"Exchange recipes? Is this fellow Daoist serious?" someone commented, clearly incredulous. "This is lip rouge from the Hundred Women's Pavilion, where would you get the recipe from..."
Everyone knows that Bai Nu Ge (Hundred Women Pavilion) focuses on unique beauty, aiming to help every girl find her own unique charm.
Their products have very sophisticated coloring, and the specific proportions and fragrances are very difficult to replicate.
Others have bought cheap imitations before, but they always feel that something is missing.
The woman recounted what had happened that day, sparking a lot of discussion, with many people who had bought the magazine that day also responding.
Some even started meeting privately to exchange recipes.
When the news reached Anmao, he was still sorting out the goods.
"Master, the young lady... she's revealed the formula!"
When Manager Qin said this, his face was very grim, after all, the master had just said yesterday that he wanted to increase production.
If the young lady really reveals the formula, then their production would be completely unnecessary. If they were to continue production, they would no longer be able to sell at the high prices they used to.
An Mao found it ridiculous and didn't believe it at all.
He frowned and said, "The Hundred Women Pavilion relies on these things to make money. Now that the recipe has been released, Zhengzheng's shop is completely finished."
Do we still have to make money by selling magazines?
He personally participated in the production; how could he not know that these magazines could barely break even?
Manager Qin, sweating profusely, said, "Sir, we secretly sent someone to buy the magazine. It is indeed the recipe, and the instructions are even in the booklet, written in great detail."
Upon hearing this, An Mao felt his head buzz; a tangible path to wealth had been blocked.
"Zhengzheng...Zhengzheng, is he planning a desperate, all-or-nothing attack?!"
He couldn't understand how his daughter could do such a thing. Was she driven to the brink, or did she hate the An family?
What did she have to hate about the An family?
But then I thought, Zhengzheng isn't the kind of person who would lose her mind. From becoming the top scholar to going into business, and then quietly breaking away from the An family's control...
She's proceeding cautiously, and it's impossible for her to risk everything at this point.
Knowing An Zhengzheng helped An Mao regain his composure. He said calmly, "Bring me the booklet and tell me more details."
Manager Qin presented the magazine, then said tremblingly, "This is the last one we can manage to get. This magazine is very popular, and I heard that an even more prestigious one will be released next month..."
An Mao frowned even more. Did An Zhengzheng plan to make money by selling magazines in the future?
Where did she find so many talisman and artifact repair experts to help make booklets?
“Heavyweight…” He pondered repeatedly. He had even brought out the formulas for cosmetics, lipsticks, and face powder. What could be more heavyweight than this?
For the first time, An Mao felt that his daughter was even more unpredictable than he had imagined.
He turned to the last page of the magazine, and in addition to the usual content about the life stories of ordinary women, there was an extra small page!
The more he looked, the darker his face became.
Only then did they realize that the An family's methods of cutting off supplies and the Zhou family's blockade of raw materials were completely ineffective against An Zhengzheng.
Because An Zhengzheng actually publicly solicited raw materials from all the female cultivators in the magazine!
If you have any extra medicinal herbs or cultivation items, you can come to the Hundred Women Pavilion and ask if you want them.
"There's never been a precedent for proactively buying things from female cultivators, especially at a price 30% below market value..."
Once an industry becomes profitable, it's impossible for it to leave a way out for women. What is An Zhengzheng doing?
Anmao was completely baffled.
But as things unfolded, he completely understood why An Zhengzheng wanted to buy things at low prices.
Because male cultivators are used to normal prices, they won't sell at a lower price to the Hundred Women Pavilion.
Only female cultivators, even if the price is lower, can save enough to exchange for spirit stones by working harder.
But Anmao still couldn't understand: "Just how confident is Zhengzheng that he can definitely break even?"
The Zhou family was equally puzzled.
An Zhengzheng's actions are really strange. From starting with some kind of magazine to the lottery and low-price acquisitions... what exactly is she trying to do?
They sent people to keep an eye on the Hundred Women's Pavilion to see what was going on, but they couldn't figure out anything.
...
Everyone outside was speculating about what An Zhengzheng was going to do, but at that moment An Zhengzheng was looking at the message sent by Master Suotang.
"My good disciple, you've always said you wanted to thank me and the sect leader. Now your chance to repay them has come!"
Even through the jade slip, one could feel the excitement of Master Suotang.
"What opportunity?" An Zhengzheng had a bad feeling.
Master Suotang: "Your senior sister, Wen Yu, do you remember her?"
"She is the daughter of the Demon Lord, and her demonic nature is very strong. She needs medicine developed by the sect leader every month to suppress it."
"The sect leader and I will be undergoing a tribulation at the end of the month and need to go to the forbidden area, so there will be no one to go to the Demon Palace to find your senior sister."
"I think you're just right. You can go to the Demon Palace to deliver medicine to your senior sister."
An Zhengzheng: ...
She suspected that Master Suotang had told her about Senior Sister Wenyu being the daughter of Demon Lord Xiao Junyan so that she could openly send her to deliver the medicine today.
But An Zhengzheng had no evidence.
“Master, that’s the Demon Lord Xiao Junyan…”
"I know."
"He is the Demon Lord who rules over the entire Demon Race, Master."
"...I know that too."
An Zhengzheng thought for a moment and still asked, "You should know that with my current Qi Refining Level 8... if he wanted to, he could just look at me and I would be reduced to ashes."
Master Suotang: "Don't be afraid, just say you are the disciple of the sect leader."
"?" An Zhengzheng asked, puzzled, "Why me?"
"You're her direct junior sister!"
Master Suotang typed leisurely, gossipingly explaining to An Zhengzheng, "Only the two of you girls cultivate the Heartless Path. If your other senior brothers were to send them off, they wouldn't be able to come back..."
"Imagine the scene where the Demon Lord sees a male cultivator delivering medicine to his daughter..."
Even through the screen, he couldn't help but shiver.
Only Master Qingxu and he were unafraid of being killed by Demon Lord Xiao Junyan.
"Don't worry, you'll have a pass to the Demon Realm, and most demons won't dare to get close to you," Master Suotang assured her. "If anything happens to you, your master and Master Wushang will sense it."
Although it's highly likely that Master Wushang won't get involved...
How heartless! This Taoist priest of the Heartless Path!
Since Master Suotang had gone to such lengths, An Zhengzheng had no choice but to agree.
Since it's delivered every month, there shouldn't be any major problems.
Thinking this through, An Zhengzheng replied, "Okay."
"Okay, remember to go to Master Wushang to get it later. We put the medicine in his cave before we went to the forbidden area."
It almost scared him to death, given his social anxiety.
Suotang Zhenren thought to himself.
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