After a rough calculation, Song Jie discovered that even if he added skill points to Changchun Kung now, he would not be able to break through to the next level.
Probably still about sixty o’clock.
If you can’t break through to the next level, there will be no qualitative improvement. At most, your cultivation speed will be slightly accelerated.
Thinking of his previous experience of being attacked, Song Jie felt that he should save some skill points for emergencies.
Thinking of this, Song Jie immediately decided not to spend skill points to improve the proficiency of Changchun Kung.
After closing the attribute panel, Song Jie touched the spirit stone in his pocket.
“There are only one hundred and fifty-two yuan of spiritual stones left. Opening a store is really expensive.
“If I hadn’t shared the burden with Brother Shi, I wouldn’t be able to open a store by myself now.”
Originally, his spiritual stone was about to exceed one thousand yuan, but when he opened a store, he almost emptied his family fortune.
The decoration of the store costs about one thousand spiritual stones, and the rent is one hundred spiritual stones per month, which is paid every six months.
In other words, you need to pay six months’ rent at one time, totaling 600 spiritual stones.
Including the spiritual stones spent on modifications and decorations, it would cost at least 1,600 spiritual stones to open a store.
In addition, there is a deposit for the store, which requires three months’ rent, which is three hundred spiritual stones.
If Song Jie had to bear all this by himself, he would naturally not be able to afford it.
The deposit is refundable if you don’t rent in the future.
So Shi Lei took the contract directly without asking Song Jie to share the deposit of spiritual stones.
But the decoration and rent part need to be borne by two people.
As for the proportion of responsibility, the two have already discussed it and share the cost of opening a store according to 40 to 60 cents.
Song Jie is four and Shi Lei is six.
In other words, Song Jie needs to bear 40% of the 1,600 spiritual stones for decoration plus six months’ rent.
After conversion, it is six hundred and forty spiritual stones.
In addition, during this period, Song Jie took Jin Jiao to the Lingshan Pavilion, where he ate several spiritual foods and spent more than a hundred spiritual stones.
In order to open the store this time, I directly purchased two hundred and fifty spiritual stones and medicinal materials, and worked hard to refine the elixir at home.
A casual calculation shows that the expenditure in the past two months has exceeded a thousand spiritual stones.
This does not include the rent of the house where Song Jie lives and the daily expenses.
However, fortunately, he has made a lot of spiritual stones from his recent stalls, so Song Jie is not really at the end of his rope.
“After the store opens tomorrow, we will have income again. I hope everything goes well tomorrow.”
Song Jie smiled slightly and glanced at the kitchen, which looked a little messy due to the period of alchemy refining.
After quickly cleaning up the kitchen, he went to the courtyard to practice tonight’s spells and movements.
……
The next morning.
At dawn, Song Jie ended his practice last night.
He slowly exhaled a large mouthful of turbid air, and then opened his bright eyes.
“The store is opening today, so I need to go there early to prepare. I won’t be practicing the spells and body skills this morning.”
Song Jie immediately got up, washed up quickly, and had a simple breakfast.
Then he checked whether there were any omissions in the elixirs to be sold today.
The new store opened today. All the elixirs that Song Jie refined were first-grade elixirs for sale, and there was not a single bottle of ordinary-grade elixirs.
“Twenty bottles of Rejuvenation Pills, twenty bottles of Fuling Pills, twenty bottles of Mi Shen Pills, twenty bottles of Chongmai Pills, forty bottles of Xuanyang Pills…
“For the first four types of elixirs, there are ten bottles each of inferior and low-quality ones.
“Xuanyang Pill is the main first-grade elixir, and there are twenty bottles each of inferior and inferior quality.
“Well, everything is ready. Go next door and call Brother Shangshi and the others, and then let’s set off together.”
With that said, Song Jie carried the big medicine box and went out with Jin Jiao.
……
When the three of them arrived at the door of the shop, most of the surrounding shops were not open yet, and there were not many pedestrians on the road.
It’s not yet midnight, and most of the monks are still at home and haven’t gone out.
Shi Lei looked up at the shop’s signboard, which was still covered with red cloth, and suddenly felt emotional.
“After struggling for so long in Xinyuefang City, I finally have a shop.”
When Song Jie heard this, he also smiled slightly and said, “Yes, it is indeed not easy…”
His words came from the heart and it was not easy.
Although I have only traveled to this world for a year, I can open a shop.
But it was because he had the help of the attribute panel that he could accumulate spiritual stones so quickly.
