books44 Chapter 77 The Great Plan to Make a Fortune 2.0: The Silk Road Project
Chapter 77 The Great Plan to Make a Fortune 2.0: The Silk Road Project
Si Wuxie asked, "You don't just want to 'reorganize' Yongjie Town, do you?"
Eternal Town is not large in scale. Even if you can make money quickly by doing business, its size is limited, and the upper limit of resources you can earn is not high.
It's not worth the dignified Master of the Taiji Hall worrying about.
“You’re right, doing this alone is far from enough.”
Li Tingyun laughed. The other person's mind really worked quickly, and he spoke without any effort.
If it were just about restoring Yongjie Town to its original state, Si Wuxie could handle such a small matter himself.
What Li Tingyun truly wants is to grow bigger and stronger, and create brilliance!
In his view, Eternal Calamity Town possesses considerable geographical advantages. It is the last stop from the mortal realm to the ghost realm and a meeting point for the exchange between the immortal and demonic paths. It can completely replace the border markets in the mortal realm and become the largest trade distribution center in the cultivation world.
However, Si Wuxie was limited by his own insufficient strength and his status as a Yin Messenger subject to the jurisdiction of the local area, so he was unable to develop his own power in a territory so close to Fengdu.
As the saying goes, "A tall tree catches the wind," meaning that if the town of Eternal Calamity were to expand without limit, it would inevitably incur the displeasure of the Ghost Kings.
They would never raise a tiger to cause trouble.
Now, Li Tingyun has extended an olive branch to Si Wuxie, and it's not up to him to accept it or not.
If he doesn't accept, Li Tingyun will definitely find another way to make Yongjie Town "change hands." Whether or not to kill Si Wuxie is entirely up to him, and at that time, he might not even be able to be found.
Li Tingyun's desire for Yongjie Town didn't just happen on a whim.
He had already foreseen this day when he first conceived his "get-rich-quick scheme".
Li Tingyun said, "I hope to expand a large city on the basis of Yongjie Town, and open up countless 'spaces' in it to provide a trading platform for an unlimited number of cultivators and demon cultivators to exchange goods and services."
This is the enhanced version 2.0 of his grand money-making plan—it's called… called "Project Silk Road"!!!
Just as the ancient Silk Road connected Eastern and Western civilizations, it is high-end, sophisticated, and classy, yet understated, luxurious, and meaningful.
Si Wuxie was so surprised that he almost dropped his fan.
God knows how much manpower and resources this will take.
In particular, his statement about "opening up countless spaces" seemed to imply that he wanted to build three thousand small worlds within the city.
To achieve this goal, it is completely impossible without powerful spatial magic manipulation abilities.
Si Wuxie prided himself on being an expert in this art. He had already exhausted most of his efforts in creating a world within the painting in the mortal realm.
Moreover, this place is not large in scale and cannot be called a "small world" at all.
If those words hadn't come from Li Tingyun, he would have thought he'd been scammed by a pyramid scheme.
Si Wuxie asked, "You... what do you plan to do to build something like this..."
Li Tingyun interrupted him, "You don't need to worry about this."
The fact that Taiji Palace was able to reclaim and cultivate land was extremely difficult, and that they were able to build a home in such an inauspicious place reflects their terrifying infrastructure capabilities.
They even assembled a group of "civil engineering masters" who were experts in their respective fields.
Play around as you please, but don't joke around with civil engineers. They're professionals when it comes to carrying buckets and cleaning mortar.
"What I value is your network and experience, your ability to navigate social situations effectively, and your business acumen."
As Li Tingyun spoke, he took out something, saying, "This dice cup in your hands may be able to create greater value."
Si Wuxie took the dice cup containing the two spirit cores of the Day and Night Wanderers and felt the abundant essence of the sun and moon within it.
"So it was you who captured these two spirits. Judge Cui Jue is searching for them all over the place."
Si Wuxie preferred to call these two cloud-like objects, one black and one white, "flesh-like spirit mushrooms".
The spiritual energy they possess is truly enviable.
However, since their master was Judge Cui Jue, Si Wuxie didn't want to make enemies and could only let Lingzhi run away.
Li Tingyun said, "This dice cup is a very interesting magical artifact. It can transform the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into demonic energy, and it can also transform spirit stones into demonic stones. Five spirit stones can be exchanged for one demonic stone at the market. You will definitely find a way to make money with it, so I'm giving it to you."
Si Wuxie asked, "Is this... a deposit? It's all mine?"
"You think beautifully."
