Chapter 23 Marketing Talk
Zhou Ye knew Gao Xian had no money, and a few dozen low-grade spirit stones were nothing to him.
In comparison, Lujiaosan is more important to him.
Such top-grade elixir is hard to buy even with money.
Gao Xian was not surprised by Zhou Ye's choice. He waited all night just to let the old man better experience the efficacy of Lujiaosan.
He smiled at the old man: "Thank you, Uncle Zhou."
Zhou Ye smiled and said, "Lujiaosan is not popular after all. So, you only need to take one thousand Lujiaosan."
Ordinary deer antler powder can be bought with forty pieces for one spirit stone.
The old man was pretty nice to Gao Xian and doubled his price.
Gao Xian also laughed: "Uncle Zhou, the Deer Horn Powder I made is a special formula. You have tried it too. I am not bragging. Dozens of ordinary Deer Horn Powders combined are not as effective as one of mine..."
Gao Xian argued that it was not difficult for him to make a thousand pills of Deer Horn Powder, but that no one did things this way.
Zhou Yuling was very good to him, but she was her and her father was her father, and they could not be confused.
When talking about business, one must have the awareness of talking about business. Zhou Ye talked to him about interests, and if he talked to the old man about human relations, it would be too ignorant.
Zhou Ye was not angry. He asked for a high price and wanted Gao Xian to pay back the money on the spot.
Gao Xian smiled and said, "Uncle Zhou, I have a suggestion. I will give you the exclusive right to sell the Deer Horn Powder. I will only charge you the cost price: one low-grade spirit stone for ten Deer Horn Powders."
"Huh?" Zhou Ye was a little confused. Why did Gao Xian suddenly bring up this?
“Uncle Zhou, you have also tried the efficacy of Lujiaosan. It is unrivaled in the world, but it is also a peerless elixir in the small Pegasus Collection.
"There are six or seven thousand male cultivators in Pegasus. Even if one tenth of them have a need, six or seven hundred Deer Horn Powders can be consumed in one day..."
Gao Xian brought out his twenty years of experience in deceiving clients and bombarded Zhou Ye with all sorts of terms like market, demand, consumption, quality, and monopoly.
This was the first time Zhou Ye had heard this, and even though he was experienced, he was still fooled and carried away by the excitement.
Indeed, Lujiaosan is a big market, and with its strong quality, there is no competitor! According to Gao Xian's calculations, this is a huge consumer market worth up to 20,000 low-grade spirit stones a year.
Zhou Ye also knew that what Gao Xian said was too exaggerated, but even if he only made one tenth of it, he would still make a net profit of two thousand low-grade spirit stones every year.
No matter how he thought about it, he felt that this business could make a lot of money, so he had to do it! Zhou Ye and Gao Xian finally reached an agreement. Zhou Ye taught Gao Xian the True Yang Spear, and Gao Xian took the exclusive right to sell Lujiao Powder as tuition. In the future, he would provide Zhou Ye with at least one thousand Lujiao Powder every month. The goods would be delivered first and the payment would be made later, and the settlement would be settled at the end of the month.
With Gao Xian's efforts, a condition was added, allowing Gao Xian to stay at Zhou's house for a few days.
After agreeing on the terms, Zhou Ye and Gao Xian were both very happy.
"The True Yang Spear uses a man's innate Yang energy to condense his divine will into a spear."
Zhou Ye smiled meaningfully: "Do you know where a man's yang energy is strongest?"
Gao Xian didn't quite understand at first, but when he saw Zhou Ye's somewhat obscene smile, he suddenly realized: "That's it."
Zhou Ye explained the Zhenyang Spear in detail, and during the explanation he took out a scroll with a picture of a golden spear that looked quite majestic and domineering.
This is a visualization diagram of the True Yang Spear, which, combined with a whole set of hand seals, mantras, and talismans, forms a complete set of secret techniques.
After Zhou Ye explained it once, he gave the scroll to Gao Xian and went to open the shop.
Gao Xian took the scroll back to the east wing and pondered over it in the room for the whole day. He felt that this secret method seemed a little unorthodox.
In the evening, after Gao Xian had dinner at Zhou's house, he asked Zhou Ye about some confusions he had about the Zhenyang Spear.
Zhou Ye was also very responsible and gave instructions and explanations one by one, which helped Gao Xian gain a lot.
Back in the bedroom in the east wing, Gao Xian practiced the True Yang Spear for a while. With Sister Lan helping him to condense the magic talisman deep in his forehead, he soon found the feeling.
After coming out of his training state, Gao Xian took out Fengyue Baojian, and sure enough, there was an additional Zhenyang Spear on the skill list on the back.
True Yang Spear: Uses Yang energy to condense spiritual consciousness into an invisible spear that can ward off evil spirits (1/10 for beginners).
All the abilities manifested on the back of Fengyue Baojian can be increased through the human aura.
Gao Xian already had experience, and when he saw the points required to upgrade the True Yang Spear, he knew that this was a very low-level spell.
