Hunyuan Immortal Sect

Chapter 101: Year-End Meeting
In Bianxia Town, on Laogu Peak, in the empty backyard of a mansion, Song Xian clasped his hands together, silently chanted his mental skills, and the spiritual power in his body flowed along his meridians. The fire power in the surrounding heaven and earth was summoned and pulled towards him, condensing in front of his palm, and gradually formed a fireball with a diameter of several tens of centimeters.

As his mind moved, the fireball shot out and hit the stubborn rock in the distance.

Sparks flew and things shattered into pieces.

Song Xian sighed lightly and shook his head. His magic skills were still at the intermediate level.

It has been several months since he returned from Qingfengfang, and he has resumed his previous lifestyle in Qingyun Sect. He goes to and from the same place every day, either in the training room or in the mansion to practice magic.

The sales of Yuxiang Pills are already on track, so he doesn't need to worry too much. Feng Yan is in charge of the Qingfengfang shop, Qi Xiaobai is in charge of the alchemy affairs, and Zhong Wenyuan is in charge of the trivial affairs of the sect.

As the headmaster, he can finally be at ease and be a hands-off boss for a while.

Ever since Xiao Ling went to see Wang Xuan, the Yuyuan Sect really didn't dare to cause trouble again.

The sudden intervention of Yuyuan Sect gave him a great shock.

Originally, he wanted to expand and strengthen the sect by developing industries. An organization or force that wants to expand or become stronger cannot do without two aspects: one is finance, and the other is its own strength.

It is impossible to improve one's own strength quickly in a short period of time, especially since everyone is in the barren land of Lao Gufeng. There are neither industrial resources nor spiritual veins to provide for cultivation, so they can only live off the land.

Therefore, he thought of first stabilizing the sect's finances by developing industries, and then expanding the sect's influence through finances, and recruiting some powerful independent cultivators to join. As long as there is sufficient financial support, this can be done.

His original plan was to use Yuxiangdan to open up the market and spread the name of Hunyuan Sect. He wanted to gain recognition not only in the market of Bianxia City, but also to get Yuxiangdan into the market of other cities in Xijiang County.

Once the Yuxiangdan market opens up, everyone will know the Hunyuanzong brand, and then they will launch a series of products, such as spiritual wine, spiritual food, pills, robes, and so on.

But now it seems that he thought things were too simple.

The Yuxiang Pill had just gained some fame in Bianxi City when it attracted the attention of the Yuyuan Sect, who intended to seize it by force.

If this continues, who knows how many vicious tigers will be attracted.

He deeply realized that the sect's strength was the foundation of everything. Without this guarantee, any achievements would be for the benefit of others.

He must first improve his cultivation and develop and strengthen the sect before he can expand his industry. Therefore, he slowed down his pace and was no longer busy with the expansion and sales of Yuxiang Dan. It was enough to just maintain the current scale.

With the strength of Hunyuan Sect, it is simply unable to support a huge market for Yuxiangdan.

Qingfengfang Shop has been able to sell two to three hundred Jade Fragrance Pills every month recently, which translates to a monthly sales volume of approximately two thousand five hundred spirit stones.

Although it is not much, it is enough to support the current finances of Hunyuan Sect.

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After practicing the fireball technique two or three more times until his spiritual power was exhausted, Song Xian returned to his room to rest. The next morning, he went to the training room to practice Qigong.

The days passed and soon the New Year came.

Since the end of October, the weather has become increasingly cold, and everything has withered.

The people of Hunyuan Sect used to live in Pingyuan County and had never experienced such severe cold. They were all shivering with cold, especially at night. Even if they covered themselves with the thickest quilts, they could not resist the cold, as if it came from within the body.

It is impossible to fall asleep without a stove in the house.

Whenever he walked outside, his eyebrows and eyes would be covered with a layer of frost. If he urinated outside, his face would immediately freeze into an ice lolly.

Everyone complained bitterly, and finally realized the suffering of the bad climate. They complained that this damn place was extremely hot in the summer and extremely cold in the winter.

On this day, the north wind was biting, the sky was covered with dark clouds, and snowflakes as big as goose feathers were falling down. The wind was howling between heaven and earth, and it felt like the wind was cutting like a knife.

Everyone gathered in the sect's main hall, including Feng Yan, Jiang Zichen, Qi Xiaobai, Carissa, Zhang Yi, and Zhang Ningyuan who also rushed back to the mountain gate.

Because this was the first New Year since the establishment of Hunyuan Sect, Song Xian greeted everyone and asked them to come back.

As for the external affairs, there are other people to handle them, and they will not be delayed in a few days when they come back.

At the Qingfengfang shop, Feng Yan had already recruited a female cultivator.

The shops in Nanyuan Valley weren't doing much business to begin with, so a few recruited women were enough to fill the void. As for the Alchemy Hall, a day or two wouldn't be a big deal. "Everyone's here! Today is a great occasion for our sect. Since Junior Sister Feng Yan joined the sect, we haven't had such a large gathering before," Song Xian said with a smile as he sat at the head of the group.

