Cultivating Immortality in a World of Chaos - Chapter 173

[Chapter 172: Danqi Pavilion (Congratulations to the Silver Alliance!)]

Bibo Cave.

Fang Xi stretched lazily.

“Brother Fang…Xingling has a suggestion.”

Ruan Xingling was wearing home clothes and her hair was loose, which made her look a little lazy.

“Oh? I wonder what it is?” Fang Xi asked casually.

“Since building the foundation, Xing Ling’s ‘Xuan Yin Gong’ has progressed slowly… According to the practice method, it is common for people with superior spiritual roots to practice for thirty or forty years in the early stage of foundation building. If they unfortunately encounter a bottleneck, it may take sixty or seventy years to advance to the middle stage of foundation building.”

This is still considered good. Even if a person with medium or low-grade spiritual roots is lucky enough to build a foundation, if there is no special opportunity or elixir to help, he will probably linger in the early stages of foundation building for his entire life.

Most of those who have been able to form elixirs in the three nearby countries have had earth-grade or even heaven-grade spiritual roots, otherwise the immortal cultivation sects would not attach so much importance to the qualifications of spiritual roots.

With a lack of resources, can’t we just rely on our own talents to get by?
Ruan Xingling frowned slightly, with a hint of worry.

“Although I can still swallow pills to increase my magic power, elixirs that are more than hundreds of years old are extremely difficult to find… and they are even more impossible to use in daily life.” Fang Xi also sighed.

The resources for cultivating immortals in the three nearby kingdoms are really not that good and are quite scarce.

Even if it was him, even if he had a lot of spirit stones, he might not be able to buy enough elixirs to rapidly increase his magic power during the Foundation Establishment Period.

“Well…if you want to speed up your practice, you must accumulate resources.” Ruan Xingling agreed.

“Oh? Could it be that Xing Ling has found a solution? Not to mention going to the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range to hunt monsters… or to explore ruins…”

Fang Xi would not do such a thing as the risk is too high.

“Of course not…” Ruan Xingling burst out laughing: “Xingling and Brother Fang are both craftsmen, so naturally they accumulate resources through their craftsmanship… But just waiting for people to come to the door in the cave every day is really a bit slow, why not… open a shop together?”

“Opening a shop? That’s possible…”

Fang Xi fell into deep thought.

Indeed, those monks also trust merchants who own shops more, and they keep their doors open to solicit business, and the transaction volume is also higher.

Seeing that Fang Xi did not object, Ruan Xingling became more excited: “Xingling has investigated. The rent in the inner city is expensive and the competition is fierce… It is difficult for us two foundation-building cultivators to gain a foothold, but in the outer city, this strength is more than enough to open a shop…”

After all, the shops like Wanhai Tower and Mingqing Pavilion are only supported by the foundation-building forces.

In terms of second-level inheritance, he may not even be as good as Fang Xi and Ruan Xingling.

“Of course, the land price for this shop is expensive, but we can rent one instead of buying it… Pure magic tools and elixirs may not be able to compete with those old-fashioned shops, but if we sell them together, it will still be a bit of a gimmick. If we release some small fine products from time to time, the spiritual stones earned should be able to slightly make up for the daily cultivation needs of the two of us…”

Ruan Xingling smiled sweetly: “Besides… we can also let Ruan Dan, Wang Xiaohu and the others work as waiters, which will save us some money.”

“Not bad.”

Fang Xi weighed the options in his mind and felt that the problem was not serious: “Xing Ling, since you dare to say that, you should have a few places you like, right?”

“That’s right!” Ruan Xingling’s eyes flickered. “When is Brother Fang free? Why don’t you go with Xingling and have a look?”

“Very good, today is the day.”

Fang Xi had nothing else to do, so he agreed.

After all, he also wanted to earn more spirit stones, and the progress of the ‘Qingmu Changsheng Gong’ was a bit slow, so it was time to prepare some pills to take occasionally to increase his magic power.

