A bucket of expensive medicinal liquid is now as clear as water.
Lu Zhong looked at Yu Feng'er in his arms. She had been working particularly hard recently, as if to make up for the debt in her heart, which caused her own cultivation to stagnate for a long time. She couldn't help but comfort her softly:
"You don't have to blame yourself so much..."
Although beauty pills can keep your appearance young, it can also cause the phenomenon of "self-aging".
Once self-degeneration begins, it means that life span is completely exhausted and life has come to an end. In this case, even if you take life-extending spiritual substances, the effect will be greatly reduced.
Yu Feng'er's shoulders twitched and she buried her head without saying anything.
Seeing her look like this, Lu Zhong had to change the topic, "How is the Chamber of Commerce doing lately?"
Hearing this, Yu Feng'er wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, buried her head in her arms and said: "Relying on the high-quality Huangya Pill, the Chamber of Commerce has regained its foothold in the pill market. The next step is to encroach step by step according to the established plan...
…However, our expansion has also aroused the alarm of many large chambers of commerce.”
"Especially the Wangxi Chamber of Commerce, which we regard as our main competitor, they have made a very fierce response. The chamber of commerce's stores in the inner city and Gangcheng South District have begun to encounter inexplicable troubles frequently. Recently, there have been people in Latao Pavilion from time to time.
If there is trouble, I have arranged for Yuqing to be in charge in the city. As long as the other party does not ask Master Jindan to take action, the normal operation of the store can be guaranteed."
Yu Feng'er said, frowning slightly, and continued: "The biggest trouble is that three of the alchemy workshops that were originally determined to cooperate with the Chamber of Commerce have torn up their spiritual contracts and would rather pay a large sum of spiritual stones than cooperate with us again.
, it is expected that the Wangxi Chamber of Commerce is behind this. They have been rooted in Changchun Fairy City for many years, and their relationships and financial resources are all superior to the Chengde Chamber of Commerce. In this regard, I am planning to start cultivating the alchemy belonging to the Chengde Chamber of Commerce.
Workshop, and at the same time increase the external procurement of elixirs. Even if there is a slight loss, we must maintain the market share we have gained."
After hearing this, Lu Zhong was not surprised at all.
This was something he had expected. Ruining someone's wealth would be like killing one's parents.
If you change to the world of cultivating immortals, you will never be able to follow the path of others!
It is foreseeable that as long as one party does not retreat, the situation will continue to escalate.
In the end, it is not impossible for the conflict to come to an end.
"Then continue to implement the plan." He pondered for a while and decided.
The reason why the Wangxi Chamber of Commerce was initially targeted was because there was no Jindan real person behind the Wangxi Chamber of Commerce. Even if the situation got out of hand in the end, Lu Zhong was confident that he could suppress the matter with his own strength and let the Chengde Chamber of Commerce regain its credibility.
Recapture the lost elixir market.
Only by allowing the Chengde Chamber of Commerce to earn more spiritual stones can he obtain a steady supply of resources, and then be able to refine a large amount of created spiritual liquid, and finally turn all his hard work into an improvement in his cultivation.
Lu Zhong had no choice, after all he was just a casual cultivator.
Without the full support of his family or sect, if he didn't want to risk his luck or chance, he would have no choice but to get involved in disputes in order to obtain enough resources to form pills.
"Alas, in the final analysis, it is still caused by the split of Heling Sect."
If Heling Sect is not a branch of the sect, then if he continues to stay in the sect, he may be listed as a pill-forming seed and receive the best efforts from the sect to cultivate him. Although this is tantamount to being tied to the sect, it is still better.
Now we are so worried about resources.
After being gentle with Yu Feng'er for a while, she got up and dressed.
On the other side, Yu Feng'er, who had dressed herself, was combing her hair in front of the water mirror.
As the saying goes, move the Qi and nourish the body.
After serving as the head of the Yu family and the president of the Chengde Chamber of Commerce for so many years, she already has the aura of a person in a position of power.
