Chapter 704: The Art of Management

Su Che didn’t explain much. He simply sent Lianyi back to the Portal of Laws, where she could freely browse through countless cultivation techniques. How much she could learn depended on her own abilities.
In fact, Lianyi could roughly guess that Su Che had already taken complete control of the Immortal-Demon Battlefield. Otherwise, he wouldn’t be able to create teleportation portals so effortlessly to send others away, nor could he have created such an excellent cultivation environment for himself—a treasure repository at his disposal.
Everything was implicit; some things didn’t need to be spelled out clearly.
After handling these matters, Su Che used another observation mirror to quickly locate the location of the demon princess, Lan Ling.
Nearly ten months had passed, yet Lan Ling still retained her human female appearance, clearly getting used to this physical state in advance. At that moment, she stood on the edge of a floating boulder, gazing down at the world below. She appeared quite serene, making it hard to imagine that she was one of the most evil female demons in the world.
“Is the view of the Immortal-Demon Battlefield so beautiful that you’re so engrossed?” Su Che’s illusion appeared beside her and asked casually.
“I have nothing to do, so I’m just bored,” Lan Ling replied softly.
“It’s quite nice,” Su Che said with a smile, nodding. “With such a temperament, you even have a bit of the sentimental nature of human women.”
“You’ve seen through my act again,” Lan Ling said, slightly displeased, her expression returning to its mischievous tone.
“That’s because I know your true nature,” Su Che smiled before shifting to the main topic. “Haven’t you collected all the treasures yet?”
“There’s no way that fast. It’s only been a few days,” Lan Ling complained. “It will take at least three more years. It’s annoying!”
“Then give me tens of thousands first. I have urgent needs,” Su Che said. “Just put them in a storage device and throw it into the Forbidden Pit, and I can retrieve them.”
Lan Ling surely wouldn’t dare descend into the Yuanji Sealing Demon Array beneath the Forbidden Pit, so she could only throw the items down. Su Che could then use the spatial power of the Immortal-Demon Battlefield to obtain them.
“Do you have anything interesting to give me?”
Lan Ling wouldn’t agree easily. She would take this opportunity to give Su Che a little trouble.
“Be patient,” Su Che said softly. “Three years will pass in the blink of an eye. Once you go out, the world is full of endless fun. You can do whatever you want.”
“I can’t sleep because I’m preoccupied!” Lan Ling acted spoiled on purpose.

Su Che fell silent, thinking to himself: I’m giving you only ten breaths. If you don’t cooperate, I’ll have to find a way to deal with you!
One breath, two breaths, three breaths…
In just five breaths, Lan Ling, who possessed the wisdom of a Great Luo Golden Immortal, realized that this hot-tempered guy might be getting angry.
So, her clear voice rang out immediately: “Human men are supposed to be good at making girls happy. Why can’t you?”
“I can, but you can’t!”
Su Che said with a grim face, “Hurry up! I’m in a hurry!”
Muttering…
Lan Ling cursed in an extremely ancient demonic language, then flung her hand and flew toward the location of the forbidden pit.
As the Golden Winged Demon King, her flying speed was terrifying. In the blink of an eye, she arrived. With a few swift movements of her small hands, at a speed Su Che couldn’t even discern, she packed tens of thousands of immortal artifacts and magical treasures into a storage ring.
All the treasures collected over ten months were stored there—of course, it wasn’t just tens of thousands.
Whoosh!
The ring was thrown into the forbidden pit, falling into the unfathomable vertical passage.
Just a few breaths later, the ring appeared in Su Che’s hand.
“I’ll come for you in three years.”
Su Che’s phantom body remained beside her as he said in a deep voice, “Since you want to pretend to be a human, learn to treat people sincerely. You’ll find that a sincere heart brings many benefits, including from me.”
Su Che was reminding her: Don’t play any tricks. Only when you’ve gathered all the treasures will I keep my promise.
It wasn’t that Su Che didn’t want to be accommodating to a woman, but because she was an Origin Demon King, being too polite toward her would only lead to deception, mockery, persecution, and scheming.
That was just how the Origin Demons were.
There were only three ways to deal with demons: if you couldn’t kill them, suppress them; if you couldn’t suppress them, threaten them. In short, showing kindness to her was tantamount to suicide.
Swish!
Su Che’s phantom disappeared, leaving only Lan Ling, who looked like a young girl, standing by the edge of the pit.
“A sincere heart?”
She stuck out her delicate tongue and licked the corner of her mouth, murmuring softly, “It must be delicious…”
…
On the other side, Su Che checked the storage ring and confirmed that it indeed contained tens of thousands of immortal artifacts and magical treasures. However, the highest-grade item was only an upper-class immortal artifact.
This showed just how skillful that demon princess was at finding loopholes. Without explicit instructions, she wouldn’t cooperate at all.
Understanding? Don’t expect it from her!

