Chapter 208 Another year

Fenglin Pavilion’s price for purchasing prisoners of war has been reduced again!

Only a quarter of the original price!

No one laughs at Fenglin Pavilion now, because it is proven that they are ahead of price changes!

Many people who were still hoping for a price rebound were devastated when they heard the news.

It was at this time that many people remembered that Fenglin Pavilion was the only business in Tiantian City that purchased a large number of male prisoners of war, while the others only purchased one or two at most.

So there is no choice at all!
The smart ones among them took the prisoners in their hands and ran straight to Fenglin Pavilion without saying a word.

When I arrived, I found that I was not the only one who reacted first. There was already a circle in front of Fenglin Pavilion, and more people arrived one after another.

In order to close the deal, the crowd started to make a fuss, which attracted the attention of the law enforcement patrol.

Fortunately, there is a jade slip with a photo outside the Fenglin Pavilion, so it is easy to see who came first and who came later.

This matter has just been settled.

Soon, Fenglin Pavilion announced a suspension because the demon pills used for acquisition had been redeemed and had to be suspended.

A red-faced Jindan who happened to be in line suddenly broke down and started making a big fuss.

“How can Fenglin Pavilion do this? I just refused to accept it when it was my turn! Isn’t this bullying?!”

"I came here early in the morning to line up, and you just say you don't want to accept it?"

"That's right! Fenglin Pavilion give us an explanation!" This statement resonated with some people in the queue, and they followed suit.

"Sorry, we don't have any demon pills to pay for now." Elder Lei explained.

"What are you listing for purchase if you don't have the demon pill?" The red-faced golden pill refused to give in as if he was right.

"There was some before, and it has just been paid off." Elder Lei explained patiently.

"Why did you redeem it as soon as I got it? It's obviously a scam! Today, Fenglin Pavilion either accepts my money, or I will destroy your brand!"

"Yes! Today, Fenglin Pavilion either accepts me, or I will smash your brand!" A group of people followed suit.

The other factions that were also part of the Six Palaces of Yue State just watched the fun and didn't even say a word.

In their view, this was a business dispute, not a robbery, so they ignored it.

In addition, subconsciously, I felt that Fenglin Pavilion’s business was so good, it would be a good idea to get some help from it!
It's unreasonable! Elder Lei was too lazy to say anything more, shook his head and prepared to return to the store.

Someone shouted anxiously: "Master Lei, I trust you Fenglin Pavilion, I will sell it, and I will record it first if I don't have the demon pill!"

Immediately, a group of people responded: "I can also keep accounts first!"

Seeing that others could keep accounts, Red Face Golden Pill became anxious and shouted, "Will Fenglin Pavilion accept it? If not, I will destroy the brand!"

Many monks also followed suit and said, "Smash! Smash! Smash!"

Even a clay man has some temper, let alone Fatty Lei, who is not a clay man but a tough guy.

"You have been blacklisted by Fenglin Pavilion. We will not trade with you."

"You dare!" Red-faced Jindan immediately used his magic weapon.
Elder Lei popped out a high-level "Golden Silk Talisman", and immediately a force of Nascent Soul instantly bound the Red-Faced Golden Core and made it unable to move!

This was specially commissioned by Sun Zecheng when he came back to buy captives. Sun Zecheng originally wanted to use it for hunting fish monsters, but thinking that it could have other uses, he gave Elder Lei thirty more.

When Sun Zecheng gave the high-level talisman to Elder Lei, he told him that it was mainly used to trap, tie up and restrain people inside Tiantian City, while it was mainly used to kill people outside the city.

Besides, these high-level talismans are only spirit stones for Fenglin Pavilion, which is fully affordable for them. Let Elder Lei use them as he pleases without any need to save!

As the chief of the Tiantian City branch, Elder Lei knew that Fenglin Pavilion could definitely afford it, so he was not stingy in using it.

Those who followed the trend were just following the trend. In fact, they did not have much hatred. Naturally, they would not fight for the Red-faced Golden Pill at this moment.

