"Seven days is enough," An Zhengzheng told them. "You can come and do part-time work."

Song Juan, Su Ying, and the other female cultivators from the Siyue Sect were all curious: "A part-time job?"

What is this?

An Yirou explained to them, "It's like these past few days, coming over at the end of the month, or whenever you have time."

These words excited the female cultivators who heard them. One of the bolder ones asked in a trembling voice, "...it can be like this?"

Most of them came from families of independent monks, and their fathers were also employed as laborers, but none of them had such freedom to allocate their time.

An Zhengzheng, however, was completely considering their needs.

Not only that, An Zhengzheng also told them some news that left them completely baffled.

An Zhengzheng said, "From now on, everyone should stop buying basic pills, talismans, and magical artifacts from other places."

That sounded strange, and Song Juan asked in confusion, "Why is that?"

“Because it’s too expensive,” An Zhengzheng said. “Things that are sold outside are very expensive. The things in our Bai Nu Ge are all made by the sisters with great effort. If you buy them from us, you can get them for half price.”

This was calculated by An Zhengzheng.

Because the materials were cheaper and available in larger quantities than those on the market, many female cultivators came to the Hundred Women's Pavilion to sell their raw materials after hearing the news.

Raw materials are the cheapest commodity, and coupled with An Zhengzheng's low labor costs, the products she makes have very low production costs.

Even if sold at half price, there will still be a profit.

Look, even a small piece of meat taken from the male cultivators' market could feed so many girls.

However, the male cultivators resisted women engaging in business and controlling the market, as if they had a tacit understanding.

When buying things from female cultivators, they were extremely critical; when hiring female cultivators, they said they wouldn't hire female workers.

They thought female nuns were not suitable.

But An Zhengzheng wouldn't give them that chance.

She not only wants to lower the price of cultivation techniques, but also wants to make pills and talismans affordable for all female cultivators.

Since male cultivators monopolized the market, she opened up a market for female cultivators.

In her past life, her business-minded mother and father told her that a person's life should have value, and doing business is about solving other people's problems.

An Zhengzheng in this life started doing business in order to solve the problems of female cultivators all over the world.

...

Zhou Mansion.

Zhou Rongsheng was also closely monitoring the situation at Bai Nu Ge, so when the manager brought him the latest issue of Bai Nu Ge's magazine, he casually flipped through it.

First, I looked at the photo stone, and then I flipped through the magazine.

After frowning as he finished reading, he said coldly, "Is this the 'heavyweight' thing An Zhengzheng was talking about?"

The photos taken with that photo stone are really good; they capture beautiful people and impressive poses.

But what kind of heavyweight techniques are those inside?

This skill is something that ordinary boys start practicing at the age of ten.

The steward wiped his forehead and reported to him, "Master, this cultivation technique isn't considered powerful even among established cultivation families, but ordinary independent cultivators can't even buy it..."

"I've inquired before, and I learned that when Miss An was still a young lady, she would go out to buy martial arts manuals. These manuals must have been bought by her before... According to various shops, Miss An has bought them from almost every shop since she was seven years old. If you calculate it, she must have practiced at least two manuals every year..."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Rongsheng's pupils widened in shock: "How could a seven-year-old girl have such high comprehension and understanding!"

Two cultivation manuals every year, Lian Xuer only started learning them when she was fifteen!

The Zhou family steward nodded hurriedly. He was also quite surprised when he first inquired about it, and even checked twice and sent people to the An residence to find out what they were thinking.

"According to the servants of the An family, Miss An only goes out once a month, either to buy cultivation techniques or to inquire and observe everywhere... The rest of the time, she hardly sleeps."

With such diligence, how could even the most talented person like Xu'er possibly compare!

Zhou Rongsheng's face turned pale.

He originally thought that the most outstanding talent in the cultivation world was in his own family.

But as it turns out, no, not at all.

At this moment, he truly began to take An Zhengzheng seriously; she was by no means an ordinary girl.

"That's not right." He subconsciously wanted to resist the fact that An Zhengzheng, as a daughter, had surpassed his son. "You just said she was spying and investigating? What could a young girl like her possibly investigate?"

"And you said she didn't sleep or rest... Where did she get the fasting pills? Wasn't it said that the An family's fasting pills were only for the men of the clan?"

These Zhou family stewards had found out quite a lot.

He explained to Zhou Rongsheng, "I've been inquiring about the fasting pill for quite some time."

"It took a lot of effort to find out about this. Only the servants and maids around the young master and young lady of the An family know the truth. Every year when the clan school conducts its annual assessment, the members of the An family would privately seek extra help from Miss An, and Miss An would ask for payment."

"The reward is a portion of the An family's cultivation techniques and fasting pills, and sometimes spirit stones. But the An family's boy cultivators feel ashamed, so they keep it very well hidden. Every year when the boy cultivators go into seclusion for training, Miss An will secretly go and guide them."

Zhou Rongsheng suddenly sneered: "No wonder...no wonder the An family members have been ranked very high in recent years. I heard that even the second young lady of the third branch, An Yirou, has improved rapidly."

The An family has truly produced a wonderful daughter.

The once-declining An family has seen its members do quite well in recent years, which is unexpectedly due to An Zhengzheng.

“Yes,” said the Zhou family steward, “That’s why so many people bought this issue of the magazine, not just female cultivators, but male cultivators too. Everyone wants to know how An Zhengzheng became the top scorer in the joint entrance examination…”

An Zhengzheng also wrote in the magazine that she would publish all the cultivation techniques she had bought over the years, including detailed notes on the techniques.

Even female cultivators with no prior knowledge can understand and use the annotations.

madman!

Who would be willing to reveal to the world a rare book they bought at a high price? Those things are secret manuals; apart from the basic techniques, no one would be willing to disclose them.

Isn't this just letting others surpass you?!

The girl from the An family has really gone mad!

Aside from those who are truly close to becoming gods, who else in this world would be so selfless?

Even the true practitioners have to consider the sect's rules and won't reveal their sect's techniques.

An Zhengzheng, however, revealed all the martial arts techniques she had acquired over the years.

The Zhou family steward added, "Currently, the demand for Bai Nu Ge magazines is far from meeting the supply, and there are even more in demand on the market, with demand doubling."

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that a single piece of paper is worth a fortune.

It was already sunset, and the evening glow shone through the window into Zhou Rongsheng's study.

The magazine bearing the words "Hundred Women's Pavilion" shone brightly in the afterglow of the setting sun.

The Hundred Women's Pavilion was bathed in a soft, flowing light that made Zhou Rongsheng's eyes ache.

He lowered his voice, as if making a last-ditch effort: "It's not that the An family has stopped providing assistance, so where did she get the ability to make so many booklets?"

Did the An family ultimately turn against them and help An Zhengzheng?

Could it be that An Mao doesn't even want a son anymore? How could he give up such a great temptation as the Demon Lotus?

At that moment, Zhou Rongsheng paused, startled.

He just had a thought...

If having a daughter would be like this, then he could perhaps understand Anmao's choice.