Chapter 731: Challenging the Shop

"The guild master is truly brilliant! Although the price of these pills has dropped, it has attracted more people to buy these fifth-grade pills! At this rate, our sales might even be several percent higher than before!"

The manager of Tianyuan Trading Company, seeing the bustling crowd, was filled with admiration for Zuo Xin.

Zuo Xin smiled and said, "Lowering prices at ordinary times would be degrading ourselves. But since a rival has appeared, lowering prices is only natural. Speaking of which, we should thank this Ye Yuan. However, this tactic can only be used temporarily; in the long run, it does more harm than good."

"You are wise, sir!"

"Hehe, no need for flattery! We've made our move; the next step is up to Alchemy Saint He." Zuo Xin laughed.

Zuo Xin knew that He Shuming held a grudge against Ye Yuan, so today he would surely make Ye Yuan suffer.

With this combination of moves, he didn't believe that a wet-behind-the-ears kid could withstand it!

Meanwhile, the manager of the Medicine Fragrance Pavilion said angrily, "Tianyuan Trading Company is utterly shameless! Today is our first day open, and they use such underhanded tactics! How despicable!"

The manager of the Medicine Fragrance Pavilion was the old man Ye Yuan had met at Meteor Trading Company that day.

The old man's name was Li Huisheng, a veteran manager at Meteor Trading Company.

Ye Yuan's Medicine Fragrance Pavilion was large, but manpower was limited. Qian'er took this cooperation very seriously, almost pouring the entire strength of Meteor Trading Company into the Medicine Fragrance Pavilion.

Ye Yuan did not refuse this.

Management was not really his forte.

Everyone has their own expertise; Ye Yuan was not one to meddle in everything.

Li Huisheng was indeed experienced in this area; the failure of Meteor Trading Company was not due to lack of capability.

Of course, with such a large Medicine Fragrance Pavilion, Ye Yuan would not allow Meteor Trading Company to take over.

He placed Yu Ming beside Li Huisheng as an assistant, ostensibly to learn, but in reality, also to supervise.

Yu Ming never dreamed that he would one day manage such a large pharmacy.

As long as Ye Yuan could establish a foothold on Gufeng Street, Yu Ming would soar to great heights and enjoy wealth and honor.

Beside Li Huisheng, he was not accountable to Li Huisheng; he was only accountable to Ye Yuan!

For this, Yu Ming's gratitude toward Ye Yuan was beyond words.

His initial investment in Ye Yuan had been well worth it.

Seeing that Ye Yuan was short-handed, he even transferred his brother Cheng Jiang over.

The two resigned from their posts as guardians of the Ascension Pool and devoted themselves to Ye Yuan.

For others, leaving the Guardian Corps would not be so easy, but after Ye Yuan spoke with Luo Fang, it was a trivial matter.

In addition, Ye Yuan helped Ren Dong and Xiao Ruyan obtain two identity tokens, allowing them to appear openly.

When they ascended, fearing trouble, Ye Yuan had put Lü'er and the others into the Haotian Tower at the last moment.

Now that Ye Yuan had a foothold in Gufeng City, obtaining two identity tokens was no problem.

With this, Ye Yuan's manpower was barely sufficient.

After some time of training, Xiao Ruyan and Ren Dong had both broken through to the Alchemy King realm.

Under Ye Yuan's guidance, their strength far exceeded that of ordinary Alchemy Kings.

They were capable of refining fourth-grade pills.

The group was busy, but they were indignant at Tianyuan Trading Company's actions.

"That old fox Zuo Xin is extremely cunning. Since Ye Yuan set up shop across from them, they wouldn't let us grow. Using such despicable tactics is only to be expected. When our Meteor Trading Company first came to Gufeng City and tried to establish a foothold on Gufeng Street, weren't we suppressed by him and forced to go elsewhere? If not for that, how could we still be unable to break through?" said Qian'er.

Clearly, even Qian'er admitted that Zuo Xin was formidable.

Zuo Xin's contribution to developing Tianyuan Trading Company to this extent was undeniable.

Hearing this, Ye Yuan smiled and said, "No need to complain. It would be strange if they didn't use some tricks. Discount promotions are nothing much. I think Tianyuan Trading Company probably has other moves in store!"

Qian'er was startled and said, "Other moves? What... what could they be?"

Just as Ye Yuan was about to speak, he looked toward the door and smiled, "See, here they come."

Everyone looked toward the door and saw seven or eight people suddenly pour into the Medicine Fragrance Pavilion.

These seven or eight people were all dressed in alchemist robes, with six stars on their chests shining brightly.

Among them, one person had a badge with seven stars—who else could it be but He Shuming?

The lowest cultivation among these seven or eight was mid-grade Alchemy Grandmaster!

"Sigh... There are only about a dozen Alchemy Grandmasters in Gufeng City, and seven have come at once. Alchemy Saint He really has connections! Ye Yuan, I told you to transfer our Meteor Trading Company's Alchemy Grandmaster here, but you refused! Now we're in big trouble!" Qian'er said through gritted teeth.

Meteor Trading Company naturally had Alchemy Grandmasters, even high-grade ones.

For this cooperation, Qian'er had intended to have him stationed at the Medicine Fragrance Pavilion, but Ye Yuan flatly refused.

Ye Yuan smiled and said, "A few Alchemy Grandmasters are nothing."

"A few Alchemy Grandmasters... nothing?"

Qian'er was speechless. You yourself are only at the Alchemy King realm!

And an Alchemy King without an alchemist badge at that!

Unable to refine sixth-grade pills, he was destined to be crushed by these Alchemy Grandmasters, not to mention the lurking Alchemy Saint He.

"Ye Yuan, I heard your new shop has opened, so I specially invited a few colleagues to come and show our support. What, are we not welcome?"

He Shuming greeted Ye Yuan from afar with a loud laugh, as if they were old friends.

But even a fool knew that He Shuming was a wolf in sheep's clothing, up to no good!

He Shuming was the Alchemy Saint from the opposing Tianyuan Trading Company; how could he genuinely come to support the Medicine Fragrance Pavilion?

He was here to cause trouble!

The martial artists gathered outside suddenly became interested. They hadn't expected the two sides to be at daggers drawn on the very first day!

Alchemy Saint He was making a personal move—this would be a good show.

Would this Medicine Fragrance Pavilion close down on its first day?

Ye Yuan also smiled and stepped forward, saying loudly, "If friends come to congratulate, the Medicine Fragrance Pavilion welcomes them with open arms. But if mad dogs come barking, we naturally have a dog-beating stick ready. Alchemy Saint He, which kind are you?"

He Shuming had long experienced Ye Yuan's sharp tongue and was mentally prepared this time. He laughed heartily and said, "These colleagues heard that a pharmacy rivaling Tianyuan Trading Company has opened on Gufeng Street, and that it must have an astonishingly skilled alchemy master in charge! We've come today to witness the strength of this alchemy master. Ye Yuan, where is this alchemy master?"