An hour later, the auction ended.
After the auction ended, the Trading Fair did not begin immediately.
According to the Commerce Association's rules, it would be held early the next morning.
With an Instantaneous Teleportation, He Pingsheng appeared directly on Cauldron Street.
Sure enough, just as Elder Dong had said, Cauldron Street was bustling, with cultivators browsing everywhere.
Hundreds of shops lined both sides of the street.
All told, there were over two hundred of them.
He Pingsheng's expression turned slightly bitter. Good grief, with this much competition, running a shop really wasn't easy.
There was no helping it!
This was the Thunderwaste Continent, after all. Alchemists were extraordinarily numerous here, and not only were there many of them, they were all highly skilled.
The key was that the greatest demand was for low-tier pills, such as Spirit-Gathering Pills, Qi-Gathering Pills, and Essence-Gathering Pills.
The higher the tier, the fewer cultivators there were. On top of that, some cultivators knew alchemy themselves, making it even harder to break into the market.
Meanwhile, pills such as Spirit-Gathering Pills and Essence-Gathering Pills brought in little money because their tiers were relatively low.
In short, there was not much profit to be made.
That was why the competition was particularly fierce.
This was also why no one had been willing to bid on and take over the shop on Cauldron Street.
He Pingsheng did not head straight to his own shop. Instead, he casually walked into one of the others.
"Greetings, Senior!" A sweet, adorable-looking girl came out and cupped her hands toward He Pingsheng. "What pills would you like, Senior?"
He Pingsheng pursed his lips again. Good grief, they even hired such a pretty girl to stand out front and attract customers. Competition really was everywhere.
"Mm." He Pingsheng nodded. "What grade