(ps: In the previous chapter, the interest rate of one thousand sixty-six dollars was wrong, so it was changed to ten thousand sixty-five thousand.)
After a while.
Ancestor Ji Yan and Son of God Mingzhe seemed to come to their senses and began to think about this matter seriously.
"Xinglan~"
Ancestor Ji Yan's attitude gradually became serious, and he muttered: "I did a little calculation, and the current price of 100 million warehouses of third-grade spiritual rice is about 4,000 chaos spiritual stones, which is equivalent to the output of your Wuji Palace for three to four hundred years, right?
?When did you hoard so much spiritual rice?"
If it was just a sale of one or two hundred Chaos Spiritual Stones, Ancestor Ji Yan would naturally make the decision without saying a word.
But the amount of this order is really too large.
Ancestor Ji Yan had to brace himself to avoid making mistakes.
"In fact, our Wuji Palace only has 1.6 million hectares of third-grade spiritual fields, and the annual output is only 200,000 warehouses! Without food, drink, and loss, it will take five hundred years to save 100 million warehouses."
Goddess Xinglan did not deceive him, she told him the truth directly.
"The current total price of these two grains is 7,000 Chaos Spiritual Stones. They are futures orders pledged from other transactions between me and the Divine Treasure Palace!"
At this time, Goddess Xinglan took out the futures contract she had made with the Divine Treasure Palace. Afraid that Ancestor Ji Yan might not understand, she also explained the meaning of the futures order very thoughtfully.
Ancestor Ji Yan and Shenzi Mingzhe are both smart and flexible people. Under her explanation, they immediately understood the principle and value of this futures contract.
If they spend 7,000 Chaos Spiritual Stones and take over this futures contract now, they will be able to withdraw one million warehouses of third-grade spiritual rice, and one hundred thousand warehouses of fourth-grade spiritual rice, or chaos spiritual stones converted from current prices from the Divine Treasure Palace every year in the future.
, until they are all completed a hundred years later.
According to the current continuous rise in food prices, this deal is undoubtedly a very good deal. However, if food prices plummet in the next hundred years, they may lose money.
However, with the current situation, will food prices fall?
Ancestor Qi Yan made some calculations in his mind and couldn't help but secretly shake his head. The possibility of food prices falling in the short term is extremely low.
As far as their Nanming Temple is concerned, as the Third Immortal Emperor's Catastrophe approaches, the Emperor's desire for war has become more and more intense. Now the Nanming Temple has actually secretly entered a state of war preparation, and has begun to plan and purposefully
Stock up on food.
In addition, the war zones controlled by big forces such as Wuyue Temple and Ziwei Temple are now fighting very fiercely. Their own food production cannot keep up with consumption, and the demand for food is also very strong.
No matter which angle you think about it, there is only one result. Not only will the price of food not fall in the past century, it will definitely increase a lot!
If Ancestor Ji Yan really wins this futures contract, he will definitely make a profit without losing any money. The only question is how much can he make?
If it can increase by 30%, it will be a huge profit!
"Xinglan, you have to think about it." Ancestor Qi Yan said with a smile, "We at the Nanming Temple are bullish on the future price of food. If you sell this futures in advance, don't blame us if you feel that you will lose money in the future.
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"If we weren't really short of money, why would we sell this futures?" Goddess Xinglan also sighed helplessly, looking like she was very distressed and reluctant to part with it.
But soon, she changed the topic and continued: "However, the market has always been unpredictable, and no one dares to say that his judgment will be accurate."
"It's impossible to say, we don't know that the price of food will plummet a lot in the next hundred years. Just in case, I mean just in case. If Ancestor Ji Yan makes a loss, don't blame us."
"Hahaha~" Ancestor Ji Yan laughed boldly, "How can there be a guaranteed profit in a business? I still understand the principle of 'buy a deal and walk away, and you will be responsible for the profits and losses'."
"What's more, our Nanming Temple has to stock up on food for a long time. Xinglan, your large futures order is a timely rain."
