Chronicles of Celestial Origins

Peng Wanli said: "If we increase the increase too high, the Demon Sect may abandon this chamber of commerce and seek cooperation with other chambers of commerce. In this way, it will be us who suffer, and the one who will gain in the end is the Xueyu Chamber of Commerce. I don't want to do this with There is no need to do things that harm both others and ourselves. "

Shi Xuan nodded and said: "What Daoyou Peng said is absolutely true. The purpose of our trip is for our own interests, not to fight against the Demon Sect. There is no need to kill a thousand enemies and damage ourselves by 800. If the Xueyu Chamber of Commerce is willing to switch, Of course it’s best to cooperate with us, and if they don’t want to, we don’t have to force them.”

Peng Wanli said: "I think we can give them another 10% of the profit. This is our bottom line. If the Xueyu Chamber of Commerce is still not satisfied, we will move on to another company! We can't use our profits to squeeze the Demon Sect." Leave it all to them.”

Shi Xuan and Zhou Xuanyong nodded and said hello.

The next day, Tang Ning and others were sitting cross-legged in the room, practicing Qi, when Pan Chengyuan opened the door and said, "Uncle Peng asked me to leave and take a look at the Xue Jade Chamber of Commerce's breeding and breeding place."

Several people left the room and saw Peng Wanli and the other three chatting and laughing with a fair-faced man outside, looking very happy.

Everyone followed them out of the inn and out of the light curtain. Shi Xuan waved his hand, and the Aurora Boat rose in the wind. Everyone jumped on the Dharma Boat and headed to the southwest.

After walking for about half a day, we saw a mountain range stretching for hundreds of miles in the distance.

The area below is bare, without any flowers, grass or trees. Only the mountains and rocks stand tall, and hot magma spurts out from the top of each mountain peak from time to time.

In the center of the mountain range, there is a huge light curtain standing.

As the Dharma boat got closer and closer, everyone felt a hot breath coming towards their faces, and the visible heat in the air was rising.

Arriving in front of the light curtain, two escaping lights shot out, revealing the figures of two men wearing the costumes of the Snow Jade Chamber of Commerce.

The two of them saluted the pale-faced man who was traveling with them: "Master Jia, what are your orders?"

The pale-faced man said: "These are guests from afar from Xingang. Master Zhang Julai asked me to take them to visit the spirit beast breeding place of our chamber of commerce. Later, you can take these sect disciples for a walk around."

"yes."

Several people entered the light curtain, and everything inside was ablaze with red. Countless huge "pools" were arranged in rows, with no end as far as the eye could see.

Each one is thirty to forty feet long and seven to eight feet wide. What the "pool" carries is not ordinary pool water, but gushing lava.

In the pool, densely packed red fire rats were tumbling, splashing countless amounts of lava.

The larger ones of these fire rats are one or two feet long, while the smaller ones are no more than three or four inches in size.

In the center of every five pools, there is a huge red volcano. There is no doubt that the lava spewing in the pool is extracted from the volcano.

It was steaming outside just now, but it was much cooler inside.

In the distance, several escaping lights shot out and landed in front of Peng Wanli and the others. The leader was a man with a beard and a full cheek. He was about thirty years old and had cultivated in the early stage of Jindan. Behind him were seven or eight people, all of whom were Zhu Zhu. Basic cultivation.

The bearded man with full cheeks bowed to the white-faced man and saluted: "Master Zhang."

There is a strict hierarchy within the Chamber of Commerce. Even those with the same level of cultivation have different positions and different statuses.

The monks with lower positions must completely obey the monks with higher positions, and they must also be polite when meeting.

The pale-faced man said: "Chongguang! These are fellow Taoists who have come all the way from Xingang to seek cooperation with our Chamber of Commerce. Let the brothers show them around!"

"Okay." The man with the beard and cheeks responded.

Zhou Xuanyong waved his hand: "You and your fellow Taoists from the Xueyu Chamber of Commerce can go and ask for more advice."

"Yes." Everyone responded.

The disciples of the Xueyu Merchant Association came forward and said to everyone: "Fellow Taoists, please come."

Thirty disciples from Xingang were divided into ten groups. Each group was led by a disciple from the Xue Jade Chamber of Commerce, and each group turned into a light and fled away.

Tangning, Pan Chengyuan, and Qi Mingyu formed a group of three, following a tall and thin man from the Xueyu Chamber of Commerce. Less than a mile or two away, they stopped in front of a volcano.

The tall and thin man said: "Fellow Taoists, please feel free to watch."

Tangning said, "Don't you know your friend's name?"

The man replied: "I am Yu Chengfeng."

Pan Chengyuan asked: "Fellow Taoist, I don't know how much space your chamber of commerce occupies here to cultivate fire rats."

Yu Chengfeng said: "This mountain range is called Huoyun Mountain, and it stretches for five to six hundred miles. We set up an array in the center of it as a breeding ground for fire rats. The entire array covers an area of ​​about one to two hundred miles."

Qi Mingyu said: "I wonder what formation this is in your chamber of commerce?"

"This Xuanyang-Yin Transformation Formation can digest the rising heat and make the temperature suitable. Otherwise, the temperature will be too high when approaching the molten pool, and you need to use your own spiritual power to resist it, which will hinder your practice."

