Gou in the world of comprehension

Chapter 1434 You're really a talent.

After hearing what Haoran God Venerable said, even though Su Fan had already made up his mind to join the "Guangfa Dao Sect", he still put forward an additional condition.

"I don't care about others, but Cai Songlin, the current manager of the market, and his apprentice Xie Feng, will be under my jurisdiction from now on..."

Su Fan knew all too well the intricacies of the sect.

Once these cultivators from the market enter the Guangfa Dao Sect, nine out of ten will be pushed to the front lines as cannon fodder to fill the pits.

Places like the Valley Forward Base are absolutely impregnable safe zones during wartime.

The fact that the Divine Lord Haoran recruited a large number of cultivators in the market to fill the vacancies in the base was merely a stopgap measure.

Before long, all the lucrative positions in the base will be taken over by the scions of various sects and aristocratic families.

These cultivators recruited from the market will eventually be sent to the front lines as cannon fodder.

Su Fan couldn't care less about the lives of others, but he had to protect Old Cai and his apprentice; he absolutely couldn't let them go to the front lines to die.

Without a second thought, the Divine Lord Haoran agreed. It was just two people; it was no big deal for him.

The next morning, the God Haoran led Su Fan into the valley where the Star Gate stood.

At this moment, the Star Gate has been erected. It is a giant stone platform with a diameter of over a thousand feet, its surface engraved with dense runes, using the energy of the underground spiritual veins to activate the array.

Compared to the Star Gate of the Witchcraft and Demonic Sects, the creations of the Human Taoist Sects are clearly more exquisite.

The valley is no longer what it used to be; it has become a bustling town with crisscrossing streets and rows of houses. A huge airport plaza has also been built on the outskirts of the valley.

Now all that's left is for cultivators from other planes to arrive here by flying boat through the Star Gate.

Haoran God Venerable led Su Fan to the town center to complete the formalities for joining the sect.

During wartime, things were kept simple, and Su Fan successfully became a disciple of the Guangfa Dao Sect, even receiving an inner disciple identity jade talisman.

Immediately afterwards, the Divine Lord Haoran summoned several of his junior brothers and signed a contract with Su Fan regarding the operating rights and profit distribution of the cave market.

In fact, the Divine Lord Haoran did not care much about the profits from the market. As a powerful cultivator in the Integration Realm of a super sect and born into a prestigious family, he had never lacked spirit jade since childhood.

The real reason for this collaboration with Su Fan in managing the market is to bring such a prodigy under his command.

This was also a death order given to him by the sect's higher-ups: to bring Su Fan into the Guangfa Dao Sect at all costs.

Looking across all the major sects in Xin Guangtian, there has never been a prodigy like Su Fan who could single-handedly kill four ninth-tier alien beasts.

Such abnormal strength, even if it is kept on a pedestal as a mascot, must never be snatched away by other sects.

Su Fan himself has not yet realized his value.

Having just arrived, he knew nothing about the war between the Mountain and Sea Realm and Xin Guangtian.

In his eyes, the strange beasts of the Mountain and Sea Realm were nothing special.

However, in the eyes of the disciples of the various sects in Xin Guangtian, they have always been the weaker party who are helpless when facing those strange beasts.

After signing the contract with Haoran God and the others, Su Fan took his leave.

Upon returning to the cave market, I saw Cai Songlin.

As soon as he returned to the cave market, Cai Songlin and Xie Feng, master and apprentice, had been waiting outside his cave for a long time.

"This junior...pays respects to Your Majesty the Divine Lord..."

Upon seeing Su Fan, the two hurriedly ran over and bowed deeply in respect.

Su Fan ignored them, simply waving to the two of them, signaling them to follow.

They sat down cross-legged in the hall of the cave dwelling, and Xie Feng quickly brewed a pot of spiritual tea and poured a cup for each of them.

Su Fan picked up his teacup, took a sip, and then glanced at the two of them with a smile.

"You two have both joined the 'Guangfa Dao Sect', haven't you..."

Cai Songlin nodded quickly upon hearing this, saying, "They came to the market this morning, and almost all the cultivators in the market have joined the 'Guangfa Dao Sect'..."

He chuckled and said, "You weren't here at the time, and my son and I saw that everyone else had joined, so we were afraid of missing out and joined along with everyone else. We're here today to say goodbye to you, senior, and to thank you for taking care of us..."

It has to be said, super sects are indeed very attractive.

