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nChapter 73: Peeping (1)

nTranslator: Daoist6fubtiW

nHe looked at Chen Xianhe and hesitated. Then, he waved at Chen Daochu and the others and said,”Alright, that’s all for today. You guys can go back first.”

nUpon hearing this, Chen Daochu and the others looked at each other. Their little faces revealed a relieved expression, but they did not dare to laugh out loud. They could only lower their heads and hold back their laughter.”Patriarch, Young Patriarch, we will take our leave first.”

nAfter saying that, Chen Daochu and his group disappeared.

nHe watched everyone leave.

n“Daoxuan, is there a problem?” Chen Xianhe asked.

n“Yes,”

nChen Daoxuan nodded.” Thirteenth Uncle, didn’t you tell me to slow down the expansion of the flying sword market in the wandering cultivator market? ”

nChen Daoxuan looked at Chen Xianhe in confusion.

nIt was not that the Chen family did not have the opportunity to sell goods wantonly. In fact, in this year, other than the transactions with the merfolk clan, the Chen family had also accumulated a large number of flying swords.

nOver the past year.

nChen Xianhe sold one flying sword a day at the wandering cultivator market in Guang ‘an Prefecture. In total, he sold more than 300 flying swords.

nThis speed.

nCompared to the other magic tool shops in the wandering cultivator market, it wasn’t outstanding and didn’t attract much attention.

nHowever, this matter had changed recently.

nAfter hearing Chen Xianhe’s narration, Chen Daoxuan was shocked and hurriedly said, “”You mean to say that our Rainbow Sonar Flying Sword Shop has recently been spied on by others?”

n“That’s right.”

nChen Xianhe’s face darkened.” According to my observation over the past year, there are a total of 43 magic tool shops in the wandering cultivator market. Most of them are run by wandering cultivators, and only seven are run by small clans like ours.”

nThe profit of the magic tool shops in the wandering cultivator market was not high.

nFirst of all, their source of supply, which was those second-hand magic tools, were all purchased from the disciples of large families at a high price.

nIn addition, their selling price was not high, only a mere fifty spirit stones, so the profit was very limited.

nIn reality.

nIf the Chen family hadn’t adopted the method of industrial assembly line production, even if Chen Daoxuan had used a cheat to refine spiritual artifacts, he wouldn’t have been able to earn many spiritual stones in a year.

nNot to mention those magic tool shops in the wandering cultivator market, there were no artifact masters supporting them at all.

nChen Xianhe paused for a moment before continuing,” The only good news is that none of the 43 magical equipment stores have a Foundation Building cultivator backing them.”

nHearing this, Chen Daoxuan seemed rather surprised.

nIn Guang ‘an Prefecture, Foundation Establishment Cultivators were not uncommon. He did not expect that there were no Foundation Establishment Cultivators behind the forty-three magic tool shops in the wandering cultivator market.

nThis surprised Chen Daoxuan.

nHowever, Chen Xianhe’s next explanation made him understand the reason.

nThe reason was that opening a magic tool shop in the wandering cultivator market was not a profitable business.

nThe supply of goods, the rent of the shops, the labor costs, and the taxes of Guang ‘an City. After deducting these costs, each shop could earn a few hundred spirit stones a year. It was already considered a fortune.

nThere were even many small shops in remote locations that could not sell a few magic tools all year round. They would even lose money in a year.

nThis was also the reason why many shops in the wandering cultivator market were empty.

nIn the end, the wandering cultivators were not willing to buy the second-hand magic tools sold in the magic tool shops in the wandering cultivator market.

nWho would want to use the price of a first-hand magic tool to buy a second-hand magic tool?

nHowever, the itinerant cultivators were not like the disciples of the big families, who had special channels to buy low-grade magic tools. They could only grit their teeth and buy these second-hand magic tools.

nThis was also the reason why the Rainbow Sonar Flying Sword Shop was so popular.

