Old man...!
Hou Tian's Flowing Shadow Rune Box was clearly more professional than the one Chen Mu had bought himself; the screen was larger, and the details were more clearly visible.
When Hou Tian saw the first scene, he frowned slightly.
However, he didn't say anything and continued watching.
As the scene unfolded and the plot progressed, his brows relaxed more and more until a smile appeared on his face.
"Brilliant! This plot is brilliantly arranged."
He looked at it and kept praising it.
Half an hour later, the fleeting images finished playing, and he finally stopped.
" Master Mu, I must say, even though I viewed it from a commercial perspective, I was still moved by the storyline."
I'd like to ask, how many episodes do you plan to release for this story? And how often will each episode be released?
Chen Mu pondered for a moment before replying.
"It should be around twenty episodes. As for how often each episode will be released, Brother Tian, you know the market better, so you can help me plan it out."
"I see... Master Mu, if possible, it would be best to release the next episode within six months, so that the hype from my promotion won't fade too much. Do you think that's acceptable?"
Hou Tian looked at Chen Mu with a hint of unease in his eyes. He wondered if this speed would put too much pressure on Chen Mu.
"No problem, then I'll release one episode every three months from now on!"
With the computing power of Rune Core No. 2, Chen Mu could produce an episode in just three or four days if he were to work at full capacity. The reason he took so long was that he didn't want to affect his cultivation and research.
Hou Tian's eyes widened immediately, his worry turning to joy, and he beamed with pride.
"In that case, I guarantee your 'Fleeting Shadow Disc set will be a huge hit!"
However, since you're a newcomer to the market, I don't dare set the price too high for this first episode. The current price within the academy is 19 contribution points..."
After some discussion, Chen Mu first provided Hou Tian with thirty discs to test the waters, and then they signed a contract stipulating that the profits would be split 80/20, with Chen Mu taking 80% and Hou Tian taking 20%.
A week later, Hou Tian notified Chen Mu using a communication jade token.
" Master Mu, I've almost sold out the thirty copies of ' The Legend of the Immortal Sword and Gallant Heroes ' you gave me. Although I haven't made much money, the market response has been very good, and sales have taken off. You can start mass production now. How about two hundred copies to begin with?"
Okay! I'll bring it to you tonight.
Chen Mu readily agreed. Copying the fleeting image was not troublesome, especially since he had made a set of rune array plates to assist in the copying process. He could finish two hundred of them in two or three hours.
Another week passed, and the two hundred tickets Hou Tian had taken were all sold out.
Then he asked Chen Mu to make another 500 copies, and then there was no need to make any more. Seven or eight hundred copies of " The Legend of the Immortal Sword and Gallant Heroes " were basically enough to saturate the market at the Heaven-Questioning Pavilion.
After all, only a minority of cultivators are interested in purchasing such luxury goods, unless the market is expanded beyond the Heaven-Questioning Pavilion, but Chen Mu has no such plans for the time being.
Because of the positive market response, Hou Tian raised the price of the first episode of " The Legend of the Immortal Sword and Gallant Heroes " to 39 contribution points per disc. These 700+ "Floating Light and Fleeting Shadow Disc garnered nearly 20,000 contribution points in total.
The Floating Light Glazed Glass, which can store half an hour's worth of illusions, is also quite expensive, costing about three contribution points per piece. With all the materials combined, the cost is about five contribution points per piece, so the total cost is close to four thousand contribution points.
After deducting the total cost from the total revenue, 16,000 contribution points remained. After distributing 20% of the contribution points to Hou Tian, Chen Mu ultimately earned approximately 13,000 contribution points.
With this contribution value, Chen Mu had resources for research and cultivation, and this source of wealth could continue to flow in.
If he releases a second volume in two months, the price will likely be even higher than it is now.
"Haha...! I'm such a genius!"
Chen Mu couldn't help but sigh, the life of a genius is truly as lonely as snow...
Time flies, and another seven months have passed.
During this period, two more episodes of Chen Mu's " Legend of the Immortal Sword and Gallant Heroes " were released.
Life inside the Heaven-Questioning Pavilion was relatively peaceful. Apart from cultivation and study, the disciples' lives were rather monotonous, so the plot of " The Legend of the Immortal Sword and Gallant Heroes " quickly became a topic of conversation among people during their leisure time.
Especially among the younger generation, the complex love-hate relationship between the male and female protagonists has touched the hearts of countless people. Many young girls have been moved to tears and have been unable to sleep all night by the difficult and tortuous love story.
Therefore, even before the fourth episode of " The Legend of the Immortal Sword and Gallant Heroes " was released, Hou Tian had already reserved a thousand tickets with Chen Mu.
A thousand copies was Chen Mu's mental limit. He didn't want to spend too much time making the Floating Light and Fleeting Shadow Disc, after all, his goal was to climb to the highest peak of the Dao of Dao of Talismans.
In another two weeks, Chen Mu and the other new students will begin a month-long training program after descending the mountain.
Therefore, he gave Hou Tian a thousand copies of the Floating Light and Fleeting Shadow Disc for the fourth episode of " The Legend of the Immortal Sword and Gallant Heroes " in advance, so that Hou Tian could assess the market and decide when to release them.
Hou Tian was also very generous, paying Chen Mu a deposit of 50,000 contribution points to put his mind at ease.
With a large amount of contribution points, Chen Mu was very generous and provided the best equipment for Mingye, Chen Duo, and A Huo, as well as a large amount of cultivation resources for them.
In the past six months, Chen Mu and the other three have made great progress.
With the help of the Hall Master of the Overlord Body Hall, Chen Duo has now reached the Late Qi Nourishing Realm. Moreover, she has cultivated an extremely domineering body refining method, which makes her fully capable of dealing with ordinary Early Stage of the True Spirit Realm.
A Huo is the most mysterious. Although he is still at the Peak of the Qi Nourishing Realm, Chen Mu visited his courtyard several times and found that his courtyard was full of long swords. With each swing, the Sword Qi crisscrossed, and his power was no less than that of a cultivator in the True Spirit Realm.
Needless to say, Mingye seems to have become more approachable since she started cultivating the [ Seven-Colored Heavenly Art ]. However, when you anger her, the aura emanating from her is even stronger than that of Zhu Dou back then.
Chen Mu achieved breakthroughs in both his Divine Soul and Spiritual Power. His Divine Soul was already cultivating on the second level of the Karmic Fire Cushion, while his Spiritual Power, with the infusion of abundant resources, effortlessly entered the Late Qi Nourishing Realm.
For Chen Mu, breaking through from the Qi Nourishing Realm to the True Spirit Realm is not too difficult now, as he possesses an abundance of resources.
He has no shortage of cultivation techniques, masters, talent, rare and precious materials, so as long as he spends time accumulating his foundation, he believes that he will definitely be able to break through within one or two years.
However, for the Divine Soul to break through from the Void Realm to the Solid Realm is a major hurdle; it needs to undergo a Yang Tribulation.
The Yang Tribulation is a necessary process for the Divine Soul to transform from the illusory to the real. Once the Solid Realm is reached, the Divine Soul is no longer just an illusory power; it can even influence things in the real world.
For example, Solid Realm Divine Soul can move objects remotely, control water flow, and create strong winds, etc.