The next day, Jiang Yun, who had no money on him, prepared the braised meat early, hoping to earn a few dozen spirit stones today. However, he did not expect that soon after arriving at the market, he discovered something that horrified him.
There are actually several more places selling braised meat in the market. Not only braised meat, but also various braised vegetables and even spiritual rice porridge are sold.
"No way, people in this world react so quickly?"
Jiang Yun knew his own business was easy to imitate. He figured it would take at least a while for the business to start. But within ten days of starting his own braised meat business, a whole bunch of other vendors had popped up. Not only were they selling braised meat, they were even setting up small food stalls. This was exactly what Jiang Yun was planning to do once his meat sales started to pick up.
Sure enough, of the 60 or 70 kilograms of braised meat Jiang Yun prepared, he had only sold a dozen kilograms by noon, and this was from many repeat customers. It was foreseeable that the braised meat business would become increasingly difficult to operate, and the prices would become increasingly low, until there would be little profit left.
"Oh, it's so difficult." It wasn't until the evening that Jiang Yun returned home with the remaining braised meat on his back. He had sold less than 20 kilograms that day, and there were still more than 40 kilograms left.
"Everyone, please enjoy the braised meat." When they arrived at the Food Fragrance Pavilion, Jiang Yun called out to everyone who had finished their work and were about to go back.
"Business isn't going well, so focus on your cultivation. You've earned quite a bit."
Seeing this, Uncle Fu picked up a piece of meat and ate it while saying.
"It's delicious. Brother Jiang has great cooking skills."
Wu You and another waiter ate heartily, as there was never so much meat in normal meals.
"Eat it all, it won't be fresh the next day. I'll make less tomorrow."
Jiang Yun looked at the people eating meat and went back to his room to practice.
The next few days were just as Jiang Yun had predicted. Not only did more and more people sell braised meat, but the prices also kept rising. From the original price of one catty of spirit sand, it went up to two catties, and finally even to one catty of spirit sand.
"The braised meat business is no longer viable." Jiang Yun looked at the braised meat piled up on the stall in front of him. He simply gave up selling it and said directly to Luo Ping next to him:
"Brother Luo, help yourself to your food. Just keep an eye on it for me. I'll go around the market."
Jiang Yun stood up and began to go around the stalls one by one.
The items sold at the Xiuxian Market were indeed different from those sold in the mortal world, primarily focusing on cultivation. Aside from the additional stalls selling braised meats and cooked food, the stalls that performed best were those selling talismans, elixirs, and magical instruments. Jiang Yun also looked around and realized that these stalls certainly couldn't compare to the specialized shops in the inner city.
For example, Jiang Yun bought newly refined, low-grade magical instruments, while most of the items on the stalls were second-hand, many with broken parts. Even so, the prices ranged from dozens of spirit stones to hundreds. There were also fragments of magical instruments said to be used by Jindan Zhenren, with prices going into the thousands.
The elixirs were even more varied. Some claimed to instantly increase one's cultivation, others claimed to increase strength. There were even elixirs that promoted sexual pleasure and happiness. Jiang Yun was dazzled by the sheer variety, but unfortunately, none of them could guarantee side effects. The most popular elixirs at the market were the Bigu Pills, which were virtually guaranteed to be safe from scams.
As for talismans, there are even more. There are basic cleansing talismans and light body talismans. There are also good blazing talismans, diamond talismans, and golden armor talismans. Each stall owner has his or her own specialty.
The rarest of all were the various manuals and texts on immortal cultivation. Ziyun Market had strict controls on this, and most of the stalls sold only contained the first few basic mantras, and their authenticity couldn't be guaranteed. As for immortal cultivation techniques, none were available.
"Hey! There are so many people here." Jiang Yun suddenly saw a circle of monks surrounding the stall in front.
"Everyone, please stop and take a look. You won't be cheated or fooled. Here are the authentic beast taming techniques of the Spirit Beast Sect. Please take a look."
Jiang Yun squeezed to the front of the stall and saw the stall owner finish shouting and then opened the bamboo basket in front of him. Suddenly, dozens of mice scattered and ran outside.
"Come!" As everyone was scrambling to avoid the rats, the stall owner muttered a spell. He pointed at the scattered rats, and the scattered rats immediately returned to the basket in a panic.
"Wow! That's really impressive. How much does this cost?"
A discussion suddenly broke out in the crowd, and one of the monks asked.
"It's not expensive, it only costs 30 yuan, and you can buy the Beast Taming Technique of the Spirit Beast Sect."
The stall owner stroked his long beard and said.
"I bought it." It was the cultivator who had just spoken. He quickly took out 30 spirit stones from his storage bag and handed them to the stall owner. The stall owner handed him a thin book.
"Interesting," Jiang Yun thought, looking at the scene in front of him, he felt quite amused. He had seen this trick before, but those were all people selling rat poison.
The cultivators around were not all fools. Except for the cultivator who seemed to be an agent, most of the others were just watching the fun and no one wanted to buy anything.
Jiang Yun looked around for a while, but despite the stall owner's enthusiastic urging, few people bought anything. He immediately lost interest and was about to leave when he suddenly saw a few books on a nearby stall.
"Hey, what is this?" Jiang Yun took the book and flipped through a page. The book was quite new, but it was locked with a magic lock. This was a common method used to sell books. It was a thin layer of magic restriction. A mortal with a little strength could open it, but more fragile books would often be completely destroyed.
"Senior, is this true?"
Jiang Yun then looked at the stall owner, who was watching with interest the cultivator performing diligently nearby. His hair was already gray, and he wore a worn brocade robe. He looked to be in his sixties, but Jiang Yun couldn't tell his specific cultivation level.
"My dear, you are also interested in this. Why don't you try it at the stall next to you?"
"Hehe, I think the one here is more authentic. How many spirit stones?"
What Jiang Yun was holding in his hand was a book on animal taming, but he couldn't tell whether it was real or fake.
"Haha, you have good eyes. Mine is also 30 times powerful. And let me tell you, the largest creature I can control is a mouse."
The stall owner smiled and said.
"What a coincidence! Today I have a connection with mice." Jiang Yun looked at the other party's behavior and the beginning of the book in his hand. He gritted his teeth and said:
“I bought it!”
In this way, Jiang Yun used the spirit stones he had earned hard in the past few days to buy this book on beast taming, whose authenticity was unknown.
He had been scouring the Ziyun Marketplace quite a bit during this time, but unfortunately, he hadn't found anything related to the inheritance of the Four Arts of Immortal Cultivation. Even some potential spiritual farmers, as Luo Ping had said, needed to sign extremely demanding contracts before they could cultivate spiritual fields.
Hopefully, this will be helpful. After touring the market, Jiang Yun returned to his stall and packed up the remaining dozen pounds of braised pork. He shared half with Luo Ping, who had been setting up a stall nearby. He enthusiastically gave Jiang Yun a handful of spiritual rice.
Jiang Yun, carrying the remaining spiritual rice and meat, slowly returned. He was not planning to come to the market at Ximen tomorrow.
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