Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures-War of the Primordial Era: Zhang Xingfeng's Crisis

The Dream Lake was completely still, its surface as smooth as a mirror! This meant that there wasn't even a breeze throughout the entire Star Peak Manor! It was so quiet; the Dream Lake was utterly silent, creating a sense of oppression!

At this moment, Zhang Xingfeng, who was sitting on a chair by the Dream Lake, was not calm at all; on the contrary, his heart was filled with turbulent waves!

Three hundred million taels of silver, in just twelve days—only twelve days—was this a miracle? Perhaps the word "miracle" is no longer sufficient to describe such a thing!

Zhang Yu's expression was very calm, with only a hint of cunning in his eyes. Seeing Zhang Xingfeng's expression, a smile began to bloom on Zhang Yu's face. He was holding it in with great difficulty. It was really hard for him to speak calmly about such Heavenly Movement and joyous occasion!

"Hahaha... Congratulations, Master..." Li Er and Li Da suddenly appeared in front of Zhang Xingfeng, followed by Lang Feng, Uncle Zhang, and the others, all walking over with smiles on their faces.

Looking at his relatives and brothers with their strange smiles, Zhang Xingfeng laughed, "You guys, actually trying to make fun of me like this, haha... hahaha..." With that, Zhang Xingfeng threw his head back and burst into laughter.

"My dear nephew, you've really gone all out this time! Three hundred million taels of silver in just twelve days! Hahaha..." Uncle Zhang laughed happily. Zhang Kuang, who regarded Zhang Xingfeng as his junior, was naturally very pleased and gratified by Zhang Xingfeng's tremendous success.

Zhang Xingfeng smiled slightly and said nothing, but he was clearly a little proud of himself. Who could have achieved such a huge success?

"Three hundred million taels of silver! My God, Second Brother, how much of that cost did you pay?" Lang Feng exclaimed.

Li Da, standing to the side, immediately chuckled and chimed in, "Hmm... the cost is quite high. Having over a thousand Golden Core Stage experts working so hard to kill Demon Beast, how much would their salaries be? Such experts would cost at least a thousand taels a day, so a thousand would cost a million taels. They've been in the Primordial Era for almost three months now. Even if it's a hundred days, it would still cost a hundred million taels of silver."

"That's not all. We also had to ask the number one expert on the Azure Dragon Continent, my master Li Da's master, Marquis Zhang, to painstakingly set up a miraculous Teleportation Array... Just how much silver is this unheard-of and unseen Teleportation Array worth? Putting aside everything else, just getting a god-like figure like Marquis Zhang to come along would cost at least a hundred million taels! And then there's setting up the Teleportation Array, and using that magical bracelet to bring back countless furs and other items time and time again, that would also cost at least a hundred million taels. So... it's a break-even point! Three hundred million taels is not too much at all, not too much at all!"

Li Da shook his head and casually said that he had actually managed to scrape together three hundred million taels of silver!

Li Er chimed in, "That makes sense, that makes sense. So, since our profit isn't even a single tael of silver, of course we don't have to pay any taxes!"

"Hahaha... Hahahaha..." Everyone present couldn't help but burst into laughter, including Xia Shui Qiu Zhi and the other person who had just walked over.

Zhang Xingfeng was also all smiles, his mouth practically agape. The joyful atmosphere by the Dream Lake instantly became lively.

It took Zhang Xingfeng a while to recover. Suddenly, Zhang Xingfeng frowned, and a series of questions flashed through his mind! Zhang Xingfeng closed his eyes slightly, and the people around him seemed to notice Zhang Xingfeng condition and gradually quieted down, no longer speaking! They knew that Zhang Xingfeng was thinking.

Zhang Xingfeng closed his eyes, seemingly oblivious to his surroundings, deep in thought.

Suddenly, Zhang Xingfeng opened his eyes, a flash of light passing through them. He looked at the people around him, smiled, and shook his head, saying, "There's nothing to be happy about with such a large profit this time!"

"Master, three hundred million taels! Why isn't that something to be happy about?" Li Er asked in confusion.

Zhang Xingfeng glanced at the others around him, smiled, and said, "The Ming Dynasty has over forty large cities and over one hundred and fifty ordinary cities. Each large city has an average of one earl-level Lineage and five baron-level Lineage, while each ordinary city has an average of only two baron-level Lineage! They will buy the pelts of Demon Beast, especially the enormous and imposing pelts of a white tiger. They have the means to buy them, and probably more than one. Besides them, there are also some wealthy individuals who will buy them. The Ming Dynasty has over forty earl-level Lineage and over five hundred baron-level Lineage! There are at least tens of thousands of wealthy people; these are the people who can truly afford to buy these pelts!"

