Library of Heaven’s Path - Chapter 2127

Envoy …” The eyes of the old man behind her reddened in agitation.

He had been following behind the other party all these years, and he had seen all the grievances he had suffered due to the damage to his looks. He had thought that he would never be able to recover his looks, but who could have thought that a single pill would do the trick?

Even the God Kings of Drifting Specter Royal City might not necessarily be able to pull it off.

The crowd also couldn’t help but tremble in astonishment.

There were many people in Twilight City who were unaware of the existence of the envoy, but as one of the wealthiest people in the city, they had at least heard of the beautiful Ye Qiuyan.

She was an expert of Drifting Specter Royal City, and she had only ended up in Twilight City due to her injuries. As such, she had a scar on her face, and she had to wear a veil over her face every single time.

With just a single pill, not only did her scar disappear, she even looked much younger than before.

This was no longer a miracle but a miracle!

“How is it? If you don’t believe me, you can give it a try. If it’s the same as before, you won’t get a single cent out of it, “Qi Ling-er said with a smile.

As someone who was able to control the massive black market all by herself, she was already well-versed in the ways of business. At this moment, the entire situation was already under her control.

“I’ll give it a try,” Madam Chen, who had voiced the loudest doubts earlier, stepped forward and said.

She was from an apothecary clan, and her partner, Chen Yixiong, was the most powerful apothecary in Twilight City.

After stepping out of the crowd, Ye Qiuyan finally got a good look at her appearance. She was an old lady in her fifties. While she had maintained her appearance well, it was apparent that she was getting old.

Madam Chen took the pill and swallowed it. She closed her eyes in an attempt to sense the medicinal energy within the pill, but before she could do anything, she suddenly heard a commotion in the surroundings.

She quickly opened her eyes and saw a middle-aged lady in her thirties standing in front of her.

“This is … me?”

Madam Chen’s body trembled uncontrollably.

The person in the mirror was her appearance from a decade ago. Her skin had tightened up after consuming a single pill, and her appearance had reverted back to how it used to be … Was this really the effect of the pill?

Madam Chen drove her zhenqi to see if this was a trick or not. Once the time passed, her appearance would revert back to how it used to be. Soon, she was done with the test, and there was no doubt about it.

Furthermore, not only did this medicine make her skin smoother and look younger, but more importantly, the internal injuries in her body and the pill toxins left behind after consuming the medicine had been completely removed. Although her cultivation did not increase, her strength had increased by a lot!

“This … This isn’t just the Beauty Pill. To think that it would be so beneficial to one’s cultivation as well …”

Madam Chen was so excited that she couldn’t control herself.

As a descendant of the Apothecary Clan, he was well aware of the miraculous effects of medicinal herbs. It was already incredible that they could beautify one’s appearance, and the fact that they could be used to boost one’s cultivation … With these two conditions, a thousand Divine Coins was a huge bargain!

“Mrs. Chen, how is it?”

Qi Ling-er chuckled softly upon seeing the look on Zhang Xuan’s face.

Suppressing her excitement, Madam Chen replied calmly, “This … The effects of the pill seem to be quite good. However, I’ll have to take a look to see if there are any side effects. Most powerful pills tend to have severe side effects …”

“That’s right…”

Everyone nodded.

Nothing in the world could be perfect. Since it had such a powerful effect, would there be any unacceptable flaws?

Qi Ling-er frowned.

Judging from the expression of the young man before him, it was clear that he had already confirmed the effects of the spell. Why wouldn’t he admit it?

“Mrs. Chen, what are the side effects?”

Someone in the crowd shouted.

“I’m not too sure either. I’ll have to look into it carefully.” Madam Chen paused for a moment before continuing, “How about this? You should only have 18 pills left, right? Why don’t you sell them all to me? I’ll be able to study the side effects with that person and see how severe they are. It would be best if you could improve on them …”

“Improve on them?” Qi Ling-er widened her eyes in realization.

She had thought that Madam Chen had really noticed that there was something amiss with the pills, so in the end, she was just trying to monopolize them all.

“You want to buy all of them? That won’t do. I’ll give it a try too! “Noticing that something was amiss, Madam Liu stepped forward in displeasure.

“I’ll buy it too!”

“Give me one!”

“I’ll take this one!”

“Don’t compete with me! I’ll offer 1,100 Divine Coins!”

“I’ll offer 1,200!”

…

There was no one who could become a god who was a fool. In an instant, a huge commotion broke out among the crowd.

There were eighteen pills in total. If they did not hurry up, who knew when they would be able to get their hands on them again?

It did not take long for the eighteen Beauty Pills to be sold out. The price of each pill was 1,500 Divine Coins, far higher than what they had expected.

Seeing how such a small pill could be sold for such an astronomical price, the old lady couldn’t help but look at Qi Ling-er in awe.

As expected of the Young Mistress, her means were truly brilliant.

Putting aside the fact that there was a limit to the quantity of the pills and the medicinal effects of the pills were not displayed in public, it was likely that no one would buy them even if they were sold for 500 Divine Coins each.

Yet, in less than two hours, the price had already tripled. More importantly, she had already made a name for herself. If she were to sell more pills, it would be hard for her to keep up with the demand.

