After Li Yuan returned to Fangshi from Fiend Ore Mineral Vein Dao, he sat cross-legged in the stone house and opened Panel to check the status of Special Equipment Slot.
Fiend Vein operates stably, and the fluctuations of the entire Fiend Qi circulation system are clearly reflected in the perception. The position of every piece of Sha Ore Stone deep in Mineral Vein Dao is clear, as if there is an extra vein in the body that extends hundreds of feet.
At the bottom of Panel, a line of small gray words appeared next to the hexagonal column of Special Equipment Slot.
[Next Special Equipment Slot unlocking conditions: Make a Purple-Quality Affix permanent (0/1)]
Purple Trait.
The highest quality I have encountered so far is blue, which Purple Trait has never seen before.
Li Yuan Write down this condition and don't think about it for the time being. Purple Trait's matter is not urgent. We will talk about it when we encounter it.
In the next few days, Fangshi entered the formal operation stage.
Li Family Steward arranged by Li Ze'an arrived first.
A Qi Refining Late Stage middle-aged monk came to Fangshi with three followers, rented three adjacent shops in the south section of the main street, and hung up the Li Family sign to welcome customers that afternoon.
Two sell Spirit Herb, and one specializes in Monster Material. From the most common Qi Gathering Grass to First-Tier Superior-Grade spirit medicine, from animal skins and bones to animal erysipelas poison glands, the shelves are full. The price is half a percent lower than Yunyang Marketplace, but the quality is obviously better.
Li Family is engaged in volume business, targeting Rogue Cultivator who have been active around Lingxi Valley and Ghost Mist Forest all year round. In the past, these people had to go back to Yunyang Marketplace to trade after hunting monsters and collecting herbs. Now that there is a shop at their doorstep, it is naturally much easier. On the first day of the opening of the three shops, many Rogue Cultivator came in to inquire.
Two days later, Ziyuan Trading Firm of Qin Ruoshuang also opened a branch.
The shop is located in the northern section of the main street. It is staffed by a female cultivator from Qi Refining Late Stage and a clerk. She mainly sells Medicinal Pill and Talisman, as well as some daily spiritual weapons.
Ziyuan Trading Firm is quite famous in the Yunyang Marketplace area. As soon as the branch opened, it attracted a lot of people that day.
Li Yuan also opened a shop himself.
The location is in the middle of the main street, close to the square. The shop is not big, and there is only one store, which specializes in selling homemade Talisman and Medicinal Pill.
The price is 10% lower than Yunyang Marketplace.
The appearance of Talisman is considered to be top-notch within the range of First-Order, and the quality of Medicinal Pill is equally stable. With Tier 1 Talisman Crafting Art Perfection and Alchemy Art Mastery's craftsmanship, the products are easy to sell.
The shop hired a Qi Refining monk who lives in Fang City to be responsible for daily sales. Li Yuan only supplies goods and does not sit in the shop.
After the shops opened one after another, the appearance of Fangshi was completely different from the previous Rogue Cultivator gathering place.
Li Yuan walked around the city as Market Master to check the operation status of various departments.
Two patrolling monks were collecting stall fees along the main street. When they passed by a disputed stall, they only exchanged a few words and both parties calmed down.
In the guard booths at the four corners of the city, the person Guard Squad did not move, but the Induction Jade at hand kept shining dimly.
In the two-story Stone Tower building at the end of the main street, half a table was piled with account books, Jade Slip, and lease deeds. Management Office's Steward didn't even raise his head. He was obviously too busy to touch the floor.
In addition to patrolling, guarding and Management Office, compared to Qinghe Market, Fangshi also has one more special establishment.
Array Maintenance Team, under the coordination of Management Office.
Several Qi Refining monks who know Array are responsible for replacing Array Base Stone and checking the operation of Linked Array Formation. The twenty-five Array Base Stone of the five-layer Fiend Gathering Array are rotated every three to five days, and the replaced Sha-Storing Array Base Stone are sent to the Li Yuan stone house, and he uses Fiend Origin Unification to absorb Fiend Qi among them.
