Resonance of the Purple Lightning Sword

"Next, let Junior Brother Chen explain this proposal to everyone."

Inside the Divine Wood Hall, at the usual sect assembly, after Chu Zuoshu finished recounting the aforementioned matters, he suddenly said something.

All the people from the Three Halls Twelve Departments turned their gazes toward Chen Mobai beside him.

"Greetings, fellow senior brothers and sisters. As you know, I have planted some Spirit Rice, but the quantity is a bit too much, so it is not convenient for the Spiritual Plant Department to arrange for people to harvest it every year."

"Moreover, if the Spiritual Plant Department purchases these Spirit Rice according to the sect's requirements, it will cost a lot of Spirit Stone. Therefore, I suggest that we separate the Spirit Rice from the Spiritual Plant Department and establish a separate Spirit Rice Department to be specifically responsible for this matter."

"Of course, the Spirit Rice Department, like the Spiritual Plant Department, is still under the jurisdiction of the Reward Hall."

After Chen Mobai briefly explained his suggestion, Shi Fengping from the Spiritual Plant Department immediately objected.

"This is absolutely unacceptable, Sect Leader. The Three Halls Twelve Departments are ancestral precepts. How can we add another department because of such a trivial matter? If we raise too many Spirit Chicken in the future, will we have to establish another Spirit Chicken Department?"

Although the annual planting and harvesting of Spirit Rice doesn't bring much profit and even requires subsidies, it is still one of the powers of the Spiritual Plant Department.

Moreover, this Spirit Rice is one of the essential spiritual items for body cultivators. Every year, the Spiritual Plant Department can exchange Spirit Rice for a considerable amount of spirit Spirit Stone from the Body Refining Department. The upper echelons of the Spiritual Plant Department can also profit from this transaction, so naturally they will not let it go.

"Sect Leader, Senior Brother Shi is quite right. We still need to be cautious about adding another department."

Regarding this matter, most people shared Shi Fengping's opinion and voiced their opposition.

"However, Junior Brother Chen's thousand acres of Spirit Rice have indeed become a burden for the Spiritual Plant Department. I heard that the Fire Spirit Rice has already formed ears in large swaths and can be harvested, but the Spiritual Plant Department has only sent a small team to do this, which may cause delays."

At this moment Zeng Woyou from the Alchemy Department mentioned something.

"The truth is that my disciples in the Spiritual Plant Department are scattered throughout Giant Wood Ridge and the Eastern Wasteland, and it is impossible for them to take care of thousands of acres of medicinal fields. However, I have already mobilized the disciples in the Spiritual Plant Department within the sect to try to complete the harvest before the Spirit Rice is harvested."

Their Spiritual Plant Department was in the wrong in this matter, so after exonerating himself, Shi Fengping looked apologetic.

"If the Spirit Rice grains fall and become contaminated with the Earth Qi, their spiritual effects will be greatly reduced, just like ordinary rice. If the Spiritual Plant Department cannot prevent this, I think the sect still needs to come up with a foolproof plan."

Lu Yi from the Transmission Department also spoke up, and his words were biased towards Chen Mobai.

Since the Spiritual Plant Department can't do it, then it shouldn't cling to power.

"I am also trying my best. If any of you have good methods, please feel free to mention them."

Shi Fengping handled the situation well. Everyone knew that although the Spiritual Plant Department had the most disciples, it also had a lot of medicinal Spirit Field to take care of, so it was not appropriate to criticize him for it.

"Since setting up a separate department won't work, why don't you ask the sect to provide me with a channel to sell Spirit Rice? I can find a way to sell my thousand acres of Spirit Field myself."

Chen Mobai actually knew long ago that the initial proposal would not be approved, and his main purpose now was to advocate for it.

"The channels for selling Spirit Rice? Junior Brother Chen can just open his own shop, why does he need the sect's permission?"

Shi Fengping was somewhat puzzled by this, but if Chen Mobai did not allow the Spiritual Plant Department to purchase his thousand acres of Spirit Field, it would definitely be a good thing for their Spiritual Plant Department.

"What I mean is, allow sect disciples to use Contribution Points to exchange for Spirit Rice here."

Chen Mobai smiled and revealed his true purpose: he wanted a Payment License for Sect Contribution.

Although the economic system in the Eastern Wasteland is relatively simple, everyone has basic knowledge. The Sect Contribution points are linked to Spirit Stone, with one point contributing one Low-grade Spirit Stone.

To ensure the stability of Contribution Points, only the Three Halls Twelve Departments within the Divine Wood Sect are allowed to pay and distribute Contribution Points to disciples within their own rules and regulations.

However, if one wants to trade Contribution Points, it can only be done in a handful of important sect locations such as the Spirit Treasure Pavilion, the Spirit Stone Shop, and the Scripture Pavilion.

If Chen Mobai obtains permission to trade Sect Contribution points, he is confident that he can establish a Little Spirit Treasure Pavilion.

In the Immortal Sect, Payment License are extremely difficult to obtain. Apart from the official authorities, only the Four Great Dao Academies and a handful of large companies possess them.

