Manager Lai and Li Shiming were sitting in the pavilion on the top of Chijian Peak, with a cup of third-grade spiritual tea placed in front of each of them. As the host, Li Shiming provided the third-grade spiritual tea.
"Brother Shiming, just for your magical tea, I will come to visit more often!" Manager Lai put down the cup and said with a smile.
He was not just being polite. Li Shiming was now very wealthy and had a lot of third-grade spiritual tea in his hands. Especially when entertaining distinguished guests, he used the third-grade spiritual tea that Li Shiming had roasted himself.
Last time, Manager Lai brought a batch of third-grade spiritual tea leaves and asked Li Shiming to roast the third-grade spiritual tea. After it was finally sent back to the company, almost all of it was divided up by the Yuanying ancestors. Only a few managers in the late Jindan stage got some of the rest.
Manager Lai was reluctant to serve such third-grade spiritual tea to guests easily. Only here with Li Shiming could one taste such third-grade spiritual tea at any time.
In the high-end market of the Northern Shu Continent, there are already cultivators offering high prices for the spiritual tea personally brewed by Li Shiming. In addition, the news spread within the company that the Yuanying Patriarch attaches great importance to this kind of spiritual tea has further increased the value of the spiritual tea personally brewed by Li Shiming.
Now, even if Li Shiming does not refine elixirs, he can earn a lot of resources for himself just by roasting spiritual tea.
"Brother Lai, you're always welcome here!" Li Shiming replied with a smile.
Every time Manager Lai came, he would bring him considerable benefits, so of course he would not refuse Manager Lai's coming.
"Look, these are the resources that the clients I contacted in recent months were willing to give up in exchange for the 'Anti-Rejuvenation Pill'!" Manager Lai began to talk about business. He took out several pieces of paper with information recorded and placed them in front of Li Shiming.
Li Shiming looked at the resources on the paper, which clearly recorded the exchange resources provided by each cultivator.
He was very surprised, because just from the records on paper, one could see how crazy the cultivators were about the "Anti-Rejuvenation Pill".
He once again felt that the 'Rejuvenation Pill' he sold to Master Luo was too cheap, not to mention the 'Rejuvenation Pill' he sold to Yin Shilan's best friend Liang Yexuan. That transaction was almost a giveaway.
Among them are third-grade magic weapons and materials, various secret techniques, and even some special inheritances.
The recorded information alone opened Li Shiming's eyes.
However, he was not an ignorant cultivator. After obtaining the 'Zhang Family Weapon Refining Heritage', he had a deep understanding of various magical weapons and materials, and was fully aware of their value.
In his current situation, there was no need for him to read those secret techniques and special inheritances.
Not to mention whether these secret techniques and special inheritances would cause any trouble after being obtained, even their effects would be extremely small for him.
The skills he currently practices as his main and secondary cultivation are both the best in the continent, and his means of attack are extremely diverse. The only thing he lacks is his realm.
He finally set his sights on a set of third-grade refining materials, which was also the resource with the least variety, and there was only this one set of third-grade refining materials.
'Purple Lightning Nine-Turn Thunder Gold' is an extremely rare metal with thunder attributes. It is of third-grade quality and is the material for refining top-grade magic weapons.
The flying sword refined with 'Purple Lightning Nine-Turn Thunder Gold' has a destructive effect, and has a very strong killing effect on illusions, mental spells, magic, poison, etc.
If combined with the lightning and thunder that comes with Li Shiming's sword intent, the effect will be doubled.
Li Shiming is not short of magic weapons now, but what he lacks is powerful magic weapons. He has a lot of ordinary magic weapons, but he needs a powerful magic weapon to suppress the enemy.
If he hadn't already had an idea about his own magic weapon, this 'Nine-Turn Purple Lightning Thunder Gold' could have become his own magic weapon after being refined into a magic weapon.
"Brother Lai, it's 'Purple Lightning Nine Turns Thunder Gold'!" Li Shiming said, pointing his finger at the name of 'Purple Lightning Nine Turns Thunder Gold'.
"Brother Shiming, I have something to explain. Actually, the 'Rejuvenating Pill' was chosen by our company's Patriarch Ling!" Shopkeeper Lai said this. Seeing Li Shiming's expression change slightly, he quickly continued, "But please rest assured. Patriarch Ling said that he would deliver the materials you like to you and would not let you suffer any loss!"
Originally, Manager Lai did not need to tell Li Shiming about this matter and could have done it behind the scenes.
However, considering Li Shiming's ability, if Li Shiming found out that he had been deceived, it would likely cause unnecessary trouble.
