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Chapter 50: Worry-Relieving Grocery Store, Hot Sales of Bow Dragon Powder
Thinking of his own pocket and the problem of insufficient spiritual power supply when refining the Thunder Spirit Essence, Zhang Wei once again lamented the importance of spiritual land to cultivators.

If he had set up the formation on the spirit vein in the beginning, relying on the spirit power supplied by the spirit vein, there would definitely not be a problem of lack of strength unless all the spirit materials were destroyed by lightning.

But there's no point in worrying about this. Zhang Wei is just a casual cultivator in the late stage of Qi Refining. The treasures that can only be coveted after the Foundation Establishment stage are too far away from him, so he can only use this stupid method.

In this way, he stayed in his hometown for a while and refined a few batches of fasting pills. Then Zhang Wei left home with his products and prepared to discuss joining with Xiao Yunshan.

But just when Zhang Wei was about to go to Xiao Yunshan's house, a voice stopped him on the street again.

"Master Zhang, please stay!"

"Ok?"

Zhang Wei looked back and saw Shan Guangxue walking towards him quickly, so he asked, "It's Brother Shan? What's the matter?"

Shan Guangxue seemed to have been looking for Zhang Wei for a long time. After taking a few breaths, he sighed, "Alas... this is not the place to talk. Master Zhang, please do me a favor and go to my Luo's Chamber of Commerce to have a chat."

Zhang Wei also wanted to see what Shan Guangxue was up to, so he followed him to Luo’s Chamber of Commerce.

The Luo's Chamber of Commerce is located in a good location, but the things it sells are not outstanding in Izumo Market, and most of them are even mundane items.

But its advantage lies in its large quantity and complete range. It is almost a must-go place for independent cultivators in Izumo City to buy daily necessities. In simple terms, it is a large supermarket at the village level in Zhang Wei's previous life.

Zhang Wei was respectfully welcomed by Shan Guangxue to the room upstairs. Shan Guangxue asked straight to the point, "Master, do you want to do another business with Luo's Chamber of Commerce?"

Zhang Wei raised his eyebrows and asked, "What's wrong?"

Shan Guangxue smiled proudly and said, "The thing is, two more priests in the Temple of Worship have broken through to the late stage of Qi Refining. They also want to go to Longmenchao for training, so they also want to buy two Moyun Shuttles..."

Zhang Wei almost laughed when he heard this and asked, "Is that true?"

"Forehead……"

Seeing Zhang Wei like this, Shan Guangxue felt something was wrong.

Then Zhang Wei mocked, "But I heard that your worship hall was robbed and a dozen worshippers lost the Moyun shuttle?"

Shan Guangxue: “…”

Seeing that he could no longer hide the truth and that his last bit of face had been exposed, Shan Guangxue could only smile bitterly and said, "Master, you are truly powerful. I was thinking of saving some face for the Chamber of Commerce, but I didn't expect that you would know everything."

That’s right, the Moyunsuo was lost, and it was lost in the worship hall.

Normally, the Gongfengyuan would not tell anyone about such a shameful thing, but who can blame Mr. Zhang for having so many connections?

Xiao Yunshan, a first-class top-grade talisman master, was invited by the Yun State Worship Institute to investigate the case that night. Afterwards, he would have to talk about this matter with Zhang Wei and others, right?

Zhang Wei sighed with embarrassment, "I want to help you, but it's only two months before the Longmen Tide, and I have a lot of things to do right now, so I'm busy..."

When Shan Guangxue heard this, he knew that this gentleman was going to raise the price again, so he gritted his teeth and offered, "Thirty-five thousand taels of silver!"

After saying that, he added with a sad face: "Master, I really can't take out more! The previous thirty thousand taels have almost used up our budget for this year! I had to beg for these thirty-five thousand taels!"

Zhang Wei didn't believe a word of what the other party said, but now Zhang Wei had another purpose, he planned to establish a relationship with Luo's Chamber of Commerce, the largest wholesale station in Chuyunfang City, so he pretended to be embarrassed and said: "Thirty-five thousand taels...Okay, I'll take the loss!"

