Dear Lingshi

Listening to Uncle Hu's questions, Lu Yunsheng understood that his thinking as an Earthling must be very different from these old-fashioned people, so he had to explain patiently: "Uncle Hu, I know that the profit of our store is about 25%. We just sold goods worth 5 spiritual stones and made 4 yuan. We also made yuan by giving away a golden needle talisman worth one yuan. I know you are worried that the two dozen talismans that have been opened cannot be sold, but don't worry, since I dare to open them and sell them, I am sure that I can sell them. We must be flexible and adaptable to cater to the needs of customers and win their hearts. In this way, there will be more and more customers. With more customers coming to our Duobao Pavilion, we will naturally earn more spiritual stones."

"But there are so many shops in Tieshan City that have never sold a dozen talismans separately. You haven't told me how to sell the separated talismans."

Lu Yunsheng was overwhelmed and had to instill Earth's service-first thinking into Uncle Hu bit by bit.

"These talismans can be given away as gifts, Uncle Hu. The customer is a Daluo Jinxian, so we have to do whatever he says. We can even proactively offer the customer unexpected discounts."

Uncle Hu was confused and dazed. He kept mumbling to himself, "Business is all about making money. I only make a few spirit stones per order. Why do I have to give customers discounts? I really don't understand."

After Fang Jingrong left, there were no customers for a long time. Now the mountains were blocked by heavy snow and few cultivators left the city. Naturally, fewer people came to buy these talismans and pills.

Yunsheng took advantage of this free time to take inventory of the store's stock. Since he was running the business himself, he had to be fully aware of the store's situation.

After inventory, apart from the 25 Lingshi worth of goods just sold, there were still 255 Lingshi worth of inventory.

It was not until the sun was about to set that Duobao Pavilion welcomed another guest, and two at a time.

Yunsheng asked Uncle Hu to receive them. The two guests bought goods worth forty spirit stones in total. At Yunsheng's instruction, Uncle Hu gave each of the two guests a talisman that was opened in the morning, and asked them to leave the mark of the two people's sound transmission stone.

The two customers didn't expect to get something unexpected after buying such a small amount of things. They agreed immediately and left the sound transmission stone. They learned from Uncle Hu that if there were any discounts in the future, the store would contact them immediately.

The two of them left happily.

The two were happy, leaving Uncle Hu in a sullen mood. He complained to Yunsheng, "I know you want to make small profits but quick turnover, but that's when we buy thousands of spirit stones at a time, and those big workshops will give us a little discount. For our small business, every spirit stone we earn is not easy to come by."

Yunsheng was about to explain to Uncle Hu with a smile, but Uncle Hu said, "Look, we originally earned 13 spirit stones today, but now we only earned 10 spirit stones, which is three spirit stones less. These three spirit stones can hire a Qi-refining monk to help us work for three days."

"Uncle Hu, think about it this way. We only had three waves of customers today, and we earned 10 spiritual stones. Tomorrow there will be five waves of customers, and the day after tomorrow there will be ten waves of customers. From now on, our Duobao Pavilion will be full of customers every day."

"Well, I can't argue with you. Just close the shop. It's getting dark now and I don't think any customers will come."

"By the way. How much inventory do we have left?" asked Uncle Hu.

"I just sold goods worth 40 spiritual stones, and I still have 215 spiritual stones in stock. I estimate that I will need to restock in two days."

Uncle Hu calculated in his mind and said to Lu Yunsheng, "Yesterday you gave me 500 spirit stones, and I still have 48 spirit stones. Today I received 65 spirit stones. So in total we have 613 spirit stones in our pockets. This is enough for the next purchase."

As he spoke, Uncle Hu handed Lu Yunsheng another five spirit stones and said to him, "Take these spirit stones and practice well at night. Strength is the most important thing. If the two of us can break through the foundation building, we can also do business in second-level treasures, which will make more money."

Lu Yunsheng responded and took the spirit stone. As if remembering something, he said to Uncle Hu, "Uncle Hu, you take a rest first. I still need to work in the cellar for a while."

Uncle Hu was probably still feeling depressed about the three less spiritual stones he earned today. After hearing what Lu Yunsheng said, he closed the door and said without turning his head, "Get busy. I really don't know what you can accomplish."

Lu Yunsheng smiled helplessly and walked into the backyard.

After soaking for a day and a night, the Linggu is ready for steaming. After it is cooled, it can be mixed with koji to start the fermentation process, which lasts for 30 days.

Lu Yunsheng had learned the art of moving things and no longer needed Uncle Hu's help, but steaming the spiritual grain was still a time-consuming job. He was busy until late at night before he dragged his tired body back to the second floor.

Lu Yunsheng did not lie on the bed to rest, but sat cross-legged on the edge of the bed, holding a spirit stone in each hand, and began to practice.

Through last night's practice, Lu Yunsheng discovered that meditation not only did not make him tired, but he would be more energetic the next day.

At this time, Lu Yunsheng used the Great Coming and Going Breathing Method in his memory. This Great Coming and Going Breathing Method is a method of breathing in and out spiritual energy, absorbing the free spiritual energy in the space for one's own use, thereby improving the realm of cultivation. It was also taught to the original owner of this body by Uncle Hu twenty years ago. However, the original owner did not practice it seriously. Now he is only at the seventh level of Qi Refining.

As Lu Yunsheng practiced his skills, the spiritual energy contained in the spiritual stone in his hand was absorbed into the Dantian in his lower abdomen through his tendons and veins.

This is much more efficient than last night.

As the spiritual energy gathered in his dantian, Lu Yunsheng felt relaxed all over. However, he did not dare to be distracted and continued to practice his skills to move the spiritual energy to his dantian.

An hour passed. As the spiritual energy in the Dantian gathered more and more, the spiritual stone in Lu Yunsheng's hand changed from transparent to grayish white. The spiritual energy in it had been completely extracted.

Lu Yunsheng looked inside his Dantian and found that the space in his Dantian was completely covered by spiritual energy. In the center of his Dantian, there was a three-inch long golden flying sword suspended, and around the flying sword there were seven nine-inch long, golden filaments of mist-like true energy, a bit like a wisp of green smoke produced by burning incense.

This true essence is actually the spiritual energy that has been completely refined and used by oneself. One line of true essence represents one level of cultivation, so this state is also called the Qi training stage.

After these seven thin threads of true energy sensed the spiritual energy in the Dantian, they suddenly swam around in the spiritual energy on their own like fish, as if they were devouring the spiritual energy in the Dantian.

After a while, the spiritual energy in the Dantian was completely absorbed by these strands of true essence. At this time, these strands of true essence became visibly thicker.

Seven strands of true energy as silky and misty as air returned to the flying sword in an orderly manner and continued to entwine and circle around it.

With the memories of his previous master and last night's training experience, Lu Yunsheng naturally knew what to do next.

He immediately began to practice the second cultivation method, the Dantian Sword Forging Secret Method. This was a unique sword cultivation method, and it was naturally taught by Uncle Hu.