Xiao Fei and Fei Yu's free spiritual wine giveaway in the marketplace lasted for three days.
A total of 2,500 bottles of ten-thousand-year spiritual wine were given away over the three days.
According to the market price in Qingqiu City, this spiritual wine would be worth at most two immortal stones per bottle.
Therefore, Xiao Fei felt no regret giving it away for three days.
However, after these three days of cultivation, many people had truly fallen in love with his spiritual wine.
In the last two days, many people had offered to purchase it with immortal stones, but he refused to sell.
Xiao Fei named this spiritual wine "Drunken Life, Dreamy Death," and within three days, it had gained considerable fame throughout Qingqiu City.
By the fourth day, when Xiao Fei entered the marketplace, many people were already waiting for him with immortal stones.
"Esteemed fellow cultivators, you have waited long!"
Xiao Fei walked towards the crowd and first cupped his hands in greeting.
"I have prepared 1,000 bottles of Drunken Life, Dreamy Death today. Starting from today, Drunken Life, Dreamy Death will be sold at the price of ten bottles for one immortal stone."
"What? Why so expensive? You might as well just rob us."
"With one immortal stone, I can buy hundreds of catties of ten-thousand-year spiritual wine, but here, one immortal stone only gets me ten catties?"
"Too expensive! I'm not buying! I'm leaving!"
"Heh heh! Old man, I traveled a great distance. Giving you a few bottles for free was already showing you respect. How dare you charge immortal stones!"
"Even if you charge immortal stones, at most one immortal stone can buy seven or eight hundred catties, a thousand catties, and you're still this expensive!"
"Not buying, let's go, let's go!"
Upon hearing Xiao Fei's quoted price, a group of people immediately left, grumbling.
It was already displeasing that they were charging for something that was given away for free just days ago, and now the price was so high.
This price was dozens of times higher than other ten-thousand-year spiritual wines.
"Alas! Don't leave! You get what you pay for, don't you understand..."
Fei Yu wanted to stop those who were about to leave, but Xiao Fei grabbed him, preventing him from saying anything further.
Xiao Fei maintained his calm and composed smile, watching the group of people leave with their complaints, paying them no mind, nor trying to persuade them.
Let them leave if they wished.
After a moment of quiet waiting, most of those who intended to leave had gone. A group of immortals remained.
The remaining were the target customers, filtered and retained.
"I am Ji Wu Di. I thank all esteemed fellow cultivators for your favor. For those who remain today, ten bottles will come with an extra one as a gift. Stock is limited, and this is a rare opportunity. Sales are final once sold out."
Xiao Fei cupped his hands and introduced himself to everyone.
His name, Xiao Fei, had already been noted by the great figures of the immortal realm, and he dared not use it.
Zhu Yu had too many romantic debts in the immortal realm. After borrowing his name for just a few days, it had already caused a lot of trouble.
After much thought, he decided to use the name Ji Wu Di.
"I want to buy ten bottles!"
A ground immortal with a full beard finally decided to be the first to purchase.
Xiao Fei gave him ten bottles and then, as promised, an extra one.
"Give me 10 bottles too!"
"Me too!"
With the first person taking the lead, others then began to take out immortal stones and purchase one after another.
In a short while, Xiao Fei successfully sold 440 sets and earned 40 immortal stones.
The customers who had gathered earlier had all dispersed, but he still had over 500 bottles of the spiritual wine he brought with him.
He did not intend to sell the remaining bottles and decided to pack up and go home.
Earning 40 immortal stones in such a short time was a good harvest, enough for him and Fei Yu to live in Qingqiu City for more than ten days.
The next day, Xiao Fei did not set up his stall. On the third and fourth days, he still did not appear.
He stayed in his cave dwelling to cultivate peacefully during these days, not venturing out.
He and Fei Yu paid one immortal stone each day. If they did not cultivate and absorb more immortal energy, that one immortal stone would be wasted.
He also needed to refine the lotus seeds from the Lotus King one by one.
During the days Xiao Fei did not set up his stall, some people who had previously drunk his spiritual wine found other spiritual wines bland and tasteless, preferring not to drink at all.
Now that the spiritual wine in hand was finished, and Xiao Fei had not set up his stall, they could only regret not buying a few more bottles in the previous days.
Even those who had left with complaints and did not buy, after tasting Xiao Fei's Drunken Life, Dreamy Death, found other spiritual wines bland and tasteless.
Now, many people were thinking, what was the point of drinking so much bland spiritual wine?
It was better to save those immortal stones and buy some Drunken Life, Dreamy Death. Even if the price was high, drinking less was still worth it.
However, amidst everyone's anxious waiting, Xiao Fei did not set up his stall for several consecutive days.
This made many people start to feel anxious and worried, wondering if it would disappear and if they would be able to buy it in the future.
Finally, after five days, Xiao Fei and Fei Yu reappeared in the marketplace.
This time, no one was willing to miss the opportunity, and they all rushed forward to buy Drunken Life, Dreamy Death.
No one complained that the price was too high anymore.
The 1,000 bottles of Drunken Life, Dreamy Death that Xiao Fei brought out today were all sold out in a short while.
There were still several people left at the scene who had not managed to buy any, and they were somewhat anxious.
"Esteemed fellow cultivator Ji Wu Di, do you have any more Drunken Life, Dreamy Death? We are willing to pay a higher price!"
"My sincerest apologies, the production of Drunken Life, Dreamy Death is extremely limited. I only have this much stock on hand.
If you need it, you can only come earlier next time."
Xiao Fei cupped his hands with great regret and then left with Fei Yu.
Of course, he had plenty of stock, but he wanted to pace himself and not let people think he had too much.
Today, he had earned 100 immortal stones, which was enough. He did not want to be too greedy.
100 immortal stones would surely make ground immortals envious, but for experts of the True Immortal level, this amount was neither here nor there, not enough to cause a major disturbance.
In the following period, Xiao Fei would go to the marketplace to sell 1,000 bottles of Drunken Life, Dreamy Death every five days, earning 100 immortal stones.
The remaining time, he and Fei Yu would cultivate peacefully.
With a stable source of income, Xiao Fei could finally stand a little straighter in the immortal realm.
After accumulating a large sum of immortal stones, he purchased a large quantity of immortal herbs and some immortal herb seeds in the marketplace, preparing to plant them in his space.
To buy these items, he spent several hundred immortal stones.
Then, he and Fei Yu disguised themselves, quietly left Qingqiu City, found a secluded and hidden spot, and burrowed deep underground.
Only then did they enter the space with their large haul of items.
First, he spent ten immortal stones to increase the time flow speed in his space to 130 times.
Then, he used another 100 immortal stones to increase the time flow to 140 times.
Finally, he invested the remaining 1,000 immortal stones into the space, raising the time flow to 150 times.
After reaching 150 times, the next increase would require ten thousand immortal stones, which he could not afford for the time being.
Even at his current rate of earning several hundred immortal stones per month, it would take at least two years to save up ten thousand immortal stones.