Translator: Anubis Translations
"Senior Sister Chu, you can be excited, but can you not spray saliva everywhere?" Gu Feng wiped his face with his arm, looking utterly speechless.
"This isn't the place to talk. Let's go to your Jade Maiden Sect to discuss this in detail. With your intelligence, you should be able to tell if I'm bluffing or not."
Hearing Gu Feng's words, Chu Youhuan's face showed a hint of pride. Since this kid dared to follow her back to the Jade Maiden Sect, he might actually spit out something valuable.
Yan Xixi and Gu Feng followed Chu Youhuan straight to the Jade Maiden Sect.
"Sect Leader, has this kid paid back the money?" As soon as they entered, Qi Tingting came forward to greet them.
Her beautiful face bore a trace of obvious fatigue. Over the past few days, she had been mentally and physically exhausted!
Losing four million Spirit Stones out of the blue had severely weakened the Jade Maiden Sect. They couldn't even afford to pay next month's salaries. The disciples who joined the Jade Maiden Sect didn't come here to be ordered around or to be someone's lackey for no reason. You had to provide resources to support them!
Moreover, the one-month gap had left them in an even more dire financial situation. If they couldn't recover the six million Spirit Stones, the Jade Maiden Sect was likely to lose a large number of talents.
"Senior Sister Qi, do I look like a rich person to you?" Gu Feng shrugged and laughed.
"Tingting, gather everyone, we need to have a meeting!" Chu Youhuan was also feeling restless. Without the Spirit Stones, the Jade Maiden Sect could barely hold on until next month, but she personally couldn't hold on any longer.
Over the past month, she had borrowed Spirit Stones everywhere and bought a few rare treasures she had always wanted but couldn't afford. She had thoroughly enjoyed the enviable life of a wealthy woman, feeling an overwhelming sense of satisfaction.
In a few days, that sense of satisfaction was going to backfire. If the inner sect found out she couldn't repay her debts, wouldn't she become a laughingstock?
As for the inner sect's Jade Maiden Sect, they could barely make ends meet. Borrowing Spirit Stones from them to repay debts was simply impossible. Chu Youhuan was already standing on the edge of a cliff.
Soon, Qi Tingting led over twenty high-ranking members of the outer sect's Jade Maiden Sect into a spacious hall.
They closed the doors and began the meeting.
"The main purpose of this meeting is to resolve the financial crisis of our Jade Maiden Sect..."
Chu Youhuan sat at the head of the table, exuding an imposing aura, resembling a seasoned leader. She delivered a long-winded opening speech that made Gu Feng chuckle.
"Senior Sister Chu, can you get to the point? My time is precious!"
"Don't interrupt. In short, we're now very poor and urgently need to make money!" Chu Youhuan glared at Gu Feng and summarized briefly.
"Sect Leader, make Gu Feng pay back the money. If it weren't for him, we wouldn't be in such a dire situation!" a female cultivator sitting next to Qi Tingting said coldly.
Her opinion was echoed by almost everyone, and the calls for repayment came in unison.
"Hold on, hold on, Senior Sisters. If I recall correctly, you were the ones who forced me to sell the exclusive rights to the 'Robbery Guide' to you, weren't you? I refused several times!
There are risks in business. We have a written agreement, and even if we take this to the Outer Sect Elder Council, you're the ones at fault." Gu Feng said with a smile, unfazed by the group of female cultivators.
Hearing this, Qi Tingting looked up at Chu Youhuan, who was sitting at the head of the table. A hint of anger appeared in her beautiful eyes.
To put it bluntly, the current dire state of the Jade Maiden Sect was entirely her doing.
"Let's not dwell on the past," Chu Youhuan glared at Gu Feng again. "Here's a business proposal from Gu Feng. Take a look at it."
After a while, everyone had finished reading the business proposal, and their eyes were filled with rage.
Renting land? Building toilets to lease to outer sect disciples?
What kind of business proposal was this? It was more like a scam or a self-burial plan.
