Chapter 509: Han Yunxi, you’re the one robbing us outright


    Once his wrath settled down, Mu Yingdong had to admit that Han Yunxi was smart. She had settled for the lowest price instead of anything lower, which he never would’ve epted. If he suffered losses from this trade, he would rather the disgraceful deals with the ck market be exposed, but the baseline price helped them break even as a form of sce in lieu of missed profits.


    Still, the lingering regrets for what might have been left a pent-up taste in his mouth. Mu Yingdong thought it over before findingfort in the fact that there was no way Han Yunxi could store such arge quantity of ingredients sessfully. Most likely, she’d be forced to sell some off for silver before they all spoiled. He gained a bit of satisfaction from the thought.


    Thus, Mu Yingdongfortably agreed to the deal. “Heheh, of course this old man has to give Qin Wangfei face. If it’s eighty percent, then eighty percent discount it is. This can tentatively be considered Pill Fiend Pharmacy’s congrattory gift.”


    Who ever heard of epting money for congrattory gifts? Han Yunxi could only curse Mu Yingdong in her heart for being shameless. Thus, she decided to do something even worse to sent him into the depths of despair!


    She said, “I’ll take 50 dan of all 300 types of ingredients. They’ll be purchased wholesale and stocked at start of every month. Stock wille in this month first, with the payment to follow the month after...”


    Mu Yingdong’s face had already turned ck at her words, but Han Yunxi remained serious. “We’ll pay for as much as we buy. Mu n Head, you don’t need to worry. This wangfei can promise under His Highness’s name that I’ll never go back on my words!”


    Long Feiye nearly spat out the tea in his mouth, but simply coughed lightly a few times and agreed. “Approved.”


    Han Yunxi was thrilled and continued, “Of course, we both need to sign an agreement for insurance. If the price of the ingredients drop, the Mu n needs to promise Pill Fiend Pharmacy that it’ll make up for the losses in value.”


    Now it wasn’t just Mu Yingdong’s face turning ck, but his vision as well. He felt like he was about to faint.


    Han Yunxi! You’re the one robbing us outright!


    Mu Yingdong stared ck-jawed at her in silence, while Mu Chaoran’s head was hanging so low that it was nearly buried in his pants. He knew that he’d lost all chances to rise in the Mu n. Meanwhile, neither of the Wang-Xie duo dared to make a peep. They only hoped that esteemed wangfei would spare them a bit more after taking such a big chunk out of the Mu n.


    Leaving aside any potential profits lost from the fixed price, a contract like that would lock them into losing the very pants off their legs. Moreover, Qin Wangfei had ordered such massive quantities that it’d take her a year or two to sell off all her goods. But in recent years, the price of ingredients had only been increasing, not dropping. She might call the agreement something as nice as an ‘insurance,’ but it meant that the Mu n wouldn’t benefit from any price hikes in ingredient costs while suffering frompensation feeds when the market price dropped! For example, if the price of ingredients rose after a year, the Mu n could only sell Pill Fiend Pharmacy their ingredients at the current price. But if the price of ingredients fell, then they’d have to cut the listed price to match.


    Han Yunxi must have invented the saying, ‘steady profits without loss!’


    “Mu n Head, if you think there’s no problems, let’s put everything on paper?” Han Yunxi asked, before adding, “We’ll write everything down clearly so we can start transferring the dan. The first dan will be paid for as soon as it arrives along with the list.”


    The list that Mu Yingdong wanted was naturally Zhangsun Zelin’s records of the ck market drug trade. Despite being forced to show himself in person, he hadn’t made a single mention of the ck market matters while here. Instead, he used a highfalutin reason to award Pill Fiend Pharmacy a medicine token and made everything seem like a normal business deal. It was testament to his experience and solid skills as a n head. Unfortunately, all the skill in the world couldn’t save him from being the victim in the end. Han Yunxi seized hold of his limits and made him retreat from the battle.


    Seeing Mu Yingdong’s somewhat regretful face, Long Feiye said coldly, “Mu n Head, how is it?”


    His Highness Duke of Qin’s words held much more weight than Qin Wangfei. Mu Yingdong lifted his head to look at him before weighing the costs of going back on his promise. Leaving aside Long Feiye’s future movements regarding Tianning’s three-way split, there was also the issue of Mute Granny. Heaven knows why the couple was buying so much medicine either, much less how much they already knew and what else they were nning. After some hesitant wavering, Mu Yingdong came to an eventualpromise.


    “Your Highness Duke of Qin certainly knows how to joke,” Mu Yingdong cleverly gave Han Yunxi a tform to descend from her lofty stance. “Esteemed wangfei, let’s write up the agreement.”


    Han Yunxi knew to stop before she took it too far, so she said, “Someonee, bring the ink and brushes!”


    Just like that, Han Yunxi used the name of Pill Fiend Pharmacy to write out a lengthy contract with the Mu n, thus securing a supply of goods at a fixed price. The sales of Pill Fiend Pharmacy were controlled at a price level eptable to the majority, forcing Medicine City and other simr markets to lower their prices to match. Nobody suffered any losses, but only made slightly less profits than before. Because of this, Han Yunxi offended no end of people, but she didn’t mind. She considered medicinal ingredients to be as necessary as rice to the general popce. The prices had to be reasonable! Soon enough, the public was praising Pill Fiend Pharmacy as the best pharmacy in the market.


    Of course, all of that cameter. After signing the agreement, Mu Yingdong left with Mu Chaoran in a huff. The Wang and Xie n representatives were left gaping in their wake, their painstaking preparations all for naught.


    “The two of you, drink tea,” Han Yunxi invited politely.


    The duo smiled and picked up their teacups.


