Chapter 681: Chapter 415: Resonance of the Purple Electric Sword_2
“Let it be, we’re not at a loss. This gives us just the right justification to recall the disciples from the Spirit Plant Departnt. From this day forward, he can handle the thousand-mu Spirit Field on his own,”
In the end, Shi Fengping clapped his hands, signaling the end of the Spirit Rice harvesting mission for the disciples dispatched to Xiao Nanshan from the Spirit Plant Departnt.
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Above the vast Spirit Field on Court Mountain, Zhuo Ming was steering a harvesting machine in the shape of a carriage that Chen Mobai had ordered from the Puppet Departnt, managing to harvest hundreds of mu of Spirit Rice in just one day.
“Master, this Puppet Harvester is really easy to use.”
Luo Yixuan, watching Zhuo Ming’s efficiency, couldn’t help but exclaim in awe.
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“Once these Spirit Rice grains have been hulled, leave a notice at the Spirit Treasure Pavilion. Let them know that one sect contribution point can be exchanged for 11 catties.”
In the Divine Wood City Market, the price of Spirit Rice is ten catties for one lower-grade Spirit Stone.
Chen Mobai was offering a ‘buy ten get one free’ sche, and he also allowed the exchange to be done using sect contribution points.
Generally speaking, the disciples of Divine Wood Sect can choose to receive either sect contributions or Spirit Stones when they complete tasks assigned by their departnts or the Spirit Treasure Pavilion.
Many of Divine Wood Sect’s disciples choose sect contributions, as many cultivation-promoting pills in the Spirit Treasure Pavilion require contribution points for exchange.
To prevent the excessive proliferation of contribution points, the Divine Wood Sect only allows disciples to exchange them for Spirit Stones in the Spirit Stone Shop, and not the other way round.
However, this is the official rule. Unofficially, once the price is agreed upon, it’s allowed to transfer one’s own contribution points to soone else under the witness of the Spirit Stone Shop.
As a result, within the sect, the value of contribution points is slightly more precious than Spirit Stones. However, under the managent of the sect, this range remains very stable.
It’s only every ten years, when Foundation Building Pills can be exchanged, that an extraordinary increase occurs.
That’s because many True Disciples can’t co up with ten thousand sect contribution points on their own, and at that ti they need to borrow or buy them, which causes prices to inflate significantly.
Spirit Rice is not suitable for long-term storage, so Chen Mobai has been considering how to sell his Fire Spirit Rice since the first half of the year.
‘Buy ten get one free’ is a common promo seen in the Immortal Sects. He’ll try this out initially, and if it still doesn’t sell, he will attempt to offer a ‘buy ten get two free’, or ‘get three free’, or even consider bundling so gifts.
The focus right now is to occupy the market.
The Spirit Field here is free, the labor is almost free, and the only costs are the investnt in seeding and fertilizing. But for Chen Mobai, it’s all a guaranteed profit.
As Zhuo Ming and Luo Yixuan started harvesting the Spirit Rice in full swing, Chen Mobai visited the Puppet Departnt again. He hired Li Yixian and a group of Qi Cultivation Disciples with Green Yang Spiritual Wood as paynt, and crafted so Spirit Rice hulling machines again.
After the item was made, everyone admired his ingenious idea.
With this machine, even a mortal could easily hull several tons of rice in a day.
anwhile, the first custor to visit Chen Mobai, who had just posted a notice at the Spirit Treasure Pavilion, was surprisingly Kou Canzhi, the Head of the Body Cultivation Departnt.
“Brother Chen, I hope you don’t mind my intrusion.”
Kou Canzhi seed to co with good intentions, even bringing two catties of excellent black pig at.
This was premium at raised on the Giant Tree Ridge. The pig was free-range for three years before slaughtering. The at was firm and rich in Spiritual Energy, a favorite of the body cultivators of the Divine Wood Sect.
“Brother Kou, have a tea.”
Chen Mobai was a bit uncertain about Kou Canzhi’s intentions. After personally brewing him a cup of tea, he waited for him to continue speaking.
“Brother Chen, how about selling all your thousand mu of Spirit Rice to our Body Cultivation Departnt?”
“If Brother Kou wants it, it’d be a big help to , but won’t it be too much?”
Chen Mobai was absolutely delighted with the business proposition offered right at his doorstep. However, his thousand mu of Spirit Field yielded a total of 150,000 catties of Spirit Rice, which might be too much for one Body Cultivation Departnt to handle.
“Brother Chen, it seems you don’t fully understand our Body Cultivation Departnt. We have a total of five hundred disciples, of which one hundred are core disciples. They need to consu more than three catties of Spirit Rice each day, which is about one dan every month. They alone would consu nearly all of your 1500 dan Spirit Rice.”
