A few days later—

The fifty-six pill shops opened for business.

Quite a few families came to congratulate them. After all, they were opened by the Tang Family, so they had to show their support.

Of course—

More people wanted to see whether the three types of pills about to be sold were really as miraculous as advertised!

“Everyone.”

Standing outside the pill shop, Tang Ren said loudly, “Thank you all for coming to show your support. To express my gratitude, the shop has prepared a thousand Qi Gathering Pills today, each selling for five thousand taels. Quantities are limited—first come, first served.”

“Young Master Tang, are the Qi Gathering Pills really that miraculous?” someone questioned.

Tang Ren said, “My Tang Family has done business for generations and always prioritizes reputation. We naturally wouldn’t make a joke of our good name.”

The many martial artists felt reassured.

Indeed—

As one of the continent’s top commercial empires, their reputation was absolutely reliable.

If they dared exaggerate or falsely advertise the pills, it would definitely be shooting themselves in the foot.

“Young Master Tang!”

A major family elder said, “This old one will buy two pills to try first!”

“Please come inside!” Tang Ren cupped his fists.

Thus, many martial artists entered the shop one after another.

A few thousand taels wasn’t much. If the Qi Gathering Pills truly had miraculous effects, they wouldn’t mind even if they were more expensive.

The elder who entered first bought two Qi Gathering Pills, then took out one and consumed it. When the effects fully activated, the entire person stood frozen in place like a wooden statue!

“Elder Tian, how is it?” someone asked.

“Swish!”

Disregarding his status, Elder Tian immediately sat cross-legged in the shop and continued circulating his cultivation method to absorb the heaven and earth attributes permeating the surroundings.

“Whoosh—”

In an instant, the surrounding heaven and earth spiritual power was mobilized, surging into his body like a tidal wave!

The various martial artists in the shop, though not knowing whether the elder benefited, clearly felt the subtle movements brought by the spiritual energy flow, so they all secretly thought, “Could it really be effective?”

“Let me try!”

Another family martial artist swallowed a newly purchased Qi Gathering Pill. When the medicinal effects took hold, he was too lazy to respond to others’ inquiries and sat cross-legged on the spot, circulating his cultivation method.

Young Master Tang had said the pill’s effects lasted two hours.

After he and Elder Tian confirmed it truly had ten times the absorption speed, they naturally didn’t want to waste a single moment!

The other martial artists weren’t fools either.

From their expressions alone, they could understand what was happening, so they all spent five thousand taels to purchase Qi Gathering Pills.

Thus—

In the not-very-large pill shop, dozens of martial artists sat on the ground, presenting a spectacular scene of circulating cultivation methods to absorb spiritual energy!

Tang Ren smiled without speaking.

Everything was within his expectations.

Two hours later—

The pill effects dissipated. Elder Tian suddenly stood up and hurriedly said, “Young Master Tang, this old one wants all your shop’s remaining Qi Gathering Pills!”

“My apologies.”

Tang Ren shook his head and said, “For the new shop opening, each customer can only purchase two Qi Gathering Pills at most. If Elder Tian needs more, please come early tomorrow.”

One Qi Gathering Pill for five thousand taels was only for today. Once the pill’s effects were verified by everyone, the price would naturally increase.

“Sigh.”

Elder Tian sighed.

Taking a Qi Gathering Pill could increase spiritual energy absorption speed tenfold for two hours. If one took six pills daily and cultivated for a year, it would completely equal ten years!

This was extremely terrifying!

“Elder Tian.”

Tang Ren smiled and said, “The shop also has healing pills and detoxification pills. Are you interested in purchasing any?”

“What’s the price!” Elder Tian said.

He had already witnessed the Qi Gathering Pill’s miraculous effects, so he naturally believed completely in the other two types of pills!

Tang Ren said, “Healing pills are two million taels, detoxification pills are five hundred thousand taels.”

Elder Tian exclaimed, “So expensive?”

“The healing pills in my shop can instantly cure injuries, equivalent to giving martial artists an extra life. Selling for two million isn’t expensive at all,” Tang Ren said.

Honestly—

It wasn’t expensive.

The low-grade healing pills sold by the Ai Family transacted at a minimum of one million, with higher grades at two million. This was actually quite cheap.

“This old one needs to consider it.”

Elder Tian didn’t plan to buy them, mainly because he had doubts about the pills’ effects.

Tang Ren also knew that to get customers to willingly pay, he had to prove it with the pills’ effects. So that day he went to several major families that had chronic invalids.

Song Xuanzhou had been injured by a fierce beast during an outdoor expedition years ago and had been paralyzed for many years.

This kind of thing was extremely common throughout the Xingyun Continent. After all, as martial artists, no one could guarantee they’d never be injured in their lifetime.

Tang Ren visited families with wounded members one by one, selling healing pills at the cheapest price.

“I… I can stand up!”

In a certain major family, a direct descendant who had been paralyzed in bed for years shakily stood up, his eyes flashing with tears and wild joy!

Other martial artists with injuries successively recovered after taking healing pills.

In just half a day—

News of the healing pills’ effects spread throughout Central Zun Province, at a speed that was truly astonishing.

Of course—

Tang Ren also promoted the detoxification pills.

He even personally took the field, deliberately letting snake beasts containing multiple toxins bite him, then taking detoxification pills to heal.

Multi-fold absorption Qi Gathering Pills, healing pills that could instantly cure severe injuries, detoxification pills that could neutralize a hundred poisons.

Once these three types of pills hit the market and were verified by the masses, the sensation they caused could truly be described as a magnitude twelve earthquake!

Within a few short days—

Before Central Zun Province’s fifty-six pill shops even opened their doors, they were already packed with people waiting to buy pills!

Powerful major families naturally went for the Qi Gathering Pills.

Independent cultivators mostly went for healing and detoxification pills, because they regularly went out to train, and such things could undoubtedly save their lives at critical moments!

Having opened for just a few days, Tang’s Pill Shops’ business could be described as exceptionally booming.

The prices of all three types of pills rose steadily, with the Qi Gathering Pills especially already reaching ten thousand taels per pill, equivalent to spirit stones.

Someone might ask—

Why not just buy spirit stones directly?

Theoretically speaking, spirit stones were still more cost-effective, providing more energy.

But the key point was that after taking Qi Gathering Pills, one could continue using spirit stones. There was absolutely no conflict between the two!

Ordinary martial artists might not be so extravagant, but wealthy major families were different.

Especially when wanting to cultivate the younger generation to break through faster, taking Qi Gathering Pills while also absorbing spirit stones would definitely show more obvious improvement!

Therefore, even though Qi Gathering Pills cost the same as spirit stones, they still couldn’t stop major families’ enthusiasm for buying them. Many even lined up early just to purchase more.

Simply put—

They were using money to pile up cultivation levels!

The three types of pills launched by Tang’s Pill Shops had sales that could be described as booming.

The Sun Family, whose main business was pills, was dumbfounded.

According to financial statistics, their family’s pill sales over the past half month had clearly shown a declining trend!

Mainly because—

Tang Ren’s pill shops also sold the most common pills on the market.

Driven by the three types of pills, many martial artists would choose to conveniently purchase their daily pill needs at these shops, invisibly stealing quite a few customers from the Sun Family.