Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's Money-Making Methods

The Seven Treasure Glazed Pagoda's appraisal ability would have been the protagonist's cheat in certain urban novels.

With this heaven-defying appraisal ability, one could easily pick up bargains in gambling stone, antique curio, and antiquities markets, showing off and humiliating others at every turn.

Finding imperial green jade in a gambling stone, uncovering the authentic works of some painter or calligrapher, discovering antiques from the Shang and Zhou dynasties...

Yet every direct disciple of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect possessed such appraisal methods.

One could imagine just how wealthy the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect truly was.

Jiang Lan estimated that profits from buying low and selling high alone accounted for the bulk of the Seven Treasure Pavilion's income.

As the woman guiding them spoke, she led the three to the stairway. Not far away, mercenaries stood in line, handing fine soul beast pelts, medicinal herbs, and the like to the Seven Treasure Pavilion's appraisers in exchange for gold soul coins.

Jiang Lan merely glanced over before following Shui Qinghan and Shui Bing'er upstairs to the second floor.

"The second floor of the Seven Treasure Pavilion mainly sells weapons, armor, as well as consumables such as medicines and dry rations."

"The Seven Treasure Pavilion's weapons and armor are forged from hundred-refined fine iron by highly skilled blacksmiths. They are absolutely top-quality goods."

"As for medicines, it is the same. The effects of medicines produced by our Seven Treasure Pavilion are absolutely the best on the market."

After giving them a brief introduction, the woman continued guiding the three toward the third floor.

Quite a few mercenaries on the second floor of the Seven Treasure Pavilion were selecting weapons or armor they fancied, or buying life-saving medicines such as wound salve, hemostatics, antidotes, and so on.

Dragon City lay in a bitterly cold border region, and there were practically no healing-type soul masters. These medicines might very well save their lives.

Some might ask, didn't soul masters have martial souls? Why did they need weapons and armor? Wasn't that superfluous?

Mercenaries who made their living hunting soul beasts were different from soul masters in sects and academies.

Every hunt was a fight for their lives, and weapons and armor could increase their odds of survival.

Even if their weapons and armor could only block or weaken a single attack from a soul beast, that might be enough to keep them alive.

Guided by the woman, the three ascended to the third floor.

However, the third floor of the Seven Treasure Pavilion was empty, with barely any merchandise on display.

"The third and fourth floors of the Seven Treasure Pavilion mainly sell all sorts of luxury goods, including clothing and jewelry. However, Dragon City is located on the empire's border, and there are few nobles capable of purchasing such luxuries, so we do not keep them in stock," the woman explained simply.

Perhaps because of the Seven Treasure Glazed Pagoda martial soul, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had excellent taste.

The clothing, jewelry, and other luxury goods they designed were always sought after by noblemen and noblewomen.

Without pausing, the three followed the woman up to the fifth floor of the Seven Treasure Pavilion.

"The fifth floor of the Seven Treasure Pavilion mainly sells maps of major soul beast gathering grounds, as well as information on certain rare soul beasts."

"These maps are safe routes that our Seven Treasure Pavilion purchases from various soul-hunting teams, compiles, and verifies."

Damn, they even profit from blood money!

Jiang Lan could not help but cast another glance at her words.

These maps had been built entirely on mercenary casualties.

"Besides that, our Seven Treasure Pavilion purchases information on certain rare soul beasts year-round. So long as the information is verified, our Seven Treasure Pavilion will give the provider a substantial gold soul coin reward."

"Of course, delivering letters is also one of the Seven Treasure Pavilion's main businesses on the fifth floor," the woman continued.

In the era of Douluo Continent, where transportation basically relied on walking and communication basically relied on shouting, writing letters was the most commonly used method of communication.

Moreover, Seven Treasure Pavilions were spread throughout nearly every major city in the Heaven Dou Empire, making letter delivery quite convenient.

The Seven Treasure Pavilion only needed to have its merchant caravans carry the letters and pass them on to Seven Treasure Pavilions in other cities.

After changing hands several times like this, the letters could reach their destination.

Once a letter arrived at its destination, the local Seven Treasure Pavilion would even send someone to notify the recipient.

Of course, if the sender's letter was lost during delivery, the Seven Treasure Pavilion would compensate the sender with a sum of gold soul coins.

As for where the compensation gold soul coins came from?

Naturally, they would be deducted from the wages of the Seven Treasure Pavilion manager or caravan leader who had lost the letter.

What, did anyone really expect the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to pay out of pocket?

What a joke.

Of course, the Seven Treasure Pavilion's delivery fees were not expensive, ranging only from one silver soul coin to ten gold soul coins.

The farther the distance, the higher the fee.

Therefore, even if a letter was accidentally lost, they would not need to pay much in compensation.

In addition, letter delivery came with premium services.

For example, express delivery by fast horse, personal courier service, and other options for urgent letters.

The fee for sending letters was not high, but there were too many customers, and they sent letters frequently.

Furthermore, delivering letters required almost no cost and took up barely any space. It was pure profit.

A killing!

"What about the sixth and seventh floors?" Jiang Lan asked.

