"How many?"
Upon hearing the word "ten thousand pairs," Manager Feng couldn't help but spit out his mouthful of tea, his voice turning into a hoarse croak.
He lost his composure, which was quite unusual.
"Ten thousand pairs."
Lu Tao calmly stated the number of seventh-tier chopsticks again, while looking at the food on the table that had been sprayed with tea with some regret.
"There are so many?"
Manager Feng was almost dumbfounded. After muttering something to himself, he didn't know how to start the conversation.
In his original opinion, even if Lu Tao's forging ability had improved recently, he could only make a few dozen pairs of seventh-level chopsticks in just a few days, and at most no more than a hundred pairs.
The result was 10,000 pairs.
Given the financial resources of the Tianyun Inn he was in charge of, he could afford to buy a hundred pairs, or even a thousand pairs, of seventh-tier chopsticks, but ten thousand pairs…
One pair costs 50,000 taels, so 10,000 pairs would cost 500 million
He simply can't afford it.
"It's too early to make such bold statements."
Manager Feng was somewhat melancholy. As a senior figure, he had wanted to appear generous in reaching such a long-term cooperation agreement, but now he was finding himself in an awkward position.
At that very moment.
Lu Tao said, "We have a thousand pairs made so far, and another nine thousand pairs are in the process of being made. They should be ready in a while. Manager Feng, how about we sell a thousand pairs first?"
Lu Tao also noticed Manager Feng's predicament. After thinking it over, he decided to sell a thousand pairs first. In fact, he was a little worried that he might have quoted too much.
Fortunately, his worries were unnecessary.
Manager Feng hurriedly replied, "Yes, yes, let's sell a thousand pairs first."
One thousand pairs of seventh-grade low-quality chopsticks cost fifty million taels of silver, or five million taels of gold.
This number made Manager Feng feel envious and jealous.
"Young Master Lu's ability to make money is even more impressive than our Tianyun Inn."
After the transaction was completed, Manager Feng couldn't help but sigh. Fifty million taels of silver was equivalent to several years' worth of profits for their Tianyun Inn.
Upon hearing this, Lu Tao shook his head and said, "Senior, this is made from wood that our ancestors have accumulated over dozens of generations. Once the wood is used up, it will be difficult to make entry-level chopsticks again."
"That's true."
Manager Feng had no doubts; the wood that could be made into high-grade items must be extraordinary.
He didn't ask Lu Tao what kind of wood it was or whether he needed help finding it. He believed that with such a cooperative relationship, if Lu Tao really needed to find any wood, he would think of their huge Tianyun Inn.
"Thank you, Manager Feng." Lu Tao smiled and got up to take his leave.
"Young Master Lu, please take care."
Watching Lu Tao's departing figure, for some reason, Manager Feng had the illusion that Tianyun Inn was working for Lu Tao.
certainly.
Tianyun Inn is definitely not losing money, especially Manager Feng. He can make a fortune by selling these chopsticks to other branches of Tianyun Inn.
Manager Feng immediately arranged everything at the inn and hurriedly left Mufeng City, heading towards Tianyun Inn in another city.
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"I can sweep away all the cultivation techniques again."
After receiving the fifty million taels of silver notes, Lu Tao returned to his room with great excitement.
Then began another period of seclusion.
However, just three days into his seclusion, He Zongming suddenly knocked on his door.
When Lu Tao opened the door, he not only saw He Zongming, but also the town mayor, whose face was full of anxiety and looked haggard.
Lu Tao frowned and asked in a deep voice, "What happened?"
The town mayor actually came all the way from Dafeng Town to Mufeng City, which means something must have happened in Dafeng Town, and it is undoubtedly related to Red Flower Valley.
really.
Then the town mayor said anxiously, "Lu Tao, this morning the people from Honghua Valley came to Dafeng Town and arrested Zhang Quan and several others. They said you have three days to come to Honghua Valley to apologize, or they will slowly torture them to death."
Lu Tao knew who Zhang Quan and the others the town mayor was referring to. They were the late-stage Skin Refining cultivators who had come to help him during his bloody battle with the woman in colorful clothes, and who had even helped him capture Fan Jian.
He never expected that Red Flower Valley would be so shameless, even arresting someone who had only helped him with a small favor and with whom he had little close relationship, and using them to threaten him.
"Don't worry, Mayor, I will get them out."
As soon as Lu Tao uttered these words, the town mayor hurriedly shook his head and said, "No, no, no, Lu Tao, you've misunderstood. I'm not here to beg you to save them. I'm just here to tell you that Red Flower Valley is looking for you. They are too powerful. You must be careful. As for Zhang Quan and the others..."
At this point, the mayor paused for a moment, then said with a somewhat forlorn tone, "I hope that when you become powerful in the future, you can avenge them."
Although the town mayor had been subservient to the Axe Gang for decades, he knew how to prioritize.
If he had to choose between Lu Tao and Zhang Quan, he would choose to sacrifice Zhang Quan and the others.