…

Three days later.

Bai Ze Fairy City, outer city.

Small talisman hall.

This shop is located in a relatively remote location among the shops on the outer city streets. Its main business is selling talismans and cinnabar.

It was originally owned by a foundation-building family called the Dongmen Family. Later, the foundation-building ancestor passed away, and the business gradually declined.

Fang Xi and Ruan Xingling inspected the place for a few days and talked with several shop owners, and finally decided to like this place.

“My name is Dongmen Ying, and I am honored to meet you two seniors.”

In the small hall, a young monk saluted Fang Xi and the others with neither arrogance nor humility.

This person has sharp eyebrows and bright eyes, and he has a very good appearance. The key is that he is really young and full of vitality.

His cultivation had even reached the late stage of the eighth level of Qi Refining, making him a little genius.

“Friend Dongmen, we are quite satisfied with this shop, but the lease… one year is too short, how about changing it to ten years?”

Ruan Xingling took a sip of the spiritual tea and bargained slowly.

Although Dongmen Ying spoke in a respectful tone, he had his back straight and was confident.

After all, his Dongmen family has been the elders of Bai Ze Fairy City for generations, so they have many connections, and fighting is also prohibited in the Fairy City.

“Although my shop is not doing well, it can still be maintained… To be honest, if I didn’t want to spend time running it and was willing to practice cultivation, I wouldn’t rent it out so easily…”

After another round of bargaining, the two parties agreed to sign a five-year lease, with an annual rent of one hundred low-grade spirit stones, half of which would be paid in advance.

After the contract was sent to Bai Ze Xian City for official filing and the spirit stones were delivered, the Dongmen family began to move.

Fang Xi and Ruan Xingling stood under the small talisman hall, looking at the old and faded plaque.

“It’s time to change the name. Brother Fang, please choose one.”

Ruan Xingling said with a smile.

“Since we have decided to sell elixirs and magical instruments, let’s call it ‘Alchemy and Instrument Pavilion’…”

Fang Xi’s name was very unoriginal, causing Ruan Xingling to roll her eyes secretly.

…

Danqi Pavilion is preparing to open, and Wei Yixi and Wang Xiaohu are both very active.

According to Wei Yixi, she finally doesn’t have to eat the uncle’s rice for free.

Although Wang Xiaohu didn’t say a word, he worked very hard.

Obviously, Wei Yixi is still Fang Xi’s niece after all, so it is even more embarrassing for him as an outsider, and he can only work hard.

As for Ruan Dan and Jin Ling, they lacked a bit of momentum.

But Fang Xi didn’t blame him too much.

In the world of cultivating immortals, as long as you have some cultivation skills, there is no such thing as customer-first clauses.

As long as Ruan Dan comes to the store to take charge on a daily basis, his cultivation level in the late stage of Qi Refining is enough to scare ordinary casual cultivators.

For many immortal cultivation forces, the movements of the one with the highest level of cultivation directly determine the future development plans of the family.

For example, Dongmen Ying from the Dongmen family.

In fact, many people in this small family do not agree to rent out the small talisman hall. After all, it is a hen that lays golden eggs.

But Dongmen Ying was determined not to welcome or send off anyone, and wanted to practice hard in seclusion to break through, so no one could stop him…

Who made Dongmen Ying not only the clan leader, 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 tools…”

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Ruan Xingling looked at the rows of brand new wooden shelves and thought, “The profits from low-grade and mid-grade magic tools and elixirs are not high, and they also consume too much energy. We can just give them up… focus on high-grade magic tools and elixirs, and release high-quality products from time to time… and accept pre-orders for low-grade second-grade products at the same time.”

“Not bad, not bad. You just take charge of these matters. Just show me the account book at the end of each year.”

Fang Xi drank the spirit wine, looking like a boss who didn’t care about anything. “Besides that… I’m not going to sell the batch of special array magic tools you proposed last time… I have to keep some of them secret.”