Some even changed their expressions immediately: "How dare you cause trouble in Fenglin Pavilion? You really don't know your place! Do you know you are wrong now?"

"Pavilion Master Lei is mighty!"

……

The spiritual energy fluctuations from the battle using high-level talismans soon attracted the Tiantian City law enforcement patrol team.

Pavilion Master Lei made two copies of the jade slip, gave one to the law enforcement patrol team, and made an extra copy for himself.

After viewing the contents of the video, the law enforcement patrol took away the red-faced golden elixir.

After learning what had happened, Madam Qi sentenced him to fifty years of service on the front line.

From then on, Maple Forest Pavilion's reputation grew slightly, and everyone could see that Maple Forest Pavilion itself had extraordinary combat power, and it obviously also had Madam Qi's backing from the Ten-Nation Alliance!

For those who are willing to keep the account and owe it first,
According to the reply from Master Sun, Elder Lei generously paid an additional 10% interest and quickly purchased 360 male prisoners of war, almost buying out all the male prisoners of war in Tiantian City.

When they were escorting him, in addition to Elder Huang and Elder Xu who brought eighty foundation-building disciples from the Yellow Maple Valley,
Sun Zecheng personally brought Nie Ying, Dong Xuaner, and Xin Ruyin to drive the Baiyun armored vehicle to the sky to support the formation

Finally, we returned to Yuanjialing safely.

After numbering, there are a total of 423 Mulan slaves.

As agreed, one was given to Master Li Huayuan and one was given to Elder Huang.

Ten were given to the transport team.

Ten of them were given to the sub-pavilions of Khotan City.

Ten of them were given to Yuanjialing Branch Pavilion.

Finally, there are 391 left

Considering that one foundation-building cultivator can do the work of ten Qi-refining cultivators, 391 foundation-building slaves can be considered as four thousand Qi-refining cultivators, which is barely enough.

Besides, there are still more than two years left, and we will continue to make acquisitions in the future.

Sun Zecheng breathed a sigh of relief after finally receiving the basic miners needed for mining. The series of episodes caused by the acquisition of miner slaves came to an end.

……

What to do now?
To be honest, ever since the Taotie treasure chest fell asleep after devouring a large number of fish monsters for the second time, Sun Zecheng always felt that he had nothing to do.

Someone is doing everything.

It was Elder Lei who bought the Mulan prisoners of war.
It was Elder Li who tamed the Mulan prisoners.
It was Elder Huang who arranged the formation.
The further processing of the talisman,

Xin Ruyin and the twelve Mulan slaves who had just completed the initial control of the gods were working on the module processing of the teleportation array.

Everything is going on in an orderly manner. This is what is meant by being on track.

Apart from regularly travelling back and forth to Tianxing City to replenish supplies and materials, Sun Zecheng suddenly had plenty of spare time at other times.

Nie Ying and Xuan Er still need to practice to consolidate their golden elixir realm.
Sun Zecheng himself seldom practices cultivation, but now when he has time he helps Xuan'er practice dual cultivation.

Life is carefree and relaxing, but there's a feeling of having nothing to do.

Nothing to do, just wander around, and this training ground is naturally the first place I visit.

With Sun Zecheng's vision, he could see the problem at a glance.
The Mulan slaves did not perform to the level they should have!
As slaves who had already acknowledged their master, it was obviously Elder Li who ordered them to let go!
How does this work? !

Sect Leader Sun immediately called Elder Li aside and asked him what was going on.

"If the slaves perform normally, the disciples of Yellow Maple Valley will not be able to defeat them!" Elder Li admitted frankly. "With so many people watching the training ground, it will be a disgrace to Yellow Maple Valley."

"Face? Remember Master always taught us that strength is the most important thing. If you don't have strength, you will lose face sooner or later!"

"Well, I am going to let them adapt slowly..." Li Huayuan defended guiltily.

