Cultivating Immortality: Starting from Ferrying Passengers

Chapter 45 Full of Harvests
"This is the hard-earned money for the four of you who have helped me these past few days. It's also a small token of my appreciation. Don't think it's too little."

Fang Jingxuan took out four spirit stones, wrapped them in four small bags, and handed them over.

There are about fifteen to twenty low-grade spirit stones in each bag. Fang Jingxuan calculated the reward based on five spirit stones a day, for a total of three days.

According to the different division of labor, the second brother Cui Hu got the most, followed by the eldest brother Cui Long. As for the remaining two younger brothers, they could only break even.

The price of five low-grade spirit stones a day is considered very high on ordinary days.

Fang Jingxuan also provided food and accommodation. Fang Jingxuan took care of the accommodation and meals of the four brothers of the Cui family.

With this calculation, Fang Jingxuan seemed very generous, but in fact, the four brothers of the Cui family also took on the invisible duty of guarding. With the four of them around, there were no people causing trouble in the past few days.

As for other vendors, some were successfully blackmailed, and several conflicts broke out during the process.

"Brother Fang, you provide us with food and lodging, so it's only natural that we should help you. Why would we accept your spirit stones?"

The eldest brother Cui Long ignored the eager looks of his two youngest brothers and flatly refused.

The second brother Cui Hu also agreed with Cui Long's words. Fang Jingxuan taught him the secret recipe of stewing meat without hesitation, which made him very satisfied.

Facing Cui Long's refusal, Fang Jingxuan said firmly:

"No, I hired you to help me. Providing you with food and lodging is my responsibility. Now that the work is done, I want to be paid. The feelings between us are feelings, and the spirit stones are spirit stones. Please don't make things difficult for me."

In his previous life, Fang Jingxuan hated people who talked about love with empty promises. In his opinion, nothing was better than giving the money.

Faced with Fang Jingxuan's persistence, Cui Long also gave in. He held the bag of spirit stones and said to Fang Jingxuan seriously:

"You are different from most of the people I've come into contact with, Brother Jingxuan. If you ever need help from the four of us, just ask. Even if it's a long way to go, we will definitely come to your aid."

"Well, I'll wait for that day. Haha, goodbye, everyone."

Fang Jingxuan did not take Cui Long's words to heart. Fang Jingxuan never took other people's promises seriously. He had seen too many people who broke their promises and got rich.

But Fang Jingxuan seemed to have forgotten that this was a world of cultivation, and the promises made by the cultivators were much more effective than those in his previous life.

Fang Jingxuan was in such a hurry along the way that he didn't even take other cultivators with him, and thus lost several spirit stones.

It’s not that Fang Jingxuan doesn’t want to make money, it’s mainly because he is a little afraid. He has made a lot of money in the past few days. What if he accidentally brings in someone with bad intentions and they think of robbing him halfway? Who can he complain to?
So Fang Jingxuan threw away all the junk that could not be put into the storage bag, and took Lao He with him, the two of them and the turtle, and ran quickly to Hongyefang.

Fang Jingxuan's mentality made Lao He suspicious. Fortunately, when the two of them rushed into Hongyefang, no robbers jumped out to rob them.

After entering the market town and being protected by a large protective formation, the two of them relaxed. Then they looked at each other and suddenly laughed together.

"You are so cowardly that you scared me too. I almost lost my composure."

Old He was joking, but Fang Jingxuan was just catching his breath. He was really worried. Without the four brothers of the Cui family, he and Old He would be a big fat sheep.

Although I have returned safely now, it does not mean that all the preparations I made before were in vain.

"Alright, let's quickly sort out the accounts. After that, I plan to stay in the market for a while and stay out of the spotlight."

"You? You shouldn't be hiding from the limelight."

Old He looked at Fang Jingxuan with amusement. He wanted to stay out of the limelight after just doing business for a few days. His sense of crisis was too strong.

Fang Jingxuan shook his head and said, "It's just for the sake of safety. Anyway, I made a lot of money this time, so I should digest it well. I'll stop ferrying passengers for a while. It's not much in a month anyway, so I might as well take a break."

Lao He curled his lips and said, "You didn't rest enough during the previous lockdown, right?"
But seeing Fang Jingxuan's firm attitude, he said nothing more. The two of them returned to the yard, closed the doors and windows, and began to check the accounts one by one.

"These talismans are worth a total of three hundred low-grade spirit stones. At first, I marked up the price by 30%, but only a few were sold. Later, I marked up the price by 20%, and finally, when I was clearing out the stock, I only marked up the price by less than half a percent.

I sold a total of 360 low-grade spirit stones. After deducting the portion I want to take, this is 350 low-grade spirit stones. Please count them."

Old He pushed the spirit stones he earned from selling talismans to Fang Jingxuan.

Earning fifty low-grade spirit stones in five days would have been quite a feat in previous times.

However, compared with what Fang Jingxuan earned from selling alcohol and food at a stall, it was not very noticeable.

And this is because Lao He has good appearance and is eloquent, otherwise it would not be easy to earn this money.

Fang Jingxuan first put these spirit stones aside, and then calculated his own account.

During these five days, except for the first day when we had no preparation and had to sell food temporarily, the income from the remaining four days was not small.

Although there are many competitors, Fang Jingxuan has been able to capture many markets by relying on his first-mover advantage, scale advantage, and the advantages of new product competitors.

He earned two hundred and thirty on the second day, one hundred and eight on the third day, two hundred and six on the fourth day, and the last day was even more amazing, reaching three hundred and nine.

Adding the fifty or sixty he got on the first day, he collected about 1,100 low-grade spirit stones in these five days.

Well, we still have to factor in the cost of more than 240 pills, the wages of the four Cui brothers, and their food and lodging expenses, which comes to less than 100 yuan.

Roughly speaking, the net profit was close to eight hundred low-grade spirit stones, and 20% of it was given to Lao He, so Fang Jingxuan got six hundred and thirty or forty.

After doing the math, Fang Jingxuan realized that in just five days, the number of spirit stones in his hands had exceeded one thousand.

As expected, a horse cannot grow fat without night grass, and a man cannot become rich without unexpected wealth. This is a true saying.

After Fang Jingxuan finished his accounts and made clear the transaction with Lao He, he ignored Lao He's suggestion to have a few drinks and eat some delicious food to celebrate. Instead, he took Tu Yuan and hurried to a spiritual material store in the market.

"Shopkeeper, is that pot of [Wanshou Hanbai] still there?"

"Yes, I just put it away. Does this fellow Taoist want to buy it?"

"Of course. Why would I come here if I'm not going to buy anything? Hurry up and bring it to me."

Fang Jingxuan suppressed his excitement and looked a little impatient.

This pot of [Wanshou Hanbai] is a top-grade item of the same rank, and is extremely rare. I don't know how it ended up in this store.

I guess the shopkeeper doesn't know the attraction of [Wanshou Hanbai] to cultivators with cypress-type natal signs.

"If it wasn't for the good luck it brings and I wanted to give it to my elders, I wouldn't want to buy this thing. Shopkeeper, please don't rip me off. If it's too expensive, I'll just turn around and leave and buy another lucky charm."

Fang Jingxuan said indifferently, and the shopkeeper just laughed and placed a three-foot-tall potted cypress tree on the counter.

(End of this chapter)