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Chapter 170: Advancement to the Lingtai Realm

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Faced with those gazes that were either burning, doubtful, or expectant, even though Mu Chenggang's cultivation had reached the fifth level of the Foundation Establishment Stage, he was unable to resist and felt uncomfortable all over.

What’s going on with this Jintai Building?

Isn't this a shady shop that rips people off?

For example, the kind that requires you to buy as soon as you ask a price, or stuffs the goods into your storage bag after taking one look at them?

No, let's retreat first. As a dignified elder of the Jindan clan, I cannot risk my life just to chase after this book...

Just when Mu Chenggang was about to back out, Chen Jingpeng was the first to react and came forward with joy: "Sir, our store is Jintailou. What kind of goods do you want to buy? We have southern Xinjiang specialties, East China Sea treasures, and exotic treasures. We have an abundant supply of goods at a low price and good quality."

He felt that the visitor had a high level of cultivation and seemed to have an extraordinary status. If he could sell a batch of goods, it would help break the deadlock.

Mu Chenggang hesitated for a moment, but still stated his purpose: "I am not here to purchase goods, but I want to buy the subsequent volumes of "The Romantic Swordsman and the Pretty Master". It would be great if I could have the opportunity to meet the original author, Senior Mo Xiangzi."

"What?" Chen Jingpeng's smile froze.

What is this Sword Immortal and Master? Who is Mo Xiangzi?
Chen Xiuyang's eyes lit up, and he came forward and asked excitedly, "Senior, are you a fellow reader who has finished reading the first volume?"

Mu Chenggang looked at the white hair on the young man's forehead and resisted the urge to beat him up: "I came here following the guidance of the conclusion at the end of the volume."

The smile on Chen Xiuyang's face became more and more sincere.

This book friend was obviously a senior in the Foundation Establishment Stage. He didn't expect that someone so old could share the same hobby with him. He immediately replied, "Our second volume is being printed and is expected to be officially released in five days."

"This……"

Mu Chenggang was disappointed, but he didn't have the courage to ask for the original manuscript.

Just as he was about to say goodbye, he heard Chen Xiuyang say, "Since you are here, why not take a look at the goods in our store. As long as you leave your name, temporary address, and contact information in the store's registration book, you will be considered an old customer of our store. Whether you buy anything or not, when the second volume goes on sale, I can give you a non-sale hardcover illustration volume as a gift."

Mu Chenggang's heart moved, and after a moment of hesitation, he said, "Okay, then I'll take a look first."

He made up his mind that even if the goods in this store were average, he would still buy a few to give some face to this straightforward young man.

Chen Jingpeng knew that his grandson knew nothing about the shop, so he took the initiative to take over the job, taking Mu Chenggang around the shop and introducing the goods one by one.

Gradually, the surprise in Mu Chenggang's eyes became more and more intense.

The prices of the goods in Jintai Building were surprisingly quite affordable. Afterwards, he carefully checked some samples. Well, the quality was up to standard. Even if there were inferior goods occasionally, the prices were even lower. They adhered to the business principle of "you get what you pay for" and never selling inferior goods as good ones.

Within half an hour, Mu Chenggang, who was becoming more and more excited, purchased a batch of goods. The dazzling purchase list was worth a total of 5431 spirit stones.

Chen Jingpeng was extremely excited to have made such a big deal before the business even opened, and Mu Chenggang was also very satisfied with the result.

Compared with the other stores he was negotiating with, Jintai Building was indeed good value for money.

Then, the two parties signed a formal purchase contract, delivered the spirit stones, and Chen was responsible for transporting the purchased goods to the designated spirit boat.

While Chen Jingpeng was entertaining Mu Chenggang, more and more people followed the guidance of the message at the end of the volume and came to Jintai Tower. Among them were independent cultivators, family cultivators, sect cultivators, and both male and female cultivators.

These were book friends who wanted to purchase the second volume of "The Romantic Swordsman and the Pretty Master" in advance. After learning that there would be a limited edition picture album for free, they all bought something in the store, some spending a few spirit stones and some spending hundreds of spirit stones.

After all, the products of Jintai Building are indeed quite cost-effective. If you need them, it doesn’t matter where you buy them.
As the number of book lovers gradually increased, Jintai Building gradually became popular.

