The size of the gathering grew steadily over the next month.
Li Yuan started selling Talisman and Medicinal Pill to Rogue Cultivator who lives in Station. The price is 20% lower than Yunyang Marketplace, but the product is the opposite but better.
After the news spread, several monks from the surrounding Rogue Cultivator activity areas came over one after another to make purchases. Some people left after buying, while some people saw the good conditions at Station and simply stayed here.
By the end of the month, the number of permanent residents Rogue Cultivator increased from a dozen to more than thirty.
But the rate of growth is slowing.
The reason is simple. Fiend Qi.
The Fiend Qi in the Station core area has been almost absorbed by itself, but there are still some residues, which have little impact, but Spirit Severing has to fight against it.
The periphery is still the territory of Ghost Mist Forest. Rogue Cultivator coming from the direction of Fangshi need to pass through a section of Fiend Qi-rich area to reach Station. The monks of Qi Refining Early Stage are very uncomfortable walking this way, the monks of Mid Qi Refinement can barely hold on, and only the monks of Qi Refining Late Stage are not affected at all.
Moreover, the area of Station is limited. The passive absorption range of Fiend Origin Unification is about one hundred feet. Beyond this range, the Fiend Qi concentration returns to the normal level of Ghost Mist Forest. If you want to expand the area of the low-damage area, your own passive absorption alone is not enough.
Li Yuan is planning to deploy multiple Fiend Gathering Array to absorb Fiend Qi.
At this time, Early Warning Array made a noise.
Li Yuan's consciousness swept away and Chen Yi came.
Chen Yi walked around Station, looking at the stone house, Array, Fiend Gathering Array, Rogue Cultivator coming and going, and finally sat down on a stone next to the open space.
"Fellow Daoist Li, I have something to discuss with you."
Li Yuan sat down opposite.
"Have you ever considered making this gathering place bigger?"
Li Yuan glanced at him and didn't answer.
Chen Yi said quickly.
"Yuanyang Sect has noticed the situation here. There are more and more Rogue Cultivators moving around Ghost Mist Forest. Mine Cave is mining, collecting herbs, and hunting monsters, and there is a huge demand for manpower. But these Rogue Cultivators do not have a fixed foothold. They have to run back to Yunyang Marketplace every time to replenish and rest, which is very inefficient."
He glanced in the direction of Station.
"You already have a prototype here. The location is good, Fiend Qi is low, there is Array protection, there is shelter, and there are Talisman and Medicinal Pill supplies. If it is expanded further and built into a formal market, it will be beneficial to both the sect and Rogue Cultivator."
"Yuanyang Sect is willing to support."
Chen Yi said.
Li Yuan did not speak and continued to wait for Chen Yi to speak.
"The initial construction costs, building construction, Array layout, including the allocation of management personnel, are all the responsibility of the sect agent."
He paused.
"But there are conditions."
"What conditions?"
"First, the management rules of the market need to follow the Yuanyang Sect framework and cannot be decided by oneself. Second, the sect will dispatch managers, and the daily operations of the market are managed by the managers. Third, 30% of the revenue of the market is handed over to the sect."
"Fourth, the sale of prohibited items is not allowed in Fang City, and the harboring of wanted monks is not allowed. Fifth, the expansion and reconstruction of Fang City need to be reported to the sect in advance."
There are many conditions, but they are also expected.
It is impossible for the Yuanyang Sect to spend money and efforts in vain. The purpose of supporting city construction is to establish a stable Outpost in the Ghost Mist Forest area to facilitate the management of Rogue Cultivator activities and resource development in this area.
"In exchange?"
"The initial construction of the city is entirely undertaken by the sect, including houses, Array, roads, and warehouses. The salary of the management personnel is paid by the sect and is not deducted from the income of the city."
Chen Yi Hold up two fingers.
"After the market is built, you own half of the land in the market, and the sect only takes half of it for settlements, shops, and Management Office. All stall fees, shop rentals, and other profits made by the normal operation of the market, you account for 70%, and the sect accounts for 30%."
"But the daily management expenses of Fangfang City, including maintenance Array, repairing buildings, and the daily consumption of management personnel, all come from your 70%."
"You don't need to pay for it, just convert it into Spirit Stone."
Li Yuan thought for a few seconds, and then discussed various details with Chen Yi.
After the discussion, Li Yuan made some calculations.
70% of the profit minus the management overhead, the next chapter will be more exciting: Chapter 232 New Marketplace, look forward to your visit. The actual proportion obtained depends on the scale and operating conditions of the market. When the scale is small, the management overhead accounts for a high proportion, and the profit is thin. When the scale is large, the proportion of management overhead will decrease, and the profit will become thicker.