Outer sect disciples indeed needed to use the restroom, but there were already restrooms in the residential area. Although they were a bit crowded, given the cultivation level of outer sect disciples, holding it in for a few hours wasn't difficult at all. Who would be foolish enough to spend money to use a restroom, let alone rent one for long-term use? Even idiots wouldn't do that.
"Senior Sisters, I've previously learned that in the southern part of the outer sect area, there's a large mixed soil and stone area. Originally, the sect intended to use it for planting spirit rice and other spirit foods, but the soil there was completely unsuitable, and it has been left abandoned ever since.
To lease the entire area, it would cost at most five hundred thousand Spirit Stones. On that land, we could build at least ten thousand 'toilet chambers,' with a total cost not exceeding two million. Renting each one out for one hundred Spirit Stones per month would give you a profit of one million.
Of course, monthly rentals won't solve your urgent problem. You need to offer annual rentals, which would allow you to recoup one billion in a short time, not only recovering the cost but also making up for previous losses and even earning a hefty profit of five million..."
Before Gu Feng could finish, intermittent voices of doubt arose.
The idea was good, but who would rent these toilets?
Chu Youhuan, sitting at the head of the table, caught the key phrase in Gu Feng's words: "toilet cultivation chambers." Adding three words to "toilet" made the meaning completely different.
"Do you have a way to force people into cultivating in toilets?" Chu Youhuan's question hit the nail on the head. To successfully rent out these toilets, there had to be a way to coerce people.
"Senior Sister Chu, your intelligence is truly admirable!" Gu Feng flattered with a smile, then gestured to Yan Xixi beside him to take out the pills.
"Everyone, after being summoned by Elder Liu last time, I racked my brains to think of a way to help you recover your losses.
Fortunately, after days and nights of hard work, I finally developed a pill that can change the cultivation habits of outer sect disciples in the Body Tempering Realm!
Take a look, what is this?" As he spoke, Gu Feng raised the 'Bone Cleansing Pill' in his hand and showed it to the female cultivators.
"The Bone Cleansing Pill?" Qi Tingting exclaimed, grabbing the pill and sniffing it. Her eyes lit up.
The Bone Cleansing Pill was the best pill for any Body Tempering Realm cultivator. It was in short supply in the entire outer sect, and even with money, it wasn't easy to obtain. Currently, a bottle of nine pills cost a staggering twenty thousand Spirit Stones, making it a true luxury item.
"Can you mass-produce Bone Cleansing Pills?" Chu Youhuan's eyes sparkled as she quickly walked over. "Then why bother building toilets? Just hand over two hundred bottles of Bone Cleansing Pills to settle the debt!"
"Senior Sister Chu, even the Alchemy Hall of the outer sect rarely produces Bone Cleansing Pills. Do you think I can make them?" Gu Feng shook his head with a smile. These female cultivators had poor eyesight and didn't notice the difference between '冼' and '洗,' which was expected.
After all, not everyone had been deceived by counterfeit goods like 'Thunder C' or 'Oreo' and developed a sharp eye for such details.
"Please, take a closer look. Is this the Bone Cleansing Pill?" Gu Feng said with a smile, while Yan Xixi covered her mouth and chuckled.
"That's right, isn't this the Bone Cleansing Pill? I've taken this pill before, and its effects are amazing. The smell is unforgettable!" Qi Tingting passed the pill to the other female cultivators, who all agreed.
"Haha, I was a bit worried before, but now I'm confident!" Gu Feng crossed his arms, looking full of confidence.
Chu Youhuan, suspicious, took the Bone Cleansing Pill and examined it closely. After a while, she exclaimed:
"You scammer, this is a counterfeit! Speak up, what's your scheme?"
"Senior Sister Chu, can you control your emotions? You've sprayed saliva on me three times already!"
"Haha" laughter rang out, and Chu Youhuan's cheeks turned red, looking quite charming.
