"Junior Martial Uncle Yang, may I try out this Insect Extermination Bell?"
The white-haired worker asked.
"Of course. This Insect Extermination Bell is very simple to use; there’s nothing difficult about it. Just channel your Magical Power into it, then use the restriction to control the range and intensity of the Insect Extermination Sound. The sound is completely harmless to cultivators, but it should be kept away from mortals—especially children under twelve and the elderly."
Yang Jing said, handing the Insect Extermination Bell to him.
He knew this worker. His na was Guo Bao, a Tier One Upper Grade Spirit Plant Cultivator who was exceptionally skilled at nurturing Spirit Plants. The Household Affairs Hall had assigned three dicinal gardens to his care.
Guo Bao carefully took the Insect Extermination Bell, walked over to another spirit field, and activated it with his Magical Power.
A mont later, swarms of Demon Insects began to die off.
For workers like them with ager Magical Power, exterminating Demon Insects was no simple task. Many of the workers only had cultivation at the early stages of Qi Cultivation, so they could only rely on Magic or Talismans to get rid of insects.
If their Magic was not controlled well, it could easily damage the Spirit Plants, while Talismans were expensive and could only be used in ergencies.
So workers even learned Mortal Martial Arts just to deal with the Demon Insects.
Every year, a good number of workers were bitten and poisoned by Demon Insects. So unlucky souls even died as a result.
With this Insect Extermination Bell, their efficiency at killing insects would increase a hundredfold.
The excited workers imdiately surrounded Guo Bao, scrutinizing the Insect Extermination Bell in his hand.
"Junior Martial Uncle Yang, I wonder, what’s the price of this Insect Extermination Bell?"
Guo Bao asked cautiously, finding it hard to part with the Insect Extermination Bell.
So of the workers were already regretting that they hadn’t brought more Spirit Stones, afraid they wouldn’t be able to afford the Insect Extermination Bell.
"Thirty Spirit Stones."
Yang Jing said.
"How much?"
The workers looked at Yang Jing in disbelief. A typical second-hand Magical Artifact cost over a hundred Spirit Stones, yet this exquisitely crafted Insect Extermination Bell was only thirty.
Without a mont’s hesitation, Guo Bao’s hands moved with surprising speed as he pulled thirty Spirit Stones from his Storage Bag and handed them to Yang Jing.
The other workers, a few monts slower, also scrambled to pull out their Spirit Stones, afraid they’d miss out on an Insect Extermination Bell if they weren’t quick enough.
Yang Jing waved his hand.
"Everyone, no need to rush. There’s an Insect Extermination Bell for each of you. I didn’t gather you all here just to sell these few bells."
He said to the workers who had crowded around him.
"Do you all think there’s a market for this Insect Extermination Bell?"
The workers exchanged glances, and Guo Bao stepped forward to speak.
"Junior Martial Uncle Yang, I’ll be frank with you. Even if this Insect Extermination Bell sold for fifty Spirit Stones, plenty of workers would still buy it. Without the scourge of Demon Insects, our Spirit Field harvests will increase by at least thirty percent. Even the lowest-earning worker could make the cost back in five or six years."
If you take care of a Magical Artifact, it can be very durable. An artifact like the Insect Extermination Bell could last a hundred years without breaking.
Cultivators absorb Spiritual Qi, so there are very few who are truly foolish. Anyone could do the math and understand the value.
"In that case, would you all be willing to sell this Insect Extermination Bell for ?"
The workers’ eyes lit up in unison. They only just realized that the Spirit Fields assigned to the twenty-four of them were all spread far apart, forming a ring with the A Class valley at its center.
"I’ll wholesale the Insect Extermination Bells to you for thirty Spirit Stones each. You can set your own retail price anywhere between thirty-six and forty-two Spirit Stones, but you are strictly forbidden from selling outside that range."
