Martial Arts: Start by Obtaining the Wild World

Chapter 304 0303: Chamber of Commerce Established

Time flies, and half a month has passed in the blink of an eye.

At the crossroads in the central area of ​​Xiancheng, where the two major streets in the southeast meet, five townhouses belonging to the South City District are particularly eye-catching.

After half a month of non-stop renovations day and night, the Cheng's Chamber of Commerce was finally officially established. The shop in the middle of the Chamber of Commerce is the main entrance, and facing the center of the intersection is the future Chamber of Commerce building under construction.

The "shantytown renovation" project of the entire Xiancheng was carried out step by step in different regions. First the north, then the east, then the south, and finally the west. Because the west and south are the most prosperous areas of Xiancheng, the construction sequence was also considered.

When the Chamber of Commerce was established, Cheng Zongyang did not hold a grand opening ceremony. Firstly, he did not have the time, and secondly, he felt it was unnecessary.

Today, the Cheng Chamber of Commerce has been established, with the business of its five departments clearly differentiated.

Entering from the main gate and walking to the left and right, you can reach other shops responsible for different businesses, including money houses, medicine shops, martial arts shops, task bounties, and auction houses.

Each type of business occupies a shop, but the fifth type of auction house has not been opened yet. Instead, it has been reserved by Cheng Zongwen for the business of booking boat tickets for the world of immortal cultivation, qualification testing and other businesses.

In the past half month, Cheng Zongyang assisted his cousin Cheng Zongwen in establishing the Cheng's Chamber of Commerce. From decoration to positioning the direction of the business department, Cheng Zongwen did it all himself. Although Cheng Zongyang assisted, the entire process was almost handled by Cheng Zongwen and Zhang Zeyu.

Now that the Chamber of Commerce has been established, it has temporarily set up five business departments and also has more ambitious development plans in the future.

The business of the bank will continue to expand to include lending spirit stones, storing gold, silver and spirit stones, pawning items, exchanging spirit stones for gold and silver, and establishing fixed asset acquisition and sales relationships with major forces outside the Immortal City, so as to ensure the credibility and reputation, security and stability of the bank.

In the future, when the money house is stable and there are more cultivators in the Immortal City, he will add different businesses.

At that time, we can provide personalized financial solutions according to the needs and strengths of different martial artists or immortal cultivators. For those with strong strength and good reputation, we will provide higher loan limits and more favorable interest rates; for novices who have just entered the immortal cultivation world and have limited funds, we will provide small low-interest loans.

The elixir shop will be dedicated to selling various precious martial arts elixirs, immortal elixirs, precious medicinal materials and spiritual medicinal materials to meet the different needs of martial artists and immortal cultivators. At the same time, it will also provide mission rewards to encourage people to go deep into various places to find rare medicinal raw materials, and establish long-term and stable cooperative relationships with herbalists and farmers.

The Skill Shop will be dedicated to the sale or rental of various martial arts and immortal skills, providing more choices for everyone in the Immortal City. It will also purchase the core skills of various forces to fill the Skill Shop's inventory.

The Task Bounty Office will increase its publicity efforts. In addition to the Cheng family and the Tianduan Gang issuing tasks, it will also accept rewards from outsiders, thereby attracting more people to issue and undertake tasks, further promoting the prosperity of the Immortal City and the income of those who undertake the tasks.

The auction house occupied by businesses such as [Immortal Cultivation Ship Ticket Reservation] and [Qualification Inspection] is planned to be opened when the economy of the Immortal City is stable and mature, and large-scale auctions related to martial arts or immortal cultivation items will be held to attract people's consumption and further enhance the reputation of the Cheng Chamber of Commerce.

When the Chamber of Commerce building is completed, the sales of martial arts magic weapons and immortal cultivators' magic tools will also be increased. We can even extend this to launch magic tool insurance to ensure that magic tools are repaired or compensated after being damaged in battles or accidents within a certain period of time.

There are too many various integration ideas, but they require a large and stable rear-end support and more professional talent assistance.

He believed that the Cheng Chamber of Commerce would definitely bring more opportunities and choices to martial artists and cultivators in Xiancheng!

On the first day of opening, Cheng Zongyang, Li Xuejin, Chen Kaishan and others watched the operation of the Chamber of Commerce in the restaurant opposite the Chamber of Commerce.

Through some people's reports, I learned that the most popular businesses are qualification testing, ticket booking, spirit stone lending, and immortal cultivation techniques.

All of this was within Cheng Zongyang's expectations, as everyone wanted to know what their qualifications were.

"Boss Cheng, this qualification testing business is truly a goose that lays golden eggs! A spirit bone test costs ten taels of silver, and a spirit root test costs fifteen taels. Look, there are hundreds of people queuing up." Chen Kaishan glanced towards the entrance of the Chamber of Commerce, his face full of admiration.

After hearing this, Cheng Zongyang just laughed, shook his head slightly, and said slowly:
"This test is just a one-time transaction. No one will come to test it frequently in the future. Once people know their own attributes, they will no longer have this demand. Besides, this spirit-testing paper also cost a lot of money to buy. It's good enough to break even."

