After Hou Tian finished speaking, he took out a pile of Spirit Stone from his storage ring and handed them to Chen Mu.
"That many?"
Chen Mu was somewhat surprised. The combined sales revenue from these two quarters was worth more than a dozen Rank 5 Spirit Stone. Since he took half of that, it would be about eight Rank 5 Spirit Stone.
Back when he made great contributions in Absolute Sword City, the Sixth Prince only gave him ten Rank 5 Spirit Stone in order to requisition his Rune Artifacts. Now, he's just selling some entertainment items, yet he can make so much money.
"Haha, Master Mu, you may not know this, but your 'Floating Light and Fleeting Shadow Disc is very popular in every capital city across the country right now, and the number of fans is still rising, especially in the last two episodes, where the picture quality has clearly improved."
I've also got a batch of related plush toys for sale...
Hou Tian excitedly explained his marketing strategy to Chen Mu.
Chen Mu listened with great excitement, never expecting the Floating Light and Fleeting Shadow Disc to be so profitable. It seemed he would need to spend more time on it in the future.
They chatted for a long time until Dusk, when Hou Tian finally said goodbye to Chen Mu.
Every disciple who enters the Inner Cabinet will be assigned to the small world of the Heaven-Questioning Pavilion for intensive training. It is said that the Spiritual Power there is abundant, and there are countless Martial Dao insights left by the predecessors of the Heaven-Questioning Pavilion, making it a sacred place for cultivation.
The small world is spatially isolated, so Chen Mu is currently unable to contact Mingye and Chen Duo using the communication jade tablet.
However, every week or two, Mingye and Chen Duo would leave the small world and contact Chen Mu, so Chen Mu wasn't worried about their safety.
Now that Chen Mu is free, he plans to return to Chen Village to carry out something he has been planning for a long time.
Because the teleportation fee at the Heaven-Questioning Pavilion was too expensive, Chen Mu was unwilling to be ripped off, so he left Heaven-Questioning Pavilion and took a spaceship alone to the nearest major city.
In the Haotian Empire, cities are divided into three major levels: county towns, prefectural cities, and capital cities.
Even with the vastness of the Haotian Empire, there are only a little over a hundred capital cities. These major capital cities are basically equipped with public teleportation arrays, which can be used as long as a fee is paid.
With the spaceship, Chen Mu flew for only about an hour before arriving at a very prosperous capital city, Alkaid City.
Compared to the Wilderness Border City that Chen Mu had visited, this place was indeed much more prosperous. People were bustling in and out of the city gate, and many of them were carrying toys or other objects. Unlike the Wilderness Border City, which had a somber and murderous atmosphere, this place was much more bustling.
After entering the city, Chen Mu discovered that the use of runes was much more common here than in the Wilderness Border City. On the streets, he could see shops advertising with sound Rune Artifacts, and there were many mechanical vehicles engraved with runes on the main roads, which used Spirit Stone as their energy source.
He even saw a huge Flowing Shadow Rune Box in a square, playing a clip from a fleeting shadow drama series.
"Um?"
Chen Mu was somewhat surprised, because the fleeting video clips playing on the screen were actually from his own production, " The Legend of the Immortal Sword and Gallant Heroes ".
However, upon further reflection, he found it quite reasonable. Hou Tian had started its expansion from the Heaven-Questioning Pavilion, and Alkaid City, being the closest to the Heaven-Questioning Pavilion, was undoubtedly the first stop.
Seeing the promotional material for " The Legend of the Immortal Sword and Gallant Heroes " here is undoubtedly the work of the Eight Directions Chamber of Commerce.
He continued on his way, occasionally asking people for directions to the city's public teleportation array. He was usually greeted with enthusiastic replies, and one lively little girl even offered to take him there.
This shows that Alkaid City is well-managed, its people live and work in peace and contentment, and its citizens are of high quality and willing to help strangers.
On the way, Chen Mu and the little girl walked together, and the two chatted casually.
The girl looked to be about thirteen or fourteen years old. Although her clothes were not luxurious, they were made of high-quality materials, suggesting she came from a well-off family.
After talking, Chen Mu learned that her name was Guo Xiaohan, she was a local from Alkaid City, and she was currently studying at the academy and would not graduate until next year.
" Brother Chen, I heard that using teleportation arrays is very expensive. Where are you going?"
I'm going to the Wilderness.
" The Wilderness? That's not too far. Brother Chen, are you going there to trade?"
When the distance is not far, the cost of a teleportation array is not particularly high, so in some cases, even people from relatively well-off families will use teleportation arrays.
In addition, many merchants who travel to the Wilderness often use teleportation arrays because business opportunities are fleeting, and this is a cost they have to pay.
The little girl was clearly worldly-wise, which is why she made that guess.
No, it's that my hometown is in the Wilderness.
"Oh? Really? Is the Wilderness fun? I heard it's full of monsters and man-eating plants, it's terrifying!"
Chen Mu Muyuan thought he would be looked down upon because of his Wilderness and uncivilized background, but he didn't expect that he was overthinking it. The little girl had no regional prejudices and was instead full of curiosity about Chen Mu's hometown.
"It's alright! Actually, as long as you're careful, it's not that scary."
Chen Mu said calmly.
Soon, they could see the teleportation array plaza in the distance.
"The teleportation plaza for Alkaid City is just ahead. Brother Chen, I'm off!"
Guo Xiaohan waved to Chen Mu, then turned and left.
Chen Mu felt a warm glow in his heart at the little girl's kindness. He happily walked into the teleportation array plaza, took out the coordinate stone, paid the teleportation fee, and entered the teleportation array.
With a dizzying sensation, he encountered the same situation as before when he was teleported. He stopped struggling, which made him feel much more comfortable.
When he opened his eyes again, he was in a closed room, where Landuo was already waiting for Chen Mu at the door.
When the teleportation array is activated passively, it will make a lot of noise. Because the talisman-making room is shielded by an array, it cannot be felt outside, but Landuo inside the talisman-making room can feel it, so he immediately puts down what he is doing and waits there.
Welcome back to the village, sir!
Landuo smile on his face.
Chen Mu smiled in response, exchanged a few pleasantries with Landuo, and then left the talisman-making room.
He didn't inform Chen Hongjie and the others when he returned this time, because he would be leaving again soon and he didn't want to cause a commotion.
He went straight to Chen Hongjie's house and happened to run into Chen Hongjie having a meeting with a group of people.
" A Mu? Why are you back?"
Chen Hongjie was quite surprised by Chen Mu's sudden appearance.
"Haha, sorry, I just came to visit you all, I'll be leaving soon."
Chen Mu noticed that there were many new faces among the people in the meeting, who seemed to be high-ranking members of the new tribes that Chen Hongjie had conquered and taken in over the past six months.
Among these newcomers, he also saw a familiar face: Nan Huaiyuan.
Nan Huaiyuan's presence here clearly indicated that he had joined Chen Village. Chen Mu was pleased and greeted him with a smile.