Although Shi Fengping instinctively felt that the transaction permit he had given to Chen Mobai's Sect Contribution was not quite right, with his limited knowledge, he could not immediately see what was wrong with it.

Moreover, being able to shed the burden of the thousand acres of Spirit Rice from Little South Mountain Lineage is a good thing for their Spiritual Plant Department, both morally and logically.

So after thinking for a moment, he didn't want to offend Chen Mobai completely, so he kept quiet.

Ultimately, the motion passed with eight votes and four abstentions.

After the results of the vote in the Twelve Departments are announced, the Three Great Halls are not required to express their opinions.

Chen Mobai had no problem maintaining his position in the Three Great Halls, and in the end Chu Zuoshu approved the permission for Chen Mobai to trade Spirit Rice using Sect Contribution.

After leaving the Divine Wood Hall, Shi Fengping returned to the Spiritual Plant Department and told Jin Shanping about the incident.

But after discussing it for a long time, the two still couldn't figure out the impact of this matter.

"Forget it, we're not at a loss anyway. This is a good opportunity to legitimately bring back the disciples from the Spiritual Plant Department. From now on, let him do whatever he wants with those thousand acres of Spirit Field."

Finally, Shi Fengping clapped his hands, signaling that the mission of the disciples sent by the Spiritual Plant Department to harvest Spirit Rice at Little South Mountain was over.

On the vast Spirit Field of Ting Mountain, Zhuo Ming drove a horse-drawn carriage-style harvesting machine that Chen Mobai had ordered from the Puppet Department, and completed the harvest of hundreds of acres of Spirit Rice in just one day.

"Master, this harvesting Puppetry is really useful."

Luo Yixuan, watching Zhuo Ming's speed, couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.

"Once all the Spirit Rice Husking, put up a notice at the Spirit Treasure Pavilion saying that 1 point of Sect Contribution can be exchanged for 11 catties."

The price of Spirit Rice in the market of Divine Wood City is 10 catties for 1 Low-grade Spirit Stone.

Chen Mobai is essentially a buy-ten-get-one-free offer, and it can also be redeemed using Sect Contribution points.

Generally speaking, disciples of the Divine Wood Sect accept tasks from their respective departments or the Spirit Treasure Pavilion. After completing the tasks, they can choose to receive Sect Contribution or Spirit Stone.

Many disciples of the Divine Wood Sect choose to Sect Contribution because many of the pills in the Spirit Treasure Pavilion that can improve cultivation can only be exchanged for Contribution Points.

Furthermore, to prevent the proliferation of Contribution Points, the Divine Wood Sect only allows disciples to exchange Contribution Points for Spirit Stone in the Spirit Stone Shop, but not to exchange Spirit Stone for Contribution Points in the same amount.

However, this is the official rule. After agreeing on a price privately, one can transfer their Contribution Points to someone else in the presence of the Spirit Stone Shop.

This results in Contribution Points being slightly more valuable than Spirit Stone within the sect. However, under the sect's regulation, this range remains quite stable.

That is, there will be an extraordinary increase in price only when Foundation Establishment can be exchanged every ten years.

Because many True Disciple couldn't afford 10,000 Sect Contribution points themselves, they had to borrow or buy them, which drove up the price.

Spirit Rice is something that shouldn't be stored for too long, so Chen Mobai had already been considering how to sell the Fire Spirit Rice he had grown in the first half of the year.

Buy ten get one free is a common tactic among the Immortal Sect sects. Try it first. If it still doesn't sell, then try buying ten and getting two or three free, or even adding some gifts.

Anyway, let's take over the market first.

The Spirit Field here are free, and the labor is almost free as well. The only costs involved are breeding and fertilization, but for Chen Mobai, it's all a sure thing.

While Zhuo Ming and Luo Yixuan were busy harvesting Spirit Rice, Chen Mobai went to the Puppet Department again and used Green Sun Spirit Wood as payment to hire Li Yixian and a group of Qi Cultivation Disciple to make some more Spirit Rice Husking machines.

After the product was completed, everyone admired his ingenuity.

With this, even an ordinary person can easily Husking several tons of rice a day.

Meanwhile, Chen Mobai, who had just posted a notice at the Spirit Treasure Pavilion, encountered his first customer, who turned out to be Kou Canzhi, the Minister of the Body Refining Department.

"Junior Brother Chen, please forgive my unauthorized visit."

Kou Canzhi seemed to have come with good intentions, and even brought two catties of high-quality Black Pork.

This is a high-quality meat raised on Giant Wood Ridge. It needs to be free-range for three years before it can be slaughtered. The meat is firm and rich in spiritual energy, making it a favorite of the Divine Wood Sect's body cultivators.

"Senior Brother Kou, have some tea."

Chen Mobai was a little confused about Kou Canzhi's meaning, so he personally brewed him a cup of tea and waited for him to continue speaking.

"Junior Brother Chen, how about we sell all your thousand acres of Spirit Rice to our Body Refining Department?"

"If Senior Brother Kou wants it, it would be a great help to me, but wouldn't it be too much?"

Chen Mobai was naturally overjoyed at the business that came his way, but after harvesting his thousand acres of Spirit Field, he had a total of 150,000 catties of Spirit Rice, which his Body Refining Department probably couldn't digest entirely.

