Chapter 821 Loss-Making Business

After the introduction by the shopkeeper, the three of them had a general understanding of the situation of this inn. The courtyard of the inn was built along the small mountain peak. The spiritual energy of the few floors at the foot of the mountain was not particularly sufficient, and the layout was relatively compact, so the price was the lowest, with an annual rent of fifty spiritual stones.

The situation of the three middle floors was better than the three lower floors, and the layout of the courtyard was not so dense. The price was slightly higher than the lower floors, with an annual rent of seventy spiritual stones; the number of the three-story courtyards on the top of the peak was smaller, the spiritual energy was richer, and the environment was the best among all the courtyards that could be rented. Of course, the price was also the most expensive, and the annual rent was about one hundred spiritual stones.

One hundred spiritual stones, this rent is already a sky-high price. Many foundation-building cultivators work hard for a year, and they don’t know if they can save enough spiritual stones. You know, when Qingyang and Xiao Yuhan were in Ziyan City on the Jiuzhou Continent, the best inn there rented only one spiritual stone per month, which was only one-fifth of the lowest grade here.

Even though the three of them were not short of spiritual stones now, they still felt the pain. However, you get what you pay for. This inn is almost the best in the southern area. It has abundant spiritual energy, a good environment and location, and has the support of Jindan cultivators, so safety is also guaranteed.

After thinking it over again and again, the three of them finally booked three adjacent courtyards in this inn as their place of residence. However, they chose the lowest-grade courtyard with 50 spiritual stones a day. On the one hand, it was because the other courtyards were too expensive, and on the other hand, they wanted to be more low-key. Besides, they would mainly rely on elixirs for cultivation in the future, and spiritual energy could only be regarded as auxiliary. It would not have much impact if it was better or worse.

After paying the deposit, the shopkeeper personally took them to the backyard. In the middle of the courtyard was the small mountain with many courtyards built. The mountain was more than 600 feet high, and the length and width were more than 2,000 feet. A small road went up along the mountain, and the courtyards were distributed on both sides of the road.

The layout of the courtyards is still very loose, with enough safety distance between each other, and no interference. Each courtyard also has a special protective formation, and privacy can be guaranteed.

The courtyards selected by the three people are all in the same area, very close to each other, and they can take care of each other if something happens. After finding their own courtyards, the three people separated.

Each courtyard has a special formation plate to control the protective formation outside the courtyard. Qingyang entered his own courtyard, first closed the general formation outside, and then explored the courtyard. He did not find anything abnormal, and then set up a layer of exclusive prohibition inside.

After doing all this, Qingyang finally relaxed. This will be his permanent residence in the future. After years of wandering, he finally has a fixed place to live.

The whole person completely relaxed, and a trace of fatigue gradually came over his heart. He had been traveling continuously for more than a month, and his mind was seriously consumed, and he was also extremely tired mentally. Then Qingyang began to retreat and repair, and he gradually recovered after seven or eight days.

In the past few days, Qingyang also entered the Drunken Immortal Gourd to take a look. The Iron Arm Monkey's injuries have almost healed. Last time in the life and death arena on Hengxing Island, the Iron Arm Monkey fought a life-and-death battle with the sea snake monster. Although the Iron Arm Monkey finally killed the sea snake monster that had just entered the sixth level with its peak fifth-level strength, it was also seriously injured and poisoned.

Fortunately, these are all skin injuries, and the poison was also cured by Qingyang, a master of alchemy. Now more than a month has passed, and the Iron Arm Monkey's injuries are almost all healed.

After experiencing this life-and-death battle, the Iron Arm Monkey seems to have benefited a lot. Now he is in seclusion and practicing hard. It seems that it will not take long before he can break through the bottleneck and enter the sixth level.

The alcoholic bees are all normal. The last battle with the yellow-faced pirate in the treasury was completely overwhelming, and the alcoholic bee colony received almost no damage.

The alcoholic bee and the iron-armed monkey are Qingyang's right-hand men. The alcoholic bee queen had already entered the sixth level in Danwang Mountain, and the iron-armed monkey's entry into the sixth level is also a foregone conclusion. Only Qingyang, the master, has been left behind, and has only reached the fourth level of foundation building.

So Qingyang's next main task is to improve his cultivation, and to improve his cultivation, he needs to use elixirs. However, the Yangyuan Dan that Qingyang refined in Jiuzhou Continent has been used up, and the Yangyuan Dan that he refined in Duanmu City has also been given to Duanmu Fei and his brother, so he needs to refine a batch first. This is not a difficult task for Qingyang. This Qingyan City is extremely prosperous, and it should be easy to buy materials.

Unlike others, in addition to practicing, Qingyang also has to constantly improve and hone his alchemy skills, so as to avoid failure in the future when he needs to refine the golden elixir because of insufficient alchemy skills. The price of the materials for the golden elixir is ridiculously high, and every failure is a huge loss. He must improve his alchemy skills to the extreme before then, so as to avoid failure at the last minute.

At present, Qingyang's alchemy skills can only barely reach the level of a golden elixir master. According to the market price in other places, he can only barely break even by purchasing materials to refine Juyuan Pills and then selling them. He just doesn't know what the price is on Qingyan Island. If the difference is too big, he may even lose money. The more he refines, the more he loses. This matter must be investigated clearly.

The materials for Yangyuan Pills need to be purchased, the market situation of Juyuan Pills needs to be understood, and the matter of Jindan needs to be inquired. It seems that he must go out for a walk. Thinking of this, Qingyang could no longer sit still. He packed up a little, then opened the restrictions and formations outside the yard, walked out of the inn, and headed towards the direction of the Qingyan City business area.

Qingyang walked along the way, asking along the way, and soon learned a lot of useful information. However, the situation was not very optimistic. Perhaps because of the prosperity of cultivation in Qingyan City, the price of materials in the shops here is 10% higher than that in other places, while the price of elixirs is generally 10% lower. This in and out has greatly increased the cost of Qingyang, who could only barely break even.

Of course, these are the prices of bulk transactions in the shops. There are ways to crack it. If you buy materials privately or sell elixirs to people who need them, you can also get back the difference. Many unknown private alchemists do this to maximize profits.

However, in this case, you need to spend a lot of energy to do these chores. For example, if there are hundreds of materials for a kind of elixir, you need to collect them one by one in the grocery market. In the end, the spiritual stones spent on purchasing these materials are much lower than the price of bulk purchases.

But in this case, although spiritual stones are saved, a lot of time is wasted. Why are some cultivators whose qualifications are obviously not worse than others, but their cultivation is far behind others? It is because they waste too much time on these useless efforts.