“I said it’s the Heavenly Origin Pill. It was still rare a while ago and I wanted to get it to make a killing. Why did it become an unimportant thing today? I’ve wasted my time and only earned a thousand spirit stones.”
Zhao Tianji said unhappily, “It’s already good enough that we didn’t lose anything. How unlucky.”
“The people of the Myriad Treasure Chamber of Commerce are really ridiculous. How can they do this? Ever since they came here, the price of these materials has plummeted. Those very precious things were already worthless because of them. Now, I feel that this business is not easy to do. They have a monopoly on them.”
The two of them complained as they walked. These days are indeed much more difficult than before. The Myriad Treasure Chamber of Commerce was really strange.
Zhao Tianji looked up and saw a sign. On this sign was the Heavenly Origin Pill. Moreover, the slogan on it was really troublesome.
“The high-quality Heavenly Origin Pill is being sold at a special price at the Myriad Treasure Chamber of Commerce!”
Looking at the price on it, Zhao Tianji was even a little glad that he had sold it early enough. Some of the ordinary Heavenly Origin Pills on it were only sold for fifteen thousand yuan each. One had to know that ordinary quality Heavenly Origin Pills were very rare in the past. One of them cost at least thirty thousand yuan. This was half the price.
Wasn’t this price difference too much? What were they doing?
Moreover, other than the enviable slogan, there was also a row of words below. It was said that the headquarters of the Myriad Treasure Chamber of Commerce was holding a grand appraisal event. They were inviting ambitious people from all walks of life to go and have a chance to participate in the study of alchemy and weapon refinement.
“Old Zhao, look at this. It says that it’s free to learn alchemy and weapon refinement. Is it true? Is Zhao Tai’an being kind? Is he burning too much money? If there’s no other way, I can spend it for him.”
Zhao Tianji scoffed at such a thing.
“As if there will be a turn for us? In the end, they still have to cheat us of the spirit stones in our pockets. You should take good care of yourself and stop thinking about those good things.”
“But it’s clearly written below that it’s free. It shouldn’t be fake, right? I think the two of us can take a look. Perhaps we can get some benefits. You know that they have a lot of benefits.”
“What benefits do you want?”
“They’re selling the Heaven Origin Pill everywhere now. If we can find the warehouse of their Heaven Origin Pill and steal it, wouldn’t we make a killing?”
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“How dare you? You even dare to have designs on the Myriad Treasure Chamber of Commerce. Have you forgotten Zhao Tai’an’s methods? Do you know what he used to do? He used to be a proper guard captain. If the two of us are captured, we will only die.”
“Old Zhao, when did you become so timid? You weren’t like this in the past.”
“Don’t give me that. Don’t even think about it.”
Although Zhao Tianji said that, his gaze still landed on the small row of words below.
Would the Myriad Treasure Chamber of Commerce really give them such a chance to learn alchemy for free? Alchemy was such a precious thing. Would they give it up so easily?
Zhao Tianji was not confident. He had only heard comments about Zhao Tai’an and the others from his various friends. In any case, these people were all greedy vipers.
They collected money everywhere. They were greedy. They would not do anything good. There was nothing to say about these people. They only knew that they were a group of malignant tumors.
The headquarters of the Myriad Treasure Chamber of Commerce was located in the center of Ping City. This was originally the City Lord Manor, but under Hu Jiujiu’s governance, the City Lord Manor moved out and left the central area to these chambers of commerce.
Hu Jiujiu felt that there was no need for the City Lord Manor to be in the middle. Instead, after giving up the central area, the entire building would be even more prosperous.
In the hands of these merchants, the center of Ping City had already become the most prosperous city among the three cities. Everyone who came here could not help but exclaim and sigh at the sight of such a miracle.
As the center of all this, the big boss was now facing a young man. He was smiling very happily and looked fawning, as if he was deliberately currying favor with this person.
“Young Master, I haven’t seen you in a long time. You have to stay for a while longer this time. Look, it hasn’t been long, but the entire Ping City has already changed so much. If it’s any longer, I’m afraid you won’t be able to find our Chamber of Commerce when you return.”
Zhao Tai’an was a famous figure in Ping City. No matter where he went, he would be surrounded by a group of people.
However, he was as docile as a child in front of this young man today. This scene was really incomprehensible.
