novelaction Chapter 147 was her way of first securing a few stable clients for herself.
Chapter 147 was her way of first securing a few stable clients for herself.
The sect leader of Lingyun Sect was both angry and anxious upon receiving the news.
What a bad luck this year!
Originally, he planned to give those few Mahayana cultivators who had a high chance of advancing to the Tribulation Transcending stage some extra pills to help them advance to the Tribulation Transcending stage.
In this way, even if the tribulation cultivators within the sect cannot emerge, they are still a first-class sect with a tribulation-transcending ancestor who can maintain order outside.
It is unknown who leaked the information, revealing the ninth-grade pills he had distributed.
Now, the ninth-grade pills have not only failed to help them advance, but have instead become their death warrant.
As the Venerable Qingyang strolled through Qingling City, he slowly gathered resources for his disciples while listening to the countless rumors circulating in the air.
Heh, the sect leader of Lingyun Sect thinks he's being discreet, but little does he know that for millions of years, the various forces on the Immortal Spirit Continent have been deeply intertwined and interdependent. They are already intertwined, each with their own strengths.
His youngest apprentice had been plotting against the Lingyun Sect, but he kept stalling on the plan.
It's not that he doesn't want to deal with the Lingyun Sect, but why should their Qingyun Sect act so quickly!
Wouldn't it be better to accumulate your own strength and eventually be the one to reap the rewards?
On this point, Lu Linchen shared the same thought.
As expected of someone from the Lu family (Sect Leader Lu and True Saint Qingyang both share the surname Lu but are not related by blood; this is True Saint Qingyang boasting), their thinking is truly insightful.
The young apprentice is still a bit too impatient; he needs more practice!
Zhong Lingxin, who was judged by her master to be impatient, came out of seclusion, only to hear news about the Lingyun Sect everywhere.
Sure enough, she became impatient again and started thinking about developing her own power.
The Qingyun Sect has developed well over the past twenty years, with its market area expanding by two times.
Zhong Lingxin bought a shop in the market and sent Xuejuan, who took care of her daily life, to run the shop.
Xue Juan was originally a servant in the Qingyun Sect. After Zhong Lingxin was taken in as a disciple by the Venerable Qingyang, she began to do chores and cook for Zhong Lingxin.
Now that Zhong Lingxin has reached the Foundation Establishment stage, she no longer needs to cook.
She was constantly anxious, fearing that she would be driven out of the back mountain.
The spiritual energy in the back mountain is so abundant that even a disciple with four spiritual roots like her has cultivated from the fourth level of Qi Refining to the tenth level in the past twenty years.
Zhong Lingxin also gave her three Foundation Establishment Pills, which she could take to advance to the Foundation Establishment stage once she reached the Great Perfection of the tenth level of Qi Refining.
Now that Zhong Lingxin has sent her to run a shop in the market, it's considered confirmation of her identity. From now on, she belongs to Zhong Lingxin and will no longer be afraid of being kicked out of the back mountain.
Zhong Lingxin's shop mainly sells elixirs and magical artifacts, both of which she is currently learning, and she has many practice products.
Regarding array plates and talismans, Zhong Lingxin didn't tell Xue Juan that she was also learning. After taking out many practice products, she said they were all made by friends and were being consigned to her shop.
Her requirements for Xuejuan were simple: sell pills, talismans, and artifact arrays, purchase raw materials, and incidentally collect gossip news in the market.
All news, no matter what kind, was collected and given to her, and she reported it to her once a day using a communication talisman.
Zhong Lingxin called this listening to gossip news to relax because cultivation was too boring.
For now, Zhong Lingxin only assigns Xue Juan this kind of task.
It wasn't that she didn't trust Xue Juan, but rather that Xue Juan was a member of the sect, and her primary loyalty was to the sect.
Moreover, the Xuejuan family has too many relatives and friends deeply entrenched in the sect, including those from the same city, the same clan, and those who are frequently contacted by the sect's external affairs hall to check whether they have done their work well.
To give a simple example, if one day a disciple of the sect who is familiar with Xue Juan is chatting with Xue Juan, Xue Juan casually mentions that she has been extremely busy these past few days, with many cultivators coming to buy pills every day.
This one sentence alone reveals that Zhong Lingxin has earned a lot of spirit stones.
For example, when the manager of the sect's external affairs hall asked her to report on her work, she mentioned that Zhong Lingxin had asked her to collect intelligence. This would put Zhong Lingxin on the list of those in the external affairs hall, and it might soon reach the ears of the sect leader and other interested parties.
Zhong Lingxin still planned to find a few rootless and unaffiliated cultivators in the Immortal Spirit Continent and directly contract them as servants. Then, she would train these servants well and let them develop their own power base, forming her own network of influence.
However, such independent cultivators are hard to find. The primary requirement is loyalty, and the other is that they must keep their mouths shut.
Skills and abilities can be developed.
You absolutely must not choose someone with ulterior motives who is always thinking about taking advantage of others. Even if you contract such a person, they may still reveal things they shouldn't in order to gain something for the sake of small gains.
Zhong Lingxin scratched her head; such a servant is hard to find.
Seeing Xue Juan happily busy with preparations, Zhong Lingxin named the shop "Lingxin Ji" and sent invitations to several friends, inviting them to attend the ribbon-cutting ceremony.
Zhong Lingxin doesn't have many friends. They are mainly the Du brothers, Mei Hanxiang, Qin Feng'er, and others she met when she entered the sect, plus a few new friends she met on the ancient battlefield.
Zhong Lingxin gave each of them a purple-gold card, which would give them a 20% discount at her shop. She considered it a way to attract a few stable customers for herself.
These customers aren't in it for the money; they're just looking to increase revenue and stabilize their shops.
In fact, given the success rate of Zhong Lingxin's talisman array, even at a 20% discount, she would still make a good profit.
She just wouldn't say any of this.
In short, these friends find it cheaper to buy things from her than elsewhere.
Neither side suffers a loss.
After witnessing the perfectly refined Demon-Dispelling Pill and Healing Pill on the ancient battlefield, Jiang Peng returned to his sect and immediately immersed himself in the alchemy room, significantly improving his alchemy skills. Seeing Zhong Lingxin's shop, he also wanted to sell his own pills.
Zhong Lingxin was naturally delighted and smiled as she looked at her friends, saying that everyone's treasures could be consigned for sale.
Yes, it's consignment, not sales.
They set all the prices for their own products, and Zhong Lingxin only charged a 5% consignment fee.
Several friends became interested. They all sold some spiritual treasures, talismans, artifacts, and arrays. Zhong Lingxin's arrangement suited their needs perfectly, as it was much more convenient than setting up a stall.
Sometimes, even after a whole day at the stall, you might not sell a single item.
Now that they can sell their products in Zhong Lingxin's shop, it saves them a lot of cultivation time.
In no time, several friends brought out a lot of items to consign.
The most common items they consigned were fragments of magical treasures they obtained on ancient battlefields.
They couldn't estimate the value of these fragments either.
Zhong Lingxin rubbed her forehead and urgently sent a message to Uncle Xuanyuan, asking him to come and help appraise the treasure.
Xuan Yuan arrived quickly, teleporting to the market in a single instant. He then carefully examined the fragments of his companions' spiritual treasures.
Although these fragments are badly damaged, they are made from excellent materials.
Xuan Yuan said regretfully, "What a pity, it's too badly damaged, it can only be sold as raw material."