"Although it hasn't been long since we migrated here, we've experienced a lot. Thanks to the concerted efforts and unity of all of you brothers, we've finally gotten through the most difficult days."

"Now that we have our own Yuxiangdan industry, we can say that our sect has completely established a firm foothold here. We no longer have to worry about running out of financial resources and being unable to pay salaries."

Zhong Wenyuan echoed, "This is all thanks to the Master's foresight and wise decision-making. When the Master first wanted to make the Jade Fragrance Pill, we were skeptical about whether it could be sold. Now it seems that the Master is indeed a man of insight. We are all in awe of him."

"The success of Yuxiang Pill today is not solely my achievement. Everyone has contributed. It is the result of the concerted efforts of all my fellow disciples. As long as we can remain united in the future, I believe that our sect will become stronger and stronger." After a brief opening remark, Song Xian got to the point.

"The reason we've gathered here today is, firstly, because it's the end of the year, and we want to gather everyone together. Secondly, we want to disclose this year's financial revenue and discuss the sect's plans for next year."

"Brother Lu Yuan, please tell everyone in detail about the sect's current financial situation."

"Okay." Lu Yuan stood up and responded, then took out a file he had prepared long ago and read out: "Our sect's treasury currently has one top-grade magic weapon, one high-grade magic weapon, one high-grade flying magic weapon, two mid-grade magic weapons, and four low-grade magic weapons."

"Three second-grade mid-grade talismans, five second-grade low-grade talismans, nineteen first-grade high-grade talismans, ten first-grade mid-grade talismans, and thirteen first-grade low-grade talismans."

"Five bottles of second-grade mid-level elixirs, seven bottles of second-grade low-level elixirs, twenty-three bottles of first-grade high-level elixirs, seventeen bottles of first-grade mid-level elixirs, and twenty-six bottles of first-grade low-level elixirs."

"There are a total of 25,260 spirit stones in existence."

Song Xian nodded and said, "Brother Lu Yuan, please report all the income and expenses this year to the other brothers!"

"Yes. I won't go into detail about all the miscellaneous and complicated expenses. Every single one of them is recorded in the account books, and we've explained everything during the previous financial meetings. Now, let me just give you the general situation!"

"This year's expenses total 10,700 spirit stones, of which the salaries of all the brothers and sisters total 2,860 spirit stones."

"The total cost of renting the shop and alchemy room in Nanyuanfang was 1,900 spirit stones. The cost of the shop in Qingfengfang was 3,500 spirit stones. Purchasing the raw materials for the Jade Fragrance Pill cost over 2,000 spirit stones."

"Other minor expenses, such as building the mansion, purchasing camels, and daily expenses for the staff, totaled over 400 spirit stones."

"This year's income totaled 28,000 spirit stones, of which over 18,300 were the property handed over to the sect by Senior Brother Zhong and Junior Sister Carissa. The Nanyuanfang and Qingfengfang shops handed over a total of over 9,600 spirit stones."

Song Xian asked, "Junior Sister Feng, can you tell us how many Jade Fragrance Pills have we sold this year?"

Feng Yan stood up and said, "Since we opened our shop in Bianxi City, it's been five months, starting from August, and we've sold a total of 1,126."

"Among them, 123 were sold in August, 185 in September, and 271 in October."

"Sales in November were 264, and in December were 283, for a total of 10,036 spirit stones."

"For the first three months, we sold it at Mingyue Pavilion, and they took 1,024 spirit stones from it."

"For the last two months, we sold the products in our own shop, and Luoyun Sect took 1,310 spirit stones from the profits."

Song Xian looked at Qi Xiaobai again and said, "Junior Brother Qi, how many Jade Fragrance Pills have you refined this year?"

"So far, we have refined more than 2,300 pills. 2,000 of them have been shipped to the Qingfengfang shop, and the rest are stored in the Nanyuan Valley shop."

"Brother Ning Yuan, how many Jade Fragrance Pills have been sold in Nanyuan Valley?"

"Ever since the Jade Fragrance Pills became famous in Bianxi City, our Hunyuan Pavilion's sales have seen a significant increase. Adding the 130 pills purchased by the Beastmaster Sect, we've sold a total of 223, earning 1,900 spirit stones."

Song Xian gestured for them to sit down. "Everyone, it's clear. Our sect's income this year is mainly divided into two parts. One is the windfall contributed by Senior Brother Zhong and Junior Sister Carisa. Let's not talk about that for now. Senior Brother Zhong and Junior Sister Carisa also received corresponding rewards. This is as it should be."

"The other part is the revenue from the Yuxiang Dan. A few months ago, we discussed during our meeting that we would set aside half of the profits for the Yuxiang Dan sales team."

"Our Qingfengfang team earned a total of 7,700 spirit stones. Based on half of the profits, we should get 385 spirit stones. Nanyuanfang earned 1,900 spirit stones, so we should get 95 spirit stones."

"And Junior Brother Qi's alchemy team will also take half of the prize, which is 480 spirit stones."

"Brother Lu Yuan, you can give these spirit stones to them later."

(End of this chapter)