Chen Kaishan disagreed and shook his head, saying, "Boss Cheng, there are so many people out there who are eager to take the qualification test. Once the Immortal City is opened up in the future, there will be countless people coming. However, for the boat ticket booking business, are the restrictions too harsh?"

As Chen Kaishan spoke, he paid attention to Cheng Zongyang's expression, feeling a little uneasy. After all, as a bystander raising questions, he also had to be aware of his identity.

Cheng Zongyang raised his eyebrows slightly and asked, "Which condition?"

Chen Kaishan quickly responded: "First, only those who have reached the Great Perfection of Innate Realm or the third level of Qi training or above can make reservations. Isn't this threshold too high? Such conditions may discourage many people in need and affect the business of Cheng's Chamber of Commerce. It is unknown how long it will take for a warrior to reach the Great Perfection of Innate Realm."

Cheng Zongyang was silent for a moment, and then said: "If they have money, I can lower my requirements if they add money or spirit stones. Besides, this is also for their own good. Even those who have reached the Great Perfection of the Innate Realm have to live cautiously in the world of immortal cultivation. If they don't have enough strength, sometimes they don't know how they will die when they leave the city."

Cheng Zongyang knew very well the cruelty of the world of immortal cultivation. Only those with certain strength could have a greater chance of survival when they went there. Of course, he could not tell his real purpose.

With the future development, the existence of Xiancheng will be known by more and more people, and its development can be imagined. How can we not keep more people to promote the GDP of Xiancheng?
After hearing this, Chen Kaishan was speechless. He had to admit that Cheng Zongyang's considerations did make sense.

Cheng Zongyang didn't pay attention to Chen Kaishan's expression. He looked towards the entrance of the Chamber of Commerce where people were coming in an endless stream, and continued without turning his head:

"It doesn't matter what the conditions are. If someone can pay tens of millions of taels of silver, or hundreds of spirit stones, I will send him there immediately. To put it bluntly, they have to abide by the conditions I set, and any objections and protests are useless. They can just leave the Immortal City and look for it in the East China Sea on their own."

Cheng Zongyang spoke in a firm tone, with a sense of control over the business of the Chamber of Commerce in his heart. This is the confidence of monopoly!
Chen Kaishan did not ask any more questions about this. He said, "Boss Cheng, I will go to the transfer station to deliver the supplies later. Do you want to meet Su Ze or not?"

Cheng Zongyang paused for a moment before he remembered that there was such a person. He showed a hint of interest and asked, "Has he prepared everything?"

Chen Kaishan said: "Under normal circumstances, Su Ze should be prepared. We will know when we go out and take a look this time. If he is not prepared, I will not mention it. Otherwise, I will bring him to see you?"

Cheng Zongyang thought for a moment and said, "In that case, let's do as you said. Please arrange a time for me to meet this person."

He had asked Luo Dingran about the Su family's situation at the beginning. After learning some specific information about the Su family, he became more determined to catch this guy.

The Su family has a close relationship with the royal family, and Emperor Liang behind them will certainly support it, so the cooperation will inevitably succeed.

Chen Kaishan was delighted when he heard this, and hurriedly said, "Boss Cheng, if everything is arranged, how about tomorrow afternoon? You and Su Ze can meet in the reception room of the Dayi Chamber of Commerce to discuss the details, and have a meal together?"

Cheng Zongyang nodded and said, "Okay, I'll do as you say."

So, Chen Kaishan left first and started to arrange the meeting between Su Ze and Cheng Zongyang tomorrow.

Cheng Zongyang didn't pay too much attention to this matter. The one who was anxious to go to the world of immortal cultivation was the one from the Su family. In his opinion, Su Ze was probably anxious for his second uncle.

At this time, Zhou Zhendong came out of the Chamber of Commerce and quickly came to the restaurant opposite. He came to Cheng Zongyang and said:

"Boss, there are too many people testing qualifications, and I'm afraid the spirit testing papers we prepared may not be enough." Cheng Zongyang was surprised and said, "I prepared a thousand sheets, and that's not enough?"

Zhou Zhendong said: "After learning how to test, some people directly bought more than ten or twenty copies, saying that they would take them back to have people in the clan test them later..."

Now, Cheng Zongyang understood.

I guess I was just shopping and forgot this!

Cheng Zongyang immediately said: "Go and tell Zongwen that everyone must be tested on the spot based on their personal identity and cannot be taken away."

"Yes."

Zhou Zhendong immediately agreed and left quickly.

Cheng Zongyang looked at the Chamber of Commerce with a calm expression, not really caring.

This time when I came back from the world of immortal cultivation, I bought five more spirit-testing stones and 50,000 more spirit-testing papers. Although the price is favorable for this quantity and a piece of spirit-testing paper is only two spirit crystals, it still costs one thousand spirit stones in total.

If the market hut hadn't been able to buy the spirit-testing paper, he estimated that he could buy 10,000 pieces with 10 points. After all, it was made from a special spirit tree, and the cost was not high at all. He also asked Zhao Yonglong to help find the seeds of this kind of spirit plant. It would be better to plant it in the wilderness world in the future.

