98: Purple Spirit Pill and Zengling Pill

"Fellow Daoist Li, you have misunderstood; that is not what I meant."

"Since I have already entered into a partnership with you, Fellow Daoist Li, it is only natural that Li Family Foundation Establishment Cultivators should participate in the business going forward."

"However, the rules I established initially must never be changed without my permission."

"Doing so is to ensure the business remains stable and long-lasting."

"I hope you can understand, Fellow Daoist Li."

Zhang Qingxiao was not yet prepared to disclose the door-to-door delivery business to the Li Family.

For the next period, he would have Luo Fei focus most of his energy on this.

Naturally, this would require the Li Family Foundation Establishment Cultivators to contribute more effort to the existing business.

"No problem, I will specifically pass down this requirement."

The Li Family Foundation Establishment Cultivator did not continue with the pleasantries.

After finishing the official business, Zhang Qingxiao began to inquire about Medicinal Pills suitable for Foundation Establishment Cultivators to Cultivate with, as well as ways to reduce their drug tolerance.

The Li Family Foundation Establishment Cultivator did indeed know of two types of Medicinal Pills that could increase the cultivation speed of Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

However, both of these Medicinal Pills could only be purchased at the largest nearby city for Cultivators, and they were very expensive.

Ordinary Foundation Establishment Cultivators simply could not afford them.

Upon learning the prices of these two Medicinal Pills, Zhang Qingxiao was secretly astonished.

One of the pills was called the Purple Spirit Pill; its effects when consumed were about twice as good as the Qi Gathering Pill, and it was priced at eighty Mid-Grade Spirit Stones each.

The other pill was the Spirit Enhancing Pill; its effects were nearly three times that of the Qi Gathering Pill, and its price reached a staggering two hundred Mid-Grade Spirit Stones each.

Compared to the Qi Gathering Pill, this price was indeed ridiculously high.

The Qi Gathering Pill he was currently using only cost ten Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.

Although the price was indeed ridiculously high, Zhang Qingxiao still asked the Li family Foundation Establishment cultivator for the specific location of the city and requested a map to reach it.

The city was called Ancient County City, located nearly twenty thousand li away from the Xiaoyao Sect.

Traveling there by Flying Sword, including time for rest and recovering Qi, would take at least seven or eight days to reach.

Zhang Qingxiao was not yet prepared to go to Ancient County City.

With the addition of the Li Family Cultivators, their business improved over the next month.

The daily profit returned to one hundred and fifty Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.

The reason it could recover to this level was mainly because the Li family Foundation Establishment cultivator had a talk with the Cultivators from the Wu Family, the Kang Family, and the other three Foundation Establishment families.

He made it impossible for those families to continue stirring up trouble behind the scenes, leaving them with no choice but to compete openly and fairly.

Having followed Zhang Qingxiao for such a long time, Luo Fei's control over the market was far superior to that of the Cultivators from the other Foundation Establishment families.

Under fair competition, those families were simply no match for him.

Of course, Luo Fei also knew when to stop and did not push things to the extreme.

Otherwise, relying on the rules Zhang Qingxiao had established, earning a daily profit of two hundred Mid-Grade Spirit Stones would not have been a problem.

After a month of market research, Luo Fei and Lin Ying had clearly investigated the sales situation of restaurants, small stalls, food ingredients, and daily necessities in Xiaoyao City.

Likewise, they had conducted a detailed survey on whether the Utility Disciples and Outer Sect Disciples in the city were willing to accept door-to-door delivery services.

After organizing all the information, Luo Fei and Lin Ying arrived at Zhang Qingxiao's Immortal Cave.

"Very good, your investigation was very thorough."

"With this survey, I am confident in getting this business up and running."

"The cost of the talisman paper and ink for making Sound Transmission Talismans and Message Talismans is still a bit high."

"If our demand is very large, let's see if the price can be negotiated down further?"

Zhang Qingxiao was very satisfied with the results of the investigation by Lin Ying and Luo Fei, but he was still somewhat dissatisfied with the cost of the talisman paper and ink for making Sound Transmission Talismans and Message Talismans.

The normal price was ten sheets of talisman paper for one tael of gold; the lowest price Luo Fei had inquired about was twelve sheets of talisman paper for one tael of gold.

For the ink, it was buy ten bottles get one free.

His expected price was fifteen sheets of talisman paper for one tael of gold, and one hundred and fifty bottles of ink for one hundred taels of gold.

"It should still be negotiable; we can purchase directly from the Cultivators who make the talisman paper and ink, and the price will be lower."

Luo Fei said affirmatively; this time, he had inquired about prices from shops that sold talisman paper and ink.

Since the shops could lower their prices, the Cultivators who made the talisman paper and ink must sell them at an even lower price when supplying the shops.

Or, they could directly train a group of Cultivators to specialize in making talisman paper and ink.

In any case, the technique for making the talisman paper and ink required for Sound Transmission Talismans and Message Talismans was not very advanced.

"My expected price is fifteen sheets of talisman paper for one tael of gold, and one hundred and fifty bottles of ink for one hundred taels of gold."

"At the same time, we must find low-level Talisman Makers to produce a large quantity of Sound Transmission Talismans and Message Talismans..."

Zhang Qingxiao explained in detail to Luo Fei and Lin Ying how to operate the door-to-door delivery service.

This business required more Cultivators and was more complex than the previous business.

While listening, Luo Fei also kept asking about terms he did not understand.

He recorded important matters in a small notebook.

He did not yet have Divine Sense and could not use a Jade Slip to record, so he could only use this clumsy but effective method.

"Elder Zhang, are these restaurants, small stalls, and ingredient shops willing to pay us such a high service fee?"

"If they are unwilling, or if they want to deliver it themselves, then are we..."

Lin Ying asked somewhat uncertainly.

"We only charge a ten percent service fee, yet we can help these shops increase their business; this is a win-win-win situation. Once they taste the sweetness, it is impossible for them to be unwilling."

"In the early stages, we can deliver goods for these shops for free first, and then..."

Zhang Qingxiao explained with great confidence.

This model had been fully verified and surely had no problems whatsoever.

Once they got this model up and running, they might even be able to change the habits of all the Cultivators in the Xiaoyao Sect.

"Elder Zhang, this time we need too many subordinates, and the Spirit Stones we offer are not much, so I am afraid it will not be easy to recruit people..."

After listening, Luo Fei felt that this business could indeed earn Spirit Stones.

However, once this business was truly up and running, the number of delivery personnel needed would be ten or a hundred times more than the subordinates needed for their current business.

And it would be much harder than the current subordinates, so recruiting delivery personnel would not be that easy.

"Hehe..."

"The more you work, the more you earn; as long as you deliver more, you will receive more Spirit Stones daily."

"For those at the first, second, or third level of Qi Gathering who have no specialized skills, earning over ten Spirit Stones a month is much easier than mining or farming."

"Moreover, we can also go outside the city and find those strong and healthy ordinary people."

"In the early stages, we can even provide these delivery personnel with some subsidies..."

Zhang Qingxiao was not worried at all; when there were few orders in the early stages, they might earn a little less, but later, as the order volume increased, they would naturally earn more.