Chapter 20: All Businessmen Are Dishonest
"All merchants are cunning. These cunning merchants are chasing after the casual cultivators to rip them off!"
"Oh, I can be a cunning merchant, so that's fine!"
Su Qing looked at the casual cultivators who gathered around the counter with mixed feelings, frantically buying all kinds of instruments that had skyrocketed in price, and even found the counter that sold materials.
As he expected, not only the finished instruments had skyrocketed in price, but also the various materials for making talismans and puppets had risen in price.
Bah! These cunning merchants!
"Give me ten pieces of spiritual wood, the longest and thickest ones, thirty spiritual crystals each? Why don't you just go and rob them!"
Su Qing complained while taking out the spiritual crystals. He now understood why Zhang Hai was so resentful.
As one of the most basic spiritual materials, the price of spiritual wood has skyrocketed more than ten times compared to before!
"What you said, fellow Daoist, robbing is not as fast as selling it!" The guy at the counter winked and said with a smile.
Well, he is shameless at all, and there is nothing you can do about it even if you scold him.
Fortunately, in addition to common materials such as spiritual wood and black iron crystal.
The magic lizard claw is still too unpopular for other talisman masters and puppet masters. Only some alchemists will cut some claw skin as auxiliary materials when refining pills.
Therefore, the price is still the same as before, or even slightly lower.
Su Qing was afraid that the price would rise in the future, so he simply bought all the stocks of the magic lizard claws in the Baibao Pavilion.
A total of 162 magic lizard claws were obtained, and with the rest of the materials, he consumed more than 4,000 spirit crystals, among which several talisman water materials and black iron essence accounted for the majority.
"These spirit crystals were originally enough for me to buy more than 50 sets of lizard warrior materials. Now, except for the extra magic lizard claws, the rest of the materials combined can only allow me to refine more than 20 times at most!"
Holding the remaining thousand spirit crystals in the storage bag, Su Qing did not dare to look any further.
When he was about to go upstairs to find Tong Xin to discuss the business of lizard warriors.
But he saw five or six female cultivators walking into the Baibao Pavilion.
Several female cultivators, some thin and well-proportioned, some plump, each with their own unique appearance, although they were all covered in black robes at the moment, they still attracted the attention of many cultivators as soon as they entered the door, and Su Qing was just one of them.
He was not lustful, mainly because he saw that these people were all following Tang Wanqing to make a living.
Even with the witch puppet, they had more free time.
But they didn't have to hunt monsters!
Looking at the five or six female cultivators carrying the green-colored, blue-eyed and huge-mouthed demon python, Su Qing was puzzled.
"Hey, isn't this fellow Daoist Su, fellow Daoist, are you willing to come out of retreat?"
The leading female cultivator was very tall and had long legs. The moment she saw Su Qing with her slender eyes, she gave instructions to the other female cultivators and walked towards Su Qing with her long legs.
Sun Yan, the most popular female cultivator among the casual cultivators in the market under Tang Wanqing, is a first-level middle-grade physical cultivator. It is said that her leg skills are very good. Because of Tang Wanqing, although Su Qing has never seen her leg skills, he is acquainted with her.
"Prices are rising so fiercely. If you don't leave the retreat, you won't even be able to eat. But you, how dare you go hunting!" Su Qing asked with a bow.
"We are not like fellow Taoists. We can make money by sitting at home. Now there is an opportunity to make a lot of money. Isn't it a pity to miss it? Or do you think we are not worthy of hunting monsters?"
Sun Yan said, lifting the hem of the Taoist robe, and Su Qing took a look.
Wow, the legs that were originally wearing black silk are now full of more than ten flying knives, which looks very convincing.
After the two talked for a while, Su Qing understood.
It turned out that Tang Wanqing had tasted the sweetness of hunting the Iron-backed Bear last time, and now the business of witch puppets was also doing well. The sisters had some free time, so they took them to the hunting area to try their hands.
With her cultivation in the late stage of Qi Refining, and there were also good hands like Su Yan among the female cultivators, she had also gained something in the past few days.
The green-eyed python hunted today was proof. According to Sun Yan, while they were selling goods, Tang Wanqing and the rest of the people were not idle, and were tracking another monster.
"I'm going to see how the goods are selling. If you go to the hunting area, you must come to us. Although I don't do that kind of business now, if you are Su Daoyou, it's not impossible!"
