Versatile Sword Cultivator

Chapter 124 – The store is open

10 AM.

Fengqu City, three stores.

Harmony Pharmacy, Honest Auction House, Friendly Equipment Store.

All opened for business simultaneously.

As soon as the doors opened, crowds surged into the three stores.

Inside Harmony Pharmacy, various elixirs were displayed.

[Ordinary Grade · Blood Clotting Elixir]: Restores 150 HP per second, effect halved in combat.

Price: 3 Spirit Stones per bottle (10 pills)

[Ordinary Grade · Mana Replenishing Elixir]: Restores 150 mana per second, effect halved in combat.

Price: 3 Spirit Stones per bottle

[Ordinary Grade · Strength Elixir]: Increases strength by 3 points for 20 seconds.

Price: 5 Spirit Stones per bottle

[Ordinary Grade · Jade Defense Elixir]: Increases defense by 3 points for 20 seconds.

Price: 5 Spirit Stones per bottle

[Ordinary Grade · Mental Power Elixir]: Increases mental power by 3 points for 20 seconds.

Price: 5 Spirit Stones per bottle

The shelves were filled with a dazzling array of pills, including various special attribute elixirs. Even Corpse Poison Potions were plentiful here.

And the prices were significantly cheaper than the store across from Autumn Moon Pavilion.

Not just the Corpse Poison Potions, almost all the elixirs here were about one Spirit Stone cheaper than elsewhere.

"This Strength Elixir is really useful, and it's cheaper by one Spirit Stone than other pharmacies. Give me five bottles!"

"I'll take 10 bottles of Blood Clotting Elixir."

"Miss, I want 5 bottles of Jade Defense Elixir."

"I want..."

The players who surged in saw the abundance of elixirs and the lower prices, and were naturally eager to spend their money.

Xiaocui was busy directing the staff to fetch elixirs, handle payments, restock, and replenish supplies, bustling non-stop.

If the pharmacy was this popular, the most prominent two-story store was even more crowded.

Players almost filled the entire building to the brim.

Wang Jinghao also arrived at the store, seeing it filled with various Ordinary Grade equipment, suitable for any profession.

Although the prices were a bit higher, most of the Ordinary Grade equipment here was much better than the usual Ordinary Grade items.

For example, the Ordinary Grade longswords were almost all iron swords with +3 strength.

But there were no such cheap iron swords here...

[Ordinary Grade · Hundred Refined Sword]: +7 strength, +3 critical hit.

Price: 10 Spirit Stones.

Given this, selling it for 10 Spirit Stones was not unreasonable.

There were also many weapons with better attributes, each priced differently.

"How did the owner of this store manage to get so much high-quality Ordinary Grade equipment? And in such quantities?"

Wang Jinghao was shocked. Just these pieces of equipment alone were enough to support a large guild.

Because the drop rate in Tale of Immortal was so low, many of his guild's new members were still using basic iron swords and iron spears.

Even those who joined sects didn't get equipment as good as this.

Wang Jinghao was so envious that he wanted to find the owner immediately, either to cooperate or to take over the store by any means necessary.

He didn't even need to look at the sales figures to know that this store was going to be a huge success.

When he went upstairs, he was even more shocked. The auction house was filled with Spirit Grade equipment!

Thousands of Spirit Grade pieces were displayed for players to freely auction.

Although Spirit Grade equipment wasn't as valuable as it used to be, any piece could still fetch thousands, and those with good attributes could go for tens of thousands.

But here, they were displayed like cabbages in various cabinets.

In front of each piece of equipment, many players were bidding.

Even those who couldn't squeeze in could bid from outside, just like in an official auction house.

Wang Jinghao saw a pair of Spirit Grade boots with rather ordinary attributes being bid up to over 80 Spirit Stones, and the price was still rising.

And a Spirit Grade weapon that even he found tempting had already been bid up to several hundred Spirit Stones.

"Crazy... The owners of these two stores are making a fortune."

Wang Jinghao muttered to himself. As a businessman, he knew very well the kind of profits these two stores would bring.

Although he hadn't checked the pharmacy yet, he was sure that it was just as busy.

"Investigate, find out who owns these stores. No matter how much it costs, we must invest in them."

Wang Jinghao finally realized the importance of stores in Tale of Immortal.

"Also, find a way to gain reputation. Anyone who can provide an effective shortcut to gain reputation, I'll reward them with five hundred... no, ten million!"

For the first time, Wang Jinghao felt an urgent desire for reputation points.

Unfortunately, reputation points couldn't be traded; they could only be earned by oneself.

Otherwise, reputation points would have already been driven to sky-high prices by capitalists.

"Right! The girls from the Moon Shadow Guild, they each got two thousand reputation points from clearing Corpse King Valley. Go find them, recruit them, and sign contracts to buy stores from them!"

Wang Jinghao suddenly thought of a good idea.

Meanwhile, Jiang Luoyu and Su Wanling were discussing on the other side.

"Have all the contracts been signed?"

"Don't worry, President. Seventy percent of the members who earned two thousand reputation points yesterday have signed the transfer contracts, each for three million."

"What about the remaining thirty percent?"

Su Wanling scratched her head awkwardly and said, "The remaining thirty percent were poached by other guilds yesterday. Those guys were like sharks smelling blood, they acted too fast. It's my fault."

Jiang Luoyu shook her head and said, "It's not your fault. Everyone knows how hard it is to earn reputation points. It's normal for other capitalists to poach people. We have seventy percent, that's enough."

"Immediately start collecting Spirit Stones, as many as possible. Use the guild's Spirit Stones to buy shops in the royal city. Although two thousand Spirit Stones can't buy large shops, we can grab the medium and small ones. Not just in Fengqu City, but also in the main cities of the other three states. Buy as many as we can."

Jiang Luoyu showed her decisive side. In fact, she had instructed Su Wanling to do this since yesterday.

As the daughter of the richest man, her business acumen was extremely high, which was why she had Su Wanling sign the reputation transfer contracts with the members who participated in the Corpse King Valley instance yesterday.

It's true that reputation points can't be traded, but that didn't stump her.

Reputation points couldn't be traded, but the people holding them could be.

As long as the other party signed a contract transferring the usage rights of the two thousand reputation points, the problem was solved.

In other words, the store would be opened under their name, but the profits and investments had nothing to do with them.

But they could still pocket a few million for free.

The girls who participated in the Corpse King Valley Secret Realm yesterday made a fortune, each pocketing millions, as if the God of Wealth was lining up to give them money.

The girls who didn't participate were now regretting it deeply.

From this moment on, all the capitalists in Tale of Immortal began fiercely competing for stores in the four main cities.

Lin Jichen was aware of this, but he didn't care.

He never intended to take over all the stores in Tale of Immortal; that was a fool's dream.

Two thousand reputation points could at most buy a medium-sized store, and currently, no one but him could afford the large stores.

Moreover, no guild had enough Spirit Stones to buy thousands of stores.

Stores were endless; as long as Lin Jichen could secure a few prime locations, he would have an endless supply of Spirit Stones in the future.