This was her business acumen, and no one could match up to her.

Previously, the black market had been completely unknown, and its sales had been limited. However, with the arrival of the Young Mistress, the black market was gradually growing.

The old lady was not the only one who was impressed. Ye Qiuyan was also filled with curiosity.

She had thought that it was just a ruse, but who could have thought that it would really be so effective?

Where in the world did Qi Ling-er manage to obtain such a formidable pill?

She had begged innumerable people in Royal City, but none of them had been able to find anything similar. Yet, Qi Ling-er was able to find it.

“Go and investigate the origin of her medicine! Even a Conferred God King like Qi Meng might not be able to forge such a pill, “Ye Qiuyan instructed.

“Yes, Young Mistress!” The elder behind her nodded before vanishing into the crowd.

As an envoy, she had her own means of gathering news about the city.

…

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 young lady whom Zhang Xuan had met previously, Wu Xiaoxiao’s father.

“Is it really as effective as you claim?” Wu Fangqing asked the middle-aged man before him.

“That’s right! I saw it with my own eyes! “the middle-aged man clasped his fist.

Even though the price of the pill had eventually skyrocketed, and there was only a limited supply of it, it was still not too difficult for the City Lord Manor, as the most powerful entity in Twilight City, to obtain a single pill.

“Summon Xiaoxiao over!” Wu Fangqing instructed, seemingly still in disbelief.

“Father, are you looking for me?”

Not too long later, Wu Xiaoxiao walked over and said, “I was in the midst of cultivating, so I wasn’t playing around …”

“I’m not here to talk about your cultivation. Consume this pill,” Wu Fangqing said.

“Pill?” Wu Xiaoxiao had no idea that the reason why her father was in such a hurry to summon her was just to feed her an ordinary God Essence Pill. She hesitated for a moment before swallowing the pill.

As soon as she swallowed the pill, she saw a look of shock on her father’s impassive face. Disbelief was written all over his face.

“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, Wu Xiaoxiao couldn’t help but feel a little nervous, fearing that she might have done something wrong.

“Young Mistress, take a look for yourself!”

Before Wu Fangqing could reply, the middle-aged man from before walked up to her and passed a mirror over.

Wu Xiaoxiao took a look at the mirror in bewilderment, and her body jolted in disbelief. “This is me?”

In the mirror, the freckles and blemishes on her skin had already disappeared. Even though her appearance hadn’t changed much, she looked several times prettier than before.

It was as if she had put on a beauty filter. Not only did her appearance change, even her disposition seemed to have undergone a drastic change.

To think that a single pill could actually transform her so much …

“Father, the pill you gave me earlier …” Unable to hold back her curiosity, Wu Xiaoxiao turned to look at her father.

“It’s nothing much!” Wu Fangqing stood up and paced around the room with his hands behind his back before turning to look at Wu Xiaoxiao once more. “Tell me more about that fellow named Zhang Xuan!”

“Zhang Xuan?” Wu Xiaoxiao took a doubtful look at the mirror before nodding. Then, she began recounting everything that had happened earlier.

“I got it. You can leave now!”

Wu Fangqing waved his hand after hearing Wu Xiaoxiao’s words.

As the city lord, it went without saying that he was aware of the black market. In fact, there were even some of his men lying in ambush within the black market!

As such, he knew a thing or two about Zhang Xuan selling the Beauty Pill.

On top of that, he had won every single slot without exception. As the city lord, it was hard for him not to keep an eye on him!

“City Lord, the value of this pill is immeasurable!”

Seeing the young mistress walking out of the room, a glint flashed across the middle-aged man’s eyes.

Others might not have known the value and market of this pill, but with just a glance, he immediately understood.

There was no doubt that this pill had a bright future ahead of it.

Wu Fangqing nodded. “If I can make use of this pill for myself, Twilight City will be able to grow by leaps and bounds, and there’s a good chance that I’ll be able to achieve a breakthrough as well. However, as you have heard earlier, Zhang Xuan probably has an extremely powerful teacher, and it’s very likely that he’s a master teacher as well. Perhaps, he was the one who forged this pill. ”

The reason why he had sent his daughter over was to test the pill and to find out more about Zhang Xuan’s background.

That fellow was the one who had saved his daughter and captured the bandit Streak Ash alive. As the city lord, if he couldn’t uncover the other party’s background, there was no need for him to continue living in this city.

“Mo Yun is only a middle-tier God, so his eye of discernment isn’t sufficient to see through Yang Xuan’s background. Perhaps, Yang Xuan might not be that formidable. This won’t do … I’ll have to check on him!” 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 isn’t, we’ll think of something else. Of course, don’t 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, he was the one who set the rules. Naturally, he wasn’t a saint.

Even someone like him couldn’t help but 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 bottleneck in one’s cultivation, and to be able to guess the quota accurately … Despite being only a low-tier God, he was actually able to capture the high-tier Streak Ash alive … Looks like there’s more to Zhang Xuan than meets the eye!”

Placing his hands behind his back, Wu Fangqing clenched his fists tightly together.

“But so what if he’s not a simple person? In my Twilight City, even if you’re a dragon, you’ll have to coil around me, and even if you’re a tiger, you’ll have to face my wrath! Even if you’re a master teacher! ”