Yang Jing continued,
"If you can sell two hundred Insect Extermination Bells in a single season, I’ll give you a rebate of fifty Spirit Stones. But for anyone who sells fewer than fifty, I will revoke their right to sell and find soone else."
Yang Jing went on to explain the various details regarding purchasing, after-sales service, inventory managent, and so on to the workers.
"Do any of you have any questions? If not, you can place your orders."
The workers hastily jotted down the details Yang Jing had laid out. They had been chosen from among many for a reason; they were all quick-witted and could see the enormous potential for profit in selling the Insect Extermination Bells at a glance.
"I’ll take ten."
"I’ll take eight."
"Fifteen for ."
It wasn’t that they didn’t want to order more, but Yang Jing wasn’t extending any credit—it was cash on delivery, Spirit Stones for goods. They were only workers, after all, with limited ans. Even pooling all their spare funds, they couldn’t order very many.
"I’ll take fifty."
The oldest of them, Guo Bao, declared with a fanatical glint in his eye. He was putting up his life savings. If he could make a fortune from the Insect Extermination Bells, he might even be able to get his grandson into the Outer Sect of the Five Elents True Spirit Sect.
Yang Jing recorded the orders on a Jade Scroll.
The results of the sale were even better than he’d expected. He had received orders for a total of two hundred sixty-five Insect Extermination Bells, and the thirty he’d brought with him were completely sold out.
"Very well. Once the next batch of Insect Extermination Bells is ready, I’ll notify you via your Sect Jade Tokens to co pay the Spirit Stones and collect your orders."
Satisfied, Yang Jing put away the Jade Scroll.
The workers had Identity Tokens as well, but theirs were refined from Iron Essence and had far fewer functions and permissions than the Jade Talismans given to disciples. Still, within the range of the Grand Array, communication was no problem at all.
When Yang Jing returned to his quarters in A Class, Ji Feng had already been waiting for a long ti. The mont he saw Yang Jing, he rushed to greet him.
"Senior Brother Yang, how did it go?"
Yang Jing simply placed the bag, full of Spirit Stones, on the table.
"I didn’t let you down. We sold every last one."
Nine hundred Spirit Stones spilled across the table, instantly capturing all of Ji Feng’s attention.
"This... this..."
Gazing at the pile of brilliantly shining Spirit Stones, he was left speechless.
"One hundred and thirty-five of these are yours."
Yang Jing separated a hundred and thirty-five stones. Ji Feng wiped his hands before carefully gathering the Spirit Stones into his Storage Bag.
Those thirty Insect Extermination Bells had only taken him two days’ work to refine. After getting the hang of it, he could refine a single bell in less than a quarter of an hour.
The Spirit Stones had co so easily it made Ji Feng feel like he was in a dream.
"This hundred-odd Spirit Stones is just small change. I also took orders for another two hundred sixty-five Insect Extermination Bells. That’s where the real money is."
Ji Feng did the math: from two hundred sixty-five Insect Extermination Bells, he stood to gain a share of nearly twelve hundred Spirit Stones.
This was almost more than what his entire Five-Colored Kun Chicken clan earned in a year.
[Affinity]: 75
Over the past few days, Ji Feng’s Affinity had been steadily rising. Thanks to the massive profits from the Insect Extermination Bell, it had instantly jumped to seventy-five.
Yang Jing stood with his hands behind his back, looking completely unconcerned. ’I’ve barely lifted a finger, and the Affinity shot up just like that. It was almost too easy.’
"We must buy an Artifact Refining Furnace as soon as possible. That is our most urgent task."
Ji Feng was about to object, but Yang Jing shook his head.
"Right now, we’ve only opened up the market in the area around A Class, and the orders for the Insect Extermination Bells are only in the low hundreds. You can still manage to rush them out by working overti, Junior Brother. But in the future, once the sales network is fully established, the orders will likely be in the thousands, or even tens of thousands. We’ll have to use an Artifact Refining Furnace for mass production to et that kind of demand."
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