"Junior Brother Chen, it seems you don't understand my Body Refining Department. Our department has a total of 500 disciples, including 100 core disciples who need to consume more than 3 catties of Spirit Rice every day, which is about 1 shi per month. They alone can consume almost all of your 1,500 shi of Spirit Rice."

In the Eastern Wasteland, 100 jin equals one shi. One hundred core disciples of the Body Refining Department can consume 1200 shi, or 120,000 Spirit Rice, in a year.

There are four hundred ordinary disciples left. These are those with poor Spiritual Root and lack the resources to learn skills such as Alchemy and Hundred Arts of Cultivation Talisman Making in the sect. In order to have a big tree to shelter under in the Divine Wood Sect, they have all joined the Body Refining Department, which accepts anyone who is willing to join.

These disciples were also taught the most basic body-tempering methods. Although the monthly Spirit Stone stones were not enough for their own cultivation, they would occasionally buy some Spirit Rice, spirit meat, and pills that greatly replenished their blood and qi.

If we take these four hundred disciples into account, the Body Refining Department can indeed digest Chen Mobai's 1,500 stones of Fire Spirit Rice.

"Senior Brother Kou, will you pay with Spirit Stone or Contribution Points?"

Chen Mobai was naturally pleased to be able to sell his Spirit Rice in one go and asked the most crucial question.

"Junior Brother Chen, I will pay you with Sect Contribution points."

Kou Canzhi was a straightforward person. After reaching an agreement, he directly signed a contract with Chen Mobai and then transferred 5,000 Sect Contribution to Chen Mobai using the Body Refining Department's account.

This is considered a deposit. The remaining 10,000 contribution points will be paid after all the Fire Spirit Rice has been delivered to the Body Refining Department.

"Junior Brother Chen, I heard from the disciples below this morning that you issued a notice at the Spirit Treasure Pavilion saying that ordinary disciples can exchange 1 point of contribution for 11 catties of Spirit Rice at your Little South Mountain Shop. I will buy it at the original market price, which means I have helped you earn more than a thousand Spirit Stone."

Before leaving, Kou Canzhi suddenly said something meaningful.

Chen Mobai didn't quite understand what he meant, and saw him out the door.

Watching Kou Canzhi's departing figure, Chen Mobai sensed that the Minister of the Body Refining Department seemed somewhat unhappy.

In the evening, Chen Mobai remembered something Sun Gaochang had once told him, and suddenly it dawned on him.

"This guy is asking for a kickback."

After figuring it out, Chen Mobai was both annoyed and amused, but this situation was common even within the Immortal Sect.

Moreover, the Body Refining Department is a major client, so it's indeed worth taking care of.

However, Chen Mobai himself couldn't show up, so he called Luo Yixuan over, gave her a gift worth a thousand Spirit Stone, and asked her to take it and pass it on to Kou Canzhi.

After Luo Yixuan returned, she said that Kou Canzhi was very satisfied and indicated that their Body Refining Department would also cover the 1,500 shi of Spirit Rice harvested at this time next year.

The batch of Spirit Rice that matured at the end of the year was simply too much for Chen Mobai to eat, so he needed to find a solution himself.

Fire Spirit Rice is harvested twice a year, and the 500 disciples in the Body Refining Department can consume 1,500 shi (a unit of dry measure) annually.

What remains is to tap into the internal needs of the remaining disciples of the Divine Wood Sect.

At Little South Mountain Shop, although the price of 11 jin was advertised at 1 Contribution Points, very few people came to buy or exchange for it.

The cultivators in the Eastern Wasteland are used to buying pills with Spirit Stone to improve their cultivation. When they are hungry, they use Bigu Pill or ordinary food to fill their stomachs. Only Body Refining Department Tempering Department, eat Spirit Rice at every meal.

"Master, do we still need to plant the next batch of Fire Spirit Rice seedlings?"

With Liu Wenbai absent, Luo Yixuan took over the Little South Mountain Shop in Divine Wood City. She looked worried as she saw the poor performance of the Spirit Rice exchange these days.

"Keep planting. If we can't sell them, we'll use them all to make wine."

Chen Mobai, however, was not afraid at all. He had many successful marketing cases from the Immortal Sect in his mind and already had a way to solve the problem of Spirit Rice sales.

Zhuo Ming and Luo Yixuan naturally obeyed.

After selling all the mature Fire Spirit Rice to the Body Refining Department, Chen Mobai received the remaining 10,000 Contribution Points as payment. Kou Canzhi was naturally generous in paying after receiving the gift.

After watching his two disciples lead the mortals to complete the transplanting of rice seedlings in the thousand acres of Spirit Field using the seeding Puppetry, Chen Mobai originally wanted to find his friends Qi Rui, Xi Jinghuo, and others to share his experience of successfully Foundation Establishment.

Unexpectedly, he received some surprising news from the Immortal Sect.

During the preliminary selection phase, twelve unparalleled sword geniuses Resonance of the Purple Lightning Sword.

What does that mean? Does it mean the persona he worked so hard to maintain is worthless?