Fortunately, the newly opened Tianxuan Treasure Shop indeed didn’t need an elite immortal artifact-level treasure to attract customers, so Su Che planned to adopt a different business model: winning through quantity!
In the similar shops he had seen in Haoyuan Heaven Market these days, medium-sized magic artifact stores had at most around a hundred immortal artifacts on display for sale; large stores like “Tianbao Ruixiang” only had about three hundred.
To get more, one had to order from the headquarters, which was certainly not very convenient.
Although customers who bought ten magic artifacts at once were extremely rare, and there was no real need to stock too much, if his Tianxuan Treasure Shop could display thousands of magic artifacts at once, customers would have a wider range of choices and could easily find their favorite one.
Abundant supply, strong strength! That was his business strategy.
As for the approach of “low profit, high volume,” it was definitely not advisable. Engaging in price wars would surely face joint resistance from all shops in Haoyuan Heaven Market, and in severe cases, could even lead to complete elimination.
Following the market trends and competing reasonably—there were certain rules that couldn’t be broken, especially for someone as minor as him; he certainly didn’t have the right to challenge them.
After that, Su Che didn’t rush to leave the Immortal-Demon Battlefield. Instead, he used the water mirror to quietly monitor the ripples in the Gate of Law and the progress on the demon side.
Two days passed in a flash. Finding nothing unusual, Su Che then activated the teleportation gate to return to the Immortal Realm.
It was still that deep valley in the mountains. As the teleportation gate appeared, Zhuo Feng, who was sitting cross-legged on a boulder, opened his eyes.
As soon as Su Che and Zhuo Feng returned to their shop, the old man arrived right after them.
“How was it?” Su Che asked with a smile.
“Not bad,” the old man replied with a grin. “I made thirty thousand.”
Earning thirty thousand immortal crystals easily by selling information should be quite satisfying for him.
“Making money is secondary; the real satisfaction comes from feeling proud—that’s truly great!” the old man said, squinting. “Before, they called me Old Monkey, Old Scammer. This time, hehehehe…”
Su Che smiled faintly. Of course, he had no interest in his trivial matters and asked directly, “How many people bought your information?”
“All the shops with some strength bought it.”

The old man said proudly, “I went from house to house selling them. At a price of 500 immortal crystals, I managed to sell them over eighty times. But it only worked for one day; the next day, a bunch of gossipy brats spread the word, and I couldn’t sell any more. Sigh!”
“That’s inevitable,” Su Che nodded and said, “When it comes to selling information, timeliness is crucial.”
He then asked, “Did Tianbao Ruixiang also buy them?”
The old man shook his head. “I didn’t dare charge them. I gave them them for free… You know, in the territory of Fenglin, you must never offend Tianbao Ruixiang. Even if you have Grandma Gu protecting you, you still can’t offend them, understand?”
“Of course,” Su Che replied, “I never intended to go against them.”
“That’s right, that’s right,” the old man laughed. “You’re smart. It’s obvious at a glance.”
But then his expression changed, and he lowered his voice, saying, “But don’t think everyone is an idiot. Not everyone will believe that ‘Legend of the Five Absences.’ I reckon someone will come to test you soon. Just wait and see.”
With that, he turned and walked away, saying as he went, “Tears without water, soil without dust, iron without gold, fire without flame, trees without roots… Haha, impressive!”
“Stop!”
Su Che didn’t give him a chance to pose as a great master. With a fierce roar, he scared the old man into shrinking back to his shabby monkey-like appearance.
“What else?”
The old man turned around, looking confused.
“Look…” Su Che gestured toward the magic artifact space behind him. “If I display thousands of immortal artifacts in the store for customers to choose from at will, do you think there could be any drawbacks?”
After thinking for a moment, the old man asked, “You’re not stupid enough to sell them at rock-bottom prices, are you?”
“No,” Su Che shook his head. “It’s just to show off that our store has an abundant supply.”
“That’s fine then.”
The old man’s expression relaxed. “But if you do that, in a few days, merchants like Tianbao Ruixiang will send people to negotiate exclusive sales rights with you. Hehe, after all, your supply is abundant!”
With that, he turned and walked away again, still saying as he went, “Tears without water, soil without dust, iron without gold, fire without flame, trees without roots… Hahaha, impressive!”
Su Che smiled silently, unfazed, and murmured to himself, “So what!”
A pleasant voice from behind came through—Fei Yun’s voice—“Tears without water, soil without dust, iron without gold, fire without flame, trees without roots… These past two days, every corner of the Heavenly Market has heard various theories about these five strange items.”

Su Che turned and asked, “Which one do you want? I’ll help you find it.”
“Tears Without Water!”
Fei Yun’s face turned red, her gaze filled with obsession: “I want to see this. Do you have it?”
Su Che was momentarily stunned, not knowing how to respond.
“I’ll help you find it” had been just a joke, but her gaze instantly overwhelmed him.
Lao He laughed maliciously from the Immortal Prison: “Tears Without Water cause heart-wrenching pain. This young lady must know all too well…”