Chapter 150 Lack of Money
After disconnecting from his mentor Clark, Jermyn sat in a chair, tapping his fingers lightly on the table.
The matter of the seventh-level elemental pool cannot be resolved for the time being, but this does not mean that he has to stagnate.
"We can slowly figure out a solution to the elemental pool problem," Benjamin pondered, "but the development of the Purgatory Sulfur Plane cannot be delayed."
He opened the magic network terminal again and entered the internal employment platform of Noren Workshop.
Since large equipment requires time, the initial manpower preparation can be started immediately.
He needed a sufficiently efficient construction and exploration team to survey the distribution of mineral veins in more detail, to build a preliminary base, to install some necessary protective facilities, and to prepare for large-scale development and transformation in the future.
Through the channels of Noren Workshop, Jemin found a logistics team consisting of dozens of low-level wizards.
Most of these were low-level wizards who had just completed their military service and lacked resources for promotion, or they were injured on the battlefield and needed to recuperate.
Because there are so many planes that need to be transformed, professional teams like this are generally experienced and numerous.
More importantly, there are workshops acting as middlemen to help sign contracts, and these people are highly trustworthy.
Benjamin had a brief contact with the leader of the construction team.
The two sides developed a detailed plan, including how to conduct basic geological exploration, install various permanent magic arrays, and collect mineral samples for analysis during the construction process.
Because it was just the initial infrastructure work, Benjamin didn't take it seriously at first, but reality still gave him a heavy blow.
Even though he was only building a small part of the plane, he once again encountered the problem of points.
This team of low-level wizards is indeed professional enough, equipped with all necessary protective equipment, basic alchemical equipment, short-distance transportation tools, and supplies needed to sustain their survival in the Purgatory Sulfur Plane.
But there is no doubt that the cost of these things should also be borne by Benjamin.
Moreover, constructing a plane, even if it is only a small part of the plane, requires a considerable amount of materials.
Although there are a large amount of metal materials inside the Purgatory Sulfur Plane, they can replace some ordinary building materials and fuels.
However, those specially processed wizard-specific materials and components of various sophisticated magic arrays need to be purchased from the workshop, and the quantities are extremely exaggerated.
Even if the Purgatory Sulfur Plane can be partially self-sufficient, the remaining procurement amount cannot be underestimated.
What's more, the cost of hiring these wizards is not low.
Although they are low-level wizards, their time and labor are clearly priced in the workshop.
The high labor costs plus the material costs required to build permanent magic arrays and various basic buildings mean that the total points required are quite high.
Jieming checked his remaining points and found out to his embarrassment that after so many years of consumption, the remaining points were only enough to pay the initial deposit.
"It seems that the points are the biggest obstacle facing wizards." Benjamin sighed helplessly.
He is now like a rich man sitting on a mountain of gold, but finds that he does not have enough cash to hire a mining team.
"I spend money like water. In the blink of an eye, I'm a pauper again." Benjamin muttered softly.
But Benjamin didn't care about it, and even felt very happy.
The power of a wizard has always been based on massive resources, and all of these resources require points to redeem.
The stronger your strength, the greater your ability to make money, but at the same time, the greater your ability to spend money.
During his wizard apprenticeship, Benjamin's ability to spend money was average, but when he reached the wizard level, his ability to spend money became more and more exaggerated.
All the points you spend will eventually be converted into your own strength. The more you spend, the stronger you will be.
Without any hesitation, Benjamin used his remaining points as a deposit to hire the engineering team consisting of dozens of wizards and planned a preliminary development plan for the Purgatory Sulfur Plane for them.
This includes establishing a temporary base in a relatively stable area, deploying anti-high-temperature protection arrays, and starting basic mining of some exposed low-grade metal mines.
Looking at the empty points balance, Benjamin began to think about ways to make money.
After so many years of accumulation, Jieming actually has quite a few skills that can make money, but there are not many that can make a lot of money.
"Whether something can make money depends on two factors: the demand and the ratio of its value to cost."
For example, the refined gold that Benjamin had relied on for survival before had extremely biased properties. Although it was rated as a level five material, it had the corrosion resistance of a level six material.
Therefore, the sales of refined gold have always been good.
After all, being able to purchase materials with level six properties at the price of level five materials is the preferred choice of most level five wizards, no matter how biased the properties themselves are.
Even though the Shadow Plane has been conquered later, many wizards still have a special liking for this material.
And the cost is extremely low, so it has supported Jieming until now.
If an ordinary wizard has this technical patent, he will have no problem even eating a fifth-level wizard.
But for Benjamin now, the speed of making money from refined gold is still too slow!
