Chapter 342 The Agreement
The two joked and chatted for a while, then Ji An said:
"The spirit wine was brewed by my senior brother, so why don't we give it a name?"
In the past, whether it was pine nut wine or mulberry wine, it was all an improvement on the work of predecessors, and could not be considered original.
This wine, made primarily from Biluo fruit, was undoubtedly the first of its kind created by the other party; at least, he had never heard of any similar spirit wine appearing in the Western Continent.
Du Huaiyuan frowned slightly and said:
"Then let's call it Biluo Wine."
He really had no talent for naming things, and he was too lazy to even think about it.
Ji An shook his head and said in a deep voice:
"No, we can't just name it that simply! We need to choose a name that no one will know what material it is."
The technical threshold for brewing spirit wine is not as high as that for alchemy. If others know the main ingredients, they may be able to gradually recreate the recipe through experimentation.
Although other people's Biluo fruit is certainly not as good as that produced by Chiyan Peak, making a low-end version is still very profitable.
If one day the spirit wine is sold to other regions, Fallen Maple Valley should have the ability to imitate it.
"Junior brother, you can choose the name."
Brewing wine is tough and difficult, but I don't feel tired. It's the naming process that's exhausting.
Du Huaiyuan waved his hand, saying it was too much to ask of him.
"Then let's call it Green Leaf Bar. You'd never guess from the name that it's made primarily from Biluo fruit."
Ji An scratched his head. He wasn't very good at naming things either, otherwise his tamed beasts wouldn't be named 'Golden Fur' or 'Big Yellow'.
Du Huaiyuan curled his lip:
"It has no spirit at all, it would be better to call it Biluo Wine!"
"The name doesn't matter, the treatment effect is!"
Ji An waved his hand and asked in a low voice:
"Senior brother, can the taste of the spirit wine be improved?"
The food is good, but it's hard to swallow.
"This is the result of many improvements I've made; the original spirit wine was much more bitter."
Perhaps it can be improved, but I don't have any usable materials on hand.
Du Huaiyuan paused, then grinned and said:
“Junior brother, the cost of testing the spirit wine recipe far exceeded expectations, and I personally provided many materials.”
"You have to take responsibility for such a large expense!"
He took out a thick ledger, which recorded every improvement.
Judging from the remaining traces of the writing, the record lasted for several years.
Ji An quickly flipped through it, and upon seeing the recipe and steps attached at the end, he smiled:
"Don't worry, senior brother, I'll cover these expenses."
From now on, you will be fully responsible for brewing the spirit wine, and you will receive benefits beyond just profit.
At the time, he was entrusted with the start-up capital, and it was promised that all research expenses would be covered by him, and he would also receive half of the profits from the spirit wine.
This profit is half a percent of the price of the spirit wine, and he doesn't need to pay any other costs, so it's quite substantial.
"What is that?"
"For example, honors."
"Honor? Honor can't be used as a spirit stone!"
Du Huaiyuan shook his head slightly; he didn't care about such empty titles.
Ji An smiled and said:
"Senior brother still doesn't understand the benefits of these empty titles. Here, you stay here tonight and get some rest. Tomorrow we'll go to the Treasure Pavilion."
If this spirit wine is handed over to the sect, Senior Brother Jia will surely be overjoyed. It's a treasure comparable to half a Bihua Pill!
"Let's go to the living room to calculate the costs and see how much merit the sect is willing to pay to acquire it."
"Wait a moment," Du Huaiyuan said, taking out a golden communication sword. "I'll inform Yu Lian."
After he entered the information, it was activated, and a golden light shot out into the sky.
The two went to the living room and began calculating the cost of the spirit wine.
Ji An compared the jade slips and listed them out:
"We need twenty medium-grade Biluo fruits, worth four hundred minor merits, and two Tianqing vines. In total, these materials can be exchanged for four hundred and sixty minor merits."
"Junior Brother, how much minor skill are you planning to use?"
"Five hundred, that would be good if we could earn forty small merits."
When we can brew more spirit wine in the future, we can sell it through the sect's channels. We don't need to manage it; we can just sit back and enjoy the profits.
The effects of the Spirit Wine are only so high, about one-tenth of those of the Bihua Dan, yet it costs half the price of the Bihua Dan. The cost-effectiveness is far inferior.
The only advantage is that the supply is relatively abundant, and there will be more and more mid-grade Biluo fruit trees in Crimson Flame Peak.
It is suitable for cultivators who have opened up a Mu Mansion and want to quickly improve their cultivation level, and who are not lacking in minor skills.
The current situation in sects is that cultivators have many minor merits, but they can't exchange them for many pills.
'Forty minor merits can be converted into four thousand contribution points, and the profit per jar of wine is two hundred spirit stones.'
Du Huaiyuan quickly calculated in his mind and nodded:
"I don't need too much merit. Can I apply to the sect to exchange a portion for spirit stones?"
"Of course, just let Senior Brother Jia know tomorrow, and we'll calculate how much spiritual medicine you personally contributed."
The two calculated the value of the spiritual herbs contributed by the other, "approximately seven thousand nine hundred spirit stones, rounded up to eight thousand."
Ji An took out a pile of mid-grade spirit stones, pointed out eighty of them, and pushed them to the other party.
"Senior brother, if the sect were to sell spirit wine to the public, what kind of profit-sharing scheme would you be willing to accept?"
"I need to think about that carefully."
The following day, Ji An followed his usual practice of absorbing qi and gathering the morning glow. After Senior Brother Du finished his breakfast, he led him away through the teleportation array.
The light distorted, and the two arrived at Ningcui Cliff.
