"Has the City Lord's Mansion gone mad? They're actually trading ten thousand top-grade Immortal Yuan Pills for those low-tier Immortal Medicines!"
"What exactly is the City Lord's Mansion doing? Ten thousand top-grade Immortal Yuan Pills—I feel sorry for them!"
City Lord's Mansion.
Steward Mi Yu was reporting the pill exchange situation to Ian Song.
After hearing the report, Ian Song handed Steward Mi Yu fifty thousand more top-grade Immortal Yuan Pills and told him to continue tomorrow.
Seeing Ian casually produce another fifty thousand top-grade Immortal Yuan Pills, Steward Mi Yu was at a loss for words—this was simply too extravagant.
That afternoon, Steward Mi Yu again had people spread the word: tomorrow, the Pill Pavilion would continue exchanging top-grade Immortal Yuan Pills. Immortals who missed out were overjoyed.
All the major powers, upon hearing the news, had the same first thought: how could there still be more?
You have to understand, in their sects Immortal Yuan Pills are never in short supply, but the stock of top-grade Immortal Yuan Pills absolutely never exceeds five hundred, and they're reserved only for their most talented disciples.
"Let's go, visit the City Lord! Even if we have to trade fourth- or fifth-grade Immortal Medicine, we have to get a batch of those top-grade Immortal Yuan Pills!"
So that day, the heads of more than a dozen powers or sects rushed to the City Lord's Mansion to request an audience with the City Lord.
"Sir, should we see them?"
Steward Mi Yu asked.
"Let them all come together!"
Ian Song said. These powers definitely had a good stock of fourth- and fifth-grade Immortal Medicine. At this point, taking top-grade Immortal Yuan Pills couldn't raise his cultivation any further, so he needed higher-grade Immortal Medicine to refine more advanced pills.
But when these people saw Ian, surprise appeared on all their faces.
They instinctively glanced at Steward Mi.
"Everyone, this is Lord Ian Song, the new master of Whitecrest City!" Steward Mi Yu quickly introduced.
At these words, everyone was stunned; some even cried out in shock:
"How is that possible?"
"What about City Lord Tu Yang?"
"He's only late-stage Earth Immortal—how could he possibly become the new master of Whitecrest City!"
Facing their doubts, Song Yan replied calmly, "That's not your concern. You came to see me because you want to trade for top-grade Immortal Yuan Pills, right?"
"That's right!"
Someone nodded.
Song Yan continued, "If you trade fourth-grade Immortal Medicine, you can get up to ten thousand pills! Trade fifth-grade Immortal Medicine, up to fifty thousand. So, how much do you want to exchange?"
Hearing Song Yan's terms, everyone was secretly delighted.
But not a single person immediately agreed to the exchange.
"Young Master Song, could we trade third-grade Immortal Medicine instead?" After a long pause, someone finally spoke up.
Another quickly added, "Exactly. If we can trade third-grade Immortal Medicine with no limit, we might consider working with Young Master Song!"
Upon hearing this, a playful smirk appeared at the corner of Song Yan's mouth. He said lightly, "Agree and trade, or disagree and get lost!"
"What?"
At those words, the crowd nearly exploded, especially the two who'd tried to change the terms—their faces turned extremely ugly.
Bang!
One of them slammed the table and stood up. "Young Master Song, what do you mean by this?"
Pfft!
A flash of sword light, and a wide-eyed head flew into the air.
Song Yan's voice rang out again: "Forgot to mention—my temper isn't great, and I hate it when people shout at me!"
At these words, everyone froze for a moment, and a look of terror and dread appeared deep in their eyes.
The one who'd just been decapitated was none other than the head of the Sishui family, Ethan Sishui. His cultivation had already reached peak Earth Immortal, half a step into Gold Immortal—but before he even understood what was happening, he was killed by a single sword strike.
To be able to do that, the opponent's strength must have reached the Gold Immortal level.
"Oh, and by the way, everyone—I forgot to mention, the previous city lord, Tu Yang, also died at Lord Song Yan's hands!" Steward Mi Yu added, shooting a contemptuous look at the crowd. 'Use your brains,' his gaze seemed to say. 'If Lord Song Yan weren't strong enough, how could he be sitting here so openly?'
