Longevity: From Being Pushed By The Witch

"This is the account book of Jichun Hall for this month. Mr. Ji can take a look."

In a elegant room on the top floor, Sun Qingruo poured a cup of tea for Ji Boying and continued, "In addition, as per your request, Sun Bo has recruited another group of alchemists this month."

"Counting the alchemists recruited in the previous months, Jichun Hall now has three two-star lower-grade alchemists, twenty-five one-star upper-grade alchemists, and twelve one-star middle-grade alchemists, including Mr. Ji."

"What about the quality rate?"

Ji Boying asked casually.

"The one-star middle-grade alchemists have an overall quality rate of 65%, and the upper-grade alchemists can almost reach a quality rate of 70%."

"As for the two newly promoted two-star alchemists, their quality rate is currently less than 50%..."

Sun Qingruo said softly.

"Less than 50%?"

Ji Boying murmured, closing the account book and handing it back to Sun Qingruo.

"No need to rush. After all, they are newly promoted two-star alchemists. Let's give them another month. If there is no significant improvement after a month, Miss can give them a warning, and if they don't listen, they can be dismissed directly."

"Dismissed?"

Sun Qingruo furrowed her brows slightly and looked at Ji Boying with some hesitation.

"Is that appropriate?"

Ji Boying just smiled faintly, took a sip of tea, and asked, "May I ask Miss, what is the purpose of everything we are doing?"

"I know what Miss is thinking. Yes, there are not many alchemists, and even fewer two-star alchemists. It's not easy to recruit a two-star alchemist. Even if their quality rate is not high, they cannot be compared to one-star alchemists!"

"But..."

Ji Boying suddenly interrupted, staring at Sun Qingruo intently and said in a serious tone, "Miss, don't forget, everything we are doing now is to transform Jichun Hall into a first-class pharmacy specializing in high-quality pills!"

"If we can't achieve a high quality rate, let alone two-star alchemists, what about three-star alchemists?"

"Miss Sun, don't underestimate the market for one-star pills. Although there are many Foundation Building cultivators in Fulong City now, and even... Gold Core cultivators are not uncommon."

"But... the largest group is still the Qi Refining cultivators. Fulong City has millions of cultivators, and Qi Refining cultivators account for nearly 70%, while Foundation Building cultivators are less than 30%!"

"And what we want to do is to sink the market, to bring the entire pill market down to the Qi Refining cultivators. If we can't even refine one-star pills well and can't capture the Qi Refining group, how can we refine two-star pills well? How can we strive for higher profits from the Foundation Building group?"

Sun Qingruo looked at Ji Boying, her eyes flickering.

After a while, she took a deep breath and bowed deeply to Ji Boying, saying, "Thank you for your guidance! My previous thoughts were narrow-minded, and I hope Mr. Ji can forgive me!"

"Miss is being too modest."

Ji Boying waved his hand and said, "I apologize for my words. If Miss can really successfully transform Jichun Hall, whether we can win the Sun family or not is no longer important. What does Miss think?"

Upon hearing this, Sun Qingruo smiled bitterly on her face.

"Mr. Ji is right. If it's just about interests, whether I can win the Sun family is no longer important."

"But..."

"There are some things that are not just about interests. Qingruo... has to fight for them!"

Ji Boying listened and couldn't help but look at Sun Qingruo more. It seems...

This so-called family dispute is not as simple as he imagined!

"Mr. Ji."

Sun Qingruo calmed herself and said softly, "The family has already agreed to the previous application. Now Jichun Hall can stand on its own. In your opinion, what should Jichun Hall be called in the future?"

Ji Boying was slightly stunned by her words.

Naming?

He was terrible at naming!

Even the current majestic and world-shaking name was not his own choice.

After hesitating for a moment, Ji Boying said seriously:

"As for the name, Miss and Brother Sun can decide. I, Ji, won't embarrass myself."

"Sir..."

Sun Qingruo wanted to invite again, but when she saw Ji Boying's determined expression that seemed to say "I have made up my mind, please don't speak anymore," she hesitated for a moment and then agreed:

"After Qingruo and Uncle Sun come up with a name, I hope Sir can make the final decision."

"Okay!"

Ji Boying readily agreed, bid farewell, and went straight into the quiet room to start refining pills.

It wasn't until evening that Ji Boying left Jichun Hall and headed towards Wandao Trading Company.

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"A two-star middle-grade talisman?!"

Inside the reception room of Wandao Trading Company, Qiu Yu looked at the stack of two-star middle-grade talismans on the table, with a hint of shock in her eyes.

"What? The contract only accepts low-grade items, not middle-grade?" Ji Boying sipped his tea and said playfully.

"Master Ji is joking." Qiu Yu smiled, then collected all the talismans on the table and said:

"To have middle-grade talismans, Wandao Trading Company naturally welcomes them!"

"I wonder if Master Ji's visit to the trading company this time is simply to fulfill the contract, or..."

"I need to purchase some things. I'm afraid I'll have to trouble Fellow Daoist Qiu again." Ji Boying said.

"Master Ji, you're being too polite. It's my honor to serve Master Ji." Qiu Yu smiled.

"I wonder what Master Ji wants to buy this time?"

"Detoxification pills, top-grade detoxification pills!"

"Top-grade detoxification pills?" Qiu Yu's eyes flickered slightly. After a moment of hesitation, she hinted:

"Detoxification pills are top-grade pills, and although we have some in the trading company, they are not many, let alone top-grade."

"But since Master Ji has a cooperative relationship with the trading company, I can apply for priority purchasing rights for the top-grade detoxification pills for Fellow Daoist Ji. However... in terms of price, it may be a bit high, and the discount given by the trading company will not be too much."

A top-grade detoxification pill costs about ten high-grade spirit stones, which is equivalent to ten thousand middle-grade spirit stones.

As for top-grade pills... the price would at least triple, or even higher!

Although Ji Boying could provide two-star talismans, the monthly supply was not very high, just slightly more than the contracted amount.

Even if he could provide two-star middle-grade talismans now, they would only cost seventy to eighty middle-grade spirit stones each.

After all, talismans are not pills. Once used, they are gone, and they cannot be sold at a high price.

This is also the reason why the value of a talisman master is far lower than that of an alchemist at the same level.

Of course...

If one could become a master-level talisman master, that would be a different story, after all, talismans can be used in battles, while pills cannot.

"Thank you for the reminder, Fellow Daoist Qiu." Ji Boying thanked Qiu Yu and then smiled:

"Before I came here, I also inquired about the price of detoxification pills. Fellow Daoist Qiu can just quote the price."

"In that case, I will leave first. Please wait a moment, Master Ji." After bowing to Ji Boying, Qiu Yu went straight to the counter.

"Are you saying he brought two-star middle-grade talismans this time?" The middle-aged man asked in surprise after hearing Qiu Yu's report.

"That's right! Although the quantity is not large, I checked them briefly, and they seem to have been recently drawn." Qiu Yu said softly.

"Two-star middle-grade talismans?" The middle-aged man murmured.

He paced back and forth in the room for a few rounds, then asked again...