Li Yuanqing stood in the wide living room and looked down at the entire Ping City. The scenery here was really good. Zhao Tai’an knew how to enjoy himself and build such a comfortable office.
“Young Master, I’ve already released the news as you requested. However, I’m afraid it will take some time to establish such a large academy.”
After Li Yuanqing returned this time, he sent a message and briefly explained his intentions. Basically, he wanted to establish a large academy.
In this academy, there were all kinds of learning projects including, but they were not limited to alchemy, weapon refinement, and even arrays.
This was a very, very huge project. One had to know that even an existence like the Treasure Pavilion would have to spend a huge amount of resources to nurture a few more powerful weapon refinement masters. That was a one-way project.
If they really built a huge school like Li Yuanqing had imagined and recruited disciples, how many resources would they need to be able to withstand it? Could they support such a plan with their current financial resources? This was still a very suspicious thing.
However, since it was Li Yuanqing’s plan, Zhao Tai’an still followed Li Yuanqing’s instructions and distributed the missions early on. Now, every branch was advertising.
During the period of time since yesterday, everyone in Ping City had received this news. Everyone knew that the Myriad Treasure Chamber of Commerce was going to establish a large academy and accept anyone’s registration. However, many people still had doubts and did not trust this matter.
Li Yuanqing looked at the people coming and going on the streets. It was much better than Sea City. It had been a while since he went to Rong City. He heard that Rong City was very strict now. It was like a military base and was not even allowed to enter or leave casually.
This did not sound like good news. He just hoped that it would change.
What Li Yuanqing hoped to see was that these three cities would prosper after being controlled by the humans. Although it was just a coincidence that he came here, he still hoped that with some effort, he could improve the survival situation of the humans in the Catacombs world and not be like before.
“How’s the design blueprint going?”
Zhao Tai’an had always been the one introducing this aspect. Now that Li Yuanqing finally said something, Zhao Tai’an ran to the back in a panic and brought over a blueprint.
“Young Master, take a look first. This is the preliminary sketch. Earlier today, I heard that you were coming over, so I urged the designer to make this design early. Take a look first. If you’re not satisfied, I’ll get him to modify it.”
This map was four to five meters wide, and it was filled with all kinds of details. Just looking at it made one’s scalp tingle.
What was drawn on it was a huge circular building complex. The outer wall formed a circle that enveloped the entire academy. There was a large opening in every direction. Their door was very wide, revealing the openness of the academy as a whole.
In the middle of the wall were nine different areas. Each area was marked with a symbol that had yet to be determined. Li Yuanqing had only provided a rough request and had yet to completely set the overall train of thought. Therefore, these areas were still empty. The overall structure had already been designed very maturely. More details needed to be perfected.
“Very good. Let’s do this for the time being. When the design is completed, bring it to me.”
“Young Master, this is not bad, right? Although this kid is young, he has a lot of ideas. Young Master, when you told me about this, the first thing I thought of was this kid. I directly told him your intentions. It seems like he’s quite perceptive.”
“Really? He does look like a designer worth nurturing.”
“It’s good that you like it. I’ll tell him your intentions. I believe he’ll be very happy.”
Zhao Tai’an smiled and put away the blueprint again.
Li Yuanqing’s gaze landed on a branch of the Myriad Treasure Chamber of Commerce. There were many people coming and going there. Overall, it was not bad.
“I wonder how the Heavenly Origin Pill is selling?”
Zhao Tai’an hurriedly ran to the back and brought over another list. He handed it to Li Yuanqing with both hands.
“Young Master, look. Ever since the price of the Heavenly Origin Pill was lowered, the sales immediately increased. Now, the overall sales are more than twice as high as before.”
“Only twice?”
Zhao Tai’an hurriedly said, “I feel that we can’t be too hasty. If we are too hasty, it will easily cause the opposite effect. If we sell too much at once, I’m afraid the entire market will be in chaos. This situation should be quite good.”
“What do you think?” Li Yuanqing retreated from the long and narrow glass window and walked to the table at the back. He picked up the top-grade spiritual tea on the table and took a sip.
Zhao Tai’an took out a jade pendant and injected some spiritual energy into it. A map immediately appeared in the office.
This map was a three-dimensional figure. It displayed the situation of the buildings in the entire level, covering all the areas of Ping City.