Even knowing they might be sent to the front lines to fill the gaps, it still couldn't dampen the enthusiasm of these low-level cultivators to join the sect.

"Do you know what you'll face if you join a sect at this time...?"

Upon hearing this, Cai Songlin couldn't help but give a wry smile.

Of course he knew; it was just going to the front lines to be cannon fodder and fill the gaps.

Anyway, the father and son are both just ordinary people. If they survive the great battle, then they'll have hope for the future.

Instead of just drifting through life like this, we might as well give it our all.

“Senior, I started as a rogue cultivator and worked my way up from the bottom. Of the dozen or so people who banded together back then, I’m the only one left who has made it this far. My time is running out, so I have to give it my all…”

At this point, Lao Cai pointed at Xie Feng again.

"With this kid's talent, if he doesn't seize this opportunity to give it his all, he'll probably be stuck at the Golden Core stage for life..."

Su Fan smiled and said, "Actually... I've also joined the 'Guangfa Dao Sect'..."

Upon hearing his words, Cai Songlin and Xie Feng, master and apprentice, were immediately dumbfounded.

"Senior, from now on we're fellow disciples..."

"Um... I'm an inner disciple..."

Su Fan's casual remark once again left the master and apprentice speechless with astonishment.

Guangfa Dao Sect is a super sect, and disciples who want to enter the inner sect have to fight tooth and nail.

Even the Void Refinement Realm cultivators in the neighborhood elders' council, once they entered the sect, were only outer disciples, and even then, the most peripheral ones.

"Old Cai, do you still want to work for me in the future...?"

Cai Songlin was stunned upon hearing this. Of course, he wanted to follow Su Fan. This senior was not only strong, but also absolutely trustworthy.

Even if you've entered the inner circle, you don't have the right to make us follow you.

Seeing the bewildered expressions on Cai Songlin and his apprentice's faces, Su Fan chuckled.

"Not only did I enter the inner sect of the 'Guangfa Dao Sect,' but I also became a steward of the outer affairs hall of that base, continuing to manage this cave market..."

Upon hearing this, Cai Songlin and Xie Feng became excited.

If they continue to follow Su Fan, wouldn't that mean the two of them won't have to risk their lives on the front lines?

Cai Songlin and Xie Feng immediately stood up and knelt down in front of Su Fan with a "plop," kowtowing several times.

"This junior thanks the divine being..."

Su Fan waved his hand, signaling them to get up quickly, and then said, "You all go and gather men for me right away. Don't worry about their cultivation level; I just need people who are quick-witted, perceptive, and eloquent..." Cai Songlin got up from the ground and laughed, "Senior, that's no trouble at all. I can gather several hundred people for you right away..."

Upon hearing this, Su Fan shook his head and said, "A few hundred people probably won't be enough; we'll need at least a thousand..."

As he said this, he seemed to remember something.

"By the way, gather all the female cultivators from the market town for me, every single one of them..."

Most of the female cultivators who managed to reach the Cave Market alive were engaged in the entertainment industry.

If Su Fan were to manage this market from now on, all the female cultivators who work in the entertainment industry would have to stay.

Cai Songlin had managed the market for several years and knew the cultivators there very well. Moreover, he was very efficient and managed to gather more than a thousand people in just one day.

Needless to say, the female cultivators agreed without hesitation when they heard they could return to their old profession.

It's better for them to spend their nights partying with men than to go to the front lines and fill the gaps, right?

After Cai Songlin gathered his men, Su Fan summoned him to his cave dwelling to discuss how to manage the market.

First, the cave market must be expanded further, doubling its size, and the roof must be raised.

This kind of project may seem enormous, but in the world of cultivation, it's nothing at all.

Su Fan didn't ask anyone else; he directly handed the project over to Sister Zhen.

Over the years, Sister Zhen has led her ghostly soldiers, ghost generals, and zombies, using a large number of mechanical puppets to carry out numerous projects in her portable secret realm.

In her eyes, the project to expand the cave market was not a big deal.

Sister Zhen led her Yin Legion engineering team, controlling countless mechanical puppets, and in just a few days expanded the Cave Market to twice its original size, according to Su Fan's requirements.

The top was excavated to a height of tens of meters, and now, standing on Fangshi Street, one no longer feels the oppressive and suffocating feeling of the past.

Next, Su Fan began to give Cai Songlin instructions in person.

The cultivation world is quite similar to modern society, and the most profitable entertainment industries are actually quite similar as well.

