Chapter 52: Doing Business 2 (1/2)

Chapter 52: Doing Business (2)

The rumors about the starsilver in the Halcyon Gorge spread like a plague all throughout the entire Scarlet Mountain Range. Because of this, countless people who were thirsty for a chance to get rich were attracted to the place.

The thirst for riches triumphed over the fear of death, so these people would traverse tall mountains, ford rivers, and pass through forests, arriving at this place all while under threat of Vicious Beast attacks. They thirsted for the fantasy of getting rich overnight.

However, fate would not show them any favor because of this.

Most people would die in the mountains during their journey for riches. The majority of those who survived and worked hard to find riches would completely use up their existing money only to return empty-handed and disappointed. A select lucky few would find starsilver, but many of them did not have any opportunity to keep the riches that they had found, since others would forcefully seize or steal it.

Only a small number of people could safely return to their homes upon obtaining the starsilver.

It was fated that only two kinds of people could obtain any benefits in this ore-excavation location.

One was those who were strong, such as Origin Qi Scholars, especially those who were strong even for Origin Qi Scholars. They could find their own starsilver or employ others to find it for them. They could not only claim the areas with the most ore, but they could also receive a certain amount of benefits from others. The other kind of person was one who could use their brain. They did not place their hopes on fleeting, illusory good fortune. Instead, they used their own vision to discover opportunities and create riches for themselves.

People such as Li Shu and Su Chen.

With so many people in the gorge, eating, being clothed, and waste excretion were all troublesome. If someone was able to help them solve these problems, they would more than likely be willing to pay a high price.

Didn’t Li Shu say that laborers here required wages three times higher than that of laborers in the outside world?

This price was truly not too expensive.

By the same logic, goods sold here could also fetch three to five times their regular price.

Although people without money might not be able to afford it, there were always those who were lucky enough to dig out some starsilver. To people who had suddenly gotten rich overnight, they would definitely be willing to spend money to improve their quality of living. That was especially true given that nobody was able to know if their riches would be stolen away by others tomorrow. In addition to these kinds of people, Origin Qi Scholars, who inherently did not lack money, would not mind paying three to five times the regular price to buy the things that they needed.

Su Chen’s target customers were precisely these kinds of people.

Four days later, Su Chen once again reappeared in the Halcyon Gorge.

At this point in time, the wine shop and general store that he had wanted was already completed. He himself had also brought back a large quantity of goods from the outside world.

These goods included shovels necessary to excavate ore, crystal lamps, tents that could be used for resting, as well as daily living necessities such as buckets, basins, bedding, towels, etc. There were even a few livelihood products such as firestarters. They were all things that everyone in the Halcyon Gorge desperately needed. Apart from this, there was wine, meat, and vegetable produce. Meat was relatively easy to obtain from the nearby Vicious Beasts. However, wine and vegetables were very difficult to find.

To fit all of these goods, Su Chen had stuffed Zhang Yuanliao’s storage ring completely full. He had also carried a gigantic sack that could fit three people. When Li Shu saw this gigantic sack, he didn’t know what to think.

All of the goods were priced at three to five times that of market price. Rare yet low-cost necessities were even priced ten times or higher.

Even so, more than half of Su Chen’s goods had been sold in just a day.

There was no way around it. Why was there only one such store in the entire Halcyon Gorge?