Chapter 223: Jiao Xiuyuan’s Advice

“How many?” Li Fan’s Clone’s eyes flashed.

“Haha, could it be that Fellow Daoist dug clean the entire Medicine King Sect ruins?”

Jiao Xiuyuan said cheerfully, “Not really, I just got lucky and happened to dig up the workshop ruins. Although most of them were discarded, unusable defective products, I still picked up a total of twenty-eight intact little medicine king cauldrons.”

“Twenty-eight?” Li Fan was slightly surprised; he hadn’t expected there to be so many little medicine king cauldrons.

This number greatly exceeded his expectations.

Recalling the scene in his twelfth life where he was hunted down because of the two little medicine king cauldrons in his storage ring, Li Fan fell into deep thought.

That Nascent Soul cultivator directly locked onto his location. Clearly, he could sense the presence of the little medicine king cauldrons through some method.

It might have been a secret technique, or perhaps because he himself also possessed a little medicine king cauldron.

And the reason for the struggle over the little medicine king cauldrons was obviously because the true Medicine King Cauldron was returning.

“The Opportunity within the Medicine King Cauldron must be inextricably linked to these little cauldrons, which also belong to the Medicine King Sect.”

“My being hunted down at that time was probably just one scene in a fierce struggle.”

“However, in this life, for me, the more little medicine king cauldrons there are, the better!”

His thoughts raced, and Li Fan quickly made a plan.

Only then did he respond to Jiao Xiuyuan’s words, “Haha, Fellow Daoist Jiao’s luck is truly good.”

“But I don’t need that many little cauldrons. Two are enough for regular cultivation. Buying two more as backup would be more than sufficient!”

Jiao Xiuyuan quickly said, “Fellow Daoist, your words are mistaken. I’ve appraised these little medicine king cauldrons. As expected of Magical Artifacts from an ancient great Sect, their effects are extraordinary. The effect of cultivating spiritual plants is far superior to these crudely made Magical Artifacts of today. Not to mention their long history, they have…”

Li Fan smiled and interrupted Jiao Xiuyuan, “Haha, Fellow Daoist and I have shared difficulties. Let’s speak frankly, Fellow Daoist is worried that the price of herbs is too low now and these little medicine king cauldrons are difficult to sell, which is why you are strongly urging me to buy more, right?”

Jiao Xiuyuan hadn’t expected Li Fan to be so direct. He laughed awkwardly to cover his embarrassment.

Just as he was about to explain, he heard Li Fan say again, “Fellow Daoist, rest assured. Since I asked you to find these little medicine king cauldrons, I naturally won’t let you suffer a loss.”

“In my opinion, selling these little cauldrons at a hundred, or even a thousand times their price, is not difficult at all!”

His tone was arrogant but very confident.

Jiao Xiuyuan couldn’t help but be curious when he heard this: “I would like to hear Fellow Daoist’s high opinion.”

Li Fan smiled slightly: “Fellow Daoist must know that the price of a commodity actually has little to do with its inherent value.”

“How much a commodity can ultimately be sold for depends only on how much the person buying it is willing to pay.”

“Take these little medicine king cauldrons, for example. If they are merely Magical Artifacts used purely for cultivating spiritual plants, then no matter how much Fellow Daoist boasts and exaggerates their benefits, a price of over a thousand contribution points is already the limit.”

“Do you agree, Fellow Daoist?”

Jiao Xiuyuan slowly nodded: “Indeed. Over a thousand contribution points is still an overestimation by Fellow Daoist. With the collective collapse of the herb market, selling one for five or six hundred contribution points would be considered good luck.”

“Therefore, if you want to sell the little medicine king cauldrons for a high price, you need to uncover their other values…” Li Fan said slowly, his tone lingering.

“Other values?” Jiao Xiuyuan was stunned, “These little cauldrons don’t have any other uses, do they?”

“Haha, if there’s no value, then we create value for them,” Li Fan said emphatically.

“Does Fellow Daoist know about the past event where Liu Ruchen of the Medicine King Sect used the cauldron as a boat and led all the Medicine King Sect personnel to break through the void and depart?” Li Fan asked.

Jiao Xiuyuan nodded: “I naturally know about this…”

Then he reacted, his tone very surprised: “Fellow Daoist means…”

Li Fan chuckled: “If the Medicine King True Cauldron, after wandering outside for thousands of years, is about to return to the Xuanhuang World, and only those who possess a little medicine king cauldron can enter it…”

“Fellow Daoist, what do you think the price of this little medicine king cauldron would be?”

Jiao Xiuyuan thought for a moment, and his tone suddenly became a little agitated: “If that were truly the case, involving the secret of an ancient Sect before the great calamity descends.”

“The price of the little medicine king cauldron would truly be immeasurable. Setting the price at 100,000 contribution points per cauldron, I imagine there would be a large number of Cultivators willing to purchase them.”

Li Fan immediately said, “That’s it!”

Jiao Xiuyuan thought for a moment, then felt something was amiss: “Isn’t this deceiving people? This doesn’t align with my Dao of business?!”

“Moreover, these Cultivators are very shrewd. It’s not like they’ll believe whatever I say, right?”

Li Fan chuckled lightly and slowly said, “That depends on how Fellow Daoist operates. As the saying goes, ‘three men make a tiger,’ and if a lie is repeated thousands of times, some people will take it as truth.”

“Then, use heavy money to bribe a few great deduction experts to release the news.”

“No one will be able to disbelieve it.”

“As for deceiving people, haha…” Li Fan suddenly sneered.

“What is buying and selling, if not you buy, I sell, and both parties are willing? Besides, the return of the Medicine King True Cauldron isn’t necessarily false news!”

“The Medicine King True Cauldron that flew away in the past does indeed have a slight probability of returning to the Xuanhuang World. Even if this probability is infinitely close to zero, as long as it’s not zero, then over an infinite timescale, this event will definitely happen.”

“As for how many kalpas later that will be, and whether the Xuanhuang World will still exist at that time…”

“That’s another matter entirely.”

Li Fan’s words caused Jiao Xiuyuan’s mind to shake violently.

The ideas and values in his words were vastly different from the ‘Dao of Business’ he had always adhered to.

By the Heavenly Venerate, when he, Jiao Xiuyuan, did business, although he occasionally took small advantages, he had never so grandly and openly engaged in false advertising.

Thousand Mile Hall had always been based on integrity.

But Jiao Xiuyuan vaguely felt that Li Fan’s words made a great deal of sense.

Over the years, the business scale of Thousand Mile Hall had long been limited and reached a Bottleneck. His Ten Thousand Puppets Dao had therefore been unable to Breakthrough for a long time.

“Drawing inferences from one instance, this method can be applied not only to the little medicine king cauldrons. All commodities in the world can be operated in this way. At that time…” Jiao Xiuyuan imagined it briefly and became so excited that his Soul seemed to tremble.

He then heard Li Fan speak endlessly: “To maintain the popularity of the little medicine king cauldrons, Fellow Daoist can also hold an auction periodically. Sell a few of the little cauldrons through auction.”

“This not only maximizes profit but also promotes the business of Thousand Mile Hall, killing multiple birds with one stone.”