Xiulan started to look through the shop for something that would help her harvest the living stone. Considering that she was going to go into debt for this purchase she did not what to have to custom order something as well.
The daily promotions where not much help. They were cheap but useless for her purposes. While she looked through the seemingly endless list of dysfunctional options she asked Elder Xin, “how much is this substance worth by weight anyway?”
Elder Xin Frowned and replied, “The Sect did not really sell it by weight. We sold the stone off in small bricks the size of a palm. The prices varied depending on the buyer, but we sold them for three spirit stone to ten.”
Xiulan clicked her tongue in dismay. By the sounds of it the thunder sect were economic illiterates. They had not done any market research and just taken peoples first offers.
Still if a palm sized brick sold for that much then even going into debt, she could still turn a profit quickly she would just have to sell the first batch of living stone with the same kind of slap dash approach that the Thunder Sect had.
Eventually Xiulan found something that might be useful. Qi Siphon Palm – Earth grade combat technique. The technique essentially sucked out a small portion of qi from an enemy every time you landed a palm strike on them.
The idea was to drain their qi reserves over the course of a fight. It was moderately priced at only five spirit stones but that was five more than Xiulan had, and the system doubled its interest every day. That would almost immediately become unsustainable.
Xiulan turned to Yanlin and asked, “how long would it realistically take you to travel to the mainland and sell off a few palm-sized pieces?”
Yanlin thought about it before estimating, “maybe five days? Six?”
Xiulan winced. That was far too long considering that the interest would double every day. Xiulan almost gave up hope before a thought struck her. “Lijuan,” she began, “do the royal family have any living stone?”
The Princess was caught off guard but soon smiled, “why no, no they do not. If I remember correctly, it is one of the items that we have tried to trade for on the mainland but could never find.”
Xiulan grinned at the woman and purred, “and I assume that the royal clan does have some spirit stone even if we do not use them to trade in the Kingdom?”
Lijuan nodded, “it is not a sum that any clan on the mainland would boast about, but the Clan has maybe two dozen spirit stones in its vaults.”
“Perfect,” said Xiulan and pretending to reach in her satchel she purchased the technique from the store.
“The host has made a wise purchase and using the system’s generous credit agreement!” trilled the system.
Xiulan pulled the technique scroll out of the bag as if it had always been there and handed it to Yanlin.
“After you learn that it will take a few hours of work but we need some of that stone pliable enough to remove,” ordered Xiulan.
Elder Xin blinked in surprise as Yanlin took the technique scroll and it diffused into his cultivation. Almost immediately Yanlin turn to the pillar and started to repeatedly strike the same place on the pillar. Small puffs of Qi were released as he worked, diffusing out into the air behind him.
“What in heavens name was that scroll?” asked Elder Xin.
Xiulan played it cool even though the easy way she had just taught a technique had not occurred to her as anything odd. “It was a technique scroll. It is a palm technique that removes Qi. It would be more effective if the living stone was actually a human cultivator, but its semi organic nature should allow Yanlin to drain a portion of the stone fairly quickly.”
Elder Xin sputtered, “but… you cannot just teach techniques like that. It takes years of practice to learn a technique and a master to guide you. I have never seen a scroll like that. How could you just casually be carrying that around!”
Xiulan shrugged, “maybe it is a mainland practice. That is how my contacts deliver new techniques to me. We are lucky I had that technique on hand.”
Elder Xin was still looking at her with surprise, but they were all distracted by a particularly heavy puff of Qi coming from the continuously swingy Yanlin.
The section of living stone he was working on had turned from black to a deep blue. After some brief testing with a chisel, they determined that it was still too hard to cut so Yanlin kept pounding.
Xiulan spoke to Yanlin as he worked. “After you remove that chunk get to the Capital as quickly as you can. I want you to sell that piece to the Prince for as many spirit stones as you can get. Tell him that there is more where that came from and then try and shake the followers, he will inevitably send to follow you. Do not be alarmed if the spirit stones go missing from your person, I might have to fetch them from you with a technique before you can return.”
Yanlin nodded and the living stone turned a lighter shade of blue. Princess Lijuan sighed and said, “I am not sure that is wise. If my brother thinks that there is a deposit of living stone in the Kingdom he will stop at nothing to find it. He craves anything that will give the kingdom legitimacy to the mainland. He might start hurting people just on the off chance they know something. Especially if Yanlin gives him no clear idea of where to look.”
Xiulan thought it over and then revised, “well maybe do not lose his followers then but take them on a wild goose chase to the mainland and then lose them there. If he thinks that it is a mainland deposit that should stop any greed he has.”
The living stone turned a shade of dark green and started to show signs of actually chipping. If Xiulan wanted to turn this into a big business, then she would have to have people down here pounding stone twenty-four seven.