"However, seven thousand Chaos Spirit Stones is not a small amount. I can only give you our Nanming Temple's own Chaos Spirit Stone tickets."
Major temples and shrines often issue their own spirit stone tickets for the convenience of transactions. Those who have spirit stone tickets can go to the branch of the corresponding force at any time to exchange for the corresponding spirit stones.
And this is also a privilege that only the major forces standing at the top of the pyramid in the fairy world have.
The stronger the financial resources, the better the credibility and circulation of the spirit stone tickets issued.
The Nanming Temple itself has a solid foundation and strong financial resources. The Lingshi Tickets it issues have a good reputation and are recognized throughout the fairy world.
In the past, Wuji Shrine was also qualified to issue spirit stone tickets.
However, with the fall of Emperor Wuji, the Lingshi Tickets of Wuji Palace were run on. At that time, in order to maintain its credibility, Wuji Palace had to sell many assets to redeem the Lingshi Tickets.
In this way, although a large amount of assets were lost, the reputation of Wuji Shrine was maintained.
But in today's Wuji Palace, it is very difficult to issue Lingshi Tickets. A force without an Immortal Emperor is not qualified to issue Lingshi Tickets!
"The spirit stone tickets of your temple are very circulated, so there is no problem." Goddess Xinglan accepted it happily, "In that case, we will sign a contract."
Although it is said that the catastrophe of the Nanming Immortal Emperor is coming, this "coming" will have to be "coming" for at least ten thousand years. Looking at the appearance of the Nanming Temple, there should be no problem with the normal inheritance of the Son of God. The Lingshi Ticket
Credibility will most likely not be affected.
Taking a step back, Goddess Xinglan can also use the spirit stone tickets and exchange them for some fixed assets.
Later.
Very naturally.
In a harmonious and friendly atmosphere, Ancestor Jiyan and Goddess Xinglan signed a transfer agreement for bulk grain futures.
At this point, this transaction can be considered a perfect ending.
And in this very short period of time, the available funds on hand of Goddess Xinglan have reached tens of thousands of Chaos Spiritual Stones!
Everything went extremely smoothly.
Of course, even if Ancestor Jiyan is unwilling to take over the futures contract, it is not a big problem for Goddess Xinglan. There are other ways to deal with it.
According to Mr. Shouzhe's plan, as long as the futures are split into ten thousand or more shares, with the general trend of rising grain prices, it will naturally be easy to sell them, but it will take some time.
In fact, even Goddess Xinglan herself would never believe that food prices would fall if she hadn't met Mr. Shouzhe!
There is no airtight wall in this world.
Goddess Xinglan's plan went smoothly, but on the other hand, under the "unintentional" propaganda of Elder Baohu, Goddess Xinglan's series of "super prodigal" and "faint" operations seemed to have wings.
was quickly spread.
For a while.
All kinds of rumors about the goddess Xinglan seizing power and ruining the family are noisy in the world.
There were even rumors that Goddess Xinglan was dissatisfied with Master's attempt to marry her to the Son of God Mingzhe, so she began to sell off the palace's assets frantically, preparing to make money and run away.
Also planning to elope with her is a young man with mysterious origins, handsomeness and extraordinary temperament.
There are also rumors that the mysterious young master is the manipulator behind the goddess Xinglan, and his purpose is to persuade the goddess to sell off the palace's assets, and then kick the goddess away after collecting the money.
These rumors spread so quickly and to such a wide range, so naturally Elder Baohu secretly added fuel to the flames.
His purpose is also quite clear, which is to completely solidify this series of mortgages, gambling and other contracts, so as to prevent Taoist Master Chenguang from causing trouble later and causing many twists and turns.
After all, although Wuji Shrine has declined and is notoriously poor, the inheritance foundation of the shrine is still there. Dozens of Taoist-level elders, more than a thousand Daluo, and a legacy lineup of 30,000 true immortals are no joke.
Even though the Divine Treasure Palace is very powerful and is not afraid of the Wuji Palace, there is really no need to ask for trouble.