"That's right, this is the counterfeit Bone Cleansing Pill I spent over ten days and nights developing with Xixi's help—the Modified Bone Cleansing Pill!" As he spoke, Gu Feng stood up, exuding confidence.
"It's not a counterfeit, but a genuine pill that greatly aids Body Tempering Realm cultivators in their cultivation. Feel free to have Body Tempering Realm disciples try it out!"
"Tingting, find three Body Tempering Realm disciples and have them try this Modified Bone Cleansing Pill!"
Chu Youhuan's eyes sparkled as she spoke to Qi Tingting, then sat down beside Gu Feng. "Former Junior Brother, tell me, what's so special about this Modified Bone Cleansing Pill, and how is it connected to building toilets?"
"Hmph, you call me 'Former Junior Brother' when you're happy, and 'kid' when you're not!" Gu Feng snorted.
"Former Junior Brother, your senior sister is really desperate. There's a bunch of disciples in the inner sect waiting for me to repay my debts!" Chu Youhuan said in a coquettish tone, her shoulder brushing against Gu Feng's intentionally.
"You'll find out soon!"
"Hmph, who cares!"
Before long, three Body Tempering Realm female disciples entered the hall. Chu Youhuan had each of them swallow a Modified Bone Cleansing Pill and then begin refining it on the spot.
"How is it? Any effects?"
"The pill is being refined, and I feel a noticeable increase in physical strength, but the potency seems much weaker than the genuine Bone Cleansing Pill!"
"How about you? How do you feel?"
"Not bad. It will probably take a day and night to fully refine this pill, which is faster than the genuine Bone Cleansing Pill, but the effect is significantly weaker."
"And you?"
"I feel..."
Chu Youhuan carefully inquired about the three disciples' experiences. As cultivators, the effectiveness of a pill could be determined immediately upon consumption; there was no faking it.
"What's with the potency?"
"Only a third of the genuine Bone Cleansing Pill's potency. Otherwise, it wouldn't be called the 'Modified Bone Cleansing Pill,' but the genuine 'Bone Cleansing Pill,'" Gu Feng said with a smirk.
At that moment, the three female disciples refining the pill began to blush, looking embarrassed.
"What's going on? Is this pill poisonous?" Chu Youhuan asked nervously.
"Sect... Sect Leader, there's nothing wrong with the pill, but I... I need to use the restroom!"
"I... I can't hold it either."
"Sect... Sect Leader, we'll be right back!"
The three urgently excused themselves, clenching their buttocks as they hurriedly left.
They ended up waiting a full twelve hours. The three female disciples returned to the hall with red faces, but their spirits were high, not at all like they had been in the restroom for a day and night.
Chu Youhuan quickly walked up to them and placed her fingers on their wrists, carefully examining them.
Her brow furrowed and relaxed intermittently, and the surprise in her eyes grew. After a while, she said softly to the three disciples, "You've worked hard. You may leave now."
"It was no trouble!" The three disciples were in high spirits, their eyes occasionally glancing at the bottle of Modified Bone Cleansing Pill on the table.
Seeing this, Chu Youhuan had an idea. "Would you like to take more Modified Bone Cleansing Pills?"
"Thank you, Sect Leader. We'd love to continue taking them!"
The three women, who had received the Modified Bone Cleansing Pills, left with gratitude.
Chu Youhuan finally understood why Gu Feng wanted her to lease land and build toilet cultivation chambers.
Although the Modified Bone Cleansing Pill wasn't as effective as the genuine Bone Cleansing Pill, it was still the second-best pill for Body Tempering Realm cultivators.
So what if it caused diarrhea? Cultivation was what truly mattered.
The three disciples' performance greatly encouraged her. This venture was bound to be extremely profitable.
In the current outer sect residential area, there were restrooms, but they were far from sufficient. If you occupied one for twelve hours straight, you'd be cursed out. As long as you bought the Modified Bone Cleansing Pill, you'd have no choice but to rent a dedicated toilet cultivation chamber.
Even she would do the same.
