Chapter 3323 — Who Gave the Night Palace Its Glory

After hanging up the phone, Ancestor Xuanchen did not scold Kang Jingming for taking it upon himself to grant the Kang family favors, because he too had heard what Kang Jinglong said over the phone—that Wei Zhao had begun buying up second-grade medicinal cauldrons again!

But Wei Zhao had not gone to the Xuandan Sect or the Five Luminaries Sect to buy them; he had turned to You Panhu once more!

"Heh, this Wei Zhao—does he never stop to think where the You family's second-grade medicinal cauldrons come from? Who supplies them but the Xuandan Sect? As long as we choke off the source on our end, Wei Zhao can be as capable as he likes, have as many connections as he likes—it's all useless!" Hearing this news, Ancestor Xuanchen breathed a sigh of relief as well.

And so, with their minds set at ease, Ancestor Xuanchen and Kang Jingming began once more to mass-produce and stockpile second-grade medicinal cauldrons. In their eyes, this was a once-in-a-lifetime chance to monopolize the market and strike it rich—how could they let it slip by?

But near the end of the second-grade automatic medicinal cauldrons' sales, when only three remained, the Cultivators' Commerce Association announced to the public that these were the last three second-grade automatic medicinal cauldrons to be auctioned, and that from then on this model of second-grade automatic medicinal cauldron would no longer be sold on the market—and that these three remaining cauldrons would be given away as gifts to the Night Palace!

A new model would be released next, but technical difficulties with the new model had yet to be overcome, so its release date was undetermined. In other words, these thirty second-grade automatic medicinal cauldrons had become out-of-print goods on the market!

Those cultivators who had come to the auction indifferent, thinking it a matter of no great consequence, were now stunned—and filled with regret. The reason was simple: they had assumed that after these thirty were auctioned off, as shipments increased, the price would surely fall, so they were in no hurry. Judging by the market for first-grade automatic medicinal cauldrons back then, the Xuandan Sect would surely put out knockoffs too, and then the things would be worthless.

But who could have imagined that these would become out-of-print goods—and that the last three would not even be auctioned but simply given to the Night Palace? What did that mean? Did it mean that even if they regretted it now, there was no medicine for regret left to buy?

Indeed there was none to be bought. But the Night Palace had no use for three—one was enough. The remaining two were, in truth, merely a favor Han Jingyi was doing for Gu Mengyao. Among these people, Gu Mengyao was universally acknowledged as Wei Zhao's first wife, so Han Jingyi naturally wanted to curry favor with her as well.

As for the remaining two, it was left to Gu Mengyao to decide whom to sell them to. This would not only help the Night Palace build connections, but also bring it a tidy sum of income!

"Elder Yeye, your Night Palace has been developing rather well lately, hasn't it? We are all of the ancient tier—we ought to visit one another from time to time. In the next few days, I shall most certainly call on you!"

"Elder Yeye, I hear that your Palace Master Chu's boyfriend is none other than the great hero Wei Zhao, unparalleled in valor, able to kill a peak late-stage Heaven-rank expert in an instant. We are truly dying of envy!"

"Indeed, Elder Yeye. Your Night Palace now not only has an inheritor, but also a fine hand like Wei Zhao holding the fort—hard to see how you could fail to prosper..."

The Night Palace's Grand Elder had come to attend this auction on the palace's behalf. She had not wanted to come, but Gu Mengyao had told her to, and she had no choice but to obey! In truth, Gu Mengyao had known all along that Han Jingyi would give her three second-grade automatic medicinal cauldrons, which was why she had sent the Grand Elder—otherwise she would never have joined such a lively gathering!

But the Grand Elder had not known this in advance. The Night Palace was not wealthy, and she could not afford any second-grade automatic medicinal cauldrons either. What was more, the Grand Elder was not much of a joiner—though perhaps it was not so much that she was unsociable. At the ancient tier, strength was what commanded respect. Without strength—with the Night Palace so weak—who would want to bother with you?

Not bothering with you was already kind; not trading a few jibes at your expense was already generous. So the Grand Elder had never been willing to attend such gatherings, which only invited humiliation—though she had once sworn secretly in her heart that in her lifetime she would raise the Night Palace to such a height that others would scramble to fawn over it, just like the Xuandan Sect today!

But as the years added up and time wore on, though that dream of the Grand Elder's had never changed, reality had made her understand that it was impossible for the Night Palace to catch up with the others. Palace Master Ye Rou'er was a mere puppet, and she, with her single strength, could change nothing at all!

And yet all of this had been turned upside down since Gu Mengyao became Palace Master of the Night Palace! Of course, the Grand Elder understood in her heart that it was less Gu Mengyao who had changed things than that Gu Mengyao had found herself a fine guard—and that man was Wei Zhao!

The Grand Elder knew very well what the relationship between Gu Mengyao and Wei Zhao had been before. Yet knowing this, she still insisted on treating Wei Zhao as Gu Mengyao's fiancé, because she had seen the Night Palace's bright future!

But even though the Grand Elder had already taken a most optimistic view of the Night Palace's future, she had never expected this moment to arrive so quickly, so suddenly!

At this very moment, the Grand Elder felt a sense of unreality, of not knowing how to cope. Looking at the sect masters and elders before her, all flattering and fawning over her, the Grand Elder felt an urge to weep!

It had been done—at last it had been done. Though it was not she, the Grand Elder, who had done it, that did not matter. So long as the Night Palace rose, she could die without regret.

The Grand Elder had never imagined that Wei Zhao's influence was so immense that it could make these people trim their sails so shamelessly! Was it merely over a second-grade automatic medicinal cauldron? In truth, it was also the deterrent force of Wei Zhao himself!

These ancient sects bore no great grudge against Wei Zhao, and apart from a select few, none of them wished to make an enemy of him. Whether Wei Zhao could truly kill in an instant or not hardly mattered—at any rate, Wei Zhao's strength was certainly formidable, so these people would avoid provoking him if they could!

Though the Grand Elder was hard-pressed to keep up with all the pleasantries these people showered on her, in her heart she was overjoyed, wishing it could be like this every single day...

The merry bustle here, however, turned the face of a certain man on the other side frightfully dark! That man was Kang Jingming. He had come too, with Xiao Yi. He had assumed that with only three second-grade automatic medicinal cauldrons left, once Wei Zhao sold them he would surely come begging Kang Jingming to order raw materials for second-grade medicinal cauldrons!

And then Kang Jingming would be in a position to impose some most overbearing, unequal terms on Wei Zhao! RS