Immortal Road.

Chapter 195 Big Pancake Bloopers
"Oh? Why did you teach me, brother?"

After hearing what the Black Skull Demon Lord said, Lin Shan could not help but become curious as it seemed that there was a way to easily obtain elixirs that could break through the bottleneck of the Foundation Establishment Period.

The Black Skull Demon Lord did not keep the secret, but directly asked: "Have you ever heard of the high-end trade fair?"

"High-end. You're not talking about a large auction venue, are you?" Lin Shan touched his chin uncertainly.

"No! Auctions are generally aimed at low- and middle-level cultivators. The group that looks at faces is still the vast majority of low-level cultivators in the cultivation world, while those who really have status and position go to high-end trade fairs to barter."

The Black Skull Demon Lord is knowledgeable and naturally knows a lot of inside information about the world of cultivation. He also said that he has a way to find out the location of the "high-end trade fair" in Wangyue City.

Only then did Lin Shan realize the benefits of having an old monster around him. He had no idea about the high-end trade fairs where Jindan-stage cultivators gathered, and he dared not even think about it. How could it find a way to find it?
Besides, even if I could find it, how could I, a person in the Foundation Establishment Stage, sneak in?
"There must be a way out when you get to the mountain. Every high-end trade fair has its own rules. You either need to be at the Jindan stage or above, or have a letter of introduction from a big power, or have sufficient proof of your worth. Who can say for sure?"

The Black Skull Demon Lord was quite confident. Now in Wangyue City, fighting was strictly prohibited, but his life safety was still guaranteed. When the time came, he would refine one or two magical instruments to conceal his cultivation aura, and he would be able to blend in naturally.

Lin Shan nodded. In terms of worth, he had more than 300,000 spirit stones, which was more than some Jindan-stage cultivators. However, high-end trade fairs were mostly barter, and only occasionally did they settle spirit stone accounts, but it did not affect his self-proving worth.

At the same time, he was a little confused. Why did this guy suddenly become so proactive? Is there any purpose?
Under the guidance of the Black Skull Demon Lord, Lin Shan went through many twists and turns and finally found the secret door to the local high-end trade fair in the north of Wangyue City. However, he was then told by the monks guarding the gate that they were not qualified.

There are three requirements for high-end transactions in Wangyue City, and only those who meet the requirements can enter and become VIPs.

Jindan stage cultivation, letter of introduction from a powerful force, and the person in charge of the Chamber of Commerce.

The review of self-proof of worth here is quite strict. Just because you can produce a large amount of spirit stones or treasures, it does not mean that these things are really yours. What if they were borrowed?
Some people use this method to pass the review and obtain VIP status, sneaking into high-end trade fairs, but they do not buy or sell, and just occupy the booth in vain, which naturally affects the business flow of the trade fair, so the organizers have tightened restrictions on this.

Lin Shan had no choice but to leave.

Back on the street, the Black Skull Demon Lord gave him analysis.

"Don't be discouraged, brother. This is not difficult."

"Oh? What else can you do? They have clearly set three rules, and we don't meet any of them. We don't stand a chance at all."

"If there is no opportunity, then we will create one. We cannot reach the Jindan stage yet, and we cannot get close to any big forces, but we can give it a try as the head of the Chamber of Commerce!"

"you mean"

Lin Shan seemed to understand what it wanted to say.

"That's right, we can create our own chamber of commerce and become the person in charge of it, isn't that enough?" The Black Skull Demon Lord laughed strangely.

"It's not as easy as you say. The requirements of a high-end trade fair are that the chamber of commerce must be in good operation for more than ten years, and the annual profits and revenues must meet the targets. Who are you trying to fool by just creating something?"

Lin Shan is not that naive. The organizers of the trade fair have strict requirements. Ordinary small families are not even considered. Only well-known chambers of commerce in Xiancheng are qualified.

But the Black Skull Demon Lord's tone was very firm at this time:
"I'm not trying to fool anyone. What I mean is, if we're going to do it, we're going to do it big and strong!"

"Are you serious?!"

Lin Shan was a little bit unbelievable. Could it be that this skeleton monster had business talent?
"Are you sure you have the ability to do this? First, to establish a chamber of commerce in Wangyue City, you need approval from the higher authorities and a business license. Then you need start-up capital, and then you need to be able to rent a prime location. Then you have to decide what your business will be. After that, you have to recruit more people, train them, and operate it."

"These are not problems!" The Black Skull Demon Lord's tone was firm, brief and powerful.

"!!!"

Lin Shan couldn't quite figure this guy out. Traveling through the heavens in hell, could he really be an all-rounder?

"Brother, I know you don't like trouble. You just think about practicing and becoming stronger all day long. You are not interested in these messy things outside of your body, but don't forget that you still have a brother!"

