Chapter 239: Zheng Family of Gunlong Ridge, Danxia Hall in the South of the City, Forty Thousand a Year!

Thirty miles outside Tianlan Immortal City, there is a steep and wide mountain ridge that runs through seven peaks of varying sizes.

This place is known as Gunlong Ridge.

It possesses a first-tier spirit vein, and mountain fires often erupt on the ridge, forming a unique natural environment.

All kinds of resources are spread across the seven peaks and the ridge that looks like a rolling earth dragon.

Such a spiritual land is naturally a cultivation holy land that low-grade immortal cultivators dream of.

Not to mention climbing the ridge, even the mountains below have more or less spiritual energy concentration comparable to a first-tier spirit vein.

However, this place has long been owned by someone.

Ordinary rogue cultivators dare not come up to disturb them.

The Zheng Family of Gunlong!

A famous Foundation Establishment immortal cultivation family within the scope of Tianlan Immortal City.

With deep backgrounds, it is rumored that the ancestor who founded the family was a False Core existence from the Flame Alliance.

Although that ancestor has long since passed away.

But he did leave behind a considerable foundation for the family.

This foundation is not just spirit stones and magic tools.

It also includes connections, understanding of cultivation, and a skill that the whole family can rely on to survive.

Pill refining!

The Zheng family is one of the few immortal cultivation families that make a living by refining pills.

They produce a first-tier pill called Fire Ganoderma Pill, which contains a large amount of spiritual energy; although the medicinal power is violent and easily damages meridians during cultivation.

But it is at least an orthodox cultivation pill, and the price is much cheaper than the first-tier pills of the Spirit Medicine Pavilion and Qingdan Valley.

Therefore, it is quite popular among rogue cultivators.

Over hundreds of years.

Relying on the business of Fire Ganoderma Pills, the Zheng family has lived a glorious life.

Not only did they establish their status as the masters of the seven peaks of Gunlong Ridge.

There are now three Foundation Establishment true cultivators in the clan.

The Supreme Elder is at the sixth level of Foundation Establishment, just one step away from the late stage.

The family head, Zheng Kejian, is also a mid-stage Foundation Establishment existence.

Among the younger generation, someone also advanced to the Foundation Establishment stage twenty years ago.

In this way, three generations of old, middle, and young, with three Foundation Establishment cultivators in one family, are truly glorious!

However.

Outsiders only see their glory, but where can they see their current predicament.

Fire Ganoderma Pills are indeed popular.

However, this pill has high costs and is difficult to refine.

The chief pill refiner in the clan, after many years of refining, can only stably refine mid-grade Fire Ganoderma Pills.

In this situation, the profit is far from as huge as rogue cultivators imagine.

Now, the income from Fire Ganoderma Pills can only barely support the three Foundation Establishment true cultivators.

As for benefiting the clansmen below, it is very difficult to do.

In order to save resources.

The family head, Zheng Kejian, who knew that there was no hope of forming a core, even gave his second-tier cave dwelling on Tianlan Peak to his son to use.

However.

Misfortunes never come singly!

While he was thinking about how to increase revenue and reduce expenditure, and open up another source of wealth for the family.

The basic business of Fire Ganoderma Pills suddenly began to slide.

"When did it start?"

Zheng Kejian suppressed the anger in his heart.

He hasn't been cultivating so hard recently, so he has plenty of time.

So, he specifically checked the account books of the past year.

It would have been better not to check!

Once checked, he noticed something wrong.

In the past, after supporting the cultivation resource consumption of the two Foundation Establishment true cultivators, there would often be tens of thousands of spirit stones left to cultivate the younger generation of the family.

However, in the past year, this surplus has become less and less.

Twenty thousand, ten thousand, five thousand...

In the last three months, even the cultivation resources of the ancestor and his son have been affected.

Not to mention, the resources for the younger generation of the family have been directly cut off.

Such a big thing, and no one reported it to him!

The Zheng family cultivators looked at his expression that was about to erupt like a volcano, and couldn't help but tremble, unable to even speak clearly.

"I don't know, it seems to be... the last two months? No, it seems to be a year ago? No..."

"Calm down, what are you shivering for!"

Zheng Kejian glared, and the spiritual sense pressure poured onto the other party like a basin of cold water.

The other party shivered, and his speech became even less fluent.

Scared!

Zheng Kejian took a deep breath and scanned everyone in the hall.

These people!

Protected by the family, they have lived too comfortably.

Showing off outside, not seeking progress inside, and even the family's most important pill business has started to be neglected.

If he hadn't been idle and checked the account books, he wouldn't have discovered such a large funding loophole.

