Income from Two Realms

Meng Huang'er thought she was too useless, so even though she borrowed Chen Mobai's great fortune, she still Foundation Establishment Failure.

After hearing this, Chen Mobai shook his head and offered words of comfort.

"Your main priority now is to recover from your injuries and try to make another attempt at Foundation Establishment before graduating next year."

Upon hearing this, Meng Huang'er's face showed a hint of dejection. She lowered her head and remained silent, seemingly having lost all confidence in herself.

"This is the original of the Critical Point Method, the Jade Lock Golden Gate Art. You can take a good look at it while you are recuperating. I comprehended this first, and then I naturally understood all the mysteries of the Critical Point Method."

Chen Mobai handed a book he had once read in the Dao Academy Library to Meng Huang'er's bedside. Upon hearing this, a glimmer of light appeared in her previously dim eyes. She reached out and took the book, thanking the handsome young man before her once more.

"Are you always this serious? Very few people would watch this kind of thing."

Meng Huang'er asked softly.

Since cultivation techniques from the Immortal Sect are readily available, and some high-level cultivators update them promptly for the benefit of the general public after gaining new insights, many people choose the most recently updated version when downloading online.

Since its inception, the Critical Point Method has been updated by the Immortal Sect at least a hundred times.

Many people might compare the latest versions, but Meng Huang'er was hearing about the Ancient Method Jade Lock Golden Gate Art, the source of Chen Mobai's cultivation, for the first time.

"When I was searching for experience in practicing the Critical Point Method on the Auxiliary Cultivation software, I happened to see a post saying that it was useful, so I practiced it seriously and succeeded by accident."

Chen Mobai was telling the truth, but he didn't reveal that he had succeeded in his cultivation after taking the Spirit Opening Enlightenment Pill.

"Oh, is this post still there?"

As a software that is quite popular among the lower and middle-level cultivators in the Immortal Sect, it is quite famous for its Auxiliary Cultivation. Meng Huang'er also downloaded it and searched for information on the Critical Point Method cultivation, but she did not notice this one.

Chen Mobai guided her to Tian Wenguang's post. Although the most important part was hidden and could not be viewed, the content before it undoubtedly confirmed his words.

This post had very few views due to access restrictions, so it was ranked very low. Chen Mobai wouldn't have noticed it if he hadn't habitually filtered from high-restriction to low-restriction posts.

How can I contact the person who posted this message?

After hearing Chen Mobai's successful experience, Meng Huang'er placed her hopes of mastering the Critical Point Method on the Jade Lock Golden Gate Art. Therefore, after reading the first part, she was even more interested in the hidden parts in the second part.

"Send him a private message and see if he replies."

Chen Mobai naturally knew that this person was Tian Wenguang, a graduate of the Imperial Medical Academy, but he certainly couldn't reveal that he had high-level privileges, so he had Meng Huang'er directly send a private message to the poster using her own account in the background.

Tian Wenguang's account name on the Auxiliary Cultivation software was "Lone Ranger". Meng Huang'er edited the text in very polite language, saying that she wanted to ask him for his successful experience in mastering the Jade Lock Golden Gate Art.

However, it is clear that Tian Wenguang, as the deputy director of a top-tier hospital, is not always on his phone, so he did not reply to the private message.

"Let's wait and see. Maybe you'll comprehend the Jade Lock Golden Gate Art yourself by then."

Seeing that Meng Huang'er's mood had improved considerably and that there seemed to be hope in her eyes again, Chen Mobai felt relieved and offered a few words of comfort.

"Hmm, let me see for myself first. By the way, didn't you say that a friend from the Imperial Medical Academy also mastered it? Did he have any secrets?"

Meng Huang'er clearly hadn't forgotten Chen Mobai's words of comfort. Now, she regarded the Jade Lock Golden Gate Art as her last hope. Seeing Chen Mobai get up to leave, she couldn't help but ask him.

"Although we are friends, we are only nodding acquaintances. I mentioned it to him, but we will not have time to talk in detail until after the New Year."