"Have you forgotten about the stabbing?"

"You don't have to worry about setting up and running the Chamber of Commerce. I'll take care of it. You can just rent a cave to practice peacefully and collect money while you lie down."

There was temptation in the Black Skull Demon Lord's tone, and his description was so realistic that Lin Shan couldn't help but feel moved.

If you ask him to do business, he doesn't have the time for it.

But since someone is doing it for you, not only can you make money, but you can also get yourself an admission ticket to a high-end trade fair, so why not do it?

"What kind of business do you have in mind?"

The Black Skull Demon Lord nodded: "Of course, but I need to borrow your summoning technique."

"Summoning?"

Lin Shan suddenly remembered that when he was preaching in the East China Sea and the Ezo Sea, he had conducted experiments and contracted thousands of "East China Sea aquatic products", such as razor clams, scallops, shrimps, crabs, oysters, conchs, etc.

In the past, the two evil spirits, Black and Red, made their fortunes by reselling summoning techniques. They didn't expect that they would soon embark on the same old path. However, it is indeed a good choice for the moment.

As an inland country, Lu usually has to import seafood. It can use summoning techniques to summon these messy "seafood spirits" from the East China Sea for breeding.

However, the Black Skeleton Demon Lord did not know that he had so many summons. This skeleton only followed him after Master Gui died, and did not know about Lin Shan’s previous experiences.

It means that Lin Shan can summon the "mermaid girl". When this girl intercepted the magic fleet in the stormy waters of the East China Sea, Lin Shan forced her to sign a summoning contract and forced her into remote enslavement. The Black Skull Demon Lord witnessed this with his own eyes.

This kind of contract is rooted deep in the soul. Unless this woman breaks through the Jindan stage and gets rid of it herself, it will be difficult for outsiders to help her get rid of it.

Lin Shan only needs to summon the mermaid girl and ask her to help collect aquatic products in the East China Sea, and then he can sell them in Lu State. He can buy them right after they are caught. Not only are the varieties complete and fresh, but it is also much easier than breeding.

"Brother, think about it. The mermaids are the local tyrants in the Storm Sea. They catch aquatic products by living off the sea. It is a zero-cost business for us. If we start this seafood wholesale business, won't the spiritual stones come rolling in?"

An inexplicable gleam of greed flashed across the Black Skull Demon Lord's empty eyes.

However, family members know their own business, and Lin Shan is not optimistic about this.

The summoning contract can only forcefully summon the other party to come and serve as his thug, but when she is in the East China Sea, he cannot remotely interfere with her freedom. He cannot guarantee whether she is willing to plunder aquatic products for him. It is better for him to do breeding by himself.

"When I passed by the Storm Sea, I killed four mermaids who were building their foundations, and forced the mermaid girl to sign a contract. It can be said that we have a deep hatred. It's good enough that she can be summoned to be my thug. It may be a bit difficult to convince her to cooperate with us."

Lin Shan shook his head.

The Black Skull Demon Lord volunteered. Although he didn't have the eloquence, he was still quite good at speaking. It was better to give it a try than not to try.

"Okay, I'll leave this matter to you. I won't care about it anymore."

Lin Shan simply acted like a hands-off boss, looking as if he didn't care what you did.

But the Black Skull Demon Lord reached out to him, saying that its operator would need start-up capital.

This is nothing. There are plenty of spirit stones in the storage bracelet. They are just sitting there doing nothing. If I can really exchange them for the qualification for the "High-end Trade Fair", it will be a sure profit.

The two discussed it, and then Lin Shan took out 100,000 spirit stones and gave it to it, letting it test the waters first. If it can really run it well, he will add a second round of investment.

Next, Lin Shan visited various places in the city and selected a cave to rent.

The cave is the most ordinary cave, located on the edge of the spiritual vein of Wangyue City. It fits his current mentality of wanting to keep a low profile. Lin Shan is not picky at all, as long as there is a place to rest.

Now that we have the innate spiritual treasure Void Star Disk, we don’t have to worry about the concentration of spiritual energy. The Void Star Disk itself is a super spirit gathering array, and it can also absorb the power of the stars around us. Environmental factors are not necessary.

If you want to practice quickly, your breathing is too slow. Only with the help of spiritual liquid or elixir can you practice very fast.

……

After tidying up, Lin Shan took out the summoning flag, activated the summoning technique, and a vortex slowly opened up.

The mermaid girl swam out, fiddling with her tail.

She first looked around in confusion, then looked at Lin Shan and the skeleton next to her, and said coldly: "What do you want me to do?"

Lin Shan had an embarrassed look on his face. He had forced himself for temporary pleasure without considering the consequences. Now that they were enemies, he didn't know what to say.

