Family Cultivation: Rise of the Wilderness

Chapter 339 Windfall
After years of development, Tingquan Pavilion has become outstanding among similar shops.

But he still had one point of dissatisfaction.

That is the source of the ritual implements.

The weapon refiners who cooperate with Tingquan Pavilion are all beginners who can only refine ordinary magical artifacts.

Even if some become highly skilled, they will immediately leave and instead collaborate with established brands like Shuiyuexuan.

The reason is simple: when a weapon refiner entrusts a magical artifact to Shuiyuexuan for sale, although a commission is taken, the increased selling price already makes up for this cost.

Their names will become widely known through the exhibition of the ritual implements.

Fame is a very important resource.

Once a weapon refiner gains a reputation, high-quality customers will flock to him seeking collaborations.

But if the magical artifacts are placed in Tingquan Pavilion, will those rogue cultivators who buy them pay attention to the artifact refiner himself?
Even if they pay attention, they most likely can't afford a second magical artifact.

Therefore, any weapon refiner with a bit of ambition will pursue a larger platform.

Only after being rejected did they have no choice but to cooperate with a small company like Tingquan Pavilion.

This phenomenon has resulted in the generally low quality and limited quantity of the magical artifacts available for sale at Tingquan Pavilion.

Ironically, the most popular items sold at Tingquan Pavilion are Buddhist artifacts.

For independent cultivators, magical artifacts are a necessity; they can't sleep soundly without them.

Elixirs are secondary, and talismans are the least important.

The remaining items are basically not considered.

To meet the needs of his customers, Xiong Chengzhou racked his brains and continuously acquired second-hand ritual implements.

Upon hearing Li Qianchang mention that the Li family possessed a batch of magical artifacts, he immediately rushed over excitedly.

Upon arrival, good heavens, the Li family's batch of magical artifacts were brand new.

This made him incredibly excited.

New magical artifacts, needless to say, are forged by weapon refiners to make money, and usually have no additional restrictions. Cultivators can refine them as soon as they get them.

But secondhand ritual implements are different.

The scenario of finding someone else's magical artifact and using it is impossible in the cultivation world.

Because of the special material of the magical artifact, it can effectively store magical power.

Even if the master dies, this part of the magic power will not immediately disappear.

If you want to use it, you must completely remove all the magic from it.

Then use your own magical power and divine sense to refine it.

However, refining ritual implements is a slow and meticulous process.

Expelling the magic left behind by the former owner is no easy task.

When most people acquire secondhand religious artifacts, unless they particularly like them, they won't bother to deal with them; instead, they'll resell them to others.

The same applies to others.

This results in secondhand magical artifacts that end up in Tingquan Pavilion often possessing magical power.

How many people are there in Tingquan Pavilion?
Xiong Chengzhou wasn't a particularly powerful cultivator, so naturally he couldn't afford to spend a huge amount of money to refurbish these secondhand magical artifacts.

Therefore, Tingquan Pavilion will display them exactly as they are, and transfer this time cost to the customers who purchase the magical artifacts.

The customer was naturally dissatisfied, but there was nothing they could do.

Because the entire cultivation world is like this.

In other words, when some large merchants hold auction ceremonies, they will dispose of the second-hand ritual items that are auctioned off.

Having been accustomed to selling secondhand Buddhist artifacts, Xiong Chengzhou had always longed to explore new avenues for selling new ones.

Unfortunately, the junior weapon refiners under him were not up to par, so he had to find a way to acquire some new magic weapons of decent quality to make a show of their abilities.

He came at the invitation of the Li family and immediately realized that the origin of the Li family's goods was unknown.

But he didn't care at all, since 90% of the things in his shop were counterfeit.

He likes things whose origins are more mysterious.

Because it allows us to lower the price.

Li Qianchang is also sensible and expressed his willingness to lower the price.

However, Master Li requested that the magical artifacts be sold together with a batch of miscellaneous goods.

Xiong Chengzhou had no need to purchase large quantities of things like yellow iron sand.

But after much hesitation, he finally agreed.

Tingquan Pavilion has been in business for a century. Even if these things can't be sold in a short time, they can still be sold slowly by piling them up. It's not like they'll lose money.

However, to his utter surprise, the Li family actually contacted the Luo Yan Chamber of Commerce. The Luo Yan Chamber of Commerce had an enormous appetite and was very likely to swallow the entire batch of goods in one go.

Thinking of this, Xiong Chengzhou felt as if he had swallowed a fly.
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"Is Tingquan Pavilion the highest priced?"