Chen Mobai spoke the truth. Although Meng Huang'er was disappointed, she still smiled and thanked him.

"Thanks a lot."

After leaving the hospital, Chen Mobai booked a plane ticket back to Vermilion Cloud City.

At the end of the year, he still had some matters to attend to at the two Talisman Factory in his hometown.

First, there are the loans from when we started the Puppet Factory. The interest needs to be paid at the end of the year, and there's another loan that needs to be extended. Since the amount is quite large, he simply can't handle it if he doesn't go.

After returning to Vermilion Cloud City, Chen Mobai first took stock of his income from the Immortal Sect this year.

Firstly, the Soaring Heavens Talisman Factory, due to the Puppet Factory's situation, changed its production route to high-end products as required by him, only producing Second Grade Talisman Paper and Talisman Ink.

Although the Soaring Heavens Talisman Factory has skilled employees, without the guidance of Wu Shangru, a senior Talisman Master, the Jade Talisman Paper they produce can only barely guarantee the Second Grade.

The original price of this Jade Talisman Paper was 500 Merit Points per sheet, but because the quality was Taiyi, even though it was the lowest price among Second Grade Talisman Paper, it was still very difficult to sell.

Tang Pancui was extremely worried when she looked at the accounts at the end of the year.

This year's profits have declined significantly. If it weren't for the decent sales of the Second Grade Chaxia Talisman Ink, we would probably have suffered losses.

Even so, the year-end accounts showed a profit of only 100,000 Merit Points.

This made Tang Pancui, the boss's wife, very anxious.

"Son, why don't we let the workers continue making First Grade Talisman Paper next year? At least we can make a profit."

Chen Mobai was writing and drawing on the workbench with Talisman Brush, analyzing the Talisman of the Heaven's Equal Technique. Tang Pancui came over and offered a suggestion.

"These skills all come from practice. I saw that the quality of the Talisman Paper from the end of the year and the beginning of the year has greatly improved. Give Director Pan another year, and I hope that the Jade Talisman Paper can be stabilized at the Second Grade low-grade level next year."

Chen Mobai didn't care at all whether the Soaring Heavens Talisman Factory could make money; he could just take the unsold Talisman Paper to the Eastern Wasteland anyway.

Moreover, Talisman Paper can be preserved for decades if stored properly.

His Puppet Factory operated at full capacity this year, and after deducting the usual Puppetry wear and tear, it produced a total of 3.6 million first-grade high-quality Talisman Paper.

Among them, Liu Wenbai, the Senior Disciple in the Eastern Wasteland, runs the five major markets of Jian Country and has reached cooperation with major Talisman Paper shops. His influence has spread to the Four Kingdoms under the Divine Wood Sect, with a total of 500,000 sheets shipped throughout the year.

This income alone amounts to more than 40,000 Spirit Stone.

However, Chen Mobai overestimated the purchasing power of the Eastern Wasteland. He took a million Talisman Paper there this year, thinking he could sell them all, but the Divine Wood Sect's market in the Four Kingdoms could only take up half of them.

It was fortunate that the Talisman Paper produced by his Puppet Factory was cheap and of high quality, and everyone knew that Little South Mountain Shop was backed by him, the number one Sword Cultivator of the Divine Wood Sect, and was considered an industry of the Divine Wood Sect. Otherwise, such a large business would have been taken over by those who were envious.

Even so, Liu Wenbai has not dared to leave the market area at will in the past year, for fear of being robbed by those ruthless bandits.

On ordinary days, they would use Teleportation Array to travel between the sect and the market, even at the cost of Spirit Stone.

Compared to the booming sales in the Eastern Wasteland, the performance of the Immortal Sect was much worse.

The quality of the Talisman Paper produced by the Puppet Factory is only average by the standards of the immortal Immortal Sect, and its sales are also just so-so.

The Soaring Heavens Talisman Factory was originally a comprehensive ecosystem, producing a total of thirty types of Talisman Paper, from Grade 1 Low Rank to Second Grade low-grade, plus various categories such as Gold Paper and rock paper, and making them according to the needs of distributors.

