Thirty miles away from Tianlan Immortal City, there is a steep and wide ridge that runs through seven peaks of different sizes.
This place is called Rolling Dragon Backbone.
It sits on the first-order spiritual veins, and mountain fires erupt from time to time on the mountain ridge, thus forming a unique natural environment.
Various resources are spread across the seven peaks and the ridge that looks like a rolling dragon.
Such a spiritual place is naturally the holy land of cultivation that low-level immortal cultivators dream of.
Not to mention climbing the ridge, just in the mountains below, there is more or less spiritual energy spreading that is comparable to the concentration of first-order spiritual veins.
However, this place has long been owned.
Ordinary casual cultivators would not dare to come forward and disturb him.
Rolling dragon Zheng family!
Within the scope of Tianlan Immortal City, there is a famous foundation-building and immortal cultivating family.
The background is profound, and it is rumored that the ancestor who founded the family was a fake elixir realm being from the Yan League.
Although the ancestor has long since passed away.
But in the end, he left a good legacy for the family.
This foundation is not just about things like spiritual stone instruments.
It also includes connections, spiritual understanding, and a skill that the entire family can rely on for a living.
Alchemy!
The Zheng family is one of the few cultivating families who make a living by refining alchemy.
It is rich in a first-class elixir called Huozhiwan. This elixir contains a large amount of spiritual energy. Although the elixir is violent, it can easily damage the meridians during practice.
But at least it is an orthodox cultivation elixir, and the price is much cheaper than the first-level elixirs in Lingyao Pavilion and Qingdan Valley.
Therefore, it is also quite popular among casual practitioners.
Hundreds of years down.
The Zheng family relies on Huozhiwan to make a living, and their life is pretty good.
Not only did he establish his position as the master of the seven peaks of Rolling Dragon's Backbone.
Now, there are three foundation-building true cultivators in the clan at the same time.
The Supreme Elder has built six levels of foundation, and is only one step away from reaching the later stage of foundation building.
The head of the family, Zheng Kejian, also existed in the middle stage of foundation building.
Among the younger generation, there were also people who were promoted to the foundation building stage twenty years ago.
In this way, three generations, old, middle and young, are building foundations in one discipline, which is really great!
However.
Outsiders only see their beautiful scenery, but they cannot see their current predicament.
Huozhi pills are indeed popular.
However, this elixir is expensive and difficult to refine.
The clan's chief alchemist has been refining for many years, but he can only reliably produce medium-grade Huozhi Pills.
In this case, the benefits are far less huge than casual cultivators think.
Nowadays, Huozhiwan's income can barely support the three major foundation-building cultivators.
As for the tribesmen below Fuze, it is very difficult to do so.
In order to save resources.
The head of the family, Zheng Kejian, who knew that there was no hope of forming a pill, even gave the second-level cave in Tianlan Peak to his son.
However.
House seemingly endless rain!
When he was still thinking about how to increase revenue and reduce expenditure, and create another source of income for the family.
The business of Basic Pan Huozhi Wan suddenly began to decline.
"When did it start?"
Zheng Kejian suppressed the anger in his heart.
He has stopped practicing so hard recently, so he has more time.
Therefore, I deliberately checked the account books for the past year.
It’s okay if you don’t know the point!
As soon as I took stock, I noticed something was wrong.
In the past, after the cultivation resources supporting the two major foundation-building cultivations were consumed, tens of thousands of spiritual stones were often left to train the family's descendants.
However, in the past year, this surplus has become less and less.
Twenty thousand, ten thousand, five thousand...
In the past three months, even the cultivation resources of the ancestor and his son have been affected.
Not to mention, the resources of the family's descendants were directly cut off.
No one informed him of such a big thing!
Seeing his expression that was almost volcanic, the Zheng family monk couldn't help but trembled and couldn't even speak clearly.
"I don't know, it seems like... the last two months? No, it seems like a year ago? It's not right either..."
"Calm down, why are you shaking!"
Zheng Kejian glared at him, his spiritual consciousness pouring on him like a basin of cold water.
The other party shivered and spoke even more awkwardly.
Scared!
Zheng Kejian took a deep breath and glanced at everyone in the hall.
These people!
Being blessed by the family, life is so smooth.
Showing off his power externally but not making progress internally, even the family's most important elixir business has begun to lose focus.
If he hadn't checked the account books idly, he wouldn't have discovered such a huge financial loophole.
"Go check it out for me!"
"Find out exactly when, who, and what happened that led to the decline of my Zheng family's elixir business."