    “If this wangfei guessed correctly, the Mu n had always been selling their medicine at lower prices than your ns, correct?”


    Xie Hongming quickly replied, “Exactly so, exactly so! Esteemed wangfei is wise and brilliant!”


    Wang Zhongyang hastened to add, “Esteemed wangfei, the Mu n has strong presence amongst the Council of Elders. They’ve used no end of methods to im a stake in the market and all of the bestnds in Medicine City. Not only that, they’ve been pressuring all the young pharmacists to work for them and monopolize Medicine City! The prices of medicine have been sky-high for the past few years, the Mu n needs to take responsibility!”


    Aiyaya, even the Wang and Xie ns have times when they’re standing on the same side? Bound by hatred for amon enemy, is it?


    These two families hadn’t been in contact for the past 50 years. The Wang n used to be the head of all the medicine families until the rise of the Mu n. The Xie n had long clung to the Mu n after differences with the Wang n. At the Council of Elders, the Mu and Xie ns were both allied against the Wang n. But today’s events really was a rare sight. Who knows what Mu Yingdong would think if he saw?


    Without a doubt, Han Yunxi had spoken her piece on purpose. “Heheh, Second Old Master Wang’s words are pleasant to the ear. The Mu n has been getting stronger over the past few years. It’s a pity that theyck the proper manners of arge n. Now the Wang n inparison is still as amiable as before, it’s worthy of admiration...”


    Han Yunxi was praising the Wang n, not Wang Zhongyang, but thetter assumed thepliments were directed toward himself and was filled with pride and joy. “It’s a favor to be deemed worthy by esteemed wangfei!”


    Hearing this, Xie Hongming quickly added, “My father has always said that the character and demeanor of Medicine City is best expressed with the Wang n! It is just as esteemed wangfei says in your eminence.”


    While Xie Hongming was a tterer, Wang Zhongyang was far more crafty. He grasped the main idea after a few sentences and, like Mu Yingdong, didn’t make a single mention of the ck market scandal.


    “Esteemed wangfei, since the Wang n’s means are limited, we are unable to offer the same low prices as the Mu n. However, we will do our utmost to support Pill Fiend Pharmacy, so I ask that esteemed wangfei offer us a convenience.” Wang Zhongyang had rose to his feet and was now sping his hands in a bow. He had no idea that Wang Gong and His Highness Duke of Qin were old friends, much less how the head of the Wang n had thoroughly vented his anger with the Duke of Qin over the ck market deals. In any case, the Duke of Qin wouldn’t cause difficulties for the Wang n no matter how the oue of this conversation yed out. Instead, it was Wang Zhongyang himself who would earn a serious punishment from the n head when he returned.


    Xie Hongming was a junior member of his n, so he simply copied Wang Zhongyang’s actions and added, “Esteemed wangfei, the Xie n is in a simr plight as the Wang n, may esteemed wangfei show mercy!”


    Han Yunxi pretended to think it over before giving her answer. “The two of you should go back and talk things over, then give me a price in one month’s time. If this wangfei likes it, then that will be that. If not...hehe, we can talk it over slowly!”


    Wang Zhongyang and Xie Hongming both rejoiced. Thank goodness they weren’t the n head themselves, because they had no say on the final pricing. After all that happened with the Mu n today, it was good news to go back and discuss things with their respective heads.


    “Many thanks to esteemed wangfei!” the two chorused, silently relieved. They didn’t tarry, but quickly bid their farewells. Although each had different paths back to their homes, Han Yunxi’s parting words made them realize their families needed to talk over the prices together. In this way, she drew the rtionship of the Wang and Xie ns closer while driving a wedge between the Mu and Xie ns. Once the Wang and Xie ns allied with each other, the Mu n wouldn’t have a chance to run rampant in Medicine City again. Compared to cheating Mu Yingdong out of his prices, Han Yunxi’s final move was the ckest one of all!


    Of course, Long Feiye had taught her all this first. He had long met with Wang Gong and told him to ally with the Xie n. While Han Yunxi caused a stir in Cloud Realm Continent’s medicine circles with Pill Fiend Pharmacy, Long Feiye used the ruckus as a pretext to disturb the waters of Medicine City itself. The Tianning chessboard was in chaos now. Would Medicine City follow in its wake?


    Very soon, Han Yunxi spread news of Pill Fiend Pharmacy’s agreement with the Mu n and their gift of the medicine token amongst the various pharmacists. All of the medicalmunity rose into a uproar at the news! How Mu Yingdong dealt with the fallout from Medical City afterwards was his personal business; in any case, Pill Fiend Pharmacy had gotten famous.


    The Mu n sent over its first shipment of medicinal ingredients at the same time Han Yunxi went on a personal trip to Pill Fiend Valley. She went through her inventory of wanted ingredients before bringing some of the lists with her. Most of the remaining work were left to a bunch of servants and subordinates. Han Yunxi wasn’t nning to ask for the debt of Broomcorn Millet antidote anymore, but simply wanted Gu Qishao toe to Pill Fiend Pharmacy like before. After all, half of it belonged to him.


    But she didn’t find him at the valley despite Pill Fiend Pharmacy’s growing prestige. It seemed like he’d vanished into thin air without a sound. As the auspicious day of the opening arrived, sounds of congrattions and exploding firecrackers filled the air for a lively scene. Long Feiye had personally inscribed “Pill Fiend Pharmacy” on the horizontal sign board that Han Yunxi was now hanging over the door.


    Finally, Pill Fiend Pharmacy had officially opened its doors!


    But would Gu Qishao show up? Han Yunxi was silently anticipating his arrival in her heart, yet it was someone else who appeared.


    Just who...was he?