Chapter 23 Chapter 23 Doing business.
When Wen Jue came back, Qin Zhou was making elixir at his residence.
Yaoyue Sect brought a lot of elixir materials. Qin Zhou gave some to Yaoyue Sect and kept some for himself.
He sat in the yard, holding the pestle and mortar in both hands, grinding the medicine at a leisurely pace.
"Didn't you buy the candied haws?" Qin Zhou asked without raising his head.
Wen Jue: “…”
"There's one on the table, go get it yourself."
Wen Jue raised his eyebrows and walked into the house quickly. After picking up the candied haws, he came out again, "Did you buy this?"
"Chen San passed the talent test. He happened to see a vendor selling candied haws on the roadside and bought two."
"He still eats this?" Wen Jue was surprised.
"Don't you eat too?"
Wen Jue took a bite of the first one, "I bought it when I was a kid... my family was poor when I was a kid, so I couldn't afford it. But that was many years ago. After I started practicing fasting, I'm not as greedy anymore. But since you bought it, I'll do you the honor of eating it."
His cheeks were probably swollen from eating so much.
Qin Zhou lowered his eyes and continued to pound the medicine.
"Do you want to make the elixir again?" Wen Jue pulled over a small wooden stool and sat down. Looking at Qin Zhou's careful movements, he couldn't help but ask.
It's rare for him to be so quiet and well-behaved, Qin Zhou thought.
"It's for Yaoyue Sect. I'm going to meet the Snow Flower Pavilion Master tomorrow, so it's always a good idea to prepare some pills."
"The one at the city gate that day?"
"Um."
"Qin Zhou, what do you do with all that money?"
"..." This question really stumped Qin Zhou. After all, he was from a world where people couldn't survive without money.
"Other people who cultivate immortality only want to improve their cultivation, but I see that you are not in a hurry. You spend all day either refining pills or making pills." Wen Jue asked, "Don't you want to improve your cultivation and go to the upper realm? Before you took over this mortal body, did you have any relatives or friends in the upper realm?"
Wen Jue's tone was tentative.
Qin Zhou glanced at him and said truthfully, "No." When he was in this world, there was no distinction between the upper and lower worlds.
Wen Jue: “…”
Okay, okay, Qin Zhou’s mouth is the hardest clam shell in the world!
Qin Zhou stood up and took the rolled pills to the alchemy room.
Wen Jue looked at his back and took a bite of the candied haws unwillingly. "I saw that you listened carefully to the matter of Qianji Shenzong today. You are not uncurious about the upper realm, right?"
"I'm quite curious, but cultivation is not something that can be achieved in a day."
"I know a lot of sect secrets." Wen Jue snorted.
"Where is the Cang Yun Sword Sect?" Qin Zhou named the only sect he knew.
Wen Jue almost choked when he heard these four words, "Cang Yun Sword Sect?"
Qin Zhou looked back at him and said casually, "Does the sect have any secrets?"
Wen Jue snorted and laughed, "Yes."
Without hesitation, Wen Jue said, "The Cang Yun Sword Immortal of the Cang Yun Sword Sect had an affair with the Grand Master of the Demon Sect in his early years. They even had a son. Oh, yes, they are both men."
Qin Zhou was silent.
This sentence really pushed him into a blind spot in knowledge. Men, give birth to sons?
"Fertility Pill, you are an alchemist, you must know it." Wen Jue narrowed his eyes and said. Fertility Pill, it was made by the old man.
Qin Zhou: ...
It turned out that it was his fault.
That’s right, the fertility pill was created by Qin Zhou, a veteran alchemist, on a whim when he was researching a new pill formula.
The reason is very simple.
He thought there were too few villagers, and the method of recruiting or obtaining villagers through in-game events was too random, so he refined the fertility pill.
Originally, I was thinking of combining two by two, using two villagers with high qualifications, so as to achieve the goal of breeding better quality villager babies.
Unfortunately, the villagers only wanted to cultivate immortality and didn't care about the reproduction project at all.
Therefore, fertility pills have little effect.
Later, Qin Zhou did succeed in several cases.
But he soon discovered that the quality of the villagers' babies was not affected by the quality of their parents. Therefore, he gradually forgot about the fertility pill.
Could it be that, after that, his recipe for the fertility pill was passed down by the villagers?
Even... popularized?
"What kind of fertility pill is that? I don't know." Qin Zhou said perfunctorily and turned away. He didn't want to be troubled by some sword fairy or some demon sect leader. It sounded very troublesome.
