Chapter 2250: Chapter 2252: Selling Like Hotcakes
Feng Jun originally planned to slightly organize the order within his territory, unexpectedly discovering that someone had set their sights on him.
The group collecting plants was sent by a forestry company, claiming to be optimizing seed varieties.
This kind of behavior is not uncommon, but these people probably knew someone had contracted the land here, and yet quietly took things without asking, which is at least a severe moral issue and could be considered commercial espionage.
As for whether there are foreign forces behind them, Feng Jun didn’t ask in detail, trusting the matter to the professionals.
The man and woman were somewhat interesting; the woman assumed the man was Huaxia national, but Feng Jun directly pointed out that the man held Mai Nation’s citizenship.
The man of course denied it, but these matters, if pursued, can be easily verified.
A day later, Feng Jun left, and soon after, the surrounding area was designated a military zone, with military units occasionally coming for training.
Although the area is vast and windy, making it impossible to completely prevent people from entering, the clear signs and reminders from local residents rendered accidental entries nearly extinct, classifying entrants as anomalies.
Afterwards, Feng Jun came by several more times, finally confirming that this area was virtually uninhabited.
Thus, his life in the Earth Realm came to a temporary pause, and he re-entered the Kunhao Plane, this time accompanied by Wang Haifeng, Liu Yuting, and Zhong Lijing.
The main reason these three accompanied him was to handle matters related to stone gambling, as Sister Hong was constantly busy here. However, despite her innate talent in business, a single person couldn’t manage the stone gambling operation.
Master Jiu Tong had already launched the stone gambling business in the ice and snow district, reportedly very bustling during its first days, although most people just came to watch, the daily sales reached a staggering level.
Feng Jun contacted Elder Qing Ji and brought her and Lan Yun Shangren to Kunhao, while Shou Xin Shangren has always been with Yi Jue, whose Elder Yi Jue also keeps her storage bag.
Liu Yiyi seriously discussed with the two Shangren, deciding to open two stone gambling shops.
Actually, Lan Yun and Shou Xin believed that a joint shop would suffice—just like in the Earth Realm, similar conditions usually allowed female cultivators to easily form sisterly bonds, but Qing Ji and Yi Jue thought it better to maintain some distance between them.
The Elders’ advice was duly heeded, and next up was the business promotion.
White Pebble Beach is not large, and gambling on Void Stones is extremely rare, so within two days, the news spread throughout White Pebble Beach...and beyond.
Cultivators were highly enthusiastic, even though the Four Sects on Wutai prohibited disciples from gambling, this wasn’t purely gambling; it broadened knowledge and greatly tested the insight of cultivators.
In reality, Void Materials are incredibly rare, leading many cultivators to report the selling of Void Stones in Kunhao Lower Realm to their sects, querying if any True Immortal showed interest.
Lan Yun and Shou Xin are both Shangren, lacking Master Jiu Tong’s strong planning skills, after ten days of promotion, the store formally opened with fanfare.
In terms of pricing and selling methods, both did some planning, but Liu Yiyi invited Wang Haifeng and Liu Yuting as consultants, and Sister Hong, being the landlord, offered many suggestions.
On the first day, Shou Xin Shangren’s shop made a bang, because shortly after opening, someone won a "Void Mercury," an item only produced in the Void.
However, even in the Void, it’s rare to exist alone because although it’s solid, a slight vibration or heating turns it into a liquid, making single existence impossible.
This item is excellent for artifact refining, also for making strong talismans, even cultivators can use it solo for concealing themselves and obscuring their aura.
The material is excellent and widely applicable, yet the most frustrating part is its extreme rarity.
Due to Void Mercury’s accompanying nature, generally, people extract mercury from Void Stones containing it, which demands high cost hence its price remains high.
The buyer was a Golden Core from Qinggang named Fu Yuan, he spent two hundred middle Spirit Stones on a Void Stone, just for debt collection.
Indeed, he intended to collect debts, recently, sect cultivators from Yuangang have notably increased visits, many at Emergence Stage peak, but also Golden Core Masters among them.
Some arrived here, found their Spirit Stones short, hoping the local disciples would lend some.
Fu Yuan, the Golden Core from Qinggang, faced embarrassment not lending Spirit Stones to sect Masters, but after borrowing for months with no repayment...crucially there’s no mention of when to return, which seemed inappropriate?
The loan wasn’t large, just five hundred middle Spirit Stones. Fu Yuan Master suspected the fellow didn’t intend to repay - he wouldn’t specially visit Tianqin to demand these mere five hundred Spirit Stones, would he?
Hence when he spotted a seemingly decent stone, he immediately approached that person— "I find this stone nice but am short on Spirit Stones, you repay me two hundred, then I can purchase it."
Fu Yuan Master’s actual intent was subtly reminding the other, "You still owe me five hundred middle Spirit Stones, after repaying these two hundred, you still owe three hundred—you must at least make a statement on repayment intentions?"
Borrowing and then saying nothing, that’s inappropriate.