Given time, it may not be impossible to develop momentum.
After finishing the second level of Jade Vein Skill training, Lu Zhong is ready to pick up the spells, especially the two secret techniques of Star Pulling Technique and Combined Star Explosion. They may be put to unexpected use in the next fight with the Wangxi Chamber of Commerce.
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If you didn't practice before, it's because after the magic reaches the foundation building stage, the cost-effectiveness becomes lower due to the emergence of spiritual weapons.
The long casting time is a huge disadvantage, making it difficult to apply second-level spells in actual combat. Compared with this, the difficulty of learning is not a disadvantage. In addition, he has already obtained several spiritual weapons, so he has not learned spells before.
necessary.
But the situation is different now. Lu Zhong's target for fighting has changed, from a small-scale individual fight among monks to a large-scale fight that may involve participation in formation battles.
At this stage when the conflict with the Wangxi Chamber of Commerce is intensifying, such a situation is very likely to occur.
In this case, either quickly defeat the opponent's combat power of the same level, or kill the enemy's low-level monks on a large scale.
Therefore, it becomes very necessary to learn one or two powerful spells.
And Qia Qia, whether it is the Star Drawing Technique that can attract stars from the sky and bombard the ground, or the Star Explosion that gathers the whole body's true energy in one blow, they are all powerful spells that can set the cauldron in one blow.
When it comes to mass destruction, Fa Xiu is definitely an expert in this area.
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One month later.
Changchun Valley, Foreign Affairs Hall.
There were crowds of people in the hall, most of them were foundation-building cultivators in robes. On the tea seat nearby, there were two monks exuding powerful spiritual energy fluctuations. They were Jindan cultivators.
Everyone gathered together to bid for the Changchun Territory Spiritual Land held once every ten years.
Lu Zhong also appeared here with Yu Feng'er.
Regarding the refining of the spiritual liquid of creation, he has already met the requirements for alchemy, but he still lacks a spiritual vein that can provide a large amount of spiritual energy, so he made a special trip here to participate in the spiritual land auction.
"...The bidding for Lushuiyuan begins now. This spiritual land was originally owned by Tiejianmen. Tiejianmen became insolvent due to the sinking of the financing ship, so it sold the Lushuiyuan spiritual land. It is a first-level medium-sized spiritual land and is located between Changchun Immortal City.
North, adjacent to the Luyang Mountains, is rich in elixir resources that can be collected. There is East Water flowing through the territory, which brings with it weak spiritual energy. One hundred and twenty-seven acres of low-grade spiritual fields have been opened up. The potential for future development is huge. The attached conditions are to ensure that the deer
The mortals in Shuicheng are safe, and they will participate in the demon beast siege in the Luyang Mountains once every thirty years. The starting price is 300,000 spirit stones, and each increase in price must not be less than 10,000!"
The person responsible for presiding over this matter was a powerful deacon from Changchun Valley. After he announced the start of bidding, everyone participating in the auction began to bid one after another.
Among these bidders, there are family patriarchs who basically want to buy land to lay the foundation for the family's prosperity, and there are also wealthy foundation-building casual cultivators. The latter have two purposes, or they are planning to buy land to spread their branches.
, establish a cultivating family, or purchase spiritual land to establish a sect.
Under their bidding, the price of Lushui's original spiritual veins rose again and again, and soon it reached 700,000 yuan.
Lu Zhong had no intention of participating in the bidding for this spiritual vein.
When others buy spiritual veins, they are looking at its future development potential and whether it can develop profitable industries. Lu Shuiyuan was able to fetch a high price of 700,000 because this spiritual land can develop not only the spiritual medicine collection industry, but also the development of new industries.
Create a large number of spiritual fields that can be used to grow spiritual rice.
And all he needs is the spiritual energy of his spiritual veins.
Although the level of spiritual veins can be slowly improved over several generations through a variety of means.
