the first god

Chapter 396
Whether it is far or not close to the gate, Elder Hai arrived in just a few breaths at the speed of Elder Hai. In the drug sales hall of Dan Pavilion, a group of guards were lying on the ground in disorder, and the man stood upright with his hands folded. behind.

How dare you!He didn't even leave!
"Didn't I tell you to let Xiao Ran, the pavilion master, come out? I'm here to ask for help?"

"Presumptuous, dare to call the Pavilion Master's name directly, damn it!"

Without saying a word, Elder Hai punched the man quickly, the fist was strong, and he didn't hold back his fist to kill him.

"trouble!"

The fist wind came, but the man didn't dodge. He took out one hand from behind, then raised it slowly, and directly grabbed Elder Haijing's fist, but the strength of the fist was broken before it reached his face.

"What? Elder Haijing's punch was blocked?" Guanshi Zhu was stunned. He didn't know how strong Elder Haijing was, but judging by the power of his punch just now, he didn't say that he killed the opponent. Even if he is seriously injured and vomits blood, it is possible for him to vomit blood even if he is seriously injured. A punch from a strong man in the void, let alone killing a person, can even flatten a mountain for him. No body tremors.

Could it be that even a mid-to-late-stage Void Realm powerhouse like Elder Haijing couldn't beat him?
"Your Excellency is in the Moon Realm? Even if you are highly skilled in martial arts, our Pill Pavilion is not a place where others can easily bully you!"

The attack failed, and he found out the opponent's general idea, but even so, Elder Haijing didn't have any intention of stopping. Even if he was a strong man in the Moon Realm, he had to fight to protect the reputation of the Pill Pavilion.

After a failed blow, Elder Haijing launched another round of attacks.

"Forget it, let's play here with you guys, it's important to get down to business first!" Elder Haijing attacked and came to him, but the man still calmly took out something from his body.

At first, I thought that the other party would take out some kind of weapon to defend, but I didn't expect it was just a small token. It's too ridiculous. I want to block my own attack with a token?It's ridiculous, and it's not a magic weapon, but seeing the words on the token clearly, Elder Haijing was so frightened that he quickly stopped and used his true energy to suck the attack back.

Absorbing the attack sent out, and he hadn't made any defense yet, Elder Hai Jing was directly blasted by his own attack and flew backwards, vomiting blood on the ground.

What's the matter, why does the good-looking Elder Haijing do this?
token!Yes, it was that token that made Elder Haijing so abnormal!
Thinking of this, Manager Zhu and the onlookers felt relieved, but what exactly is this token?
Before everyone could react, Elder Haijing knelt down before even wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth.
"My lord is here, but the little one is far away to meet you, and even shot at you, please punish me?"

"Okay, get up. Go and inform your pavilion masters, just say that I, Liu Xian, are here!"

Even Manager Zhu didn't let him go, Elder Haijing did the errands himself.

What is all this about?Everyone was confused and didn't know why.

"It's over, I've caused a catastrophe." Seeing that even Elder Haijing had a submissive attitude towards this man, even if he didn't know the man's true identity, Guanshi Zhu could guess it. I have provoked a master who cannot be provoked.

"Sir, please have tea!" Steward Zhu hurriedly tidied up the messy hall, put out a soft chair and invited him to take a seat, nodding and bowing flatteringly.

It would be false to say that the other party didn’t blame me for my behavior before, but I can’t blame myself for the crime. Now I’m catering and don’t ask the other party’s forgiveness for exposing this matter. I just hope he doesn’t hate me for killing me. .

Liu Xian was not too polite, he sat down and sipped his tea,

"Good tea, 700-year-old green iron, the tea is full of fragrance, refreshing, sweet and slightly astringent, which is of great benefit to cultivation."

"Your Excellency is very knowledgeable!" Guanshi Zhu saw him praise repeatedly, and his inner uneasiness eased a lot. Although this green iron is expensive, it was a gift from a friend to get him such a small pot, and he was reluctant to brew a pot on weekdays , but as long as you can please adults, it's worth it!

In the main room of Xiaoran Pavilion in the inner courtyard of Dan Pavilion,

Clothes are scattered on the ground, full of spring, big and small are better than newlyweds,
"My lord, how is it?"

After some wind and rain, Xiao Ran and Tang Wan hugged each other side by side, clinging to each other tightly, feeling waned.

