Making a Move, Taking Losses for Publicity
Wang Chen revealed his purpose, which surprised the leaders of the three factions.
They were very aware of the previous conflict between the Medicine Gang and the Kunlun Sect.
Originally, it was thought that the Kunlun Sect only wanted to seize a portion of the pills from the Medicine Gang, but no one expected that Wang Chen's ambition was so great.
Their goal was to directly crush the Medicine Gang and replace its previous position.
This was somewhat unexpected for them.
I originally thought it was just a matter of competing with the Medicine Gang and making some profits.
They naturally wouldn't care about that.
But to defeat the Medicine Gang means it's a fight to the death.
The price to pay then will be completely different.
"Of course, we won't let everyone's efforts go unrewarded."
"After the matter is accomplished, each faction will receive three Top-Grade Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill as a gift."
Furthermore, from now on, I will not charge any fees for helping with alchemy up to the Fifth Grade.
If you want a horse to run, you naturally have to feed it grass.
Wang Chen made a big promise right away.
These words stunned the leaders of the three factions.
They are all at the Dou Ling level.
Tier 5 Medicinal Pill were extremely valuable to them.
The cost of hiring someone to refine Tier 5 Medicinal Pill is not low.
Wang Chen's promise was indeed very sincere.
For Wang Chen, that promise was just that—a promise.
With his current alchemy skills, he can basically achieve a 100% success rate in refining Tier 5 Medicinal Pill.
Although no fee is charged for alchemy, the rule of using three doses of medicine for one pill will remain unchanged.
In this way, Wang Chen can still earn two sets of medicinal herbs for free.
The three people in charge might make a small profit, but Wang Chen would definitely not lose money.
With such a sincere promise from Wang Chen, the leaders of the three factions only pondered for a moment before agreeing to Wang Chen proposal.
Once the general direction is agreed upon, the subsequent discussions become much easier.
Wang Chen and the three responsible persons began to discuss the follow-up details.
In less than three hours, Wang Chen and the three forces reached a friendly and mutually supportive agreement.
After reaching an agreement, the leaders of the three factions did not linger. They took the 5,000 Fire Energy that Wang Chen had generated and returned to their respective factions to carry out the plan.
Watching the leaders of the three factions leave, Wang Chen's lips curled into a slight smile.
Everything is almost ready now, we're just waiting for the right opportunity.
With five thousand Fire Energy and the connections of the three forces, Wang Chen could definitely acquire enough medicinal herbs.
Even though the price of medicinal herbs has risen due to the current conflict between the Kunlun Sect and the Medicine Gang.
However, with his Golden Finger abilities, Wang Chen was absolutely confident that he could defeat the Medicine Gang in terms of elixirs.
Even though the Medicine Gang has more Alchemist.
While Wang Chen was recruiting people, the Medicine Gang wasn't idle either.
They not only lowered the price and released large quantities of pills, but also competed with the Kunlun Sect for business.
At the same time, they mobilized their personal connections and resources to rally the forces within the Inner Academy to jointly suppress the Kunlun Sect.
There are relatively few reputable forces like the Yi Hua Palace and the Iron Hand Group in the Inner Academy.
Wang Chen considers reputation when recruiting people, but the Medicine Gang doesn't have this concern.
With his deep-rooted network of connections and generous rewards, he quickly won over nearly a quarter of the forces.
"Damn it! Those bastards are really heartless, they actually tried to raise prices on the spot."
In the meeting room of the Medicine Gang, elder Mao Tai directly cursed.
This incident was completely unexpected.
In the past, at least half of the members of their Medicine Gang would be willing to lend a hand out of respect for them.
If we were to pay a slightly higher price, we could win over at least four-fifths of the forces, if not all of them.
This time, surprisingly, only a quarter of the forces were willing to help.
"What's the use of cursing? The Kunlun Sect is no ordinary group."
"The fact that they can give us trouble with elixirs means it's not surprising that those guys want to be opportunists."
Liu Zhe spoke up, which quieted Mao Tai down.
"What do we say now?"
After seeing that Mao Tai had calmed down, Liu Zhe looked at the other elders of the Medicine Gang.
"We must increase our investment, otherwise everything we've enjoyed in the past will be gone."
Upon hearing the gang leader's question, one of the elders immediately spoke up.
The current Medicine Gang is in a predicament, caught between a rock and a hard place.
The Kunlun Sect is not the kind of small force that they can easily deal with.
They have already invested a lot, but the Kunlun Sect still hasn't encountered any problems.
Defeating the Kunlun Sect in terms of elixirs would indeed be extremely difficult.
But we cannot admit defeat.
The reason their Medicine Gang can live so freely is entirely because they have a monopoly on the supply of pills in the Inner Academy.
Once the monopoly is no longer possible, it will be impossible to generate as many profits as before.
Moreover, allowing a challenger to grow stronger would be a huge blow to the reputation of the Medicine Gang.
Therefore, even though they have invested a great deal and have not yet seen any hope of victory, the other elders remain determined to defeat the Kunlun Sect.
Under these circumstances, the elders of the Medicine Gang quickly reached an agreement to go all out to defeat the Kunlun Sect, the challenger.
As time passed, the conflict between the Kunlun Sect and the Medicine Gang intensified.
Various rare elixirs are now appearing in large quantities in the Inner Academy.
Not only Tier 2 Medicinal Pill, but also quite a few Tier 3 Medicinal Pill and even Tier 4 Medicinal Pill appeared in the transactions.
Wang Chen naturally had no reaction to this price war.
His alchemy skills, combined with his Golden Finger abilities, would allow him to sell pills in large quantities at a lower price.
But the Medicine Gang doesn't have that ability.
Initially, we lowered the price to sell, which reduced profits, but at least allowed us to break even.
Later, faced with the Kunlun Sect's aggressive price reductions, they had no choice but to follow suit.
This turned into a losing proposition, just trying to gain publicity.
Three to five days is manageable; given the resources of the Medicine Gang, they can still withstand it.
However, even with its vast resources, the Medicine Gang couldn't sustain a loss-making operation for half a month straight while trying to gain publicity.
After all, many Alchemist join the Medicine Gang in order to earn cultivation resources.
Now that they're losing money to gain publicity, they naturally have some ideas.
He used to be willing to work overtime to refine pills, but now he's starting to slack off.
Many Alchemist have started to refine only the minimum standard pills; once that standard is met, they won't refine even a single extra pill.
As a result, the Medicine Gang was naturally unable to continue its price war with the Kunlun Sect.
They don't have that many pills, so even at the lowest price, it's useless.
The price war between Wang Chen and the Medicine Gang directly benefited many students in the Inner Academy, and even those powerful factions made a considerable profit.
This directly led to an increase in fence-sitters.