Chapter 99: Chapter 99: Successive Launches
They had considered every possible price, but they never, ever imagined that the price of this Special Blood Restoration Pill would be so low.
The price of a First-Grade Pill for the effect of a Second-Grade Pill—where could you find a deal like this? It was practically a gift from the heavens.
"Patriarch Ye, you can’t be joking, right?"
"Such a powerful effect at such a low price... I can hardly believe it."
"Yeah, it’s too cheap! Patriarch Ye, even if it were more expensive, I would still only buy your Ye family’s Special Blood Restoration Pill."
"These pills aren’t even in the same league."
"Patriarch Ye, when will they go on sale? Can we place an order?"
"Patriarch Ye, I’ll take fifty right now!"
"I want a hundred!"
The scene descended into chaos. Everyone realized that such a low price for a Pill was a revolution in the world of alchemy. For a Pill this good, never mind this price—even if it were double the price, people would still go crazy buying it.
Everyone assumed the Ye family had set the price so low to crush the Wang family. Once they monopolized the market, they would surely raise the price.
Therefore, to get as many Special Blood Restoration Pills as possible at this low price, everyone went all out. They were willing to spend their entire life savings.
"Please, everyone, calm down." Ye Zhanxiong motioned with his hands, smiling. "Everyone, our Special Blood Restoration Pill will go on sale shortly, and I guarantee we have plenty in stock. And while we’re here, I can make you all a promise."
"My Ye family’s Special Blood Restoration Pill will never see a baseless price increase. Unless the cost of Spirit Medicines truly rises, we will never raise the price!"
"As you all know, the Ye family’s business is Spirit Medicine, so you don’t have to worry about that possibility."
"The Ye family is a family with a conscience. Our purpose in entering the Pill market is to benefit all the Martial Artists of Blue Moon City. Even if we earn a little less, or even take a small loss, it’s no matter. I hope that with the Ye family and the Alchemist Association working together, the number of Martial Artists from our Blue Moon City who die to the Demon Beasts of Black Wind Ridge each year will decrease. If that happens, I will be content."
Ye Zhanxiong knew full well that the Special Blood Restoration Pill’s incredible efficacy was all thanks to Ye Xuan’s formula.
In terms of cost, because of the special refining technique, it was definitely lower than, not higher than, the Wang family’s Blood Restoration Pill.
This price seemed very low, but in reality, the profit margin was already quite large.
This promise instantly sent the Martial Artists in the crowd into a jubilant uproar. They couldn’t help but burst into applause.
It had to be said that Ye Zhanxiong’s words had deeply moved the heart of everyone present.
"SOB... SOB..." But on the platform, Xiaoliu began to whimper.
Under the confused gazes of the crowd, he choked out, "I was thinking about my team leader... If the damned Wang family hadn’t sold their high-grade Blood Restoration Pills for so much, if the Ye family had entered the Pill market sooner, then our Celestial Eagle Adventurer Team... we wouldn’t have been completely wiped out on our last mission."
Xiaoliu’s words struck a chord in everyone’s heart.
"Pah! When I get home, I’m throwing all my Wang family Blood Restoration Pills into the latrine pit."
"That’s right! Always raising prices for no reason. The Wang family claims to be one of the three great families? Compared to a conscientious family like the Ye family, they’re worse than shit!"
"Right! A piece-of-shit family like that... if I have a choice, I’ll never buy another thing from them again."
"Me too! Let’s all boycott the Wang family’s Pills."
The atmosphere grew heated, the crowd impassioned. Everyone was cursing the Wang family. Hearing this, the nearby Wang family members turned ashen, wishing a hole would open up in the ground and swallow them.
’How could this be happening?’ The Wang family members saw all this, unable to accept this reality in their hearts.
Their Wang family had monopolized the low-end market for Blood Restoration Pills for who knows how long. They never imagined someone would challenge them in this market.
The appearance of the Ye family had plunged them from heaven into hell in an instant.
"Patriarch, don’t worry. For the Ye family’s Pill to be this effective, the cost must be very high. They’re only selling it this low to crush our Wang family’s market. They definitely can’t keep it up for long."
"That’s right. They must be losing money on every single Pill they sell. Let’s see how much of their family fortune they can afford to lose."
"We still have the markets for the Qi Recovery Pill and the Gathering Profound Pill. We, the Wang family, also monopolize those two Pill sectors."
The Wang family’s upper echelon tried to console themselves, searching for a glimmer of hope.
However, their self-reassurance didn’t last long. Suddenly, Ye Zhanxiong struck the gong again. "Everyone, the effectiveness of this Special Blood Restoration Pill, I believe you have all seen it. The price, you are all aware of it. We will begin sales very soon. But before that, I have more good news to share with you all."
More good news?
By now, Ye Zhanxiong already held a lofty position in the hearts of all the Martial Artists. One by one, they held their breath and listened intently, waiting to see what other good news the Ye family could possibly have after giving them such a huge surprise.