"I never expected that my first time using a teleportation array would be just a short-distance teleportation within the sect."
Junior brother, the sect truly values you highly.
Du Huaiyuan echoed Liu Yu's sentiment, "Who would have thought that the sect would build a teleportation array just to make it easier for a spirit farmer to travel?"
He will never enjoy such treatment in his life; most cultivators in the sect do not.
Ji An smiled and said:
"This is what I earned through hard work. Senior brother, you should pay your respects to Master first. I'll go to the Ministry of Agriculture to give you some instructions."
Du Huaiyuan's expression hardened, and he solemnly said:
"As you command, I will await Lord Ji's return here."
Ji An chuckled, ignoring the other person's joke, and rode away on a cloud.
As the fiery red auspicious clouds faded into the distance, Du Huaiyuan whispered:
"Soaring through the clouds and riding the mist, eating the rosy clouds and consuming the vital energy, can only be considered the methods of immortals starting from the Chaoyuan stage."
He sighed softly and turned to go to the cave next door.
Like a bright and radiant sunset, auspicious clouds descended on the mountainside of Chaoyang Peak. Ji An gathered the clouds and stepped into the treasure pavilion with his senior brother.
The main hall was filled with the aroma of wine, and on the table in front of Jia Yu was a dish of fennel beans.
Ji An took out the spirit wine and said bluntly:
"Senior brother, my senior brother Du has obtained a good recipe to brew a mid-grade spiritual wine."
After my testing, it contains 130 to 140 strands of wood-elemental energy. Is it suitable for inclusion in the treasure vault?
Jia Yu suddenly stood up:
"really?!"
"Guaranteed authentic."
Ji An nodded firmly, "How could I lie about something like this!"
Jia Yu poured the fennel beans from the dish into his mouth, took a sip of wine, and asked:
"Junior brother, at what price do you plan to sell them to the sect? Can you supply them in large quantities?"
He wanted to calculate the advantages and disadvantages of this product compared to Bihua Dan.
"The cost is over 400 small merits, but we can supply the sect with 500 small merits per jar, which allows us to supply in large quantities."
Jia Yu gently shook her head:
"It's too expensive. Lower the price further. It's much more expensive than Bihua Dan."
Fellow disciples can obtain the spirit wine at a more favorable price. In the future, the sect will handle the distribution of this spirit wine, allowing you to generate a continuous stream of revenue.
“Senior brother is right, but the number of Bihua Pills is too small. How many can each cultivator get? This Qingye Wine can be a very good alternative.”
Moreover, the profit margin for 500 small units is less than one-tenth.
If it were a new elixir, how could it be sold at such a profit margin!
Ji An paused for a moment, then said:
"Senior Brother Du spent eight years researching the pill formula, and I invested a large amount of mid-grade spiritual fruits in the process; these all represent costs."
He launched into a long and eloquent speech, presenting facts and reasoning until the other party was speechless.
Jia Yu grinned and said:
"I never expected that my junior brother, who doesn't usually interact much with his fellow disciples, could speak so eloquently."
"Five hundred it is, as you wish."
Ji An smiled. In his previous life, how could he have survived in the insurance industry without some eloquence?
Jia Yu then said:
"If we sell spirit wine to the public, after deducting 500 minor merits and other costs, the remaining net profit will be split 50/50 between the sect and you. How about that?"
"Can."
Ji An replied that he and Senior Brother Du had discussed this issue last night.
This world is not the previous one; without some force, it's impossible to protect one's interests.
With the sect's intervention, other forces' covetousness can be deterred.
Jia Yu took out a golden communication sword and activated it, saying, "Junior brother, please wait a moment. I will ask Senior Brother Lin to come and verify the spirit wine."
He had not opened up the Wood Element Divine Palace, so he could not absorb the Wood Element Qi in the wine.
The fifth divine palace opened by Senior Brother Lin Jiuxiao happened to be the Wood Element Divine Palace, and these spiritual wines would be of great use to the other party.
Ji An took out the spirit wine and dried meat and placed them on the table:
"Let's not just wait around, let's have a few drinks."
Jia Yu clapped his hands and laughed:
"That suits me perfectly."
Two hours later.
Lin Jiuxiao arrived at the treasure pavilion on his sword, and upon entering the main hall, he exclaimed in astonishment:
"Junior Brother Jia, what brings you here?"
The other party sent a message with a golden sword, saying only, "It's extremely urgent! Come to the Treasure Pavilion immediately!"
He rushed over, only to find that the other party was in the middle of a drinking session.
Jia Yu picked up the wine jar:
"Senior brother, Crimson Flame Peak has brewed a spiritual wine that contains wood element energy, so please give it a try."
Lin Jiuxiao stepped forward and arrived at the table in the next instant, catching the wine jar:
"Junior Brother Ji, you must have tried it. How was the effect?"
Ji An stated his conclusion, and then said:
“Aside from being a little bitter, the spirit wine has no other problems.”
Lin Jiuxiao laughed heartily three times:
"For me, if I can quickly improve my cultivation level, even bitter wine tastes sweet."
He raised the wine jar, tilted his head back, and drank it all in one gulp. He then immediately sat down cross-legged and began to circulate his internal energy to refine the wine.
A moment later, he opened his eyes and said:
"Junior Brother Ji is right. It contains 136 strands of wood element energy. What is the price?"
Jia Yu held out a hand:
"Five hundred minor merits."
Lin Jiuxiao frowned:
"It's much more expensive than Bihua Dan, why is that?"
"We can supply in large quantities; one hundred jars can be provided in a month."
We can provide at least two hundred jars every year from now on, and the quantity will increase.
(End of this chapter)
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