Shan Guangxue: “…”

What have you lost?
After Shan Guangxue paid the deposit as usual, Zhang Wei asked again, "By the way, Daoist Shan, do you know which store in the market sells it?"

Shan Guangxue's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said, "Master, do you want to live in the market permanently? My Luo's Chamber of Commerce is willing to..."

“I prefer to work alone.”

Zhang Wei quickly interrupted Shan Guangxue's invitation. In fact, during this period, all major chambers of commerce and even Yunshang Baolou had asked Xiao Yunshan to send him invitation letters, and each of them offered a price that made the independent cultivators very tempted.

After all, Zhang Wei is the only weapon refiner in Izumo City who can refine flying magic weapons, and his name is a signboard!
Unfortunately, Zhang Wei had many secrets and was not short of money. He also wanted to turn the Zhang family into a family of immortals, so he rejected all the offers.

Shan Guangxue's eyes flashed with disappointment when he heard this, but he still said, "Izumo Market is not small, but there are only 35 shops in total.

Apart from the businesses of the major families and the Yunshang Sect, there are only twelve shops owned by independent cultivators, most of which are ancestral properties. It may be difficult to get them to give up their shops..."

Then Shan Guangxue slapped his head, as if he remembered something and said, "Oh, now I remember there is a shop where the owner is selling ideas. But the man's requirements are a bit harsh..."

Zhang Wei asked: "What's the request?"

Shan Guangxue said: "She said that she wanted the buyer to sponsor her to become a first-class top-grade weapon refiner!"

“Are they still in the same business as each other?”

Zhang Wei thought for a while and said, "Let's go and have a look first. If the matter can be done, I will give you a 20% discount when you come to my shop to buy magic tools in the future."

"It's just a small matter!"

Shan Guangxue quickly smiled and took Zhang Wei to the shop where the item was being sold.

Unlike places with good geographical locations such as the Luo Chamber of Commerce, the place where Dan Guangxue took Zhang Wei was in a relatively remote location on the commercial street.

Izumo Market is not big, and Zhang Wei has been here many times, but he just has no impression of this store.

Moreover, the storefront exudes a shabby air everywhere. It is obvious that there has been no business for a long time, otherwise there would be no money for renovation.

Zhang Wei looked at the signboard and saw five large dusty characters "Dong's Equipment Refining Pavilion" engraved on it, showing the past glory of this store.

According to Shan Guangxue, the person who opened this shop was a weapon refining master who used his Qi refining skills to refine second-level magic weapons. He was very famous in Izumo City.

Unfortunately, he failed to obtain the spiritual essence to achieve the foundation, and eventually passed away at the age of one hundred. His descendants were worse than the previous one, and until now, the Equipment Refining Pavilion that was once crowded with guests in Izumofang City has become deserted.

"Master, please come in!"

Shan Guangxue welcomed Zhang Wei in, and then shouted loudly inside: "Fellow Daoist Dong! Fellow Daoist Dong!"

"I'm coming!"

A clear female voice came from the back of the store, and then a woman in her early twenties in yellow clothes ran out from the back room and asked, "What do you two want? Hey, Brother Shan, why are you here?"

"Let me introduce you to an opportunity!" Shan Guangxue said, revealing Zhang Wei behind him.

At this time, Zhang Wei looked at Dong Jingjing with some surprise. He didn't expect that the current owner of this shop was actually a female weapon refiner.

Dong Jingjing has an oval face with regular facial features and a medium stature. If she dresses up, she can be a loli internet celebrity in Zhang Wei's previous life.

But this cultivation...

"Qi training... early stage?"

Zhang Wei thought, with this level of cultivation, can the other party have enough spiritual power to refine magic weapons? Asking others to help her become a first-class top-grade refiner is actually to let others bear the cost of her future cultivation, right?
Shan Guangxue introduced: "This is Master Zhang Xiaofan, he is interested in purchasing your shop!"

Dong Jingjing's eyes lit up when she heard that. She walked up to him excitedly and asked, "Are you Zhang Xiaofan? The master refiner who is a top-grade first-class weapon and can also refine the Moyun Shuttle!"

"Exactly."

