Chapter 708: Guidance, **

Everyone sat, except for me, who stood alone.
Faced with the combined pressure from nearly a hundred Xuanxian, Su Che stood firm, unbroken by their force—his body as strong as iron, unmoved. Yet, the enhancement of his flesh was clearly insufficient; his skin seemed to be under the brutal assault of hundreds of iron brushes.
This pain was nothing to him; it was as if he felt nothing at all. Enduring this invisible pressure, he stepped forward a few steps, returned to his original position, and looked at Supervisor Shao, asking in a low voice, “Should we discuss reason first, or strength?”
Whoosh!
With just a gentle wave of his hand, Shao Zhong swept away all the surrounding pressure. After all, among those present, he had the highest cultivation level.
Su Che felt his body lighten, all burdens vanishing.
“Sit down.”
Shao Zhong summoned a chair from afar and placed it behind Su Che. Only after he sat down did Shao Zhong speak in a deep voice, “At Haoyuan Tian Shi, we don’t discuss reason or strength. What matters is the rules here!”
“Are these the rules?”
Su Che smiled, scanning the faces of the Xuanxians around him.
A hundred people bullying one person—this wasn’t just bullying the weak in numbers; it was also using strength to oppress the weak. Such rules were clearly unacceptable…
Shao Zhong grunted softly, and the Xuanxians had no choice but to restrain their imposing auras. Only then did the meeting hall return to normal.
After all, this was a meeting, not a murder spree. If anyone died here, he would have a hard time explaining it. Moreover, since it was still unclear what kind of relationship Su Che had with Grandma Gu, no one dared kill him.
After a while, Grandma Gu returned to call for someone. Who would dare take on that blame?
It was for this reason that Su Che took the risk alone, coming here by himself to attend the meeting. His bodyguard, Uncle Zhuo Feng, could only wait outside the meeting hall.
After a short pause, Shao Zhong looked around at everyone and asked, “Everyone, share your opinions. Who wants to speak first?”
The owner of one of the shops spoke up first, looking at Su Che and saying, “Boss Tianxuan, having thousands of magical items in your store to attract customers— isn’t that a bit excessive?”
“Excessive?”
Su Che took a deep breath, as if adjusting his emotions, then spoke calmly, “Actually, I have no intention of disrupting the market or opposing anyone. I just want to give my store some uniqueness. As the other bosses can see, I haven’t lowered prices or engaged in any other form of unfair competition. I thought that as long as I didn’t violate the rules of Tian Shi, it shouldn’t cause dissatisfaction among you.”

These words were not harsh or offensive; they truly reflected Su Che’s genuine thoughts—making money was all that mattered, and there was no need to make oneself a target of criticism. As the saying goes, harmony brings prosperity.

Upon hearing this, the shop owners present indeed calmed down a bit. Considering that this young man might be an inexperienced rich kid who was new to the area, it was understandable that he hadn’t thought things through thoroughly in some aspects.

Moreover, no one intended to harm him; they just hoped he would restrain himself and avoid making the situation worse.

A representative of a large business alliance spoke up, “Boss Tianxuan, your intentions are understandable. However, one must know when to stop. If one person stands out too much, it makes the others around them seem incompetent. The same principle applies to business. Our Haoyuan Tian Market has always strived to avoid harmful competition that harms everyone involved. In many matters, merchants work together to prevent anyone from disrupting the hard-won harmonious atmosphere here. I hope you can understand these principles.”

These words were quite reasonable, and Su Che was willing to listen. Still, he said, “I understand the principles, but I still think that the shops of these owners have too few products, leaving customers with limited choices. After all, the purchase prices for immortal artifacts and magical items aren’t high, so they shouldn’t require too much capital!”

In truth, Su Che was pretending to be ignorant. He knew the answer very well. He said this only to guide their thinking in the direction he had planned.

Sure enough, one of the shop owners volunteered, “Boss Tianxuan probably comes from a family of artifact craftsmen, so you might not be aware that although the purchase prices for immortal artifacts and magical items aren’t high, the sources of supply are quite limited. There are mainly three options: artifact-crafting sects, individual sellers, and self-production…”

The other owners nodded in agreement. Among the three sources of supply for immortal artifacts and magical items, the most common method was to purchase in large quantities from sects renowned for crafting such items. But the problem was that no magical items appeared out of thin air—each one required time and effort to create. Even the most powerful artifact-crafting sects could only sell a few hundred items per month. After all, they needed to keep reserves for their own use, distribute items to their disciples, and ensure their own shops had sufficient stock…