"In other words, once they've all bought them, will they still buy them? In other words, if we sell them like this, after a while, I estimate no one will buy them anymore!" Zhang Xingfeng finally concluded.

Everyone was stunned for a moment. Right, how large could the user base be that buys these Demon Beast pelts costing tens or hundreds of thousands? And once they've bought them, will they buy them again?

Zhang Xingfeng suddenly smiled and said, "Everyone, don't worry. According to my estimate, if the market becomes saturated, we can still sell about 1,000 more monster Demon Beast pelts. The sales life of ferocious beast pelts is estimated to be much longer, but 1,000 Demon Beast pelts are still worth several hundred million taels of silver! Moreover, I still have a way to deal with this situation!"

Everyone's eyes widened and their ears perked up as they listened intently.

Zhang Xingfeng smiled and slowly said, "From now on, the number of Demon Beast pelts sold will decrease, and the varieties will be changed frequently. Different types will be sold in sequence. In the past six months, we have been selling white tiger pelts, so in the second half of the year we will switch to lion-type Demon Beast pelts, and next year we will switch to Electric Beast pelts... We need to keep Lineage fresh and attract powerful Lineage like earls and Lineage to buy them."

"Of course, the price can't be too high, no more than one million taels, preferably around one hundred thousand taels. You know, a little money makes a lot... One hundred thousand taels isn't a huge amount for the average wealthy person. Those wealthy people like to buy expensive things to show off. In this way, the customer base for buying Demon Beast pelts has even expanded to include a very large group of wealthy people!"

Zhang Yu nodded in agreement and continued, "Master's words make a lot of sense. And as long as we lower the price of Demon Beast pelts to around 100,000 taels, those earl Lineage won't care much about 100,000 taels... They might buy new varieties, and the Demon Beast pelt business will thrive! Of course, there must be a bottom line for the price of Demon Beast pelts, like 100,000 taels... That is to say, each piece of Demon Beast pelt cannot be priced lower than that, and even if we don't sell, we can't lower the price. We need to make Demon Beast pelts a symbol of wealth, so that the rich will buy them!"

Zhang Xingfeng laughed.

"Haha... Hahahaha... Ah Yu, you're really smart... Yes, yes, that's absolutely right! We can't lower the price below the bottom line. We need to make the Demon Beast pelts a symbol of wealth and status. Good, good, good! That way, those rich people who want to show off their wealth will definitely buy them!"

Some wealthy people, who have no official titles or ranks, are still commoners, but they always want to appear superior to ordinary people. So living in luxurious mansions and buying expensive clothes are their ways of showing off! When the fur of Demon Beast became a symbol of wealth, these wealthy people naturally flocked to it!

Now that everyone knew the problem had been solved, they couldn't help but feel happy and started chatting and laughing. The joyful atmosphere returned to the Dream Lake.

Half a year has passed, Zhang Xingfeng's Tianfeng Fur Shop has made Zhang Xingfeng a fortune. This is because Zhang Xingfeng proactively scaled back his business and reduced the quantity of goods, especially the precious Demon Beast pelts, which not only have various functions but are also scarce! The rarer something is, the more valuable it is! For the first twelve days, Tianfeng Fur Shop was always ready to fulfill any request, leading some people to believe that there were plenty of Demon Beast pelts available.

Zhang Xingfeng's change in business has led everyone to believe that Tianfeng Fur Shop initially sold quickly, but now that stock is running low, sales are slowing down! They've noticed that many times customers have come wanting to buy Demon Beast pelts, but there's no stock, and they're told they'll have to wait until next week! In their eyes, why wouldn't they make money? So they're certain that Demon Beast pelts are becoming scarce!

Nouveau riche, wanting to flaunt their wealth, would buy Demon Beast pelts!

If you want to befriend the powerful and wealthy, the most valuable gift is of course the pelt of Demon Beast!

If you want to show off your power, isn't hanging a White Tiger Hide in your room the best choice?

And so, the sale of Demon Beast pelts continued steadily. In the great city, the Tianfeng Fur Shop was only allowed to sell one Demon Beast pelt per week! Once it was sold, if someone else wanted to buy it, that person would have to wait until the following week!

In ordinary cities, only one pelt is allowed to be sold per month. Over the course of six months, every time Demon Beast pelt appears, it is immediately bought up!

Over the course of six months, they sold nearly 2,000 Demon Beast pelts, generating a profit of over 300 million taels of silver.