If there is no attribute panel, you want to upgrade all the first-grade elixirs currently mastered to proficiency.
Song Jie simply couldn’t imagine how many spiritual stones would be needed to invest.
Most first-level alchemists usually only master one or two first-level elixirs at the beginning stage.
Someone like Song Jie, who had mastered seven first-grade elixirs at the third level of Qi refining stage.
It can be said to be extremely rare.
This not only reflects his talent for alchemy, but also reflects the resources behind him.
It’s just that most ordinary monks find it difficult to notice this.
Shi Lei nodded and said: “I think back then, when I first came to Xinyuefang City, I also worked as a weapon-making apprentice for others for many years.
“After I learned the technique later and was able to refine a first-grade spiritual weapon, I slowly came out to do it myself.”
Recalling every bit of the past, Shi Lei suddenly felt a little nostalgic.
Unknowingly, he is now a first-level weapon refiner who can stand alone.
“Okay, you two, go in and get ready. The guests will be here soon.”
Li Caiwei covered her mouth and laughed, her eyes filled with joy.
When she and Shi Lei met, Shi Lei was still a weapon-making apprentice, and the two of them worked together to reach this point. Only the couple knew the ups and downs during this period.
Now that we have finally opened a store, it is impossible to say that we are not happy.
Shi Lei looked at Li Caiwei’s swollen belly, and his eyes were filled with love.
Another very important reason why he wanted to open this store was that Li Caiwei was pregnant.
Both of them hope that when their children are born in the future, they can give them a better life.
I hope that their children will have the opportunity to join the sect in the future instead of becoming a casual cultivator like them.
That’s why they want to earn more spiritual stones while they are still young and train their children well in the future.
“Brother Song, let’s go in quickly and get ready.”
Shi Lei laughed.
Immediately, the three of them opened the store door and made preparations for opening the store.
Although it is said to be preparation, there is actually not much that needs to be prepared.
During this period, they had basically made all the preparations they should have done.
Now it’s just a matter of arranging the items for sale neatly on the shelves.
As for the layout for the opening of the new store, they hired someone to arrange it yesterday. They came over last night to check and accept it, and everything was fine.
The three of them walked into the store and started working on their own.
Song Jie is mainly responsible for the placement of spiritual elixirs, while Shi Lei and his wife are responsible for the placement of weapons, armor, and spiritual weapons.
The price of the spiritual weapon itself is relatively high, and the refining cost is also high, so it is impossible for Shi Lei to refine a large number of spiritual weapons and sell them.
It’s still the same as before, mainly using ordinary weapons and armor.
As for spiritual weapons, just refine a few good ones and use them as tools to hold your shop.
But the elixir is different. The low cost and low selling price determine that the elixir can be refined and sold in large quantities.
Therefore, in order to welcome the opening of the new store this time, Song Jie did not refine a single mortal elixir, but all first-grade elixirs.
It didn’t take long for the three of them to place all the goods for sale.
Seeing the corresponding products placed on the shelves, Song Jie couldn’t help but show a look of satisfaction.
Although the space of the store they rented is not large, the layout is compact and orderly.
The store shelves are laid out in a zigzag shape, with bottles of elixirs placed on the middle shelf.
On the shelves against the surrounding walls, there are weapons and armors.
There is also a row of shelves at the very end, where several spiritual weapons from the store are placed.
Next to each elixir, there is a brief introduction indicating its quality, efficacy and use, and of course the price.
The same goes for weapons and armor.
In addition to these shelves, the decoration style of the store is simple and elegant.
Some hand-painted immortality patterns and scrolls hang on the walls, expressing the monks’ longing and yearning for the path to immortality.
There are also several exquisitely crafted oil lamps hanging on the roof, emitting a dim and warm light, creating a quiet and peaceful atmosphere in the store.
At the same time, those lamp oils were specially selected by Li Caiwei. When burned, they will release a light floral fragrance, making people feel happy.
As time went by, the number of people coming and going on the street outside began to increase.
Several monks stopped curiously at the door of Song Jie’s shop and looked inside.
As long as you see the sign on the store covered with a piece of red cloth, you can know that this is a new store that is about to open.
When Song Jie and the others saw that it was almost time, they all came to the door, ready to set off firecrackers and unveil the red cloth.
This can be regarded as a small ceremony for the opening of a new store.
When the monks coming and going saw the shop owner coming to the door, they knew that he was preparing to open the shop to welcome customers.
Some monks who liked to join in the fun stopped and gathered around.
