Chapter 75: Transaction with the Merchant Caravan
“No matter how you look at it, the location left by the prophecy is always within the Myriad Immortal Sect.”
The highest floor of the Star Picking Tower.
This place was vast and empty, with nothing in it.
Only in the very center floated a giant, slowly rotating bronze mirror.
It was very ordinary, the kind of mirror you could buy a dozen of with a single Spirit Stone in the mortal world.
And within the mirror, scenes of the Yunzhou Continent would occasionally appear.
Sometimes traces of Demonic Beasts would brush past, and sometimes small Sects in remote corners would appear.
A few mortals would also enter the frame of this mirror.
Two Cultivators seemed to be in conflict, with one suddenly giving the other the middle finger.
This scene flashed by in an instant.
Suddenly, accompanied by a voice, a Light Cluster appeared next to the mirror.
The Light Cluster flickered with brilliance, making it impossible to see what was inside, only a human voice could be faintly heard: “The Myriad Immortal Sect needs to conduct surveillance. The prophecy left by Ancestor Youshanliu of the Tianyang Sect before his demise must have its reasons.”
“Hmph, they disagree.”
Another Light Cluster appeared, its tone not sounding very happy: “The Myriad Immortal Sect says we should obey Heaven’s Will. The prophecy only mentions Outsiders from Beyond the Heavens, but the chaos in Yunzhou is our own speculation. The prophecy doesn’t say that Outsiders from Beyond the Heavens will bring disaster.”
Another Light Cluster appeared: “Nonsense! Outsiders from Beyond the Heavens, people who don’t belong to our Yunzhou Continent, wouldn’t they harbor ill intentions?”
“It only mentions Outsiders from Beyond the Heavens, so are you sure they aren’t from the Yunzhou Continent? Don’t forget, what else is there besides the Yunzhou Continent.”
As soon as this was said, all voices fell silent.
After a long while, a voice finally came: “Forget it. After the Immortal Worship Ceremony ends, we’ll ask the Myriad Immortal Sect for clarification. The ceremony is imminent, so let’s not cause trouble. There are quite a few lunatics in the Myriad Immortal Sect, don’t provoke them.”
The Star Picking Tower returned to silence once more.
And the slowly rotating giant bronze mirror stopped spinning, but it remained suspended in mid-air, its inner image now a complete darkness.
***
“Fan Guozhou, you can’t practice capitalism in the game!” Wu Dahu exclaimed with heartache: “You sell me ten bottles of wine and give me one for free, how is that not a loss?”
Fan Guozhou raised an eyebrow: “Get lost. If you wanted ordinary wine, it would be one thing. You’re asking for wine with Blood Bead Grass, ten bottles for one free, and on credit? Is there such a good deal in the world? Buy it if you want, or don’t!”
Fan Guozhou, who had monopolized the fine wine business in Wang’an County, was now very arrogant.
Wu Dahu wanted to buy wine to bribe Senior Brother Lu of the Peach Blossom Sect.
All their money had already been exchanged for Palm Thunder, and they didn’t have a single coin left.
They even had to make up for it.
He could only shamelessly ask Fan Guozhou for credit.
Right now, he was the most likely person among the Players to have money.
Fan Guozhou pointed him to a way: “The Sect supports loans, why don’t you borrow?”
Wu Dahu looked at him resentfully: “I don’t want to pay interest.”
Fan Guozhou: “Then I can’t help you.”
Wu Dahu gritted his teeth: “When the Pay-to-win System is activated, I’ll definitely pay you back double!”
Fan Guozhou didn’t accept empty promises: “It’s not even certain if this game will have a Pay-to-win System activated.”
Seeing that he couldn’t trick Fan Guozhou, Wu Dahu could only buy ten bottles of wine with Blood Bead Grass, tears streaming down his face.
Each bottle cost four Low-grade Spirit Stones.
He went bankrupt on the spot.
This money had to be split among four people, and they would have to hunt Demonic Beasts on the First Mountain until they were exhausted to earn it back.
But to make their Senior Brother happy, it was all worth it!
After Chen Miaomiao researched the wine with Blood Bead Grass, things started to go smoothly for her.
She passed this method to Fan Guozhou and other Life Players.
Although the Players weren’t as skilled as her, the more they did it, the higher their success rate became.
The fine wine with Blood Bead Grass seemed like a chicken rib, but once it was launched, it still caused a sensation in Wang’an County.
A bottle sold for five Low-grade Spirit Stones, and it still sold.
The main reason was that Cultivators usually didn’t like Mortal Food, but when you said it contained Blood Bead Grass.
It wasn’t medicine anymore, it was fine wine with Spirit Herbs!
It was a matter of taste!
And it was indeed delicious.
Previously, some Cultivators disliked eating Mortal Food, and even though they knew the Restaurants in Wang’an County were offering various gourmet foods, they weren’t interested.
Until this Spirit Wine began to be introduced.
Although the Spirit Wine was expensive, a bottle had the effect of replenishing Qi and blood, and the taste was excellent.
Occasionally buying a bottle to show off was quite good.
The most important thing was that Fan Guozhou was doing it in limited quantities.
This wine seemed like something a sucker would buy, but his main advantage was one point.
It didn’t exist in the Yunzhou Continent right now.
Cultivators wouldn’t go to great lengths to incorporate some Mortal Food for these things, and those who could do it wouldn’t think of serving mortals.
So this market was still a blank slate.
At least in Wang’an County.
His plan didn’t stop there.
Spirit wine made with First Order Blood Bead Grass was nothing special, but what about Second Order?
Third Order?
As long as they could smoothly cultivate Second and Third Order Spirit Herbs, Fan Guozhou and the others wouldn’t be limited to just making Pills.
And this product wasn’t just bought by people in Wang’an County.
Merchant Caravans also took notice.
Three days after Song Jiulai traveled to Liuxian City, a Merchant Caravan arrived in Wang’an County.
These Merchant Caravans were composed of a group of Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivators. They mainly traveled back and forth between several towns around Liuxian City, and were fully capable of fending off danger.
The Things they sold were not common ones, but rather some more obscure items.
For example, Spirit Beasts.
But these Spirit Beasts were very ordinary First Order Little Flower Beasts.
These Little Flower Beasts were very popular among Female Cultivators in the Yunzhou Continent.
The main reason was that they were indeed beautiful and cute.
They were timid and had no combat power, their main purpose being ornamental.
There were several types of Little Flower Beasts: white, yellow, blue, and green.
When frightened, they would bury themselves in the soil and resemble a flower.
When there was no danger, they would come out and walk, their paws swinging back and forth. Their appearance was somewhat like a young duck in an animated cartoon, with a flower on its head.
But their mouths were pointed.
Although useless, they sold very well.
Let alone Female Cultivators, Players who had never seen them before also liked them.
“What, ten Low-grade Spirit Stones per beast? Are you robbing people!”
As soon as the Players heard the Price, they all expressed their hesitation.
For them, who were currently poor, very few could afford it.
Some Players wanted to fleece the Sect by borrowing money to buy them.
But the System said: “If you don’t repay within a month, your account will be banned.”
Players: “…”
After calculating the exorbitant cost, they finally chose to regretfully give up.
Let alone extra money, right now, any Player with some Points used them to exchange for Palm Thunder. New Players who had just entered were only on their second day as laborers and had no money.
The only ones with money were Fan Guozhou and Chen Miaomiao.
And the Merchant Caravan that came to Wang’an County also saw Fan Guozhou’s Spirit Wine during their replenishment.
They also saw the market potential here and immediately expressed their willingness to make a Transaction with Fan Guozhou.