After saying that, Qin Zhou turned around and entered the alchemy room.
Wen Jue: “…”
What did he say? He didn't know about the fertility pill? How could it be possible! How could the old man not know about the fertility pill!
…
When Qin Zhou came out of the alchemy room again, Wen Jue was nowhere to be seen.
He guessed that it was time for Wen Jue's soul to return to its place. Even with the help of Gu Yuan Dan, Wen Jue could not stay in the lower world forever.
The lower realm seems to have many restrictions on cultivators from the upper realm.
Qin Zhou didn't think too much.
He put the refined pills into his bag and prepared to go to the appointments with Yaoyue Sect and Xuehua Pavilion.
…
Xuehua Pavilion is indeed one of the largest alchemy merchants in the provincial capital.
If the Qin family's shop is a small sparrow with all the necessary facilities, then the Snow Flower Pavilion is undoubtedly a big phoenix.
Looking up, everything you see is golden and magnificent.
All the shops on the entire street are actually owned by Xuehua Pavilion.
A golden plaque stands at the entrance of the street. Looking from afar, the tallest attic in the center of the street is the Cangdan Building of Xuehua Pavilion.
I heard that the best elixirs in the entire Xuehua Pavilion are all there.
Even the guards at the gate are cultivators employed by the Snow Flower Pavilion. Their treatment is no worse than that of the inner disciples in the sect.
As soon as Qin Zhou walked into the street, someone came to greet him——
"Excuse me, are you Mr. Qin from the Dragon and Phoenix Pill?"
Dragon and Phoenix Pill is the new name Qin Zhou just gave to the Qin family shop.
Qin Zhou nodded, and the waiter took him into the central Zangdan Building.
The masters of Yaoyue Sect and Xuehua Pavilion are already waiting.
Today, the Snow Flower Pavilion Master did not wear the snow-white clothes again, probably because Wen Jue was so beautiful.
Qin Zhou walked over.
"Master Qin is here." He Wenfeng nodded slightly at him.
The Snow Flower Pavilion Master also stood up and greeted him, "Mr. Qin is here, please take a seat. Today I finally have a chance to make up for the meal I owe."
Qin Zhou sat down and said, "Master Xuehua Pavilion is very polite."
He Wenfeng was surprised when he saw this, "Did you two know each other before?"
"Master Qin and I met before in front of the city gate. To be honest, I am a greedy person. I almost offended him because I smelled the medicinal herbs on Master Qin. Now I think it was fate. I have seen the medicinal herbs sent by Elder He. They are indeed rare." The Snow Flower Pavilion Master laughed and sighed, "It is a blessing for Snow Flower Pavilion to be able to do business with Master Qin."
"But I still have to ask, Master Qin, can you really provide stable goods? Rare grade... No one in the major alchemy sects dares to boast that they can provide stable rare grade goods."
Qin Zhou: "I can."
His three words were so plain, so plain that even the Snow Flower Pavilion Master didn't know how to guess.
Before Qin Zhou came, he thought it was just a gimmick Qin Zhou used to achieve cooperation.
But when the word "yes" came out, Zhou Shilin didn't know how to refute it. Especially, Qin Zhou's calm mood gave him a convincing feeling.
This kind of people are terrible in Zhou Shilin's eyes.
Either he was deceiving himself and others to the point where he was not even half-dazed. Or he was confident enough to just tell the truth.
"Mr. Qin...are you serious?" Zhou Shilin couldn't help but ask again, "If it's true, then I have to ask Mr. Qin, where did this treasure come from?"
"I'm an alchemist." Qin Zhou took out a few more pills from the bag without any hurry. "First-level and second-level pills can all provide rare quality. I just refined them this afternoon. They're fresh."
If you don't know, you might think he was talking about the cucumbers and green vegetables from the market. Fresh ones?
Zhou Shilin wanted to laugh, but when he saw the golden precious elixirs on the table, he couldn't laugh.
"Master Xuehua Pavilion, Young Master Qin has indeed cultivated the ability to reach the rare level." He Wenfeng nodded, but his eyes were fixed on the fresh pills on the table.
He had just delivered pills to the Qin family's medicine shop in the morning, and the pills were ready in the afternoon. Could it be that... these pills...
"The ones from Yaoyue Sect are here." Qin Zhou took out another bag and gave it directly to He Wenfeng.