However, now that there is Fiend Vein Special Equipment, the Fiend Qi around Mineral Vein Dao can already move along the circulation system on its own, and no longer seeps out as disorderly as before. In this way, the concentration of Fiend Qi in the south of Fangshi has dropped again, and the pressure on Fiend Gathering Array has also been reduced a lot.
In the long run, the replacement frequency of Fiend Gathering Array can be gradually reduced.
Li Yuan has inspected various departments and is basically satisfied with the overall operation. The manpower is in place, the responsibilities are clear, and there are no major problems with the coordination between various departments.
The sound of human voices and the collision of tools came from the west side of Fangshi.
Li Yuan walked over and took a look.
The manpower sent by Qin Ruoshuang has arrived. A dozen Rogue Cultivator laborers are busy in an open space in the northwest corner of Fang City, measuring the terrain, clearing weeds, and marking the boundaries of Spirit Field.
A Qi Refining Late Stage female cultivator was directing next to her, holding a roll of drawings in her hand, and chatting in a low voice with a Array cultivator next to her from time to time.
The sites chosen by Qin Ruoshuang to help reclaim Spirit Field are in areas with lower concentrations of Fiend Qi around Fang City, mainly in the west and north. These two directions are the farthest from the depths of Ghost Mist Forest, and are covered by multiple layers of Fiend Gathering Array, so the remaining Fiend Qi has dropped to a very low level.
But very low does not mean none.
The planting of Spirit Herb is extremely sensitive to Fiend Qi. Even trace amounts of Fiend Qi residue will affect the quality and yield of Spirit Herb.
Therefore, the Spirit Field District domain needs to lay an additional layer of Fiend Gathering Array to completely remove the remaining Fiend Qi, and at the same time lay out Defensive Array to protect Spirit Field from external Demon Beast.
The laying of Array is the responsibility of Ziyuan Trading Firm's own Array monks, and Ziyuan Trading Firm is also responsible for the materials and labor. The reclamation of these Spirit Field is a continuous project that cannot be completed in a month or two.
Li Yuan looked at it for a while, without further intervention, turned around and walked back to the main street.
In the evening, Steward from Management Office came over.
"Li Market Master, I have something to discuss with you."
Steward is a middle-aged monk in his forties. He behaves according to rules and speaks directly. "The sect needs to register the official name of the city on the document. With a few clicks, you can instantly travel to the wonderful world of the Wulin Marketplace situation in Chapter 240. It will facilitate subsequent official document exchanges and external publicity. Now it is always called 'Ghost Mist Forest New Marketplace' to the outside world, which is not very formal."
Li Yuan thought for a while.
"Just call it Wulin Marketplace."
Steward nodded and wrote down his name on Jade Slip.
Watching Steward leave, Li Yuan continues to practice.
After Wulin Marketplace had been operating for one month, Management Office sent the first profit report to Li Yuan.
The total income includes stall fees, shop rents and temporary accommodation fees for passing Rogue Cultivator. After deducting staff salaries, Array Base Stone consumption and daily maintenance expenses, Li Yuan's 70% profit is less than one hundred Spirit Stone.
The amount is not large, but after all, Fangshi has just opened. It is now able to break even, which already shows that this place has potential.
As the flow of merchants and people continues to increase, the income will naturally increase.
Li Yuan put Spirit Stone away and started to deal with another matter.
There are several well-located shops still vacant on the main street of Fangshi, facing the square and attracting the largest flow of people.
They had been left untouched before, but now that the market is on track, it's time to realize the value of these shops.
Li Yuan released the news through Management Office that the permanent operating rights of five of the shops will be sold to the public, and Spirit Stone will sell one shop for eight hundred.
The so-called permanent operating rights mean that you buy the long-term occupation and transfer qualification of this shop. As long as you operate according to the rules and pay the rent on time, the shop cannot take it back at will. The monthly rent is separately calculated for daily maintenance, inspections and Array expenses, and there is no conflict between the two.
The day after the news was released, someone came to inquire about the price.
