Chapter 73 - Chapter 73: Peeping (1)
Chapter 73: Peeping (1)
Translator: Daoist6fubtiW
He looked at Chen Xianhe and hesitated. Then, he waved at Chen Daochu and the others and said,”Alright, that’s all for today. You guys can go back first.”
Upon hearing this, Chen Daochu and the others looked at each other. Their little faces revealed a relieved expression, but they did not dare to laugh out loud. They could only lower their heads and hold back their laughter.”Patriarch, Young Patriarch, we will take our leave first.”
After saying that, Chen Daochu and his group disappeared.
He watched everyone leave.
“Daoxuan, is there a problem?” Chen Xianhe asked.
“Yes,”
Chen Daoxuan nodded.” Thirteenth Uncle, didn’t you tell me to slow down the expansion of the flying sword market in the wandering cultivator market? ”
Chen Daoxuan looked at Chen Xianhe in confusion.
It was not that the Chen family did not have the opportunity to sell goods wantonly. In fact, in this year, other than the transactions with the merfolk clan, the Chen family had also accumulated a large number of flying swords.
Over the past year.
Chen Xianhe sold one flying sword a day at the wandering cultivator market in Guang ‘an Prefecture. In total, he sold more than 300 flying swords.
This speed.
Compared to the other magic tool shops in the wandering cultivator market, it wasn’t outstanding and didn’t attract much attention.
However, this matter had changed recently.
After hearing Chen Xianhe’s narration, Chen Daoxuan was shocked and hurriedly said, “”You mean to say that our Rainbow Sonar Flying Sword Shop has recently been spied on by others?”
“That’s right.”
Chen Xianhe’s face darkened.” According to my observation over the past year, there are a total of 43 magic tool shops in the wandering cultivator market. Most of them are run by wandering cultivators, and only seven are run by small clans like ours.”
The profit of the magic tool shops in the wandering cultivator market was not high.
First of all, their source of supply, which was those second-hand magic tools, were all purchased from the disciples of large families at a high price.
In addition, their selling price was not high, only a mere fifty spirit stones, so the profit was very limited.
In reality.
If the Chen family hadn’t adopted the method of industrial assembly line production, even if Chen Daoxuan had used a cheat to refine spiritual artifacts, he wouldn’t have been able to earn many spiritual stones in a year.
Not to mention those magic tool shops in the wandering cultivator market, there were no artifact masters supporting them at all.
Chen Xianhe paused for a moment before continuing,” The only good news is that none of the 43 magical equipment stores have a Foundation Building cultivator backing them.”
Hearing this, Chen Daoxuan seemed rather surprised.
In Guang ‘an Prefecture, Foundation Establishment Cultivators were not uncommon. He did not expect that there were no Foundation Establishment Cultivators behind the forty-three magic tool shops in the wandering cultivator market.
This surprised Chen Daoxuan.
However, Chen Xianhe’s next explanation made him understand the reason.
The reason was that opening a magic tool shop in the wandering cultivator market was not a profitable business.
The supply of goods, the rent of the shops, the labor costs, and the taxes of Guang ‘an City. After deducting these costs, each shop could earn a few hundred spirit stones a year. It was already considered a fortune.
There were even many small shops in remote locations that could not sell a few magic tools all year round. They would even lose money in a year.
This was also the reason why many shops in the wandering cultivator market were empty.
In the end, the wandering cultivators were not willing to buy the second-hand magic tools sold in the magic tool shops in the wandering cultivator market.
Who would want to use the price of a first-hand magic tool to buy a second-hand magic tool?
However, the itinerant cultivators were not like the disciples of the big families, who had special channels to buy low-grade magic tools. They could only grit their teeth and buy these second-hand magic tools.
This was also the reason why the Rainbow Sonar Flying Sword Shop was so popular.
“Logically speaking, our shop sells more than 300 flying swords a year, so it shouldn’t affect the huge magical equipment market in the wandering cultivator market at all. However, the current situation seems to be a little unexpected…”
Chen Xianhe smiled wryly.” After knowing that our shop has brand new flying swords, those itinerant cultivators who went to other shops to buy second-hand magic tools would rather try their luck in our shop than go to other shops to buy second-hand magic tools.”
Thinking about it carefully, this was normal.
Who would be willing to buy a second-hand magic tool at the same price when they had the chance to buy a brand new one?
But in this way, the Rainbow Sonar Flying Sword Shop had become a thorn in the eyes of its peers.
The Chen family had two choices now. One was to raise the price of the flying sword.
However, if he did that, he would definitely offend all the wandering cultivators in the market.
The Chen family would definitely not be willing to do this, because doing so would not only offend the wandering cultivators but also lose the market.
The price of 50 spiritual stones for a flying sword was basically the limit that small rogue cultivators could afford. If the price was raised again, most of the small rogue cultivators at the first or second qi layer would not be able to afford it.
That was equivalent to shutting out the biggest market in the wandering cultivator market.
Naturally, the Chen family would not do so.
If the Chen family did not have an industrial assembly line, they might sell it at a high price.
However, they had an industrial assembly line. What they needed most was a huge market that could digest their production capacity.
And the large number of wandering cultivators in the wandering cultivator market was just right for their Chen family.
Since he couldn’t raise the price, there was only one way out. He had to fight to the death with his peers.
When Chen Daoxuan heard that there were no Foundation Building cultivators behind the magic tool shops in the wandering cultivator market, he was relieved.
He was afraid that the magic tool shops in the wandering cultivator market had Foundation Establishment clans backing them.
This was because the Chen family was still too weak compared to any of the Foundation Establishment families in Guang ‘an Prefecture.
Whether it was the number of cultivators or the quality of cultivators, there was a huge difference.
To be honest, Chen Daoxuan didn’t really care about the itinerant cultivator shopkeepers of those magic tool shops.
A rogue cultivator meant that the other party was weak. At most, there was only one person supporting them.
For this kind of magic tool shop, they would be grateful if the Chen family did not find trouble with them. How could they dare to provoke the Chen family?
The only thing he had to be wary of were the seven small families that Chen Xianhe had mentioned.
Although these small clans were all Qi Condensation clans, one of them was called the Mo Clan. In addition to possessing a level one spirit meridian, the clan also had dozens of Qi Condensation cultivators.
They were much stronger than the current Chen family.
If the two sides fought, the Chen family would not have any advantage.
This was even considering that Chen Daoxuan’s strength was at the top of the lianqi cultivators.
Otherwise, the Chen family would have no chance at all.
That was because Chen Daoxuan was probably the only one in the Chen family who had real combat power.
Chen Xianhe was only at the sixth level of the Aura Refining realm, and he was getting on in years. It was hard to say if he could defeat a fifth level Aura Refining cultivator in a fight.
Chen Daochu and the others were even more so.
Although they had broken through to the third qi layer in just a year, they had spent almost all their time on refining artifacts. As for the Wind Chasing Sword Technique and Overflow Rain Sword Technique, which had strengthened their strength, they had only just reached the beginner level.
Other than that, he had also mastered a Wind Manipulation Technique that allowed him to fly.
This kind of strength was probably only enough to defeat itinerant cultivators of the same level. It would probably be difficult to deal with family disciples.
In other words, Chen Daoxuan was the only person in charge of the Chen family’s combat power.
Thinking of this, Chen Daoxuan couldn’t help but frown.
“Thirteenth Uncle, do you have any ideas?” he asked Chen Xianhe.
After all, Chen Xianhe, who had been in the wandering cultivator market for more than a year, definitely knew more than him.
Seeing Chen Daoxuan humbly asking for advice, Chen Xianhe smiled and stroked his beard. “”I do have a good idea..”