For various reasons, it’s already an extreme feat for the shop owners here to maintain a stock of a hundred magical artifacts over the long term. It’s simply impossible to have as many as in Tianxuan Treasure Shop!
“I see…”
Su Che pretended to realize something suddenly. He lowered his head to think for a while, then spoke cautiously, “To be honest with you all, my family is an ancient lineage with a heritage of tens of billions of years. As far as I know, our family has accumulated countless magical artifacts over those years… If any of you shop owners are struggling to find sources for supplies, you can get goods from me!”
As soon as he said this, the conference hall fell silent. The shop owners were speechless, all trying to figure out Su Che’s intentions.
In fact, Su Che’s goal was simple: to quickly convert cash by turning the useless immortal artifacts he owned into immortal crystals, which he could then use to acquire small worlds of living beings.
In the skies above the Immortal-Demon Battlefield, there were at least twenty million graves of fallen immortals. The various magical artifacts collected from there could be estimated at over fifty million in number.
With such an enormous quantity, it would take forever—even fifty thousand years—to sell them all if only Tianxuan Treasure Shop handled them.
So, Su Che had already planned that being a retailer wouldn’t work; he needed to be a wholesaler who could sell in bulk. But since he had no roots in the immortal realm, rushing around to sell magical artifacts in various shops might cost him his life. By building up an image of a noble descendant step by step, as he was doing now, the situation was completely different.
Now it became: I’m here to help you solve your supply problems, not to make money—I’m helping you!
He had planned this entire strategy long before arriving at Haoyuan Heavenly Market.
The first step was to establish a legitimate identity in one of the heavenly markets—as a shop owner protected by contracts. The second step was to create an image of a noble scion from a crafting family, so that with a family background, others wouldn’t dare to trouble him. The third step was to force them to come to him by offering services like “a thousand treasures for every customer,” which was far more clever than going after them himself. The fourth step was to act condescendingly, claiming to help them solve their problems, while actually dumping large quantities of immortal artifacts from the Immortal-Demon Battlefield.

It was just that Su Che hadn’t anticipated encountering an old woman at Haoyuan Tian Shi, which complicated things greatly. Yet correspondingly, things seemed to go much smoother as well. At this moment, the bait had already been scattered; it was now a matter of seeing if the fish would bite. After about several dozen breaths, the representative of Tianbao Ruixiang’s merchant alliance asked first, “Boss Tianxuan, I’d like to know how much influence you have within your own family?” Su Che smiled proudly and said, “I am the future heir of my family. This training mission is to go out and sell magical artifacts—any amount is fine. Of course, the more I sell, the better, as that shows my ability, right?” The representative remained expressionless and asked again, “So, what’s the pricing ratio?” “It’s determined by standard rules!” Su Che replied calmly, “Top-grade immortal artifacts at 30% discount, mid-grade immortal artifacts at 40% discount, and low-grade immortal artifacts at 50% discount!” The representative nodded slowly and fell into deep thought again. The prices Su Che quoted were the standard prices at which shop owners purchased large quantities from artifact-forging sects. For low-grade magical artifacts, including top-grade immortal artifacts, the costs were almost transparent, and the retail prices were basically fixed: top-grade immortal artifacts sold for 2,000 immortal crystals, mid-grade ones for 1,000, and low-grade ones for 500. Low-grade immortal artifacts had the lowest profit margin, only about 10% gross profit, and even so, their sales volume was the smallest. This was because those at a cultivation level above Immortal could forge low-grade immortal artifacts on their own, so there was no need to buy them. Only newly ascended Human Immortals and Earth Immortals, lacking the ability to forge artifacts, would scrimp and save to buy one or two low-grade immortal artifacts for protection. At this moment, Su Che, observing the situation keenly, sensed that many of the shop owners present were already interested. For them, sourcing goods was indeed a major challenge. Usually, they had to try every means to get a quota from those artifact-forging sects so they could purchase enough magical artifacts on time to maintain their inventory. Now, having another sourcing channel like Tianxuan Zhenbao Fang certainly wasn’t a bad thing. After all, everyone’s retail prices were the same; whichever shop the customers chose would be the one that made the sale. In Tian Shi, it was quite common for shops with good relationships to exchange goods among themselves in emergencies.

Su Che seized the opportunity to speak slowly, “I really don’t want to change the scale of ‘Thousand Treasures for Guests’ in my store. I have so many items to sell—why shouldn’t I display them? It’s unreasonable to prevent me from operating normally just because I’m powerful and have a large scale. Where in the world is there such logic?”
At this point, he raised his tone slightly, “I suggest that all our magic item stores adopt the ‘Thousand Treasures for Guests’ format. This way, it can also benefit the overall interests of Haoyuan Tian Shi. Just think—after some time, Haoyuan Tian Shi’s reputation could increase several times over. The whole Fenglin region will hear about it. In Haolan Continent’s Haoyuan Tian Shi, all the magic item stores operate on this scale. If you want to buy magic items, that’s the place to go…”
As Su Che described this, Shao Zhong’s eyes narrowed slightly to hide the changes in his expression.
It was obvious that he was also tempted.
The more prosperous Haoyuan Tian Shi became, the higher its taxes and revenues would surely be. As the supervisor here, he could thus demonstrate his excellent management skills.
Throughout the Fenglin region, there were over 1,800 trading markets of similar scale, and Haoyuan Tian Shi had always ranked in the 400s. Shao Zhong had long desired one thing: to break into the top 100!
Only supervisors in the top 100 would catch the attention of the Fenglin Immortal Emperor and have a chance to earn his favor.
How could he fulfill this wish?