Profound Yellow Qi
Time flew by, and eight hundred years passed in the blink of an eye.
At the entrance to the Immortal Herb Palace in Tianhai Market Town, a long line stretched down the street.
At first, the Immortal Herb Palace had sold common spirit herbs from the Immortal World. Later, it began selling immortal pills, and eventually shifted to selling immortal herbs and plants that were around thirty to fifty thousand years old.
The immortal herbs had to be reserved in advance, much like those at other large shops. That was only natural; simply gathering and cultivating immortal herbs took a great deal of time.
More than a dozen shops in Tianhai Market Town sold immortal herbs. The Immortal Herb Palace was a newly risen establishment and not particularly conspicuous. The Heavenly Pill Palace could even take reservations for immortal herbs that were a hundred thousand years old, though the cost was enormous—ordinary people could never afford them.
Li Yan walked out of the Immortal Herb Palace, her face full of apology.
"Senior fellows, I'm sorry, but we're closing for the day. Please come back another time!" Li Yan said politely.
The Immortal Herb Palace operated for six shichen a day. In its early days, it had sold common spirit herbs and immortal pills from the Immortal World in bulk, quickly building up both its popularity and wealth. Once it had established a solid foundation, it changed its strategy to avoid competing with the major powers: it stopped selling immortal pills and switched to selling immortal herbs and plants. The most valuable herbs it now accepted reservations for were fifty thousand years old, and only honored guests could reserve them.
The cultivators made no complaints and gradually dispersed.
Li Yan breathed a sigh of relief. Dealing with True