The Yaochi Grand Gathering did not end until several days later.
The guests took home Peaches of Immortality of Immortal Medicine, Sub-Immortal Medicine, and Divine Medicine grades.
On the face of it, Jade Lake had held the gathering at a loss just to drum up attention.
But that attention was exactly what Jade Lake wanted.
A power like theirs had already reached its limits. Holding the Yaochi Grand Gathering once every ten thousand years was an effective way to expand Jade Lake's influence.
The feasts they laid out and the prizes they gave away were nothing worth mentioning.
Taking out a few Sub-Immortal Medicine and Divine Medicine Peaches of Immortality every ten thousand years was hardly difficult for Jade Lake.
After all, today's Divine Medicines were not like those of the old era, whose origins lay in Longevity Immortal Medicines.
Sub-Immortal Medicines, meanwhile, were grown from Immortal Peach pits through special methods.
Their medicinal effects surpassed Divine Medicine Peaches of Immortality but fell far short of true Immortal Peaches.
With Jade Lake's connections, they could still obtain a few such pits.
The Black Emperor had gnawed his way through plenty of them.
As for the Immortal Peaches awarded at the Yaochi Grand Gathering, Jade Lake would make an agreement with each winner: after eating the peach, they had to return its pit so Jade Lake could cultivate a new Sub-Immortal Medicine.
In return, Jade Lake would pay them with a Sub-Immortal Medicine Peach of Immortality.
Only Jade Lake knew how to cultivate an Immortal Medicine pit into a Sub-Immortal Medicine. The method was top secret; outsiders who planted a pit would never obtain one.
That was why the winners of Immortal Medicine at both the first Yaochi Grand Gathering and this one were happy to make the agreement.
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