Martial Master

News returned to the imperial city, and the martial artists of the imperial city went wild upon realizing that the special pills from the Alchemy Pavilion truly had no side effects.

In an instant, all the Alchemy Pavilion shops in the imperial city were besieged by a large number of martial artists, with astonishing daily transaction volumes.

The most exhausted were undoubtedly the core alchemists of the Alchemy Pavilion.

They were crazily refining pills every day for nearly ten days, leaving them so tired that they could barely stand.

However, during their rest, many alchemists were astonished to discover that this high-intensity refining actually led to a noticeable increase in their mental strength over the past half month.

This discovery drove these alchemists mad.

Any fool knew that the increase in an alchemist's mental strength was extremely difficult; even the slightest improvement usually required months of cultivation.

Yet, during the crazy refining of these pills, they experienced a boost equivalent to what they would normally achieve in half a year within merely half a month. This improvement left all the alchemists dumbfounded.

Initially, when the Alchemy Pavilion required them to refine these special pills, they were somewhat dissatisfied.

After all, as alchemists, who wasn't extremely proud and focused on improving their alchemical skills rather than becoming a pill-refining machine?

Some even felt a bit resentful toward Qin Chen, who provided the special pill formulas.

But now, the unique refining methods for these three special pills were actually enhancing their strength. At this point, there was no need for Zhuo Qingfeng and Xu Bo to supervise; these originally exhausted alchemists, like they had been injected with chicken blood, demanded to get to work again without resting for long.

Thus—

A large number of special pills flowed like water, sweeping through the entire Dawei Dynasty.

Half a month later, over ninety percent of the pill market in the Dawei Dynasty was under the control of the Alchemy Pavilion, making it the unique overlord.

In the palace.

Liu Xuanrui slammed the table excitedly upon receiving the news.

"The Cold Family is finished."

Upon seeing that over ninety percent of the Cold Family's shops were already deserted during the investigation, Liu Xuanrui instantly realized that the Cold Family, as the largest family in the dynasty, was done for.

Without the pill market as their money-printing machine, such a massive family would only continue to shrink.

Unless they could develop new pills that surpassed those of the Alchemy Pavilion, but the likelihood of that was nearly zero.

"Are the special pills developed by the Alchemy Pavilion really that incredible?" Liu Xuanrui asked Huang Huan after setting down the information.

"They are even stronger than expected. I've heard that many soldiers in the Imperial Guards have purchased the special pills from the Alchemy Pavilion, and in just these past few days, over three thousand martial artists have made breakthroughs," Huang Huan said in shock.

"Over three thousand?"

Liu Xuanrui jumped up, his eyes bulging.

How many people are there in the entire Imperial Guard? At most, twenty or thirty thousand, responsible for the security of the entire palace, they are arguably the most elite soldiers of the Dawei Dynasty.

These people naturally enjoy the best resources, and they are never short of pills.

Therefore, it's safe to say that every Imperial Guard had already optimized their personal condition to the extreme, typically stuck at a bottleneck phase with no further progress.

But after purchasing the special pills from the Alchemy Pavilion, in just a few days, over three thousand achieved breakthroughs. What does that mean?

Liu Xuanrui found it terrifying just to think about it.

"Your Majesty, for the specific numbers, I've had the commander of the Imperial Guards, Long Tongling, keep a record, and it should be three thousand seven hundred sixty-nine people. This is also because the special pills from the Alchemy Pavilion are in short supply, and many Imperial Guards were unable to purchase them. Of course, this was also to prevent any potential flaws in the special pills from harming the entire Imperial Guard, so initially only fifteen thousand Imperial Guards consumed them," Huang Huan continued.