163 Gu Ruoyun’s Treachery 3

Once they heard those words, the crowd immediately felt at ease. After all, if the pill formulas had completely fallen into the hands of Gentle Breeze Faction, they would not even have the chance to purchase the pills!

However, Wei Yiyi, who hasn’t uttered a word the entire time, couldn't help but roll her eyes.

Small fry?

Not daring to compete against the Gentle Breeze Faction?

Was she really talking about herself? Thought Wei Yiyi. Most people won’t be aware of the trump cards in Gu Ruoyun’s hand, but she knows her Master very well. Aside from the two powerful men who were hiding in the back courtyard, even the Martial-King-level spirit beast, Baobao, alone was strong enough to infiltrate the Gentle Breeze Faction.

"Cough, cough!" Shopkeeper Zhao choked after he heard what she had said and coughed drily to cover up his awkwardness, "Everyone, I can give you some time to prepare the money. Come back in a month’s time to purchase the pills. If you don’t show up within the month’s time, your place will be given to someone else. You may all now return home."

The crowd stood up and left after saying their farewells. A few of them who had prepared enough funds bought the pills straight away while the others returned to consolidate their capital…

In a moment’s time, only Shopkeeper Zhao, Gu Ruoyun, and Wei Yiyi remained within the entire Hundred Herb Hall.

"My Lady, I’ve got to hand it to you for giving Gu Xianglin fake pill formulas. It’ll be too late when he finds out about the deception." Shopkeeper Zhao laughed out loud and looked at Gu Ruoyun with admiration.

Gu Ruoyun smiled, "Who said that the pill formulas were fakes?"

"Huh?"

Shopkeeper Zhao was dumbfounded, he assumed that Gu Ruoyun had used fake pill formulas to cheat Gu Xianglin. He would never have anticipated that she would actually give the real pill formulas to him.

"Did you wonder why the auction of the Beauty Rejuvenation Pills three years ago had not attracted the attention of some of those forces? It was because another more powerful force was suppressing the news so it had not spread out very far. If the Medicine Order had found out that the Beauty Rejuvenation Pill had emerged in Azure Dragon Country… do you think that they’d have left us in peace for the past three years? So, if the news about the Longevity Pills were to come out, what do you think will happen, Wei Yiyi?"

Wei Yiyi was deep in thought as she replied, "Although the Longevity Pill can’t influence a Martial Warrior’s cultivation, nevertheless, they are still rare pills. The Medicine Order would never let the matter go once they hear about a pill’s emergence. When that happens, a lot of powerful cultivators would surely come after us! Furthermore, fake pill formulas may be able to trick the Gentle Breeze Faction but they will never pass the scrutiny of the Medicine Order."

Back then, after her previous Master had passed the Treasury of Medicine to her, she had to suffer and was framed by that wretched couple from the Medicine Order. If they were to know that Gu Ruoyun possessed the pill formulas, how could they possibly leave her in peace?

"That’s right." Gu Ruoyun nodded, "I made the Longevity Pills available for sale because the development of the Devil Sect requires more capital and pills are the fastest way for us to make money. However, this will soon become a hot potato and since someone had so graciously offered to take the pill formulas off my hands, why should I not take this opportunity?"

It was a compelling reasoning but Shopkeeper Zhao still felt that something was amiss. He pondered in silence for a while before asking, "My Lady, what if the Gentle Breeze Faction is able to figure out how to refine pills from the formulas? Then…"

"The pill formulas may be real but the sequence of the ingredients had been slightly changed. Furthermore, without someone to guide them, they would not be able to figure out the process even after a hundred years. One wrong move and they could be blown to smithereens. If it had been that easy, there would be plenty of pill masters in the world now. It wasn’t just the lack of pill formulas, it’s the fact that you wouldn’t know how to refine pills even with the formula in hand."