nucmednet Chapter 406 Yellow Crane Tower
Chapter 406 Yellow Crane Tower
Ding Yi watched Yan Buyu's retreating figure, then turned around expressionlessly and closed the stone door.
The people from the Demon Palace are indeed no ordinary people; in just one day, they've already become suspicious of him.
"But what can you do about it?"
A cold smile flashed in Ding Yi's eyes, and he let out a low laugh.
However, Ding Yi did not take Yan Buyu to heart. If such a manager could have been a threat to him before, now he was just a slightly larger ant.
Having witnessed the enormous hand descending from the sky, he understood his own insignificance.
In this chaotic upper realm, only by increasing one's strength can one protect oneself!
Half a month later, Yan Buyu was checking the accounts at the Blood Tower branch in Chaos City when he suddenly heard footsteps entering the attic. He looked up and found that it was Pharmacist Ding.
"Pharmacist Ding, what brings you here in person?"
Yan Buyu's face naturally lit up with a smile when he saw Ding Yi.
Ding Yi's Ascension Ointment was very effective, and he naturally made a lot of money from it.
Ding Yi smiled slightly upon hearing this, then walked to Yan Buyu's table and took out a delicate little iron box from his pocket, placing it on the table.
"This is?"
Yan Buyu looked at Ding Yi with some curiosity, then looked at the small iron box on the table, and then picked it up with great interest and examined it carefully.
This small tin box is rectangular, about half a finger's thickness, and about the size of a palm; it is quite exquisite.
Yan Buyu then opened the box, only to find ten cylindrical strips inside.
He picked up one of them and discovered that the long strip was made of paper, and inside the paper was something very familiar to him: Ascension Ointment.
"Another new version?"
Yan Buyu raised an eyebrow and asked in disbelief.
"No, the medicinal properties are still the same as last time, only the method has been changed, and some good things have been added."
Ding Yi said with a smile.
"what?"
Yan Buyu held the long strip to his nose and took a deep sniff. The scent made him slowly close his eyes and ask softly.
"I can't say what the ingredients are, but this stuff can counteract some of the allergic reactions to the Ascension Ointment."
Ding Yi said calmly.
"What did you say?!"
Startled, Yan Buyu could no longer maintain his composure and immediately screamed.
The others in the attic looked on curiously, then closed the lid without a word and pulled Ding Yi toward the back hall.
Without uttering a word, he hurried along, leading Ding Yi to a private room in the back hall. Only then did he take out the iron box again and, looking at Ding Yi, asked, word by word:
"Is what you just said true?"
Ding Yi pushed away the metal box that was almost touching his face and said:
"Of course it's true."
Without saying a word, he asked again, "How many points can it be worth?"
Ding Yi held up one finger and said, "One point."
one cent!
That was an incredible innovation!
Yan Buyu's hands trembled as he held the tin box. If this were true, wouldn't he become incredibly wealthy?!
Ask any cultivator in the world, which one isn't troubled by the side effects of this Ascension Ointment? Who would want to be someone whose body is covered in pustules and strange growths after using their powers?
No, no!
Once this stuff enters the market, although the profits it brings are enormous, their blood shops simply can't be protected!
Even though Blood Tower is one of the Seven Demon Palaces, it will still be overwhelmed by the torrent brought by this thing!
"Not a fraction, but half a fraction!"
Yan Buyu quickly made a decision, and then waved the box in his hand at Ding Yi.
“Reduce the drug’s effectiveness and keep it at half strength. That way, when other temples develop something similar to ours, we can release half of it.”
As expected of the manager of the Blood Tower, Yan Buyu immediately came up with a solution.
"We set the price at one-third of a jar of Ascension Ointment; it can't be too high or too low."
He continued without speaking.
Ding Yi stood aside, quietly watching the excited man in front of him, but his heart remained unmoved.
No matter how much you earn, I won't lose.
Ding Yi added a kind of evil-dispelling powder to this new ointment. As long as this stuff is inhaled into a cultivator's lungs, it will immediately eliminate the mutated evil thoughts in the cultivator's body, directly increasing Ding Yi's lifespan.
This was the most outrageous way Ding Yi had come up with to extend his lifespan during this period.
He wants to become the biggest ascendant ointment merchant in the upper realm! He wants all the cultivators in the world to work for him!!
Of course, this kind of evil-repelling powder was entirely enhanced by Ding Yi's lifespan, and its cost was extremely high.
However, Ding Yi had not tested the specific effects, but based on his experience, he estimated that it should still be possible to gain lifespan.
Just then, Yan Buyu, who was excited, asked:
"What should we call this thing? Have you decided yet?"
Ding Yi was slightly taken aback, only then realizing that this thing was created entirely to steal the lifespan of other people, and he really hadn't thought about giving it a name.
However, Ding Yi had an idea the next moment, and slowly said:
"Yellow Crane Tower, I added crane oil."
"Yellow Crane Tower? What a nice name..."
Yan Buyu nodded slightly. The name sounded poetic, although it didn't quite fit the style of their Demon Palace, but it didn't matter.
As long as I can make money, who cares!
"Alright, alright, you'll come with me to the branch office later!"
Yan Buyu suddenly spoke again.
This matter has completely exceeded his expectations. He can only report it, and he estimates that the branch office will not be able to suppress it. People from the headquarters will probably arrive soon.
"You've really given me a huge surprise."
Yan Buyu smiled and looked at Ding Yi, then continued:
"Whatever your needs, I'm sure the building will meet them."
Upon hearing this, Ding Yi grinned and asked:
"I heard that last time I made something, a guy here named Zhang Yu took most of the credit?"
Without saying a word, it's unclear why. Zhang Yu is the top pharmacist in this branch, so isn't it normal for the pharmacists below to have contributed their efforts?
"so?"
Unable to fathom Ding Yi's thoughts, Yan Buyu could only ask.
“I want you to bring me his head. My things aren’t so easy to take.”
Ding Yi grinned.
As Yan Buyu looked at Ding Yi's warm smile, a chill suddenly ran from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.
The image of Zhang Yu suddenly flashed into his mind, and his heart sank to the bottom.
He knew that Zhang Yu was doomed.