"The sixth floor of the Seven Treasure Pavilion mainly sells extremely precious and rare items, such as storage soul tools and thousand-year soul bones."

"Of course, our Seven Treasure Pavilion in Dragon City does not sell such treasures. Only the main store in Heaven Dou City carries them."

Jiang Lan nodded slightly in understanding.

Martial artists broke the law through force. With the Dragon City Seven Treasure Pavilion having so few people, if it truly stored valuable treasures here, powerful soul masters would have looted the place long ago.

Only the main store in Heaven Dou City, guarded by a Soul Douluo elder, dared to openly sell such treasures.

"If you require them, honored guest, I can provide you with a list of treasures from the sixth floor. Once you pay the corresponding amount of gold soul coins, we will notify the Seven Treasure Pavilion's main store and secretly deliver the treasure you purchased to any city with a Seven Treasure Pavilion. Once you sign for it, the transaction will be complete."

"Furthermore, once sold treasures have been signed for, they may neither be returned nor exchanged."

"If an honored guest changes their mind before signing for the item, returns or exchanges are possible. However, our Seven Treasure Pavilion will charge five percent of the item's total value as a service fee," the woman said with a smile.

Isn't this just modern online shopping?

Jiang Lan clicked his tongue inwardly.

"As for the seventh floor of the Seven Treasure Pavilion, it is specifically used to receive the sect master and the elders who protect the sect. It is not open to the public."

"May I ask whether you honored guests have any other questions that need answering?"

"No." Jiang Lan shook his head.

"Very well. If you need anything, honored guests may summon me at any time."

With that, the woman gave a slight bow and took her leave.

Then Shui Qinghan led Jiang Lan and Shui Bing'er directly to the counter.

"A map of the outer region of the Far North, along with the possible locations of Ice Thorn Crocodile Dragons, Cold Jade Earth Dragons, and Ice Spirit Sparrows." Shui Qinghan looked at the young woman seated behind the counter and got straight to the point.

"You honored guests should know the Seven Treasure Pavilion's rules, correct?" Hearing this, the young woman behind the counter quickly rose from her seat and asked.

"Rules?" Jiang Lan looked up at Shui Qinghan in confusion.

Was there even a rule for buying a map?

"It is like this: maps from our Seven Treasure Pavilion are not permitted to be shared. Even identical maps contain subtle differences. Should we discover that a map has been leaked, our Seven Treasure Pavilion has the right to hold the customer accountable," the young woman behind the counter explained.

Jiang Lan: "..."

Well, that was an outrageous clause.

"I know." Shui Qinghan's expression remained cold.

"Very well, honored guests, please wait a moment." The young woman behind the counter gave a slight bow, then turned and lifted the curtain behind the counter, taking out a map marked with several locations.

The ink on the map was still fresh. It had clearly just been drawn.

They're selling the same information twice. No wonder the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect is so rich.

Seeing the fresh ink on the map, Jiang Lan could not help but grumble inwardly.

"Honored guest, the information on the soul beasts you requested is already half a year old. Whether they are still in the same places or even still alive, our Seven Treasure Pavilion cannot guarantee," the young woman behind the counter explained.

"No matter."

"Very well. That will be ten thousand gold soul coins."

Without another word, Shui Qinghan took out a black card from her storage soul tool and slapped it onto the counter.

Strangely enough, Douluo Continent, this semi-feudal, semi-slave society, actually had banks accepted across the continent and cards of various denominations.

After accepting the black card, the young woman handed the map to Shui Qinghan.

"I also need to send a letter to Tianshui Academy. The recipient is Shui Qingrou." After putting away the map, Shui Qinghan added.

"Certainly, honored guests, please follow me." Hearing this, the young woman immediately led the three to the reception area on the fifth floor.

The young woman deftly took out paper and a pen, arranging them on the table.

Naturally, the stationery was provided free of charge.

If someone was illiterate, the Seven Treasure Pavilion could even write on their behalf, without any additional charge.

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect truly had nothing to criticize when it came to service.

Shui Qinghan picked up the fountain pen and wrote a letter to Shui Qingrou.

Shui Qinghan was very cautious. She did not mention anything related to the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow Cave in the letter, nor did she even mention the cold spring. She merely told Shui Qingrou to quickly bring Shui Yue'er to Dragon City.

After finishing the letter, Shui Qinghan sealed the envelope with wax and handed it to the young woman behind the counter.

"Send it urgently to Tianshui City."

"If you require urgent delivery, honored guest, you will need to pay an additional one hundred gold soul coins," the young woman added.

"Make it fast!" Shui Qinghan took another small bag of gold soul coins from her storage bracelet and tossed it onto the counter.

"Certainly. We will immediately arrange for someone to deliver your letter." The young woman counted the gold soul coins in the bag, and after confirming the amount was correct, accepted the letter and replied with a smile.

Shui Qinghan nodded slightly. Without lingering any longer, she left the Seven Treasure Pavilion with Jiang Lan and Shui Bing'er.

As Jiang Lan followed Shui Qinghan out of the Seven Treasure Pavilion, he could not help but sigh inwardly.

He had truly witnessed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's ability to rake in money.