Brother, how come you're a witch?

Flowing.

This is the idea that Su Yan perfected overnight.

The secondhand market among low-level cultivators is very profitable. In order to accumulate enough spirit stones to purchase Foundation Establishment Pills in a short period of time, Su Yan also considered doing this business.

Su Yan has extensive knowledge and a keen eye for quality, but he lacks a reputation in the market and cannot differentiate himself. Why would anyone want to do secondhand business with him?

Now, LiuLiu has solved this pain point!

"It's fairer, more transparent, and more standardized. Please look at the documents that have been sent to you. They detail the parts that should be inspected for each type of magical artifact and each type of spiritual herb, the extent of damage, and a reference price for recycling."

Su Yan introduced with great confidence:

"Both buyers and sellers can clearly see where the problem is with the recycled items and why they are priced this way. They no longer have to worry about being ripped off, so they will naturally be more willing to come and trade secondhand items."

Everyone nodded in agreement.

This secondhand trading model isn't something that no one has tried before.

However, among low-level cultivators, although there are many with unique skills, they are basically only proficient in one or two things.

There are very few people like Su Yan who have a broad knowledge of all kinds of magical artifacts and spiritual plants, including flying swords, array plates, alchemy cauldrons, sound instruments, magic banners, innate plants, acquired plants, spiritual plants, etc., and have reached a certain level in all of them.

Therefore, this model has never been large-scaled or well-developed in the Xuanqing Sect's secondary market. It is often short-lived and disappears due to various factors before most disciples even know about it.

"Our advantage lies in our wide product range. At the beginning, there won't be many transactions, and I can handle the authentication myself. You should familiarize yourselves with these documents as soon as possible. Later, when we have more customers, we can check and calculate the bills according to the items on them."

Su Yan continued:

"These documents are very simple, and even those with only a superficial understanding can follow them. We will also disclose the above items to our clients, so it is easy for competitors to copy them. Therefore, we must rely on our first-mover advantage to quickly build a reputation and make people want to use our service when they think of recycling."

The crowd listened and agreed, but still had many questions.

A burly male cultivator was the first to ask a question:

"This sounds really good. When I'm buying and selling secondhand items, what I hate most is asking around to find out which shops are honest, whether there are any bad reviews recently, and what the right price is. I have to go to different places to ask about different kinds of items. In the end, I just don't want to sell them anymore."

"If there really is a shop that clearly states everything and accepts most things, even if it makes a little more money off me, I, who hates trouble, would be willing to go there."

"But I just want to ask, did you write all these rules and regulations by yourself? You said you'd take responsibility for the evaluation first, which means you really know so much? Or are you just making things up to amuse me?"

Su Yan had anticipated this question and calmly replied:

"I've just read a few more books. If someone doesn't believe me, that's fine too. As long as it's something in the documents, feel free to test me and see if I can explain it as clearly as I did with the flying sword."

In fact, Su Yan was proficient in far more than what he wrote down. He just picked out some common ones to make up a reasonable number, after all, he still had to hide his identity and couldn't appear too outrageous.

Having said that, everyone had no choice but to believe him for the time being, and wait to test him with the items he had brought.

Ye Jingqiu then raised his hand and asked the second question:

"Could we come up with a slightly more elegant name for the organization? Perhaps we could choose another one that's currently in circulation..."

"How is Liu Liu unrefined? Some fellow Daoists, don't always have unhealthy thoughts in your heads."

Su Yan looked serious:

"Next question."

Next up is the female cultivator from before:

"So, you had Ye Jingqiu gather us here because you want us to join your plan. Why do you think we'll agree?"

"Because I pay you guys. You all know this kind of thing is profitable. As long as you can get started, it will definitely earn more than taking on sect missions to fight monsters and mine spirit ore. Plus, it's an indoor job," Su Yan said.

"That's alright then."

The nun immediately expressed her delight at joining this great project.

"besides."

Su Yan paused for a moment, then looked around at everyone:

"The main reason I called you here isn't to have you do the work, but... a great plan always needs some start-up capital."

The discussion room fell into a deathly silence.

The eight group members looked down at the table, and no one spoke.

Although the plan looks promising, they're willing to work and earn money, but they'd hesitate to invest real money, especially since they don't know Su Yan well and don't trust him much.

I knew this would happen whenever money was mentioned... Su Yan sighed inwardly.

Li Changsheng anticipated that he would ask for money, and has not responded to him since.

Su Yan quickly gave Ye Jingqiu a wink, meaning that as the deputy group leader, she should take the lead.

Ye Jingqiu's lips were pursed, and although her small face was expressionless, one could inexplicably read resistance in it.

So Su Yan gently held up two fingers to her.

"hiss--"

Ye Jingqiu's shoulders trembled a few times. She reached for her waist, took out a pile of spirit stones from her small pouch, and stacked them on the table.

"...That's all I have."

Su Yan glanced at it; the amount wasn't actually small, but it didn't quite match Ye Jingqiu's status as the number one genius in the Sword Ruins.

However, it is understandable. Under the Sword Ruins system, the master's status determines the disciple's funding. At this time, Ye Jingqiu had a title but not much resources, not to mention that she was a sword cultivator.

Seeing that someone was taking the lead, especially Ye Jingqiu, the group members who had gathered together because of her also took out some spirit stones one after another. They would secretly glance at each other and then take out a few more, repeating this process several times.

The spirit stones quickly piled up on the table in the discussion room, forming a small... mound.

"Tsk."

Su Yan stared in disbelief at the spirit stones on the table:

"Is this all the people we can muster in our group of ten?"

"What are you yelling about? You're the one who contributed the least!" the female cultivator who hadn't said a word while sitting at the end of the table shouted.

"My investment is mainly based on my technical expertise, and the idea is also mine."

Su Yan was both righteous and heartbroken:

"Liuliu is a major historical opportunity; choosing Liuliu means choosing success! I'm bringing you such a great opportunity, and you're still holding back, unwilling to contribute even a little money. It breaks my heart. Can't you even be proper team members?"

A refined-looking monk scratched his head and said:

"It's not that we don't want to take it. We know each other well and we all know each other's financial situation. This is basically all we have."

Everyone nodded in agreement.

These words were spoken with such sincerity that even Su Yan had to believe them.

Miscalculation!

Su Yan slapped his thigh in frustration.

His plan, which he came up with all night, was excellent, but he overlooked a crucial point: the fundraising aspect.

Ye Jingqiu is a genius sword cultivator from an outer sect. What kind of people would be willing to be her friends and group members? Of course, they would all be sword cultivators.

It is common knowledge that sword cultivators are all very poor.

Ten sword cultivators couldn't scrape together enough spirit stones as start-up capital. Su Yan had originally planned to raise funds to get a few flying swords first, but it seems he can only start by tinkering with magic weapon parts.

How long will it take to finish that?

Just when it seemed like they had reached the end of their rope, the door to the discussion room was suddenly pushed open!

A sturdy figure appeared against the light at the doorway:

"I, Lu Jing, have invested in this project!"