Manager Lai knew that many eyes were watching Beishu Trading Company, waiting for it to make a mistake so that they could snatch Li Shiming, the guest official.
Beishu Trading Company is indeed powerful, but other trading companies are not weak either, especially the cross-continental trading companies. It’s just that their strength in the Beishu continent is not as good as that of Beishu Trading Company.
"Just pretend I don't know about this!" Li Shiming said with a wry smile and shook his head.
It was out of respect for the Shushan Sect that an Nascent Soul ancestor was able to put aside his airs and trade with him through formal means. How could he ask for too much?
"That's fine. Actually, it's very difficult for me to do it!" Manager Lai spread his hands and expressed his helplessness.
The Yuanying Patriarch took a fancy to the 'Anti-Rejuvenation Pill'. Not to mention the existing rule in the business that the Yuanying Patriarch is given priority, even if the Yuanying Patriarch spoke, who can disobey!
While he was talking with Manager Lai, news came from the jade disc revealing Li Shiming's identity.
After his mind swept over, a gentle smile appeared on his face.
Yin Shilan's news came at a good time, as Manager Lai happened to be right across the street, so some things could be discussed more easily.
"Brother Lai, I have something to trouble you with!" Li Shiming said to the shopkeeper Lai with a smile.
"If you have anything to say between you and me, just tell me!" Manager Lai agreed without even considering what it was about.
Since Li Shiming can propose it, the company must be able to do it. Even if it cannot be done, we must try our best to let Li Shiming see the company's sincerity.
"You also know that I was born on Tianhai Island. Yin Shilan's parents came from Tianhai Island and are preparing to settle down in the Beishu Continent. I want to build a market town for them, and I need the help of Beihai Trading Company!" Li Shiming stated his request.
"This is easy to handle. As long as the location is decided, I will send someone over to discuss the establishment of the market!" Manager Lai responded readily upon hearing this.
Perhaps for ordinary cultivators, this task is extremely difficult, but for a manager like Lai who holds great power, it is a piece of cake.
He also knew about Yin Shilan's parents. He had intervened in bringing Yin Shilan's parents to the Northern Shu Continent.
"As for the location, if possible, please help me check it out. I need a spiritual vein suitable for the early stage of Jindan cultivation. How many spirit stones do you want from me?" Li Shiming certainly knew the ability of Manager Lai, so he continued.
"Wait a moment!" Manager Lai took out his ID card, sent a message, and communicated with the other party.
Li Shiming immediately replied to Yin Shilan, asking her to wait a moment as the matter was being processed.
"Brother Shiming, there is a golden elixir spiritual vein in Neiyang Mountain, which is owned by the merchant company. We originally planned to build a flying boat berthing point there, but the trade route planning there has never been implemented. I have already applied to the merchant company, and Neiyang Mountain will be given to you, brother Shiming. The merchant company will build a Beishu market there, and the merchant company can get 30% of the market's profits!" It didn't take long for Manager Lai to come up with a plan.
"You'd better pay with spirit stones. Although I have never seen Neiyang Mountain, I know it's very valuable just from what you said!" Li Shiming waved his hand and said.
The mountain with the Golden Elixir Spirit Vein is extremely precious even if it is placed in the Shushan Sect.
Not to mention the establishment of Beishu Market on behalf of the country, and the 3:70 split meant giving up most of the profits.
You should know that all the markets named Beishu Market are directly under the Beishu Trading Company, and most of the spiritual objects in the markets will be under the responsibility of Beishu Trading Company.
It is almost equivalent to helping to look after the Beishu Market and you can get most of the benefits without having to do anything else.
As long as the name of Beishu Market exists, which cultivator would dare to risk offending Beishu Trading Company and deal with Neiyang Mountain?
The independent cultivators didn't dare to do it, and the cultivators from the sects had no reason to do it.
"How about you help to roast another batch of spiritual tea?" Manager Lai said with a low laugh.
Li Shiming saw the look on Lai Da's face and understood what he was thinking.
It is estimated that Manager Lai is prepared to pay the spiritual stones himself and let Li Shiming help to roast a batch of spiritual tea. The spiritual tea will then belong to Manager Lai, which can be regarded as repaying the favor that Manager Lai has done for this matter.
"Okay, you can deliver the spiritual tea leaves then!" Li Shiming did not suffer any loss, but instead strengthened his cooperative relationship with Manager Lai.
In the Qianhuan Sect, Elder Yin watched Yin Shilan contact Li Shiming about what had just been agreed upon, and wondered how many days it would take before they could truly settle down in the Northern Shu Continent.