Well, it's on the same level as Deer Horn Powder. Fortunately, it can ward off evil spirits, which is enough.
Looking at the aura of humanity again, with Zhou Yuling's contribution, the aura of humanity has reached as high as seventy-eight points.
So what are you waiting for? Just upgrade it.
With ten points of Human Spiritual Light thrown in, the True Yang Spear would reach the proficient level. However, to upgrade again, twenty points would be needed.
This is different from the upgrade points of Lujiaosan.
I used another twenty points of Humanity Spiritual Light to reach the mastery level. Forty points are needed to upgrade again.
Gao Xian looked at the forty or so points of human spiritual light left and made up his mind to add them all, and the True Yang Spear was raised to the expert level.
According to his experience, if one reaches the level of mastery in a skill, one will be able to surpass 80% of one's peers.
The expert level will bring about a qualitative change in skills.
Sister Lan in the Fengyue Baojian made a seal with her hands and recited the magic formula silently, and a red spear appeared in front of her.
As Sister Lan cast the spell, the scarlet spear suddenly thrust forward.
Gao Xian's brows suddenly felt hot, and his brain seemed to be pierced by an invisible hot spear. He was shocked and many memories of practicing the True Yang Spear appeared in his mind.
After a long while, Gao Xian finally opened his eyes.
After completely digesting these memories, he felt like he had been immersed in this spell for twenty or thirty years. He completely mastered all the subtle techniques of the True Yang Spear and had a very, very deep understanding of it.
The room was extremely dark, but he could clearly see the shape of the teacup on the table. This was absolutely impossible just now.
Please...collect 6...9...books...!
After upgrading the True Yang Spear to the expert level, it actually improved eyesight?
No, the smell of tanned animal skins coming from next door became stronger. He could even faintly feel the smell drifting around like smoke.
The small and crude bedroom suddenly became bright.
Gao Xian should have used the True Yang Spear to enhance his spiritual awareness, or mental power, making him more conscious and more reactive, which also further strengthened his eyes, nose, ears and other sensory organs.
His powerful spiritual sense enabled him to obtain more information and analyze and understand it more quickly, which resulted in these obvious changes in him.
How can I describe this feeling? I can only describe it as becoming a VIP member, and the picture quality suddenly changed from standard 480P to 1080P.
Details that were previously imperceptible can now be seen and felt.
Therefore, he felt that the surrounding environment suddenly became layered.
Just for this benefit, the upgrade of the Zhenyang Spear was not in vain.
Gao Xian is not a military fan, but with his limited military knowledge, he knows that the first element of war is intelligence.
Sun Tzu said long ago: Know yourself and know your enemy, and you can fight a hundred battles with no danger of defeat.
Knowing the enemy's information in advance, you can calmly formulate tactics to win.
Mental power enhances his sixth sense, which allows him to obtain more and richer information.
This will translate into a huge advantage in combat.
The power of the expert-level True Yang Spear is also quite considerable. The invisible spear condensed from spiritual consciousness and yang energy can not only break through evil spirits, but also attack the enemy's spirit, or in other words, attack the enemy's spiritual consciousness.
Gao Xian formed a magic seal with his hands, and Sister Lan condensed a magic talisman deep in his brows, and a red spear took shape deep in his brows.
As long as he wanted, this invisible spear could stab out according to his will.
Within 50 meters, the True Yang Spear is most powerful. Beyond 50 meters, the power gradually decreases. The farthest it can reach is 10 meters.
Unfortunately, there is no suitable target to verify the power of the expert-level True Yang Spear.
If you open Fengyue Baojian, you can see that the introduction of Zhenyang Spear has also changed.
True Yang Spear: Use Yang energy to condense spiritual consciousness to forge an invisible spear that can shock the soul and destroy evil spirits (1/80 expert).
Gao Xian noticed that the introduction of the True Yang Spear had changed, with an additional item about shocking the soul, which meant that the True Yang Spear was also useful for cultivators.
Judging from his intuition, he felt that the expert-level True Yang Spear was enough to intimidate a cultivator like Lao Wang.
Although Lao Wang's swordsmanship was very powerful, he was still weak and feeble. He probably had little resistance to this kind of spell that directly attacked the soul.
Of course, this is just his guess. Its specific power still needs to be tested in actual combat.
The most amazing thing about the True Yang Spear is that it is invisible and has no trace. With Sister Lan concentrating the magic talisman in the center, this spell can be released quickly to shock the enemy.
Concentrating the True Yang Spear, Gao Xian could feel the yang energy between his eyebrows as hot as a spear, and he naturally developed a strong sense of security.
The evil spirit that had been bothering him seemed to be completely dispelled by the blazing yang energy emitted by the True Yang Spear.
Gao Xian put away the True Yang Spear and let out a long sigh of satisfaction. He had finally gotten rid of the evil spirit that had been haunting him!
I can sleep well tonight! (End of this chapter)