Various rumors were rampant outside the palace, and many elders in the Wuji Palace were not closed-minded and listened to the news. Naturally, they all received the news one after another.
At this moment, some elders of the shrine could not sit still and strongly advocated convening a joint meeting, preparing to ask Master Chenguang and Goddess Xinglan what the rumors were about outside.
The main hall of Wuji Shrine.
As the most important building of Wuji Shrine, this main hall not only covers a large area, but also has a majestic and majestic appearance.
The main hall is located in the center of the entire Wuji Shrine. It is not only the venue for many high-level meetings, but also the hub of the entire Wuji Shrine.
Strictly speaking, the Wuji Shrine, high above the sky, is not just a simple building. It is an extremely powerful secret treasure in itself. It can be used as a Taoist boat when necessary. Not only does it have great defensive capabilities,
Strong, and even has certain attack capabilities.
The Wuji Divine Palace was once the most powerful force among the thirty-three heavens in the immortal world. Naturally, there was definitely more than one "divine palace" like this that stood high in the sky.
It is said that this "shrine" was once just one of the many temples of Wuji Shrine. The last group of people from Wuji Shrine fled all the way in this shrine, saving the last lifeline of Wuji Shrine.
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Now, after so many years, the entire shrine has basically maintained its original appearance under careful maintenance, with just a touch of vicissitudes left by the years.
now.
In the main hall of the shrine.
A high-level meeting of the shrine, attended by Taoist elders and some powerful Da Luo Jinxian, began.
According to the rules.
The temporary palace master, Goddess Xinglan, sat majestically on the main seat of the main hall.
Her expression was calm as usual, as if she had anticipated this scene.
But this time, her master, Taoist Master Chenguang, sat one position to the left of the main seat, that is, the position of the Supreme Elder!
In the main hall, there are two positions for the Supreme Elder, one is located at the first position on the left and right hand of the main seat.
What it represents is also the authority second only to the acting palace master in Wuji Palace.
At this moment, sitting opposite Taoist Master Chenguang, was an old man who was thin but energetic.
The old man’s name is [Taoist Master Tianshu].
Master Tianshu was also a quasi-god when he was young. He was ranked at the top of the Shenying Ranking for a long time, and he was also a leader of the younger generation who was famous all over the world.
Now, many thousands of years have passed, and he, like Taoist Master Chenguang, has reached the peak of Taoism and the level of a half-step Immortal Emperor.
In fact, Taoist Master Tianshu was not the only one who was born as a quasi-divine son or quasi-goddess.
Among the thirty-odd Hunyuan Realm Taoist masters or powerful men of the same level currently in the Wuji Shrine, three are all quasi-gods and quasi-goddesses.
They are of different ages, genders, and even have different training directions, but you can tell by looking at their auras that without exception, they have all reached the middle to late stage of Taoism, and they look relatively young.
It’s no wonder. Taoist Master Chenguang has been in charge of the temple for a hundred thousand years. How could there not be a quasi-divine son or quasi-goddess during this period?
It's just that although the acting palace master Chenguang Taoist Master has a reputation as a prodigal, he actually worked very hard for the palace. Overall, he did a pretty good job, so his status is relatively stable. Some of the subsequent quasi-divine sons and goddesses did not take the turn of acting palace masters.
position.
Of course, it does not rule out that the subsequent quasi-goddess and powerful quasi-goddess are unwilling to take over the thankless position of acting palace master and clean up the mess for the shrine.
After all, power and responsibility are always one.
Taking over the position of acting palace lord, it is necessary to allocate a lot of time and energy to deal with various complicated and trivial matters in the palace, from external commercial trade to the internal affairs of the palace. The workload is very huge and terrifying, and the mental energy consumed is also huge.
It is very huge, and daily practice time will definitely be severely squeezed.
There is no way, although the territory of Wuji Shrine has shrunk a lot compared to its heyday, it is still very large, almost several times the territory of the Holy Land today.