"Within three days, no, one day!"
"I'll give you one day to hand over all the information."
With a wave of his hand, the people below quickly left the hall and got busy. .
Seeing the group of people fleeing, Zheng Kejian became so angry that he slapped the valuable wooden table to pieces.
"I'm afraid I won't be able to find anything just by relying on these wine bags and rice bags."
"I have to go there myself!"
…
After changing his appearance, controlling his aura, and putting on a disguise.
Zheng Kejian stepped into Tianlan Fairy City
This was the first time he stepped into this huge fairy city after giving up the second-level cave to his son who was just entering the foundation building stage.
It had to be said that after entering the city, he felt extremely envious when he saw those fellow foundation builders going in and out of major shops and buying practice resources wantonly.
However, that is not the purpose of today!
But to find out the reason for the decline in the Zheng family's elixir business.
In fact, this reason is relatively easy to guess. It is simply the increase in raw material prices, which leads to an increase in the cost of the elixir and a decrease in profits.
Or maybe a competitor has just appeared.
As for the issue of your own elixir?
He never thought about it.
Those casual cultivators who are like weeds can have cheap elixirs to take, which is already a great thing.
How dare you be picky?
He planned to first find a familiar fellow Foundation Builder and inquire about the current situation of Tianlan Immortal City.
However, the steps have not been taken yet.
At an intersection, he was stopped by a monk in the Qi Refining Stage.
"Fellow Taoist, do you want to know more about the Chalcedony Pill?"
At this moment, Zheng Kejian's state revealed to the outside world was in the middle stage of Qi refining.
A very crude concealment method.
A foundation-building monk can see through it at a glance.
But in the eyes of ordinary Qi Refining Stage monks, they would only regard him as a person with low cultivation level.
He asked curiously: "What kind of elixir is that?"
The monk chuckled and thrust a piece of paper filled with writing into his hand.
"This is?"
As far as the eye can see, the paper is about one palm wide and two palms long.
The page is not big, but it is filled with all kinds of words.
[Chalcedony Pill: A must-have item for Qi Refining monks to practice at home! 】
[The top quality products are only priced at RMB 85, and there are huge store opening discounts! 】
[Zhongmiaowan: Reinvigorate a man's virility, and there is no end to the great path. It allows you to enjoy bliss while practicing hard! 】
[Peiyuan Spiritual Liquid...]
【Bigu Powder...】
A dazzling array of products fills this entire white page.
On the back of the white paper, a route map was drawn.
Starting from entering the city, we passed through Nanyang Street, Spirit Beast Street... we walked all the way, covering almost a quarter of the distance of Tianlan Immortal City, and finally stopped at the remote Yuelu Street.
The meticulousness of the route is simply outrageous!
There are even some specialty shops marked along the way.
It can be said that even if you don't care about the pills on the front, just the road map behind it is of great collection value for casual cultivators.
Especially those casual cultivators who have just arrived in Tianlan Immortal City.
Regardless of whether you are in the Qi refining stage or the foundation building stage, you will not reject such a road map.
With this map, you can at least have an idea of some areas of Tianlan Fairy City, and you won't have to be ripped off by local guides.
Zheng Kejian held the paper and asked, "What is this?"
"A flyer from Danxia Palace!" The monk who handed out the flyer chuckled.
Zheng Kejian suppressed his impatience and asked seriously: "I mean, are these pills above really sold so cheaply? They can't be inferior pills! Also, what kind of power is this Danxia Palace? "
"Danxia Palace is naturally my property, Luo Tianhui!"
Brother Luo Tianhui said proudly: "As for the price of the elixirs above, you can come into the store and have a look. You will definitely come home with a full load!"
"Oh, by the way, our Danxia Palace is a bit far from here. On the route map on the back of this flyer, there is a small road marked to get there the fastest..."
I can't get any specific information from him.
Zheng Kejian didn't ask any more questions.
Just as a beast cart came next to him, he waved his hand and got directly into the cart.
Brother Luo Tianhui was still chatting, but he was startled when he saw him getting into the car.
Then he muttered:
"He is still a wealthy casual cultivator. He rides on a beast cart when he enters the city."
Inside the black python beast's car.
Enduring the faint smell of monster corpses, Zheng Kejian looked at the "leaflet" seriously.
A pill worth eighty spiritual stones?
Still top quality!
His intuition told him that this Chalcedony Pill might be the culprit that squeezed his Huozhi Pill!
"Danxia Palace, Luo Tianhui..."
