Food System in Cultivation World-Chapter 398 - 379
There are usually three steps to hooking a fish.
Scatter bait, bite hook, reel in.
Chen Xu came to the Hundred Battles Ruins primarily to understand the market conditions of this world and does not intend to cause any major incidents at the start.
After all, flaunting gold in public requires strength as a backing.
He’s merely a Golden Core cultivator; what allows him to act recklessly in this world?
However, Chen Xu isn’t going to do nothing for the sake of safety and caution.
He needs resources, techniques, more likes, and to advance his cultivation, to truly see the scenery at the heights of the world.
Even if not for immortality, just for freedom, he needs greater and stronger power.
Only by bringing great strength into oneself can one see the vast breadth of heaven and earth.
Chen Xu has a fear of inadequate strength.
Thus, in this world, his craving for cultivation advancement is particularly intense.
He must acquire as many resources as possible, and the current thousand Qi Radiance Pills are just the beginning.
Chen Xu wants to cast a long line to catch a big fish.
He’s not satisfied with a thousand Qi Radiance Pills, but he doesn’t know that to Ji Yang, a thousand Qi Radiance Pills is actually a fortune among fortunes.
Ji Yang is a local cultivator, and his understanding of prices, especially the value of the Qi Radiance Pills, is much deeper and more visceral than Chen Xu’s.
Ji Yang couldn’t think of the kind of brilliant strategy or response that would be worth a thousand Qi Radiance Pills.
After drinking the cup of spiritual tea, he sat rigidly at the tea table by the window.
The Golden Abacus asked him to "teach himself" again, so Ji Yang honestly relayed Chen Xu’s instructions.
"Sir," Ji Yang said shyly and awkwardly, "The Celestial Secret Box has just appeared; you can seize the timing and promote it vigorously before it becomes popular.
Make the Celestial Secret Box one of the trademarks and symbols of the Celestial Boat Commerce, so that when people mention the Celestial Secret Box, they immediately think of the Celestial Boat Commerce.
When the Celestial Secret Box becomes popular and everyone starts to imitate it, you can change the format.
For example, with the same five Qi Radiance Pills, you can either directly purchase five Celestial Secret Boxes or choose to buy a chance to ask the heavens.
As for what it means to ask the heavens, well... it could be a die, or a lot tube, anything will do.
In short, whether it’s a die, a lot tube, or something else, shaking this item could give you a number from one to ten.
The number you get corresponds to the number of Celestial Secret Boxes you receive.
One is one, ten is ten.
If you’re lucky, five Qi Radiance Pills could get you ten Celestial Secret Boxes, who wouldn’t love that?
Though there’s a possibility of loss, people inherently love to gamble.
All in all, they might gain, they might lose, but you... will definitely gain."
As he finished speaking, Ji Yang even showed a shy and embarrassed expression.
He was so honest and sincere, yet everything he said was more cunning than a shrewd businessman. The Golden Abacus looked at his honest face and couldn’t help but click his tongue twice in his mind.
A cunning merchant.
No, he, Jin, is not a cunning merchant.
He, Jin, is merely an old man with a slight pursuit of the way of commerce.
Sigh...
The Golden Abacus sighed in his heart but smiled and continued to ask, "Brother, is there more?"
Ji Yang said, "There is more... The technique of the Celestial Secret Box, I, I call it a blind box.
And the beauty of the blind box can be applied not just to the Celestial Secret Box.
You can also apply blind boxes to the regular trade within the commerce, for example, in the commerce, when a purchase reaches one hundred Qi Radiance Pills, we can offer a chance to select a Celestial Secret Box.
We can also create personal talismans and reward them to customers who spend a certain amount.
Store the chance to draw a Celestial Secret Box in the talisman, and a customer can accumulate ten chances to draw them all at once.
With ten consecutive draws, you’re guaranteed to get at least one Yellow Level or, or Mystic Level Spiritual Object..."
Ji Yang paused for a moment and again showed a shy smile.
He actually felt that guaranteeing a Mystic Level Spiritual Object in ten consecutive draws was too exaggerated; if they actually conducted business like that, wouldn’t the Celestial Boat Commerce go bankrupt?
But Chen Xu had taught him this way, and he dared not disobey.
He spoke hesitantly and felt guilty, but the Golden Abacus, upon hearing this, suddenly slapped the table heavily.
Ji Yang was startled and almost instinctively stood and stepped back.
Yet he heard the Golden Abacus burst into laughter: "Good, good, good! I get it, I understand it. Wonderful! Truly marvelous!
So that’s it, this is the essence of trade, the way of commerce.
This thousand Qi Radiance Pills were well spent, hahaha..."
Ji Yang: "..."
Ji Yang’s mind was no longer functioning.
He admitted that the techniques taught by the mysterious senior were indeed ingenious, but to say they were ingenious enough for someone to directly grasp the truth from them—
All Ji Yang could say was that he was dull; he couldn’t see anything.
He felt ashamed and guilty, sitting with a flushed face saying nothing.
Little did he know that his dazed expression appeared even more simple and sincere to others.
After laughing, the Golden Abacus couldn’t wait to stand up, filled with the urgency to verify the truth he sought.
He ordered Lady Meng to send Ji Yang out.
Before parting, the Golden Abacus asked Ji Yang again: "Brother, are you going to the hall on the first floor to purchase some items?
If you’re interested in acquiring Spiritual Objects today, I personally offer you a ten percent discount on all your expenditures.
I am going to make Celestial Secret Talismans right now, and if you spend over one hundred Qi Radiance Pills, I’ll give you a Celestial Secret Box.
