Chapter 27-Su Tang's Business
At that time, the gods were buried deep in the abyss, and the Guixu Sect was in ruins and waiting to be rebuilt.
Su Tang held the photo stone that she treasured as a treasure, and her clairvoyant eyes swept over the ruined area. However, her little face was flashing with a gleam of light called "business opportunity" that was incompatible with poverty.
She clearly remembered the flying boats that fled in panic when the Red Flame Sect was defeated, and the enemies that were frozen into ice sculptures and then shattered, especially when she saw Chu Linyuan holding Xie Zhao in the photo stone... although Xie Zhao was still holding her!
That scene, captured by the psychic eye, is like having its own soft light filter and background music! When the time comes, just use some tricks to cover yourself up. Hehehe
And then there was the "medicine feeding play" where Chu Linyuan fed him soup with a cold face but stiff movements!
These are all hard currencies that can be sold for money!
A bold plan, which seemed simply whimsical to Guixu Sect, took shape in Su Tang's mind.
Step one: original capital accumulation.
Su Tang has no capital, but she has technology and unique resources, including the exclusive secrets of Guixu Sect that other sects want, as well as the most popular and favorite "things" among female monks.
She carefully used her psychic eyes to copy the clearest and most "storytelling" clips of the interaction between Chu and Xie in the photo stone onto the cheapest blank jade slip.
Each copy is extremely mentally demanding, requiring the precise compression and infusion of the energy information captured by the psychic eyes, but she never tires of it.
Then, she set her sights on the scattered small markets and supply points on the outskirts of the Burial God Abyss. They were a mixed crowd, well-informed, and filled with many cultivators curious about the "poor ghost sect" deep within the Burial God Abyss.
Su Tang transformed herself into a mysterious vendor. She covered her face with rags and squatted in the most inconspicuous corner of the market. In front of her lay a dirty animal hide, upon which lay a few gray, unremarkable jade slips.
"Exclusive secret! A mysterious swordsman and talisman cultivator from the Burial God Abyss! A shocking battle! A story of love and hatred! Limited edition!" She lowered her voice, using a persuasive tone to attract customers. When a curious cultivator stopped to inquire, she mysteriously activated a corner of the jade slip, projecting carefully edited "highlights"—such as Chu Linyuan's sword freezing the cold profile of the Golden Core leader, the mischievous smile on Xie Zhao's face as he threw the silencing talisman, and especially the few moments of "princess hug" and "medicine feeding"!
Although the picture is blurry, the strong atmosphere and the protagonist's appearance instantly caught the attention of many monks!
"How many spirit stones?" Someone was tempted.
"One for ten low-grade spirit stones! Honest to everyone! Exclusive collection! It will be gone if you are late!" Su Tang opened her mouth.
"Ten dollars?! Why don't you just go and rob it!" The monks were in an uproar.
Su Tang immediately switched modes, her lips pursed, and her psychic eyes instantly filled with tears: "Senior... you don't know... our sect was badly bullied by those evil villains of the Chiyan Sect... The eldest and second brothers fought desperately to protect everyone... the photo stone was almost broken... this little spirit stone is not enough to buy healing medicine for the brothers..." As she spoke, she "accidentally" let the jade slip project the image of the bleeding bandage on Chu Linyuan's arm (a scratch from sword practice) and Xie Zhao's pale face (the sequelae of the soul backlash).
Sympathy and a thirst for gossip instantly overwhelmed any doubts about the price. The first jade slip sold! Then the second, the third... Su Tang's wallet swelled at an alarming rate!
Step 2: Branded operation and product upgrade.
After the initial success, Su Tang's ambitions grew even greater. She was no longer satisfied with the street vendor model.
She used the first pot of gold she earned to buy a batch of blank jade slips of slightly better quality, and spent a "huge amount of money" to ask Tie Niu to use brute force to carve a rough logo on a piece of discarded metal plate: a Frost Silence Sword and a talisman pen crossed, with the four words "Guixu Pictures" crookedly engraved below. However, Tie Niu carved it as "Turtle Beard Shadow Night", which was accepted by Su Tang with tears.
She began to meticulously edit and package the photographic materials:
"Frost Sword Shadow Record Volume One: A Sword in the Cold Abyss": Focuses on the coldness and power of Chu Linyuan, with close-ups of various sword energies and slow-motion kills.
"The Talisman Shocks Everyone·Volume 1: The Storm of Silence": It focuses on Xie Zhao's control of the situation and his coolness, and the "famous scene" of the silencing talisman sealing the mouths of hundreds of people is played repeatedly.
"Guixu Secrets, Volume 1: Guardians of the Abyss": This is a true hit! Focus on Chu and Xie's interactions! Princess hugs! Feeding medicine! Eye contact while fighting side by side (actually, Su Tang imagined it!)
There's even a "guarding moment" where Chu Linyuan silently helps Xie Zhao block flying debris (actually, Xie Zhao dodged it himself)! Each jade slip comes with a hand-painted, soul-inspired Q-version portrait of Chu and Xie!