Tang Ning said: "I see, no wonder I felt cool after entering this place. Is this formation related to raising fire rats? If there is no such formation, will the fire rats be affected?"

Yu Chengfeng shook his head and said: "The formation is mainly for the convenience of monks like us. Fire rats are not affected. They are heat-resistant and not afraid of high temperatures. They feed on lava or volcanic rocks."

Pan Chengyuan asked: "How many fire rats will your chamber of commerce breed here?"

Yu Chengfeng said: "There are about hundreds of fire rats in each molten pool, and there are hundreds of thousands of fire rats bred in the entire volcano."

Tang Ning said: "Your Chamber of Commerce has several fire breeding production areas like this."

Yu Chengfeng said: "There are thirty in total, and they are all about the same size."

The three of them looked at each other and couldn't help but be a little surprised. Thirty breeding areas, that's three million fire rats!

Qi Mingyu asked: "Can such a large volume be sold?"

Yu Chengfeng said: "We mainly sell to the inland of Qingzhou. Of course, we also sell to some large islands in Qinghai. The channels are not a problem. Among all the chambers of commerce in Qinghai, we are the only ones who breed fire rats."

Tangning asked, "Why is this? Are other chambers of commerce unable to breed fire rats, or are they unwilling to breed fire rats?"

Yu Chengfeng said: "All chambers of commerce have regulations. Our chamber of commerce originally won the right to breed fire rats and paid the corresponding taxes to the Baoxing Chamber of Commerce, and we are paying it every year now."

"Therefore, we are the only one in Qinghai who can cultivate fire rats, and the chambers of commerce inland have also signed contracts with us and can only buy our fire rats. Otherwise, they will violate the contract and will be punished by the chamber of commerce. "

"Any other force in Qinghai that wants to cultivate or sell fire rats must pay taxes to us through our channels. Otherwise, it is illegal. The Chamber of Commerce can crack down on them in accordance with the law."

Obviously, this is a monopoly. Tangning asked, "Why do you have to pay taxes to the Baoxing Chamber of Commerce when you breed fire rats?"

Yu Chengfeng said: "Because we are not members of the Merchant Alliance yet, all business associations must obtain the approval of the Merchant Alliance to conduct transactions. Just like if your Xuanmen wants to establish a sect, it must have the consent and approval of Taixuanzong, otherwise it will be It’s an illegal organization, and so is the Chamber of Commerce.”

"If a chamber of commerce conducts business without the consent of the chamber of commerce, it is an illegal organization. Baoxing Chamber of Commerce is the only chamber of commerce in Qinghai that has joined the chamber of commerce, which is equivalent to the spokesperson of the chamber of commerce in Qinghai."

"All chambers of commerce in Qinghai have to pay taxes to it, including its right to allocate the resources of all chambers of commerce. Of course, Baoxing Chamber of Commerce also has to pay a lot of taxes to the chamber of commerce."

"Therefore, the Baoxing Chamber of Commerce has designated us to breed fire rats, and other chambers of commerce can no longer interfere unless they pay tribute to us and obtain our consent."

Pan Chengyuan said: "Just now you said that all the forces in Qinghai have to pay taxes to you for cultivating and selling fire rats. But Xuanmen, Mo Sect and the Chamber of Commerce are not in the same system. What if they insist on breeding? Your Chamber of Commerce has the right to treat them A blow?"

Yu Chengfeng said: "We have signed a contract with the chamber of commerce in Qingzhou inland. They will not buy fire rats from any force in Qinghai. If the fire rats bred by Xuanmen and Mozong in Qinghai want to sell, they must use our channels and sign Only the brand of our chamber of commerce is acceptable.”

Tangning asked: "How much profit does one of this fire rat spiritual beast make?"

Yu Chengfeng said: "The fire rat is a first-level low-grade spiritual beast, equivalent to a first-level Qi refining monk. It sells for ten spiritual stones. It takes eight years to grow from a cub to an adult. After it forms a scale, its cost can be almost can be ignored."

Pan Chengyuan asked: "If our sect cooperates with your Chamber of Commerce to purchase your fire rat cubs, how much will it cost?"

Yu Chengfeng said: "One hundred spirit stones."

"What?" The three of them were startled. They all thought they heard wrongly. They looked at each other and couldn't help but look at each other.

Tangning asked in disbelief: "A hundred spirit stones?"

Yu Chengfeng nodded.

Qi Mingyu frowned and asked: "You only sell an adult fire rat for ten spirit stones, so why do the cubs cost a hundred spirit stones? Is it possible that fire rat cubs are more rare than adult fire rats?"

Yu Chengfeng said: "This is our rule, not only for your sect, but also for other cultivating families and chambers of commerce. Anyone who wants to buy a spirit beast from us to cultivate must have one hundred spirit stones per animal, and the minimum cannot be less than ten thousand." Only."

Tang Ning asked, "What's the mystery behind this? Please give me some advice from fellow Taoists."

Yu Chengfeng said: "There is no mystery, I just want to make a profit from you first."

The three of them were stunned by his straightforward words and didn't know how to respond.

Yu Chengfeng continued: "Only our chamber of commerce in Qinghai can breed and sell fire rats. If you buy fire rat babies from us, it is equivalent to buying the legal right to raise fire rats. These one million spiritual stones are your purchase of legal rights. cost of."