Ye Zhanxiong smiled. "The good news is that today, the Pill our Ye family is launching isn’t just the Special Blood Restoration Pill. We will also be launching two other Pills: the Special Qi Recovery Pill and the Special Gathering Profound Pill."
What? Two more Pills to be launched?
And they were the Special Qi Recovery Pill and the Special Gathering Profound Pill!
As soon as the names of these two Pills were announced, the clever ones in the crowd all looked toward the Wang family’s location. The Ye family was clearly preparing to completely seize the Wang family’s market.
Hearing this news, the crowd grew excited, but the members of the Wang family felt their vision go dark, a sudden chill running down their spines as if a cold wind had blown past the back of their heads.
’The Ye family... they’ve come with ill intent!’
The reason their Wang family was able to become one of the three great families of Blue Moon City and control a large portion of the Pill market was because their Blood Restoration Pill, Qi Recovery Pill, and Gathering Profound Pill monopolized the entire low-end market share.
If the Ye family only attacked the Blood Restoration Pill market, it would be manageable. But if they attacked the Qi Recovery Pill and Gathering Profound Pill markets as well, the consequences for the Wang family would be absolutely catastrophic.
The Ye family wanted to utterly annihilate their Wang family.
They knew very well that if the Ye family could truly defeat them in the other two Pill sectors, then what awaited the Wang family was undoubtedly doomsday.
"Haha, Patriarch Ye, go ahead and launch them!"
"Right! As long as the effects of your other two Pills aren’t too bad, even if they’re slightly inferior to the Wang family’s, I’ll still only buy yours."
"Exactly! If we don’t support a conscientious family like the Ye family, are we supposed to support a black-hearted one like the Wang family?"
"Let all of the Wang family’s Pills go rot in a garbage heap."
It wasn’t just the Wang family; after a moment of thought, the Martial Artists present also understood the Ye family’s intentions. The Pills the Ye family were launching were so targeted, they were clearly aimed straight at the Wang family.
These three types of Pills were the very sectors the Wang family relied on for their livelihood.
Once the market for these three Pills was taken by the Ye family, the so-called Wang family, one of the three great families, would sooner or later fall into decline.
Thus, many Martial Artists who already detested the Wang family immediately started shouting, viciously taunting them.
Ye Zhanxiong gently pressed his hands down, calming the noisy market. A confident smile played on his lips as he said unhurriedly, "Everyone, rest assured. Our Ye family is not launching these two Pills to suppress a certain family. It is truly to seek fortune for the Martial Artists of our Blue Moon City. These two Pills of ours are, likewise, a revolution for the market of their respective types."
Another revolution?
Everyone stared without blinking, holding their breath and listening intently.
"As everyone knows, the best Qi Recovery Pill currently on the market can only restore forty percent of one’s Profound Qi, and it cannot be taken again within an hour. But our Special Qi Recovery Pill, even the worst of them, can restore forty percent of Profound Qi, and the cooldown period is shortened to half an hour. As for the mid-grade ones, they can restore fifty percent, and the high-grade ones can restore sixty percent. And for all of them, the cooldown is just half an hour."
"What? Even the worst ones can restore forty percent?"
"The best ones can restore sixty percent, and you can take another one after just half an hour?"
"My heavens, is this real? If every team had a few of these Qi Recovery Pills when they go out to hunt Demon Beasts, their survival rate would skyrocket."
Everyone was stunned. They all knew that the Wang family’s Qi Recovery Pill was already the best on the market, but their restoration levels were only twenty, thirty, and forty percent. The Ye family’s were forty, fifty, and sixty percent.
Most importantly, the Wang family’s pill required an hour before it could be taken again, while the Ye family’s only required half an hour.
For Martial Artists who venture out into the wild, this was an absolutely essential medicine.
"Patriarch Ye, what’s the price of this Special Qi Recovery Pill?"
"Yeah, the price... it won’t be outrageous, will it?"
At first, because they had already seen the Special Blood Restoration Pill, the crowd didn’t have particularly high expectations for the other two Pills. But after hearing Ye Zhanxiong’s explanation, they all went wild.
’Given the Ye family’s disposition, they sold the Special Blood Restoration Pill so cheaply. The Special Qi Recovery Pill shouldn’t be outrageously expensive, right?’
Of course, even if it were a bit more expensive, it wouldn’t matter. Everyone had already decided that they would buy this Special Qi Recovery Pill even if it meant going bankrupt, rather than the Wang family’s Qi Recovery Pill.
The difference between a half-hour and a one-hour cooldown was just too great. The difference between restoring twenty percent and forty percent was also earth-shattering. In the mountain forests, that was the difference between life and death.
Even the poorest Martial Artist couldn’t afford to be stingy about this.
Ye Zhanxiong smiled faintly. "Our Ye family is a family with a conscience. The price will naturally be set within a range that everyone can afford."
"For the Special Qi Recovery Pill that restores forty percent, our Ye family’s price will be the same as the market price for a regular pill that restores thirty percent. The fifty-percent version will be priced the same as the market’s forty-percent version. As for the sixty-percent version, its price will be double that of our fifty-percent version."