Dong Jingjing quickly bowed and introduced herself, "I am Tong Jingjing, nice to meet you, Senior!"

Zhang Wei looked down at the calluses on the other person's hands and asked, "Are you also a weapon refiner?"

Dong Jingjing said awkwardly: "Yes... it's just that my talent is not that good. So far, I have only refined two first-grade magic weapons. But I am good at maintaining and repairing magic weapons!"

"First level, initial grade..."

Zhang Wei was shocked and thought to himself, no wonder the store was so deserted, it turned out that it was spending more than it earned.

If a first-grade magic weapon is used for fighting, it would be more cost-effective to buy two ordinary weapons, and then use the same money to buy two talismans for protection.

Therefore, most of the first-grade magic weapons now are things like refrigerators and stoves in the community of cultivators like Xiao Yunshan.

In other words, Dong Jingjing is an electrical appliance repairman.

"I am indeed interested in purchasing your shop, but we still need to discuss the requirement of funding you to become a first-class superior weapon refiner," said Zhang Wei.

"I can offer you five thousand two spirit stones for this shop, and then give you three first-class top-grade magic weapons, including my masterpiece, the Moyun Shuttle. As for the requirement of training you to become a top-grade weapon refiner, how about that?"

"This……"

Dong Jingjing was a little tempted. After all, their Dong family was now in decline, and five thousand two spirit stones plus three first-grade top-quality magic weapons were more than enough to buy this shop.

Once he had this money, he would be able to become the wealthiest independent cultivator in Izumo City, and it would not be a fantasy for him to cultivate to the late stage of Qi training in the future.

but……

Dong Jingjing smiled bitterly and said, "Senior, I am only at the initial stage of Qi Refining. Even if you give me so much money, I can't protect it..."

Zhang Wei pondered for a moment and said, "I didn't think it through. In that case, can I hire you to help me run the store?"

“Hire?”

Dong Jingjing immediately realized that she could still live in this shop, but her status would change from owner to employee.

But Dong Jingjing was very satisfied, because under the protection of Zhang Wei, a late Qi Refining and first-grade superior weapon refiner, she could practice with peace of mind without worrying about being targeted by someone with ulterior motives!
However, Dong Jingjing still wants to make further progress.

Dong Jingjing asked: "Senior, can I learn refining from you?"

Zhang Wei shook his head and said, "It takes a lot of resources to refine weapons. You should just use your five thousand two spirit stones to practice. When you reach the late stage of Qi Refining and have enough cultivation, you can try this path." However, Dong Jingjing said, "Wait a minute, senior! I have something here that you should be interested in! As long as you accept me as your apprentice and teach me how to refine weapons, it will be yours!"

Having said that, he ran back to the inner room, took out a jade slip and handed it to Zhang Wei.

Zhang Wei took it and looked at it, and his pupils suddenly shrank.

A second-level first-grade magic weapon, the Purple Smoke Incense Burner?
It turned out to be the formula for refining a second-level magic weapon!

Dong Jingjing said, "Originally, my Dong family had three pieces, but since our family fell into decline, we sold two of them in exchange for cultivation resources. This is the last one. Master Zhang, can I use this as a gift for my apprenticeship?"

Zhang Wei asked with a smile: "Do you know that a man is innocent, but he is guilty of possessing a treasure? This magic weapon formula must be worth at least a thousand taels of spirit stones. Aren't you afraid that I will rob it?"

Dong Jingjing said embarrassedly: "In fact, I have heard about your reputation among the independent cultivators in the market a long time ago, otherwise I would not have taken this thing out..."

I didn't expect that my good reputation would help me here again.

Zhang Wei couldn't help but laugh and said, "You've made an offer that I can't refuse now. Okay, I can promise to teach you how to refine weapons, but I can only advance your expenses for five years!"

Dong Jingjing gritted her teeth and said, "Okay!"

After saying this, he prostrated himself before Zhang Wei and became his disciple.

"Disciple Dong Jingjing greets Master!"

However, Zhang Wei stopped him.

Zhang Wei said, "Our relationship is not even close to that of a master and a disciple. I am just doing the work for the money. You can just call me Master from now on."