Thinking this, she asked Gu Feng seriously, "Can you guarantee the supply of Modified Bone Cleansing Pills?"
"Of course!"
Chu Youhuan didn't directly ask Gu Feng how many Modified Bone Cleansing Pills he could produce each day. That was his secret, and she had the tact not to pry.
With his affirmation, she immediately decided to have Qi Tingting go to the Outer Sect Hall of Elders to handle the relevant leasing procedures.
"Make sure to keep this confidential!"
"Understood!" Qi Tingting nodded earnestly. Building the toilet cultivation chambers would take some time, and they couldn't let the news leak prematurely.
"I want to build twenty thousand toilet cultivation chambers. Is that possible?"
"It's a bit challenging, but if I work day and night, it should be manageable."
"Set the price at one hundred Spirit Stones per month, with an annual lease of one thousand. I also want to offer three-year or even longer leases!" Chu Youhuan's eyes gleamed.
Gu Feng's mouth twitched. How ruthless!
A one-year lease was already a scam. Even he couldn't guarantee that the Modified Bone Cleansing Pill wouldn't be banned by the outer sect in a short time. After all, the pill was rather crude and could damage the Sunset Glow Sect's reputation.
If all outer sect disciples were cultivating in toilets, wouldn't other sects laugh their heads off?
Setting a one-year lease was solely to help the Jade Maiden Sect recoup their costs. Who would have thought that Chu Youhuan was even more ruthless, offering three-year or five-year leases? It was outright scamming without remorse!
"I have no choice; I'm desperate!" Chu Youhuan said without a hint of shame. "Even if the Modified Bone Cleansing Pill is banned, the toilet cultivation chambers still belong to them. Can't they still be used as cultivation venues?"
"You're really something!" Gu Feng silently gave her a thumbs-up. Without the Modified Bone Cleansing Pill, only a fool would be willing to cultivate on a toilet. Only someone as shameless as Chu Youhuan could say such a thing.
Yan Xixi, who was sitting beside them, looked more distressed by Chu Youhuan's money-making scheme than by her own losses. Her cheeks puffed out, and she wore a pitiful expression.
"Gu Feng, do you really want Chu Youhuan to make money?"
Hearing this, Gu Feng blinked at Yan Xixi, revealing a row of white teeth as he smiled brightly.
As if to say, is it that easy to make money off Gu Feng?
This made Yan Xixi smile again, thinking to herself that Chu Youhuan was in for a rough time this time!
"Sect Leader, we don't have enough money to build twenty thousand toilet cultivation chambers!" A female cultivator in charge of finances furrowed her brow and said.
"Isn't tomorrow the day the outer sect distributes resources?" Chu Youhuan thought for a moment and asked.
"Yes!"
"Then let's go and seize a batch of resources to use as capital for our business."
"But our Jade Maiden Sect has rules against bullying the weak, and robbing fellow disciples is strictly forbidden," another female cultivator murmured.
"The outer sect has thrown all decency out the window and temporarily changed their rules. Are we, the Jade Maiden Sect, more dignified than the outer sect of the Sunset Glow Sect?
Immediately change the rules of the Jade Maiden Sect.
Everyone, go out and seize as much as you can. The rise of the Jade Maiden Sect depends on you!" Chu Youhuan said with great enthusiasm, clenching her delicate fist.
"Former Junior Brother, you'll have to wait until tomorrow to leave!"
Gu Feng was about to get up when Chu Youhuan pressed him back down. "Why?"
"Don't think I don't know. You're definitely planning to seize resources from my disciples after they've taken them!
With me here, you can forget about this unrealistic idea. Stay and have tea with your senior sister!" Chu Youhuan said with a teasing smile.
"Fine!"
Gu Feng was speechless. He had just thought of the idea, and it was already nipped in the bud.
He had originally planned to seize some Spirit Stones and then buy some Spirit Herbs. Now he could only sit here and drink tea, but drinking tea with a beautiful senior sister wasn't so bad.
(End of the Chapter)
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