Although I am not worried about selling out of spiritual paper today, I cannot let this situation happen.

He knew very well that ordinary people could hardly afford the ten taels of silver at the moment. Only warriors, warrior families, or ordinary families with some savings could buy it.

But the lack of money for ordinary people is only temporary. In the future, they will be able to accumulate a lot of money through various planting, breeding and gathering tasks of the Chamber of Commerce.

Everyone continued to chat and observe here. Suddenly, Cheng Zongyang saw an acquaintance behind the crowd.

Among the people queuing at the Chamber of Commerce, Zhang Beishan, a butcher who made a living by selling meat, was pulling his eight-year-old son and quickly lined up at the back of the line. He looked forward from time to time, looking a little nervous, and seemed a little annoyed that he and his wife had been busy for too long last night and slept too late.

"It's still too late. With so many people here, I don't know how long we'll have to wait."

"Dad, is this spiritual bone and spiritual root testing really useful?" Zhang Qijing still had some doubts.

In the past two days, his father talked to him a lot about being a warrior and a cultivator. Although his father was very excited, he was really confused and didn't understand much.

Therefore, as soon as the Cheng Chamber of Commerce opened today, his father dragged him to queue up.

Butcher Zhang snorted and whispered, "I told you, this is the Chamber of Commerce opened by the Cheng family. He was also a farmer's son in the beginning. Later he must have encountered some immortal opportunity to have his current status. Now the whole county... the immortal city belongs to the Cheng family. How glorious! Son, you have to work harder. If you have the spiritual roots to cultivate immortality, the fate of our family of butchers will change!"

Zhang Qijing scratched his head: "Dad, is this thing useful if you work hard? Did you really know that person before?"

Butcher Zhang paused, raised his rough big hand and was about to pat his son on the head as usual, but the next moment he seemed to remember something and put it down. His eyes, like cow eyes, stared at his son who subconsciously shrank his neck:
"If it wasn't for the test today, I would have beaten you. Just listen to what I say. Not only do I know him, he used to come to your father's place to sell meat. I know him very well. I could tell at the beginning that he was not an ordinary person, because he had prey delivered to him every day.

"Also, fifteen taels of silver. I've spent all my family savings! If you don't have spiritual roots, you can just wait to be a butcher!"

Zhang Qijing muttered, "If I can't cultivate immortality, I can be a warrior."

Butcher Zhang glared again: "Can a warrior be better than an immortal? The storyteller said that becoming an immortal can call the wind and rain, fly into the sky and hide underground. Can a warrior do that? It's not like you haven't seen the city lord flying in the sky. Can you be more promising!"

Zhang Qijing stammered, wanting to say that he always wanted to become a warrior before, but now he looked down on warriors. But for the sake of his own brain, he gave up the idea.

Although there were a lot of people, the process was still very fast. As the crowd continued to move forward, it was their turn in about an hour.

Arriving at the qualification testing counter, Zhang the Butcher handed over his and his son's identity tokens with great respect, and said to the counter staff with a smile: "This is my son, he wants to test his spiritual roots, here are fifteen taels, please take a look."

As he spoke, he handed over the purse he had prepared, and then poured out the scattered silver coins.

The staff didn't care whether it was small change or not, as long as the money was enough, it was fine. Another person at the side checked it and then registered it.

"Go over there for testing." The staff pointed to the other side.

Butcher Zhang looked in the direction the staff member pointed, and immediately saw a number of people queuing up in six teams.

He nodded quickly to express his gratitude, then pulled his son to line up over there.

But when he was rushing over, he looked back and saw that the person behind him had bought two copies, not only to test the spiritual bones, but also to test the spiritual stones and spiritual roots.

Then he saw the staff hand the other party a black blank talisman-like thing, and then cut their finger with a knife and dripped blood on it, and then asked them to go over there and line up to test their spiritual roots.

Butcher Zhang also understood the process of measuring spiritual bones.

As for the spirit-testing paper, the storyteller also said that after dripping blood, just wait for the result to appear. He had also heard of the color distinction.

Since there were a large number of spirit stones to be tested, the testing speed was also very fast. In just a quarter of an hour, it was the turn of Zhang the Butcher and his companions.

"Come, just hold the spirit-testing stone here." The tester pointed to Zhang Qijing and pointed to the spirit-testing stone embedded in the top of a metal pillar in front of him.

"Hurry up." Butcher Zhang said hurriedly.

Zhang Qijing went over immediately, raised his hand somewhat stiffly and grasped the spirit-measuring stone which was two heads taller than him.

As his hand held the spirit-testing stone for a while, the stone began to shine with an earthy yellow light, which lasted for about three breaths and then disappeared.

"Single earth spiritual root. Next one." The staff didn't care at all whether the tester had spiritual roots.

But Butcher Zhang was extremely excited. He quickly picked up his son, thanked the staff repeatedly, and quickly left the Chamber of Commerce.

(End of this chapter)