However, due to the Puppet Factory's restructuring this year, only two types of Talisman Paper are produced: Tier 1 high-grade and Second Grade low-grade.

However, the distributors were unlikely to adjust their practices because of them, so they only placed orders for the usual amount of 20,000 first-grade high-quality Talisman Paper and 1,000 Second Grade low-quality Jade Talisman Paper.

Nearly half of the Jade Talisman Paper was returned by distributors due to its poor quality.

Because of this incident, the reputation of the Soaring Heavens Talisman Factory has been somewhat damaged, and most of the contracts for Jade Talisman Paper for next year have been cancelled.

At the end of the year, only 2.1 million in Merit Points were deposited into the company's account, barely enough to break even.

It was definitely not enough to pay the bank loan and interest, so Chen Mobai used this as an excuse to apply to the relevant departments for permission to sell at a reduced price.

The Immortal Sect has set guidance prices for the market prices of various items. You can go higher than the guidance price, but you cannot go lower, so as not to disrupt the market and cause various chain reactions.

However, if a business is on the verge of collapse and its warehouse is overflowing with goods, it can apply to the Immortal Sect Commerce Department for a price reduction permit.

The Puppet Factory's warehouse still holds approximately two million first-grade high-quality Talisman Paper. Given Chen Mobai's influence, the Vermilion Cloud City Immortal Sect didn't even send anyone to inspect them; they simply gave them the green light all the way.

With this document, Chen Mobai can sell his products below the market guidance price.

He didn't go too far.

The official guide price Immortal Sect a first-grade superior Talisman Paper is 80 Merit Points, but he applied for 70 Merit Points.

In any case, the more than 200 million cultivators on the Immortal Sect side are all ordinary Qi Cultivation Cultivator. Without Foundation Establishment, they need to carefully calculate every bit of Merit Points.

Therefore, low prices will definitely capture most of the market.

Within just half a month, the Soaring Heavens Talisman Factory received over 200,000 orders on the Immortal Sect Network, exceeding Chen Mobai's expectations.

However, by the end of the year, many companies had applied for price reduction permits through connections. Although his 70 Merit Points were already considered a significant price reduction, there were still many competitors in the market.

After that, sales began to plummet.

Even so, the sale of those 200,000 Talisman Paper had already provided the Soaring Heavens Talisman Factory with 14 million Merit Points points.

Since there are no labor costs, and the raw material for the pulp is the Red Sun Spirit Wood from the Divine Tree Secret Realm, which also has no cost, this 14 million is almost entirely net profit.

Tang Pancui was not satisfied and wanted to use a buy-ten-get-one-free promotion to further stimulate sales.

But after thinking about it, Chen Mobai shook his head and refused.

This is Immortal Sect, so it's best to keep a low profile.

Moreover, if a buy-ten-get-one-free offer were to be implemented at this point, the customers who had previously purchased 200,000 tickets would definitely be dissatisfied and feel that they had lost out.

Someone might get angry and request a refund or return the goods, which would make things even more complicated.

Although Chen Mobai could send more, Talisman Paper have a long shelf life. If they can't be sold all here, and the Sky River Realm expands Little South Mountain Shop to the entire Eastern Wasteland, it's estimated that even three million Talisman Paper a year won't be enough.

So after making a fortune, Chen Mobai maintained the price of 70 Merit Points without wavering, which can be considered a good ending to the year.

After receiving this large sum of Merit Points, and deducting the taxes paid to the Immortal Sect's official authorities, it will be enough to pay off the first two loans from the Immortal Sect Bank.

One of these transactions involved Chen Mobai using the Soaring Heavens Talisman Factory as collateral to purchase five million Merit Points from the Longevity Academy to buy elixirs.

The second sum was guaranteed by Qin Baipeng, which was considered a policy support from the Immortal Sect for him, a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, to settle down, and it was also five million.

After paying off those two loans, Chen Mobai was left with only the loan secured by the Six Yang Divine Fire Mirror.