Experienced monks know that when a new store opens, there will usually be some discounts.
They just want to see if they can get some bargains.
Soon, more and more monks were watching.
After a while, the door of the store was surrounded by people.
Song Jie glanced around and saw several familiar faces, obviously all of them were old customers who came to support him.
For example, Miao Tong and Cao Wei, two of Song Jie’s earliest regular customers, also arrived at the scene.
Song Jie also saw them waving and greeting him…
In addition to his regular customers, there are also many monks who come to New Moon Xuanbing for their reputation.
Song Jie just glanced over and recognized several old customers of Xinyue Xuanbing.
Suddenly, Song Jie’s eyes stopped on a strange-looking middle-aged man.
This middle-aged man gave him a very strange feeling, something both strange and familiar at the same time.
Song Jie was sure that this was the first time he saw this face, but he also felt that the other person’s figure looked familiar.
For a while, I couldn’t figure out where this familiar feeling came from.
After thinking for a moment, I didn’t have the slightest clue.
Song Jie put these messy thoughts behind him and saw that the auspicious moment had arrived and there were enough people watching.
He immediately winked at Shi Lei who was standing aside.
Shi Lei understood what Song Jie meant and immediately coughed lightly and cleared his throat.
Then he laughed loudly with a smile on his face: “Everyone is friendly, I’m Shi Lei.
“First of all, thank you all Taoist friends for coming to support us on the opening day of our store.
“I guess all of you fellow Taoists are relatively new to me, and most of you will probably see me for the first time.
“But many of the fellow Taoists who can be present today should have bought weapons and armor from New Moon Xuan Bingxing.
“Speaking of which, some fellow Taoists should have guessed my identity.
“That’s right, the weapons and armor of New Moon Xuanbing are all refined by me.
“Presumably some old customers knew about our plan to open a store in the first month or two.
“As you can see, this shop is jointly run by Master Song and I.
“…Bara Bala…
“Next, let our Alchemist Song say a few words to all fellow Taoists.”
Song Jie couldn’t help but feel a little nervous when he looked at the enthusiastic onlookers.
“Hello friends, I’m Song Jie.
“Most of the fellow Taoists present should know my name, so I won’t introduce myself too much here.
“First of all, I would like to sincerely thank you all for your continued support.”
With that said, Song Jie bowed to the crowd of spectators.
Then he continued: “As Brother Shi Lei next to me said, this shop is run by the two of us.
“I won’t go into too much nonsense. I’ll just briefly talk about the opening of the new store and what new elixirs I have prepared for everyone.
“First of all, the Mishen Pill, bala bala…
“The second is Chongmai Dan…”
When Song Jie shouted the words Chongmai Dan, the eyes of the strange middle-aged man in the crowd who seemed familiar to Song Jie suddenly lit up.
An imperceptible joy flashed past.
“Sure enough, there is a Chongmai Pill!” The middle-aged man secretly exclaimed.
This middle-aged man is none other than Nie Yixiong in disguise.
Some time ago, Nie Yixiong had been thinking about what reason to find to visit Song Jie again and buy Chongmai Pill from him.
But I have never found a suitable reason.
It happened that more than a month ago, I heard my subordinates chatting about Song Jie’s preparations to open a store.
Nie Yixiong knew that many of his subordinates were Song Jie’s regular customers.
They all like the aphrodisiac elixir refined by Song Jie.
So on weekdays, I often hear news about Song Jie.
This time when he heard the news that Song Jie was going to open a store in Xinyuefang City, Nie Yixiong made a guess.
When the new store opens, Song Jie will most likely refine Chongmai Dan and sell it.
Now that he heard Song Jie introduce Qi Chongmai Dan, Nie Yixiong knew that his trip today was not in vain.
Immediately, he patiently continued to listen to Song Jie’s introduction and waited a while to enter the store and buy Chongmai Dan.
Other onlookers also showed interest when they heard the Mi Shen Pill and Chongmai Pill introduced by Song Jie.
Especially Chongmai Dan.
This thing is not sold in Xinyuefang City, or even in other surrounding cities.
It can only be seen occasionally on the black market.
If you want to buy it through formal channels, you can only go to Yunmiao City, thousands of miles away.
They really didn’t expect that Song Jie could even refine the Chongmai Pill.
Seeing the surprised reactions of the crowd, Song Jie also smiled with satisfaction.
“This last first-grade elixir is an upgraded version of the familiar Vajra Dragon and Tiger Pill.
“I named it ‘Xuanyang Pill’!”
(End of chapter)