When some passers-by A, B, C, and D passed by Jintai Building, they saw customers coming in and out from time to time. Then they took a look inside the store and found that many customers were choosing goods under the guidance of the waiter, and people were checking out in front of the shopkeeper's counter. Naturally, they would have a good impression and think that the things in the store must be good, otherwise the business would not be so good.

This attracted some passers-by to stop and they walked into the store with a little curiosity. After a short while, they were impressed by the excellent price-performance ratio of Jintailou's products and bought some products that met their needs.

So changing.

Chen Jingpeng, Su Yuanbai and other leaders were delighted by this.

Unexpectedly, the book that Xiu Yang was playing with actually turned out to be a good thing and opened up new opportunities for the store.

Then, Chen Jingpeng looked at his grandson Chen Xiuyang, who was entertaining wave after wave of guests, and a look of satisfaction gradually appeared in his eyes.

Which grandfather wouldn’t want his grandson to be successful?
My grandson Xiuyang has finally grown up and is capable of doing things.

However, soon, Chen Xiuyang and a group of family members were driven out by Chen Jingpeng, who asked them to continue promoting "The Romantic Swordsman and the Pretty Master" for free to attract more traffic to Jintai Building.

As for the reception in the store, it's the same old rhetoric, they have already learned it, so there's no need for them to keep an eye on it.

Time passes day by day.

The business of Jintai Building was getting better day by day. Until the day when Jintai Building officially opened, it was packed with people and long queues formed on the street.

Of course, most of them are book friends who come to buy the second volume.

Before coming, many book lovers were actually a little nervous, fearing that the second volume would sell for a very high price. It was a predictable routine to attract people with the free first volume at the beginning and then start making a lot of money.

Some of the coolie monks who were carrying goods at the Lingzhou Wharf had already begun to form alliances, forming small groups of a dozen or so people, intending to buy a volume together and take turns reading it.

There were even some smart monks who were ready to buy the second volume, quickly print a pirated copy, and sell the copies to the poor monks.

In short, the composition of this long team is quite complicated.

"I want to buy a copy of the second volume." A strong middle-aged man who was at the fifth level of Qi Refining Stage spoke a little awkwardly.

Behind him were a bunch of brothers dressed like him, all with excitement, desire and a little worry in their eyes.

During the month before and after the small fair in Jinwufang City, even if they worked hard every day, the wages they could get in the end were only two to five spirit stones. What would they do if the other party offered one spirit stone?

In this world of cultivating immortals, it is not easy for a low-level cultivator to earn a few spirit stones.

"Okay~"

Chen Wenxue, who was only sixteen or seventeen years old and still looked a bit childish, sat behind the counter with a sweet smile and gentle tone.

"For the plain text version, it's one ounce of gold per copy. For the hardcover illustrated version, it's one spirit stone per copy. For the limited edition with all illustrations, it's ten spirit stones per copy."

The sturdy middle-aged cultivator was stunned when he saw the second volume of the three versions spread out on the table.

The cheapest one is only one or two taels of gold per copy?
If it were in the mortal world, selling a book for one tael of gold would be a sky-high price. But for cultivators, even for low-level casual cultivators, gold is not a precious thing. It takes at least one hundred taels of gold to exchange for one spirit stone.

At one tael of gold per copy, he had no pressure to buy it.

After a moment of hesitation, the middle-aged strong man became happy.

He looked at the plain paperback edition, then looked enviously at the beautifully printed, lifelike hardcover illustrated edition next to it. In the end, he resisted the temptation to buy the hardcover illustrated edition and paid one or two taels of gold for a paperback text edition.

Just as he could no longer contain his excitement and was about to return to his temporary hideout to enjoy his meal, Chen Wenxue reminded him in a sweet voice, "My fellow reader, our Jintai Building is opening today with great fanfare. We have promotions on all kinds of elixirs, talismans, talisman paper, talisman ink, and magical instruments. In order to give back to our fellow readers, our Master Xiuyang has secured an extra discount for customers who purchase the second volume. You can take a look even if you don't want to buy it."

Discount?

The middle-aged man's attention was immediately drawn to it.

As a low-level cultivator with limited funds, his sensitivity to words like "discount", "saving money" and "discount" has long been ingrained in his bones.

