"Don't miss out! Buy a bottle of pills and you'll practically get a free talisman."
"Look here, look here! Buy three talismans and get a free Qi Refining Pill."
The two hit it off immediately and began selling the bundled products together.
The main ingredients were Old Xu's pills, supplemented by Lin Xiuyuan's talismans.
Normally, a bottle of Qi Refining Pills costs nearly fifty spirit stones, and with a Cleansing Talisman or a Leaping Talisman, each talisman is worth about ten spirit stones. Now, the two are bundled together for only about fifty-five spirit stones. That's almost half a talisman!
If the main need is for talismans, then a pill will be given as a gift.
Although the price may seem to be only slightly less, who doesn't want to get a bargain?
Many cultivators, attracted by the cheap prices, stopped and lingered, their eyes scanning the area. The pills and talismans the two had purchased were rapidly dwindling.
By noon, their stall was completely empty...
"Hey, not bad!"
A smile appeared on Lin Xiuyuan's face as he grabbed a handful of spirit stones and quickly put them into his storage bag.
Old Xu praised, "I didn't realize you were so quick-witted. You closed your stall earlier than usual today, the earliest ever. It's a pity we're not merchants, otherwise we would have made a fortune. You're the only one who's profited this time, aren't you?"
Although this combination of sales does not generate the same revenue as usual.
But it's satisfactory enough. Otherwise, with a strong competitor now, not only would we lose some profits, but we might end up like this kid, with a lot of money stuck in our hands every day, and eventually we'd have to sell it to a shop, which would be a real loss.
At the stall of the rank-one alchemist across the street, more than half of the pills were still unsold...
Even Old Xu, with his sharp eyes, noticed the other person looking over earlier, and the man's face darkened slightly.
This was enough to make Old Xu extremely comfortable...
"There's no big profit to be made. I'll take the lion's share, so I'll just make a small profit and won't have to worry about any issues with the goods being held up."
Lin Xiuyuan shook his head.
Because the main sales rely on Old Xu's pills, the bulk of the profit sharing goes to Lin Xiuyuan.
Each talisman incurs a loss of approximately three spirit stones.
However, Lin Xiuyuan usually keeps a few talismans on hand every day, and sells them to shops at a loss at the end of the month. By then, the loss will be more than just three spirit stones.
Now, having completely cleared out all the talismans left over from the past half month, the profits far exceed those before.
However, this is to be expected; when using a bundled sales marketing approach, it's impossible to lose money.
If Lin Xiuyuan were to transmigrate to those ancient mortal realms, he might become an incredibly wealthy lord, indulging in extravagance and debauchery, and become a figure who goes down in history.
Unfortunately, I've now transmigrated to a world of immortals and heroes, where everything requires strength as a foundation.
After closing his stall, Lin Xiuyuan strolled around the market to replenish some materials for making talismans.
They soon arrived at the edge of the market on the north side.
Several people were already waiting there. Although they didn't talk to each other, it was clear that they all had the same purpose.
All of them were monks living in bungalows in the North District. They tacitly waited outside according to their directions, waiting to form a group and return to their residences together.
Lin Xiuyuan joined in, remaining silent and standing aside with his eyes closed, resting.
It took almost an hour to gather enough cultivators: about ten early-stage Qi Refining cultivators and only two mid-stage cultivators.
However, that's enough. The rogue cultivators who rob in the 'slums' are not very powerful, and they usually won't make a move if they see a group of this size.
Lin Xiuyuan returned to his residence safely, took out the materials for refining talismans, and placed them on the table.
It makes it easier to sit cross-legged on the bed and begin daily practice.
The cultivation technique Lin Xiuyuan practiced was the most basic technique in the cultivation world, the ubiquitous Changchun Gong.
The Qi Refining Technique is steady and balanced. Although it lacks special characteristics and rapid progress, and cannot compare to the Qi Refining Techniques of major powers, its magical power is somewhat weaker than that of the scions of aristocratic families. However, it has the advantage of being able to cultivate to the Great Perfection of Qi Refining, and it is inexpensive.
The first half of the cultivation method is widely circulated, and even the second half can be purchased by simply having a jade slip copied with a few spirit stones.
This is undoubtedly a path to higher realms for independent cultivators.
Lin Xiuyuan held several scattered spirit stones in his hand and absorbed and refined them.
Scattered spirit stones are irregularly shaped fragments, less aesthetically pleasing and less imbued with spiritual energy than complete spirit stones. They are inferior finds from spirit stone veins and do not possess most of the wondrous uses of spirit stones.
Because it has been exposed to spiritual veins for many years, it contains spiritual energy, but it is not pure. It can be used for cultivation, but it is not as good as a complete spirit stone. However, it is more than enough for low-level cultivators.
It serves as an important currency for transactions among lower-level cultivators. One hundred scattered spirit stones are needed to exchange for one low-grade spirit stone.
As time passed, after an hour, Lin Xiuyuan gradually completed a full cycle of the Heavenly Cycle.
Feeling a fullness in the meridians, I stopped practicing.
At this moment, one's magical power has already increased slightly. After several hours, as the magical power gradually circulates and the feeling of expansion subsides, one can then begin a second round of cultivation to further enhance one's magical power.
But Lin Xiuyuan doesn't have that time.
After finishing his daily practice, Lin Xiuyuan got up and went to his desk. He prepared the materials and began to make talismans in preparation for tomorrow.
If there's enough time today, I estimate I can refine nearly ten talismans in a day. A low-grade talisman can sell for about ten spirit stones.
Normally, I can refine about five or six sheets a day.
I can earn about fifteen low-grade spirit stones a month, but the rent is six spirit stones a month, then there's the stall fee of three spirit stones a month... and the materials needed for making talismans cost about three or four spirit stones a month...
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