Although the North Sea Archipelago and the North Sea monster spirits' territories bordered each other's territories, both sides had established a zone of separation between their territories. Neither side was allowed to station any cultivators or monster beasts within the zone, and cultivators from either side were strictly forbidden from entering. It was a buffer zone between the North Sea Alliance and the monster spirits.
Naturally, the security was strict. However, there were many cultivators and yao beasts there. It was impossible to control them all. Thus, there were still many cultivators and yao beasts in the buffer zone. However, all of them were adventurers who had snuck into the buffer zone. Both sides treated each other as prey. The winner would naturally obtain cultivation resources while the loser would lose their lives.
The Cultivator Sharing Alliance that Lu Ping had encountered in the Truesoul Side Hall was a desperate organization of such cultivators.
The so-called sea ban referred to the fact that the high-levelled cultivators on both sides would not provide protection for the cultivators on their side in the buffer zone. If they were to encounter the cultivators on the other side in the buffer zone, even the high-levelled cultivators on their side would die in vain.
By the same logic, the so-called sea ban meant that the high-ranking cultivators of the North Sea Alliance would promise to protect the cultivators who entered the buffer zone to hunt monster beasts. This meant that if a high-ranking monster spirit cultivator appeared, the North Sea Alliance cultivators of the same level would be responsible for fighting.
In other words, adults shouldn't interfere when children fight!
On the first day of the tenth month, the sea ban was lifted!
Cultivators who'd been waiting for a long time rushed to the buffer zone with dreams of killing monster beasts, getting rich, and improving their cultivation.
More and more cultivators arrived on Huang Li Island, but most of them were Blood Refining cultivators. Because of their limited cultivation, they couldn't hunt monster beasts in the distant seas like Blood Condensation cultivators. They could only hunt Blood Refining monster beasts in the coastal waters for spirit stones. Therefore, Huang Li Island, which was the closest to the buffer zone, became their forward base.
After the market on Huang Li Island was built, Lu Ping rented a shop under his own name. Li Ziming and the others didn't expect Lu Ping to be so generous. Zhenling set the price of a shop at three hundred spirit stones per month, payable every half a year. Lu Ping threw in 3,600 spirit stones and rented the best shop for a year.
Li Ziming and the others secretly mocked Lu Ping for wasting spirit stones. Hu Lili also advised him to wait, but Lu Ping snickered. "It'll be too late if we wait." He even encouraged Hu Lili to rent a shop as well. Hu Lili didn't have enough spirit stones at the moment, and she didn't have much confidence in Lu Ping's investment. Lu Ping had no choice but to rent a second shop under Hu Lili's name.
Lu Ping wanted to rent it himself, but Zhenling seemed to be a veteran in this business. He stipulated that each person could only rent one shop. Lu Ping couldn't help but sigh. A ten-thousand-year inheritance was indeed better than a five-thousand-year one. At the very least, in his previous life, he couldn't do as much as Zhenling when it came to real estate.
Lu Ping sent a letter to his friends, Yao Yong, Shi Lingling, and the others, asking if they wanted to rent a shop. Unfortunately, they weren't interested. Moreover, the spirit stones in their hands didn't allow them to fool around.
Then, Lu Ping sent another letter to Chen Lian. Chen Lian was quite interested. Old Man Chen would be retiring in a few years. Although Chen Lian was allowed to slowly take over the business, the people who came to him were all here for Old Man Chen's fame. Chen Lian was overshadowed by his father's fame, so he didn't know much about smithing himself. To Chen Lian, who was obsessed with smithing, it was torture. Hence, he discussed with Old Man Chen to come to Huang Li Island.
Elder Chen was quite straightforward. He knew that this was an opportunity for Chen Lian to grow. With a wave of his hand, he gave Chen Lian ten thousand spirit stones to start a business on Huang Li Island.
In the Hundred Arts of Cultivation, every cultivator would more or less learn one or several unique skills related to cultivation. For example, Lu Ping chose to learn talisman crafting and alchemy. Hu Lili chose to learn formations. Chen Lian naturally chose to forge tools.
Naturally, the three shops were right next to each other. On the left was Chen Lian's "Little Chen's Smithing Shop". On the right was Lu Ping's Talisman Pill Pavilion. The shop in the middle was temporarily used to purchase the skins of demonic beasts in the Late Blood Refining Realm and above, as well as various spiritual herbs and spiritual materials used for forging tools. Lu Ping opened up the three shops so that they could interact with each other.
The business of the smithing shop naturally had to be managed by Chen Lian himself. As for the business of the Talisman Pill Pavilion, Chen Lian hired a disciple in his forties from Zhenling's outer sect, Fang Tao, to be the shopkeeper at a salary of fifty spirit stones per month. After some thought, Chen Lian added thirty spirit stones to the salary and asked Fang Tao to be the shopkeeper of the shop that purchased spiritual herbs and spiritual materials. Chen Lian and Lu Ping each made a list of what they wanted and attached a price at the end.
Lu Ping didn't know what Chen Lian's arrangements were, nor did he care. When he went to Di Kun Island to purchase spirit herbs and spirit pellets, he also bought a batch of Late Blood Refining Realm medicinal pellets, charms, and Blood Condensation Realm medicinal pellets — Lu Ping didn't even have enough of them. Even though the seller gave him a discounted price because he bought them in bulk, he still spent almost 10,000 spirit stones, almost half of his wealth. When he returned, he sold all the medicinal pellets at Talisman Pellet Pavilion and sold them at a 20% discount. He then put the rest in his interspatial pouch and gave it to Fang Tao so that he could make up for it when he ran out of spirit herbs.
The Blood Essence Pills that Lu Ping concocted were also placed on the shelves. Lu Ping had been burning spirit stones to learn how to concoct pills. So far, he was still far from turning his losses into profits.
On the other hand, his talismans had improved a lot. Thanks to Lu Ping's powerful divine sense, the success rate of the Early Blood Condensation talismans he concocted was around fifty percent. The quality of the talismans he concocted had also improved a lot.
There was also a Hundred Treasure Pavilion set up by the Zhenling Clan in the market. Naturally, it was located in the best location. However, considering that Huang Li Island was too small, even if the sea ban was lifted, the number of customers would still be limited. Hence, the Hundred Treasure Pavilion was opened. It was the equivalent of a grocery store in a mortal's market.
After the sea ban was lifted, strategic islands like Xuan Qi Island were the first to prosper. Various trades were conducted, and the Zhenling Clan's profits were also increasing.
Half a month after the sea ban was lifted, Huang Li Island gradually appeared in the eyes of the cultivators who went out to sea. Although the island was the closest to the buffer zone, the facilities on the island were simple and crude. They could be replenished in a timely manner, saving a lot of time for greater harvests. Hence, the number of cultivators on Huang Li Island gradually increased.
In total, Lu Ping spent nearly 16,000 spirit stones on two storefronts and a large number of medicinal pellets and charms. He also kept another 4,000 spirit stones as capital for the purchase of spirit herbs and materials. With that, the 20,000 spirit stones were gone. Lu Ping's interspatial pouch, which had swelled up after the incident on Xuan Qi Island and the 5,000 spirit stones reward from the sect, slowly deflated again.
At this moment, before Lu Ping was anxious, Hu Lili was. Every few days, she would come over to ask about the business. Chen Lian was watching from the side with interest. He teased, "What's this? If it's a friend, why would you ask so frequently? If it's the lady boss, she would have done it already. There's no need for Lu Ping to show up! "
His words made Hu Lili blush. She did not show her face at the Pill and Talisman Pavilion for several days.
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