Hunyuan Immortal Sect

Chapter 117 Budget Expenditure

After listening to everyone's reports, Song Xian secretly thought that if Apu's income and expenditure were excluded, the sect's income this year would be less than 3,000 spirit stones.

According to this plan, if ten more Qi Refining mid-stage cultivators are added next year and paid a monthly salary of thirty spirit stones, the income and expenditure for that year will be completely offset.

Of course, it cost an extra 5,000 spirit stones to lay the fire vein corridor this year, but this money cannot be saved next year. It will even cost 10,000 spirit stones to lay the fire vein, which is 5,000 spirit stones more than this year.

While Song Xian was thinking about this, Mu Hong and Cheng Qian, who had just joined the sect, had different expressions. Mu Hong's eyes were full of excitement, while Cheng Qian's were full of surprise.

It was the first time for both of them to attend the sect's meeting. Mu Hong was young, and although he had been in the mortal stage for a few years, he did not have much experience.

Her experience is somewhat similar to Feng Yan's.

She was originally a child from an ordinary family in Bianshang Town. Before that, Bianshang and Bianshang Towns had not yet been separated and belonged to the Tianshan Territory.

Due to the invasion of Muhe Grassland, the territory of Tianshan was occupied by them. However, since Muhe Grassland did not manage this territory seriously, the Tianshan Territory was actually in a chaotic area where no one was in charge.

No force was responsible for this area, and as a result, many villages and towns did not have corresponding sects to conduct large-scale spiritual power testing, so her spiritual root qualifications were not detected.

It wasn't until a caravan passed by the village and, hoping to expand its manpower, conducted a spiritual root test on the children in the village that Mu Hong was detected.

The caravan leader saw that she was quite pretty, so he took her with him and helped her to transform into a mortal.

After she transformed into a mortal, it was detected that she had false spiritual roots, that is, she had five spiritual roots. Later, the caravan had an internal conflict due to uneven distribution. The leader of the caravan was assassinated, and she fled in panic.

Later, he met Feng Yan. Both of them had miserable lives, so it was natural that they could get along well.

It was not until Feng Yan joined the Hunyuan Sect that he found her and recommended her to join the Hunyuan Sect.

For her, joining the Hunyuan Sect was certainly the best job. When she heard that the monthly salary was fifteen spirit stones, she agreed without thinking twice. This salary was even higher than that of some disciples of the Luoyun Sect.

After following Feng Yan, she realized that not only was there a high salary, but there was also a share of the profits from Hunyuan Pavilion's elixirs. This was simply pie in the sky.

Sitting in the hall at this moment, listening to everyone talking about the expenditures and income one by one, she had a strange feeling. When she followed the caravan before, the property had never been made public like this. It was basically the caravan leader who had the final say, which led to uneven internal distribution and caused infighting.

Although she was nominally a member of the caravan at that time, she was actually just an accessory and an outsider.

However, at this moment, even though it was her first time participating in a meeting of all members of the sect, she seemed to have completely integrated into the team. This feeling was something she had never experienced before, and it made her feel inexplicably excited, with her eyes shining.

Compared to Mu Hong, Cheng Qian is naturally much more stable. He has been practicing for so many years and can be considered knowledgeable. Due to his identity as an alchemist, he has a wide range of friends. He is familiar with the disciples of various forces in Bianxi City and knows a little about the internal situation of each sect.

He had never heard of a sect that summoned all disciples to disclose its financial income. The financial situation was the most core secret of a sect, and only the core leadership of the sect knew it. In some sects, the leader held great power, and even some elders did not know the specific financial situation of the sect.

The reason is simple. If the finances are completely open, there will be no room for secret operations. After all, the sect’s finances are jointly owned.

Although the headmaster has all the power, if he openly embezzles public funds, he will lose his prestige. Once he loses his prestige, it will be very dangerous.

Therefore, no matter who he is, no matter how vicious, treacherous or cruel he is, as long as he reaches the position of the sect leader, he will still care about his face and it is impossible for him to squander and embezzle the sect's property openly.

Cultivation requires a large amount of financial resources. Generally speaking, the headmaster is the person with the highest cultivation level in the sect. The higher the level of cultivation, the more resources are needed, and even the entire sect may be needed to supply them.

Therefore, the best way is not to disclose the sect’s property. Others will not know the financial situation, and of course they will not know whether there is any extravagance or corruption.

It was the first time for him to see all the disciples of the sect being summoned and all the financial income and expenditure being made public one by one. He was greatly surprised and suddenly felt that this dilapidated sect had some shining brilliance.

The reason why he chose to join the Hunyuan Sect was because he had been wandering for half his life and drifting for decades, and he was really tired of it, so he wanted to find a stable support.

It happened that he met Qi Xiaobai at this time. The two had a deep connection. Master Qi Xiaobai and his master were old friends. They had discussed and exchanged ideas on alchemy many times. He was very clear about Qi Xiaobai's alchemy skills.