Lu Tao is indeed exceptionally talented, but his current strength is still too weak. If he goes to Red Flower Valley, it will be like a lamb entering a tiger's den. Not only will he be unable to rescue Zhang Quan and the others, but Lu Tao himself will also be unable to return.
Rather than that, it would be better to let Lu Tao cultivate properly, and when he becomes powerful enough, he can avenge Zhang Quan and the others.
"Don't worry, I won't act impulsively."
Lu Tao chuckled, recalling the Yin-Yang technique he had obtained from the woman in colorful clothes, and comforted her, "Mayor, you don't need to worry too much. They'll be fine for now, and they might even gain some benefits."
"You can still get benefits?"
Both the town mayor and He Zongming were somewhat bewildered.
What good can come from someone being arrested?
Lu Tao then explained the Red Flower Valley martial arts technique he had obtained to the two of them in detail.
That set of techniques is mainly used in the Blood Refining Realm. It is an evil technique that uses yang to supplement yin, using the qi, blood and essence of a man's whole body to nourish a woman through combined cultivation.
Zhang Quan and the others were only at the late stage of Skin Refining, so their blood and essence were not very abundant. However, if they were to advance to the Blood Refining stage and then harvest the essence, they would obtain more Yang blood and essence.
This is tantamount to raising a venomous insect.
Lu Tao obtained that set of techniques, so he naturally understood these things as well.
and.
Most importantly, Zhang Quan and the others are all at the late stage of Skin Refining, and Zhang Quan himself is at the Perfect stage of Skin Refining. With the strength of Red Flower Valley, it wouldn't take much time to raise them to the early stage of Blood Refining.
This is tantamount to saving time for the female cultivators of Red Flower Valley.
even.
They can absorb the essence of a person without doing so all at once; they can leave the person with a breath of life, allowing them to continue cultivating. Once the person recovers their vitality, they can absorb it again, and so on...
"This sect is indeed evil."
After listening to what Lu Tao said, He Zongming couldn't help but sigh. The so-called "using yang to supplement yin" and "using yin to supplement yang" is a completely cannibalistic practice. It is a one-sided absorption, not the kind of dual cultivation practice that achieves mutual benefit.
Thinking of the formidable strength of Red Flower Valley, which even had members at the Innate Realm, He Zongming couldn't help but remind Lu Tao, "Lu Tao, Red Flower Valley is not like the Axe Gang or the Three Wolves Gang. You must be careful."
"I know."
Lu Tao nodded.
Now that he knew Zhang Quan and the others were safe for the time being, he naturally wouldn't be foolish enough to run to Red Flower Valley to rescue them.
Lu Tao asked with some curiosity, "Mayor, logically speaking, not many people should know that Zhang Quan and his men helped me capture Fan Jian. How did Honghua Valley find out?"
The town mayor sighed, "It was Fan Jian's wife who told Honghua Valley."
"Indeed, to cut the weeds, you have to nip them in the bud."
Lu Tao felt somewhat helpless. If it weren't for this person, the people of Red Flower Valley would naturally not know that Zhang Quan and the others had helped him.
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"By the way, Lu Tao, a few days ago, Cai Zhiyong went back to Dafeng Town to inquire about you, but he was chased away by everyone."
After dealing with the Red Flower Valley matter, the town mayor brought up another matter, reminding everyone: "It's just that Fan Jian's wife suddenly betrayed everyone today. I don't know if she contacted Cai Zhiyong a few days ago. When I came into the inn just now, I ran into Cai Xuan. He and his group were lying in wait outside the inn. When they saw me, they even tried to arrest me, but I had already entered the inn, so they didn't succeed. You have to be careful of them."
"Yes, it's alright."
Lu Tao nodded and then said, "Mayor, why don't you stay at the inn for now and go back in a couple of days?"
Lu Tao knew that Cai Xuan and the others wanted to arrest the town mayor to threaten him, so he naturally couldn't let the town mayor go out now.
The town mayor stayed at Tianyun Inn for the time being.
To Lu Tao's dismay, according to the rules of Tianyun Inn, the town mayor could not stay with them and needed to stay in another room, with the accommodation fee to be calculated separately.
Without arguing too much, I quickly checked into my accommodation.
Then Lu Tao returned to his room to farm experience points for his sword and golden silk armor.
Lu Tao used all ten fingers to tap the golden silk soft armor, as if playing the piano. Soon, the golden silk soft armor was upgraded to the middle grade of the seventh rank.
To advance to the seventh-tier superior level, one needs 10 billion experience points, and Lu Tao needs to play the piano for two days and two nights without stopping.
"This experience gain is still too slow."
Lu Tao decisively gave up.
Lu Tao displayed his cultivation level as mid-stage Bone Forging, glanced around the inn at the entrance, and then left Tianyun Inn.
As soon as Lu Tao left Tianyun Inn, the Han family silently followed. After walking about 500 meters, the Han family members surrounded him...
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