You may not make much money in the early stage, but in the long run the benefits will be considerable.
And the biggest benefit is not Spirit Stone.
is a resource.
After the Fang City is built, a large number of Rogue Cultivator and Traveling Merchant will be traded here. The increase in material circulation means that there are more opportunities to find items with Affix. Your own Entry Perception covers a three-foot area. People come and go in the Fang City, and the number of items passing by you every day is far more than that of shopping in one of your own stores.
"Okay."
Chen Yi nodded, with no surprise on his face, as if he already knew Li Yuan would agree.
"I'll go back and report, and the sect will arrange for someone to come over as soon as possible."
Less than three days after Chen Yi left, the construction team of the Yuanyang Sect arrived.
Construction work began immediately.
The disciples of the Yuanyang Sect and the labor of Rogue Cultivator were responsible for building houses and roads. The stone houses were built one after another, with more regular specifications and smoother walls than those built by Li Yuan with Earth Manipulation Art. The main road extended in four directions from the center of Station, and was wide enough for two carriages to run parallel.
Array Master is responsible for laying out Array.
Mainly Fiend Gathering Array, one ring within another, but the coverage of each layer is larger, the quality of Array Base Stone is higher, and the laying of Conductive Spirit Sand is more precise.
After all five layers of Fiend Gathering Array were activated, the range of the low-shade area expanded from 150 feet to nearly 500 feet. The concentration of Fiend Qi within the entire Fang City planning range dropped to a very low level.
Li Yuan was watching the whole process.
There are obvious differences between Array Master's formation techniques and my own. My own formation method is step by step according to the inherited steps, which is regular but a bit stiff. Array Master's formation movements are more smooth and natural, while Array Base Stone's The placement position is not completely in accordance with the standard geometric arrangement, but is slightly adjusted according to the terrain and the direction of the spiritual veins. The laying of Conductive Spirit Sand is not a rigid arc, but has a certain bending change, as if writing a kind of Spirit Pattern.
Li Yuan uses his spiritual consciousness to carefully record the details of every step of Array Master.
Compare the fine-tuning amplitude of the Array Base Stone position, the bending change pattern of Conductive Spirit Sand, and the connection angle of the linkage nodes one by one to find out the differences.
The core of the difference lies in the use of terrain spiritual veins.
The standard formation method is to place Array Base Stone in a fixed geometric arrangement, regardless of terrain factors. Array Master's method is to first explore the direction of the spiritual veins under the terrain, then place Array Base Stone on the nodes of the spiritual veins, and use the energy flow of the spiritual veins themselves to assist the operation of Array.
The Array produced in this way consumes less spiritual power, operates more stably, and has a longer maintenance cycle.
Li Yuan digested and absorbed these techniques and made corresponding adjustments in his own Array system.
At the same time, Li Yuan also helped and practiced the formation.
The construction lasted for more than half a month. When Array Master finished laying out the last Fiend Gathering Array, Panel jumped out.
[Array Dao: First-Order Array Dao--Mastery(0/800)]
Array Dao was pushed from Proficiency to Mastery.
Observation and learning combined with the accumulation of practical operations have allowed me to reach a higher level in one go.
After Array Master finished spreading Array, he and his disciples evacuated. Rogue Cultivator laborers continued to build houses and roads.
The overall framework of Fangshi has been set up, but it is far from complete. The main road has been repaired, the houses are half built, and the locations of warehouses and shops have been marked out but construction has not yet started. According to the current progress, it will take at least one or two months to be fully completed.
Fiend Gathering Array's Array Base Stone will be fully charged with Fiend Qi in three to five days and needs to be replaced according to Li Yuan's previous observations. Yuanyang Sect will regularly send people to replace Array Base Stone. The replaced Array Base Stone that is full of Fiend Qi is originally waste and needs special treatment.
Li Yuan and Chen Yi have negotiated, and all the Array Base Stone they replaced will be kept for themselves.
Array Base Stone, which is fully charged with Fiend Qi, is placed in the hand, and Fiend Origin Unification directly extracts the Fiend Qi from it to temper the body and temper the soul. The concentrated Fiend Qi in one Array Base Stone is equivalent to the absorption amount of two or three days of deep cultivation of Ghost Mist Forest, and the efficiency is several times higher.
There are five layers of Fiend Gathering Array, and five Array Base Stone in each layer, a total of twenty-five. A batch is replaced every three to five days, and each batch of twenty-five Array Base Stone is filled with Fiend Qi.
The supply of cultivation resources has increased dramatically.