The Doppelganger smiled calmly and deliberately raised his voice so everyone could hear. "All pills from Myriad Things General Store are of this quality, and their original price is only two thousand Mid-grade Spirit Stones."
The old cultivator was so excited that his beard trembled, tears glimmering in his cloudy eyes.
He took a deep breath, immediately sat cross-legged on the ground, and tilted his head back to swallow the pill without hesitation.
The surrounding cultivators held their breaths in unspoken accord, staring at him without blinking.
Spirit energy surged around him, and the bottleneck that had remained stagnant for years actually began to loosen.
The wrinkles on his face gradually smoothed out, while his skin took on a healthy glow.
"It really works!" The old cultivator opened his eyes, his voice trembling with excitement. "The bottleneck that has trapped me for fifty years... has loosened!"
"That really is a mid-grade Nascent Soul Breakthrough Pill!"
"One mid-grade pill can match several low-grade ones. The chance of breaking through increases by at least thirty percent!"
Waves of astonished cries erupted from the crowd, and some people were so excited that they slapped their companions on the shoulders.
The Doppelganger raised his voice at the right moment. "Myriad Things General Store will be stationed in Tianyuan City for the long term from now on. We have every kind of Cultivation Resource imaginable.
"If any of you have need of anything, you may trade here. Our prices are fair, and we cheat neither the old nor the young."
He pointed toward the jade-slip Light Screen hanging inside the shop, where a list of goods scrolled in real time.
"Furthermore, this store purchases all kinds of heavenly treasures, rare materials, cultivation arts, and secret manuals at absolutely fair prices."
The crowd erupted once more