"Whether he's a Pride of Heaven or a sharpening stone, it will all beco clear in a hundred years."
At this mont, a man in an ancient robe seated beside the black-skinned elder opened his eyes. Gazing indifferently at the cultivators, he uttered these words.
Upon hearing this, the cultivators nodded silently, and the atmosphere in the hall beca tranquil.
For a Nascent Soul Daoist Lord, a hundred years were but a fleeting mont.
However, with the support of the Louhai Secret Realm, there would be drastic changes in the power and status of "Chang Kun," who did not enter the secret realm, and "Li Taiyue," who ventured inside to explore.
Provided that everything went smoothly.
In a hundred years, Li Taiyue should have mastered a complete set of Dao Principles and smoothly joined the ranks of Nascent Soul Grand Practitioners, becoming a revered figure in the world.
As for the death-fearing Xu Xing, he would just be lost in the crowd.
「Five Mountain Market, Tiande Pawnshop.」
Xu Xing had the Serpent Demon Xiaoxiao stand at the front hall to take care of the business, while he entered the quiet chamber in the backyard and sat cross-legged.
The Louhai Secret Realm is full of opportunities, but I wonder if the first cultivator will co out in a few months or a few years. He contemplated.
Each cultivator who entered the Louhai Secret Realm held a Green Gold Token, and as long as they shattered the token, they could be teleported out of the Secret Realm.
There was no ti limit.
However, this Green Gold Token was priced at 500,000 Spirit Shells apiece, which wasn't cheap.
Even Nascent Soul Daoist Lords couldn't afford frequent trips back and forth due to the huge cost.
Ti flew by, and the years passed like a shuttle.
After two years, none of the cultivators had yet erged from the Louhai Secret Realm.
For those cultivators waiting on Demon Island, this was no surprise. After all, ninety-nine percent of those who entered the Louhai Secret Realm for the first ti were Nascent Soul Daoist Lords, with very few Dao Pill cultivators.
The various dangers in the Louhai Secret Realm were obstacles to the Nascent Soul cultivators, but they wouldn't cause them to panic and shatter the Green Gold Token to escape for their lives.
According to the cultivators' predictions, the first to exit the Secret Realm would be soone who felt their gains were already substantial, curbed their greed, and then chose to leave.
And this was indeed the case.
By the third year, a Nascent Soul Daoist Lord finally shattered the Green Gold Token and erged from the Louhai Secret Realm. He was a freelance cultivator nad Wang He, who was quite young.
So busybodies collected information about him and found that Wang He had enjoyed smooth fortune on his path to cultivation. He was blessed by immortals in his childhood and had nurous adventures as he grew up.
Even when faced with jealousy and pursuit, Wang He was able to turn danger into safety.
The next day, Wang He shared the reason why he was the first one to erge from the Secret Realm, saying that he knew when to stop and wouldn't be greedy for the last bucket of gold.
Many major sects believed that Wang He was a celestial with a Primordial Spirit and extended olive branches to invite him to be their sect's retainer.
Following Wang He's exit, other adventure cultivators also erged one after another, like bamboo shoots after rain. Because of this, Xu Xing's "Tiande Pawnshop" finally had so business.
"For the Thousand-Year Earth Fire Cream: a dead pawn or a live pawn? A dead pawn ans seven million Spirit Shells. If it's a live pawn, then two million Spirit Shells, and the redemption terms are thirteen for every nine," Xu Xing said, sitting behind the counter. He glanced at the red clay in the jade box, then at the cultivator standing before him, after pondering for a mont.
The Thousand-Year Earth Fire Cream was sowhere between third-order and fourth-stage spiritual materials.
The prices of third-order spiritual materials, depending on their type and rarity, generally ranged between 3 million and 10 million Spirit Shells.
The offer he made for the Earth Fire Cream was sowhat low, but it was the current market price at the various pawnshops in Five Mountain Market.
Even though he had no lack of Spirit Shells, it was not worth risking offending his competitors by raising the price of pawned items.
"Dead pawn," the cultivator said, nodding after a mont's hesitation.
"Money and goods settled." Xu Xing took the jade box containing the Earth Fire Cream and handed a storage bag and a spirit pact to the cultivator.
After a mont, the cultivator signed the spirit pact, counted the money, then turned and left.
It seems that truly valuable items are mostly kept private by cultivators; no one is willing to sell them at pawnshops... Xu Xing shook his head.
Then, with a flick of his sleeve robe, a jade plaque with the words "Earth Fire Cream" written in large characters was hung on the wall outside the counter.
High-level cultivators usually traded items for items. The pawnshop had just opened, so he was not in a hurry.
Though he had not acquired any precious treasures in these transactions, by buying low and selling high, he could make a profit of at least several hundred thousand Spirit Shells.
With a few more such transactions, the rent he paid for the shop and the Cave Mansion would be covered.
"Daoist Chang, are you not tempted? These cultivators who have ventured into the Secret Realm have gained much more than we've earned from wasting our ti running these shops..."
Not long after the shop opened, Elder Jiu Ling grew envious of the gains made by these adventuring cultivators. He sought out Xu Xing to discuss forming a team to explore the Louhai Secret Realm.
Elder Jiu Ling, like Xu Xing, had chosen to open two shops—a pawnshop and a talisman shop—and rented out his other three shop spaces.
Since there were many pawnshops in Five Mountain Market, with major sects operating their own, their two pawnshops did not constitute a competitive threat to each other.
"Fellow Daoist Jiu Ling, venturing into the Secret Realm does yield more money and resources, and even the chance to encounter great fortune and opportunities..."
"However, running a pawnshop also has its advantages. There's no need to face danger, and we can steadily reap profits. After a few more decades, our gains will be greater than those of ordinary Daoist Lords who venture into the Secret Realm..."
"If we stick to this for three hundred years, our profits will definitely be no less than what we'd gain from exploring the Secret Realm."
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