Immortality begins with meditation puppets

Chapter 134 Cleaning up the Harvest
The original small shop has now been transformed into the gilded signboard of the Central Market Treasure Pavilion.

The three-story pavilion, over ten zhang tall, was radiant and magnificent, far more impressive than the one in the central market.

Su Qing thought to himself that the four markets had not yet been fully incorporated into Baiyun Market, but Baibao Pavilion had already taken the lead in incorporating the shops from the other three markets.

And they actually abandoned the central area and came to this forward camp to start over. How much do they think about the forward camp?

Thinking this through, he wondered if he should take advantage of the current low land prices at the front-line camp and buy a large plot of land.

But he quickly abandoned the idea. He was weak and alone, unlike the powerful Baibaoge. They only had a shop and didn't even think about making money from real estate. What was he compared to them?
Land is something that the Yunshan Sect should be the ones to earn; it's not his place.

As I was thinking this, I had already stepped into the shop.

His gaze swept across the shop, and he saw that the first floor had a full range of alchemical artifacts, talismans, and paintings, as well as a dazzling array of puppets, arrays, and beast tools.

It's large and comprehensive, and beautiful in every way, so much so that despite its high prices, there are quite a few independent practitioners lingering in the shop.

Correspondingly, there were many more busy employees inside the Hundred Treasures Pavilion, most of whom Su Qing did not recognize; they must have come from other markets that had been merged in.

Just as he was about to check the prices in the store before buying the supplies he needed, a familiar voice came from inside.

"Fellow Daoist Su is here? Yesterday I heard from Fellow Daoist Ma that you have returned safely, and I have been thinking about when you would like to come and visit my shop."

"I didn't want you to miss me, and you also missed my shop, so we came today."

Wearing an indigo-colored robe, Tong Xin followed the scent to Su Qing, his enthusiasm even greater than before.

"I survived this near-death experience and gained some valuable insights, but upon returning to the frontline camp, I didn't visit any other establishments. I went straight to your Treasure Pavilion. Fellow Daoist Tong, you must give me a discount today!"

Su Qing smiled and said to Tong Xin, but judging from his appearance, he had been demoted from shopkeeper to waiter.
But then he felt that he might not be able to make the decision, so he asked about Manager Liu's situation.

Tong Xinwen said with pride:

"Thanks to fellow Daoist, Manager Liu's last operation was a great success."

"With the merger of these four stores, thanks to his contributions, he now oversees the affairs of the second floor. In this small shop, apart from the owner, no one else can compare to him!"

"Oh, even with Manager Liu's merits, he can't become the Pavilion Master?"

Su Qingwei was somewhat surprised, as far as he knew, Baiyunfang Market's Baibao Pavilion had always been doing well.

With the monsters descending the mountain, they also benefited from the monsters' popularity, making their business already second only to the Beast Puppet Market among the four markets.

Last time, Manager Liu risked his business and mobilized a lot of resources to successfully obtain the Blood Lotus Fruit and the second-tier demon core.

Qinghe also obtained the Blood Lotus Heart and was about to establish her foundation. Yet, she still couldn't become the Pavilion Master.
Is the competition in this Baibaoge (百宝阁) market really that fierce?

"Fellow Daoist, you may not know this, but the four markets are merging and a celestial city is about to be established. My shop is now a second-level branch, and the Pavilion Master must undergo Foundation Establishment and major cultivation before he can take on this role."

Otherwise, how could we strike up a conversation with Foundation Establishment level customers, and how could we deal with the Golden Core cultivators who might visit our shop?

"So it was a shop upgrade, and they brought in talent from above. In that case, Manager Liu's loss wasn't unjustified. It's you who's been wronged, fellow Daoist. You were already the manager, but now you're back to square one?"

Su Qing nodded knowingly and looked at Tong Xin with sympathy. With the merger of the four markets, Tong Xin was probably the first cultivator to feel the cruelty of the competition.

"It's certainly not as comfortable as running your own shop, but a small shop is like a brick; you can move it wherever you need it, so it's not a bad thing!"
Furthermore, I also owe a debt of gratitude to fellow Daoists and all the comrades at the Frontline Camp.

The young man's business at the small shop is doing quite well. He's now earned the title of Level One Manager and, along with three other managers from the market, manages the affairs of this floor.

"Oh, so you've been promoted, fellow Daoist! My apologies for not recognizing you sooner!"

The first-level manager of Baibaoge holds a slightly higher position than the first-level guest minister, making him a rare management talent.

The original manager, Liu, was a first-level manager. For Tong Xin, this was like Zhang Hai's promotion from an array apprentice to a first-level array master, and his career took off.

For Su Qing, Tong Xin's rise in status was also a good thing. Now that Manager Liu was soaring to prominence and was going to the second floor to specialize in the business of second-tier magic artifact puppets, Su Qing could no longer reach him. He could only rely on Tong Xin to give him some preferential treatment.

Tong Xin, being especially careful and attentive to Su Qing, a major client, was particularly eager to please her.

As a newly promoted newbie, he's been under a lot of pressure lately, facing competition from the other three veteran managers.

Su Qing has always been one of his major clients. After learning that he might perish, Tong Xin was probably the most heartbroken person in the entire frontline camp, apart from Tang Wanqing and Guo Qiaolian.

Upon seeing Su Qing's triumphant return, his excitement and joy far surpassed that of Helian Xian, Liang Haishun, and others.

He had heard from the returning warriors about Su Qing's performance on Black Tiger Mountain.

He didn't care much about how strong or weak they were, but it was true that Fellow Daoist Su had gained a lot from that battle.

I heard that he picked up twenty or thirty storage bags from Jie Xiu alone, and also had a puppet, and stole a lot of monster corpses.

With such a huge harvest, even if the witch had exploited them, they should still have some left over.

Even if there aren't any, it doesn't matter. Fellow Daoist Su himself is a golden goose; laying a few puppets would be enough to keep him busy for a year.

"Fellow Daoist Su, have you come to my shop today to buy or to sell?" Tong Xin couldn't contain his excitement and asked directly.

"Buying and selling!" The storage bag was full of things, and he had already sorted out the usable items. The things he brought with him today were all for disposal.

"Sell first?" Buying and selling at the same time, won't my sales performance this month be in trouble? Tong Xin's face was almost wrinkled from smiling.

"Let's go somewhere else?" Su Qing glanced at the shop. It was crowded and noisy, and he had quite a lot of things in his storage bag, so it wasn't suitable to sell his goods here.

"That's natural!"

Tong Xin wasn't afraid of him having too much stock, but rather that he had too little.

He bent down and led the way to the backyard of the Hundred Treasures Pavilion. He then called over two or three more shop assistants, feeling that he should be able to get rid of Su Qing's goods by now.

Unexpectedly, Su Qing tossed out three storage bags with a flick of her wrist.

"This... Fellow Daoist Su, are you selling storage bags?" Tong Xin was still a little stunned.

"What are you selling? Storage bags! What you're selling is what's inside!"

Su Qing said in a deep voice, thinking to herself that Tong Xin seemed to have lost his former cleverness since becoming the manager.
That's true. With people at your disposal, it's inevitable that you'll become a little rusty with your skills if you're not fighting on the front lines of business.

While idly sorting through the goods received by the witch, Su Qing secretly calculated their value.

They had been preparing for today's sale for a long time, and with their intentions in mind, they were determined to wipe out Tong Xin without leaving a trace!
(End of this chapter)