“There are more than a hundred shops of various sizes in Ping City now, and five of them are at the top. The other three might be slightly inferior to our two families, but they still have some strength. If we sell all those Heaven Origin Pills this time, it will easily destroy the small shops behind. This way, the underground black market will be even more rampant.”
Li Yuanqing nodded casually. He knew these things better than him. It would not be wrong to leave them all to him. After all, Zhao Tai’an had been operating here for so long and knew the situation in Ping City well.
“In that case, let’s take it step by step. After the academy is established, the price of the pills in Ping City will naturally decrease. There’s no hurry.”
Zhao Tai’an looked at Li Yuanqing gratefully.
Young Master had so many treasures on him, but he was thinking about how to help the people in Ping City increase their overall strength. He even took out all such precious pills and wanted to lower the price to sell them. What kind of spirit was this?
Did Young Master not care about those spirit stones anymore? Moreover, Zhao Tai’an was becoming more and more unable to figure out Li Yuanqing’s strength.
“Young Master, how should we choose? If we want to establish a school, we naturally have to have a proper selection mechanism. I think you should set the rules.”
“I’ve already arranged this matter. In three days, we’ll hold the first round of screening in the dense forest south of Ping City.”
“Three days later? Isn’t this time a little too tight?”
“Although it’s a little rushed, it has a very good selection effect. Announce this news tomorrow. Don’t let them feel that it’s too sudden.”
“Alright, I’ll announce this tomorrow.”
When Zhao Tai’an remembered everything and looked up again, Li Yuanqing had already disappeared. He did not know when his young master had left.
Zhao Tai’an shook his head helplessly. His young master was unpredictable. It was really rare to see him. He had only stayed for ten minutes.
At the registration counter downstairs of the headquarters of the Myriad Treasure Chamber of Commerce, a young man walked over with a calm expression. Behind him, Zhao Tianji and the other man followed silently.
“Fellow Daoist.”
Zhao Tianji suddenly jogged over and shouted at Li Yuanqing while panting softly.
Li Yuanqing stopped in surprise and turned around to look at the two of them.
“Fellow Daoist, the Myriad Treasure Chamber of Commerce is preparing to set up a cultivation academy. Are you interested in signing up? You have a chance to learn alchemy.”
“I said it’s the Heavenly Origin Pill. It was still rare a while ago and I wanted to get it to make a killing. Why did it become an unimportant thing today? I’ve wasted my time and only earned a thousand spirit stones.”
Zhao Tianji said unhappily, “It’s already good enough that we didn’t lose anything. How unlucky.”
“The people of the Myriad Treasure Chamber of Commerce are really ridiculous. How can they do this? Ever since they came here, the price of these materials has plummeted. Those very precious things were already worthless because of them. Now, I feel that this business is not easy to do. They have a monopoly on them.”
The two of them complained as they walked. These days are indeed much more difficult than before. The Myriad Treasure Chamber of Commerce was really strange.
Zhao Tianji looked up and saw a sign. On this sign was the Heavenly Origin Pill. Moreover, the slogan on it was really troublesome.
“The high-quality Heavenly Origin Pill is being sold at a special price at the Myriad Treasure Chamber of Commerce!”
Looking at the price on it, Zhao Tianji was even a little glad that he had sold it early enough. Some of the ordinary Heavenly Origin Pills on it were only sold for fifteen thousand yuan each. One had to know that ordinary quality Heavenly Origin Pills were very rare in the past. One of them cost at least thirty thousand yuan. This was half the price.
Wasn’t this price difference too much? What were they doing?
Moreover, other than the enviable slogan, there was also a row of words below. It was said that the headquarters of the Myriad Treasure Chamber of Commerce was holding a grand appraisal event. They were inviting ambitious people from all walks of life to go and have a chance to participate in the study of alchemy and weapon refinement.
“Old Zhao, look at this. It says that it’s free to learn alchemy and weapon refinement. Is it true? Is Zhao Tai’an being kind? Is he burning too much money? If there’s no other way, I can spend it for him.”
Zhao Tianji scoffed at such a thing.
“As if there will be a turn for us? In the end, they still have to cheat us of the spirit stones in our pockets. You should take good care of yourself and stop thinking about those good things.”
“But it’s clearly written below that it’s free. It shouldn’t be fake, right? I think the two of us can take a look. Perhaps we can get some benefits. You know that they have a lot of benefits.”
“What benefits do you want?”
