Chapter 421 - Chapter 421: Chapter 121 Future Planning (2/2)
“basically, that’s it…”
lin jing nodded and then asked:
“qingqing, are these lower-rank cultivators in the thousand islands domain in great need of elixir medicine?”
yue qi nodded and said:
“elixir medicine is naturally scarce…”
“because the thousand islands domain itself is an expanse of sea with sparse spirit fields on the islands, lacking the capacity for large-scale cultivation of spirit plants, and therefore, not many elixir medicines circulate.”
“thus, most low-rank cultivators in the thousand islands domain are indeed in short supply of elixir medicines.”
“furthermore, because this area is far from bihai city, even for a cultivator at the late foundation establishment stage, a trip to bihai city takes over a month.”
“so, acquiring some elixir medicines can be quite difficult.”
lin jing continued, addressing yue qi:
“qingqing, what do you think about me selling elixir medicines within the range of the thousand islands domain?”
yue qi furrowed her brow slightly and asked:
“island master plans to sell elixir medicines to these low-rank cultivators of the thousand islands domain?”
lin jing nodded and answered:
“i do have such a plan…”
hearing lin jing’s words, yue qi fell into thought and after a while, she said to lin jing:
“actually, selling elixir medicines is not impossible…”
“however, as the spirit stone veins are not so abundant in the thousand islands domain and are all controlled by the island masters…”
“so…”
“these local cultivators usually don’t have many spirit stones on hand.”
“also, because there are few regular fang markets, the beast cores, some special spirit plants, and metallic ores they do possess often end up stockpiling in their own hands.”
“if the island master really plans to sell elixir medicines…”
“it’s actually best to focus on selling third-rank elixir medicines that golden core cultivators need, to those island masters who own various islands and have plenty of spirit stones.”
“because in the thousand islands domain, beside those island masters, there are many golden core cultivators on several large islands.”
“these golden core cultivators, although they find it easier to travel to bihai city, will often encounter special urgent situations that don’t allow them to go in time.”
“forcing them to purchase elixir medicines from others at high prices.”
“therefore, if the island master plans to sell elixir medicines, it’s better to focus on the third-rank ones, complemented by some higher-quality first and second-rank elixir medicines.”
“even better, if possible, you could set up a specialized trading place within li yan fang market.”
“you can use this trading spot to allow other cultivators to temporarily store their rare items with us for consignment.”
“this way, we might even be able to acquire some extremely rare high-grade spiritual plants. if the island master needs a specific spirit plant, it can be immediately secured.”
upon hearing yue qi’s suggestions, lin jing couldn’t help but nod in agreement…
yue qi had been living in the thousand islands domain for a long time and naturally understood it well.
her suggestions were aimed at addressing the current situation of the thousand islands domain.
the reason lin jing wanted to develop li yan island and establish li yan fang market was also part of his own plans.
as the upgrade requirements for his system space’s harvest points were steadily increasing,
and spirit plants were harder to come by on the island compared to mainland,
he needed a large number of spirit plants to continuously engage in alchemy, to gain harvest points.
otherwise…
without harvest points, he wouldn’t be able to accelerate the growth of spirit plants and thus couldn’t prepare the yuan increase elixirs needed for his cultivation advancement.
but just cultivating spirit plants wasn’t enough, he also needed to sell elixir medicines, otherwise, the vanishing of the produced pills would raise suspicion.
so, lin jing needed a fang market and an elixir pavilion as a cover for his alchemy practice.
besides, lin jing also reached the point where he needed spirit stones.
because,
currently, as a golden core stage cultivator, it didn’t seem to matter much, but if he were to advance to the nascent soul stage, the need for fourth and fifth-rank spiritual plants, which are all extremely precious, would arise.
and without a large number of spirit stones, where would lin jing acquire these spiritual plants to continue his cultivation advancement?
in fact,
yue qi mentioned something that struck a chord with lin jing’s own thoughts,
which was the trading place.
so many cultivators in the thousand islands domain could very likely possess numerous high-grade spiritual plants.
lin jing could also set up such a trading place…
no, to be precise, a consignment shop…
however, to establish a specialized consignment shop, one must first be strong enough to keep things under control.
otherwise, it’s possible to end up worse off than before, and fall into a trap.
with lin jing’s current strength, it definitely wasn’t feasible; he estimated it was only a thought for now…
lin jing then said:
“our current strength is insufficient, the matter of the trading place should be set aside for now.”
“for now, the priority is to focus on cultivating spirit plants, and getting li yan fang market up and running to start attracting people from the nearby islands.”
“as for everything else, we have to take it slowly…”
after listening, yue qi nodded:
“what the island master said is true…”
“i will make sure to supervise and gradually get li yan fang market operational.”
however, at that moment, lin jing interrupted yue qi:
“no need…”
“you yourself are close to advancing to the golden core stage, so you should start delegating your responsibilities to others.”
“and you need to prepare well to welcome the heavenly tribulation for advancing to the golden core stage…”