Beside Yan Leisheng stood the elder of the Yan family, speaking anxiously.

The two ounces of Da Hong Pao tea for five thousand taels of silver have really made the Evergreen Commerce Association a huge profit.

However, seeing that many stores were almost out of stock, the elder of the Yan family began to worry.

"No restocking." Yan Botao shook his head, "The Grand Offering instructed us to sell only this much, the rest can be sold next year."

"I don’t know what the Grand Offering is thinking. We have enough tea trees, and if we increase the supply now, wouldn’t we earn even more?" The Yan family elder sighed lightly.

"What do you know?" Yan Botao rolled his eyes at him, "If you understood, wouldn’t you be more formidable than the Grand Offering? Wouldn’t the things you can think of be things the Grand Offering couldn’t?"

"The main thing is, recently, so many people have come to the Evergreen Commerce Association wanting to buy Da Hong Pao," the Yan family elder said with a bitter smile. 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

"But Clan Leader, can this Da Hong Pao really increase cultivation speed? I wonder if I might have a little to drink," the elder cautiously inquired, "I can buy it, but could the price be a little cheaper?"

"Where does it increase cultivation speed? That’s just a rumor," Yan Botao said, laughing.

"But that’s what everyone outside is saying," the Yan family elder said with a puzzled expression.

"The Grand Offering calls this a psychological suggestion," Yan Botao explained, "Those who originally spread the rumors were also people from our Evergreen Commerce Association, who were part of Bai Jingfei’s intelligence department."

"Once enough people say it, someone believes it, and then they slowly begin to feel it might actually have that ability."

This tactic of Li Changqing’s left Yan Botao thoroughly impressed.

Even in recent days, Yan Botao was almost starting to believe that drinking Da Hong Pao could enhance one’s cultivation.

In just a month’s time, Da Hong Pao had sold like crazy.

By now, it was almost impossible to find any to buy.

Meanwhile, Da Hong Pao appeared on the black market, with prices even inflated to eight thousand taels of silver for a single ounce of tea.

And yet, even so, supply could not meet demand.

Other commerce associations, compared to the earning pace of the Evergreen Commerce Association, were left in the dust.

Li Changqing, too, stuffed his pockets full of silver.

Money, to Li Changqing now, had already become just a number.

Celestial Sea City, Eternal Prison.

Endless darkness was devouring everything.

When a beam of light shone down from the void, illuminating the shackled, ragged man.

As for the light shining down, the man didn’t care at all.

"Cough, cough."

"Cough, cough, cough."

Amidst violent coughing, Jiang Tianyun, in a white robe, arrived at this Eternal Prison.

"You’re not dead yet?"

Monarch Yuehan smiled, "I thought after all these years, you’d have coughed yourself to death."

Jiang Tianyun hunched his body as he walked to the bottom of the Eternal Prison, his gaze sweeping over the chains on Monarch Yuehan’s body.

Then he spoke slowly, "There’s no need for such harsh words between you and me."

"What do I have to say to a beast?" Monarch Yuehan didn’t even open his eyes, "The death of Qian Rou, I will never forget it in this life."

"Cough, cough, you bring up Qian Rou with me." A flicker of anger arose in Jiang Tianyun’s eyes, "If not for you, Qian Rou wouldn’t have died."

"You got it wrong."

"If not for me, Qian Rou would have died even faster," Monarch Yuehan said unhurriedly, "She never would have thought until her death, that the one who always wanted to take her life was actually her father."

"I could have saved her!"

Jiang Tianyun said loudly, "I could have saved her! You didn’t give her a chance."

"A chance?"

"What chance?"

Monarch Yuehan slowly opened his eyes, "The chance is that thing you saw from the end of the Black and White Forbidden Area?"

"You want to gamble, but you can’t gamble with Qian Rou’s life!"

"I’m not surprised you came looking for me today," Monarch Yuehan breathed a sigh of relief, "It seems you’ve already discovered, but unfortunately, it’s too late now. Li Changqing has already become influential; for you to achieve your aim now, won’t be so easy anymore."