Gou Zai Xianwu Chaos World, Physical Sainthood

Lu Cheng's first step in the plan only took three days.

The efficacy of the blood-activating powder contract far exceeded their expectations.

None of the money shops refused to accept it.

They even proposed a price increase and a dead end.

A dose of blood-activating powder now costs around three ounces.

Even in illegal workshops, one could buy one tael and eight mace.

The difference in price is far greater than the small amount of interest.

As for risks, it's not a big deal for pawnshops to bear some risks.

Lu Cheng did not agree to this.

A dead pawn means that blood-activating drugs will flow into the market in the future, or the value of the contract will be manipulated by the pawnshop.

These are things that Lu Cheng absolutely cannot accept.

Therefore, even though they all felt it was a great pity, Lu Cheng still insisted that they continue according to his plan.

The more than 6,000 taels were not used to purchase more contracts.

Instead, he only spent 3,500 taels of silver to accumulate 5,000 contracts in his hands.

At this time, Lu Cheng had five thousand contracts and three thousand taels of silver.

……

Five days later, one hundred doses of the blood-activating powder were redeemed.

More people got the news and started buying contracts from Old Pi.

But they all came up empty-handed.

The old Pidan shop had already closed by then, with a sign on the door indicating that it was out of stock.

Old Pi himself was no longer in Yangcheng; he had gone off to buy up medicinal herbs on a large scale.

As per Lu Cheng's instructions, Lao Pi will carry this huge sum of three thousand taels of silver to plunder medicinal herbs in Yangcheng and the surrounding counties.

Actually, using "plunder" is not accurate.

Even if you buy them all with three thousand taels of silver, it would only amount to six thousand sets.

Six thousand doses of the Blood-Activating Powder were only enough for Yangcheng's consumption over two months.

Not to mention the success rate of other alchemists in refining pills.

The amount of medicinal materials consumed would need to be three or four times greater.

Therefore, Lu Cheng did not require the purchase of a large quantity.

Old Pi has only one purpose for this trip.

I traveled to several counties surrounding Yangcheng.

This will let the nearby herbal medicine merchants and pharmaceutical dealers know that someone is buying medicinal herbs in large quantities.

And we will continue to make large-scale purchases in the future.

This is used to continuously drive up the price of medicinal materials, causing medicinal material merchants to hold back their sales.

And this process doesn't need to take long.

As long as everyone in Yangcheng County, even the martial artists, can get the news.

This marks the beginning of the next phase of the plan.

……

Five days later, the delivery date for the second batch of blood-activating powder arrived.

One hundred doses of the blood-activating powder were redeemed instantly.

Ample supply of goods further enhanced the credibility of contracts.

Many people intended to continue purchasing the contracts, only to find that the contents of the wooden plaques had changed.

The original five-day and ten-day delivery items were crossed out.

The last item changed from "one month" to "three months".

The price also changed from one tael and four mace to two taels.

This dramatic change took everyone by surprise.

Outside Lao Pi's shop, a huge crowd had gathered, including those who had just received the blood-activating powder, making it impossible to move.

"What's going on? Why has the price gone up over time?!"

"Where's the boss? Boss, come out here!"

"Why are prices going up?!"

……

Old Pi, who had only recently returned, had already received instructions from Lu Cheng.

After seeing that everyone outside, whether they were buying pills or not, was just watching the spectacle, he slowly strolled out.

Looking at the noisy crowd outside, Old Pi smiled as he stood on the steps and pressed his hands down.

After the crowd quieted down, he smiled and spoke:

"Everyone, I, Pi, no, I know you are all anxiously waiting for your medicine."

"They also know that it's not fair for me to change the time and raise the price without authorization."

"But there's nothing I can do about it. Even eating a bowl of noodles when you go out has its costs."

"Today the noodles cost three coins, but the shopkeeper sells a bowl of noodles for five coins. Tomorrow the noodles will cost six coins. Will the noodles still cost five coins?"

"That's not how it works."

As Old Pi said this, everyone around him understood.

"You mean the price of medicinal herbs has gone up?"

Old Pi nodded:

"That's right. I've traveled to four or five surrounding counties these past few days, but the medicinal herbs I'm collecting are getting fewer and fewer, while the prices are getting higher and higher."

"Not to mention Yangcheng, where the price changes every day."

"I heard that someone has been hoarding blood-activating powder for a while now."

"If you don't believe me, everyone go to the pharmacy tomorrow; the price of the blood-activating powder is definitely going up!"

When Lao Pi was halfway through his speech, he noticed that many people had already quietly left.

……

The crowd dispersed and returned inside, where Lu Cheng, the chubby boy, and others sat down.

As soon as Old Pi came in, he excitedly said:

"Everyone's gone. I saw quite a few more people quietly leaving. Let's begin."

Lu Cheng nodded:

"There are four shops selling blood-activating powder in Yangcheng, all located in the west and north of the city. We each take 150 taels and buy three to five doses each time."

Old Pi spent less than a thousand taels of silver to collect medicinal herbs, and he has already traveled all over Yangcheng and several neighboring counties.

Although not all the medicinal herbs were collected, the herb merchants had already sensed something was wrong and collectively began to limit sales.

Tonight is the time to take action against the blood-activating powder.

Quite a few people have already quietly left.

No need to ask, they went to various alchemy shops to confirm the situation.

Now that the supply of blood-activating powder in the city has been drastically reduced, the first thing each alchemy shop should do before confirming the situation is to reduce the quantity sold.

Those who hear rumors are bound to have doubts.

Even if only one-tenth of the people buy them, it would be enough to drastically reduce the entire Yangcheng's elixir inventory.

All Lu Cheng and his team had to do was accelerate this process.

……

The sound of the wind quietly spread.

The price of Huoxue San (a traditional Chinese medicine) has quietly begun to rise.

Originally, it was just a dozen or so people from the Black Market who went to the Pill Shop to check the situation.

But for some reason, in less than an hour, all the pill shops in Yangcheng began to restrict sales.

First, each person could only buy three sets.

But before dawn, it became a daily sales limit.

Even so, all the blood-activating powder in Yangcheng sold out in a short time.

The phenomenon of supply falling short of demand is inevitable.

In less than three days, the price of Huoxue San (a traditional Chinese medicine) began to rise steadily.

The original three ounces instantly became four ounces.

Then it changes every two hours.

The price had risen to four and a half ounces by the second day.

Meanwhile, Old Pi was still buying medicinal herbs from all over the place.

However, due to the price increase of the Blood-Activating Powder, all the families began to focus on refining it into pills.

Because only they know that this price increase is inexplicable and unlikely to last long.

Maybe it will only last a few days, maybe it will last a month or two.

Therefore, it is important to sell as much medicine as possible during this time.

……

But that's not all.

I don't know which shop it was, but suddenly they started putting up signs to buy contracts for blood-activating powder.

The contract, which was originally worth only one tael and four mace, was actually offered for three taels and five mace.

Some people who believed that the price increase of the blood-activating powder was only temporary and would drop in a few days immediately sold their contracts.

However, when the price of Huoxue San (a traditional Chinese medicine) reached six liang (approximately 300 grams), it was discovered that the market was still experiencing a shortage.

It had been less than three days since Lu Cheng and his group purchased the blood-activating powder.

On the fourth day, another batch of blood-activating powder was put back on the counters of major pharmacies.

Within three days, the Chen family, the Lin family martial arts school, and the four pill shops all produced a large amount of Blood Activating Powder.

The key point is that people from other counties also sensed this opportunity and flocked to Yangcheng Market.

Just when everyone thought that Huoxue San was finally going to lower its price, a big piece of news was released.