“They’re selling the Heaven Origin Pill everywhere now. If we can find the warehouse of their Heaven Origin Pill and steal it, wouldn’t we make a killing?”
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“How dare you? You even dare to have designs on the Myriad Treasure Chamber of Commerce. Have you forgotten Zhao Tai’an’s methods? Do you know what he used to do? He used to be a proper guard captain. If the two of us are captured, we will only die.”
“Old Zhao, when did you become so timid? You weren’t like this in the past.”
“Don’t give me that. Don’t even think about it.”
Although Zhao Tianji said that, his gaze still landed on the small row of words below.
Would the Myriad Treasure Chamber of Commerce really give them such a chance to learn alchemy for free? Alchemy was such a precious thing. Would they give it up so easily?
Zhao Tianji was not confident. He had only heard comments about Zhao Tai’an and the others from his various friends. In any case, these people were all greedy vipers.
They collected money everywhere. They were greedy. They would not do anything good. There was nothing to say about these people. They only knew that they were a group of malignant tumors.
The headquarters of the Myriad Treasure Chamber of Commerce was located in the center of Ping City. This was originally the City Lord Manor, but under Hu Jiujiu’s governance, the City Lord Manor moved out and left the central area to these chambers of commerce.
Hu Jiujiu felt that there was no need for the City Lord Manor to be in the middle. Instead, after giving up the central area, the entire building would be even more prosperous.
In the hands of these merchants, the center of Ping City had already become the most prosperous city among the three cities. Everyone who came here could not help but exclaim and sigh at the sight of such a miracle.
As the center of all this, the big boss was now facing a young man. He was smiling very happily and looked fawning, as if he was deliberately currying favor with this person.
“Young Master, I haven’t seen you in a long time. You have to stay for a while longer this time. Look, it hasn’t been long, but the entire Ping City has already changed so much. If it’s any longer, I’m afraid you won’t be able to find our Chamber of Commerce when you return.”
Zhao Tai’an was a famous figure in Ping City. No matter where he went, he would be surrounded by a group of people.
However, he was as docile as a child in front of this young man today. This scene was really incomprehensible.
Li Yuanqing stood in the wide living room and looked down at the entire Ping City. The scenery here was really good. Zhao Tai’an knew how to enjoy himself and build such a comfortable office.
“Young Master, I’ve already released the news as you requested. However, I’m afraid it will take some time to establish such a large academy.”
After Li Yuanqing returned this time, he sent a message and briefly explained his intentions. Basically, he wanted to establish a large academy.
In this academy, there were all kinds of learning projects including, but they were not limited to alchemy, weapon refinement, and even arrays.
This was a very, very huge project. One had to know that even an existence like the Treasure Pavilion would have to spend a huge amount of resources to nurture a few more powerful weapon refinement masters. That was a one-way project.
If they really built a huge school like Li Yuanqing had imagined and recruited disciples, how many resources would they need to be able to withstand it? Could they support such a plan with their current financial resources? This was still a very suspicious thing.
However, since it was Li Yuanqing’s plan, Zhao Tai’an still followed Li Yuanqing’s instructions and distributed the missions early on. Now, every branch was advertising.
During the period of time since yesterday, everyone in Ping City had received this news. Everyone knew that the Myriad Treasure Chamber of Commerce was going to establish a large academy and accept anyone’s registration. However, many people still had doubts and did not trust this matter.
Li Yuanqing looked at the people coming and going on the streets. It was much better than Sea City. It had been a while since he went to Rong City. He heard that Rong City was very strict now. It was like a military base and was not even allowed to enter or leave casually.
This did not sound like good news. He just hoped that it would change.
What Li Yuanqing hoped to see was that these three cities would prosper after being controlled by the humans. Although it was just a coincidence that he came here, he still hoped that with some effort, he could improve the survival situation of the humans in the Catacombs world and not be like before.
“How’s the design blueprint going?”
Zhao Tai’an had always been the one introducing this aspect. Now that Li Yuanqing finally said something, Zhao Tai’an ran to the back in a panic and brought over a blueprint.
“Young Master, take a look first. This is the preliminary sketch. Earlier today, I heard that you were coming over, so I urged the designer to make this design early. Take a look first. If you’re not satisfied, I’ll get him to modify it.”
This map was four to five meters wide, and it was filled with all kinds of details. Just looking at it made one’s scalp tingle.