Ruan Xingling was speechless at Fang Xi’s caution.

…

For monks, time always passes quickly.

If you concentrate on seclusion, then several years may pass in the blink of an eye.

Spring goes and autumn comes, autumn leaves and the winter solstice arrives.

In the blink of an eye, a year has passed quietly.

Peach Blossom Pavilion.

Fang Xi completed his daily training and walked out of the retreat room.

In the courtyard, there were already a few small puppets he had made, such as wooden horses and mechanical tigers. They looked rather crude, but their aura was around the first level.

“Puppetry is a profound art. I am better at making wooden puppets…”

Compared to the extremely complicated puppetry, Fang Xi really prefers the simple ones. No matter whether it is a cultivator or a monster, he can control it with just a tree seed.

Of course, although the puppets made in this way are inexpensive and of astonishing quantity, they can only be controlled indirectly through the demon tree tattoo, which is indeed a bit inflexible.

According to Fang Xi’s experiment, among the eight demon beast puppets, he controlled two main combat puppets and could beat the other four or five wooden puppets!
“How about…giving up the most difficult part of making puppets, and just learning how to repair them and the last trick of controlling puppets…”

While thinking, Fang Xi came to the ‘Danqi Pavilion’.

This small shop opened in a low-key manner and performed poorly in the first few months. It was only in recent times that business began to improve.

Through word of mouth among Qi-refining monks, this ‘Danqi Pavilion’, where small fine products can occasionally be found, has gradually gained fame.

When Fang Xi walked into the store, he saw Ruan Dan standing behind the counter like an iceberg.

Wei Yixi was arranging the medicine shelf, while Wang Xiaohu was moving the magical instruments.

“Uncle…”

When Wei Yixi saw Fang Xi coming, her eyes lit up, and Wang Xiaohu and Ruan Dan also hurriedly saluted.

“Well, you guys are busy, I just came to take a look…”

Fang Xi picked up the account book and did a quick calculation, and was speechless.

“This Danqi Pavilion has been in business for a year, and after deducting the costs of various raw materials and labor… it has only made a little over a hundred spirit stones?”

‘Although we have opened new stores and have cut prices several times to grab market share, it’s still… miserable because of the profit margins!’

“After deducting the annual rent of 100 spirit stones, it’s almost like working for nothing…”

“Fortunately, starting from next year, profits should be able to recover and eventually stabilize at the level of several hundred spirit stones…”

Seeing that Fang Xi looked unhappy, Ruan Dan and Wang Xiaohu couldn’t help but feel uneasy.

Wei Yixi was smart. He grabbed Fang Xi’s arm and told her many interesting stories.

“I’ve made a lot of friends since I opened the shop.”

“There are also a few monks who always come up to make friends and brag about their bountiful harvests from hunting and exploring the wild.”

“Xixi has always remembered uncle’s advice and never left Bai Ze Fairy City!”

Wei Yixi was deeply impressed by Fang Xi’s stories about ‘tricking dogs out to be killed’.

Therefore, he only reveals his innocent side when in front of Fang Xi, and is naturally wary of other cultivators.

“Oh, the shop owner Fang is here today. This is so rare, so rare…”

An old Taoist priest walked into the “Danqi Pavilion”. He was wearing a snow-white crane cloak, with three long strands of beard hanging down and a ruddy complexion, looking quite like an immortal.

“It turns out to be Fellow Daoist Huahe!”

Fang Xi bowed slightly. This was a Foundation Establishment cultivator he knew.

“It’s a good thing that Shopkeeper Fang is here. I want to order a batch of second-level pills…”

Taoist Huahe was talking about business with a smile, and both parties signed a contract and paid a deposit…

After finishing all this, the Taoist Huahe invited him, “Fellow Daoist Fang… I found a cave dwelling of a previous person outside. The restrictions are quite strong and it is difficult to enter alone… I wonder if you are interested?”

(End of this chapter)