Yaoyue Sect helped a lot on this trip to the provincial capital, so the pills he gave were just as much as they should be.
He Wenfeng quickly put it away and said, "Thank you, Mr. Qin."
"This pill business is very simple. I sell finished products for retail, and I also accept large-scale production. The former provides spirit stones, and the latter provides the pill materials. If the quality does not meet the standards, I will refund the money."
Zhou Shilin was stunned by this simple sentence. He originally thought that Qin Zhou was taciturn, so he asked He Wenfeng to help him, but he didn't expect that he had already thought about how to do this business.
Finished product retail... mass production... these eight words are really novel and concise. But the most surprising thing is that this pill, such a delicate thing, in his mouth, is like a worthless sugar bean ball.
At this moment, Zhou Shilin had no time to decide whether he could provide rare-grade elixirs stably. The elixirs that Qin Zhou brought out were enough to make low-level cultivators scramble for them.
Zhou Shilin is able to become the boss of Xuehua Pavilion because he is a decisive person.
Without hesitation, he asked, "What is the retail price of the finished product, and how is it calculated for mass production?"
"For retail sales of finished products, I want the cost price of the elixir materials plus 50% of the selling price. For mass production, I won't provide the elixir materials, and I want 40% of the selling price."
At first glance, this price seems like an exorbitant sum.
But Zhou Shilin understood that an alchemist who could refine rare-grade elixirs was worth the price.
"As far as I know, Master Qin also has a shop called Dragon and Phoenix Pills in the provincial capital. Master Qin has such great ability in refining pills, why doesn't he sell them himself, but instead cooperates with the Snow Flower Pavilion?"
Qin Zhou raised his eyes, "Dragon and Phoenix Pills are only sold in the provincial capital. Snow Flower Pavilion has many connections and sells them to various places and sects. It's a win-win situation, why not."
"After all, the Snow Flower Pavilion is just an elixir dealer, selling elixirs for Master Qin, and using the Dragon and Phoenix Pill as their brand. So, shouldn't the price be a little lower?" Zhou Shilin smiled, "Master Qin, at least let me see your sincerity in cooperation."
Qin Zhou didn't want to give in at all: "A stable source of precious medicinal pills is already the greatest sincerity."
Zhou Shilin was speechless.
It has to be said that he had never expected Qin Zhou to be so difficult to deal with.
Although Qin Zhou is not a businessman, as a former person in charge of a game project, he has been exposed to a lot of negotiations.
Several conversations seemed to reach an impasse.
Zhou Shilin lowered his head in thought, and Qin Zhou was waiting for him calmly.
After a while, Zhou Shilin asked——
"Then what is the price if we invite Mr. Qin to come to the Snow Flower Pavilion?"
"No." Qin Zhou refused decisively.
Zhou Shilin smiled, not surprisingly, "I have discussed this business with Master Qin. But we are not sure whether it will be a long-term deal."
"good."
…
After seeing off He Wenfeng and Qin Zhou, the people around Zhou Shilin carefully walked up to him and poured him tea.
"Pavilion Master, is that all you have to do?"
Zhou Shilin: "Yes. Who wouldn't be tempted by a rare-grade elixir? With this rare-grade elixir, Xuehua Pavilion will be able to suppress Qilin Pavilion."
"But... he can only provide low-level treasures. Isn't this a bit too much for Qilinxuan?"
Zhou Shilin waved his hand.
"That's not what I'm looking at."
Zhou Shilin picked up the teacup and took a sip.
The low-level treasures are certainly attractive.
But his business is not just about making pills.
Qin Zhou took the talent test, and the results were delivered to him on the same day. He was clearly a waste in the talent test, so what happened that made him go from a waste to the heir of a rare spiritual root talent in just one month?
The elixir has the effect of changing one's destiny.
Zhou Shilin was also fortunate enough to hear from his ancestors that there was a concept called marrow cleansing in this world.
But he had never really seen it.
He didn't know whether Qin Zhou changed his fate in this way. But...if there is such a marrow cleansing method or elixir.
And the Snow Flower Pavilion can get...
That would mean more than just suppressing Qilinxuan.
That would be a real way for all mortals in the entire underworld to change their fate...
Perhaps, it is no longer a fantasy for everyone to cultivate immortality.
Zhou Shilin smiled and rubbed his head.
Of course, this is just his ambition.
All in all, Xuehua Pavilion has no losses by cooperating with Qin Zhou.
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