Before his brain could react, his body had already automatically taken the book purchase receipt and followed the guidance into the Qi Refining Futures Product Area of ​​Jintai Building.

Soon, he discovered that the products in Jintai Tower were very cost-effective, so he couldn't help but buy some talisman paper and talisman ink. He also gritted his teeth and bought a brand new low-grade purple bamboo silver-hair talisman pen, spending a total of twenty-eight spirit stones!
These were the spirit stones he had been saving for a long time, but he also knew how to draw two low-level talismans. According to his usual success rate in making talismans, except for the rune pen, the other consumables should be able to barely make back his investment.

Being able to make a profit is the greatest hope for a low-level talisman-making monk like him, because in this way, he only needs to spend time and energy to gradually improve his success rate in talisman making and gradually achieve the goal of making a profit in the future.

As long as there is profit, this middle-aged strong man can escape from the ranks of coolie monks and apply for the job of talisman maker in those talisman shops, thus achieving a leap in status.

After he saves up more spirit stones, he can find a female cultivator to marry. He and his wife can work harder and have more children. Perhaps one of their offspring will have a child with five spiritual roots, and then they will have a tiny family of cultivators.

And his child who has spiritual roots can receive relatively favorable training since childhood. He can teach the child the art of talisman making so that the child can surpass his teacher. Perhaps one day, the child can join the sect as an outer disciple and become a cultivator with status from then on.

Xuanyuan Baifa once said that no matter what kind of difficulties you are in, you must not give up your dreams and hopes.

This middle-aged strong monk left Jintai Tower with his dreams in his heart. Before leaving, he stared deeply at the sign of Jintai Tower.

Similar situations are constantly happening. Even many monks who originally wanted to share the purchase, when they found a paperback version that cost one or two gold coins, were no longer willing to share it with other monks. They bought a single copy and went to Jintai Tower to shop.

However, most of the monks or organizations with dirty intentions who were planning to pirate the works to make a fortune would stay away from the simplified version.

How can I earn spirit stones with this thing?
Only a small number of monks decided to grit their teeth and give it a try. If they sold one tael of gold, we would sell half a tael. If we accumulate a little, we can make some money.

Of course, there were also disciples from large families or sects who directly purchased the hardcover illustrated version, and a few even bought the limited edition with all illustrations.

On the first day of Jintai Building's opening, business was booming and the store was packed with customers, making it a great start.

After closing the store at night.

Chen Xiuyang, Wu Yongliang, Jiang Xiaoyu and a group of other young people gathered together and began to count their wealth happily.

"A total of 1385 ounces of gold! 329 spirit stones!"

A large number of spirit stones were earned, part of which was real sales, but a considerable portion also came from distinguished guests who came to Jintai Tower specially to show their support, such as Lu Qingyao, Kou Qianjue, and even members of friendly families such as the Shangguan and Yuwen families, all of whom bought limited editions.

Although the absolute income was not much, all the young people seemed very excited. This was the first fortune they had earned through their own abilities and external sources.

Wu Yongliang was especially excited, his whole body trembling: "I have stood up, who will dare to say that I am an uneducated idiot in the future!"

"Haha, quite interesting." Chen Xiuyang tilted his head and said lightly, but the excitement in his eyes was hard to conceal. Of course, not many books were sold.

However, the sales data on the first day of Jintai Building's opening was extremely impressive.

A total of 2389 customers were received today, with a total turnover of more than spirit stones, of which spirit stones were bulk purchases from various families and forces, and the remaining approximately spirit stones were retail income.

However, in order to build up their reputation and win word of mouth, Chen's promotion was very aggressive this time. Even though the turnover was huge, after deducting all costs and the commission from the market, the net profit was only about 1600 spirit stones.

Of course, many of them are marine products contributed by the mother dragon whale, and selling them is pure profit, but the costs will still be estimated and included in the marketing books.

On the second day of opening, all data were cut in half.

On the third day, there continued to be a significant decline.

On the fourth day, another large wave of book lovers arrived, which stopped the decline in sales of the second volume and Jintailou's turnover and rebounded. The data was once close to the second day.

In the following days, there was a slight decline every day until the tenth day, when sales began to stabilize. Jintai Building maintained a daily turnover of around four to five thousand until the small market was completely over and business suddenly became depressed.

But it’s not just Jintai Building that is in a state of depression; it’s the same for everyone.