"You are such a little elf, you are not familiar with kung fu after a few days, but don't worry, I will definitely train you well." Holding the beauty, Xiao Ran added,

"By the way, Manager Zhu hasn't come to bully you recently, has he?"

"If you hate my lord, the servant's house belongs to you alone. Don't you feel at ease with him?" Tang Wan also gave full play to her charm skills, whispering coquettishly, softly, intoxicatingly, with a slight sense of reproach.

"How can I rest assured that you are so charming. Good boy, don't be angry." Xiao Ran kissed her forehead lightly.

Just as the two were flirting and enjoying themselves, there was a hasty knock on the door, which lasted for a long time.
"Pavilion Master, it's me, Haijing, are you there?"

"dong dong"

Seeing no one answered, Elder Haijing continued to knock on the door.

"Who is it? Don't you know that the master of the pavilion is concocting alchemy? What's the big deal to disturb me?" He was disturbed when he was in a state of excitement, Xiao Ran's good mood disappeared all of a sudden, and he was so angry that he cursed at others.
"What's the matter, say it!"

"Okay, the higher-ups have sent someone down, and they said his name is Liu Xian, and he is waiting for you in the hall."

"Liu Xian!"

At first, I thought it was something else and just wanted to scold him, but now Xiao Ran immediately regained his energy when he heard the name, his anger was suppressed, and it was replaced by fear and anxiety, not after talking about it for a few days. Did he come? Why did he come so fast? Did he come at this time?
"Wait a minute, I'll come as soon as I pack up!" With a few simple words, Xiao Ran quickly got up from the bed, picked up the clothes on the floor, and put them on.

"Baby, I'll go do some errands and I'll be with you later!" There was nothing he could do about being reluctant to part with this fragrant beauty, Xiao Ran kissed Tang Wan who was still lying on the bed, and trotted to the hall with Elder Haijing.

in the hall,
When Xiao Ran and Elder Hai Jing arrived, Liu Xian was still sipping the tea in the cup, and Manager Zhu half bent over to accompany him.

"I haven't seen you for a long time, why didn't you inform me before you came, so that I can pick you up in person? You see, brother, I have just been refining alchemy, so please forgive me for my poor hospitality." Xiao Ran greeted him with a smile, like a long time goodbye The reunited old friends meet again, with enthusiasm and nostalgia.

Liu Xian took a sip of tea and didn't stand up. He carefully looked at Xiao Ran's whole body, his clothes were messed up, and his expression was flustered. He couldn't guess what he was doing, and secretly cursed in his heart. Such a virtue really doesn't change anywhere!

"Senior brother, you are serious, but I have caused you a lot of trouble by not informing you so abruptly. Please forgive me, I can't greet you."

"Junior brother, what are you talking about? Did you see someone outside? By the way, how is the old man, master?"

"Everything is fine."

After exchanging a few simple greetings, Liu Xian got up and followed Xiao Ran and others to the inner hall, but their conversation surprised the onlookers.
Fellow?I heard that Xiao Ran, the current owner of the Dan Pavilion, was born in a huge force, and that man was his younger brother. I didn't expect the person who came to be so strong and judging by his attitude, I'm afraid the person who came was not kind. Something big is about to happen.

There were many members of the Wang family in the crowd, and they hurried back to report upon seeing this.

inner hall,

During the time when Liu Xian entered the inner hall, the elders, stewards, and even the main person in charge of the branch of the Dan Pavilion gathered here.

Liu Xian entered it and sat down on the main seat,
"I don't like to beat around the bush when I do things, so I just said it directly. The higher-ups are extremely dissatisfied with the situation here. I, Dan Pavilion, have been stationed in this source crystal city for a long time, so I won't say anything about the previous situation. Outrageous!"

Half a year, isn't it the day when Xiao Ran came here to be the Pavilion Master?Although Liu Xian didn't point it out directly, the meaning of what he said was obvious enough, and it was obviously aimed at Xiao Ran.

"The higher-ups suspected that someone was stealing inside and out, colluding with outsiders to harm my Dan Pavilion's interests, so they sent me down to investigate this matter. Now I will give you a chance to surrender, and you will be frank and lenient."

Hearing this, everyone in the inner hall couldn't help but bury their heads deeply, for fear that the other party would notice that they had taken the blame on themselves.

"Junior brother, I can't escape the blame for Dange's poor performance, but I'm sure it's just the result of pure business competition, and no one will dare to do anything to betray Dange."

business competition?Even though the pharmacist is strong, alchemists, funds and other aspects can almost crush the other party, they are still suppressed to such an extent by the other party. If it is not that some of them are corrupt, then it seems that the strength of the Wang family is really terrible. Let him get out of Yuanjing City, so what's the matter with Danta?