"The situation of refined gold itself is here. It is impossible to use industrial production lines to produce it, so the production of each piece will take up extra time and energy of mine." Benjamin closed his eyes and thought.
In fact, it is not just refined gold. Other materials and finished products related to the world of immortal cultivation cannot be made without Jieming's contribution because spiritual energy is involved in the manufacturing process.
With the level of development of wizard civilization, the production of many raw materials can be fully automated as long as detailed technology is available.
This is also the only disadvantage of Benjamin.
"So there's no point in selling new raw materials. It's more appropriate to sell finished products with higher 'profit margins'."
As long as the technology is advanced enough, there is an unimaginable gap in the profit margin between raw materials and finished products.
All the things he had made over the years flashed through his mind one by one, and soon Benjamin selected two targets: "First, the aptitude-enhancing potion made with the purple energy from the East..."
After thinking about it for a while, Benjamin shook his head regretfully and gave up.
The effect of this aptitude-enhancing potion is indeed sufficient, and it will sell well at a high price, but its disadvantage is the limitation of raw materials.
Although there is no cost when extracting the Purple Qi from the East, only one strand can be extracted per day, which greatly limits the benefits that can be obtained from the Qualification Enhancement Potion.
"Then the second option..."
Thinking of this, Benjamin took out a tube of potion emitting brilliant colors from the space in his body.
This is the magic potion made from normal earthly energy. If the effect is the same as he expected, then Benjamin will have found a new way to make money.
"Unfortunately, the specific efficacy of the medicine cannot be tested for the time being, so we can only wait until next month. Fortunately, the matter of the elemental pool can't be rushed, so there is still plenty of time."
"Oh...why can't I control my hands?!" Benjamin couldn't help but slap his wrist.
Other things are easy to deal with. The price of a level 7 large elemental pool is even close to the value of the Purgatory Sulfur Plane itself.
Mentor Clark's dissuasion at the time was not groundless. As a simple energy source for the wizard tower, a level five large elemental pool would be enough, and level six would be considered excessive.
But... that's as a "Wizard Tower".
What Benjamin wants to build is not just a "wizard tower".
If it was just an ordinary plane, Benjamin wouldn't be so impulsive.
But the Purgatory Sulfur Plane itself is a subordinate plane of the Elosia Plane Community, which means... there is also a natural divine power belief network within the Purgatory Sulfur Plane.
Although it was incomplete, for the ideas that emerged in Benjamin at that time, incompleteness was actually an advantage.
"Forget it, forget it. If a person has no dreams, he is nothing but a salted fish."
After thinking about it, Benjamin decided to put aside his research for the time being and first refine the refined gold to make up the first deposit for the "construction team".
So for the next whole month, Benjamin completely locked himself in the underground laboratory of the Golden Garden, immersing himself in the work of making refined gold and earning points.
This was not his favorite research. In Jemin's view, it was just boring and repetitive physical labor.
Unfortunately, there is a contract in place, and Benjamin thinks it is better to be safe.
Every time he finished refining a piece of refined gold, Benjamin would sell it through the workshop's recycling channel, watching the points number on the magic network terminal jump slowly and steadily.
Time passed quickly in the roar of the fire, and Benjamin almost forgot the concept of time.
It was not until the alarm set on his magic network terminal rang crisply that he was awakened from this almost mechanical work.
"It's been a month..." Benjamin put down the gold ingot in his hand and rubbed his sore brow.
He stretched and felt deep in his soul.
The feeling of exhaustion left after being immersed in the worldly atmosphere last time has completely dissipated, replaced by an unprecedented clarity and vitality.
Full of spirit and pure of soul.
Jie Ming knew it was time.
It's time to test the effect of the potion made from the Red Dust Qi and the Hundred Flowers Dew.
This potion carries his greatest hope and may be the key to resolving his current predicament.
He carefully took out the bottle of potion emitting a colorful halo from the storage space.
Prior to this, various toxicological tests on this drug had been completed, and all that remained was to experience it firsthand.
Benjamin took a deep breath and drank the potion without hesitation.
The entrance of the potion did not cause the same violent impact as before when it directly penetrated the soul.
It carries the unique fragrance and warmth of the flower dew, sliding across his throat like sweet spring water, and then quickly penetrates into the depths of his soul.
After drinking the potion, he could still clearly feel the various mixed emotions.
Joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness, love and hate, birth, old age, sickness and death, joys and sorrows, separations and reunions... they still flash through his spiritual world in an extremely real way, like slides, allowing him to personally experience the various aspects of life of all living beings.
But Benjamin still felt the difference immediately!
(End of this chapter)
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