It can be said that the position of the current palace master of Wuji Palace does not have many benefits, but also a lot of troubles. It is probably only a quasi-goddess like Xinglan Goddess who has an extra sense of responsibility who rushes to take over.
And today.
In addition to Taoist Master Chenguang, Taoist Tianshu, and several former quasi-divine sons and quasi-goddesses, other Taoist-level elders from Wuji Shrine also gathered together for a rare occasion. Even those who were too far away to come over in time were sent
Projection comes to participate in the meeting.
More than thirty Hunyuan Realm Taoist masters sat in a circle, and almost all of them had serious expressions on their faces.
A solemn atmosphere filled the air.
No one took the initiative to speak.
After a while, a white-haired child with a face and a fairy-like temperament appeared, but the elder who was lower in the ranking finally couldn't hold it in any longer. He stood up and cupped his hands and said, "Your Highness, don't you have anything to explain to us?"
Goddess Xinglan glanced at him casually and said in a calm tone: "It turns out to be [Elder Yigeng], what do you want this palace master to explain?"
Elder Yigeng's expression froze, obviously he did not expect that Goddess Xinglan would react this way.
However, he quickly came to his senses, and began to type in an obviously agitated tone: "There are rumors from the outside that Her Highness the Goddess pledged the remaining twenty-three ninth-grade spiritual vein land deed coefficients of the Shrine for loans, and also signed some kind of bet with the Divine Treasure Palace.
protocol!"
"For such a big matter, Xinglan, you made your own decision without even discussing it!"
"Is it possible that you are really planning to make money and run away as rumored?"
Faced with Elder Yigeng's questioning, Goddess Xinglan didn't even raise her eyelids. She waved her hands and said, "Business opportunities are fleeting. If Elder Yigeng doesn't understand things in the business world, stop worrying so much."
Elder Yigeng felt a lump in his throat and almost vomited blood from anger.
He never expected that Goddess Xinglan would be so impatient with him and yet so confident. Shouldn't she feel ashamed?
Seeing this, another female Taoist elder couldn't stand it anymore and stood up and said: "What are you saying, Your Highness the Goddess? Although your Chenguang lineage is in charge of the shrine, this shrine is not your family's shrine! We are facing
Don’t you even have the right to question the acting palace master’s foolish decision?”
"Foolish decision making?" Goddess Xinglan looked at her with a half-smile, "Elder Cangyu, you seem to know a lot about management and business? Come on, come on, I'll let you take the seat of this palace master, let's see if you have any
What wonderful method can be devised to break the decline of the palace!"
As she said that, she took out the [Wuji Divine Seal] and patted it in front.
In an instant, bright golden light bloomed from the Wuji Divine Seal, turning into a majestic divine power that filled the air and enveloped the entire hall in an instant.
The Wuji Divine Seal is the symbol of the authority of the Wuji Palace.
Seeing the divine seal is like seeing the Immortal Emperor.
Everyone's expressions suddenly became serious and solemn, and even Elder Cangyu, who was about to retort, subconsciously closed his mouth, stood up and bowed obediently.
Yes, Goddess Xinglan holds the Wuji Divine Seal. Now, nominally and legally, she is in charge of the palace on behalf of the Immortal Emperor, so her status is naturally different from that of ordinary goddesses.
The scene was temporarily calmed down.
As for what Goddess Xinglan said about letting Elder Cangyu take the position of acting palace master, Elder Cangyu selectively forgot about it at this moment.
If you have opinions, you have opinions. If you accuse her face to face, you should accuse her face to face. She would not dare to ask her to accept the Wuji Divine Seal.
"Ahem~"
Taoist Master Chenguang coughed lowly, breaking the silent atmosphere in the palace: "Everyone, Xinglan is now the acting palace master. If you have any questions, ask them carefully. Don't just listen to a few rumors and get angry and angry."
"I believe that everything Xinglan does is for the good of the palace."
After saying that, he glared sharply, and a coercive aura of a peak Hunyuan Realm powerhouse suddenly swept out.
He showed his majesty and swept the whole place!