"We don't want to do these empty things. We just want to make them lose face! Losing face is better than losing life," Sun Zecheng interrupted without hesitation.

Li Huayuan also knew that what his disciple said was right, so he didn't dare to say anything.

Sun Zecheng looked at his master Li Huayuan with deep emotion.

Master Li Huayuan was originally a very practical person, but after he made himself a "great hero", he actually began to like these empty-headed appearances!

"The Tiannan Yan people and the Mulan people have been fighting each other for thousands of years, with a large-scale battle every hundred years. There are countless casualties."

"Most foundation-building monks will encounter a lifespan of 200 years."

"Between life and death, there is no room for the word 'face'."

Li Huayuan looked ashamed.

However, Sun Zecheng was still worried, and the important matter of military training must be taken seriously.

He immediately summoned Elder Huang and asked him to swap roles with Elder Li.
Let’s make it clear in person that Elder Li was replaced because of Huang Feng Valley’s “face”!

"Between life and death, there is no room for shame. I hope Elder Huang will train seriously!"

"Yes!" Elder Huang answered with just one word.

Took over the control of Mulan's slaves,
Elder Huang ordered the Mulan slaves to attack without holding back, and soon the Huangfeng Valley's foundation-building disciples were beaten to a pulp, in a miserable state.

People in the stands were talking about it, and some were even laughing at Huang Fenggu.

Elder Huang didn't care at all. He only stopped when lives were in danger. The rest of the time he just practiced hard.

Very good! That's it.

Sun Zecheng became more and more optimistic about Elder Huang.

Seeing that there was nothing else to do, Sun Zecheng strolled back to the villa and continued practicing dual cultivation with Xuan'er.

……

Another year has passed

This is how Sun Zecheng ended his fifth year in office.

At the end of this year,
In terms of personnel, mainly at the foundation-building level, 423 foundation-building level prisoners of war were purchased at once, more than doubling!
The number of Huangfeng Valley disciples who have established their foundation has reached 315.

Other basic unchanged
Income
After purchasing several hundred Mulan slaves, the balance in Fenglin Pavilion’s account was almost emptied!
Fortunately, the next 360 were bought cheaply, only a quarter of the original price.

Elder Li's commissions from performances, tips, and the opening of the teahouse also contributed tens of thousands of yuan.

After handing over 50 yuan in profits, the accumulated balance in Fengling Pavilion's account was still 8 yuan.

From the public accounts of Huangfeng Valley, after deducting the transaction with the two Yuanying masters of Huadaowu in Tianque Fort, the two seventh-level demon pills were worth a total of 2 yuan. After paying out one year's full salary in advance, the loss was 58.85 yuan, and the accumulated balance was yuan.

As for Sun Zecheng's private accounts,
A total of 4000 talismans were made this year, with an average cost of 1800 per piece, and a total of 720 million yuan was spent on the talismans.
Including other miscellaneous items, the spiritual stones for clothing modification, and the production of ten large teleportation arrays, the total cost did not reach 10.
A total of 730 million was spent, and this year, there was still a net profit of 770 million, and personal spirit stones reached 5490 million!
Sun Zecheng fulfilled his promise and paid the full salary. Although the public account still had a deficit of 2, everyone in Huangfeng Valley was jubilant.
No one cared about the loss. People like Manager Wu who could see clearly naturally understood that it was caused by a huge unknown transaction of 160,000 yuan and was not a regular item.

As for ordinary disciples, they don’t bother with that since the master will take care of everything anyway.

There was an exception amid the cheers, and that was Elder Wang’s Wang family.

The Baibaolou, which the Wang family had always run, had been failing since it came to Beiliang.

Then Elder Wang was sent to open a mine, and a group of foundation-building managers from the Wang family were also sent along.

The Wang family’s mentality has been extremely contradictory from the very beginning!

Sometimes I miss the good times in Yue State, and I am jealous of the emerging Fenglin Pavilion!
Sometimes he clearly realized that he was the loser who challenged the new leader, and being exiled to the Spirit Stone Mine was already a mercy. He felt a bit like accepting his fate.

