Chapter 110: Gave a Lesson

A few days passed.

Hundred Treasures Shop held another big promotion, this time directly giving nearby merchants a lesson.

What is a true businessman?

Yan Buji is!

Seeing Yan Buji earn nearly three thousand spiritual stones in just three days, the surrounding shop owners' eyes turned red.

Right, buddy?

How do you know the nearby loose cultivators have so many spiritual stones?

Yan Buji smiled faintly.

Don't underestimate the spending power of loose cultivators; even if they can't compare to those sect disciples and aristocratic cultivators who spend lavishly, their numbers make up for it.

Huo Xiong Zong Fang Shi is almost becoming the first choice for loose cultivators in nearby areas—how could it not make money?

That's not just because Yan Buji occasionally throws a benefit for everyone, boosting commercial prosperity and naturally earning more.

To make small money, it depends on whether your goods are solid enough;

to make big money, it depends on your control over the market and consumers.

Yan Buji used to do big business; how could he not understand these principles?

It's obvious that Yan Buji has become a hotshot figure in Huo Xiong Zong Fang Shi.

Even if his cultivation is low, what of it?

He has this ability—one promotion earns more than they make in months, and he doesn't hoard the profits but pulls everyone along; where else could you find such a good person?

After the promotion, Yan Buji naturally received grand invitations from all the shop owners.

Yan Buji also really didn't want to waste time, so he simply said to invite the nearby cooperative shop owners to eat and drink at a tavern inside the market!

That night!

"Shopkeeper Yan!"

"Shopkeeper Yan, how much have you earned these past few days? We're dying of envy!"

"Hahaha, you're joking, we all work for my boss; whether I earn more or less, I don't get any of it." Yan Buji waved his hand, putting on a loyal and devoted appearance.

Most of the shop owners present were Lianqi Phase cultivators, basically the owners from First and Second Streets; since Yan Buji knew them from business dealings, they each raised their cups and drank.

As the fine wine entered their stomachs, everyone's enthusiasm for Yan Buji grew even stronger.

Although Yan Buji lacks strength, he truly knows how to earn spiritual stones!

Can you say the shop owners in the market don't understand business?

Precisely because they understand, and the shop owners who chose to cooperate with Yan Buji have earned quite a bit, this lets the other shop owners who haven't made many spiritual stones realize just how formidable his ability to turn clouds and rain in the marketplace is!

"Shopkeeper Yan is truly a business genius; in our market for decades we've never seen a scene of hundreds of loose cultivators coming at once! This shows how foresightful Yan Boss's idea was when he first held the sales event, occasionally offering discounts. With that reputation out there, this huge promotion will even make hesitant loose cultivators willing to come take a look, and the spiritual stones will naturally come into hand!"

"That's right."

"Since Shopkeeper Yan came to the market, I've known you're not an ordinary person!"

Yan Buji smiled faintly: "You all are actually sensible people; although this market is somewhat desolate, it's still under the protection of the Huo Xiong Sect's seniors, so safety isn't a worry. In fact, by working together we can earn even more!"

"Oh? Shopkeeper Yan, do you have any high opinions?" Upon hearing this, the shop owners' eyes lit up instantly.

In the past, whenever Yan Buji talked business with them, each time he said such words he definitely had a method to let them earn spiritual stones!

Yan Buji chuckled: "Actually, this also needs the approval of the Huo Xiong Sect's seniors; this method can only be spoken if the sect's seniors permit it, otherwise saying it would be useless."

"Huh? Shopkeeper Yan, are you eyeing the fire sand produced by the Huo Xiong Sect?"

Yan Buji nodded: "This fire sand, a first-tier spiritual material, helps Lianqi Phase cultivators refine their spiritual power; although the effect isn't strong, it's undoubtedly a good thing for loose cultivators who value their own strength. But this fire sand is originally a treasure only usable by the Huo Xiong Sect's seniors; for us to get a share seems unlikely."

That's true.

But another shop owner asked: "Even if we obtained the fire sand, at most we could attract more loose cultivators. Our market itself doesn't have anything worth drawing in powerful cultivators; wanting to make big money seems impossible, right?"

"Hehe, if we had the fire sand, it wouldn't be certain." Yan Buji laughed.

"Why?"

Yan Buji laughed: "The fire sand is just a primer; I observe that the Huo Xiong Sect's seniors don't seem to have anyone opening a shop here, perhaps they disdain such petty profits. But actually, the purchasing power of loose cultivators shouldn't be underestimated. With fire sand, if we could also persuade the Huo Xiong Sect's seniors to discuss cooperation, sharing profits via consignment, then wouldn't we rightly belong as internal merchants of the Huo Xiong Sect?"

Many shop owners' eyes lit up!

Although they opened shops here, who doesn't have some connection with the Huo Xiong Sect? But the sect itself indeed doesn't place much importance on the market's profits, merely collecting land rent and patrol fees.

For marketplaces under other sects' territories, this is simply unbelievable, which explains why many not-so-clean loose cultivators are willing to come here—because the Huo Xiong Sect's cultivators don't really manage things; as long as you don't cause trouble here, you're fine.

But if we could lure the Huo Xiong Sect's seniors to offer some of their sect's internal goodies for consignment sale, on the surface we'd just earn a hardship fee, but in reality our relationship with the Huo Xiong Sect's cultivators would become much closer.

Just this point alone is enough to move their hearts.

But it's a pity.

Whether it's fire sand or the Huo Xiong Sect's cultivators, they're not something they can easily come into contact with.

If the enforcement squad doesn't usually come to cause them trouble, that's already good; who would dare go look for them?

Moreover, the one who can truly call the shots on this matter must be a Huo Xiong Sect Elder-level figure, a Foundation Establishment Stage powerhouse—let alone discussing cooperation, ordinary Lianqi Phase cultivators might not even dare utter a word!

Only someone like Yan Buji, who is wildly imaginative, would dare say such a thing.

Yan Buji knew this matter was difficult, but he didn't expect that among all the shop owners present, not even one had a good relationship with the Huo Xiong Sect's cultivators, leaving him feeling quite helpless.

Wei Zifeng went off to handle affairs again; it seems this matter can only be postponed until he returns to discuss it.

"Forget it, it's rare for us all to gather; let's not talk business for now. Better to share this cup's contents and exchange heroic sentiments!" Yan Buji raised his cup and laughed loudly.

The surrounding shop owners also laughed, cast aside their miscellaneous thoughts, and jointly raised their cups, saying: "Cheers!"

"Cheers!"

"Bottoms up!"

After the banquet ended, Yan Buji returned to Hundred Treasures Shop to rest.

As for him, the market's purchasing power was now clearly visible.

Besides the hardest-to-reach Accumulation Device and spirit pill business, the purchasing power of loose cultivators in their shops is actually only that much.

The market has basically been fully developed by Yan Buji; continuing to operate in this manner will not pose any major problems.

If they want to do better, they really have no choice but to establish ties with the Fire Bear Sect; only then can they further expand their market share.

It's just a pity that the Fire Bear Sect cultivators surprisingly don't care about business, so Yan Buji's business expertise has nowhere to be used.