Li Tingyun raised an eyebrow and said, "This is at most my angel investment in you. If you can use this capital to create greater wealth, then even if you pass the trial period of the contract, we can cooperate in the long term and put my Silk Road plan into practice!"
Si Wuxie couldn't understand what he was saying, but could grasp the general meaning.
Li Tingyun probably wanted to use this opportunity to test the waters and decide whether it was still necessary for him to expand his business in Yongjie Town.
In response, Si Wuxie said, "When it comes to making money, no one is more skilled than me. But in any partnership, the issue of profit distribution is unavoidable. Yongjie Town is, after all, my old territory... How about a 20/80 split?"
Li Tingyun clicked his tongue. "How can that be? We can't let you lose out. It'll be 30/70! You get 30%, I get 70%."
Si Wuxie: "..."
He's a master at playing dumb!
Si Wuxie's "80/20 split" means that he clearly owns 80% while the other party owns 20%.
Now look what's happened! The other party is practically riding right up to him. This is outrageous!
Seeing that he remained silent for a long time, Li Tingyun said, "It seems you don't like being toasted. Alright then, let's split the toast 20/80."
Si Wuxie looked like he was about to have his flesh cut off: "No, no, no... I can't go any lower! Three-seven, that's it!"
And so, the conversation ended amicably.
Everyone's face was beaming with a bright smile.
They had a very pleasant conversation.
……
The surrounding scenery changed once again, and the group had moved from the painted boat to the main street in front of the Rebirth Inn.
Si Wuxie said to Li Tingyun, "I'm going to the Judge Temple right away. We'll part ways here. I'll trouble you to... watch over the house for me."
"Wait," Li Tingyun called out to him, "Have you thought of any way to deal with Cui Jue?"
He wouldn't have acted so quickly if he hadn't thought of a safe and reliable solution.
"Simple, just wine."
Si Wuxie stretched out his right hand, and a porcelain pot appeared in his palm.
Li Tingyun looked closely and wondered how this was different from the teapot in the private room of the inn.
"The pot contains wine?!"
He recalled being burned twice by the liquid in the pot, yet he had never smelled the alcohol.
He always thought it contained hot tea.
"Of course it's wine, but this wine is colorless and tasteless. It's brewed by me using water from the River of Oblivion. The secret recipe is not to be revealed to outsiders."
At the end of the Yellow Springs Road in the underworld lies the River of Oblivion, spanned by the Bridge of Helplessness, where Meng Po (the goddess of forgetfulness) stands guard year-round.
She brewed Meng Po soup with the water of the River of Oblivion; if a soul drinks this water, it can forget all its past lives.
Si Wuxie then used water from the river to brew wine.
“I call this wine ‘Bone-Changing Wine’. It’s suitable for all ages, and different people can taste different flavors.”
"The more innocent a child is, the more bland the taste of the drink will be, like plain water, and it won't harm their health."
"Only those with rich experience can taste the bitterness and burning sensation of strong liquor; the judge prefers this."
You should know that even the finest wine brewed by ordinary mortals will not affect a cultivator.
I can't get drunk at all.
But wine brewed with the waters of the River of Oblivion is enough to make one drunk and utterly intoxicated, drinking to drown one's sorrows until one is completely drunk.
Normally, when Cui Jue asked Si Wuxie for something, he would be reluctant to give it to him.
"Adults have different moods, and they taste different flavors of wine. Some people find it bitter, while others can taste sweetness."
Si Wuxie suddenly made a big turn, "But there is a type of person who cannot drink this wine."
Li Tingyun asked, "Who is it?"
Si Wuxie said, "A person who is moved by love."
Li Tingyun stood there, watching Xia Changfeng and the other two leave together.
After a long silence, he turned around and muttered to himself, "A person moved by love... shouldn't drink?"
"cut."
He scoffed, "I'll go back and have a pot of wine!"
What a joke! He wants to see what kind of drink is off-limits and what can kill someone.
He didn't believe it.
Li Tingyun was standing about ten meters away from the inn when he saw a big yellow dog suddenly dart out of the alley.
The dog lay on the door, frantically scratching at the wooden planks. After a few scratches, the two large doors opened from the inside.
Mei Shiyu appeared on the steps. He looked down at the silly dog with a look of surprise on his face.
The moment Li Tingyun saw the dog scratching at the door, he hid in the alley.
He peeked out and saw that Wangcai, that bastard, had been led into the inn by his master in a daze.
Li Tingyun: "..."
Things are getting a bit complicated.