Chapter 172 Alchemy Pavilion (Congratulations to the Silver Alliance!)
Bibo Cave.
Fang Xi stretched out comfortably.
"Brother Fang...Xing Ling has a proposal."
Ruan Xingling is wearing home clothes, with her hair in a loose bun, giving her a bit of a lazy look.
"Oh? I don't know what it is?" Fang Xi asked casually.
"Since the foundation building, Xing Ling's 'Xuanyin Gong' has been progressing slowly... According to the technique, it is common for those with high-grade spiritual roots to practice for thirty or forty years in the early stage of foundation building. If they unfortunately encounter a bottleneck, they will It may take sixty or seventy years to advance to the middle stage of foundation building."
This is not bad. Even if the middle and low-grade spiritual roots are lucky enough to establish a foundation, without the help of special opportunities or elixirs, they will probably linger in the early stages of foundation building for the rest of their lives.
Most of the people from the three nearby countries who can form elixirs have earth-grade or even heaven-grade spiritual roots. Otherwise, the Immortal Cultivation Sect would not pay so much attention to spiritual root qualifications.
Since resources are scarce, can't we just rely on our own talents to get ahead?
Ruan Xingling frowned slightly, with a hint of sadness.
"Although you can still swallow elixirs to increase your magic power, elixirs that are more than hundreds of years old are extremely difficult to find... let alone for daily use." Fang Xi also sighed.
The resources for cultivating immortals in the Three Kingdoms nearby are really not very good and quite poor.
Even if he had a lot of spiritual stones, he might not be able to buy enough elixirs to boost his mana during the foundation-building period.
"Well... if you want to speed up your cultivation, you must accumulate resources." Ruan Xingling greatly agreed.
"Oh? Could it be that Xing Ling has a solution? Let alone go to the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountains to hunt monsters...or explore ruins or something..."
Fang Xi would not do this kind of behavior, the risk was too high.
"Of course not..." Ruan Xingling chuckled: "Xingling and Brother Fang are both craftsmen, so they naturally accumulate resources through their craftsmanship... However, just waiting for people to come to the cave every day is really slow, so why not... open a joint venture A shop?"
"Open a shop? This is fine..."
Fang Xi fell into deep thought.
Indeed, those monks also trust merchants who have shops more, and they keep opening their doors to solicit business, and the transaction volume is also higher.
Seeing that Fang Xi did not object, Ruan Xingling became more energetic: "Xingling has investigated and found that land rent in the inner city is expensive and competition is fierce... It is difficult for us two foundation-building monks to gain a foothold, but in the outer city, this strength is It’s enough to open a shop…”
After all, after Wanhai Tower, Mingqing Pavilion and other shops, they only have the support of the foundation-building forces.
In terms of second-level inheritance, it may not even be comparable to Fang Xi and Ruan Xingling.
"Of course, the land price of this shop is expensive, but we can rent one instead of buying it first... The simple magic weapons and elixirs may not be able to compete with those old shops, but if they are sold together, it will still be a bit of a gimmick, and some will be released from time to time. The small exquisite products and the spiritual stones earned should be able to slightly cover the daily cultivation needs of the two of us..."
Ruan Xingling smiled brightly: "And... we can also let Ruan Dan, Wang Xiaohu and the others work as waiters, which saves another expense."
"Not bad."
Fang Xi weighed it in her mind and felt that the problem was not big: "Xingling, since you dare to say it, you should already have a few favorite places, right?"
"Exactly!" Ruan Xingling's eyes flashed: "Brother Fang, when are you free? Why don't you join Xingling and go on a tour together to investigate?"
"Very good, let's do it today."
Fang Xi had nothing to do, so she agreed.
After all, he also wanted to earn more spiritual stones, and the progress of the 'Aoki Longevity Skill' was a bit slow, so it was time to prepare some pills to take occasionally to increase his mana.
…
Three days later.
Baize Fairy City, outer city.
Small Futang.
This shop is in a relatively remote location among the street shops in the outer city. Its main business is selling talismans and dealing in talismans, cinnabar and the like.
It was originally owned by a foundation-building family, the Dongmen Family. Later, the ancestor of the foundation-building family passed away, and the business gradually declined.
Fang Xi and Ruan Xingling inspected it for several days, chatted with several shop owners, and finally fell in love with this place.
"I'm going down to Dongmenying to pay my respects to two seniors."
In the Xiaofu Hall, a young monk who was neither humble nor overbearing saluted Fang Xi and the others.
This person has sharp eyebrows and starry eyes, and his appearance is excellent. The key is that he is really young and full of vitality.
He has even reached the late stage of the eighth level of Qi refining, and is considered a little genius.
"Young friends from Dongmen, we are quite satisfied with this shop, but the lease agreement... one year is too short, how about changing it to ten years?"
Ruan Xingling took a sip of the spirit tea and negotiated the price slowly.
Although Dongmenying's tone was respectful, his back was straight, but he also had confidence.
After all, his Dongmen family has been an old man of Baize Immortal City for generations and has many connections, and fighting is prohibited in the Immortal City.
"Although the business of this shop is not good, it can still be maintained...To be honest, if I didn't want to waste time running it, but focused on practicing, I wouldn't be able to rent it out so easily..."
After some further bargaining, the two parties agreed to sign a five-year lease with an annual rent of one hundred low-grade spiritual stones, half of which was paid in advance.
After the contract was sent to the official record of Baize Immortal City and the spirit stone was delivered, the people of the Dongmen family began to move.
Fang Xi and Ruan Xingling stood under the small Futang, looking at the old and faded plaque.
"It's time to change a name. Brother Fang, please choose one."
Ruan Xingling said with a smile.
"Since we have decided to sell elixirs and magic weapons, let's call it the 'Alchemy Pavilion'..."