Dong Jingjing said somewhat disappointedly: "Yes!"

Shan Guangxue, who had been silent at the side, immediately smiled and congratulated him upon seeing this: "Congratulations, Master Zhang, for purchasing a good piece of land and gaining a good apprentice. When will your shop open? I will definitely come to support you!"

"Wait for me to contact someone and renovate the store before opening it." Zhang Wei said as he looked at the bleak and dilapidated decorations around him, making Dong Jingjing on the side feel a little embarrassed.

Upon hearing this, Shan Guangxue patted his chest and said, "Then leave this matter to me. I promise to do it beautifully for you, Master!"

"Then I'll trouble you, Brother Shan!" Zhang Wei thanked Shan Guangxue.

After completing the store transfer with Dong Jingjing at the market management office, Zhang Wei went directly to Xiao Yunshan's home and told him about the matter.

"What? You said you bought a storefront?"

Xiao Yunshan's eyes widened and he shouted, "You've saved enough money so quickly?"

Zhang Wei: "I have a little wealth..."

"Then you have a very rich family background."

Xiao Yunshan's eyes were almost filled with jealousy, and he sighed, "Ah, comparing yourself to others is really frustrating... I've been working hard in Chuyunfang City for more than ten years, and I still make a living by running my street stall, but you've only been here for a year, and you've already bought a store!"

Zhang Wei smiled and asked, "Brother Xiao, do you want to join us? My store not only plans to sell the magic weapons I refine, but also some of the elixirs refined by my younger generations. If you join us, the independent cultivators will not have to go anywhere else to our store in the future."

"Hmm?" Xiao Yunshan became interested.

Zhang Wei said, "I don't want your money. I will set aside a counter in the store for you two! It will also help me attract more customers."

Xiao Yunshan immediately smiled happily and grabbed Zhang Wei's hand and said, "Xiao Fan, I was right about your friend! Come, let's go to Zuixianju for a drink!"

"go with!"

Qin Xiaoling rolled her eyes at her husband and asked nervously, "Xiao Fan, you said you still sell elixirs? What kind of elixirs do you sell?"

If the pills Zhang Wei sells overlap with the ones she refines, it will inevitably have an impact on her business.

Since it concerns her own interests, Qin Xiaoling cannot afford to be indifferent.

"Yes, this is it..." Zhang Wei smiled and took out a jade bottle and opened it. Immediately, a fragrance of elixir emanated from it.

"Bigu Pill?"

Qin Xiaoling sniffed the fragrance of the elixir carefully and said in shock: "This medicinal power... is so strong! Could it be that you used monster meat to refine it?"

"No, it's just a newly developed formula."

Zhang Wei took out a bag of mealworm powder and placed it on the table, saying, "This is what we use to make pills instead of beef..."

Seeing this, Xiao Yunshan and his wife each took a little and put it in their mouths, carefully tasting the mystery inside, and asked at the same time: "What is this?"

"Bow Dragon Fan."

"Bow Dragon Fan?"

Xiao Yunshan and his wife looked confused, as they had never heard of such a thing.

Zhang Wei said, "This is something our family made. It can be used as feed for livestock and monsters, and it can also be used as a substitute for beef to make pills. The effect is quite good after you tried it."

Zhang Wei did not reveal the raw materials of Gonglong powder because he was afraid that he would be beaten to death by Xiao Yunshan and his wife.

Xiao Yunshan and the other man were not surprised, nor did they have any intention of prying into the secrets. After all, everyone has secrets, and if they dug too deep into the secrets, they might even lose their friendship.

All they need to know is that this bow dragon powder is very useful.

Zhang Wei asked enthusiastically, "How about it, Brother Xiao and Sister Qin, are you interested in doing this with me?"

Qin Xiaoling and Xiao Yunshan looked at each other, then smiled and said, "If it was anyone else, we wouldn't dare to agree, but since it's you, Xiaofan, who invited us, we have no objection!"

The decoration work of the store progressed rapidly with the help of Shan Guangxue, the local tyrant. This agent of the Luo Chamber of Commerce also spent a lot of money to befriend Zhang Wei.

