Chapter 57: Tianfu Shop

After the first year ended.

By the second year, Ye Qingxuan began refining Tier 3 pills and low-grade True Artifacts, preparing to enter the Tier 3 market.

Under normal circumstances, once a Blessed Cultivator takes control of a Blessed Land, they can use the power of the land to refine pills and magical treasures that are one tier higher than their own cultivation level.

Therefore, as Ye Qingxuan entered the Tier 3 market within the Xuantian Sect, he was not worried about exposing all of his trump cards.

As soon as the second year arrived, Ye Qingxuan sent Ye Zhaoyu to the Treasure Pavilion to purchase the spiritual herbs required for Tier 3 pills and the Tier 3 spiritual ores needed to refine low-grade True Artifacts.

Meanwhile, Ye Zhaohang was tending the Tianfu Shop.

The spiritual energy density within the Xuantian Sect market was even higher than that of the Qingxuan Blessed Land. Furthermore, accumulating spiritual power during normal times did not carry the same risk of being disturbed by outsiders as it did during breakthroughs.

Thus, Ye Qingxuan did not worry about delaying their cultivation progress.

With experience on his side, Ye Zhaoyu found Bai Wenyang with ease and quickly procured the necessary spiritual herbs

Tier 3 Spirit-Boosting Pill: Required herbs cost 10 mid-grade spirit stones per batch; 100 batches; current market price is 10 mid-grade spirit stones per pill.

Tier 3 Spirit-Melding Pill: Required herbs cost 10 mid-grade spirit stones per batch; 100 batches; current market price is 10 mid-grade spirit stones per pill.

Tier 3 Grass-Returning Pill: Required herbs cost 45 mid-grade spirit stones per batch; 50 batches; current market price is 80 mid-grade spirit stones per pill.

Tier 3 Spirit-Recovery Pill: Required herbs cost 38 mid-grade spirit stones per batch; 50 batches; current market price is 70 mid-grade spirit stones per pill.

Tier 3 Spirit-Cleansing Pill: Required herbs cost 120 mid-grade spirit stones per batch; 100 batches; current market price is 320 mid-grade spirit stones per pill.

In truth, there were other Tier 3 pills that were more difficult to refine and more expensive.

However, the market for those was too small. Currently, Ye Qingxuan's primary goal was to accumulate capital, so he only planned to refine these pills that had large markets, high profits, or were useful for his own cultivation.

The total cost for these spiritual herbs was 20,400 mid-grade spirit stones, which converted to 2,040,000 low-grade spirit stones, causing Ye Qingxuan's assets to shrink by more than half instantly.

Including the one million low-grade spirit stones used as a deposit to open the Tianfu Shop, he was left with only about 600,000 low-grade spirit stones.

The Tier 3 spiritual ores required for refining mid- and low-grade True Artifacts cost approximately 300 to 1,000 mid-grade spirit stones per cubic unit, depending on their quality.

Ye Qingxuan's remaining 600,000 low-grade spirit stones converted to only about 6,000 mid-grade spirit stones.

Therefore, following Ye Qingxuan's instructions, Ye Zhaoyu only purchased 20 units of low-grade Tier 3 spiritual ore valued at 300 mid-grade spirit stones per unit.

After receiving these materials, Ye Qingxuan entered secluded cultivation within the Qingxuan Blessed Land.

In just half a month, Ye Qingxuan's skills in both alchemy and smithing advanced, officially making him a Tier 3 Alchemist and a Tier 3 Smith.

He then spent another four months consuming all the spiritual herbs and ores.

Although he was now refining Tier 3 pills, Ye Qingxuan had also upgraded his cauldron to a low-grade True Artifact grade.

Thanks to the terrifying spirit-absorption capability of the low-grade True Artifact cauldron, it continuously absorbed the surrounding spiritual energy and infused it into the cauldron during the refining process, ensuring an ample supply of energy.

As a result, the success rate of Ye Qingxuan's Tier 3 pills was nearly identical to that of his Tier 2 pills.

Aside from the first three batches of each type where the success rate was unstable, the subsequent yields were steady: Tier 3 Spirit-Boosting and Spirit-Melding pills yielded 8 pills per batch, while Tier 3 Spirit-Recovery, Grass-Returning, and Spirit-Cleansing pills yielded 6 pills per batch.