Fang Xi's name was very unoriginal, which made Ruan Xingling secretly roll her eyes.
…
Wei Yixi and Wang Xiaohu are very active in preparing for the opening of Danqi Pavilion.
According to Wei Yixi, he finally stopped eating his uncle's free rice.
Although Wang Xiaohu said nothing, he worked very hard.
Obviously, Wei Yixi was still Fang Xi's niece after all. As an outsider, he was even more embarrassed and could only work hard.
As for Ruan Dan and Jin Ling, they lack a little momentum.
But Fang Xi didn't criticize him too much.
In the world of immortality, as long as you have cultivation level, there is no such thing as customer first.
As long as Ruan Dan comes to the store to take charge, it is enough that his cultivation in the later stages of Qi refining can scare ordinary cultivators.
For many cultivating forces, the dynamics of the one with the highest level of cultivation directly determines the family's future development plans.
For example, Dongmen Ying from the Dongmen family.
In fact, many people in this small family do not agree to rent out Xiaofutang. After all, this is a hen that can lay golden eggs.
However, Dongmen Ying is determined not to welcome him and wants to retreat and practice hard for a breakthrough, so no one can stop him...
Who made Dongmenying not only the leader of the clan, but also the one with the highest qualifications and cultivation?
"In the Alchemy Pavilion, we still need to refine a batch of elixirs and magic weapons..."
Ruan Xingling looked at the rows of new wooden shelves and calculated: "The profit from low-grade and medium-grade magic weapons and elixirs is not high, and it consumes too much energy, so you can just give up...Specialize in high-grade magic weapons and elixirs, and release high-quality products from time to time." …Also accepting reservations for second-order lower-grade products.”
"Yes, yes, you can take charge of these things. Just show me the account book at the end of each year."
Fang Xi drank the spirit wine and looked like she was scorning the shopkeeper: "Besides... I am not going to sell the batch of special array magic weapons you proposed last time... I have to hide them."
Ruan Xingling was speechless at Fang Xi's caution.
…
For monks, time always flies by.
If you concentrate on seclusion, those years may pass by in a blink of an eye.
Spring passes, autumn comes, autumn comes and winter solstice comes.
In the blink of an eye, a year passed quietly.
Peach Blossom Pavilion.
Fang Xi completed her daily practice and walked out of the retreat room.
In the courtyard, there are already several small puppets such as wooden horses and mechanical tigers that he made. They look relatively crude, but their auras are all about the first level.
"The art of puppetry is extensive and profound, but I am still better at making wooden puppets..."
Compared to the extremely complicated puppetry technique, Fang Xi really liked the simplicity. No matter whether it was a monk or a monster, it only took one tree seed to control it.
Of course, although the puppets made in this way are high-quality, cheap, and available in amazing quantities, they can only be controlled indirectly through the demon tree tattoo, which is a bit inconvenient.
According to Fang Xi's experiment, among the eight monster puppets, he controls two main battle puppets and can defeat the other four or five wooden puppets!
"How about... give up the most difficult part of making puppets, and just learn how to repair and control the puppets at the end..."
While thinking about it, Fang Xi came to the 'Alchemy Pavilion'.
This small shop opened in a low-key manner. In the first few months, its business was bleak, but it has only improved in recent times.
Through word of mouth among the Qi Refining monks, this ‘Alchemy Pavilion’, where you can occasionally find small exquisite products, has gradually become famous.
When Fang Xi walked into the store, she saw Ruan Dan standing like an iceberg behind the counter.
Wei Yixi was organizing the elixir shelves, while Wang Xiaohu was carrying the magical artifacts.
"Uncle..."
Wei Yixi's eyes lit up when he saw Fang Xi arriving, and Wang Xiaohu and Ruan Dan also saluted quickly.
"Well, you guys are busy, I just came to take a look..."
Fang Xi casually took the account book and did some calculations, feeling speechless.
‘This Alchemy Pavilion has been in operation for one year, and after deducting various raw materials and labor costs... it can only earn more than a hundred spiritual stones? ’
‘Although there are new stores opening, there are several price reductions and promotions to seize the market, so the profit margin is really... miserable! ’
'After deducting the annual rent of one hundred spirit stones, it's almost nothing...'
'Fortunately, starting from next year, profits should be able to pick up and eventually stabilize at the level of hundreds of spiritual stones...'
Seeing that Fang Xi didn't look good, Ruan Dan and Wang Xiaohu couldn't help but feel uneasy.
Wei Yixi was still clever. He grabbed Fang Xi's arm and told many interesting things.
"Since opening the store, I have made many friends."
"There are also a few monks who always come up to make friends and show off their fruitful harvests in wild adventures and hunting."
"Xixi has always kept uncle's advice in mind and never left Baize Fairy City!"
Wei Yixi was deeply impressed by the several stories Fang Xi told about "deceiving dogs into killing them".
Therefore, only when he is in front of Fang Xi, will he show his innocent side and be naturally wary of other monks.
"Hey, shopkeeper Fang is here today. It's really rare, rare..."
An old Taoist walked into the 'Alchemy Pavilion'. He was wearing a snow-white crane cloak, with three long strands of beard hanging down. His face was rosy, and he had a somewhat immortal air.
"It turns out to be Fellow Taoist Huahe!"
Fang Xi slightly cupped his hands. This was a foundation-building monk he knew.
"Shopkeeper Fang is here just in time. I want to customize a batch of second-level elixirs..."
Taoist Huahe laughed and talked about business. The two parties signed a contract and paid a deposit...
After finishing all this, the old Taoist Huahe invited: "Fellow Daoist Fang... The old Taoist discovered an ancient cave outside. The restrictions are quite severe and it is difficult to break in alone... I wonder if you are interested?"