91: Chapter 42 Temporary Suppression of the Vice Sect Leader [Seeking Votes and Followers]_2 91: Chapter 42 Temporary Suppression of the Vice Sect Leader [Seeking Votes and Followers]_2 “Vice Sect Leader Moyi!”
An inner sect elder frowned and said, “Several fellow sect leaders are here, the internal affairs of the sect can be discussed later!”
“Elder Sun, it doesn’t matter, Moyi junior brother is also considering the interests of the sect.”
Yun Mo raised his hand to signal, and then said:
“The fellow Daoists are not outsiders, and they have deep feelings with our Wanyun Sect, it’s fine to discuss these matters directly.”
“So, according to junior brother Moyi’s view, how should this profitable business of earning spirit stones be shared with fellow sects?”
Moyi said with a smile, “It’s up to the Sect Leader elder brother to decide.
My duty is only to be responsible for the transmission of techniques to the disciples within the sect.”
Yun Mo nodded slightly:
“Let’s just ask junior brother Dazhi directly, and see what he thinks.”
“The magic artifact, this method, after all, was thought out by junior brother Dazhi and his son, so junior brother Dazhi’s opinion is most important.”
“Someone, please ask junior brother Dazhi to come here.”
A steward promptly complied with reverence and hurried away.
Shortly after, Li Dazhi’s voice could be heard approaching from afar.
“…Engraving and insetting are the key steps, the processes before that are essentially about melting the material, using some methods to bring out the innate properties of the material, and that’s the path of artifact refining that the elders in the sect all understand.”
“Engraving, the technical work, is the core.
I tweaked it dozens of times before I barely succeeded!”
“In the future, as long as we master the core craftsmanship, we shouldn’t lose spirit stones…
I’ll go to the Sect Leader elder brother first, and we can chat when I come back!”
Li Dazhi wiped the sweat from his forehead and hurried behind the screen.
His gaze swept over the assembly of immortals, and he bowed to the Sect Leader, saying, “I have seen the Sect Leader elder brother, I have seen all fellow Daoists.”
Yun Mo’s eyes narrowed into a smile, and his voice became much softer.
“Junior brother Dazhi, take a seat and rest for a while.”
Just as Li Dazhi was about to sit at the end of the table, he saw the Sect Leader elder brother gesturing to him; he didn’t stand on ceremony and directly sat beside the Sect Leader, rolled up his sleeves, and drank several large gulps of spiritual spring water.
Although the table was full of well-known Heavenly Immortal Realm experts from the East Continent’s cultivation world, Li Dazhi wasn’t the least bit constrained, acting naturally and freely.
The other sect leaders found Li Dazhi increasingly pleasing to the eye.
Taking advantage of the moment when Li Dazhi was picking up food, an inner sect elder raised the question of ‘how to share the good fortune with fellow sects’.
Li Dazhi immediately said with a smile, “Of course, it’s up to the Sect Leader elder brother, I’ve only cultivated for a few years.”
“Just speak if you’re asked to.”
Yun Mo held a wine pot, poured a cup of wine for Li Dazhi, and said warmly:
“This item was made by you and your son, so naturally, you have the final say.”
“Sect Leader elder brother, you are wrong there.”
“Ping’an and I actually came up with an idea, an inspiration.”
“Those twelve magic artifacts are just samples.”
“Ping’an and I have given this artifact refining method a name, called ‘assembly line’.
A spiritual artifact, from raw material to finished product, passes through like it’s floating down a river, hence the name.”
“To create a truly efficient ‘assembly line’, and earn spirit stones from it, we must rely on the sect to integrate resources.”
“Ping’an and I have calculated that using our ‘assembly line’, the cost of making a common spiritual artifact, based on gathering resources from the market, comes to twelve, thirteen spirit stones; but if our sect provides the various ores directly, the cost can be reduced to six, seven spirit stones.”
“Then, I take a bite…
then, we can sell the ordinary flying swords in the market for thirty spirit stones at fifteen, twenty spirit stones.”
“How much profit is there in this?”
“Initially, we aim for small profits but high turnover to expand the market, branding each artifact with our Wanyun Sect’s mark.
In a few years, the loose cultivators will trust the artifacts from our Wanyun Sect.”
“There are too many twists and turns involved, and I couldn’t finish explaining them even if I talked for three days and nights.”
“However, there’s one thing, Sect Leader elder brother, that Ping’an specifically instructed me to discuss with you.”
Yun Mo laughed, “Just say it, junior brother.”
Li Dazhi spoke seriously, “Doing this, we are actually cutting off the livelihood of those loose cultivators who rely on refining artifacts.
We must limit ourselves, only take the profits from a few types of artifacts, such as high-consumption ones like flying swords and flying needles, we must leave others a way to make a living.”
The immortals looked at Li Dazhi with even more admiration.
Yun Mo’s laugh deepened as he declared, “How could I be at ease without junior brother Dazhi taking charge of this matter!”
Vice Sect Leader Moyi beside him nodded with a smile and did not speak again.
However, Li Dazhi went on, “There is another matter, Sect Leader, you mentioned something about fellow sects just now.”
An inner sect elder on the side hastily tried to give Li Dazhi a meaningful look.
The conversation should have stopped there, the Sect Leader had made a decision, and things were falling into place.
Unfortunately, Li Dazhi didn’t see the elder’s hint and continued to elaborate:
“Sect Leader, I apply to establish a department under Miaoyun Hall to be specifically in charge of this business, to be called ‘Castcloud Hall’, dedicated to the forging of magic artifacts.”
“The fellow sects and our Wanyun Sect support each other and share a deep friendship.
You’ve told me before not to forget them when there are benefits.”
“However, we really can’t rush this.”
“We need to let Castcloud Hall get up and running first, to see if this path is actually feasible, to find out how much spirit stones can be earned.
If it’s just a pittance, it would be embarrassing to share.”
“If Castcloud Hall turns out to be successful, then we can certainly, step by step, in batches, establish branches of Castcloud Hall in fellow sects’ mountains.”
“Fellow sects will integrate their treasure mine resources, and we will provide the key ‘assembly line’ technology.
Out of the spirit stones earned, we only need to take a cut of twenty to thirty percent.”
“There are countless loose cultivators on the East Continent, and just along the shore of the East Sea, there are over a thousand market towns.
Our Wanyun Sect can at most occupy ten percent of the common magic artifact market.”