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Chapter 315 - 100: Task Experience [Request for Monthly Ticket!]_1

Chapter 315: Chapter 100: Task Experience [Request for Monthly Ticket!]_1

"Fifteen million Spirit Gathering Pills..."

Wen Yulong looked at the full load of gourds that packed the warehouse in front of him, unable to help but exclaim in awe.

Chu Liang, on the other hand, maintained his calm demeanor, waved his hand and gathered the Spirit Gathering Pills into his magical storage tool bit by bit. This one warehouse would probably require loading into two magical storage tools, and he still had four such tools on him.

It was quite extravagant.

Wen Yulong, standing by his side, finally couldn’t restrain himself and asked: "Senior Brother Chu, what on earth are you going to do with so many Spirit Gathering Pills?"

Why would anyone need to buy so many Spirit Gathering Pills?

Chu Liang gave a slight smile.

This all has to do with the decision made by the Shu Mountain upper echelon to issue additional Sword Coins. At that time, when Master Wen Yuan announced this decision, most of Shu Mountain’s disciples were still unclear about its purpose. However, Chu Liang immediately smelled something fishy.

The 35 peaks of Shu Mountain decided to issue 30% more Sword Coins, resources for disciples were increased by 30%, even the Sword Exchange Pavilion elevated their rewards and all the stores raised their prices by 30%. This income and expenses made no sense at first glance.

However, the Sword Coins he had hoarded immediately lost their value.

He promptly realized the Shu Mountain upper echelon was taking action against him. It caught him off guard, but it was not beyond his expectations.

It seems that while these high-ranking individuals may not be professionals in this field, they have enough wisdom to swiftly come up with countermeasures once they realize there’s an issue.

However, he also had a mature contingency plan.

If Chu Liang was less scrupulous, he could take advantage of his foresight in the market and aggressively buy up hard assets like elixirs and spirit plants within Shu Mountain.

These items all have a stockpile, and if he suddenly absorbs a large portion of it, the market will face a shortage. Coupled with Shu Mountain’s issuance of Sword Coins, everyone will have money, and the prices will definitely rise.

At that time, he could release them in batches at high prices, reaping another round of Sword Coins. In effect, transferring the devalued wealth entirely onto his fellow sect members, forever holding the initiative thanks to his substantial capital.

Of course, such a move would likely infuriate the higher-ups, inviting even more direct sanctions.

Even without punishment, Chu Liang didn’t really want to keep mixing things up in Shu Mountain, after all, any manipulation within his own sect would ultimately take advantage of his fellow sect members.

Shu Mountain is just a small plate, and Sword Coins are akin to something like sect contribution points, only circulated among a few thousand people within Shu Mountain. The supply is mostly fixed in a given period.

Chu Liang has only been playing this for half a year, and he’s almost become the richest man in Shu Mountain...

Once the accounts of Berry Playground are settled a few times, he will undoubtedly become the richest, and continuing to mess around wouldn’t make any sense.

Taotie City is a different story.

Because the majority of commercial activities happen here, the entire Immortal Cultivation World recognizes the Spirit Stone Coins here the most. The currency can be circulated among hundreds of thousands of cultivators. Even now, it has trended down to the common people, with some places starting to adopt Taotie City’s Beast Coins as a more expensive equivalent.

If one were to say Shu Mountain is a small lake, then this place is undoubtedly the vast sea!

Chu Liang accumulated a large body of water in the small lake, building up substantial capital, which just barely qualifies him to participate here.

Firstly, he needs to convert the Sword Coins into hard assets.

This is because the reason why people in Taotie City are willing to exchange for the Spirit Stone Coins of various sects is due to the fact that the coins can be exchanged for resources. If they find out that the same amount of Sword Coins would yield fewer resources in Shu Mountain, they will definitely lower the conversion rate.

Thanks to the slow market response here, Chu Liang was able to sell a large number of Sword Coins before they depreciated.

But choosing what hard asset to buy is also tricky.

First and foremost, undoubtedly, is to buy elixirs because they are used by everyone, making it easier to sell.

If he spent tens of thousands of Sword Coins to buy an artifact or a spirit beast, he would indeed be able to buy them. But, when it came time to sell, it wouldn’t be so easy.

The hard currency of elixirs was usually just a few types like spirit gathering pills, and there was no doubt that the volume of spirit gathering pills was too large to handle. Therefore, Chu Liang set his target on the Spirit Gathering Pills.