However, the Black Skull Demon Lord observed carefully and saw that the mermaid girl's breath was unstable and her fish tail scales even had a few scars. He couldn't help but ask about it.

The merman girl could no longer hold back, and she gnashed her teeth as she cursed at Lin Shan: "You humans are beasts, the most hypocritical and cruel race in the world!"

Lin Shan was puzzled. Did this woman take the wrong medicine?

After the mermaid girl cursed him, he finally understood the whole story.

It turned out that after the coalition forces of the righteous sects of the Song Dynasty conquered the East China Sea a year ago, in order to prevent the evil sects from making a comeback, they simply took over the entire East China Sea and prepared to manage it, no longer giving foreign forces the opportunity to use it as a springboard.

After all, this demonic calamity was also a bloody lesson that made the righteous realize the importance of "sea control". This was a strategic barrier inland, equivalent to strengthening one's own defense depth, and could no longer be left unattended.

Once they decided to run the business properly, some of the local tyrants in the East China Sea who were not obedient to the rules would naturally be uprooted without mercy. Especially the mermaids, a strange race from the stormy seas, were the eyesores of the righteous sects.

Non-my family, its heart must be different.

Even if the mermaids had helped the righteous to kill the three sects of the evil, it was only a short-term cooperation. In the overall situation, the righteous masters were naturally not the ones who would stick to the old rules and turn their backs on the old ones.

The mermaids finally got their revenge, but they didn't expect that the masters of the righteous path would come and kill them, causing them to suffer heavy losses.

Fortunately, they have survived in the stormy sea for many years, and they have some tricks up their sleeves, so now they can only hide in the deep sea and dare not show their faces outside. Speaking of this, the merman girl couldn't help but feel sad. The weak tribe deserves to be bullied. This is the cruelty of the world of cultivation.

Lin Shan silently glanced at the Black Skull Demon Lord and whispered, "What should we do? In this situation, we shouldn't bring up that matter, right?"

The Black Skull Demon Lord told him to be patient, as the more difficult the situation was, the more resources they needed to maintain their species. He asked Lin Shan to wait in the yard outside the cave, and he would discuss this matter with the mermaid girl.

Lin Shan had no objection. Who knows, this old fox might really have the eloquence to do so.

……

After waiting in the yard for an hour, the Black Skull Demon Lord came out with the mermaid girl, and he went straight to the point as soon as he opened his mouth.

"I agree to this deal, and my clan will take 70% of the profits!"

"what?"

Lin Shan scratched his ears, suspecting that he had heard it wrong.

"You just catch some seafood from the East China Sea and send it over, but we in Lu are going to open up channels, expand markets, and operate sales. We will do all the dirty work, and even if we have to take 70% of the profits, we will take 70%!"

"Do it or not."

The mermaid girl looked like a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water. Her expression seemed to say, you have no other choice but me.

The Black Skull Demon Lord stepped forward and stood between the two of them. "I have a better idea. How about giving you a price to buy it out directly without waiting for profit distribution?"

"What do you mean?" The mermaid girl knew nothing about doing business. After all, she had been living among the mermaids since she was a child. She had never seen the world and did not understand all the twists and turns.

So, after some deception from the Black Skull Demon Lord, they finally signed a buyout agreement at the price of "twenty spirit stones per ton of seafood."

"Seafood spirits" do not refer to ordinary aquatic products, but rather aquatic creatures that have some level of cultivation. This business is really profitable.

After sending the mermaid girl back to the East China Sea, Lin Shan pulled the Black Skull Demon Lord aside.

“How much can we earn?”

The skeleton made the gesture of "seven", Lin Shan smiled and nodded, leaving the matter entirely to it.

After all, I still need to practice, so I can leave the business matters to my subordinates.

Speaking of subordinates, it would be too weak to rely solely on the Black Skull Demon Lord to do business. They also have to recruit some local people from the Wangyue City Talent Market to facilitate local promotion.

The mermaid girl will probably be able to deliver the goods soon, so they have to get busy as well.

……

The two came to the job market. Since Confucianism was the mainstream in Lu State, and the three sects of the Demonic Path had just been wiped out, it was inconvenient for the Black Skull Demon Lord to be exposed. So he put on a magical cloak and robe to conceal his aura, and disguised himself as a gray-robed man.

I rented a venue, wrote a notice board, and sat at the table waiting for people to come and submit their resumes.

At this time, a bunch of people gathered in the talent market, looking at the recruitment notice in front of them and talking about it.

"Live life to its fullest and enjoy life."

“Delicious food, leading the way.”

“Thank you for the gift of nature?”

"The Lin's Chamber of Commerce sincerely invites all fellow Taoists to join us and build a better tomorrow together."

