Chen Huang's Way of Making Money

A newly opened stall had appeared on the streets of Nuoding City a few days ago. It sold a never-before-seen snack called Candied Hawthorn.

Sweet and tart, Candied Hawthorn quickly won over most children, and quite a few adults liked it as well.

On the streets, adults and children could be seen holding skewers of Candied Hawthorn, licking or taking bites from them now and then, with genuine, sweet smiles on their faces.

The owner of the Candied Hawthorn stall was a boy, and a girl was always there to help him.

Naturally, they were Chen Huang and Xiao Shan. Candied Hawthorn was also Chen Huang's idea for making money. In his previous life, many people probably knew who was easiest to make money from: the elderly, women, and children.

Chen Huang started with food and thought of something women and children both liked: desserts. Sugar counted as a dessert too, didn't it? Desserts in this world were not very developed either, and Candied Hawthorn was already a very decent sweet. Under Xiao Fugui's guidance, Chen Huang quickly learned to make Candied Hawthorn of good quality.

As for the startup funds, he had naturally borrowed them from Xiao Shan. After several days, he had long since earned back the capital, with plenty left over.

After learning it himself, Chen Huang taught the Seventh Dormitory's group of handy helpers and Xiao Shan, getting them to make Candied Hawthorn for him in exchange for wages. Otherwise, with business being this absurdly good lately, wouldn't it be ridiculous if they ran out of Candied Hawthorn?

"Little brother, get your sister a skewer of Candied Hawthorn."

"Coming right up." Chen Huang took a skewer of Candied Hawthorn from the rack beside him and handed it over.

"Here you go, two Silver Soul Coins."

"Thank you, Sister. Oh, Sister, Sister, we also have a new item today. Would you like to try it?" Chen Huang asked.

"Oh? What new item? Let Sister have a look."

Chen Huang gave Xiao Shan a look, signaling her to take over his spot. He then took a strange-looking pot out from the food cart.

It was a machine for making Cotton Candy, which Tsunade had helped make in her world. It used batteries as its energy source and could heat and rotate automatically.

The machine had already been preheated. Chen Huang added the amount he had tested beforehand. There could be more, but not less. Cotton Candy needed to be big and fluffy; if it was too small, it would not look nearly as appealing.

Sugar threads flew from a small hole on the side of the machine. Chen Huang picked up a bamboo skewer and wound all the threads around it. After repeating this several times, a huge, white, fluffy ball of Cotton Candy had formed on the skewer.

"White and fluffy—it makes me want to take a bite just looking at it," the woman said with a smile.

Chen Huang handed her the Cotton Candy and smiled. "Sister, you're today's first customer, so I'll give you this Cotton Candy for free."

"Thank you. Then I won't stand on ceremony." The woman took the Cotton Candy and bit into it at once.

"Mmm, so sweet! It melts as soon as it enters your mouth. Compared to Candied Hawthorn, this Cotton Candy suits my tastes even more. I love it. Little brother, could you make Sister another Cotton Candy? I'll buy one more to take home."

There had been more than just one person waiting in front of the stall. Plenty of people were watching, and when they saw this, they shouted, "Give me a Cotton Candy too!"

"I want one too!"

And so on.

"All right, all right, everyone will get one!" Chen Huang said. He set the price the same as Candied Hawthorn's, though the profit was even higher. The machine had cost him nothing, and neither had the batteries. The only cost was sugar. Candied Hawthorn still required hawthorn berries, and good hawthorn berries were not cheap.

Moreover, Candied Hawthorn had to be prepared in advance, and the amount they could make each day was limited. Even with the handy helpers assisting him, they could not make that much. In comparison, Cotton Candy was better by far. Once the Candied Hawthorn sold out, couldn't they just sell Cotton Candy instead?

Chen Huang had already prepared the next new item, but he did not intend to bring it out yet. Once everyone had become accustomed to Candied Hawthorn and Cotton Candy, business would be affected to some extent. At that point, bringing out a new product would work much better.

The new item was Shaved Ice. Ice Attribute Soul Masters could make it too, but only if there were Ice Attribute Soul Masters around. There was a fairly well-known theory on the continent called Martial Soul mimicry cultivation. Roughly speaking, if you had a Fire Attribute Martial Soul, cultivating in a place like a volcano would be faster. Therefore, Ice Attribute Soul Masters were generally found closer to the north, including Skywater Academy.

So here, the Shaved Ice business could be considered exclusive.

Chen Huang was not an Ice Attribute Soul Master, but making ice did not require that. Saltpeter was enough. Ice made using saltpeter could also be eaten and was non-toxic. A cup of ice with fruit juice added was enough. This was expected to sell for far more than Cotton Candy and Candied Hawthorn, since it was such a rare novelty.

Since Cotton Candy had only been introduced today, Shaved Ice could wait until business declined.

His current daily income was already close to a Soul Master's ten months of subsidy, namely ten Gold Soul Coins. That came to 3,650 Gold Soul Coins a year, and only 36,500 Gold Soul Coins over ten years. Thinking of the auction houses in the original story, where prices casually reached millions of Gold Soul Coins, Chen Huang could not help feeling a little bitter.

As Chen Huang's business became more prosperous by the day, he also gained quite a bit of fame. He had never imagined that he would one day make a name for himself this way.

His business hours could basically only be scheduled for the afternoon. After dinner, he still had to go to the library to borrow books and teach himself knowledge about Soul Beasts and Martial Souls that was not covered in class.

At night, he changed his sleeping routine to meditating and cultivating until morning.

Xiao Shan had long since received her teacher's permission to move into the Seventh Dormitory. She now slept in the bed next to Chen Huang's. Whenever she saw Chen Huang cultivating, she cultivated too. In short, she worked just as hard as he did, making Chen Huang feel ashamed.

Since they had money now, they also began eating in the second-floor cafeteria, receiving sufficient nutritional supplements. Chen Huang finally advanced to level four Soul Power as he had hoped.

Every day was exceptionally busy and fulfilling, and he spent less time browsing the Chat Group. The other group members understood this as well. He was clearly in a world with a fairly high power level, yet he possessed such poor talent. He could only make up for it through hard work.

Yang Jian had actually been keeping an eye out for immortal pills, immortal fruits, and spiritual medicines that could improve one's aptitude. Immortal fruits and spiritual medicines that improved aptitude were almost impossible to come across, while only Lao Tzu had immortal pills with such effects. However, ordinary mortals could not consume them. (Chen Xiang was not a mortal.) After all, that Three Realms did not seem like an ordinary cultivation world. It was mostly populated by immortals and demons, while very few mortals cultivated. Thus, there was basically no use for items that improved aptitude.

As Chen Huang himself had said, finding the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eyes in the future and using the immortal herbs there to improve his aptitude was probably the best method.