all closed. It looked very bleak.
"What's going on?" Ye Mo asked. "It wasn't like this when I came to Xu Wang City. Although it's still prosperous, it can't be compared to back then. "
Ye Mo frowned. Tilting his head to look, he saw that in one of the shops on the street, a fat merchant was packing up the medicinal ingredients in the shop, preparing to leave.
"Boss, where are you going?" "Why are all the shops in Xu Wang City closed? Why are those merchants leaving Xu Wang City? "
Ye Mo walked over and asked.
"There's no business. Of course I have to leave."
The merchant glanced at Ye Mo and replied before continuing to tidy up the materials.
"Why is there no business?" Ye Mo asked. "Xu Wang City is a 100,000-year-old city. In this area, it's considered a famous city. The flow of people should be very high. Why is there no business?"
Ye Mo asked.
"Flow of people? Look at it now. Is there still any flow of people? "
The merchant said, pointing at the street.
"What's going on?"
Ye Mo asked. He couldn't understand why the flow of people in Xu Wang City had decreased so much. The merchants were leaving one by one. It was a huge blow to the Xu Wang City Lord.
It was important to note that for Void City to continue operating normally, a great deal of resources had to be expended every day to maintain the spell formation. If the income of the city could not make ends meet, the city would collapse sooner or later.
"It's not Tianhun City. Recently, the Tianhun Chamber of Commerce in Tianhun City has been selling a miraculous elixir called the Ordeal Elixir. It is said that consuming this elixir will greatly help a cultivator condense the power of suffering. Although its effects are not as good as the Adversity Elixir, it is valuable because of its low price. All loose cultivators can afford it."
The merchant said, "Moreover, the Heavenly Soul Chamber of Commerce is very smart. They don't sell them in large quantities, but sell them in batches. They only release a million Ordeal Pills a month, and the price is fixed. Ten thousand Calamity Pills for one, and each person can only buy a hundred of them. Therefore, every time they release the Ordeal Pills, they will encounter many martial artists fighting over them."
"Hardship Pill? There's such a miraculous pill? "
Ye Mo was astonished. This pill was a simplified version of the Disaster Pill. It could also increase the speed at which the Power of Suffering was condensed. However, the price of the Disaster Pill was not something an ordinary person could afford.
Therefore, when the Ordeal Pill was released, it would naturally be fought over by the transcending experts.
"That's right. I heard that the Xu Wang City Master has invited many alchemists over to study the refining method of the Ordeal Pill, as well as the formula. But there have been no results."
The merchant sighed and said, "Based on the current situation, in less than half a year, Xu Wang City will not be able to make ends meet. Almost all the people and merchants in Xu Wang City will be attracted there. Alright, I won't talk about it anymore. I heard that the rent for the shops in Tianhun City has skyrocketed. If I don't go and fight for the shops, I'm afraid the rent will increase again."
After saying that, the merchant hurriedly packed up and left Xu Wang City.
"Looks like Hua Mei is in trouble."
Ye Mo frowned. Based on the current situation, it wouldn't be long before Xu Wang City was completely empty. Without any human traffic, the chambers of commerce and merchants wouldn't come here to sell their goods.
"Xiao Qing, have you heard of the Ordeal Pill?"
Ye Mo asked all of a sudden.
"No. I've read a lot of books about alchemy recently, but I've never heard of the Ordeal Pill," Xiao Qing said. "Perhaps the name of the pill is different. Of course, it's also possible that a powerful alchemist came up with a new pill."
Ye Mo nodded.
"Let's go ask Hua Mei what's going on. How can a pill change Xu Wang City like this?"
Without hesitation, Ye Mo found a secluded corner, put on the black robe again, and transformed into the Dragon Blood Martial Emperor. Then, he went to the City Master Estate.
Although the number of people in Xu Wang City had decreased, the Xu Wang City Guards were still very capable. The guards guarding the gate stood straight, their eyes cold. Seeing Ye Mo walk over, one of the guards smiled and waved his hand to welcome him. "Master Alchemist, please come in!"
"What Master Alchemist?"
Ye Mo was stunned.
"Didn't you see the announcement our City Master posted and came to apply for the position of alchemist?"
The guard was stunned as well. Ye Mo's current appearance was very much like that of an alchemist. Wearing a black robe, he looked very mysterious.
"I am the Dragon Blood Martial Emperor."
Ye Mo said calmly.
"What? Dragon Blood Martial Emperor? You're our Deputy City Master? "
The two guards guarding the City Master Estate were shocked. They had never expected the man in front of them to be their Deputy City Master. Back then, they had heard the City Master mention the Deputy City Master's existence many times.
"That's right. I heard about what happened in Xu Wang City, so I rushed here," Ye Mo said.
"Deputy City Master, please come in immediately.
"Deputy City Lord, please come in immediately. The City Lord is currently receiving a powerful alchemist. Do you want to go and take a look?"
The guard asked.
"Yes!"
Ye Mo nodded. Under the lead of the guard, he entered the City Master Estate. Along the way, Ye Mo asked, "By the way, why is the City Master recruiting alchemists?"
"To research the formula of the Ordeal Pill, of course," the guard replied.
The city guard replied, "However, the City Lord has already recruited more than ten Alchemists. Every single one of them is a famous Alchemist Grandmaster in the vicinity. However, not a single Alchemist has managed to figure out the formula for the Ordeal Pill. The Alchemist who just entered claims to be a Grandmaster Alchemist and is able to research the formula for the Ordeal Pill."
"A Grandmaster Alchemist? I think he's here to take advantage of the situation."
Ye Mo smiled coldly. He followed the guard and arrived in front of a huge side palace.
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