Su Fan plans to transform the two innermost streets on both sides of the cave market into clubs with different styles.

The membership fee is ridiculously expensive, and it offers all sorts of entertainment options, but of course, the prices are also exorbitant.

Moreover, each club must have a strict limit on the number of people allowed in, but members can bring others in to spend money.

Su Fan knew very well that those who could come here for leisure all year round must be cultivators from various super sects and high-level families in other planes.

These people who came to support us from all directions, and the cultivators who reached the front line, were all independent cultivators and cultivators from small families recruited from the bottom up.

Those cultivators from super sects and high-ranking families certainly wouldn't risk their lives on the front lines.

These various unique clubs are actually prepared for them, since they are all rich and care a lot about extravagance.
If you lower the price, people won't want to come.

Both streets are closed off, and there are guards at each intersection. Without a membership, you can't even get into these two streets.

As for the other streets in the market, they are filled with various taverns, restaurants, nightclubs, bars, bathhouses, casinos, and other places of debauchery.

These places were mainly frequented by frontline monks for leisure.

Those monks on the front lines also had holidays to rest and relax. After coming down from the front lines, they naturally wanted to find a place to relax and unwind.

In this vast area spanning tens of thousands of miles, where else can you find places to relax and unwind?

Su Fan also built a huge plaza in the valley outside the grotto, which served as a large market for various cultivation resources.

It has all kinds of shops, and there is also a market where monks on the front lines can set up stalls to trade.

Not only that, Su Fan also built many luxurious cave dwellings in the mountains outside the cave market, with extremely high rental prices, which even Su Fan found astonishing.

As for the building materials used to renovate the various facilities in the market, they were piled up like mountains in Su Fan's personal secret realm. They were all spoils of war that Sister Zhen had seized from the various main cities of the Celestial Race.

Celestial cultivators are wealthy and love to enjoy life, preferring luxurious architectural styles.

Every time she cleans up the battlefield, Sister Zhen would lead her ghostly soldiers and generals to plunder the main city of the Celestial Race, even scraping away three layers of the ground.

Not to mention rare and luxurious ornaments and decorations, she can even loot all the floor tiles and roof tiles.

In any case, Su Fan's personal secret realm is now filled with all kinds of luxurious building materials and rare ornaments and decorations.

So many things were just sitting there anyway, so Sister Zhen used them all in the renovation of the market.

Since the renovation costs will be included in the overall cost, the final price is naturally up to Su Fan.

After the renovation project of the cave market was completed, Su Fan specially invited Haoran God and others to come and inspect it.

When Haoran and his entourage arrived at the market, they were immediately stunned by the magnificent sight before them.

First, there's the huge square outside the market, with all kinds of shops, comparable to a medium-sized market.

Upon entering the cave, they discovered that the entire market town had doubled in size.

The top of the market, in particular, is noticeably several hundred meters higher.

Moreover, it is inlaid with a dense array of luminous gemstones, moonstones, sunstones, and other luminous materials, illuminating the entire market as if it were daytime.

Needless to say, the streets within the market were also dazzling, leaving Haoran and the others overwhelmed with their sights.

They all looked at Su Fan, and couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

This kid is a real talent.

Originally, Haoran and the others didn't take this market seriously at all, but now they have completely changed their minds.

This is clearly a huge money pit.

After the inspection was completed, everyone had higher expectations for the future profits of the market; this deal was clearly going to be big.

It's easy to imagine that in the future, even describing this place as "making a fortune every day" would be an understatement.

"You've done a great job, kid. You've really transformed this market town. If you have any other requests, just let me know..."

After hearing what Haoran God Venerable said, Su Fan didn't stand on ceremony.

"Seniors, everything else is fine. Apart from those luxurious cave dwellings in the mountains, the entire market area has been renovated. I just hope that you seniors can help us with the customer acquisition work..."

Upon hearing Su Fan's words, Haoran God Venerable and the others burst into laughter.

The so-called "traffic diversion" is nothing more than guiding the cultivators of the base to spend money here, which is not a big deal for them.

They don't need to do any advertising; they just need to put up some signs around the base and then find some cultivators to guide them.

Once the cultivators from various realms who come to provide support enter "New Guangtian" through the Star Gate, their numbers will certainly be considerable.

What they're worried about now isn't a lack of visitors, but rather how many people this market can actually accommodate.

They were really worried that the market couldn't handle so many people.

(End of this chapter)