However, people's satisfaction and dissatisfaction are largely derived from comparison.

When Elder Wang compared himself with the Jindan elders from other sects in Yue State during the period of guarding the mine, he suddenly felt a sense of superiority!

After all, other stores offer 50% or even 40% off.

Only the Yellow Maple Valley has increased year by year, and this year it is even fully distributed!

After this comparison, Elder Wang gradually accepted his fate.
After all, there are appointments to be done, income from spirit stones, and extremely discounted foundation-building pills can be purchased from the sect. After taking two foundation-building pills, the Wang family's talented younger generation who possesses the "Xuanyin Eye" and can cultivate the "Chimu Divine Light" that can restrain all ghosts and spirits in the world has successfully built his foundation!

As the Wang family is a big family, the number of people who have established their foundation and refined their Qi has increased significantly.

Elder Wang thought that if he could lie low for a hundred years or more, and wait for his younger generations to produce one or two golden elixirs, the Wang family would be able to rise again!
However, when Steward Liu and Steward Wu came to the Lingshi Mine to distribute salaries and wages, they also brought eighty foundation-building-level Mulan slaves, saying that it was the order of Sect Leader Sun that they be deployed to perform tasks at the mine.

Elder Wang immediately fell into panic.
Elder Wang no longer cares about his jealousy and hatred towards Fenglin Pavilion. Instead, he is worried that so many foundation-building slaves will leave the foundation-building and Qi-refining generations of the Wang family with no tasks to do!

"Is Sun Zecheng just now freeing up his hands to deal with my Wang family?"

"What should we do with so many people in the Wang family who have nothing to do?"

Elder Wang fell into deep panic.

"Elder Wang, what's bothering you?"

Elder Wang was startled, only to find that he had not noticed Elder Wu of the Yanyue Sect approaching him.

"Oh, it's Elder Wu."

Elder Wu joked, "I heard that the Yellow Maple Valley has already paid out a full salary. Why does Elder Wang look so sad? Are you worried that we'll ask you to treat us?"

“Oh, it’s hard to put it into words!” Elder Wang sighed.

"I see nothing is wrong with the mine. What's going on, Elder Wang?"

Elder Wang was feeling depressed and wanted to find someone to talk to. Elder Wu was not from Huangfeng Valley but was from one of the six sects of Yue State. He was neither too far nor too close, so he was just the right person.

So he expressed all his worries and concerns.

Elder Wu's eyes rolled around as he listened.

"Master Sun of Guigu didn't tell them what to do! You, Elder Wang, have the final say in the mine now."

"Elder Wang, it would only take a word for you to ask them to replace other Qi-refining disciples to open the mines."

"Use foundation-building cultivators to open mines?" Elder Wang was a little bit unbelieving.

"The head of Guigu has not replaced you, Elder Wang. Everything here is naturally decided by you, Elder Wang."

"That makes sense!" Elder Wang thought so too and immediately replaced a large number of Qi Refining disciples and asked them to return to Yuanjialing to find the steward Zhong Lingdao to arrange other tasks.

Then, Elder Wang spent some time in anxiety and found that everything was calm and no one said anything about it.

Elder Wang finally felt relieved.
To thank Elder Wu of Yanyue Sect for his advice,

Elder Wang specially bought a bag of the best spiritual tea for Elder Wu.
Elder Wu also gave a pot of spirit wine in return.
After a few visits, the two families became closer and gradually became friends who could talk about anything.

During the conversations, Elder Wang gradually told Elder Wu everything he knew about the situation in Huangfeng Valley without hiding anything.

What disappointed Elder Wu was that Elder Wang knew very little about the secrets of the Yellow Maple Valley.
The only thing that can be confirmed is that when the disciples of Huangfeng Valley reach the stage of building their foundation, they will have no trouble buying foundation-building pills as long as they have spirit stones!

(End of this chapter)