Faced with Qi Xiaobai's cordial invitation and his lavish praise for the character and personality of the Hunyuan Sect's leader, he hesitated several times and finally agreed.

A monthly salary of thirty spirit stones is considered high in the entire Bianxi City. Even in the Luoyun Sect, only inner disciples receive such a salary.

Anyway, there is no loss for him. If he is satisfied, he can stay. If he is not satisfied, he can just leave.

He was all alone, without a father or mother, without children, and without any ties. He could leave whenever he wanted, and at most he would no longer stay in Bianxi City.

After all the income and expenditure had been reported, Song Xian said, "Brother Lu, calculate our profits this year and distribute them to the brothers according to the proportions we agreed on before!" "Yes," Lu Yuan responded, and continued, "First, distribute the profits from the Jade Fragrance Pill to the brothers in charge of this industry."

"This year, the revenue from Qingfengfang's Jade Fragrance Pills is 21,000 spirit stones. Based on half of the revenue, Junior Sister Feng Yan should receive 1,050 spirit stones."

"Nanyuanfang's revenue is over 1,900 spirit stones. Based on half of the revenue, Junior Brother Zhang Ningyuan should receive 100 spirit stones."

"The total profit of the Jade Fragrance Pill is 23,000 spirit stones. Based on half of the profit, Junior Brother Qi should receive 1,150 spirit stones."

"The total profit for this year is 8,200 spirit stones. Excluding the 2,300 spirit stones received by the Jade Fragrance Pill Team and the Alchemy Team, there are still 5,900 spirit stones left."

"The headmaster will receive 20% of the profits and will take 1,180 spirit stones."

"Senior Brother Zhong Wenyuan and Senior Brother Lin Zixiang will receive half of the profit, a total of 295 spirit stones."

"The other twelve brothers will share 20% of the profits, 98 spirit stones each."

"The remaining 2,800 spirit stones will be deposited into the sect's treasury."

Song Xian waved his hand, motioning him to sit down: "Everyone is clear about all the financial revenue and expenditure this year. Now let's talk about next year's expenses!"

"The Nanyuanfang shop costs one thousand spirit stones."

"Three thousand five hundred spirit stones for the Qingfeng Shop."

"The alchemy room costs 1,800 spirit stones."

"The raw materials for the Jade Fragrance Pill cost three thousand spirit stones."

"These four things are unavoidable, totaling nine thousand three hundred spirit stones."

"And everyone's salary needs 5,000 spirit stones."

"According to the plan, the fire vein should be laid this year, which will cost another 10,000 spirit stones."

"According to this calculation, next year's expenditure will be at least 25,000 spirit stones."

"Based on the revenue from the Jade Fragrance Pill this year, there are only 23,000 spirit stones. Unless there are other unexpected circumstances, next year's fiscal revenue will definitely not cover the expenses. Everyone should be mentally prepared."

"But as long as we complete the Alchemy Hall, the situation will improve quickly. Not only will it save the Alchemy Hall some money, but it will also allow us to expand the production of Jade Fragrance Pills. Then we can open more Jade Fragrance Pill shops in other markets in Bianxi City."

"Do you have anything else to add regarding next year's expenses?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Zixiang took the lead and said, "A short pain is worse than a long one. Now that the corridor to the alchemy room outside the sect has been paved, we can just do it all at once next year and add another 5,000 spirit stones to complete the construction of the fire vein and the alchemy hall together. The sooner the alchemy hall is completed, the sooner the production of Jade Fragrance Pills can be expanded. This will save us from having to spend another 5,000 spirit stones to build the alchemy hall the year after next."

Song Xian remained silent, for he knew that there would be several expenses next year, such as expanding the sect's staff and recruiting five to ten independent cultivators.

Zhong Wenyuan had already informed him that he would allocate 5,000 spirit stones for bilateral trade between the two countries next year.

There was also the 1,500 spirit stones fee for refining the puppet, which had also been promised to Shen Fan long ago.

After distributing the rewards just now, there are only about 28,000 spirit stones in the treasury.

If another 5,000 spirit stones were to be used to build the alchemy hall, the expenditure next year would probably reach around 40,000.

It’s not that I can’t afford it. These expenses won’t be paid out all at once, but will be paid out in batches. There will be income from Yuxiang Dan every month next year.

But if we do that, the expenses next year will be too high and the pressure will be too great.

"If we hurry up, we should be able to finish the laying of the fire veins and the construction of the Alchemy Hall in one step next year." Qi Xiaobai spoke. As the person in charge of the Alchemy Hall, he naturally hoped that the Alchemy Hall at the mountain gate would be completed as soon as possible. These words undoubtedly showed his support.

Zhang Yi followed suit and said, "We have to do it anyway, so let's get it done as soon as possible."

"Okay, then add another 5,000 spirit stones and complete the Alchemy Hall in one go next year." With everyone's support, Song Xian couldn't refute. After all, this was a major event involving the sect's only industry, and he had no reason to refuse.

(End of this chapter)