Hearing Steward Mi Yu's words, everyone was shocked. Their fear of Song Yan grew even deeper. The Nine-Sun Sword Immortal, Tu Yang, was a mid-stage Gold Immortal—if even he died at Song Yan's hands, didn't that mean Song Yan's strength was at least late-stage Gold Immortal?
For a moment, they all stood up and bowed to Song Yan again.
Immediately, someone spoke up: "Lord Song Yan, our Wan family is willing to trade fifth-grade Immortal Medicine for your top-grade Immortal Yuan Pills!"
"The previous exchange terms are void. The price for each top-grade Immortal Yuan Pill is now three hundred Immortal Stones," Song Yan said calmly.
At these words, everyone felt a surge of anger, but afraid of Song Yan's strength, they dared not show it. Secretly, they blamed Ethan Sishui—if he hadn't provoked Song Yan, the price wouldn't have gone up.
But under someone else's roof, you have no choice but to bow your head. Besides, Song Yan was now the new master of Whitecrest City; they'd have to rely on him in the future. Even if they didn't like it, they had to accept it.
In the end, this group traded fifth-grade Immortal Medicine for seven hundred thousand top-grade Immortal Yuan Pills from Song Yan.
Any single fifth-grade Immortal Medicine could fetch over a hundred thousand Immortal Stones, so even though they traded for seven hundred thousand top-grade Immortal Yuan Pills, they didn't actually get that many fifth-grade Immortal Medicine.
But it was still enough for Song Yan to refine several hundred Xiangyuan Pills, which were even higher grade than Immortal Essence Pills.
"Take care, everyone. By the way, I still have plenty of top-grade Immortal Essence Pills—anyone interested?" Song Yan asked with a smile.
Immortal Essence Pills are second-grade Immortal Pills, best suited for Earth Immortals to cultivate with.
Ordinary Immortal Essence Pills cost five hundred Immortal Stones each, while top-grade ones can fetch as much as three thousand per pill.
At these words, everyone jolted, eyes lighting up with excitement.
Earth Immortals were the backbone of their factions.
With enough Immortal Essence Pills, their Earth Immortals could rapidly advance.
"Lord Song Yan, how do you want to trade?" someone asked eagerly.
"Trade fifth-grade Immortal Medicine for a hundred pills, sixth-grade for a thousand," Song Yan replied slowly, laying out the terms.
A hundred Immortal Essence Pills were enough to take an Earth Immortal from mid-stage to late-stage—a total bargain.
But sixth-grade Immortal Medicine was rare in their hands—having two or three was already fortunate—so they hesitated.
So, each of the dozen or so leaders traded fifth-grade Immortal Medicine for a hundred Immortal Essence Pills from Song Yan. As for exchanging with sixth-grade medicine, they would have to discuss with their clans first.
As this group departed, news of Whitecrest City's change of ownership spread quickly.
It left many people in disbelief.
The next day, the Pill Pavilion reopened for exchanges. Even more immortals came, and fifty thousand pills were all traded away by evening. Song Yan then handed Steward Mi Yu another five hundred thousand top-grade Immortal Yuan Pills, continuing the exchange at fifty thousand pills per day.
Meanwhile, three more factions visited Song Yan that day, trading sixth-grade Immortal Medicine for a thousand Immortal Essence Pills each.
Half a month passed in a flash.
By now, word that Whitecrest City was trading Immortal Medicine for top-grade Immortal Yuan Pills had spread to the other four cities of the Five-Emperor Alliance. Countless people and factions began flocking to Whitecrest City, hoping to trade for pills.
As a result, fifty thousand top-grade Immortal Yuan Pills per day was nowhere near enough.
Seeing this, Song Yan waved his hand and told Steward Mi Yu to raise the daily exchange quota to one hundred thousand pills. After all, he was refining the pills from ordinary first- and second-grade Immortal Medicine.
Plus, with the Divine Temple's time-cheating ability, as long as he had enough Immortal Medicine, Song Yan could keep producing top-grade Immortal Yuan Pills endlessly.