The few of them were stunned for a moment. After exchanging glances, they all cupped their hands and offered congratulations, saying things such as "May your opening bring great prosperity." Once the pleasantries were over, Wan Caoyi tentatively asked, "May I ask what line of business the Tianxia Chamber of Commerce will use as its flagship on opening day?" The other three also wore expressions of rapt attention.
Yue Qianchou knew of this old tradition among chambers of commerce. On the day a chamber officially opened, it would generally bring out a trade item capable of holding down the fort as its flagship, selling it at a price slightly below market value in hopes of flourishing business and surging popularity. For example, if Cháotiān Palace were opening, it would certainly use immortal pills as its flagship, while Lihuo Palace would feature the immortal artifacts it refined.
In short, they had to present something that could withstand the test, something whose low price would not trigger a buying frenzy and leave them out of stock and forced to close on opening day. For chambers opening for business in the Immortal Realm, this was an extremely important matter, one that had practically become an old rule. Withstanding the test proved that a chamber possessed extraordinary strength and confidence. If it could not withstand it, it would become a laughingstock. Being forced to close on the very day it opened—what else could that be but a joke?
Such things often happened when newly established small chambers opened. Every conceivable sort of business in the Immortal Realm had long since been pioneered by someone else, and latecomers inevitably appeared to be snatching business away. The major sects already engaged in the same trade would often deliberately make things difficult for those small chambers on