Small Business and Talking One's Way to Riches

That day.

Xu Yuan finally emerged after staying in the dormitory for nearly two months.

Facing the morning sun, he stretched lazily and contentedly, a smile of immense wealth on his face.

Level twenty!

After absorbing that ten-thousand-year spirit bone from his leg, his Soul Power had surged by a full six levels.

Coupled with more than a month of consolidation, his cultivation had risen another step and entered the ranks of level twenty.

As long as he obtained another Spirit Ring, he could officially join the ranks of two-ring Soul Grandmasters.

At the same time.

After spending this period sensing and familiarizing himself with it, Xu Yuan had also mastered the skill carried by the leg bone.

It was somewhat different from what he had expected.

Originally, Xu Yuan had thought that this leg bone's skill would increase his movement speed, allowing him to calmly reposition and evade when facing Agility Attack System Soul Masters trying to flank him.

But that was not the case.

The leg bone skill was called Warp. As the name implied, it meant jumping from one place to another.

Once the skill was activated.

It consumed ten percent of Xu Yuan's current Soul Power and allowed him to make three consecutive spatial transfers within a hundred-meter radius.

That might have sounded a little hard to understand.

In truth, it was simply three consecutive flashes in a short period of time.

It was countless times better than the speed-boosting skill Xu Yuan had envisioned. He had truly struck gold.

As a turret-type Soul Master with a Tool Spirit, Xu Yuan's movement speed was certainly far inferior to that of Beast Spirit Soul Masters from the assault or agility attack categories.

But the skill Warp directly maxed out his mobility.

He would no longer have to worry about someone diving his backline.

"Oh, you're out?"

Seeing that he had actually come downstairs, Hu Liena, who had just returned from buying breakfast, looked rather surprised.

Xu Yuan: "..."

Why did that sound like he had been locked up somewhere?

Xu Yuan was in a good mood today. He merely gave a grunt and did not fuss over it, instead looking her up and down.

She still had that same figure, stunning from every angle.

Nothing had changed. Good!

While he was sizing Hu Liena up, Hu Liena was naturally looking at him too. For some reason, she suddenly burst into laughter.

"It's good that you came out to get some sun. You've been staying in your room all day—look at you, you're practically turning into some pretty boy!"

What the hell did she mean, pretty boy?!

Xu Yuan's mouth twitched. He clearly made his living with talent and strength!

There was no further small talk. Class was about to begin, so Hu Liena took Xu Yuan's breakfast from her Storage Bracelet and handed it to him before turning and running toward the teaching building.

Her skirt fluttered, and her retreating figure was graceful.

Tsk!

There was a lake not far from the dormitory building, along with a pavilion. Carrying his breakfast, Xu Yuan headed straight for the pavilion.

As he ate breakfast, basked in the warmth of the morning sun, and admired the golden scenery around him.

It had a unique charm to it.

Watching the yellow maple leaves drift down from time to time, Xu Yuan felt slightly dazed.

It was already autumn!

The last time he had mentioned launching Milk Tea had been before Hu Liena went to obtain her Spirit Ring.

More than two months had passed since then. Of course it was autumn now.

At that thought, Xu Yuan immediately could not sit still.

He wolfed down his breakfast in a few bites, left Spirit Academy, and headed up Pope Mountain.

He did not go looking for Bibi Dong.

Xu Yuan turned a corner and arrived at a cluster of buildings below Pope's Palace.

Many Hall Protection Knights guarded this area, and ordinary people were generally not allowed inside. But Xu Yuan was the Pope's disciple, so naturally he was not ordinary people.

He proceeded without obstruction all the way to the door of the largest office on the top floor.

Knock, knock~

Xu Yuan lightly knocked on the door.

"Come in."

A familiar voice came from inside, and Xu Yuan pushed the door open and entered.

The office was large, though it was still somewhat smaller than Bibi Dong's study upstairs.

Platinum Bishop Fadanier was sitting behind his desk, buried in a pile of documents and busy to the point of utter exhaustion.

Seeing this, Xu Yuan greeted him with a smile.

"Keeping busy, old man?"

At the sound.

Fadanier looked up in surprise. Upon realizing that it really was Xu Yuan, he immediately rose from behind his desk with a broad smile.

"It's Little Yuan! Come, sit down. What would you like to drink?"

"No need for all that trouble. I'll be leaving shortly."

Xu Yuan waved his hand, then asked, "I came to ask how Immortal Happy Water has been selling lately."

At the mention of this, Fadanier's smile deepened, the wrinkles on his old face seeming to come alive.

"Good, incredibly good. It became a hit overnight.

You have no idea, Little Yuan. Immortal Happy Water has become a trend now. Anyone with even a little status drinks it.

Everyone drinks it. If you don't, you'll be excluded from the circle. The earnings have been quite considerable!"

Xu Yuan was not surprised by this.

With no competing products, that was how it went.

But it would only last for a while. Once the initial craze passed, they would not be so enthusiastic anymore.

No matter how delicious something was, people would get tired of it if they drank it all the time.

And winter was coming soon. The weather was about to turn cold.

"What I want to know isn't that. Compared with the initial period, sales should have declined quite a bit recently, right?"

At those words, Fadanier's smile immediately faded.

"That is indeed the case. Immortal Happy Water paired with ice is a perfect match, and when the weather was hot, everyone drank it to cool off.

But now that the weather is getting colder, naturally fewer people are buying it."

Xu Yuan nodded knowingly, then took out a cup of Milk Tea from his Storage Bracelet and handed it over.

"This is the new product we're about to launch. Try it first."

He had made it for Hu Liena that morning, and there was some left over. It came in handy now.

Compared to Happy Water, Hu Liena clearly loved Milk Tea even more—or rather, she was obsessed with it.

She was nearly at the point where she could not go a day without it and could not bear to put it down.

A new product?

Fadanier froze for a moment. He took the cup and lightly sipped it, tasting it briefly. Then his eyes widened at once.

Hm?

This texture, this flavor, this rich fragrance...

Fadanier sucked in a breath and looked at Xu Yuan in shock. "This is..."

"I call it Milk Tea!"

Xu Yuan smiled faintly. "Unlike Happy Water, Milk Tea is more suitable for cold weather. It's a hot drink.

And it's rich, delicious, and has an excellent texture."

The moment he heard this, Fadanier understood.

He immediately began discussing it with Xu Yuan. The production and sales channels were already in place, so there was no need to worry about that.

What they discussed was the selling price and profit split.

Furthermore, the sales channels did not need to be so rigid. They could cooperate with other merchants.

For example, restaurants, Spirit Fighting Arenas, and so on.

Xu Yuan stayed in Fadanier's office for a full two hours before finally leaving in satisfaction.

At the same time, he also received his share of Immortal Happy Water's sales profits from across the continent over the previous two months.

It was not much.

After personal income tax was deducted, it was only a little over two million Gold Soul Coins—not even as fast as Bibi Dong extorting someone once.

Xu Yuan could not help sighing.

Their little business simply could not compete with someone who talked their way into wealth.