If there's another year-end sale like this next year, I guess I'll be able to be debt-free.

On the Immortal Sect's side, Chen Mobai planned to proceed steadily and cautiously.

The Soaring Heavens Talisman Factory continued to research Second Grade Talisman Paper Talisman Ink. The high-quality ones were sold to customers here, while the returned ones were taken to Little South Mountain Shop.

However, to avoid any mishaps, Chen Mobai still had the Soaring Heavens Talisman Factory sign an order for 200,000 sheets of Talisman Paper raw materials with the spirit wood supplier in the neighboring Yumu City.

After all, it would take at least three or four years for the spirit trees in his own Fire Poison Land to grow to maturity and be ready for harvest.

If your Puppet Factory shows no signs of receiving raw materials, it will definitely arouse suspicion over time. Even if you have a lot of face and can cover it up, it will still leave a trace with the relevant departments.

They publicly claimed that the Puppet Factory's annual output was limited to this amount, and that the extra three million Talisman Paper each year were all dumped in the Eastern Wasteland.

The Four Kingdoms under the Divine Wood Sect can consume 500,000 Talisman Paper a year. If the entire Eastern Wasteland were used as a market, this output would be just right.

Thinking this way, Chen Mobai felt that if these Talisman Paper were left here at the Immortal Sect, it might expose the Puppet Factory's production capacity. So he went through the trouble of moving them all to Little South Mountain.

Then he called over his Senior Disciple, Liu Wenbai, pointed to the mountain of snow-white Talisman Paper, and indicated that these were to be kept by him.

"This disciple will certainly live up to Master's expectations."

Liu Wenbai was initially shocked, then he called over Zhuo Ming and Luo Yixuan. The three of them worked together to move the Talisman Paper to the warehouse at the foot of the mountain.

"Master, this is the income from the Five Markets Jian Country last year. After deducting shop rent and market expenses, it totals 38,672 Low-grade Spirit Stone."

After moving the Talisman Paper, Liu Wenbai came up the mountain again and handed a storage bag to Chen Mobai with both hands.

"Okay, okay, you've worked hard."

After Chen Mobai took the gifts, he found that most of them had already been exchanged for Mid-grade Spirit Stone. He was even more satisfied with his Senior Disciple and nodded repeatedly.

This apprentice is like him.

He took out a thousand Spirit Stone and gave them to Liu Wenbai, who was flattered and hesitated to accept them.

In the Eastern Wasteland, it is only natural for disciples to work for their masters, and it is normal not to receive payment.

However, after so many years, the three apprentices had come to understand Chen Mobai's personality, and after some hesitation, Liu Wenbai excitedly accepted the gift.

Although he was also from a prominent family, a thousand Spirit Stone was still a considerable sum for such a family.

"Thank you, Master. By the way, the manager from Heavenly Meal Tower came to me, saying that he wants to cooperate with our Little South Mountain Shop on the supply of Spirit Wine."

In his excitement, Liu Wenbai did not forget another thing: Little South Mountain Shop mainly sells Talisman Paper, Spirit Rice, and Spirit Wine.

Among these, Talisman Paper are the most popular, but the unique Spirit Wine and Spirit Rice are also favored by many cultivators.

Occasionally, some Rogue Cultivator would bring Spirit Wine from Little South Mountain Shop to Heavenly Meal Tower for dine-in. After a while, the manager, who knew his stuff, noticed and eventually found Liu Wenbai. After tasting all the Spirit Wine, he thought they were excellent and proposed a collaboration to Liu Wenbai.

"Leave some for your teacher. As for the rest, discuss the price with Zhuo Ming and see what price is appropriate."

If there's a chance to earn Spirit Stone, I definitely won't refuse.

"Master, Heavenly Meal Tower demands an exclusive Proxy, which means that if we reach a cooperation agreement with them, we will not be able to sell alcohol."

Liu Wenbai said something that stunned Chen Mobai, then he sneered and said something else.

"Refuse them."