The originally delicate and weak Sun Yan, after a few days of training, became vigorous and resolute. After a joke, she walked past Su Qing with a little fragrance and a little smell of monsters.
At this time, a clerk informed Su Qing that Tong Xin had experienced the goods.
As soon as he reached the second floor, Tong Xin smiled and bowed:
"First of all, congratulations to you for creating a new puppet. This puppet has been tested by our Baibao Pavilion and definitely has the potential to be a first-class mid-grade puppet!
It's a pity that your puppet is just a trial work. It seems that it has less black iron essence, so it is difficult to exert its full capabilities!"
"That's easy to say. If Baibao Pavilion is satisfied with this puppet, I promise that the lizard warriors I bring in the future will be painted with at least ten layers of coating!
If there are more, it will affect the flexibility of the lizard warriors, and the consumption will increase a lot, but it is not necessary!"
Su Qing patted his chest and promised.
"Then I wonder how many materials you need to make one?" Tong Xin asked again.
"How about one puppet out of ten sets of materials? I have only been trying this puppet for a short time. With this rate of success, I will definitely not make any money!"
It is true that he will not make any money. With his current success rate, ten sets of materials may not be able to produce a puppet, but he can use these materials to improve his proficiency, so it is definitely not a loss.
Tong Xin had no doubts about what he said. Su Qing had just started to use this puppet, and it was already very good to have a success rate of about 10%.
But the materials for a set of lizard warriors are now sold for about 300 spirit crystals. The reason why Su Qing can put together a set with more than 200 spirit crystals is that he can mix the second-level bionic water and intelligent water. Other cultivators don't have this ability.
In this way, the cost of a lizard warrior is 3,000 spirit crystals.
This is extremely worthless for Baibao Pavilion.
"Please forgive me, fellow Taoist, this puppet is indeed extraordinary, but the cost is too high, and I can't make the decision!"
Tong Xin bowed and declined.
Su Qing knew that he could make the decision, but he just didn't want to do this business.
He was a little disappointed, but he didn't want to get angry with a clerk.
He returned from Baibao Pavilion with the lizard warrior in disappointment.
But after leaving the house, he was stopped by a clerk of Yuanlai Building, saying that the deputy building owner Wang Rong had invited him.
Su Qing seemed to have sensed something, and followed the waiter to Yuanlai Building, where she met the middle-aged courtesan whose complexion had become increasingly rosy recently.
"Ten sets of materials, for the price of a puppet, Baibao Pavilion won't do this business, but Yuanlai Building will!"
Wang Rong was wearing a gauze red dress, and the sound coming out of her red lips was extremely pleasant to Su Qing's ears.
"Fellow Daoist, are you losing money?" Su Qing smiled.
Wang Rong didn't care. She had wanted to invest in Su Qing for a long time, but she had never found an opportunity. This time she finally caught it, so how could she miss it.
"If you don't lose money in the beginning, how can you make money in the end? Just remember, fellow Taoist, it's okay if you sell it in small quantities, but if you ship in large quantities, only Yuanlai Tower can do the business of lizard warriors!"
"That's natural. Although I am a guest of Baibao Pavilion, theoretically I should give the goods to Baibao Pavilion first, but since they don't like this lizard puppet, I don't think they will say much about doing this business with Guibao Tower!"
Su Qing nodded, indicating that he knew the rules.
Afterwards, he and Wang Rong signed an agreement on a piece of spiritual contract talisman paper.
In the next month, Yuanlai Tower will provide him with 30 sets of puppet materials, and he only needs to ship three finished products.
After one month, Yuanlai Tower can provide at most 50 sets of materials per month, and he needs to ship 10 finished products.
This requires him to achieve a success rate of more than 20%. If it is insufficient, he needs to make up the spiritual crystals at the price of 1,500 spiritual crystals per piece.
"I believe in your ability, you won't let me down!"
The deal was done, Wang Rong stretched lazily, her movements so big that her red skirt wrinkled tightly, outlining her increasingly hot body.
Su Qing didn't dare to look at her any more, and simply said goodbye with thirty sets of materials.
"Hmph, since you've taken the bait I gave you, I'm not afraid that you'll run away!"
Wang Rong looked at Su Qing's departing back and smiled a little complacently.
She absolutely didn't believe that the success rate could be increased by 10% in just one month.
"When the time comes, if he doesn't have enough lizard warriors, I can mention it to him and let him become a guest of my Yuanlai Tower!" Wang Rong whispered to herself.