Asking someone to bring the ledger, Liu Xian finished flipping through the ledger in a short while. The running water in the huge Dan Pavilion in the past few months is really thin, and the ledger is very clean.

"Who are you in charge of the acquisition of elixir?"

"It's me, my lord!" Steward Zhu stood up and replied. The highest authority in the Pill Pavilion is the alchemists such as the pavilion master and the elders, but they still have to be responsible for the specific operations such as the purchase of spiritual herbs. The mind itself plays the role of the hands.

"Okay, then I'm going to ask a serious question, how much do you usually buy this spirit grass?"

"Three spirit grasses and one low-grade spirit stone."

"What is the general price in the market, and what is the price offered by the Wang family?"

"Three plants of spiritual grass are about one and a half low-grade true essence stones. The price offered by the Wang family is higher, usually around two true essence stones."

"Then explain it to me. You set the price so low because you obviously don't want to do business with other people, right?" Liu Xian said, with more sarcasm in it.

Purchasing spirit grass is an important part of the elixir business, and it is also the most important step at the very beginning. Judging from the situation in the books, on the day when the spirit grass is harvested, it is not clear that you have offered such a low price, which is obviously depriving the business of everything. Did you give it to someone else? Without the spirit grass, there will be no materials for alchemy. Even if you are a good alchemist, what can you do?

"This is also a temporary mistake. Originally, we wanted to lower the price of purchasing spirit grass to reduce the cost of our Pill Pavilion, but we didn't expect such a tragedy to happen later. When we realized it, it was a little late. We missed the golden opportunity. Raise the purchase price, just evaluate the price, and find that our profit margin will drop a lot, and we will miss a good time, and we can’t recover the decline if we try to make up for it. The appearance is different.

Sure enough, people cannot be judged by their appearance, and sea water cannot be measured!
What is profit?It's nothing more than taking profits from both sides, lowering raw materials, lowering costs, and raising prices, so that the cake you get is as big as possible.

On the surface, Guanshi Zhu’s words were nothing. It was purely a personal misjudgment and the ineffectiveness of the later rescue. But here is another question. What kind of self-confidence did you set the price for in the first place?

Just to improve profit margins?In the case of opening up a market, in the case of a well-established rival competition, normal people will sacrifice profit margins to occupy market share, but instead operate against the wind. This is how confident they are in themselves, thinking that others will not be able to survive without themselves. down?Is there anything tricky about it?
"Okay, then the next question, the price of your elixir, is this a robbery? Or do you want to push the business directly to the Wang family, which is a lot more than the Wang family. Don't use the cost-profit method anymore. Fool me, think of another reason!"

Manager Zhu was speechless. I did this to control costs and increase profit margins. Since you don't believe me, it's useless for me to say anything.

In terms of the cost of alchemy, the price of raw materials is one aspect, and improving the success rate of alchemy is an effective method. In this regard, can the alchemists in the alchemy pavilion be inferior to the alchemists from the Wang family who are born in wild ways?Refining medicine is a process of burning money. Two tigers are fighting each other. If you want to control the cost of alchemy, you have to compete who has a higher alchemy rate. , but under such a huge advantage, it still hasn't brought any change to Dan Pavilion?
Is this insatiable or something else?

"Besides, what I can't tolerate is that you sell medicines as soon as you sell them, and sell them as inferior ones. Isn't this defrauding consumers? Do you still want to hang out here? What does the development of Dange rely on? Reputation , but what about you, for the sake of small profits for a while, you want to destroy the reputation of Dan Pavilion for many years, do you plan to hang around here or do you want to do something?" Liu Xian repeated the same sentence twice, His anger can be seen.

"Junior brother, calm down first. In fact, it can't be completely blamed on Guanshi Zhu. Take the Caulis vine in the Zhixue powder as an example. The businessman's career is more important than trust, so he shoddy and faked it. False and shoddy, greedy for a small profit for a while but disregarding the interests of my Dan Pavilion, are you guilty?"

As Liu Xian spoke, he became agitated, obviously angry, and made Guanshi Zhu startled, buried his head even lower, and dared not answer, now answering, the left one is not good for the other, admit it, you have to Plead guilty and admit punishment, don't admit it, see how Master Liu's posture is willing to let himself go easily.

(End of this chapter)