"Get out and check for me!"

"Find out clearly, what time, what person, what thing, caused my Zheng family's pill business to decline."

"Within three days, no, one day!"

"I'll give you one day to hand over all the information to me."

With a wave of his hand, the people below hurriedly left the hall and got busy.

Watching this group of people fleeing in panic, Zheng Kejian was furious, and slapped the expensive wooden table to pieces.

"Relying on these wine-and-meat bags, I'm afraid they won't find anything."

"I have to go there myself!"

After changing his appearance, restraining his aura, and disguising himself.

Zheng Kejian stepped into Tianlan Immortal City.

This was the first time he had stepped into this huge immortal city since he gave his second-tier cave dwelling to his son who had just entered the Foundation Establishment stage.

It must be said that after entering the city, watching those Foundation Establishment peers entering and leaving major shops and wantonly purchasing cultivation resources, he felt immensely envious in his heart.

However, that was not the purpose today!

It was to find out the reason for the decline of the Zheng family's pill business.

In fact, this reason is relatively easy to guess, nothing more than the rise in raw material prices, leading to increased pill costs and reduced profits.

Or, a competitor has appeared.

As for the problems with their own pills?

He had never thought about it.

For those rogue cultivators who are like weeds, being able to take cheap pills is already a very good thing.

How dare they be picky.

He planned to first find familiar Foundation Establishment peers and ask about the recent situation in Tianlan Immortal City.

However, before his footsteps could move.

At a crossroads, he was stopped by a Qi Refining stage cultivator.

"Fellow Daoist, do you want to learn about Jade Marrow Pills?"

At this moment, the realm Zheng Kejian revealed to the outside world was the mid-stage of Qi Refining.

A very rough concealment method.

Foundation Establishment cultivators could see through it at a glance.

But in the eyes of ordinary Qi Refining stage cultivators, they would only treat him as a person with low cultivation.

He asked curiously: "What kind of pill is that?"

The cultivator smiled and stuffed a piece of paper full of writing into his hand.

"This is?"

As far as the eye could see, the paper was about one palm wide and two palms long.

Not a large page, but it was covered with all kinds of words.

【Jade Marrow Pill: A must-have for Qi Refining cultivators to cultivate at home!】

【High-grade only eighty-five, store opening discount!】

【Zhongmiao Pill: Revitalize a man's majesty, don't worry about the lack of time for the Great Dao, let you enjoy ultimate bliss while cultivating hard!】

【Peiyuan Spirit Liquid...】

【Grain Bigu Powder...】

A dazzling array of goods filled this whole page of white paper.

And on the back of the white paper, a route map was drawn.

Starting from entering the city, passing through Nanyang Street, Spirit Beast Street... moving forward all the way, almost crossing a quarter of the distance of Tianlan Immortal City, and finally stopping at the remote Yuelu Street.

The detail of the route was simply outrageous!

Even, some characteristic shops were marked along the way.

It can be said that even if one doesn't care about the pills on the front, just this route map on the back has great collection value for rogue cultivators.

Especially those rogue cultivators who have just arrived in Tianlan Immortal City.

Regardless of whether they are in the Qi Refining stage or the Foundation Establishment stage, they will not refuse such a route map.

With this map, at least they have a concept of parts of Tianlan Immortal City, and they don't have to be ripped off by local guides.

Zheng Kejian held the paper, "What is this?"

"A flyer for Danxia Hall!" The cultivator distributing the flyer smiled.

Zheng Kejian suppressed the impatience in his heart and asked seriously: "I mean, are the pills on it really that cheap? They wouldn't be low-quality pills, would they! Also, what force's industry is this Danxia Hall?"

"Danxia Hall is naturally an industry of our Luotian Society!"

The Luotian Society cultivator said proudly: "As for the price of the pills on it, Fellow Daoist can go into the shop and take a look, it will definitely make you return fully loaded!"

"Oh, by the way, our Danxia Hall is a bit far from here. On the route map on the back of this flyer, a small path is marked, which can reach it the fastest..."

Seeing that he couldn't ask any specific situation from him.

Zheng Kejian stopped asking.

Just in time, a beast cart came by, he waved his hand and got straight on the cart.

The Luotian Society cultivator was still talking, but seeing him get on the cart, he was stunned.

Then he muttered:

"Still a rich rogue cultivator, taking a beast cart as soon as he enters the city."

Inside the Wumang beast cart.

Enduring the faint fishy smell of the monster corpse, Zheng Kejian seriously looked at the "flyer".

Pills worth eighty spirit stones?

