In Great Xia, Panacea Potion had not enjoyed anything like its current fortunes in the early years, much less the blazing popularity and feverish demand it had commanded on the Weiyi Subcontinent. When the Golden Crow Merchant Group had first begun marketing it in Great Xia, it had even been met with cold shoulders. It could be said that only now had Panacea Potion slowly weathered its hardships and begun winning ever wider recognition.
Great Xia in this era was simply too powerful, too prosperous.
One major function of Panacea Potion was, in fact, to replace many low-grade medicines. This had become especially prominent after the Holy War broke out on the Weiyi Subcontinent and many low-grade medicines fell into short supply. It was precisely for this reason that Panacea Potion had become precious.
Yet in Great Xia, at least so far, there had been no shortage of low-grade medicines throughout the realm. Supplies of such medicines were exceedingly abundant. Naturally, Panacea Potion, which could replace certain low-grade medicines, did not receive the attention it deserved.
The second function of Panacea Potion lay in its many health-preserving benefits for the human body and its curative effects against numerous illnesses. In Great Xia, however, this had likewise run into problems. Traditional Chinese medicine in Great Xia stood peerless beneath the heavens. For more than ninety-nine percent of the Hua Clan in Great Xia, seeing a traditional Chinese physician was their first choice when they fell ill. Compared with the treatments of traditional Chinese medicine, few physicians would recommend ready-made vials of potion to their patients—especially when such potions were far more expensive than other Chinese herbal medicines.
But these were not the greatest problems Panacea Potion had encountered.
The greatest problem Panacea Potion had faced in the beginning was that almost