A month after arriving here, Ling Tian finally figured out the distribution of forces in the Linlang Galaxy. The remote little village where he lived was right within the territory ruled by the Xuanwu Sect, one of the four major forces.
The reason why Ling Tian came here was to build an ultra-long cross-domain transmission array connecting the two galaxies he controlled. If he could complete it, he could realize his grand ambitions here.
Tens of thousands of miles deep underground, Ling Tian had completed the arrangement of the teleportation array in more than ten days, but the most difficult part was to connect it. Even with the coordinates, he had to try again and again. This process consumed a huge amount of time and money. Only Ling Tian had a thousand times the space, and the top-grade magic cores inside constantly provided him with top-grade magic crystals to allow him to play like this. Even the four major families here did not dare to say that they could do this.
Today, more than fifty years later, Ling Tian finally smiled. After spending such a long time, the ultra-long cross-domain teleportation array finally connected with Ling Xing.
The cost of teleporting to one place is also astonishing. A single trip requires thirty-six top-grade spirit stones or top-grade magic crystals, and the time consumed for teleportation is also quite long. According to estimates, it will take at least three years, which is really terrifying.
After widening the teleportation array several times and setting up a large concealment array, Ling Tian walked in. With a flash of light, he disappeared into the Linlang Star Region.
It was ten years later when he returned to the Linlang Star Region. He was accompanied by ten men and women in the early Nascent Soul stage. These were the ones Ling Tian carefully selected when he returned to Lingxing.
"Such a rich spiritual energy, how can it be so amazing."
"Haha, this is one of the top five places in the Three Thousand Star Regions. I brought you here so you must seize the opportunity. Also, this place is not like Lingxing where there is no danger. Every step is full of thorns. The road ahead depends on your own luck."
"Yes, Sect Master."
Ling Tian smiled. This was his new starting point, and these ten people were his foundation.
Ten days later, a building covering an area of dozens of meters rose from the ground on a steep cliff a hundred miles away from this small village.
Above the ancient gate, the three immortal characters "Lingtian Sect" reveal an extraordinary aura.
"A sect that surpasses the heavens, there will be such a day, haha!"
"Alright, the sect's development depends on you. The Nascent Soul stage is just the starting point here. Practice hard."
Ling Tian left behind a divine monkey in the middle stage of the Refinement Void Realm to guard the mountain gate. Otherwise, if he had only relied on a few Nascent Souls, they would probably have been eaten to the bone by other forces.
Half a year later, Ling Tian arrived at Linlang City through several teleportation arrays. It was divided into four major areas, with the four sacred beasts in the east, south, west and north corresponding to the four major families. What surprised Ling Tian was that the four major families controlled different industries. The Azure Dragon Sect controlled elixirs, the White Tiger Sect controlled refining equipment and Black Tortoise talismans, and the Vermillion Bird controlled formations, which in turn led to spiritual plants, puppets, beast taming, and so on.
Such a division reduces the possibility of one company dominating the market.
Ling Tian naturally went to the territory of the Qinglong Sect, as elixirs were his main business.
After some understanding, it is not that easy to sell pills. First, you have to obtain the title of high-level alchemist. Secondly, you have to join the Qinglong Alchemy Association. Joining it means volunteering to help the Qinglong Sect refine a furnace of high-level pills every year. Finally, half of the net profit from the sale of pills must be handed over to the association, which is actually given to the Qinglong Sect. The other four major sects also have to hand over half.
Half a day later, Ling Tian passed the verification and successfully obtained the title of high-level alchemist, ranking number 13,835. This means that the Qinglong Sect has more than 13,000 high-level alchemists under its command, who help them refine a furnace of high-level pills for free every year. This number is quite terrifying.
After joining the association, Ling Tian went to the management department to look for a store.
"Master Lingtian, there are no shops within the Third Ring Road yet, but there's an empty one on the Fourth Ring Road. Do you want one?"
"Fourth Ring Road?"
Ling Tian actually didn’t want to, because the pills sold in the pill shops in each ring had clear restrictions, and the shops within the fourth ring could only sell pills for the foundation-building period.
"Okay, let's just go with the fourth ring road."
After thinking for a while, he decided to take it. After finishing everything, Ling Tian felt a little distressed. The rent was extremely expensive. The annual cost was as high as 1 billion high-grade spirit stones. How many bottles of pills would that cost?
Fortunately, there are no more than a hundred stores in each ring, otherwise it would be difficult to do business.
The shop on the fourth, fifth and sixth rings also took over one each. The shop on the fifth ring sold elixirs for the Qi Refining period, while the shop on the sixth ring sold various spiritual medicines and plants.
The rent of the Fifth Ring Road is not expensive, only 50 million high-grade spirit stones, but the Sixth Ring Road is much higher, 100 billion high-grade spirit stones a year, but it is worth it because there are no restrictions on spiritual medicines and plants, which is the most advantageous for Ling Tian.
Moreover, there are only two shops in the Sixth Ring Road. One has been occupied by the Spiritual Plant Sect for a long time. There is no way around it because they have the ability to cultivate various high-level spiritual medicines. The other was originally an herb-collecting guild, which went bankrupt because it could not be supported by these herb-collecting monks.
Ling Tian's arrival made the Lingzhi Sect somewhat disdainful. Relying on wild digging without any means of cultivation was doomed to fail in the long run, as they had just learned the lesson from the previous incident.
Three days later, three stores opened at the same time, and Lingtian Sect officially disappeared from the public eye.
There is nothing too amazing about it, it is just average and the business is okay. This is also what Ling Tian intended. If you want to stand out from the crowd, you have to be low-key.
In just one month, Ling Tian's three major stores have established a firm foothold. He adopted a wholesale model for the two medicine stores, and almost all other stores purchased goods from him. He successfully switched from a retail model to a direct supply model. Only by sharing the profits equally can the store flourish.
This also caused a great blow to the business of Lingzhi Sect. These low-priced pills occupied the vast majority of the market, and nearly half of their profit points depended on them. Now Lingtian Sect had the opportunity to monopolize this point, how could they not be annoyed.
"Master, our low-level spiritual medicines have no market anymore. What should we do?"
"Have you figured out the details of the other party's channels?"
"There's absolutely no loopholes. Even after bribing a few shop assistants, they still don't know. It feels like their elixirs are endless."
"That's not all. Their spiritual medicine and spiritual plant shops are seeing a surge in sales, and their prices are still lower than ours. If this continues, our living space will shrink further, and we'll have no choice but to withdraw from Linlang City."
"Let's ignore that for now. How are the Purple Pain grapes growing?"
"Very good, the fruits are already forming and are expected to mature in half a year. According to our estimates, both the taste and the spiritual energy content will be greatly improved. One bunch should be worth fifty medium-grade spirit stones."
"Very good, pass the order down. Cancel the cultivation of low-level spiritual medicines and vigorously develop the scale of spiritual fruits. Since there is no market for low-level elixirs, we will shift to spiritual fruits. This area is currently blank, and the demand is very high."
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