With the beast tide's invasion and the outbreak of war, pill prices soared, yet supply still fell short of demand. Amid the savage fighting on the front lines, who would not want another means of staying alive? As the hall master of the Spirit Taming Sect Pill Hall, Mu Bai suddenly found the burden on his shoulders much heavier.
Fortunately, he had Mu Lan Pavilion's support. It had relied on the Spirit Taming Sect to get its start back then, so it was only right to repay that support now.
Moreover, before leaving, Mu Bai had specifically instructed Mu Lan to clear out and sell every pill, keeping no stock whatsoever.
Mu Lan did not understand, but agreed nonetheless.
The various trading companies and branches across the Eastern Ridge hoarded their pills, reluctant to sell even at high prices, while Mu Lan Pavilion's dozens of branches sold without restriction. For a time, tens of thousands of cultivators rushed to buy, praising Mu Lan Pavilion for considering the greater picture and doing its duty, placing humanity's greater cause and cultivators' lives first!
Mu Lan Pavilion's actions, however, drew ridicule from its peers. They thought this newcomer to the business world was still immature after all. Who would talk of humanity when profit stood before them?
Soon, Zhou Detai assembled fifty thousand War Hall cultivators and set off for the battlefield in the southern Eastern Ridge aboard ten enormous Soul Boats.
The cultivator warships of the Hundred Generations Sect and the Mysterious Maiden Sect also set sail one after another, flying south in formation, each presenting a magnificent sight.
Enormous Soul Boats roared overhead, while cultivators hurried through the cities. Though they were behind the battlefield, everyone could feel the oppression and anxiety of war.
Within a few days, Zhou Deqi also