More Money! We Have to Pay Them More!

People... can be really speechless when they're speechless!

Chu Xinghe was utterly speechless!

How many times have I told you that the Star Divination Art is a scam? It doesn't exist! How the hell do you still believe me?

What?! It was all a plan devised by me, Chu Xinghe?

All I know about air conditioners is this stuff; I have absolutely no idea about energy stones!

But honestly, we can't really blame Ouyang Ming and Qin Xiangqian this time, because Chu Xinghe never bothered to ask about the air conditioner issue from beginning to end.

In response, Chu Xinghe stated that he has recently been re-examining the Misfortune Compass!

Chu Xinghe said, "Take this air conditioner incident for example... If I, Chu Xinghe, don't get too involved, will the Misfortune Compass not even activate its power?"

The answer is yes... This Misfortune Compass swears to the heavens, it really didn't exert any force...

But the people from our Vast Heaven Holy Land are just too damn awesome!

Take the air conditioner energy stone incident for example. When the energy stone was first exposed, quite a few haters jumped out!

These critics are all asking, "What happened to the promise of the Vast Heaven Holy Land Haotian to benefit all living beings?"

Why are they selling energy stones now?

There wasn't even a need for the Vast Heaven Holy Land to respond to this claim; the weapon refiners from all sides immediately started criticizing it!

Hey you, don't go!

Do you want to hear what inappropriate and lewd things you're saying?

What allows you to sell energy stones?

According to you, the Vast Heaven Holy Land deserves to suffer losses and deserves to give you energy stones!

What's up? Does the Vast Heaven Holy Land want to take care of you in your old age and see you off in your final days?

Should I dig up all the ancestral graves of your ancestors for eighteen generations and renovate them?

You guys are just trying to take advantage, aren't you?

It's one thing for you to be ungrateful, but can't you at least keep your hearts from being so filthy?

Lord Xinghe and Divine Master Ouyang invented air conditioning so that all living beings could live more comfortably. Do you know how many resources an air conditioner normally costs?

Let's not even talk about Lord Xinghe's side, let's just talk about Divine Master Ouyang. Right now, if you want Divine Master Ouyang to forge a screw, you don't even have the right to wait in line if you don't have a million spirit stones!

Do you even know what it means to be the strongest Divine Master in the history of the Four Continents?

You should know that in the Four Continents, weapon refiners are an extremely rare profession. You wouldn't normally assume that if you bring materials to a weapon refiner, they'll just craft something for you, would you?

What? Do weapon refiners all do charity work?

Normally, no matter what level of weapon refiner you find, they will charge a fee if you want something crafted!

Those advanced weapon refiners, you can even have to pay twice the value of the item itself for resources to craft it!

Even so, you might not be able to get a weapon refiner to forge it for you right away; you don't know how long you'll have to wait in line!

However, although the air conditioner designed by Ouyang Ming this time seemed simple, many weapon-refining masters exclaimed after seeing it that Divine Master is always Divine Master, and his ability to simplify complexity has truly reached a divine level.

The air conditioner seems simple because Ouyang Ming is incredibly powerful!

He can make the most complex things into the simplest effects. Nowadays, air conditioner design drafts have become a required course for all weapon refiners to teach their disciples!

The value of this air conditioning design drawing is self-evident.

Even many weapon-refining masters said that this thing is only possible because it's from the Vast Heaven Holy Land. If it were sold to any other force, they would be charging you a hundred or two hundred spirit stones for this air conditioner, and that would be considered the cost price!

But what about the Vast Heaven Holy Land?

We lose money on every one we sell... and you guys are still not satisfied? What? You really want an air conditioner that costs a hundred or two spirit stones to be happy?

As for the energy stone, countless weapon-refining masters have also carefully studied it in a short period of time... You won't know how terrifying Ouyang Ming's methods are until you study them!

Do you think the energy stone is just an ordinary spirit stone that Ouyang Ming has imbued with some secret techniques?

That's completely wrong. This enhancement actually helped the air conditioner save energy. No matter how it works, even the most skilled weapon refiners have studied it for a long time and still can't figure it out.

Because this thing has transcended the realm of a grandmaster, perhaps only a Divine Master can truly understand it.

As the master craftsmen learned more, they realized that the air conditioner's consumption wasn't reduced when using energy stones, but rather that its consumption was intentionally increased when using other spirit stones.

On the contrary, the energy consumption of air conditioners remains consistently high!

However, Ouyang Ming used a mysterious method to match the energy stone with the air conditioner, ultimately achieving an energy-saving effect!

The design of this energy stone caused a sensation throughout the entire weapon-refining industry...

The complexity and precision of this design are far more difficult than forging a divine weapon, according to countless master craftsmen!

Therefore, each energy stone is almost equivalent to a divine artifact!

What? When did we weapon refiners become the epitome of cheapness Four Continents?

You guys need seven or eight spirit stones a year to solve the energy problem for your air conditioning, but now Divine Master Ouyang has come up with a solution for you in advance. He'll only sell you two spirit stones for each energy stone. If you can use it, then use it; if not, then you can just keep using your own ordinary spirit stones.

After all, no one forced you, right?

Divine Master Ouyang made one spirit stone have the effect of seven or eight spirit stones. In this case, if he sells it to you for two spirit stones, you've essentially made a profit of five spirit stones!