Overall, the Chen family had made a great start and had truly established a foothold in Jinwufang City.

The Chen family was also very happy, as they had finally developed a profitable industry for the family.

For a family of immortal cultivators, the importance of a stable source of income far exceeds that of uncertain income. The most important ones are land, minerals, taxes, rent, support, etc., followed by stable foreign business income, and then trade income.

These are the basic foundation of a family.

As for the income from adventures in monster hunting, it is often calculated separately and not mixed with the family's annual income.

After all, only long-term stable production and financial conditions that do not fluctuate can enable a family to develop stably in the long term and be able to face various emergencies with ease.

Of course, this time Chen’s opening promotion and customer appreciation event, which lasted almost as long as a small market, also attracted attention from all parties.

In order to prepare for the grand opening promotion, Chen Ningtai, Lu Qingyao and Kou Qianjue specially paid a visit in advance to the Jindan cultivator [Lu Jianhan] stationed in Jinwufang City.

With Lu Jianhan's tacit approval, Chen Ningtai worked hard to build up his network of contacts in all directions, building rapport with them in advance and making advance arrangements. Only then was he tolerated by the market and other neighboring shops.

By the time of next year's small market, Jintailou will be an "old store" in Jinwu Market, and will no longer be able to carry out such intensive promotional activities. Otherwise, it will be suspected of maliciously disrupting the market, which will at best trigger a price war, resulting in losses for both sides, or at worst be expelled from the market by the market authorities.

But it doesn’t matter. With such a good start, Jintai Building has accumulated a considerable number of customers, and its reputation will continue to grow in the future, bringing a steady stream of customers to Chen.

Also.

During this period, an interesting thing happened.

Just in the last few days of the small gathering.

A young woman with a mysterious identity appeared in Jintai Building in a low-key manner.

She called herself Wu Yunyi, wearing a lotus-colored palace dress. She had a decent appearance, a dignified and elegant temperament, and her every move was calm and dignified. One could tell at a glance that she had an extraordinary background.

The most important thing is that she looks very young, but her cultivation has reached the middle stage of foundation building, which is not much inferior to Chen Ningzhuo who is already over a hundred years old. It can be seen that her bloodline aptitude is extraordinary.

When Wu Yongliang saw her, he was like a mouse seeing a cat. He immediately called her "Auntie" timidly, and then became unusually well-behaved and submissive, as if he had become a different person. It was obvious that he was afraid of being beaten on a daily basis.

However, before leaving, Wu Yunyi personally expressed her gratitude to Chen Ningtai, thanking him for taking care of and protecting the runaway boy Wu Yongliang during this period of time.

It turns out that this kid is really the great-grandson of the current crown prince as he claimed.

Of course, Wu Yongliang didn’t want to leave at all, but he just didn’t have the courage to disobey his sister-in-law.

Before leaving, he took Chen Xiuyang, Jiang Xiaoyu, Chen Xiuxu, Chen Wenxue and others to say goodbye reluctantly, with a look of reluctance on his face.

Chen Xiuyang and others were also reluctant to leave.

In just less than a month of getting along, everyone worked hard for a common cause and fought together, and in the process they have forged a deep friendship.

With Chen Xiuyang's insistence, Wu Yongliang took away half of the second volume's sales.

It’s not that he holds such a large stake, but he deliberately sold the books at a low price to attract traffic to Jintai Building, which inevitably affected the actual profit of the second volume.

Although Chen Xiuyang is a bit unruly on weekdays, he is always generous to the brothers he recognizes and is unwilling to let them suffer any loss.

Wu Yongliang naturally recognized Chen Xiuyang as his brother. Before leaving, he secretly sent him a message: "Brother, you must practice well. When you become powerful, I will help you to pursue my aunt. When you marry into the royal family, we can play together every day."

As a result, the voice transmission was intercepted by Wu Yunyi who was on purpose.

Just over ten miles away from the market town, Wu Yongliang's screams and pleas for mercy were heard from the spiritual boat with the emblem of the Great Wu royal family that the aunt and nephew were riding on.

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With the end of the Jinwu Market Fair, Chen's deployment in Jinwu Market was also initially completed. Soon, Chen's main force left the increasingly deserted market and returned to Chen's main residence.

Only Su Yuanbai was left in the market to maintain daily operations.