And they are high-grade!

Intuition told him that this Jade Marrow Pill might be the culprit squeezing his family's Fire Ganoderma Pills!

"Danxia Hall, Luotian Society..."

Muttering these two names, Zheng Kejian's eyes narrowed slightly.

Yuelu Street!

A small, inconspicuous street in Tianlan Immortal City.

Mainly composed of talisman paper shops, talisman ink shops, medicinal herb shops, and an inn.

Because of these shops related to talisman making, this street is always full of some strange smells.

Consequently, the business of that inn is not very good.

Only some poor rogue cultivators, who want cheap accommodation, will look for it to stay temporarily.

A year ago, this street welcomed a new neighbor.

As soon as they arrived, they rented a vacant three-story building!

It is located in the very center of Yuelu Street, extremely eye-catching and prominent.

Basically, anyone who enters this street can notice it at the first time.

For this new neighbor, everyone didn't take it seriously at first.

Later, they found that there were many female cultivators inside!

Each one was young and beautiful, spoke super nicely, and a few words made people feel like a spring breeze, just like returning home.

Not only that, they also occasionally took some melons, fruits, and snacks from the shop and gave them to the neighbors next door.

After coming and going, everyone's relationship got better.

Not long after, this shop opened.

Danxia Hall!

Mainly engaged in pill business, and there are many categories.

Even if some of the Grain Bigu Powder, Peiyuan Spirit Liquid, etc., inside are just common goods on the market, they are cheap!

Those neighbors visited when they had nothing to do, ate people's food and felt soft, took people's things and felt short, and later helped Danxia Hall promote it.

If they met customers who were wandering outside and couldn't find the way, they would often point it out.

Gradually.

Danxia Hall's business gradually got better.

There are many reasons for getting better.

For example, the maids here are all eloquent and speak nicely.

For example, the things here, whether pills or magic tools, are of good quality and cheap.

Even rogue cultivators with tight pockets can afford to consume.

There are other reasons, and everyone sees them one by one.

At this moment.

On the third floor of Danxia Hall.

Luo Chen, wearing a white Daoist robe, is flipping through the account book.

Opposite him are Gu Caiyi and Xu Xiaoliu, standing with their hands held.

Perhaps because Luo Chen's cultivation is becoming more profound, or perhaps his majesty is becoming heavier.

The two of them were respectful, not daring to breathe loudly.

Glancing at the two from the corner of his eye, Luo Chen continued to look down at the account book.

One year!

The previous expenditure costs have all been earned back, and there is still a surplus.

A year ago, he took the lead and rented this three-story building from the Binglan Palace.

The rent paid was extremely cheap!

Firstly, because Yuelu Street is too remote, and mainly supplies raw materials, there is no commercial atmosphere.

Secondly, it also has to do with his cooperation with Tantai Jin.

The annual rent for this shop only needs five thousand low-grade spirit stones.

This is definitely considered cheap in Tianlan Immortal City.

For the same area, if it were slightly more popular, it would be counted in the tens of thousands.

Having this shop is a good thing for the Luotian Society's business!

They can put up a sign.

Especially, it can also find a safe and regular sales point for the goods produced by the Luotian Society.

Although Biyou Valley is good, it is too remote after all.

After Wang Yuan killed Cao Wanchun, it really lost a lot of popularity.

Wanting to build up popularity and commercial atmosphere is not a matter of a day or two.

Therefore, Luo Chen chose to do both.

Developing inside and outside the city at the same time.

And this year, besides daily cultivation, he put down all magic spell practice and spent almost all his time on pill refining and talent cultivation.

In one year, he refined Jade Marrow Pills for seven months and Jade Dew Pills for four months without stopping.

In between, he also refined a large batch of Tongyou Pills.

Such a huge pill refining project, besides his own deep soul foundation and superb pill refining attainments, could not be done without the cooperation of the Pill Hall cultivators.

The results obtained are extremely gratifying.

A full forty thousand Jade Marrow Pills were refined!

Not only that.

Under his daily supervision and guidance, Qu Lingjun was finally able to stably refine mid-grade Jade Marrow Pills.

Although the success rate is not high, and the number of pills per furnace is not as stable as Luo Chen's.

But at least it can be stably produced.

Luo Chen has cultivated more than one talent.

Mili!

Is also his cultivation object.

This talent, who was first buried by Mi Shuhua, actually has a certain talent for pill refining.

It was just that Mi Shuhua was trying to help the shoots grow by pulling them upward, having her attempt to refine the highly difficult Jade Marrow Elixir right from the start, so naturally, no results could be seen.

