Drawing Cards from the Douluo World, Chapter 5

But before reaching level 70, Dai Weisi would have more than enough time to pull far ahead of his peers.

And with Dai Weisi's absurdly lucky hands, was he really supposed to worry about failing to draw even one of the many Daoist inner cultivation arts from Jin Yong's Wuxia Novels?

After more than a month of cultivation, Dai Weisi's Soul Power broke through the level 16 bottleneck and reached level 17.

At this point, it had only been two months since Dai Weisi awakened his martial soul.

Besides cultivating, Dai Weisi had also done something else over those two months—

Business.

In the world of Douluo Continent, money held a somewhat awkward position as a currency.

Things that were truly precious even to high-level Soul Masters—such as soul bones, Self-Created Soul Skills, and high-year spirit herbs—were difficult to purchase with gold coins.

But for members of the imperial family, money could display its power in every aspect of life.

For example, building the nation, training armies, developing and upgrading weapons, and so on.

And as a transmigrator, he had more money-making ventures in his head than he could count.

Moreover, Dai Weisi's status as the First Prince meant that even if he stepped into some highly profitable industries, as long as they were not banks, iron smelting, weapon forging, or anything else that could shake the foundations of the state, no one could snatch a bite from his mouth.

So, during his breaks, Dai Weisi drew up three business plans and had Uncle Fu find trustworthy household retainers to carry them out.

The three plans were:

A distilling plan;

A new-style restaurant plan;

A premium jewelry plan.

Of these, the distilling plan was largely based on the hundreds of colorful varieties of alcohol from his previous life. It improved Douluo Continent's brewing processes and combined the finest aspects of the brewing industries of both Earth and Douluo Continent.

The other two plans merely drew upon Earth's management models and design styles.

Even so, these entirely new concepts would bring an unprecedented impact to the Douluo Continent, which had remained stagnant for over a thousand years.

Naturally, Dai Weisi's own task was cultivation. He had no intention of rolling up his sleeves and personally doing business.

The person in charge of the distilling plan was Du Zui, a low-level food-type Soul Master whose martial soul was Spirits.

The person in charge of the new-style restaurant plan was Guo Jin, likewise a low-level tool-type Soul Master whose martial soul was a wok spatula.

As for the person most suited to oversee the premium jewelry plan—

To Dai Weisi's surprise, it turned out to be the sisters Zhu Er and Pei Er.

Their pearl and jade pendant martial souls made them exceptionally sensitive to jewelry, jade, and all kinds of precious metals.

Moreover, perhaps due to their talent, the two little girls had an exceptionally thorough grasp of the new jewelry styles in Dai Weisi's plans.

The jewelry they designed actually made even Dai Weisi—a rich second-generation heir who had seen countless treasures on Earth—light up with interest.

So Dai Weisi made a sweeping decision and appointed the two girls, neither of whom was even ten years old, to take charge of the premium jewelry plan.

Of course, he would not forget to assign them the most professional business personnel.

Professionals should handle professional work.

Only then could Dai Weisi, as the boss, reap the greatest profits.

After these three businesses had been arranged, aside from the four people in charge, the First Prince's Estate would naturally assist with implementing the specific details.

Dai Weisi only needed to keep hold of the overall direction and then sit back and enjoy the results.

The Empress had initially been dissatisfied that Dai Weisi was dividing his attention by entering the business world.

But when the two months ended and Dai Weisi went to Nine Spirits Palace to pay his respects again, revealing his level 17 Soul Power cultivation, the Empress said nothing further.

Instead, she even dispatched quite a few of her own people to pave the way for Dai Weisi's businesses.

In her words, if the First Prince was going to do business, then he either should not do it at all, or he should do it to the very best.

With Dai Weisi's forward-thinking ideas and the Empress's vigorous support, Dai Weisi's businesses grew larger and larger. Not only did they shine in the fields of distilling, jewelry, and dining, but they gradually expanded into other sectors as well.

As for Dai Weisi himself, once the several enterprises under his name had all gotten on track, it was time for him to prepare to attend elementary school—Star Luo Royal Junior Soul Master Academy.