As a master, Taoist Master Chenguang naturally wants to support his disciple at this critical moment.
But he said he believed it, but in his heart he was miserable.
He has received much more intelligence and news than the other elders, and therefore, his mentality at the moment is far more uneasy and uneasy than those elders.
He couldn't figure it out at all, what the hell were Xinglan's disciples doing?
Everyone said that Chen Guang was a prodigal palace master, but compared to Xinglan, he really didn't count.
However, no matter how much uncertainty he had in his heart, he didn't show any of it on his face.
Seeing that he had completely calmed the situation, he looked at Goddess Xinglan, and the expression on his face became kind: "But Xinglan, everyone here is the elder of our palace, and they are all your elders.
.If you have any clever ideas, you might as well share them with everyone, so that the elders can feel more at ease."
"Master, the rise of the Divine Palace is not just a dinner party. Business competition is as dangerous as a battlefield! Do I have to leak business secrets in order to make people feel at ease?" Goddess Xinglan said coldly, "Master, do you know?
You have been in charge of the shrine for a hundred thousand years, and you have worked hard and devoted your life to it. Why can you only try to keep the shrine from falling?"
Well……
Taoist Master Chenguang was embarrassed for a while.
This precious disciple is now strong and powerful, and today he didn't even give his master face.
"Let me read the financial income and expenditure~" Goddess Xinglan was obviously prepared. She took out a form as she spoke and said with a stern expression, "In the past 100 years, the total financial expenditure of our temple has reached
20461 Chaos Spiritual Stones."
"The total expenditure for all personnel reached 15,291 Chaos Spiritual Stones."
"The administrative expenses and miscellaneous expenses of the palace forces are 913 Chaos Spiritual Stones."
"The loan interest expenditure has reached 210 Chaos Spiritual Stones!"
"..."
As the expenses were read out one by one, the expressions of the elders changed one after another.
In the past, although they knew that the shrine was expensive, they only had a vague idea and did not know the specific situation at all.
Is it true that the expenses of the shrine are so huge?
Especially the personnel expenses, the amount is too huge~~
While all the Taoist masters were stunned, Goddess Xinglan had already finished reading the various expenses and started reading the income list again.
In the past hundred years, Wuji Palace's total income has reached 19,239 Chaos Spiritual Stones, with a net loss of more than 1,000 Chaos Spiritual Stones!
However, in the past year, Taoist Master Chenguang has miraculously turned a profit. Although there was only one Chaos Spiritual Stone left at the end of the year, it was still a good start.
Taoist Master Chenguang has been in charge of the shrine for so many years, but there are very few times when he can make a profit. For a while, he felt a little proud.
However, Goddess Xinglan gave the order directly: "Elder Yi Geng, listen to the order."
Elder Yigeng looked slightly surprised, but he still responded honestly.
He at least admitted that it was really hard for the Palace Master Chen Guang.
"Your Yigeng lineage is good at smelting metal minerals. I want you to organize and lead all your disciples from now on to purchase raw materials of various grades of fairy gold and spiritual iron, as well as various grades of raw ore veins!" Goddess Xinglan said sternly.
"Your Highness the Goddess, although I am a little disrespectful to you in my words, you should not give it to me on the spot..." Elder Yi Geng's expression changed, he was both ashamed and angry.
This goddess has a really bad temper and will avenge her on the spot.
Even if you give him small shoes, can't you do it every once in a while?
Goddess Xinglan glanced at him, knowing that he had misunderstood, but she did not explain, and directly threw out a jade slip that recorded information.
"Here's the list of things to buy."
Then, she took out a thick stack of spirit stone tickets.
"You can collect as much as you want, but it should be more than 10,000 Chaos Spiritual Stones! When this batch of money is used up, I will send someone to deliver it to you!"
What?!!
Elder Yigeng stupidly took the spirit stone tickets, counted them subconsciously, and found that there were twenty of them!
These are large-denomination spirit stone tickets worth 100 Chaos Spirit Stones each. Twenty of them means a full 2,000 Chaos Spirit Stones!
