Steady Cultivation: Starting With the Perk “Work Hard, Rest Hard” - Chapter 594: Mass Refining
The upgrade of the Myriad Treasures Heaven-Earth Cauldron went extremely smoothly.
Its foundation was superb, meeting all the upgrade requirements. Furthermore, the secret patterns of the twenty-four Dao Principle system seemed incredibly simple to Su Yuan, making the upgrade process naturally effortless.
However, what Su Yuan didn’t know was that this very process was considered incredibly difficult, bordering on the impossible, by other artificers.
To fully comprehend an unfamiliar Great Dao system was already extremely arduous. Extracting its secret patterns and then fusing them with the inherent materials into a seamless whole presented layer upon layer of difficulties. It was arguably easier to just forge a brand new Chaos Dominator Artifact from scratch.
Su Yuan transmitted all his memories and insights from forging over a hundred types of standard-issue equipment into the Myriad Treasures Heaven-Earth Cauldron.
Inside the Myriad Treasures Heaven-Earth Cauldron, one hundred and eight independent worlds automatically formed!
Within them, clusters of slightly inferior quality Chaos Flames condensed, and numerous secret patterns for nurturing Chaos Dominator Artifacts took shape.
Su Yuan fed the materials into it.
These materials then automatically flew into the independent treasure-forging worlds and began forging Chaos Dominator Artifacts on their own.
Inside each independent world, multiple flame furnaces were generated. Within each furnace, Chaos Dominator Artifacts were being forged one after another.
Su Yuan waited for a while. The internal time acceleration was set at a hundred-thousand-fold rate.
After some time, batches of standard-issue Chaos Dominator Artifacts were completed.
However, right from the start, Su Yuan received a blow.
The forging success rate was actually only forty percent!
“The success rate is this low?”
Su Yuan was quite surprised.
He inspected the Myriad Treasures Heaven-Earth Cauldron’s forging process and found there weren’t many mistakes, yet the success rate stubbornly remained at forty percent. Artifacts would fail for seemingly no reason.
At this point, the Tai’a Guiyuan Treasure Mirror proved its usefulness.
He tossed the failed Chaos Dominator Artifacts into the Tai’a Guiyuan Treasure Mirror. Before long, it condensed a large amount of Dao Yan Crystals.
These Dao Yan Crystals were then converted by the True Name Jade Disc into pieces of Chaos Jade.
The quantity even exceeded ten times the cost of the materials.
“The conversion efficiency is actually lower than converting Dao Venerable-level treasures!”
“But looking at it this way, forging failures aren’t necessarily a bad thing!”
He picked up a finished product and inspected its quality.
Sure enough, the quality of the standard-issue weapons batch-forged by the Myriad Treasures Heaven-Earth Cauldron was quite average. They looked no different in quality from normal standard-issue weapons, even appearing slightly inferior to those in the mall.
Even though they were forged using his memories and insights, they were still much worse.
This was perfectly normal.
If such standard-issue weapons were sold in the Merit Points Exchange Mall, it would be ruining his own reputation.
After some thought, Su Yuan imprinted a crescent moon emblem on these standard-issue weapons, distinguishing them from his own Seven Stars emblem.
He then transmitted a batch of the finished products to Li Chun and instructed, “Li Chun, the quality of these standard-issue weapons is slightly inferior. You can sell them for a maximum of two hundred and fifty million pieces of Chaos Jade! Selling them as low as one hundred million is also fine. These can be sold freely. Go to the Wu Family Materials Store and stock up on more materials. Replenish the stock after each batch sells out.”
“Uh, okay!” Li Chun was a bit dumbfounded, wondering in his heart: *So cheap? Could this be selling at a loss just to make a name?*
Selling at a loss was naturally impossible. The cost of these standard-issue pieces of equipment was only just over ten million pieces of Chaos Jade, at most thirty million. Even selling at one hundred million meant a profit of three to five times, which was nothing significant.
The reason Li Chun thought the price was too low was because he was also factoring in the forging success rate and the premium for high-quality materials.
In the shop.
Zheng Bowen was still carefully selecting the treasures he wanted to purchase on credit for wholesale. The wholesale price he obtained was three hundred and thirty million pieces of Chaos Jade, fifty million lower than the retail price. If he could sell just one piece, he would earn a profit of fifty million. It was simply a huge profit!
Therefore, he was selecting very seriously and had even called his sister back. The two of them were slowly picking, in no hurry at all.
And at this moment, Li Chun placed the new batch of goods Su Yuan had transmitted onto the shelves!
“Hmm?”
Zheng Bowen looked curiously at those standard-issue weapons bearing the crescent moon emblem and asked, “Are these also high-quality standard-issue equipment?”
“No.” Li Chun shook his head. “These are low-quality.”
“What?” Zheng Bowen was stunned. This was the first time he had heard of low-quality standard-issue weapons.
He picked up a Lingguang Sword and sensed the Chaos True Intent within.
To his surprise, the internal Chaos True Intent was only four point seven!
It was six percent short of the standard five points!
The quality was really quite poor!
“How much are these?” Zheng Bowen didn’t think too much about it and casually asked.
“Store opening discount, nine percent off. Only two hundred million pieces of Chaos Jade.”
Zheng Bowen immediately paused, exclaiming in shock, “So cheap?”
“Poorer quality, lower price. That’s normal,” Zheng Bowen said.
Zheng Li’s eyes immediately lit up: “It’s only a little worse. They’re completely usable for combat. No matter how poor the quality, they’re still stronger than fighting bare-handed! These can help many people quickly get past the beginner phase! I feel these might actually sell even better!”
“Brother, let’s wholesale these Crescent Moon equipment. They might be more popular with customers in the stall area.”
Zheng Bowen also felt this type of weapon had a market.
He asked, “What’s the wholesale price for this type of equipment?”
“One hundred and eighty million pieces of Chaos Jade!” Li Chun said.
Upon hearing this, Zheng Bowen’s heart stirred. The profit per unit for this type of weapon would be lower, but if the volume increased, it might even be more profitable than the Seven Stars equipment!
“Give me two hundred pieces of this Crescent Moon equipment and fifty pieces of the Seven Stars equipment!”
Zheng Bowen immediately made his decision and stated his wholesale request.
Li Chun also nodded, “Agreed. Let’s sign the contract!”
Li Chun signed a contract with the two of them and then handed over the goods.
Zheng Bowen immediately hurried off towards the stall area.
After some thought, Li Chun split off an avatar and headed for the Wu Family Materials Store. He needed to stock up on a batch of materials.
Zheng Bowen and Zheng Li, the brother and sister duo, quickly arrived at the stall area. After renting a stall, they displayed their goods.
It was noticeable that the cultivators in the stall area generally had much weaker auras. Many were newcomers without much money on hand.
Passersby who saw they were selling standard-issue equipment were about to turn and walk away.
However, when they saw the sign hanging at the stall, they all stopped in their tracks, stunned.
“Two hundred million? Am I seeing this right? The price is this low?”
The passersby immediately stopped and stepped forward to take a closer look.
Others who saw this also curiously looked over. Upon seeing the price, they were immediately drawn in.
Zheng Bowen and Zheng Li exchanged a glance, both revealing looks of joy. They were going to make a fortune.