……

The students who had just graduated from the major academies in Lu State were extremely confused and could not understand what the Lin's Chamber of Commerce was doing.

However, after graduating from the academy, most of the independent cultivators were forced to find a job due to the internal competition in the cultivation world of Lu State, so they naturally would not worry too much.

A young student in the late stage of Qi training came forward and handed over his resume, sitting upright and looking a little nervous.

"Examiners, I am Lv Xiuming, a fresh graduate of the Jingyang Academy this year. I failed the Four Treasures of the Study Combat Test, but I have a second-level certificate in formation arithmetic and a first-class certificate in silver tadpole script language."

The gray-robed man played by the Black Skull Demon Lord nodded. After a long while, he heard nothing new and asked in surprise:

"Gone?"

Lu Xiuming: “No more.”

Students around: “.”

This is a common phenomenon. Now, fully half of the graduates from academies in the world of cultivation are of this character. Everyone is the same, so no one should laugh at anyone else.

Unexpectedly, the gray-robed examiner on the opposite side waved his hand:
"Congratulations, classmate, and welcome to join our Chamber of Commerce!"

"???"

Everyone's jaw dropped. Is it that simple?
Lu Xiuming was also a little bit unbelievable. Ever since he left Jingyang Academy and entered the world of cultivation, he had encountered obstacles everywhere. He didn't expect that his luck would turn around today!

At the moment, he asked awkwardly, "How does your chamber of commerce arrange its work and rest schedule?"

Gray robe man: "I definitely won't rest on Saturday, and I may not rest on Sunday. Is that acceptable?"

Lu Xiuming looked hesitant, thinking that he was still young and needed experience and growth, so what did a little hardship matter?
He gritted his teeth and said, "Okay!"

The students around had no objections either. Apparently this was a common phenomenon in the industry and they were used to it.

Lu Xiuming asked again with embarrassment: "What about the monthly salary and benefits?"

Gray Robe Man: "The monthly base salary is 5 Lingshi, with commissions, more work, more pay, annual performance appraisal bonuses, birthday gifts, and team-building activities every month."

Lu Xiuming looked fascinated.

The students around were all interested and exchanged glances frequently.

The gray-robed man said: "Our Chamber of Commerce also pays for unemployment insurance, cave rental subsidies, cultivation medicine subsidies, etc. in the Immortal City, but we pay according to the local minimum standard of Wangyue City."

Lu Xiuming showed surprise: "Okay."

The students nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes!"

Gray Robe Man: "Monthly meal allowance, transportation allowance, communication allowance of one Lingshi, free physical examination upon joining, project bonus, psychological counseling"

Lu Xiuming was even more interested: "Okay, okay!"

The students were eager to try: "Not bad, not bad!"

Gray robe man: "There will be employee training upon joining the company. The supervisor will guide you step by step to help you master the skills quickly."

Lu Xiuming clenched his fists: "Great!"

The students frantically gestured to each other: "Is there such a good thing?"

The gray-robed man finally dropped a bombshell: "If the Chamber of Commerce becomes bigger and stronger in the future, it will also distribute equity rewards to new and old employees. You will be the next Lu State partner!"

Lu Xiuming bowed deeply and said, "Thank you for not abandoning me. I will die for you!"

All the students bowed and said, "How dare you not die!"

The gray-robed man stretched out his dark and sinister bony claws and lifted up Lu Xiuming. The students present were so excited that no one noticed this detail.

"Children! You are the future flowers of Lu's cultivation world and the fresh blood of the Chamber of Commerce. As long as you work hard, you will have plenty of spirit stones!"

Lv Xiuming's eyes were red and he could not speak for a long time. He was innocent and had just graduated. He was so eager to work hard for the Chamber of Commerce and contribute his youth.

Students from all around rushed in frantically, and each of them was eager to join today and contribute to the future of the Chamber of Commerce.

In the end, Lin Shan and the Black Skull Demon Lord were unable to cope with the enthusiasm of the students, so they reluctantly accepted ten people and left.

Now that he had a supply channel, a sales team, and start-up capital, Lin Shan would leave the operation to the Black Skull Demon Lord. He was knowledgeable and had many clever ideas, so he didn't need to worry too much.

……

In the following time, Lin Shan began to take out the spiritual liquid to practice, while learning various formations from Xiao Xin, the spirit of the virtual star disk. At the same time, he used the star power of the virtual star disk to temper his body, continue to condense the spiritual power in his body, and improve the purity of his soul, so he did not waste his time.

Ten years passed in a flash. The wind and thunder spiritual power in his body was already full, and the bottleneck of the middle stage of foundation building was within reach.

The Black Skull Demon Lord also returned with his achievements.

(End of this chapter)