She also developed a "collector's edition": it was packed in a slightly better jade box, which contained, in addition to the jade slips, a handful of Moon-Eating Rabbit's depilatory hair, claiming it was "blessed hair of the mythical beast", and a handful of "Smiling Half-Step Dian" diluted powder kindly provided by Luo Hongyi, claiming it was "for boosting morale during battle". The actual effect was to make the buyer smile foolishly.
Prices also soared, from ten low-grade spirit stones to fifty, then a hundred! Still, demand outstripped supply! The logo, pronounced "Guixu Films" and written "Guixu Yingye," became the most mysterious and sought-after symbol in the peripheral markets!
Step 3: The dream and realization of CP number.
Su Tang's mountain of spirit stones was only for her. Her dream was no longer just to sell jade slips, but to own a flying boat belonging to the Guixu Sect that could take everyone out of the Burial God Abyss! Then she could go to a bigger place and make more money!
She began to keep an eye on various flying boat information. Forget about the fancy Immortal Alliance-made flying boats. The junky boats on the secondhand market were ridiculously expensive.
Finally, in a "junk yard" that specializes in handling scrapped magical tools and war debris, Su Tang found her target - a metal wreck abandoned in a corner, almost completely covered with rust and dirt.
It was once a small mining transport ship belonging to a small sect that had long since gone bankrupt.
The main structure was still relatively intact, but the driving array was severely damaged, the outer shell was full of holes, and the interior was extremely dirty, emitting a strange smell of mixed oil and rust.
Its only advantage: it's big enough! It's sturdy enough! The main body is made of a metal called "Abyssal Black Iron." Although the grade is not high, it is thick and durable, and has good resistance to physical impact and low-level spells.
Su Tang spent almost all of her savings to buy this pile of "scrap metal" from the old man who was watching the site.
In the following days, a "flying boat transformation plan" was added to the reconstruction project of Guixu Sect.
Main renovation: Tie Niu took the lead. He used brute force to straighten the warped shell, bit by bit, and used a huge stone hammer to flatten the dents. Luo Hongyi provided a powerful "rust-removing and anti-corrosion cream," barely allowing the black iron shell to reveal its original color.
Driver repair: This is a technical job, and only Xie Zhao can do it. He cursed "spendthrift girl" while frantically working on the complex and damaged rune circuits and driver cores.
After countless failures and a few small sparks, he finally used his newly acquired knowledge of runes and combined it with second-hand parts he found in the garbage dump to barely piece together a "stitched monster" driving array that could function, but it was noisy, consumed a lot of energy, and could go on strike at any time.
The interior decoration was practically nonexistent. Su Tang personally worked with White Deer to create a few barely sturdy "seats" using animal hides and hay. The only "luxury" was a "private observation tower" that Su Tang had welded to the bow for Moon Rabbit using leftover black iron scraps, though Rabbit expressed disdain.
This is Su Tang's absolute domain! She rejected Xie Zhao's plea to "keep a low profile" and Chu Linyuan's cold gaze.
She personally mixed a red paint of extremely low quality but extremely bright and dazzling color, and directed Tie Niu to paint the three big characters that were destined to become "famous among the immortals" on the most conspicuous position of the ship - Ke CP No.!
Feeling that this was not enough, she used white paint to draw two stick figures holding hands next to it and solemnly inscribed: Chu Xie is rio!!!
When this "masterpiece" that combined the "wisdom" of Xie Zhao, the "strength" of Tie Niu, and the "taste" of Su Tanghe from Guixu Sect was finally completed and hidden with the concealment array disk purchased with Su Tang's last few spirit stones, the entire Guixu Sect fell into silence.
Luo Hongyi walked around the boat, pinching her nose. "This smell... is even stronger than my poison soup."
Tie Niu looked at the words he had written with his own hands and said honestly, "Sister Su Tang, is this handwriting... a little crooked?"
Xie Zhao looked at that "Chu Xie is rio!!!" with a look of despair on his face: "Su Tang... When Senior Brother finds out, he will freeze me into an ice sculpture and hang it on the bow of the ship as a decoration..."
The white deer held the rabbit in his arms, and the rabbit grinned at the newly welded "lookout tower".
Uncle Chen just used the tip of his broom to sweep away the paint spots that had splattered near the hull with disdain: "Damn..."
Su Tang, however, stood in front of her "CP number" with her hands on her hips, her psychic eyes sparkling, her little face filled with immense pride and anticipation:
"That's what we call distinctive! That's what we call recognizability! Let's drive it to the Immortal Sect Competition and park it next to those gorgeous flying boats! It's guaranteed to shock the whole crowd! By then, our jade slip business... hehehe..."
She seemed to have seen the jaw-dropping expressions of the Immortal Alliance monks and the countless spirit stone bags flying towards her!
It was thanks to the original accumulation of "Guixu Pictures" and the final implementation of the "CP account" that Su Tang was able to confidently take out the formation plate when the invitation to the Immortal Gate Competition was delivered, and show off this ultimate mount that carries the "poor man's aesthetics" and "nuclear explosion social death" potential of Guixu Sect!
So, when the gold-stamped invitation arrived unexpectedly and when everyone was sharpening their knives and preparing to go to war, this "CP-eating ship" that was reborn in the garbage dump and painted with shocking slogans became the most hardcore and shameful vehicle for Guixu Sect to attack the battlefield of the Immortal Sect Competition!
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