But what Lu Zhong was short of was time, so it would be more cost-effective to just buy something ready-made.
After a fierce fight, Lu Shuiyuan finally paid a high price of 830,000 spirit stones, and was won by a middle-aged man in brown clothes.
"The auction below is for Ganquan Island, which is a second-level large-scale spiritual vein. If you take the photo, you will have the ownership of the Ganquan Islands and the rights to develop Qianli Sea. The Ganquan Islands are located in the sea outside Changchun Fairy City and have huge development potential. The proviso is that the person who takes the photo must resist it on their own.
The sea monsters attack, the starting price is 500,000 spirit stones, and each increase in price must not be less than 10,000."
Unlike the Lushui Original Spiritual Land, which caused a rush of people as soon as it was announced, the Ganquan Island Spiritual Land, which only needed 500,000 spiritual stones, received a cold reception from everyone.
The reason is that this spiritual land is located in the outer sea area two thousand miles away. Once it encounters a large-scale sea monster attack, it will not receive support from Changchun Immortal City. Only Jindan Zhenren can repel the sea monster wave attack alone. General foundation-building families do not have this ability.
Resistance, so it is not suitable as a clan territory or sect mountain gate.
After half a day, only three people bid, and the price increase was not drastic.
The deacon of Changchun Valley frowned when he saw this.
The transaction price of the spiritual land is related to his final commission, and in order to compete for the right to host this spiritual land auction, he has spent a large amount of spiritual stones to smoothen the relationship.
Under such circumstances, it is natural not to want to see the scene deserted.
After thinking for a while, in order to make more profits for himself, he decisively stated the bottom line conditions given by the sect, which was to allow the buyer to build a commercial port in the Ganquan Islands.
In Changchun Territory, the construction of commercial ports will be strictly controlled by Changchun Valley, because this will dilute the total cargo trade volume of Changchun Port, which is equivalent to reducing the income of Changchun Valley. Therefore, the inner sea area of Changchun Territory has not yet been
A commercial port was built, and some were private ports for each family's own use. However, commercial trade was not allowed in the private ports, otherwise the ownership would be taken back by Changchun Valley.
After everyone heard this, they couldn't help but fell into deep thought.
Even the two Jindan masters sitting next to them showed emotional expressions.
But soon, they gave up.
After all, the location of the Ganquan Islands is not on the East China Sea route. Even if a commercial port is built, the result will be the same as other open sea commercial ports before, with no ships docking at all.
In the end, there were still only a few people bidding.
They either bought it to catch sea fish for profit, or they were a hunting family and planned to use it as a hunting ground.
As for those who want to develop the Ganquan Islands, there are none.
"I will give you 680,000 spiritual stones."
Lu Zhong chose an opportunity to join the bidding.
As soon as this statement came out, it immediately attracted a lot of attention.
Lu Zhong and the others didn't know each other, but Yu Feng'er, the president of the Chengde Chamber of Commerce, was a relatively famous figure in Changchun Fairy City recently, so they couldn't help but wonder in their hearts what the Chengde Chamber of Commerce's intention was in buying the Ganquan Islands.
Could it be that there are some undeveloped mineral veins up there?
Or maybe there are some rare resources hidden in the waters of Ganquan Island...
Businessmen's thinking inevitably makes them suspicious.
The deacon of Changchun Valley on the side also had these thoughts in his mind, and couldn't help but wonder if the monks sent by the sect to "plow the fields" had really missed something.
Immediately, someone made a test.
Then, the deposit will be confiscated.
The rules of the spiritual land bidding are that each family must pay fifty thousand spiritual stones as a deposit before bidding. If they regret after buying the spiritual land, the deposit will be confiscated.
As soon as this man slapped him, Lu Zhong gave up immediately.
According to his psychological price, Ganquan Islands' bid of 680,000 was already the highest.
Soon, the farce ended.
At this time, Lu Zhong proposed to re-auction the Ganquan Islands.