Just like with the furs of wild beasts and Demon Beast, the supply of furs also began to shrink. On average, each fur shop sold about one fur per day, and a total of about 35,000 furs were sold, with a profit of more than 170 million taels of silver!

Nearly 500 million in just six months! That's outrageous profit!

Taihang Mountain!

It was late at night, and in the dim candlelight, Li Tianxiang's face appeared indistinct, sometimes bright and sometimes dark! The shadows on his face made him look even more terrifying!

Li Tianxiang looked at the man in front of him and waved his hand slightly. The man immediately retreated in fear. He came here to tell Li Tianxiang about Zhang Xingfeng's powerful force in the Primordial Era. When Li Tianxiang learned from him that such a powerful force was in Zhang Xingfeng's hands, the aura emanating from him almost scared Li Tianxiang, a master of the Heavenly Realm, to death!

But Li Tianxiang calmed down at this moment!

"Zhang Xingfeng, I never thought I, Li Tianxiang, would underestimate you. I thought you were only strong individually, but I never expected you to have such a hidden weapon. No wonder there are Demon Beast pelts for sale now! Hmph, you've made hundreds of millions of taels of silver selling Demon Beast pelts. Hmph, hmph, but hundreds of millions of taels are nothing to my Li Family!" Li Tianxiang tried his best to suppress Zhang Xingfeng from all aspects.

"What are your so-called experts? They still have to run away from my Demon Puppet army. Hmph, you expelled guy from the Lineage, still gloating over your personal strength. I'll show you who's the strongest!" Li Tianxiang tried hard to convince himself to look down on Zhang Xingfeng, but the more he thought about it, the worse it got. The impression Zhang Xingfeng had left on his mind was impossible to erase!

Zhang Xingfeng's impression on him was. "Invincible, unparalleled, absolutely the number one person in the world!" But Li Tianxiang himself was unwilling to believe it, nor was he willing to admit it!

He didn't trust his own inner judgment, and he kept hypnotizing himself. "I am the strongest, my family background is the strongest, and my subordinates are the strongest. Zhang Xingfeng is no match for me, he is not even close to me!" Li Tianxiang lived in self-hypnosis. He knew he was hypnotizing himself, but he would be in even more pain if he didn't!

He is alive now only to eliminate Zhang Xingfeng. He wants to prove that he is stronger than Zhang Xingfeng!

"Hmph, hmph, now that you, Zhang Xingfeng, have started training a large group of strong experts, do you think I, Li Tianxiang, would still be resting here?" A ruthless glint flashed in Li Tianxiang's eyes.

"Demon Puppet Number One, Number Two!" Li Tianxiang suddenly shouted in a cold voice.

Two black lights flashed, and two lifeless men in black appeared before Li Tianxiang. They were utterly devoid of life.

Yes, Li Tianxiang has already refined them into Demon Puppet. All the experts above the Heavenly Realm that Yuchi Gong left him have been refined into Demon Puppet. After becoming Demon Puppet, these guys' strength increased from the Heavenly Realm to around the Nascent Soul Late Stage, but they are now consuming their souls...

"Order all Demon Puppet to immediately advance towards the western desert!" Li Tianxiang commanded.

The two black-clad Demon Puppet' eyes flashed slightly, then transformed into streaks of black light and vanished before Li Tianxiang's eyes. Li Tianxiang narrowed his eyes, watching the streaks of black light fly westward in the sky, a cold smile spreading across his lips.

With a swift movement, Li Tianxiang vanished from the room, flying among nearly a hundred Demon Puppet and leading them towards the Primordial Era.

At this moment, Yuchi Gong was enjoying a sweet three-person world with his Black and White Twin Beauties. He was unaware that his most loyal and powerful subordinates, numbering nearly a hundred, had been turned into Demon Puppet. He also did not know that Li Tianxiang was leading these nearly a hundred Demon Puppet to kill Zhang Xingfeng!

"Zhang Xingfeng, last time in Temujin's treasure, you escaped. That time, it was Demon Puppet made by Innate Master Realm, which severely injured you. Now, I have made Demon Puppet made by a master of the Heavenly Realm, which is more than ten times stronger than the last Demon Puppet! Do you think you can escape now?" Li Tianxiang seemed to have already seen Zhang Xingfeng's future, and a cold smile appeared on his lips.

Will Li Tianxiang succeed? Leading Demon Puppet nearly ten times stronger than last time, can Zhang Xingfeng escape this time?

Preview: Next chapter: The final showdown with Li Tianxiang! Well, Zhang Xingfeng is finally going to have a life-or-death battle with Li Tianxiang, hehe!

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