In the Eastern Wilderness, 100 catties is counted as one dan. The one hundred core disciples of the Body Cultivation Departnt could consu 1200 dan a year, that is, 120,000 catties of Spirit Rice.
There were also around four hundred regular disciples in the sect, those with poor Spiritual Root Talent and no resources to learn alchemy or any of the Hundred Arts of Cultivation Immortal skills. To establish a foothold within the Divine Wood Sect, they had joined the Body Cultivation departnt, who accepted anyone willing to join.
These disciples were also taught the basic Body Training Techniques. Although the monthly Spirit Stones they received for cultivation were barely enough, they occasionally bought so Spiritual Rice and at and so pills that boosted blood and energy.
If these four hundred disciples were taken into account, indeed, the Body Cultivation departnt could consu the 1500 stones of Fire Spirit Rice sold by Chen Mobai.
“Brother Kou, would you like to pay in Spirit Stones or contribution points?”
Chen Mobai was naturally pleased to sell all his Spirit Rice at once and asked the essential question.
“Junior brother Chen, I will pay you in contribution points of our sect.”
Kou Canzhi was an easy-going person. After negotiating the deal, he signed a contract with Chen Mobai and transferred 5000 points from the account of the Body Cultivation departnt directly to Chen Mobai as a deposit.
This was a down paynt. The remaining 10,000 points would be paid once the Fire Spirit Rice reached the Body Cultivation departnt.
“Junior brother Chen, I heard from the disciples this morning that you put up a notice at the Spirit Treasure Pavilion, stating that regular disciples could exchange 11 jin of Spirit Rice at your South Mountain Shop for 1 contribution point. By purchasing the rice at market price, I helped you earn more than a thousand Spirit Stones.”
Before leaving, Kou Canzhi said sothing with suggestive implications.
Chen Mobai didn’t quite understand his aning and just showed him out.
Watching Kou Canzhi leave, Chen Mobai felt that the head of the Body Cultivation departnt seed a bit unhappy.
In the evening, Chen Mobai rembered the words Sun Gaochang once told him and suddenly understood.
“He wants a kickback.”
Once he understood, Chen Mobai felt both irritated and amused. This situation was quite normal even in Immortal Cultivation sects.
The Body Cultivation departnt was indeed a significant custor that should be catered to.
However, Chen Mobai couldn’t do it himself, so he called Luo Yixuan and gave her a gift worth a thousand Spirit Stones, asking her to deliver it to Kou Canzhi.
When Luo Yixuan returned, she reported that Kou Canzhi was very pleased and would also purchase the 1500 stones of Spirit Rice harvested next year from their Body Cultivation departnt.
They could not consu the batch of Spirit Rice maturing at the end of the year, so Chen Mobai needed to figure sothing out himself.
The Body Cultivation departnt with five hundred disciples could consu 1500 stones of Fire Spirit Rice per year.
The rest of the demand needed to be filled by the other disciples of the Divine Wood Sect.
Although the South Mountain Shop listed the price at 1 contribution point for 11 jin, there were very few people coming to buy or exchange.
The cultivators in the Eastern Wilderness were used to buying pills with Spirit Stones to increase their cultivation level when they had so. When hungry, they would use Fasting Pills or ordinary food to satisfy their hunger. Only the Body Cultivation disciples, who had a necessary demand, would eat Spirit Rice every al.
“Master, do we need to plant the next round of Fire Spirit Rice seedlings?”
With Liu Wenbo absent, Luo Yixuan took over the managent of the South Mountain Shop in Divine Wood City. Seeing the poor exchange rate for the Spirit Rice these days, she was worried.
“Keep planting. If we can’t sell it, we’ll brew it all into wine.”
Chen Mobai wasn’t worried at all. He had many successful marketing examples from the Immortal Cultivation realms in mind and already knew how to solve the Spirit Rice sales issue.
Zhuo Ming and Luo Yixuan naturally obeyed.
After selling all the mature Fire Spirit Rice from this season to the Body Cultivation departnt, Chen Mobai received the remaining 10,000 contribution points. After accepting the gift, Kou Canzhi naturally paid willingly.
Watching his two disciples and the normal person control the Puppet to complete the planting in the thousand-acre Spirit Field, Chen Mobai originally wanted to share his successful Foundation Establishnt experience with Qi Rui, Xi Jinghuo, and other friends.
Unexpectedly, he received surprising news from the Immortal Cultivation realm.
Twelve unique Sword Cultivation geniuses caused a resonance with the Purple Electric Sword during the selection phase.
What did this an? Does it an the identity he had painstakingly maintained was not worth much?
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