Luo Chen's cultivation of Mili...

Or rather, it shouldn't be called cultivation, but free-range.

Initially, just let her help.

Later, handed the unimportant Grain Bigu Powder to her to refine.

Grain Bigu Powder is just an ordinary pill without grade, and Mili got started quickly at the beginning.

After many years, she has long accumulated a solid foundation for pill refining.

In this year, Luo Chen finally let her start refining first-tier pills.

However, not Jade Marrow Pills.

But Zhongmiao Pills!

For this pill that allowed him to earn his first pot of gold and start from scratch, Luo Chen's familiarity with refining is even higher than that of Jade Marrow Pills.

Regardless of the number of times refined.

It is the step-by-step process that he has experienced too deeply.

From the initial iron pot refining, to the later wood-fired pill furnace, and then to the later earth fire refining.

It can be said that the refining of Zhongmiao Pills has no secrets in Luo Chen's eyes.

Mili also knows a lot about Zhongmiao Pills.

At the beginning, Tang Quan often failed, and the other party didn't dare to disturb Luo Chen, but privately discussed it with Mili many times.

It can be said that although Mili hasn't started, she knows all the problems in the refining process of Zhongmiao Pills.

After Luo Chen let her start.

Relying on Luo Chen's guidance, she solved the problems.

Plus her many years of accumulated pill refining foundation.

It didn't take a few months to refine low-grade Zhongmiao Pills as a matter of course.

In this way, the types of pills that the Luotian Society can sell to the outside world have gradually become rich.

Mainly high-grade Jade Marrow Pills refined by Luo Chen, supplemented by mid-grade ones by Qu Lingjun.

Plus Zhongmiao Pills refined by Mili as embellishment.

Peiyuan Spirit Liquid is the simplest, just need to match the medicinal herbs, and rogue cultivators can take it back and boil it themselves, earning a processing fee.

Grain Bigu Powder is not difficult either, and it wasn't just Luo Chen who refined and sold it in Dahe Market back then.

He found a few people in the Pill Hall to refine it, and finally cultivated a cultivator specifically for refining Grain Bigu Powder.

It can be said that except for Tongyou Pills, Burning Blood Pills, and Jade Dew Pills.

Luo Chen refined almost all the pills he knew as much as possible.

Thus, they were placed on the shelves of Danxia Hall!

Not only that, Danxia Hall also sells magic tools from the Tool Hall.

Those magic tools were not refined by the Tool Hall, but were spoils of war accumulated by the Luotian Society after many battles.

The best ones were kept by the Luotian Society for their own use.

The rest, repaired and mended, could also be placed on the shelves.

In addition, Feng Xia and Yuan Xiaoyue also picked up their old business.

Fairy beans, beef jerky, milk tea, popcorn... etc.

Even, on the original basis, they researched snacks such as stir-fried Tiancan Cloud Beans and Ten Fragrant Cardamom.

It can be considered as waste utilization of those crops without economic value in the process of spirit field cultivation.

Finally!

It formed the current Danxia Hall, a shop that seems nondescript but has a wide variety of categories.

But in this way.

When calculating costs and profits, it is a very cumbersome thing.

In the early stage, mistakes often occurred.

So much so that Luo Chen had to come over to check the accounts from time to time.

Later, after Gu Caiyi, the Hall Master of the Gold Hall and the Shop Manager of Danxia Hall, became familiar with it, she gradually sorted out various accounts.

Luo Chen also developed a habit before.

So he would come over to take a look from time to time.

Now, he is looking at the total accounts for the past year.

"Danxia Hall in the city, the gross profit for the year is about 300, 00 spirit stones. Among them, the pills I refined and the magic tools of the Tool Hall occupy the bulk."

"Biyou Valley, I have seen it before, the gross profit is about 100, 00. The profit composition is also mainly me and the Tool Hall."

"Qu Lingjun and Mili's pill refining level still needs to be improved. Now the annual income, added together, only occupies about 10, 00."

If it is just for individual rogue cultivators.

Two Qi Refining stage cultivators, earning more than 10, 00 a year together, is naturally not cheap.

But for the current Luotian Society, it is just icing on the cake.

Compared to Luo Chen back then, it is far inferior.

But Luo Chen doesn't care.

For the two of them, he is very patient.

Continuing to cultivate, it is absolutely promising.

"Annual gross profit of 400, 00, this has already exceeded most Foundation Establishment forces."

"It's only because I am a pill refiner that I have this kind of income!"

Luo Chen reaffirmed the importance of his "noble pill refiner".

Afterward, he calculated the number of spirit stones he could use.