The Spirit Gathering Pill is considered a quantity-focused elixir, and those alchemists with some renown wouldn’t bother crafting it.

Most of the Spirit Gathering Pills in Taotie City actually come from the Nine Heavens Immortal Sect.

Only such Immortal Sects can afford to maintain Pill Furnace Halls of this scale and have many disciples who could free up their hands to produce Spirit Gathering Pill, a somewhat low-level elixir, in large quantities and sell them in the elixir shops of Taotie City for a profit.

The inside news that Chu Liang got was... because of the big war on Shu Mountain, the Pill Furnace Hall was also destroyed by Tao Wu. It would take at least twenty days to rebuild the previous production operations.

That means the supply of Spirit Gathering Pills in Taotie City will decrease by one tenth in the short term.

If it were under normal circumstances, there would be no impact because there is stock on the market. But what if a large part of this stock was bought up?

The Spirit Gathering Pill inventory of Bao Dan Hall alone was far from enough to meet Chu Liang’s demand. They also helped to contact several other elixir shops, and Chu Liang swept up over half of the stock in Taotie City all at once.

Since it was a bulk purchase, he did get a discount. Normally, the price of a Spirit Gathering Pill is two per a Sword Coin, he got them for the price of five per two Sword Coins.

He invested the rest of his savings, all sixty thousand Sword Coins, after leaving a few thousand as liquid funds. He bought a total of fifteen thousand pills.

"Junior Brother Wen, you should stay in Taotie City for a few more days. All your food and entertainment will be on my tab." Before leaving, Chu Liang instructed, "But you must keep an eye on the price of Spirit Gathering Pills in the city. The moment the price goes up, you must notify me immediately."

"Alright." Wen Yulong agreed readily, despite being confused.

...

Chu Liang returned to Shu Mountain with his full load of harvests, feeling quite content.

He wasn’t worried about getting stuck with this batch of Spirit Gathering Pills. At worst, he could just keep them for his own use. The Gold Core Puppet needed to consume three pills per day just for cultivation, and the consumption would increase even more in a battle. So, they could be saved for future use.

Not long after returning to Silver Sword Peak, just as he was thinking about visiting the orchard, he received a summon from Tontian Peak asking him to rush over.

Chu Liang hurried over and found that Senior Sister Jiang, Xu Ziyang, and Ling Ao were all present.

Jiang Yuebai was sitting in the front row, still dazzling as ever. But Chu Liang, looking at her, somehow felt her eyes were a bit dim.

Did she seem unhappy?

Xu Ziyang was as always, seeming like nothing could change his state. He still sat upright, chest out, filled with a fierce aura. It seemed like after his battle with Chu Liang, he had become even more resolute.

The one who had changed quite a bit was Ling Ao — he’d cut his fringe.

The head of all peaks, Wang Xuanling, was sitting at the top. Seeing Chu Liang, he nodded slightly, indicating him to sit down quickly.

"After each Shu Mountain Peak Conference, the top four disciples will be sent to carry out a task together. It’s both for your growth and to cultivate your tacit understanding." After everyone was there, Wang Xuanling began, "This year because of what happened earlier it got delayed, but now that Shu Mountain has recovered, this should be put on the agenda."

The rules were something the disciples already knew about.

Compared to the growth experience, the aim was definitely more to cultivate their understanding of each other. Because by the end of the year, the Immortal Sect Conference of Yu Capital City would take place, and they will have to represent Shu Mountain, if everything goes as per expected.

They need to have enough understanding of each other for fighting on behalf of their sect.

"There’s an appropriate task here, which I suggested to the Sect Leader as your growth experience task." Wang Xuanling continued: "Return and prepare. Set out at noon tomorrow. Don’t miss the time."

"Yes!" The four replied in unison.

As they left the hall, Chu Liang glanced at Jiang Yuebai. She was also looking at him. They exchanged a glance and both rose to fly to Pagoda Peak without needing to say anything.

The understanding between the two of them was certainly enough, irrespective of whether the top four of the conference needed to improve their understanding or not.

Arriving at the usual spot, Jiang Yuebai slowly sat down.

Chu Liang then asked, "Senior Sister Jiang, is something bothering you?"

Jiang Yuebai, with her head bowed said, "Chu Liang... I found out that the person who might break Demon Suppression Tower turned out to be my master’s great-grandfather."