The reason why most of the Jindan cultivators on Tianhai Island would rather stay on Tianhai Island than come to Beishu Continent is because of survival issues.
When they were on Tianhai Island, the Jindan cultivators were all elders of the seven major sects and had extremely high status.
Although the Jindan cultivators cannot obtain enough Jindan resources due to the resource problem on Tianhai Island, they can survive safely.
When they come to the Northern Shu continent, they will face the issue of identity and status.
When they come to the Northern Shu Continent, they will become independent cultivators of the Golden Elixir Realm.
If a casual cultivator's Jindan wants to obtain resources, he needs to compete with other casual cultivators' Jindan.
However, coming from a place like Tianhai Island where golden elixir resources are scarce, he could not gain much advantage when encountering a Northern Shu cultivator of the same level. Instead, he got into trouble because he was unfamiliar with the place and had no friends to help him.
If Yin Shilan had not become a true disciple of Qianhuan Sect and had not acquired certain abilities, Elder Yin and Elder Ren would not have thought of settling down in Beishu Continent.
Of course, they had two preparations before coming to Beishu Continent. One was to settle down in Beishu Continent, and the other was that if Yin Shilan could not provide much help, they would find a way to depend on a certain force, which would mean they would lose their freedom, which was not what they wanted.
For the various sects in the Northern Shu Continent, it is rare for them to accept the surrender of independent Jindan cultivators. Even if they do accept it, they will not allow such Jindan cultivators to hold any power. They will only act as thugs within the sect.
Elder Yin is now only thinking about whether Li Shiming will agree to help, so he is not too worried about this. Given the relationship between Li Shiming and Yin Shilan, helping should not be a problem.
It all depends on how much Li Shiming is willing to help. Elder Yin doesn't have much confidence in this regard.
"Daddy!" Yin Shilan noticed that Elder Yin was thinking about something and reminded him softly.
"Ah, what?" Elder Yin turned to look at Yin Shilan, but saw the smile on Yin Shilan's face.
"Dad, Shi Ming purchased Neiyang Mountain and made an agreement with Beishu Trading Company to establish Beishu Market. The profit distribution method is 30% to 70%!" Yin Shilan said happily to Elder Yin.
She didn't expect Li Shiming to act so quickly. He had just said that it would be decided in less than a cup of tea.
"Where is Neiyang Mountain?" Elder Yin was cheered up and asked quickly.
Yin Shilan had already taken out a jade slip and handed it over. Elder Yin's spiritual sense entered the jade slip and quickly found the location of Neiyang Mountain, which was located between Qianhuan Sect and Shushan Sect.
Looking at the markings nearby, there are some resource producing areas and a large number of spiritual veins.
There are a large number of spiritual veins and resource production areas, which means that there will be a large number of monks living here. This is an excellent location for the market.
"It's not bad to have a 30% profit share. It's worth it to be able to hang up the Beishu Market sign!" Elder Yin knew what the name Beishu Market meant, and he said excitedly.
"It's not distributed like this. One-third of the share should be handed over!" Yin Shilan heard that Elder Yin had misunderstood and hurriedly explained.
"How could Beishu Trading Company agree to such an allocation?" Elder Yin almost blurted out, but he immediately thought of Li Shiming's identity and shook his head, knowing that Li Shiming must have contributed a lot to this.
"Shiming said that he can go to Neiyang Mountain at any time. There are people from Beishu Trading Company waiting there. Everything needed to set up the market town will be done by Beishu Trading Company. He cannot leave the sect at the moment, so he won't go there!" Yin Shilan was worried that Elder Yin would misunderstand that Li Shiming would not go there in person, and was also explaining for Li Shiming.
Yin Shilan did not tell Elder Yin about the trouble Li Shiming encountered the last time he left the sect, even the Buddhist masters showed up.
Therefore, Li Shiming's two masters asked him to leave the sect as little as possible, for fear that another accident might happen.
Especially now there are many cultivators eyeing Li Shiming. Although he has Shushan Sect and Beishu Trading Company behind him, and even many Jindan cultivators are willing to help him, it is inevitable that some cultivators with other intentions will take action against him.
Now everyone knows that Li Shiming is wealthy. He is like walking wealth. As long as you grab some money, you won't have to worry about your lifelong practice.
There are also cultivators who covet his alchemy ability and want to kidnap him back home to make alchemy for themselves. There are also forces hostile to the Beishu Trading Company and the Shushan Sect who want to get rid of Li Shiming.
In short, under the current circumstances, Li Shiming cannot leave the sect, at least not openly.