One hundred million in one hour.
One day twelve hundred million, one hundred days twelve billion, one thousand days…
Though Jun Changxiao sat in Drizzle Hall watching sales data continuously rise, appearing steady as an old dog, his heart was actually wildly excited—even his breathing had become rapid.
Damn it!
Once I have money, I’ll even use profound stones to wipe my ass when going to the bathroom!
The System said, “Won’t that hurt?”
Jun Changxiao shook his head. “This is the life of the wealthy—simple, plain, and tediously boring.”
“Fine.”
The System said, “I hope Host will absorb them after wiping, since frugality is a fine virtue.”
“Go to hell!”
…
Li Shangtian and others were still receiving real-time sales reports, and numbers on the light screen kept jumping. But after two hours, it had only barely broken two hundred million—the speed was obviously much slower than at the start.
Sales at the hundred stores’ grand opening all came from high-quality pills, but quantities were limited after all. Once sold out, relying solely on ordinary-tier pills couldn’t achieve explosive growth.
Moreover, people coming to Eternal Pill Shop bought pills specifically for the high quality. If they needed ordinary pills, they could purchase from other stores, since there wasn’t much difference in effectiveness at that level.
“We still need to raise the pill shop’s reputation and make it a brand permanently remembered by the world!” Jun Changxiao thought secretly.
“Ding! Host consumed 10,000 contribution points to obtain Modified Megaphone Loudspeakers ×100, already delivered to spatial ring.”
“Ding! Sect contribution points: 640,000.”
“Swoosh!”
Jun Changxiao took up his brush and began writing fluidly on a sheet of paper, then summoned Li Shangtian. “Record these words into them.”
“Yes!”
Li Shangtian picked up a megaphone loudspeaker, pressed the record button, and read from the script: “Dear customers, welcome to our store. All pills are now being sold at a loss with massive discounts. Same brand, same quality, different prices—the more you buy, the more you save…”
“Good.”
Jun Changxiao nodded, pulling out all 99 megaphone loudspeakers. “Use the same tone and record into each one.”
“Huh?”
Li Shangtian was immediately dumbfounded.
Lin Jianghang, Sima Zhongda and others indicated that if he didn’t cherish such a great opportunity to shine, they’d be happy to take over.
“Dear customers, welcome to our store…”
“Dear customers…”
Li Shangtian began recording one by one until only the last one remained, when Su Xiaomo stopped him. “Junior brother, are you stupid? Just turn on the record button, hold it up to the previous loudspeaker and play it once—won’t that solve it? Why shout it over and over?”
“Right!”
“How did I not think of that!”
…
After one day of sales, the simultaneously opened pill shops collectively sold five hundred million, averaging five million per store.
The main issue was still too few high-quality pills. If they had sufficient quantities for sale, daily revenue would definitely be terrifying.
“No rush, no rush.”
Jun Changxiao consoled himself. “This is just the beginning. In the future, my Eternal Sect will definitely be rich enough to rival nations!”
Bai Chaoyang was also keeping an eye on the branch stores’ performance. Upon learning the day’s sales figures, a smile immediately appeared on his face.
Though their Alchemy Hall had always been dedicated to alchemical development, they obviously couldn’t run on love alone, so they also operated commercial enterprises. But talking about five hundred million in daily sales—they absolutely couldn’t achieve that.
“Hall Master.”
An elder said, “Though the Eternal Pill Shop sold quite a lot, according to our cooperation agreement, what reaches our hands isn’t much!”
Bai Chaoyang said calmly, “This is just the startup phase. Once Sect Master Jun provides more medicinal materials and opens more branches with daily sales reaching tens of billions or even hundreds of billions, won’t we have profits then?”
He now desperately hoped the Eternal Pill Shop would sell one trillion per day, because the more pills sold, the more refined, and their side would naturally earn more.
…
The second day.
Sales volume at branch stores across major cities was only two hundred million. As time went on it decreased further, eventually stabilizing at around one hundred million in daily sales.
So many stores, such massive investment.
For other commercial families, this would definitely be a money-losing business.
However, Dog Leftover could still earn quite a bit, because just the high-quality medicinal materials alone had minimal costs.
Ordinary medicinal material seeds were very cheap on the market. Planted at the Eternal Sect, they became heavenly treasures. One batch of materials could refine several batches of perfect pills—selling them was definitely hugely profitable!
The current problem was that supplying one hundred branch stores was rather difficult, but once volume increased in the future, accumulated wealth would grow more and more.
Of course.
Jun Changxiao definitely wouldn’t only sell common items like Nourishing Essence Profound Pills. He had already designated a medicinal field to plant other tiers of materials, preparing to enter higher-end markets in the future.
…
Sectcommercial matters had reached a temporary pause. Whether they could earn more money in the future would require time to prove.
Since acquiring more and stronger martial facilities, the disciples’ overall strength had undergone earth-shaking changes. It was now quite difficult to see Martial Saint level cultivators—everyone had reached Great Perfection.
“How to upgrade the sect level?” Jun Changxiao pondered.
In the Lower Realm there were certification halls. Once overall strength was achieved, they handled certification. Not only would upgrades bring rewards, but they’d also conveniently complete tasks.
The Upper Realm was different—no such organizations existed. Even if the sect became very strong, how would they make it known to the world? How would they get System recognition?
You couldn’t just run to the streets and shout at every passerby that “My Eternal Sect is a Profound Sect, a Dao Sect, an Immortal Sect,” could you?
“With Host’s shameless personality, doing such things would be very normal.” The System said.
“Screw off!”
Jun Changxiao cursed.
“Fine.”
The System said, “I won’t hide it from Host anymore. Actually there’s a very hardcore method to upgrade levels.”
“What method?”
“Pull up the System data panel and click on sect level.”
Jun Changxiao followed the instructions with a puzzled expression, and a small panel appeared showing the following content—Prestige value required to upgrade sect level: 200/10,000.
“Understand now?”
“…”
Dog Leftover took a moment to process his emotions, then roared, “What the hell, there was this damned function all along!”
The System said, “With more intuitive data, isn’t it more convenient?”
“Convenient my ass!”
Jun Changxiao roared, “You know how hard prestige points are to earn!”
In over two years he’d only earned 700 points. Gathering 10,000 would definitely take ages, and this would have to be spent on upgrading—how could he buy prestige equipment later!
This function was clearly a massive trap!
“Fine.”
The System said, “Actually it can be changed to use contribution points for upgrading.”
“Change it, change it! Change it immediately!”
“Ding! Sect level upgrade method replaced prestige value with contribution value.”
As the notification sounded, the panel data changed, now reading—Contribution value required to upgrade sect level: 640,000/10,000,000.
When Jun Changxiao counted the zeros after the 1, he immediately squatted down holding his head with a despairing expression. “Just switch it back to prestige points!”
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