Chapter 1942

When a God King-level Yu Si made a move, her speed went without saying.

Although the distance from the He clan to the Tong clan was far, she still took less than an hour to bring Tong Haotian over.

"Old servant Tong Haotian greets the Young Master!"

Upon seeing He Pingsheng, Tong Haotian knelt on the ground and paid his respects with utmost reverence.

He Pingsheng asked, "Is your mother still well?"

"Er..." Tong Haotian said, "Many thanks for the Young Master's concern, my mother is doing well in every respect."

He Pingsheng said, "It's been a long time since I last saw her. How is her cultivation? Has there been any improvement?"

Tong Haotian said, "This is also thanks to the Young Master. After my mother refined those four Hells, she entered secluded cultivation for another thirty yuan of time and finally broke through to the twelfth layer of the God Control realm!"

"Now she only awaits a breakthrough!"

He Pingsheng nodded, "Not bad!"

"Later I'll give her a top-grade 【Shuang Shen Dan】; it should be just the thing to aid her breakthrough!"

"Alright, let's talk business!" He Pingsheng's face turned serious as he said, "Recently, our He clan has expanded too quickly, and our disciples are increasing in number; we're starting to have expenditures exceeding income!"

"Ah?" Hearing this, Old Tong hurriedly said, "Young Master, I have... our Tong clan has a lot of God Gold, whether physical or in quantity, it's still quite substantial!"

"This old servant will transfer the God Gold over right away!"

He Pingsheng waved his hand and said, "You listen to me finish first!"

"My asking you to come over isn't to covet your Tong clan's God Gold, but to seek a practical and feasible method to establish a foundation of industrial management for the He clan!"

"Come on, everyone sit down, let's discuss this slowly!"

He Pingsheng walked over and sat down behind the small table below.

Then Old Cao, Old Tong, and Yu Si also gathered around the table and sat down.

He Pingsheng said, "Actually, there are only these few categories: alchemy, artifact forging, talisman making, and formations..."

"What are you skilled at?"

"Then, whichever industry you think has more prospects, speak freely, go ahead and say it!"

Yu Si spoke up first: "Young Master, my family deals in taming... that is... um... taming high-grade Divine Beasts, using some ourselves and selling some, accumulating resources this way. Of course, besides this, there's also my father controlling a Divine Domain; that brings in wealth hand over fist, needless to say!"

"As for myself specifically, I don't really understand alchemy or artifact forging, and I don't really understand the taming aspect either!"

He Pingsheng curled his lip: Good fellow, having authority is still great, controlling a Divine Domain, that's absolutely solid; in the entire Divine Domain, countless industries all belong to the Golden Butterfly Xian Sect.

"Hm!" He Pingsheng nodded, "Alright then, Old Cao, you speak!"

Old Cao cupped his hands: "Young Master, what this old servant is best at is alchemy; if you ask me, it's alchemy!"

"However, this alchemy business has a fatal flaw: it requires a massive amount of manpower!"

"Only massive output can bring rich returns!"

"Our current problem is that output can't keep up!"

He Pingsheng nodded.

This point was very easy to understand.

For instance, right now in the entire clan, the people following Old Cao in alchemy aren't many, only a small squad of less than a hundred people.

To put it bluntly, these disciples recruited in the outer sect are unreliable!

Alchemy Grandmasters establish their own clan sects; those who can come to the He clan to freeload basically all have mediocre abilities.

As a result, alchemy output is extremely low.

Maintaining a small clan is fine, but maintaining a large clan's expenses is almost impossible.

Unless a heaven-defying alchemist appears who specializes in refining high-grade pills for sale, but regrettably, there isn't one.

"What about you?" He Pingsheng looked at Old Tong.

Old Tong frowned: "Actually... Fellow Daoist Cao's problem is also this old servant's problem!"

"This old servant does artifact forging... I consider my forging level decent, and I can forge quite a few Divine Artifacts every year!"

"Sabers, spears, swords, halberds — there's nothing I can't make!"

"Last time the Young Master gave me an artifact forging classic; after comprehending it, I can already easily forge top-grade third tier Divine Artifacts!"

"The problem is, I forge artifacts alone, so my annual output is only so much; it's not enough to sustain a huge clan's expenses!"

"Unless there are many people forging artifacts together!"

"But this... isn't realistic either!"

"However..." Old Tong's eyebrows rose as he said, "There is another way!"

He Pingsheng said, "Speak!"

Old Tong cupped his hands: "It's like this... the value of top-grade items far surpasses the ordinary. If this old servant's forging skills settle for a period of time, and then I wait until my cultivation breaks through to the God Monarch realm, perhaps I'll be able to forge top-grade Divine Artifacts!"

"At that time, maintaining a clan's expenses should be sufficient!"

Speaking here, He Pingsheng's eyes brightened once again.

Isn't this just talking about my Cornucopia?

But on second thought, the brightness in He Pingsheng's eyes extinguished again.

The Cornucopia is a good thing; strengthening it for my own use works, but if I strengthen it and then sell it, it's not too reliable.

Why?

Slow!

Strengthening once a year is a drop in the bucket.

"Is that so..." He Pingsheng took a deep breath and said, "Old Tong... in your artifact forging line, is there anything that is exceptionally complex to forge, consumes exceptionally high resources, but the value of a single Divine Artifact far surpasses ordinary Divine Artifacts!"

"Um... let me put it this way, even if only one or two top-grade pieces are forged a year, it would be enough to guarantee the entire clan's expenses!"

Old Tong slapped his thigh violently: "There is... there really is... Young Master, Divine Boat!"

"Among all divine artifacts, the divine vessel is the most expensive at the same tier!"

"And a divine vessel is something almost every clan has to purchase — and not just one!"

"Refining divine vessels is also this old servant's lifelong dream; if the Young Master is willing, our He clan can build divine vessels!"

"Divine vessel?" He Pingsheng was somewhat surprised.

This thing was not unfamiliar to him, but his divine vessels were almost all seized from war spoils; he had almost never purchased any.

"Young Master... what I mean is that kind of large divine vessel; small ones won't do — small ones can't command high value!"

He Pingsheng asked: "What you speak of — is it that kind of inter-city divine vessel that can carry tens of thousands at a time?"

"No no no..." Old Tong waved his hand and said: "It's not that kind of divine vessel either!"

"Those flying vessels on the Divine Vessel Plaza cannot be shrunk; they're actually only half-finished products — don't be fooled by their size, they don't sell well, and ordinary clans have no use for such large divine vessels!"

"What this old servant speaks of is the kind of divine vessel that can carry several hundred people!"

"This thing is practically a must-have for clan activities, travel, and attending all kinds of gatherings!"

"This thing has the highest value!"

"Take a third-tier flying vessel for example — if one can refine it to supreme quality, it doesn't take many; a few vessels would cover the He clan's expenses for a whole year!"

"If later we can refine fourth-tier, even fifth-tier, then it goes without saying!"

Speaking up to here, Old Tong's face was full of excitement: "Even... I have a bold idea!"

"If the divine vessels we refine are good enough, we could even open a route running straight from Tianfeng City to Tianxie King City!"

"The profits would be even more bountiful!"