Reciting these two names, Zheng Kejian's eyes narrowed slightly.
…
Yuelu Street!
In Tianlan Immortal City, there is an inconspicuous small street.
It mainly consists of a fupi shop, a fumo shop, a medicine shop, and an inn.
Because of these shops related to talisman and seal making, this street is always filled with some strange smells.
Furthermore, the business of that inn is not very good.
Only some poor wandering cultivators, seeking cheap accommodation, would come here to stay temporarily.
A year ago, a new neighbor was introduced to this street.
As soon as I arrived, I rented a vacant three-story building!
It is located in the center of Yuelu Street and is extremely eye-catching.
Basically, anyone who enters this street will notice it immediately.
Everyone didn't take this new neighbor seriously at first.
Later I discovered that there were many female nuns inside!
All of them are young and beautiful, and they speak very nicely. Their few words make people feel like they're at home.
Not only that, they also give some of the store’s specialty fruits and snacks to their neighbors from time to time.
As time went by, everyone's relationship got better.
It didn’t take long for the store to open.
Danxia Palace!
Mainly engaged in elixir business, with many categories.
Even though some of the items in it, such as Bigu Powder and Peiyuan Spiritual Liquid, are just common products on the market, they can’t stand to be cheap!
Those neighbors dropped by when they had nothing to do, they were soft-spoken and short-tempered, and later they helped promote Danxia Temple.
If they encounter customers who are wandering around and can't find their way around, they will often give them some pointers.
Gradually.
Danxia Palace's business is gradually getting better.
There are many reasons to get better.
For example, the maids here are all very eloquent and well-spoken people.
Another example is that the things here, whether they are elixirs or magic weapons, are of high quality and low price.
Even casual cultivators who are short of money can afford it.
There are other reasons, and everyone sees them one by one.
now.
The third floor of Danxia Hall is located.
Luo Chen, wearing a white Taoist robe, was flipping through the account books.
Opposite him were Gu Caiyi and Xu Xiaoliu standing with hands in their hands.
Maybe it's because Luo Chen's cultivation is getting better and better, or maybe it's because his majesty is getting stronger.
The two of them were respectful and didn't dare to breathe.
Glancing at the two of them from the corner of his eye, Luo Chen continued to look down at the account book.
One year!
All the previous expenditure costs have been earned back, and there is still a surplus.
A year ago, he made the decision and rented this three-story building from Binglan Palace.
The rent paid is extremely cheap!
Firstly, it’s because Yuelu Street is too remote, and mostly supplies raw materials, without a commercial atmosphere.
Secondly, it is also related to his cooperation with Tantai Xun.
The annual rent for this shop only costs 5,000 low-grade spiritual stones.
This is definitely considered cheap in Tianlan Immortal City.
The same area, with a little more control, can be counted in the tens of thousands.
Having this store is a good thing for Luo Tianhui's business!
You can make a sign.
In particular, they can also find a safe and regular sales point for the goods produced by Luo Tianhui.
Although Biyou Valley is nice, it is too remote after all.
After Wang Yuange killed Cao Wanchun, he really lost a lot of popularity.
If you want to cultivate popularity and business atmosphere, it cannot be achieved overnight.
Therefore, Luo Chen chose to take a two-pronged approach.
Both inside and outside the city are developing simultaneously.
This year, in addition to his daily practice, he put aside all magic practices and devoted almost all his time to refining alchemy and cultivating talents.
For a year, he continuously refined the seven-month Chalcedony Pill and the four-month Jade Dew Pill.
Interspersed in between, a large number of Tongyou Pills were refined.
Such a huge alchemy project, in addition to his own profound spiritual foundation and superb alchemy attainments, also requires the cooperation of the Alchemy Hall monks.
The results are extremely gratifying.
A total of 40,000 chalcedony pills were refined!
Not only that.
Under his daily supervision and guidance, Qu Lingjun was finally able to refining the middle-grade chalcedony elixir stably.
Although the elixir formation rate is not high, the number of elixirs produced in each furnace is not as stable as Luo Chen.
But at least the output can be stable.
He is not the only talent Luo Chen has cultivated.
Rice grains!
It is also the object of his training.
This talent who was first buried by Mi Shuhua actually had a certain talent for alchemy.
It's just that Mi Shuhua overthrew her efforts and asked her to refine the difficult chalcedony elixir from the beginning, so naturally she couldn't see any results.
Luo Chen's cultivation of rice grains...
