Inside Pan Gate, in the first-floor Meeting Hall.
Xiao Fan waved his hand, setting over a hundred jade bottles on the table. He exchanged a glance with Xiao Yan, then said to the visibly excited Hu Jia, "Hu Jia, we really need to hurry up and find some suitable alchemists to take over for us."
Xiao Yan quickly chimed in beside him. "Exactly. Ever since the alchemy contest, pill sales at Pan Gate have shot up. Senior Brother and I simply can't keep up on our own."
Hu Jia nodded at their words. After pondering for a moment, she said, "Quite a few alchemists have been looking to join Pan Gate lately. Let's see if any of them are suitable!"
Several days had passed since Xiao Yan's contest with Han Xian. The Medicine Gang had played no tricks with the trading spots. They spent two days clearing out their supplies and removing the Medicine Gang's emblems, then handed the locations over to Pan Gate.
Hu Jia promptly sent people to take over, dispatching quite a few members and having Pan Gate's emblems put up outside to guide the customers.
Those locations truly lived up to the Medicine Gang's claim that they were the five busiest trading spots in the Inner Academy. Pan Gate's pills sold rapidly there, bringing in fire energy in great batches, while Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan refined fresh pills to send over.
To celebrate, Xiao Yan even rewarded every member of Pan Gate with five points of fire energy each. Those who had made additional contributions, such as A-Tai, received separate rewards. This boost to Pan Gate's benefits attracted quite a few new members.
Most importantly, thanks to Xiao Fan's and Xiao Yan's performances in the contest, Pan Gate now had two Fifth-Rank Alchemists. Many other