How does this person manage to be so insatiable in taking advantage of others?

It has to be said that the weapon refiners of the Four Continents really go all out when they start spewing insults!

In a very short time, all the haters were silenced by the barrage of criticism!

What the heck? You're saying the Xinghe Haters' Group is so weak this time?

It's not that the Xinghe Haters' Group team is weak, but that they didn't even make a move in this round!

Leader Bai directly rejected the drafts from elites such as Erlüzi, Sanpao, Si Bangchui, Wu Quezi, and Lao Liu!

Leader Bai said, "You all don't know this... I, Bai Yu, am a weapon refiner myself... The reason I didn't say a word after this air conditioner came out is because it gave me the creeps!"

If you want to talk about other things, we can reluctantly admit that Vast Heaven Holy Land items are indeed expensive!

But Bai Yu studying this air conditioner and energy stone for a long time, I realized that this thing is not expensive at all. In any other faction, if you don't sell this energy stone and air conditioner for two or three hundred spirit stones, you're doing charity!

Leader Bai declared, "We are the Xinghe Haters' Group. We are high-level haters, we are haters standing at the top of the hater chain. When we criticize others, we must do so with reason and evidence!"

Why did we always fail to criticize Chu Xinghe in the past? Because we often failed to respect the facts...

Truly sophisticated criticism is criticism that is convincing!

So, as a weapon refiner, I can't find any opportunity to criticize Ouyang Ming.

As it turns out, Leader Bai's decision was flawless. Despite the criticism from the outside world, Vast Heaven Holy Land didn't respond at all. The weapon refiners from the Four Continents alone managed to keep those critics from taking care of themselves.

Chu Xinghe n't know if Hei Zi was incapable of taking care of himself, but he did know that things had gone awry... they'd all gone awry now!

They were manipulated by the Misfortune Compass to betray me before, and I could accept that...

But this Misfortune Compass wasn't even used once throughout the entire process, my friends...

These bastards under my command are no longer just ordinary bastards... they've all conjured up knives in their hands now!

They've all grown too big for their britches now... They'll just raise their hands and slash...

Before, I only had to guard against the Misfortune Compass, but now I have to be on guard against these bastards all the time!

And you guys just went ahead and attacked... can't you even speak like human beings?

Look at what Qin Xiangqian is saying, is he even speaking human language?

Qin Xiangqian said, "Senior Brother Xinghe, this time we did everything exactly as you instructed!"

Senior Brother Xinghe, you were so adamant about not letting us sell air conditioners at high prices back then, your goal was to expand the air conditioner market and then make a fortune from energy stones, right?

Senior Brother Xinghe, I, Old Qin, didn't let you down this time. I said we'd lose over 100 million, and we definitely did. We won't even have to wait until the end of the year. At this rate, we'll lose over 100 million next month!

And even if we suffer losses exceeding hundreds of millions, we will be able to recover more than ten times that amount in the coming period!

Moreover, with a 20-year cycle, this isn't selling air conditioners; it's cultivating spirit stones!

Senior Brother Xinghe... Senior Brother Xinghe... Don't be so calm yet... Qin Xiangqian thought to himself, Senior Brother Xinghe, you're being a little too calm right now!

I have more good news to share!

Qin Xiangqian said, "You might not believe me, Senior Brother Xinghe..."

I originally thought we wouldn't recoup our costs until at least next year or even the year after, but guess what happened?

We've already recouped more than half of our costs!

Qin Xiangqian explained that this is mainly because many people don't buy just one energy stone at a time!

The average person buys an air conditioner for one yuan at a time and comes back next year!

But those powerful figures and wealthy Lineage said this was too much trouble...

Since there's no limit to the purchase of energy stones, wouldn't it be better if we just bought all twenty years' worth at once?

That way, I won't have to queue up again next year!

There is no limit to the purchase of energy stones, and the quantity of energy stones is sufficient to supply the Four Continents. After all, the essence of this thing is just spirit stones. Vast Heaven Holy Land lacks everything but this thing!

Therefore, it's common to see people buying five-year, ten-year, or even twenty-year contracts at once...

In this situation, although they lose money on two air conditioners for every one they sell, the resources they earn from purchasing more energy stones fully compensate for the losses.

So in a short period of time, we have already recovered 60% of our costs. At this rate, next month we will not only be able to recover all our costs, but we can even start making a huge profit!

Qin Xiangqian excitedly introduced Senior Brother Xinghe... looking at Senior Brother Xinghe, who had already entered a completely calm state, Qin Xiangqian thought, "That's more like it..."

Look at me, my Senior Brother Xinghe should only be starting to calm down now...

Chu Xinghe didn't know when he should enter a state of calm. All Chu Xinghe knew was that business... was just too damn difficult...

You have no idea why you suddenly started making huge profits while you were trading...

And they don't even need the Misfortune Compass to exert its power; these business geniuses are simply unreasonable when they get going!

No way! I can't be the only one to suffer the pain of making such a fortune!

Relay my order, Chu Xinghe: give everyone in the Vast Heaven Chamber of Commerce of Commerce a raise!

More money! We absolutely need more money!

You bastards from the Vast Heaven Chamber of Commerce must experience the pain of making a killing with me!