n“Logically speaking, our shop sells more than 300 flying swords a year, so it shouldn’t affect the huge magical equipment market in the wandering cultivator market at all. However, the current situation seems to be a little unexpected…”

nChen Xianhe smiled wryly.” After knowing that our shop has brand new flying swords, those itinerant cultivators who went to other shops to buy second-hand magic tools would rather try their luck in our shop than go to other shops to buy second-hand magic tools.”

nThinking about it carefully, this was normal.

nWho would be willing to buy a second-hand magic tool at the same price when they had the chance to buy a brand new one?

nBut in this way, the Rainbow Sonar Flying Sword Shop had become a thorn in the eyes of its peers.

nThe Chen family had two choices now. One was to raise the price of the flying sword.

nHowever, if he did that, he would definitely offend all the wandering cultivators in the market.

nThe Chen family would definitely not be willing to do this, because doing so would not only offend the wandering cultivators but also lose the market.

nThe price of 50 spiritual stones for a flying sword was basically the limit that small rogue cultivators could afford. If the price was raised again, most of the small rogue cultivators at the first or second qi layer would not be able to afford it.

nThat was equivalent to shutting out the biggest market in the wandering cultivator market.

nNaturally, the Chen family would not do so.

nIf the Chen family did not have an industrial assembly line, they might sell it at a high price.

nHowever, they had an industrial assembly line. What they needed most was a huge market that could digest their production capacity.

nAnd the large number of wandering cultivators in the wandering cultivator market was just right for their Chen family.

nSince he couldn’t raise the price, there was only one way out. He had to fight to the death with his peers.

nWhen Chen Daoxuan heard that there were no Foundation Building cultivators behind the magic tool shops in the wandering cultivator market, he was relieved.

nHe was afraid that the magic tool shops in the wandering cultivator market had Foundation Establishment clans backing them.

nThis was because the Chen family was still too weak compared to any of the Foundation Establishment families in Guang ‘an Prefecture.

nWhether it was the number of cultivators or the quality of cultivators, there was a huge difference.

nTo be honest, Chen Daoxuan didn’t really care about the itinerant cultivator shopkeepers of those magic tool shops.

nA rogue cultivator meant that the other party was weak. At most, there was only one person supporting them.

nFor this kind of magic tool shop, they would be grateful if the Chen family did not find trouble with them. How could they dare to provoke the Chen family?

nThe only thing he had to be wary of were the seven small families that Chen Xianhe had mentioned.

nAlthough these small clans were all Qi Condensation clans, one of them was called the Mo Clan. In addition to possessing a level one spirit meridian, the clan also had dozens of Qi Condensation cultivators.

nThey were much stronger than the current Chen family.

nIf the two sides fought, the Chen family would not have any advantage.

nThis was even considering that Chen Daoxuan’s strength was at the top of the lianqi cultivators.

nOtherwise, the Chen family would have no chance at all.

nThat was because Chen Daoxuan was probably the only one in the Chen family who had real combat power.

nChen Xianhe was only at the sixth level of the Aura Refining realm, and he was getting on in years. It was hard to say if he could defeat a fifth level Aura Refining cultivator in a fight.

nChen Daochu and the others were even more so.

nAlthough they had broken through to the third qi layer in just a year, they had spent almost all their time on refining artifacts. As for the Wind Chasing Sword Technique and Overflow Rain Sword Technique, which had strengthened their strength, they had only just reached the beginner level.

nOther than that, he had also mastered a Wind Manipulation Technique that allowed him to fly.

nThis kind of strength was probably only enough to defeat itinerant cultivators of the same level. It would probably be difficult to deal with family disciples.

nIn other words, Chen Daoxuan was the only person in charge of the Chen family’s combat power.

nThinking of this, Chen Daoxuan couldn’t help but frown.

n“Thirteenth Uncle, do you have any ideas?” he asked Chen Xianhe.

nAfter all, Chen Xianhe, who had been in the wandering cultivator market for more than a year, definitely knew more than him.

nSeeing Chen Daoxuan humbly asking for advice, Chen Xianhe smiled and stroked his beard. “”I do have a good idea..”

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