Chapter 84

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Chapter 84: You’ve Understood Too Thoroughly

The next morning, as Xu Gang was about to leave, Xu Fan called out to him.

“This is a disguise mask. You must wear it until we return to the sect, and you cannot take it off without my permission.”

“And Yuexian, when you have free time, teach your elder brother a thing or two.” Xu Fan regretted saying that to Xu Gang.

As a result, he was now on the verge of evolving to titanium alloy level.

Xu Yuexian made a helpless expression nearby, indicating she had given up on educating her brother.

After his disciple left, Xu Fan planned to continue exploring the streets he hadn’t finished yesterday.

Halfway through his stroll, he spotted an old acquaintance.

Pang Fu sat at the entrance of a three-story building, wearing a frown and looking gloomy, as if he had lost a few million.

“It’s nice to see a familiar face in a far place,” Xu Fan said with a smile as he entered Pang Fu’s small store, only to find nothing inside but the simplest purchasing business, indicating a lack of trade.

Upon seeing Xu Fan, Pang Fu’s gloomy expression vanished as if he had spotted a savior.

“Master Xu, you have to help me!” Pang Fu looked at Xu Fan as if he were family.

“You, a talented businessman, seem to have encountered some problems,” Xu Fan said.

“Ah, I didn’t expect that facing a big trading guild outside the sect for the first time would end so disastrously,” Pang Fu sighed.

“I didn’t get any insider information, and when I arrived, I found that the entire market had already been divided up.”

“Whether it’s the purchasing price or the selling price, they can’t be matched by those large trading guilds.”

“Now, I just can’t understand how they make a profit. If they really suppress smaller guilds, the cost would be too high.” Pang Fu appeared very distressed.

Listening to Pang Fu’s words, Xu Fan had a vague sense that he knew something but couldn’t quite put his finger on it.

“It’s rare to see you struggling in business; can’t you shift your perspective?”

“Since there’s no market, why not create a blank market yourself?” Xu Fan said with a smile. He wasn’t familiar with the intricacies of business and didn’t want to offer blind advice, but coming up with a profitable idea was still within his capabilities; he couldn’t waste his title as a time traveler.

“Create a market myself.” Pang Fu showed signs of enlightenment.

“I actually have a great idea; do you want to hear it?” Xu Fan’s lips curled up; it was time to surprise him.

“Of course, I want to hear it!” Pang Fu replied excitedly. In the sect, his greatest interest was chatting with Xu Fan.

He found that every conversation with Master Xu greatly inspired him, revealing business principles he had never encountered.

“Do you want to make a big profit or a small one?” Xu Fan asked.

“Of course, a big one.”

“You have ten million spirit stones?” Xu Fan inquired.

“Yes, Master Xu, just tell me what you need, and there will be benefits once it’s successful,” Pang Fu said, cupping his hands.

“Okay, then I’ll keep it brief.

“There are no less than ten million cultivators gathered along this 3,000-mile defense line.

“Do you know what that means?” Xu Fan narrowed his eyes.

“Master Xu, please don’t keep me in suspense!” Pang Fu said anxiously.

“In this 3,000-mile defense line, you only need to spend less than 4 million spirit stones to set up a communication network linked by artifacts.”

“Including an Artifact-level processing center, the total cost is just under 6 million spirit stones.”

“And there’s more.”

Xu Fan took out a piece of ordinary spirit iron and quickly refined it into a mobile-phone-shaped artifact in the air. It had only three runes: a spirit gathering rune, a light shadow rune, and a messaging rune.

“Making one of these little gadgets costs less than 2 spirit stones.”

“It can receive messages and images from headquarters and send messages back.”

Pang Fu suddenly stood up, his face flushed, as if he had reached a pivotal moment in his life.

He bowed deeply to Xu Fan and said, “Thank you, Master Xu, for enlightening me. You are my lifelong mentor.”

Xu Fan’s guidance had opened his eyes; a brand-new business concept had formed in his mind.

At that moment, he felt as if he had grasped the essence of the business world.

“Master Xu, just wait! Within five years, I will earn at least ten million spirit stones for you.”

With that, Pang Fu dashed off at full speed toward the headquarters of Que Tian Gate. He needed to meet the great being stationed there; this deal was too big for him to handle alone.

“Ah, he’s got it!” Xu Fan said, surprised. He still had more to explain, and Pang Fu’s expression of shock and awe wasn’t quite there yet. How had he understood so quickly?

“It’s not perfect, not smooth, and it didn’t have the impact I wanted,” Xu Fan said, disappointed. Overall, the moment fell short.

Xu Fan continued to wander the streets, occasionally buying some spirit food to try, and had lunch at a liquor-serving establishment.

“I can’t just sit around; I might as well get back to my old trade.”

Xu Fan thought about the palm-sized farms he had; there was still a batch of spiritual herbs to deal with. He decided to open a small shop dedicated to selling spirit pills to pass the time.

During the day, he refined pills and sold them, and at night, he studied runes and artifact crafting, while also tinkering with the Heart of the Puppet.

Half a month passed like this, and Xu Fan’s little shop thrived every day, with spirit pills in high demand.

One morning, while Xu Fan was teaching the idle Xu Yuexian in the shop, a Qi Training Stage little practitioner dressed as a clerk arrived.

“Shopkeeper, this is a messaging light shadow artifact, a free gift from our trading guild,” the little practitioner explained, as if he had done this hundreds of times before.

“Okay, I understand.”

After the little practitioner left, Xu Yuexian picked up the mobile artifact and started playing with it. After a short while, she looked at Xu Fan with a pitiful expression and said, “Master, I bought some artifact jewelry, and when it arrives, can you help me pay for it with spirit stones?”

Xu Fan was stunned; this was too much! She had jumped straight from advertisements to e-commerce!

Later, he found out it was an advertisement from a trading guild of a women’s sect, but this time they offered home delivery.

“Give me that thing; let me take a look,” Xu Fan said to Xu Yuexian.

Xu Yuexian reluctantly pulled her gaze away from a light curtain displaying various jewelry artifacts for women.

Indeed, women in that world were all the same.

“Go take a look around; someone is probably delivering these things. Even if they’re for sale, they shouldn’t be expensive,” Xu Fan said as he took the mobile artifact and handed Xu Yuexian a storage bag containing 100,000 spirit stones. For some reason, these siblings had never asked Xu Fan for spirit stones; even after receiving them, they would place them in the communal treasury, and the clothes they wore were all artifacts crafted by Xu Fan.

“There are 100,000 spirit stones inside; go buy things you like.”

“You’re still asking me for spirit stones? There are over a million spirit stones in the treasury, and you don’t even know to take any. Are you silly?” Xu Fan scolded.

“I got it, Master~” Xu Yuexian said, squinting her eyes like a young girl who just got some pocket money and was scolded by her father.