"Luo Chen, the number of Jade Marrow Pills this month is a little low!"
At the end of the month, Gu Cai Yi sought out Luo Chen, her heart heavy with worry.
"How many?"
Gu Cai Yi gave him a number—nearly ten percent fewer than last month!
It did not seem like much, but if they were sold outside, that amounted to two or three thousand Spirit Stones.
No wonder Gu Cai Yi was so anxious.
Luo Chen pondered for a long while, then slowly shook his head.
"It's fine. Earning a little less doesn't matter."
Gu Cai Yi was surprised.
Wasn't it better to earn as many Spirit Stones as possible?
Luo Chen had once cared more about income than anyone else.
Luo Chen sighed. "Earning too much easily makes people see red with envy!"
With that said, Gu Cai Yi understood somewhat.
The current Luo Tian Association was no longer as bloated and complicated as the Mountain Shattering Gang had been.
Its personnel had been streamlined, and its structure was simple.
The benefit was that personnel costs had dropped drastically.
The drawback was that certain things were easily seen through.
For example, the cost of Jade Marrow Pills!
Back when the Mountain Shattering Gang's nine halls provided cover, and the Medicine Hall was self-sufficient, outsiders had found it difficult to discern the cost of Jade Marrow Pills.
But things were different now.
Most of the main and supplementary ingredients were purchased from the Great River Gang and the Connecting Cloud Commerce Alliance.
Anyone with intent only needed to piece a few things together to calculate the exact cost.
Then, based on the Luo Tian Association cultivators' wages, along with the external sale price and quantity—
They could easily determine the profit from Jade Marrow Pills.
Even if there