Li Xiangming was somewhat surprised to hear Li Qian's report.

Li Qianchang scratched his head, puzzled, and said, "I don't know why this 'iron rooster' suddenly became so stubborn. Maybe it's related to those magical artifacts."

Upon hearing this, Li Xiangming smiled.

After robbing the Star-Absorbing Village, he rushed back to Dendrobium Market with his storage bag.

In fact, bringing it to Pushui Market for sale would be the ideal scenario, making it impossible for Xixingzhai to trace it.

But things could go wrong if he carried too many storage bags, so Li Xiangming chose the nearest large market – Dendrobium Market.

Because the goods were stolen, Li Xiangming did not intend to sell them slowly.

Of course, the Li family didn't have that kind of advantage in Dendrobium Market either.

Li Qian often sells very little by himself.

Therefore, Li Xiangming selected several larger shops and businesses to compare prices.

However, he played a trick, making all the shops and businesses that came believe that he was the only buyer.

But at the last minute, they all "inadvertently" learned of the existence of other buyers.

In the end, Tingquan Pavilion got impatient and offered 4500 spirit stones.

Li Qian was deeply impressed by this.

It should be noted that the other companies, including the Luo Yan Chamber of Commerce, quoted prices between 3500 and 4200 spirit stones.

This indicates that the value of this batch of goods falls within this price range.

Although he spends most of his time in Dendrobium Market and has some business experience, his main job is intelligence gathering. In his opinion, smuggled goods are often heavily discounted, and he can only sell them for a maximum of 4000 spirit stones.

Unexpectedly, in the end, there were 500 more spirit stones.

Li Xiangming was also very satisfied. This move was prepared for Tingquan Pavilion, because large chambers of commerce like Luoyan Chamber of Commerce were used to big scenes and might not fall for his tricks.

However, the situation is different for Tingquan Pavilion, which urgently needs to replenish its magical artifacts.

Nevertheless, selling 4500 spirit stones still exceeded Li Xiangming's expectations.

The storeroom of Xixingzhai was not as wealthy as one might imagine.

According to Li Jihu's confession, there were only a hundred or so spirit stones inside, which Li Xiangming did not doubt.

The Star-Absorbing Stronghold's system is not perfect; at least its incentive system is still limited to rewards from the stronghold leader.

The warehouse was not the warehouse of the Star-Absorbing Village, but Song Kui's personal treasure trove.

Only items that cannot fit in his storage bag will be placed in the warehouse for the village to manage.

Therefore, the cultivation resources in their storeroom consisted mostly of low-level pills and talismans prepared for their disciples.

The hundred or so spirit stones were probably put in there as a precaution against unforeseen needs.

However, after decades of operation, Xixingzhai has accumulated quite a bit of knowledge.

The miscellaneous spirit ores, monster materials, and a large batch of spirit herbs could easily sell for a thousand or so spirit stones.

The most valuable items are the ritual implements.

For some unknown reason, the Star Absorbing Village purchased a batch of brand-new magical artifacts and stored them in its warehouse, totaling eighteen pieces, including four mid-grade magical artifacts and fourteen low-grade magical artifacts.

It is said that they also stockpiled a lot of spirit rice and spirit cloth, but because they were too large, Li Jihu and others did not move them.

Li Xiangming used this batch of new magical artifacts as a gimmick, bundling them with other miscellaneous goods to attract the attention of buyers such as the Luoyan Chamber of Commerce.

They were indeed very interested in it.

They all expressed their willingness to work together to secure the deal.

But these slippery devils are all incredibly cunning.

The prices offered were getting lower and lower.

Li Xiangming then added layers of compensation, including some second-hand magical artifacts. In the end, he added eighty low-grade magical artifacts that he had seized from the disciples of the Star Absorbing Village to this batch of "goods," which immediately broke down Xiong Chengzhou's psychological defenses.

This prompted the notoriously stingy person to offer the highest price of 4500 spirit stones in the entire event.

Li Xiangming himself also possessed nearly fifty secondhand magical artifacts in good condition.

Among them, there are as many as thirteen pieces that have reached the medium grade.

Besides the magical artifacts, he also had about three hundred bottles of pills, more than seven hundred talismans, various spiritual medicines for cultivation, and a batch of books whose prices were difficult to determine, etc.

If they were sold all at once instead of in batches, it wouldn't be surprising to earn tens of thousands of spirit stones.

You know, this is all windfall!
(End of this chapter)