And Chen Xuanmo also fell into a deep sleep early.

Time flies by.

Before I knew it, almost another year had passed.

Five days before the Chen family’s 39th ancestor worship ceremony.

Chen Ningtai burned incense and bathed, then sat cross-legged on the top floor of the Golden Light Tower.

At this time, this youthful version of the Golden Light Tower has been activated. Golden light lingers on the tower, and the spiritual energy in the spiritual veins is continuously gathered into the tower. After a period of time, the gold spiritual energy in the quiet room on the top of the tower has become extremely full.

Chen Ningtai's cultivation has reached the peak of the sixth level of the Foundation Establishment Period, and he has been honing and consolidating it for a period of time, making full preparations for breaking through to the seventh level of the Foundation Establishment Period.

Today is the day for him to break through to the seventh level of the foundation-building period.

This was something that had been planned for a long time. Chen Xuanmo was awakened temporarily and naturally knew what was going on when he saw the situation.

He first instilled two golden marks into Chen Ningtai, and then controlled the Xuan Mo Ling Sword to vibrate with a buzzing sound.

Chen Ningtai immediately understood what he meant, swallowed the elixir to assist in the breakthrough, began to circulate the strong gold element true energy in his body, and began to try to break through.

"Boom!"

The golden mark, which was much deeper than usual, exploded, and Chen Ningtai instantly entered a mysterious state of enlightenment.

Rays of gilded light moved continuously across his body like small golden snakes. At the same time, years of accumulated insights were triggered, and countless thoughts poured into his consciousness like continuous spring rain.

Unconsciously, Chen Ningtai's own gold element true meaning had made another breakthrough and directly reached the realm of minor success in true meaning.

Taking advantage of this momentum, he directly attacked the seventh level.

In the ancient world of immortal cultivation, the middle stage of the foundation-building period is called the [Shouyi Realm], while the late stage of the foundation-building period is called the [Lingtai Realm]. The greatest symbol of this realm is to break through the chaos in the [Niwan Palace] of the brain and open up the Lingtai.

The spiritual platform is the cornerstone for the growth of a cultivator's soul and it is also the foundation for the subsequent comprehension of the laws. At the same time, it also serves the subsequent breakthrough of the Golden Core Stage, so it is extremely important.

But correspondingly, the process of opening up the spiritual platform is also extremely dangerous.

This is because the main locations for exercising energy in this stage are all in various parts of the head, which is extremely dangerous. If you make the slightest mistake, you will go astray or even die.

That is why most wild methods can only practice to the peak of the sixth level of the Foundation Establishment Stage, and dare not go any further.

Chen Ningtai has now switched to the foundation-building chapter of the Taiyi Gengjin Jue and has a complete foundation-building path. Naturally, he has already memorized the method of breaking through the seventh level of the foundation-building period and has rehearsed it many times.

However, despite this, he was still very cautious at this stage and did not dare to be distracted in the slightest.

As time goes by.

suddenly.

The fluctuations of Chen Ningtai's true energy underwent subtle changes, and then quickly calmed down, but the intensity of his aura increased significantly.

Obviously, this was a successful breakthrough.

After a moment, he opened his eyes, his gaze was deep and distant, as if he could see through everything. This is the benefit of opening up the spiritual platform, his spiritual awareness will be greatly improved at once.

The Lingtai is the prerequisite for opening up the [Purple Mansion] in the late Jindan period, and the Purple Mansion serves the subsequent condensation of the Nascent Soul. It can be seen that the way to cultivate immortals is interconnected and none of them can be missing. This is the great path explored by the ancients.

Of course, for Chen Ningtai, opening up the Purple Palace is still too far away, and condensing the Nascent Soul is even more nonsense.

With his qualifications of four spiritual roots, Chen Xuanmo's greatest hope for him is that one day he can step into the golden elixir realm and fulfill his dream.

at this time.

Chen Xuanmo felt complicated as he watched Chen Ningtai advance to the late stage of foundation building, because his rebellious son had already caught up with his peak cultivation level back then.

And this year, Chen Ningtai was only 145 years old!
The path of the second generation of immortals is indeed much easier than that of the first generation of immortals.

While Chen Xuanmo kept muttering and complaining in his heart, he was also sincerely happy for his rebellious son.

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(End of this chapter)