What was drawn on it was a huge circular building complex. The outer wall formed a circle that enveloped the entire academy. There was a large opening in every direction. Their door was very wide, revealing the openness of the academy as a whole.
In the middle of the wall were nine different areas. Each area was marked with a symbol that had yet to be determined. Li Yuanqing had only provided a rough request and had yet to completely set the overall train of thought. Therefore, these areas were still empty. The overall structure had already been designed very maturely. More details needed to be perfected.
“Very good. Let’s do this for the time being. When the design is completed, bring it to me.”
“Young Master, this is not bad, right? Although this kid is young, he has a lot of ideas. Young Master, when you told me about this, the first thing I thought of was this kid. I directly told him your intentions. It seems like he’s quite perceptive.”
“Really? He does look like a designer worth nurturing.”
“It’s good that you like it. I’ll tell him your intentions. I believe he’ll be very happy.”
Zhao Tai’an smiled and put away the blueprint again.
Li Yuanqing’s gaze landed on a branch of the Myriad Treasure Chamber of Commerce. There were many people coming and going there. Overall, it was not bad.
“I wonder how the Heavenly Origin Pill is selling?”
Zhao Tai’an hurriedly ran to the back and brought over another list. He handed it to Li Yuanqing with both hands.
“Young Master, look. Ever since the price of the Heavenly Origin Pill was lowered, the sales immediately increased. Now, the overall sales are more than twice as high as before.”
“Only twice?”
Zhao Tai’an hurriedly said, “I feel that we can’t be too hasty. If we are too hasty, it will easily cause the opposite effect. If we sell too much at once, I’m afraid the entire market will be in chaos. This situation should be quite good.”
“What do you think?” Li Yuanqing retreated from the long and narrow glass window and walked to the table at the back. He picked up the top-grade spiritual tea on the table and took a sip.
Zhao Tai’an took out a jade pendant and injected some spiritual energy into it. A map immediately appeared in the office.
This map was a three-dimensional figure. It displayed the situation of the buildings in the entire level, covering all the areas of Ping City.
“There are more than a hundred shops of various sizes in Ping City now, and five of them are at the top. The other three might be slightly inferior to our two families, but they still have some strength. If we sell all those Heaven Origin Pills this time, it will easily destroy the small shops behind. This way, the underground black market will be even more rampant.”
Li Yuanqing nodded casually. He knew these things better than him. It would not be wrong to leave them all to him. After all, Zhao Tai’an had been operating here for so long and knew the situation in Ping City well.
“In that case, let’s take it step by step. After the academy is established, the price of the pills in Ping City will naturally decrease. There’s no hurry.”
Zhao Tai’an looked at Li Yuanqing gratefully.
Young Master had so many treasures on him, but he was thinking about how to help the people in Ping City increase their overall strength. He even took out all such precious pills and wanted to lower the price to sell them. What kind of spirit was this?
Did Young Master not care about those spirit stones anymore? Moreover, Zhao Tai’an was becoming more and more unable to figure out Li Yuanqing’s strength.
“Young Master, how should we choose? If we want to establish a school, we naturally have to have a proper selection mechanism. I think you should set the rules.”
“I’ve already arranged this matter. In three days, we’ll hold the first round of screening in the dense forest south of Ping City.”
“Three days later? Isn’t this time a little too tight?”
“Although it’s a little rushed, it has a very good selection effect. Announce this news tomorrow. Don’t let them feel that it’s too sudden.”
“Alright, I’ll announce this tomorrow.”
When Zhao Tai’an remembered everything and looked up again, Li Yuanqing had already disappeared. He did not know when his young master had left.
Zhao Tai’an shook his head helplessly. His young master was unpredictable. It was really rare to see him. He had only stayed for ten minutes.
At the registration counter downstairs of the headquarters of the Myriad Treasure Chamber of Commerce, a young man walked over with a calm expression. Behind him, Zhao Tianji and the other man followed silently.
“Fellow Daoist.”
Zhao Tianji suddenly jogged over and shouted at Li Yuanqing while panting softly.
Li Yuanqing stopped in surprise and turned around to look at the two of them.
“Fellow Daoist, the Myriad Treasure Chamber of Commerce is preparing to set up a cultivation academy. Are you interested in signing up? You have a chance to learn alchemy.”