Xiulan started to look through the shop for something that would help her harvest the living stone. Considering that she was going to go into debt for this purchase she did not what to have to custom order something as well.
The daily promotions where not much help. They were cheap but useless for her purposes. While she looked through the seemingly endless list of dysfunctional options she asked Elder Xin, “how much is this substance worth by weight anyway?”
Elder Xin Frowned and replied, “The Sect did not really sell it by weight. We sold the stone off in small bricks the size of a palm. The prices varied depending on the buyer, but we sold them for three spirit stone to ten.”
Xiulan clicked her tongue in dismay. By the sounds of it the thunder sect were economic illiterates. They had not done any market research and just taken peoples first offers.
Still if a palm sized brick sold for that much then even going into debt, she could still turn a profit quickly she would just have to sell the first batch of living stone with the same kind of slap dash approach that the Thunder Sect had.
Eventually Xiulan found something that might be useful. Qi Siphon Palm – Earth grade combat technique. The technique essentially sucked out a small portion of qi from an enemy every time you landed a palm strike on them.
The idea was to drain their qi reserves over the course of a fight. It was moderately priced at only five spirit stones but that was five more than Xiulan had, and the system doubled its interest every day. That would almost immediately become unsustainable.
Xiulan turned to Yanlin and asked, “how long would it realistically take you to travel to the mainland and sell off a few palm-sized pieces?”
Yanlin thought about it before estimating, “maybe five days? Six?”
Xiulan winced. That was far too long considering that the interest would double every day. Xiulan almost gave up hope before a thought struck her. “Lijuan,” she began, “do the royal family have any living stone?”
The Princess was caught off guard but soon smiled, “why no, no they do not. If I remember correctly, it is one of the items that we have tried to trade for on the mainland but could never find.”
Xiulan grinned at the woman and purred, “and I assume that the royal clan does have some spirit stone even if we do not use them to trade in the Kingdom?”
Lijuan nodded, “it is not a sum that any clan on the mainland would boast about, but the Clan has maybe two dozen spirit stones in its vaults.”
“Perfect,” said Xiulan and pretending to reach in her satchel she purchased the technique from the store.
“The host has made a wise purchase and using the system’s generous credit agreement!” trilled the system.
Xiulan pulled the technique scroll out of the bag as if it had always been there and handed it to Yanlin.
“After you learn that it will take a few hours of work but we need some of that stone pliable enough to remove,” ordered Xiulan.
Elder Xin blinked in surprise as Yanlin took the technique scroll and it diffused into his cultivation. Almost immediately Yanlin turn to the pillar and started to repeatedly strike the same place on the pillar. Small puffs of Qi were released as he worked, diffusing out into the air behind him.
“What in heavens name was that scroll?” asked Elder Xin.
Xiulan played it cool even though the easy way she had just taught a technique had not occurred to her as anything odd. “It was a technique scroll. It is a palm technique that removes Qi. It would be more effective if the living stone was actually a human cultivator, but its semi organic nature should allow Yanlin to drain a portion of the stone fairly quickly.”
Elder Xin sputtered, “but… you cannot just teach techniques like that. It takes years of practice to learn a technique and a master to guide you. I have never seen a scroll like that. How could you just casually be carrying that around!”
Xiulan shrugged, “maybe it is a mainland practice. That is how my contacts deliver new techniques to me. We are lucky I had that technique on hand.”
Elder Xin was still looking at her with surprise, but they were all distracted by a particularly heavy puff of Qi coming from the continuously swingy Yanlin.
The section of living stone he was working on had turned from black to a deep blue. After some brief testing with a chisel, they determined that it was still too hard to cut so Yanlin kept pounding.
Xiulan spoke to Yanlin as he worked. “After you remove that chunk get to the Capital as quickly as you can. I want you to sell that piece to the Prince for as many spirit stones as you can get. Tell him that there is more where that came from and then try and shake the followers, he will inevitably send to follow you. Do not be alarmed if the spirit stones go missing from your person, I might have to fetch them from you with a technique before you can return.”
Yanlin nodded and the living stone turned a lighter shade of blue. Princess Lijuan sighed and said, “I am not sure that is wise. If my brother thinks that there is a deposit of living stone in the Kingdom he will stop at nothing to find it. He craves anything that will give the kingdom legitimacy to the mainland. He might start hurting people just on the off chance they know something. Especially if Yanlin gives him no clear idea of where to look.”
Xiulan thought it over and then revised, “well maybe do not lose his followers then but take them on a wild goose chase to the mainland and then lose them there. If he thinks that it is a mainland deposit that should stop any greed he has.”
The living stone turned a shade of dark green and started to show signs of actually chipping. If Xiulan wanted to turn this into a big business, then she would have to have people down here pounding stone twenty-four seven.