In other words, it shouldn’t be called cultivation, but stocking.
At first, she was just asked to start.
Later, he gave her the insignificant Bigu Powder to refine.
Bigu Powder was just an ordinary elixir that was not high-grade, and Mi Li quickly got used to it.
Over the years, a solid foundation for alchemy has been accumulated.
During this year, Luo Chen finally let her start refining first-level elixirs.
Only, it's not the Chalcedony Pill.
But Zhongmiaowan!
Luo Chen's refining familiarity with the elixir that made him his first pot of gold and made him a fortune from scratch was still higher than that of Chalcedony elixir.
Regardless of the number of refining times.
It was the gradual process that he experienced too deeply.
From the initial alchemy in an iron pot, to the wood-fired alchemy furnace, and then to the earth-fire alchemy.
It can be said that in the eyes of Luo Chen, there is no secret in the refining of Zhongmiao Pills.
Mi Li also knows Zhongmiaowan very well.
At first, Tang Quan often failed, and the other party did not dare to disturb Luo Chen, but he discussed it with Mi Li many times in private.
It can be said that although Mi Li has not yet mastered it, he is familiar with all the problems in the refining process of Zhongmiao Pills.
After Luo Chen let her get started.
Relying on Luo Chen's guidance, he solved the problem.
In addition, she has accumulated many years of alchemy foundation.
It didn't take a few months to refine the low-grade Zhongmiao Pill.
As a result, the types of elixirs that Luo Tianhui can sell to the outside world have gradually become richer.
It is mainly based on the top grade chalcedony pill refined by Luo Chen, supplemented by the middle grade one from Qu Lingjun.
Add Zhongmiaowan made from rice grains as a decoration.
Peiyuan Spiritual Liquid is the simplest. You only need to mix the medicinal materials, and the casual cultivator can take it back and brew it yourself, and you will earn a processing fee.
It is not difficult to make Bigu Powder. Luo Chen was not the only one in Dahefang to refine and sell it.
He found a few people in the alchemy hall to refine it, and finally trained a monk who specialized in refining Bigu Powder.
It can be said that except for Tongyou Pill, Burning Blood Pill, and Jade Dew Pill.
Luo Chen refined almost all the elixirs he knew as much as possible.
Thus it was put on the shelves of Danxia Palace!
Not only that, the Danxia Palace also sells magical weapons from the Qi Hall.
Those magic weapons were not refined by the weapon hall, but were trophies accumulated by Luo Tianhui after many battles.
The best ones were kept by Luo Tianhui for his own use.
The rest can be put on the shelves after some repairs and repairs.
In addition, Feng Xia and Yuan Xiaoyue also picked up their old business.
Fairy beans, beef jerky, milk tea, popcorn...etc.
Even, on the basis of the original, snacks such as stir-fried silkworm beans and ten-spice komong were developed.
It can also be considered as the waste utilization of several crops with no economic value during the cultivation of spiritual fields.
finally!
This led to the formation of Danxia Palace, a store that looks nondescript but has a wide range of categories.
But this way.
When calculating costs and profits, it is a very tedious task.
In the early days, things often went wrong.
So much so that Luo Chen would come over from time to time to check the accounts.
Later, after getting familiar with Gu Caiyi, the master of Jintang Hall and the store manager of Danxia Hall, he gradually sorted out various accounts.
Luo Chen also formed the habit before.
That’s why I come here from time to time to take a look.
Now, he is looking at the general ledger for the past year.
"The Danxia Palace in the city earns about 300,000 spiritual stones in a year. The elixirs I refine and the magical weapons from the Qi Hall account for the majority."
"I've seen it before in the Biyou Valley. The gross profit is about 100,000. The profit structure is mainly composed of me and Qitang."
"Qu Lingjun and Mi Li's alchemy skills need to continue to improve. Now, the total annual income is only about 10,000."
If only for individual casual cultivators.
Two Qi Refining Stage monks can earn a combined income of more than 10,000 yuan a year, which is naturally a lot of money.
But for today's Luo Tianhui, it is just the icing on the cake.
Compared to the original Luo Chen, it was far inferior.
But Luo Chen didn't care.
He was very patient with the two of them.
If you continue to cultivate it, there is definitely a bright future.
"The annual gross profit is 400,000, which is already more than most foundation-building forces."
"It's just because I am an alchemist that I have this kind of benefit!"
Luo Chen once again affirmed the importance of being a "distinguished alchemist".
Then, he calculated the number of spirit stones he could use.
(End of chapter)