He was immediately stunned.
In his entire life, he has never seen so many spirit stone tickets at one time.
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Just as Goddess Xinglan turned the tide at the high-level meeting within the palace and worked hard to improve the situation.
Inside Luming Courtyard.
Under the shade of the trees, Wang Shouzhe and Wang Anye's grandson and grandson were playing chess.
The situation on this chessboard is naturally that Wang Shouzhe is in a great position, while Wang Anye can only "struggle hard" and try his best to support it.
After a short while, Wang Anye could no longer hold on and was defeated.
He couldn't help but reveal a wry smile on his face, and said in admiration: "My great-grandfather's chess moves are majestic and meticulous, and An Ye is ashamed of himself."
Wang Shouzhe smiled indifferently and waved his hand, not wanting to talk more about chess skills: "Elder Zishuang has already contacted the Immortal Formation Alliance for us. In the past two days, you, Elder Zishuang and Elder Zhantian will go to visit the Immortal Formation.
Seniors of the alliance."
"Yes, great grandfather."
Wang Anye agreed honestly.
He has been close to his elders since he was a child. He has done this task countless times since he was a child, and he has become very proficient in this kind of task of negotiating with unfamiliar seniors. Even if this time he is facing an array master from the Hunyuan Realm, he still has to do it.
Not much feeling.
Skillfully picking up the chess pieces on the chessboard one by one into the chess basket, he lowered his head and hesitated for a moment, and finally had the courage to ask: "Grandpa, you have worked so hard to help Goddess Xinglan control the palace, do you really think so?"
I just want to add another one to my list..."
Wang Shouzhe's face darkened and he glared at Anye angrily: "Don't listen to Xiaolu's nonsense if you have nothing to do."
However, Wang Shouzhe still didn't say anything harsh to his favorite great-grandson.
He pondered for a moment, then simply explained: "In the entire fairy world, the Wuji Palace has the deepest connection with our holy domain. There is a natural sense of closeness. It is the best way for us to integrate into the fairy world. Helping them is helping ourselves."
"Besides, don't underestimate Wuji Shrine just because they are financially strapped. After all, Wuji Shrine is one of the most powerful forces in the immortal world. If they had to support too many people, how could they be as poor as they are now?
What does it look like?”
"There are over a thousand Da Luo and thirty thousand True Immortals. This is a powerful force that cannot be ignored."
Even Wang Shouzhe did not expect that Wuji Palace could still maintain such a large number of powerful people.
You must know that in the entire Holy Realm, the total number of Daluo Saints currently registered is only 617, and in the True Immortal Realm, the number of powerful people with the same combat power is currently registered as only 18,489!
All the masters from the Holy Realm combined could not compare to the declining Wuji Palace!
Under such circumstances, what right do they have to look down on Wuji Shrine?
However, Wang Shouzhe is confident that with Sanctuary's current talent pool and resource reserves, as long as Sanctuary is given a certain amount of time to develop, the number of top experts will inevitably explode.
It is only a matter of time before it surpasses Wuji Shrine.
Wang Shouzhe was full of confidence and felt that he had explained the problem clearly.
Wang Anye looked at his great-grandfather with a slightly complicated expression.
As if he had made up his mind, he nodded heavily: "Grandpa, I understand your good intentions and exquisite layout. Don't worry, Anye will definitely be on your side this time."
"?" Wang Shouzhe was stunned.
Wang Anye said nothing more, picked up the last chess piece into the chess basket, stood up, said goodbye to Wang Shouzhe, and then left gracefully.
At the same time, he also made up his mind that even if his great-grandmother beat him to death, he would never betray his great-grandfather.
He firmly supports his great-grandfather's "Plan to Raise an Empress".
It is useless to think too much. It is better to contact the formation masters of the Immortal Formation Alliance first. Maybe they can become a master again and contribute to the family.
Although the number of masters is increasing, Wang Anye is a little distressed.
But great-grandfather can sacrifice for the family.