Volume Three: How a Crooked Merchant Was Made - Product Promotion in an Age Without Mass Media (Part Two)

Mr. Longque ranked third among the top ten Pill Refiners on the Heaven Ranking, and his name was known far and wide. The Great Dream Divine Pill, refined through a lifetime of his painstaking effort, needed no explanation. The product launch was only a pretext. Luo Qian meant to borrow the wind at his back to promote his Communication Conch.

The people closest to him would each get one first, as would his important business partners. Zhao Xihe studied the Seven-Colored Conch Shell in his hand and frowned. "Brother Luo, this thing isn't from the Immortal Realm, is it?" Luo Qian praised him. "A Heaven Ranking expert really does have a keen eye. You're right, it isn't. But apart from things from the lower realms, the Immortal Realm doesn't seem to have banned goods from other worlds, has it?" Zhao Xihe nodded, though the cloud over his face remained. "That's true, but this thing is bound to bring you trouble."

"Once you've seen what it does, you'll understand why it's worth the trouble," Luo Qian said. Mr. Que held one too. Alchemy and artifact crafting had some principles in common, but after examining it, he shook his head. "This is nothing like the Immortal Realm's crafting methods. I can't make heads or tails of it."

"Elder Zhao, sorry for the trouble, but could you step outside?" Luo Qian said. Zhao Xihe looked baffled. Luo Qian only smiled and bowed, refusing to say why. Shaking his head, Zhao Xihe took the Seven-Colored Conch Shell outside. At the cave mouth, he called, "Is this far enough?" "Farther!"

"Now?" "Farther..."

Only when Zhao Xihe had gone so far that they could no longer hear each other shout did Luo Qian take out a Communication Conch. Following its instructions, he connected it to the