Once all materials were exhausted, Ye Qingxuan had produced a total of

Pills: 796 Tier 3 Spirit-Boosting Pills; 796 Tier 3 Spirit-Melding Pills; 295 Tier 3 Spirit-Recovery Pills; 294 Tier 3 Grass-Returning Pills; 594 Tier 3 Spirit-Cleansing Pills.

Magical Treasures: 30 low-grade True Artifacts.

Due to the urgent need for liquid capital, Ye Qingxuan sold all the pills he had refined to the Treasure Pavilion. After applying a 30% discount, he recouped 175,119 mid-grade spirit stones.

The 30 low-grade True Artifacts were placed into the warehouse of the Tianfu Shop.

After purchasing the pills brought by Ye Zhaoyu once again, Bai Wenyang had become completely numb to Ye Qingxuan's alchemical talent.

This transaction brought Bai Wenyang immense profit.

After all, he was the leader of the Treasure Pavilion team and the one who facilitated the business, so his commission was quite high.

After seeing Ye Zhaoyu off, Bai Wenyang sat in his private lounge, beginning to dream of a beautiful future.

What he did not know was that this would essentially be Ye Qingxuan's last transaction with the Treasure Pavilion.

After more than a year of development, the Tianfu Shop had gradually gained fame and begun to accumulate many regular customers.

Furthermore, since Ye Qingxuan did not intend to refine Tier 1 and Tier 2 pills himself, he had Ye Zhaohang secretly contact a group of Tier 1 and Tier 2 alchemists and smiths.

He signed contracts with these practitioners, with the Tianfu Shop taking only a 2.5% commission.

Ye Qingxuan's move was not intended to compete with the Treasure Pavilion, but simply to fill the void in the Tier 1 and Tier 2 markets of the Tianfu Shop. Therefore, the number of people Ye Zhaohang recruited was very small, ensuring it would not disrupt the market of the sect's marketplace.

Once sufficient capital was recouped, the Tianfu Shop began to aggressively purchase various Tier 1 spiritual ores and spiritual plants.

For every type of spiritual plant, he only bought ten seedlings or seeds; for every type of spiritual ore, he only bought one cubic unit.

All of this was preparation for Ye Qingxuan to upgrade his Grotto-Heaven Blessed Land to Tier 2.

In the following months, Ye Qingxuan would refine five batches of pills every day, occasionally smithing a low-grade True Artifact.

Of the five batches of pills, two were Spirit-Boosting and Spirit-Melding pills, while the other three were Spirit-Cleansing pills.

As for the market for Tier 3 Spirit-Recovery and Grass-Returning pills, Ye Qingxuan deliberated for a moment and ultimately chose to outsource them.

Compared to the other pills, the Spirit-Cleansing pill was the most difficult to refine and yielded the highest profit.

As for the Tier 3 Spirit-Boosting and Spirit-Melding pills, they were for his own cultivation. Pills refined by an alchemist for their own use are more effective, which could slightly increase Ye Qingxuan's cultivation speed.

Though the difference was small, every little bit counts, and over a long period, the effect would eventually manifest.

Currently, the craze for venturing into the Outer Realms within the Xuantian Sect was intensifying. Every day, many disciples purchased various pills to prepare for their journeys.

Consequently, there was no shortage of demand for all tiers of Spirit-Cleansing pills capable of removing demonic energy; in fact, supply was somewhat insufficient to meet demand.

This craze had already swept through the Inner Five Domains of the Earth-Mystic Realm.

Faced with occasional information from the outside world, Ye Qingxuan only monitored it silently. What he needed to do now was to use this craze to accumulate enough cultivation resources for himself.

He produced 8 Spirit-Boosting and 8 Spirit-Melding pills daily, but for his own cultivation, he consumed 3 of each per day.

The remaining 5 Spirit-Boosting pills, 5 Spirit-Melding pills, and 18 Spirit-Cleansing pills, after deducting the 20% tax, brought Ye Qingxuan a daily income of 4,384 mid-grade spirit stones.

In addition, the Tianfu Shop sold one of his self-refined low-grade True Artifacts on average every two days.

A low-grade True Artifact had a material cost of 300 mid-grade spirit stones and a selling price of around 1,000 mid-grade spirit stones. After taxes, one artifact brought Ye Qingxuan a profit of 560 mid-grade spirit stones.

Combined with the other outsourced business, although the shop only took a 0.5% profit margin, the sheer volume made it worthwhile.