Just now, as the second highest bidder, he had the qualification to propose a re-auction. This was also the rule of the Changchun Valley Spirit Land auction, but it was rarely proposed on weekdays.
However, the prerequisite is to obtain the consent of the auction manager.
At this time, Deacon Changchun Gu was overjoyed because he had confiscated a deposit. After all, half of the confiscated deposit belonged to him. When he heard Lu Zhong's request for a reshoot, there was no reason not to agree.
"The bidding will still start at 500,000 spirit stones. Each increase in price must not be less than 10,000. Bidding starts now!"
"Five hundred and fifty thousand."
The first bidder was the Hunting and Fishing Chamber of Commerce. Their purpose of bidding was to own a unique fishing ground belonging to the Chamber of Commerce.
"I'll pay five hundred and ninety thousand."
A woman in colorful clothes said that she was the patriarch of the Zhuge family in the city. The family made a living by hunting animals. They took a fancy to Ganquan Island's abundant marine animal resources and planned to hunt them for profit.
"Six hundred and fifty thousand." Lu Zhong bid again.
After hearing his bid, some people couldn't help but become suspicious.
After all, it is indeed quite strange to be so persistent and always want to take pictures of the Ganquan Islands.
The deacon of Changchun Valley also felt guilty.
Finally, someone else couldn't help but try it out, maybe they could actually make it happen.
"I'll pay 660,000!"
He thought very simply. Since Lu Zhong's last bid was 680,000 spirit stones, it means that the psychological price should be this price.
Unexpectedly, Lu Zhong shook his head and said he would withdraw from the bidding.
"Wha, what..." The man was stunned.
Why are you so decisive?
No surprise, I regretted taking the photo again.
No one can spend 660,000 spiritual stones to buy a piece of spiritual land that is useless to the family chamber of commerce based on mere speculation. They will definitely become sinners.
The security deposit was confiscated again.
Seeing this scene, everyone's expressions couldn't help but become weird.
Is it possible that Changchun Valley is setting up a trap to defraud fools out of their deposits?
They have seen many similar methods.
It's just that I have never seen it at an auction of this level.
The auction manager of Changchun Valley on the side saw everyone's expressions at this moment and didn't know what they were thinking. He was very happy because he had won 25,000 spiritual stones, but he had to stand up and explain:
"Ahem, in Xiamu Qingyuan, I can personally guarantee the reputation of myself and my sect. This Taoist friend and I have no intention of joining forces to defraud the deposit!"
After hearing his words, everyone felt relieved.
With the reputation of Changchun Valley, since we have made the guarantee, there is absolutely no problem.
The auction continued, and Lu Zhong proposed to bid again.
This time, he was the first to bid.
"I will give you 600,000 spiritual stones."
"Six hundred thousand, is there anyone else bidding?" The auction manager looked around, but no one answered.
The president of the Hunting and Fishing Chamber of Commerce and the Zhuge clan leader who had bid before shook their heads, saying that the price exceeded their psychological price and they had no intention of bidding.
Judging from the previous situation, it was impossible for them to defeat Lu Zhong and take ownership of the Ganquan Islands without bidding 650,000 spirit stones. Therefore, after weighing the pros and cons in their hearts, they all decided to do more rather than less to avoid offending A chamber of commerce.
Sell face to the Chengde Chamber of Commerce, and maybe you can get some discounts when selling goods in the future.
"Then... Congratulations to this fellow Taoist for successfully bidding on the Ganquan Island Spiritual Land!" The bidding deacon sighed inwardly, but on the surface he smiled, as if he was really congratulating Lu Zhong.
"Join us, rejoice together!" Lu Zhong congratulated everyone and held their hands.
To be honest, he didn't expect that filming Ganquan Islands by himself would arouse so much inner drama from everyone.
Fortunately, the goal was finally achieved.
The conditions required for refining the spirit liquid have finally been gathered.