The Tree World Descends into Douluo Continent

Chapter 96 Business Cooperation
"Bishop Gerald, you are too polite. I hope we have come uninvited and have not disturbed you in your work."

Li Xun took the token with a smile and put it into his soul guide. He borrowed it from his teacher before leaving, and he had to return it after use.

"No, no, these government affairs are not as important as your business. Please come in." Jeralf did not show contempt for Li Xun and Ning Rongrong because of their young age.

The Pope's token is only in the hands of the three upper sects, except for the Spirit Hall. Now that the Haotian Sect is not prominent, this token can only be the one of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect, which is easy to trace.

The reason why he was so respectful was because of the special significance of the Pope's order and the power represented by the other party.

The group soon arrived at a magnificent reception room, where tea and some exquisite snacks had been prepared in advance.

Wait until the three of them are seated.

Gerald dismissed the others and moved the tea to Li Xun: "I wonder what brings you here?"

Li Xun glanced at the snacks on the table, then looked carefully at the cardinal opposite him. He found that this person should be a wonderful person.

"Bishop Gerald, I won't keep you in suspense."

Li Xun picked up the teacup and took a sip, but he couldn't tell what kind of tea it was. "I represent the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect. I came here to discuss a business deal with you."

"Oh!"

When Jerraf heard this, his eyes turned and his smile instantly became friendly: "Then I'd like to hear about it. I wonder what kind of business could make a giant like the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect think of a small bishop like me."

As a cardinal, in addition to his fixed salary and allowance, his subordinates would give him some small gifts for promotion or assessment. Some small forces in the city would also donate some money to the palace for convenience.

Although this amount of money is small, when added together, it does not make him extremely wealthy, but it still far exceeds that of an ordinary businessman.

Now Li Xun came uninvited on behalf of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect and said he wanted to discuss business with him. This made Jeralf feel a little confused and wary, but of course also very interested.

"Bishop Gerald is too modest. If the man in red is considered a minor bishop, then the rest of us don't have to work so hard to climb up." Li Xun had no intention of looking down on the other party.

Although these bishops are insignificant in the world of soul masters where strength is respected, their ruling status over the middle and lower classes of people is unquestionable.

"My main purpose for coming to you today is to open a high-end restaurant in Soto City."

"Just for this matter?" Jeralf's smile froze on his face, and it took him a long time to suppress it. If the other party didn't have the Pope's order in his hand, he really wanted to kick the other party out of the Spirit Hall right now.

"Isn't this business too small?" Jerraf organized his words and said softly, "With the size of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, why would a mere high-end restaurant need to seek cooperation from me?"

"Bishop Gerald, this is not a small business. Do you know the profit of the ordinary catering industry? It is at least 40 to 50 percent."

Li Xun looked around the room and took out the corpse of the three-eyed demon fox from the soul guide: "What I want to do is a soul beast business with a 200% profit."

Jerav looked at the huge body of the three-eyed demon fox in the center of the living room, and an idea occurred to him: "You want to open a high-end restaurant with soul beast meat as a selling point."

"But forgive me for being blunt, even if the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect could handle this alone, it wouldn't be difficult at all, so why did they choose me?"

When Jerraf saw the soul beast's corpse just now, he was actually very excited. He thought about it carefully and found that there was really no restaurant that sold soul beast meat. In the past, soul masters would often leave the corpse where it was after hunting soul beasts and absorbing the soul rings, and no one would think of taking the soul beast back to make money.

After all, it is very dangerous in the wild. No one would be willing to take such a big risk to carry a soul beast back just to satisfy their appetite, and not everyone has a soul guide.

“Bishop Gerald, it’s not just you. Our goal is to turn this high-end restaurant into a chain.”

Li Xun took out a map from his soul guide and spread it between the two of them: "This scale will involve all regions of the continent."

"Although Soto City where you are located is not the provincial capital, its importance is unquestionable, so I came to you in person to discuss cooperation."

Ning Rongrong was bored and was eating snacks by herself. When she heard Li Xun's words, her eyes widened. How could she not know about such a big thing in the sect?

"What do you mean? In this cooperation, everyone from the Platinum Bishop to the Deacon in the Spirit Hall is your target of cooperation."

Jerraf narrowed his eyes and said, "But what can we do for you? Do you want us to release the restrictions of the Soul Beast Forest and hunt soul beasts?"

Li Xun took out a pen from his soul guide and began marking on the map: "Don't worry, we are talking about an upright business now, not those tricks. You just need to be the spokesperson for this restaurant."

"Endorsement?" Gerald was a little confused.

"To the endorsement, you need to remind the people and nobles from time to time that the restaurant we opened is the only restaurant on the continent that is jointly protected by the Spirit Hall and the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect."

"Our restaurant is determined to recycle the remains of soul beasts that were originally considered useless, and use them to subsidize civilian soul masters so that they can increase their income in addition to obtaining soul rings."

"To do this, you need to call on the public to ask soul masters not to waste soul rings after obtaining them, and bring back the corpses of soul beasts to sell to our restaurant."

Li Xun put down his pen and pushed the marked map in front of Jerav: "Of course, you have another important task, which is to combat the indiscriminate killing of soul beasts by some soul masters."

"Although the Spirit Hall has issued a clear ban on soul masters killing soul beasts on a large scale, as long as something generates high enough profits, even the strictest laws cannot stop people from committing crimes."

Jerraf laughed and held up the map with both hands. "But what does this have to do with us? Hunting soul beasts is risky. If it's just for money, it's a worthy death to be buried in the soul beast's belly."

As Jerav watched Li Xun's plan, his doubts gradually faded away, leaving only fantasies about future wealth.

He could see how big the business opportunity was. He just didn't know how much profit Li Xun could give him. But as a cardinal and the other party came to him personally, he thought he would get a lot.

"Bishop Gerald, we can't exhaust all the resources. There is no end to the money we can make." Li Xun laughed and picked up the teacup. "If we don't interfere, the spirit beasts that have lived for ten or a hundred years may not be seen much in a few decades."

"By then, we might be criticized by future generations."

Bishop Gerald was stunned for a moment, then frowned and fell into deep thought: "Then what can you do?"

People live in this world not only to be rich but also to be famous. If it is possible to have both fame and wealth, that would be great. But if not, then you can only choose the one that you like.

(End of this chapter)