Chapter 539: In Great Demand

In the great hall, cups and goblets clinked, and the guests had long been thoroughly conquered by the Immortal Inscription Jade Brew.

"Wuxuan, given our friendship, you must give me a jug of this Immortal Inscription Jade Brew later! Oh no, ten jugs!" A Spirit Travel realm cultivator slung an arm around Wuxuan's shoulders.

"Wuxuan, aren't we tight enough? If you give him ten jugs, I can't have fewer than ten, right?" said another.

Wuxuan, already driven to distraction by these sycophants, waved his hand and said, "Away with you! Do you think this Immortal Inscription Jade Brew is some bulk liquor from the roadside? If I gave it away like that, I'd be stripped of all my assets! To tell you the truth, today is the happy occasion of Brother Ye's parents' wedding, so I've brought out this Immortal Inscription Jade Brew for everyone to sample! After today, if anyone wants it, they'll have to dig deep into their pockets!"

When Wuxuan brewed the lower-grade Immortal Inscription Jade Brew, he had already foreseen this situation.

He had discussed with Ye Yuan: selling this lower-grade Immortal Inscription Jade Brew on the market would surely rake in a fortune!

Today, Wuxuan brought these Immortal Inscription Jade Brews not only to boost Ye Yuan's prestige but also to promote the brew.

Everyone who entered the great hall today was a high-ranking figure in Wufang City, wealthy and influential.

Once the Immortal Inscription Jade Brew was launched, only these people could afford it.

Fu Yunjing's Immortal Inscription Jade Brew must have had some flaw in the brewing process, which was why the yield had always been low.

That was also why Fu Yunjing had always treasured it so dearly.

Wuxuan cleared his throat and announced loudly, "Today, everyone gets to drink this Immortal Inscription Jade Brew thanks to Brother Ye Yuan. But this brew didn't fall from the sky—the materials alone cost a fortune! After today, if anyone wants to drink this Immortal Inscription Jade Brew, they can go to the Drunken Immortal Pavilion."

With Wuxuan's words, everyone understood.

So Wuxuan was casting a long line to catch a big fish today!

But everyone present was a person of standing, so they had no objection to Wuxuan's approach.

A fine brew like Immortal Inscription Jade Brew naturally couldn't be compared to common street goods.

But most importantly, this Immortal Inscription Jade Brew could be mass-produced!

"Wuxuan, do you mean... we can enjoy such fine brew anytime from now on?"

Wuxuan smiled slightly and said, "Not necessarily! This fine brew requires extremely rare materials! Don't be fooled by how much I brought today—it already cost me nearly a fifth of my assets! So... although the Drunken Immortal Pavilion will supply this wine year-round, only ten jugs are available each day, first come, first served!"

Everyone gasped. Twenty barrels of Immortal Inscription Jade Brew had cost Wuxuan a fifth of his assets!

As a Pill King, Wuxuan's assets far exceeded those of ordinary martial artists!

A fifth of his assets was an enormous fortune.

This showed how terrifying the cost of brewing this Immortal Inscription Jade Brew was!

Those who had been drinking heartily now hesitated to raise their cups. This wine—each sip was one less!

In truth, Wuxuan had exaggerated. He had indeed spent a large sum to brew this wine, but naturally, he had more than twenty barrels.

Moreover, the most expensive part was not the lower-grade Immortal Inscription Jade Brew but the middle-grade.

The middle-grade Immortal Inscription Jade Brew was on a completely different level from the lower-grade.

The lower-grade Immortal Inscription Jade Brew Wuxuan brought today was only half of what he had brewed this time. And the total cost of these forty barrels of lower-grade brew was less than half that of the middle-grade.

The middle-grade Immortal Inscription Jade Brew was still being brewed, with a yield of only one barrel.

Even for the Five Mystics, with their immense wealth, such expenses were somewhat unbearable.

However, with the formula Ye Yuan had provided, the future prosperity of the Five Mystics was foreseeable.

Although alchemists appeared to be very wealthy, their expenses were also enormous.

As their strength increased, the yuan crystals and medicinal herbs they consumed grew exponentially.

Thus, no one ever thought they had too much money.

"Ten pots is too little, isn't it? Five Mystics, yuan crystals are not a problem. Can I reserve a barrel of this wine first, and give it to our Zhang family next time?" said the head of the Zhang family of Wufang City loudly.

Five Mystics shook his head and said, "Old Zhang, it's not that I, Five Mystics, am stingy. The brewing process of this Immortal Inscription Jade Brew is extremely troublesome, and it simply cannot be supplied in large quantities. Otherwise, I wouldn't have limited it to ten pots a day. I do have some stock left, but if I give it to you, the other families will tear me apart!"

As soon as Five Mystics said this, members of other families immediately objected.

"Exactly, Old Zhang, do you think you're the only one with money? Our Sun family can afford these yuan crystals too! If you want a barrel, I want ten barrels!"

"The City Lord's Mansion hasn't even spoken yet. What makes the Zhang family think they can swallow a whole barrel at once?"

"In my opinion, Five Mystics' method is the best—ten pots a day, first come, first served. That's fair to everyone!"

Seeing this scene, Five Mystics secretly rejoiced.

In truth, the lower-grade Immortal Inscription Jade Brew was not that troublesome to make, and he had originally planned to sell it by the barrel.

But after he told Ye Yuan about his idea, Ye Yuan rejected it.

Ye Yuan's reasoning was simple: scarcity makes things precious!

If there were no limit on supply and everyone drank more, this Immortal Brew would no longer be valuable.

But if only ten pots were supplied each day, everyone would never have their fill, so every day they would fight tooth and nail for those ten pots of wine.

Within a few days, the price of these ten pots of Immortal Brew would be driven sky-high!

Ordinary people and powers would never get to drink this wine, and it would become a symbol of status and position.

When the time was right, Wuxuan would launch the mid-grade Immortal Brew, which would then become the supreme immortal wine, and Wuxuan would set the price as they pleased.

In a corner of the hall, Fu Yunjing looked dejected.

That old man Wuxuan used to pester him every day for Immortal Brew, and he had always been dismissive.

In the end, Wuxuan paid a heavy price to get six pots from him.

Who would have thought that in the blink of an eye, the old man had made his own Immortal Brew, not only far superior in quality but also mass-producible!

Producing twenty barrels at once—what a bold move!

Fu Yunjing had taken a sip himself, and the taste was indeed much better than his own.

And he had no idea that Immortal Brew should be drunk from cups made of southern fragrant wood!

Where on earth did that old man learn that?

Fu Yunjing also wanted to mass-produce Immortal Brew, but his brewing success rate was too low to meet market demand.

Having to hand over such a lucrative business was understandably frustrating for Fu Yunjing.

He picked up his wine cup and slowly walked toward Wuxuan.