The six mental-type combat skills, mastered and passed down within a mere three hours, were taking a toll even on Ye Ming, who possessed the strength of the Heavenly Human realm.
With the assistance of magical artifacts, his pressure would have been considerably less.
"Alright! I know everyone is concerned about the pricing of the first batch of cultivation resources. I won't keep you in suspense any longer."
Ye Ming looked into the camera and smiled slightly, saying:
"888 Huabai. This is the lowest price I've managed to secure for you."
As soon as these words were spoken, the viewers in the live stream went wild.
"888! This number is too auspicious!"
"I can't believe this is real. In the ancient martial arts world, even the lowest-grade pill costs at least ten thousand Huabai, and now... *sniffles*, I'm so touched I'm crying."
"Brothers and sisters, what are you waiting for? Spam 'Teacher Ye is awesome' in the chat!"
"You got that right!"
"Teacher Ye is awesome!"
"..."
Watching the lines of scrolling comments, Ye Ming nodded gently, feeling that everything he had done was worthwhile.
And what he had said earlier about 888 Huabai being the lowest price was indeed the truth, not a deception to the viewers.
Firstly, during the preliminary preparation phase, Qishi Pharmaceutical Group had invested a vast amount of resources in cultivating alchemists and artifact refiners. This expense could not be incurred without compensation.
Secondly, there was the acquisition of raw materials.
The manpower, resources, and capital consumed in this aspect were astronomical. Furthermore, the quality requirements had to be strictly controlled. Considering all this, the price of 888 was incredibly reasonable.
Finally, and most importantly.
Qishi Pharmaceutical, at its core, was still a business. Profit within its scope was a necessity.
Even though, with Ye Ming's status, he could have pushed for an even lower price.
However, he couldn't do so.
Some things, Zhao Donglai might not mention, but the pressure was still there. More often than not, he bore it silently.
Take the health supplement, for instance. Before the Destiny Temple contributed one hundred billion yuan as a non-reimbursable investment, Zhao Donglai faced complete resistance from the shareholder group.
At Qishi Pharmaceutical, although Zhao Donglai was the largest shareholder with fifty-one percent of the shares, it didn't mean no one could threaten him.
When the interests of some people were severely damaged, the consequences were unpredictable.
It was precisely for this reason that Ye Ming ultimately set the price at 888 Huabai.
Simultaneously, this was the bottom line that all the senior management of Qishi Pharmaceutical could accept.
Anything beyond this would lead to chaos.
Ye Ming did not want to expend energy rectifying Qishi Pharmaceutical again.
Besides, there was no need for it.
Merchants seek profit; this is natural. To stubbornly insist on one's own way would only lead to trouble for oneself in the end.
Because he understood this, Ye Ming did not continue to lower the price.
"Today I've told you the selling price, but when it will go on sale is a monumental undertaking, and I cannot give you an exact date right now. However..." Ye Ming promised, "Once I broadcast in your respective countries, you should be able to purchase normally not long after. So..."
"Everyone, please don't rush!"
As for the deeper reasons, Ye Ming didn't need to elaborate further.
In response, the viewers in the live stream furiously spammed the chat.
"Teacher Ye! Come to Hai'er Country next! We have a large population, and the workload is substantial; you should come sooner!"
"Nonsense! Teacher Ye should go to countries with smaller populations first; it'll be more convenient and less effort."
"No! He should go to the city of technology first!"
"Get lost! I strongly suggest we follow the principle of proximity! Our Duoluo Country is closest to Dongdao Country, Teacher Ye, you should come here first!"
"..."
After hearing Ye Ming's announcement, the chat was filled with viewers tagging Ye Ming, urging him to visit their countries first.
Ye Ming had naturally anticipated this situation.
However!
He didn't pay too much attention to it.
According to the route planned by Nangong Qianyu in advance, their global live stream tour would cover nearly twenty countries.
And these countries were essentially distributed across the central hubs of all the world's continents.
Among them, excluding the four super powers, most countries would have their spokespersons selected in one to two days.
Therefore, this global live stream tour would last approximately two months.
That is to say, after two months, everyone in the world would be able to purchase cultivation resources.
By then, the nascent stage of the era of universal immortal cultivation would be established. With one more step, his goal would be achieved.
...
After closing the live stream, Ye Ming did not leave the private room with Nangong Qianyu immediately. Instead, he took out a small notebook, which seemed to contain records of many matters.
"Qianyu! Did you single-handedly complete the planning of this global live stream route?" Ye Ming asked Nangong Qianyu beside him after glancing at the information in the notebook.
He hadn't noticed it before, but this route was planned quite ingeniously.
The most noteworthy point was that in every country they passed through, they could find an influential, transcendent force capable of impacting surrounding nations.
Furthermore, these forces were clearly marked.
Simply put, as long as Ye Ming established contact with that transcendent force in a country he visited, he wouldn't need to spend too much time searching for spokespersons.
This would save him a lot of trouble.
Therefore, Ye Ming was deeply impressed by the person who designed such a perfect route.
Although he didn't underestimate Nangong Qianyu, this route was clearly not within her usual areas of expertise.
Hence, the question.
"Of course, I didn't design it!"
Nangong Qianyu stated directly, "With such a precise route, involving so many countries and forces, how could I possibly manage it!"
Miss Qianyu had this much self-awareness.
"Then..."
Hearing this, Ye Ming looked at the route again and sensed a familiar aura.
Nangong Qianyu hesitated for a moment before finally revealing the answer: "This was designed by Sister Nai Nier."
She then looked at Ye Ming and said seriously, "Earlier, during a casual chat among us sisters, after Nai Nier learned about the global live stream plan, she sent me this route map not long after."
"However, when she sent me this route map, she asked me not to tell you that she made it," Nangong Qianyu said somewhat puzzled. "Ye Ming! Don't you have a good relationship with Sister Nai Nier? Why would she..."
Nangong Qianyu didn't finish her sentence, but her meaning was clear.
She really couldn't understand why Sister Nai Nier would ask her to deliberately conceal this matter?
"This..."
Upon hearing this, Ye Ming fell silent.
Actually, he himself wasn't sure why Nai Nier would do this.
Although they liked to bicker when they met, there was no need to hide this matter.
"Nai Nier!"
Thinking of this woman who worked tirelessly behind his back, Ye Ming felt both touched and indebted.
He decided that the next time he saw Nai Nier, if she wanted to hit him, he simply wouldn't fight back.
However, at the time Ye Ming made this decision, he was unaware of who had previously tipped off Fang Junxue. If he had known, he might have regretted his decision.
Of course!
It was more likely that he would never know who that person was!