I Built A Family Of Immortal Cultivators

Chapter 45: Selling Formation Arrays

The owner of the talisman shop did not surprise Lin Qing too much. After leaving his own shop, he directly came to Lin Qing's Formation Array Shop.

Lin Qing naturally entertained him, sitting in a chair and drinking tea. This owner of the talisman shop, who was in the later stage of Qi Refining, slowly revealed the hidden situation without waiting for Lin Qing to ask.

It turned out that he was quitting. Business had been bad recently, and this time he wanted to leave Xuan Yu Lane and return to his own family to seek further development.

Lin Qing could only offer words of comfort. In the past six months, business in Xuan Yu Lane had not been good. The reason was not only because of the Bai Bao Tower, but also because half a year ago, Wuji Sect reduced the benefits for its disciples.

With the support of Wuji Sect, a large part of Xuan Yu Lane's income came from them. Now that Wuji Sect had reduced the benefits for its disciples, naturally Xuan Yu Lane was not doing well either. The number of disciples from Wuji Sect who came here had decreased significantly, resulting in a decline in business.

As for why the benefits were reduced, it was not something that Lin Qing and the other shop owners could know.

After drinking two more cups of tea with the owner of the talisman shop, he bid farewell and was about to leave when he suddenly noticed the formation array in Lin Qing's shop.

When he returned to his family, although his family had a Foundation Building cultivator, with his own strength, he would at least have the status of an elder. Faced with this status, he naturally wanted to do something for his family and increase their influence.

Looking at the formation array in Lin Qing's shop, he was intrigued. Perhaps he could bring back a formation array.

Especially the series of connected water formation arrays in Lin Qing's shop, he had known about them since the first day Lin Qing opened the shop. These formation arrays were perfect for his family to use.

However, he had the same doubt as others: "Shopkeeper Lin, are there any precedents for using these Five Connected Water Formation Arrays?"

Lin Qing shook his head, "There aren't any, but the Four Connected Water Formation Arrays have sold well and have excellent effects."

Hearing Lin Qing's words, the owner of the talisman shop felt somewhat disappointed. The Four Connected Water Formation Array was a low-grade first-tier formation array. Not to mention its effects, its grade was a bit too low. He couldn't really show it off. As for the Five Connected Water Formation Array, its effects were unknown, so he hesitated for a moment.

Seeing this, Lin Qing continued, "I can assure Fellow Daoist that the Five Connected Water Formation Array will not be inferior, and I also have the Six Connected Water Formation Array, which is even stronger. I have no intention of hiding anything from Fellow Daoist."

In order to sell the formation arrays, Lin Qing's words were extremely sincere. This owner of the talisman shop was the only person he had encountered recently who might buy the Five Connected Water Formation Array, and he had the ability to do so. According to what Lin Qing knew, this owner of the talisman shop had been running his shop for many years.

"Six Connected Formation Array?" Hearing Lin Qing's words, the owner of the talisman shop looked at Lin Qing several times, thinking that Lin Qing was really hiding his true abilities.

Next, Lin Qing took out the Six Connected Water Formation Array. Although it couldn't compare to the original Seven Connected Water Formation Array, its effects were extremely powerful. Lin Qing estimated that six cultivators in the later stage of Qi Refining could at least contend against three cultivators in the ninth level of Qi Refining. If six cultivators in the middle stage of Qi Refining used it, they could also confront a cultivator in the ninth level of Qi Refining.

After listening to Lin Qing's introduction, the owner of the talisman shop carefully examined the Six Connected Water Formation Array. Compared to the Five Connected Water Formation Array, he was clearly more interested in the Six Connected Water Formation Array.

However, the effects were still unknown, and the price was thirty percent higher than the Five Connected Water Formation Array, a total of one hundred and thirty spirit stones.

Lin Qing didn't dare to say more about the price for this reason.

Looking at the formation and Lin Qing's formation shop, the owner of the talisman shop felt a bit tempted. Outsiders may not know, but he, who has been across from Lin Qing for years, knows that Lin Qing's formation shop actually sells quite well. As for the water formation series, there haven't been any incidents caused by cultivators in the past two years. The formations seem to be genuine.

He values spiritual stones greatly, as he has accumulated quite a lot over the years. And now that he is going back to his family, as an elder, he receives a certain amount of spiritual stones as offerings every year. He doesn't lack spiritual stones, so acquiring this formation is not a problem. As for its effectiveness, he will know once he uses it at home. With so many cultivators in his family, they will surely test it out.

Thinking of this, he smiled and said, "Master Lin, I'll buy one, but in terms of price, you should give me a discount."

"Of course, how about a 10% discount? That's the lowest price," Lin Qing replied, maintaining a calm demeanor.

The original price was 130 spiritual stones, but with a 10% discount, it would be 117 spiritual stones. The owner of the talisman shop didn't negotiate and directly took out the spiritual stones to make the purchase.

Seeing the 117 spiritual stones in his storage bag, Lin Qing couldn't help but feel a surge of excitement, breaking his previous calmness.

Finally, he sold it, and it was a six-linked water formation.

Just from this set of formations, he earned no less than 80 spiritual stones. Of course, if you consider the success rate, on average, it would be no more than 40 spiritual stones per set. But it would be enough to cover his family's expenses for two months.

Selling one set relieved a lot of pressure from Lin Qing.

Looking at the five-linked water formation again, Lin Qing wasn't as anxious as before. He thought to himself that this was, after all, a first-grade high-quality formation, and there weren't many cultivators who could use it. To sell it, he had to be patient and even rely on some opportunities.

After the owner of the talisman shop left with the formation, it seemed like a trend had started. Two shops around Lin Qing's shop closed one after another.

Although it had only been half a year since the decline of the Infinite Sect's benefits, the impact was much faster than imagined.

Even the Hundred Treasures Tower, Lin Qing heard from other shop owners that business was not as good as before. In this situation, Lin Qing's formation shop naturally suffered, selling about 20% less than before for formations of lower grades. But because he had the exclusive water formation, he was better off than other formation shops and could still hold on.

As for why the Infinite Sect reduced its benefits, Lin Qing gradually heard the explanation from other cultivators.

It was said that one of the third-grade spiritual veins under the Infinite Sect had dried up, causing the sect's ability to obtain spiritual stones to greatly decline. That's why they reduced the benefits and cut the spiritual stone rewards for Qi Refining disciples by 30%. Perhaps for the Infinite Sect, this was a means of conserving resources, but for the Qi Refining disciples of the sect, it was a disaster.

A 30% reduction in spiritual stone rewards meant a slowdown in cultivation speed. They didn't even have enough for regular cultivation, let alone buying items.

In this situation, having additional income from spiritual stones was the most important.

The spiritual grain shop where Lin Qing used to buy spiritual rice was originally managed by a Qi Refining second-level cultivator. A year ago, he advanced to the third level of Qi Refining and still took charge of the spiritual grain shop without any intention of leaving.

But when Lin Qing went to buy spiritual rice two days ago, he found that the spiritual grain shop had changed personnel. It was now managed by a Qi Refining fifth-level cultivator.

Regarding this, Lin Qing felt that this was probably one of the aftermaths of the Infinite Sect reducing its benefits. What could have been done by a low-level Qi Refining cultivator was now being done by a mid-level Qi Refining cultivator.

In this situation, the number of closed shops in the Xuan Yu Square increased day by day, and business became increasingly bleak.

(End of this chapter)