With the cooperation of various chambers of commerce, the name of Abundance quickly spread beyond the nine star islands and began to develop trade with other islands.
Goods that are of high quality and low price have a tremendous impact on the entire market.
Most importantly, Fengrao not only targets the low-end and mid-range markets, but also ventures into high-end industries.
Everything a cultivator needs, whether you are at the Qi Refining or Nascent Soul stage, can be purchased at the Abundant Shop.
"Who is this Fengrao? How could he have developed so rapidly!"
"It seems they came from Sing Tao, and I've heard that Abundance is not just a chamber of commerce, but an organization."
"Oh? Fellow Daoist, please elaborate."
"I don't know any of the more confidential information, but Fengrao is sincerely inviting other chambers of commerce to join. Any chamber of commerce that joins Fengrao's organization will be renamed Fengrao-XX Chamber of Commerce."
"Hiss! Is there some kind of magic to this abundance? Why does everyone want to join them?"
"How would I know? But when it comes to business, it's all about profit. Maybe Fengrao is offering some benefits that are hard to refuse, or maybe the merchants who join will make a fortune."
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"President, since we expanded beyond Xingdao, more and more chambers of commerce have joined us. Should we publish some entry requirements?"
"No need. The snowball has only just begun to roll. We've only taken a small bite of the overseas profits. No one can resist this temptation. We just need to stabilize the production of goods. We can leave the sales and expansion to other chambers of commerce."
I'll take the lion's share of the profits, while all chambers of commerce will share the risks. This trend, once it reaches a certain point, will inevitably face suppression from the other islands.
Li Daoxuan chuckled.
There's nothing we can do about it. What Baoyao lacks is foundation and strength.
It's only natural that if you threaten someone else's interests, you'll be retaliated against in the process. What he needs to do is drag all the chambers of commerce down with him.
Even if they try to suppress it, they will have to get past all the chambers of commerce, otherwise the entire trade in the Star Chariot Sea will be in trouble.
On a smaller scale, it's a business issue; on a larger scale, it's a financial issue, and it could even lead to internal strife within the entire Starship Sea.
Therefore, the current strategy is to expand rapidly, spreading the risks across all the islands.
When the time comes, they will have to consider whether they can bear the consequences before taking action.
Over the next decade or so, the region flourished as he had envisioned.
Abundant traces are found almost throughout the entire Starship Sea region.
The participating chambers of commerce also made a fortune, and consumers were happy too.
After all, they had bought the items they wanted, as well as various elixirs that were beneficial to their cultivation.
Normally, how could low-level cultivators possibly have access to these things?
Now that such a charitable chamber of commerce has finally arrived, the independent cultivators naturally cherish it.
Large sums of spirit stones flowed into his hands, and Li Daoxuan began his journey of spending money on in-game purchases.
Previously, cultivation advancement relied on lovemaking and practice. In the later stages, when spirit stones were plentiful, the power of spending money finally became apparent.
[Host: Li Daoxuan]
[Cultivation Level: Nascent Soul Perfection (0.1 billion / 3.2 billion)]
Age: 80
[Spiritual Roots: Metal (Lower Heaven) Wood (Lower Heaven) Water (Lower Heaven) Fire (Lower Heaven) Earth (Lower Heaven)]
[Cultivation Technique: Azure Emperor Primordial Chaos Technique, Low-Grade Heaven Rank (0/10 billion)]
[Spells: Burning Heaven Great Sun (Perfect), Azure Emperor Wood King Binding (Perfect), Thunder Dragon Illuminates the World (Perfect), Earth-type Great Capture (Perfect), Imperial Wood Strangulation (Perfect), Azure Emperor Limitless Shield (Perfect), Vast Ocean Without Boundaries (Perfect)...]
[Talisman: Early Stage 7 (3.6 million / 500 million)]
Alchemy: Early Stage 7 (3.6 million/500 million)
[Weapon Refining Skill: Early Stage 7 (3.6 million/500 million)]
[Formation: Early Stage 7 (2.6 million/500 million)]
[Daoist Partner: Lu Xueqi]
[Cultivation Level: Golden Core Perfection (0.773 billion / 1.6 billion)]
[Emotional Level: Level 5]
[Attribute Points: 0]
[Spirit Stones: Low-grade * 1.5 billion, Mid-grade * 5 million, High-grade * 50,000, Top-grade * 200]
With his Nascent Soul cultivation at its peak, he has become a pillar of the Star Chariot Sea.
Based on his experience, he should have barely broken through to the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm at most. However, he had earned billions of spirit stones over the years, and he directly spent 2.4 billion on cultivation and another 1 billion on cultivation techniques. As for spells, he only spent 770 million on the seven spells that had always followed him, upgrading them all to the upper-grade Earth rank.
The spirit stones in his backpack are all liquid assets, which he can use at will. Now that his family and business are large, the entire Fengrao business requires a huge amount of spirit stones, which are all fixed assets and make up the majority of his assets.
But ultimately it's still his money.
Over the years, he has also learned many other spells. After all, he has reached the Nascent Soul stage, and he can't possibly only have a few spells to rely on.
These spells were obtained by him from various places through the Abundant Merchant Guild. The worst ones were all of the lower-grade Xuan level, and the highest ones were only of the lower-grade Di level.
However, it's already quite good; with these additions, his methods have become more diverse.
"President, the people from Xinggong want you to come over."
The subordinate reported.
Li Daoxuan paused, wondering if he was getting impatient. He wondered if Xinggong was inviting him with good intentions or with malicious intent.
He waved his hand, signaling his men to leave.
After considering it for a week, I will pass this message on to the presidents of other chambers of commerce.
Soon after receiving the news, they all arrived at the headquarters of Fengrao.
"President Li, it's not good news that Xinggong is summoning you at this time..."
Zhao Tiande's face was grave.
"Indeed, it is the peak of abundance, why not summon us earlier, but choose this time of year."
The others nodded in agreement.
"But what we lack in our abundance is strength. No matter what Xinggong's intentions are, I still have to go on this trip."
Li Daoxuan chuckled.
Everyone frowned. Indeed, the reason why the Star Palace was the ruler was because of its great strength. Even Nascent Soul cultivators were only of average ability within it. It was said that the Palace Master was a Grandmaster of Integration.
It has not been seen for a thousand years.
Looking at everyone's expressions, Li Daoxuan had a general idea of what was going on. Over the years, everyone had made quite a bit of money following Feng Rao.
Each chamber of commerce earns at least 100 million yuan a year, and there are countless affiliated chambers of commerce. The amount of money involved is a terrifying figure.
His family only consumed tens of billions, most of which was used for the operation of Fenglai, leaving only a few billion available for their own use.
With so many interests involved, as long as they are unwilling to make any sacrifices, he is safe.
"Everyone, wait for my news. If the Palace Master is going to take action against me, then I will have no choice but to disband Fengrao. After all, Fengrao can't take advantage of the Star Palace."
Li Daoxuan left these words behind and went to the Star Palace.
After a long silence, Zhao Tiande broke it: "Thanks to the abundance of resources over the years, my chamber of commerce has earned 3 billion spirit stones. I imagine you all are doing just as well..."
With such enormous profits, I couldn't bear to go back to the beginning when I barely made a million in profit in my first year.
If Abundance dissolves... what we'll lose is a treasure trove. If the Star Palace wants to touch Abundance, it's touching our very flesh. Do you all understand?
The expressions on everyone's faces changed, torn between opposing the Star Palace and the prospect of enormous profits.
The choice between taking and giving up is agonizing.
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