A Rogue Cultivator who was engaged in Law Artifact renovation directly took a photo of one and paid Spirit Stone. Wulin Marketplace on the spot. The Ghost Mist Forest and Lingxi Valley are located closer to each other. The Rogue Cultivator Law Artifact that came back from hunting monsters has a lot of wear and tear, and the need for repair is very high.
The other four were taken over by a small-powerful Steward, who said he planned to run the Medicinal Pill and Spirit Herb businesses.
Five shops, a one-time credit of 4,000 Spirit Stone, and stable monthly rental income in the future.
Including the ten shops of Li Ze'an and the two shops of Qin Ruoshuang, nearly half of the shops on the main street of Fangshi already have owners. The remaining shops continue to be hung up, waiting for interested merchants to move in.
Spirit Stone had a lot of money on hand, so Li Yuan flew to Yunyang Marketplace to purchase it.
The goal this time is very clear.
Earth Element Cultivation Method.
Yunyang Marketplace's Cultivation Method shop Li Yuan has been to Li Yuan several times, and I have a general impression of the inventory on the shelves.
Land outside South Gate, walk into the city, and go straight to a Cultivation Method shop in the east section of the main street.
There were not many earth-based exercises in the shop, so Li Yuan chose a book called Houtu Zhengong, which was an earth-based exercise during the Qi refining period and cost 120 spiritual stones.
He put Jade Slip away, replenished a batch of Alchemy materials and Talisman Making materials along the way, and flew back to Wulin Marketplace.
In the afternoon of that day, Li Yuan began to practice Thick Earth True Art in the stone house.
Divine consciousness was poured into Jade Slip, completely digesting the operation route and spiritual power guidance method of Cultivation Method.
Li Yuan follows the guidance of Cultivation Method and sends the first ray of spiritual power into the meridian branches.
Entry Level Soon.
Panel prompt pops up.
[Cultivation Method: Thick Earth True Art--Entry Level(0/200)]
Li Yuan did not stop and continued to run.
The blessings of multiple Affix are reflected one by one in practice.
For him now, the threshold for a Qi Refining Stage Cultivation Method is no longer high, and the Proficiency degree is almost visible to the naked eye.
During the practice, a prompt popped up from Panel.
[Spirit Gathering Pulse (white) permanent conditions have been met]
[Is it permanent?]
Spirit Gathering Pulse. The effect is to actively absorb spiritual energy within ten feet with oneself as the center.
The condition for permanentization is to practice continuously for more than thirty-six hours in the Array that you have arranged.
[Permanent success]
[Spirit Gathering Pulse (white) has become Permanent Affix]
After Spirit Gathering Pulse became permanent, Li Yuan continued to practice.
In less than a month, he pushed Thick Earth True Art all the way to Major Accomplishment.
[Cultivation Method: Thick Earth True Art--Major Accomplishment(0/3200)]
Panel The second prompt popped up immediately.
[Thick Earth Amplification (white) permanent conditions have been met]
[Practice a discipline Earth Element Cultivation Method to reach Major Accomplishment(1/1)]
[Is it permanent?]
Thick Earth Amplification. The White Trait on the Earth Manipulation Art Jade Slip that I bought from Yunyang Marketplace has never been equipped and is kept in the storage bag.
Li Yuan Take out Earth Manipulation Art Jade Slip from the storage bag and equip it.
[Thick Earth Amplification (white) has become Permanent Affix]
Jade Slip turns into white light in the palm of your hand and sinks into your body.
The power of Earth Element spells is increased by 30%. Earth Manipulation Art, Earth Shield Technique, Earth Escape Technique, and the three Earth Element spells are increased at the same time.
Li Yuan raised his hand and condensed a side of Earth Shield. The moment the spiritual power was poured into it, the shield surface quickly solidified from the original earthy yellow to a dark brown stone color. The edges were as tight as cut, and it was obviously thicker than before.
Li Yuan Closed his eyes and felt the changes in his Dantian.
Thick Earth True Art is the eighth immortal path Cultivation Method.
The upper limit of the spiritual power bonus of Spirit Essence Expansion increases with the number of immortal Cultivation Method. The bonus of the eight-door Cultivation Method is already close to the upper limit of 30%.