In just seven days, the originally desolate and dilapidated Dong's Equipment Refining Pavilion was completely renewed. When the plaque of "Sorrow-Relieving Grocery Store" was hung on the door, Zhang Wei's first business was officially opened.

On the opening day, many independent cultivators who had maintained and refined magic weapons here with Zhang Wei came to show their support, and even shop owners from other shops came.

On the one hand, they came to congratulate, and on the other hand, they also came to investigate the impact of Zhang Wei's "Sorrow-Relieving Grocery Store" on their business.

However, when they entered the store, they found that the majority of the goods sold by Zhang Wei, in addition to the magic weapons he refined, were bags of "yellow noodles".

Someone asked curiously, "Excuse me, Brother Zhang, what are you selling? Food?"

"I named the feed for livestock Gonglong powder. Of course, it is also OK for humans to eat, and it has high nutritional value. If you have monsters at home, you can add some of this to their food," Zhang Wei introduced.

Then, Zhang Wei took out another mealworm pill and said, "This is our special fasting pill. It costs one or two spirit stones each, but it is definitely worth the money! This bottle is a gift to you all!"

Just when everyone was about to complain that Zhang Wei's fasting pills were so expensive and asked which fool would buy them, they smelled a strong fragrance of the pills.

The power of this medicine... seems to be much stronger than the fasting pills on the market?
Some independent cultivators and shop owners took the medicine without believing it, and their expressions immediately became interesting.

One pill of fasting pill can last for a month, and its effect is more than four times that of the fasting pills on the market, but the price is only three times.

It seems that it is not unacceptable, especially when the Longmen Tide is imminent, this kind of fasting pill that takes up less space and provides more energy will undoubtedly be more popular.

The shop owner of a shop that mainly sells elixirs saw the value of it and said with some resentment: "Fellow Daoist Zhang, you are going to completely swallow up the bigu pill business in the market."

Although the business of fasting pills is inconspicuous, it can generate profits of more than 10,000 taels of spirit stones every year in Izumo City, and it is extremely stable!

Although it is a bit alarmist to monopolize the business of Bigu Pills, it is certain that one can control most of the Bigu Pill business.

When the shopkeepers and independent cultivators present thought about the fact that Zhang Wei could earn tens of thousands of spirit stones every year without doing anything, they felt so distressed that they could not breathe.

It’s more painful to watch him make money than to lose money yourself!
Zhang Wei could only smile at this.

He couldn't just give up making money because of these people's words, right? The business world was like a battlefield, and it was good enough that he didn't use dirty tricks to compete.

After exchanging pleasantries for a while, these people each bought some Gonglong powder and the specialty Bigu pills and then left.

Some of them wanted to try whether the Bow Dragon Powder was helpful for raising monsters or livestock as Zhang Wei said; others tried to crack Zhang Wei's Bigu Pill formula to discover the secret.

However, after their alchemist used up many bottles of fasting pills, they could only conclude that bow dragon powder and some other things were used in them, but they didn't know what bow dragon powder was.

But there is no doubt that this dragon powder is indeed a good thing! Zhang Wei did not lie, whether it is eaten by humans or livestock, it is excellent!

Especially for some birds and monsters, its effect is almost comparable to that of some spiritual valleys!

So naturally, Zhang Wei's shop was hit by a buying spree soon after it opened, and the vast majority of the customers were from foundation-building families with spiritual veins.

They all raise some rare birds and animals to a greater or lesser extent, which are of lower value but can replace spiritual grain feed and save them a lot of costs.

The hot sales of Gonglong powder also boosted the sales of other products in the store, and even Xiao Yunshan and Qin Xiaoling's talisman and elixir business improved a lot.

Compared with the popularity of Bow Dragon Powder and Special Fasting Pills, Zhang Wei's magic weapon business seemed shabby. Apart from a few independent cultivators who came to inquire about Mo Yunsuo, Zhang Wei had not received any business.

Obviously, being a weapon refiner is his main occupation.

In this way, the grocery store business gradually got on track, until one day, a figure that Zhang Wei and others had not seen for a long time walked into the Jieyou Grocery Store.

"Xiao Fan, congratulations!"

(End of this chapter)