The person was quite straightforward, immediately took two hundred middle Spirit Stones from a fellow disciple, saying the remaining three hundred would be repaid later—when exactly, he didn’t say, and Master Fu Yuan didn’t ask.
As a result, after Master Fu Yuan purchased the stone, he proceeded to cut it open on the spot—the term ’unveiling’ was first mentioned by Liu Yiyi.
Once unveiled, the discovery was nothing short of astonishing; upon wiping one side, it revealed—pure Void Mercury!
Shou Xin immediately panicked, saying, "Don’t unveil it further, I’ll repurchase it for two thousand middle Spirit Stones, is that okay?"
At this point, if Master Fu Yuan were to sell, the return rate would be tenfold.
But his gambling nature emerged, thinking at least he wouldn’t lose money, so he decided to continue unveiling it.
The complete unveiling revealed a fist-sized piece of Void Mercury, compelling even Elder Yi Jue to speak up, offering six thousand middle Spirit Stones to buy it.
This proposal amounted to a 30-fold return rate, a reasonable offer by Elder Yi Jue’s standards.
In the end, however, it was True Immortal Hua Sheng from Yuangang Sect who acquired this item, offering a "high price" of fifty upper Spirit Stones.
Fifty upper Spirit Stones, at the official rate, equate to five thousand middle Spirit Stones, but Master Fu Yuan was willing to accept fifty upper Spirit Stones, which was certainly the logical choice.
Hua Sheng was quite generous; after buying the Void Mercury, he tossed three hundred middle Spirit Stones to his fellow disciple, saying, "Settle your debts first! You dare borrow Spirit Stones from the lower sect... how disgraceful!"
This fellow wanted to repay the Spirit Stones to Master Fu Yuan, who steadfastly refused, saying, "I made a huge profit today, consider the three hundred a treat from me to celebrate, Brother."
These petty affairs aside, Shou Xin’s shop immediately became bustling... with such a shining example, a 30-fold explosion rate!
Shou Xin’s income for the day was roughly seven thousand middle Spirit Stones, whereas Lan Yun’s shop across the street only made a bit more than three thousand middle Spirit Stones, just over half of Shou Xin’s sales.
However, Shou Xin was quite unhappy; if she had managed to keep that piece of Void Mercury, it would have matched today’s income.
The critical issue was that Elder Yi Jue wanted to buy it but couldn’t, which made her feel particularly guilty.
So after closing shop, she proactively sought Elder Yi Jue, saying, "Master, it’s my fault for selling that stone."
The Elder hadn’t officially taken her as a disciple yet; that awaited her advancement to the Golden Core, but calling her Master a few extra times surely didn’t hurt.
True Immortal Yi Jue merely scoffed in response, "Tsk, this has nothing to do with you. I evaluated the Void Mercury to be worth six thousand middle Spirit Stones at most, and I didn’t want to raise the price."
"What if I hadn’t sold it?" Shou Xin earnestly proposed. "Since Master wants it, couldn’t I just offer it to you?"
"Do I need it that much?" Yi Jue, slightly irritated at not having snatched the Void Mercury, was amused by her words, "Remember, those stones you sell were all scavenged by me; isn’t that saying I’m blind?"
"Enough... today you did well in business, be content with that, and mind that Lan Yun over there barely earned anything."
Yet Shou Xin remained somewhat unsettled, "It’s a pity I don’t have x-ray vision, otherwise I definitely wouldn’t have suffered such a loss."
"X-ray vision... Feng Jun might actually have it, but if you only earn without losing, how do you sustain a business?" Elder Yi Jue scoffed at this, even though she wasn’t great in business, she grasped these basic principles.
However, in the next moment, she furrowed her brow, "This matter... seems worth discussing with him."
Shou Xin sprung to her feet, saying, "I’ll go find him right now."
"You’re going to find him?" Yi Jue, renowned for her aloofness, surprisingly broke into laughter, "Do you think you carry enough weight? Never mind, I’ll take you to him!"
They went to Feng Jun, laid out their request, leaving Feng Jun somewhat perplexed, "You agreed fair play, now you want me to help you cheat?"
Yi Jue was straightforward with him, "Just tell us whether you can do it or not... some powerful Emergence Stage cultivators can."
She knew quite well about the Emergence Stage; some of those great individuals possessed incredibly strong perceptive abilities, coupled with proficient deduction skills, and if they gambled on stones, losses were nearly impossible.
Yet, even powerful Emergence Stage cultivators cared about their reputation; at such cultivation levels, entering the Void became relatively easy, but if they resorted to gambling on stones—well, that wasn’t quite honorable.
"I can indeed do it," Feng Jun candidly admitted, "but after saying this, and upon you hearing it, when we step outside, I will deny it... doing this is unfair to lower-level cultivators and detrimental to your business."
"Where in the world is everything fair?" Yi Jue laughed indifferently, "Especially in business, they say there’s no merchant without deceit, and you’ve said it yourself... absolute fairness is the greatest unfairness."
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