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Chapter 259 The Silk Stocking Empire Started Off Badly (5.6k Subscription Request!)

"Hey, Junior Sister, have you heard?"

"Sister, what did you hear?"

"Qianhua Pavilion is having a big sale! And there are limited edition items for free! Hurry up and buy them! If you go too late, the clothes will be snapped up by others!"

"What?! Qianhua Pavilion, which never offers discounts or price cuts, is having a promotion? But when has they ever worried about business?"

"Who knows? Maybe the owner of Qianhua Pavilion has a change of heart and wants poor girls like us to be able to wear his expensive clothes?"

"Hush... Senior Sister, please be careful. The owner of Qianhua Pavilion is Venerable Qianhua. It is said that she is a very strict female cultivator. You must not make irresponsible remarks about the Venerable..."

"Your Excellency Qianhua, I don't have any other intentions... Let's go, let's go and line up. I heard that the line has stretched all the way to Fenghuang Street."

"But...what about the Bihua Pavilion? The Bihua Pavilion opened by the Third Elder is opening today. Wouldn't it be bad if we don't go and show our support..."

"Bihua Peak sells wine. Can the clothes they make be better than those of Qianhua Pavilion? We only have these spiritual stones. Would you rather buy clothes from Bihua Pavilion than from Qianhua Pavilion? Besides, the Third Elder is so popular among the female disciples. Even if we don't go, there will definitely be people who will show their support."

"But we are..."

"Are you going or not? If not, I'll go by myself."

"No, no, no, I'm going, I'm going..."

At the foot of Bihua Peak, another pair of sisters who came together hurriedly ran away.

Lin Sihan looked at their backs and shouted excitedly:

"Sisters, don't run! The clothes in our Bihua Pavilion are all of good quality and cheap. You don't have to buy anything but just take a look! We also have gifts for you!"

But the sisters left quickly without even looking back.

Lin Sihan could only hang his head in frustration and looked back at the deserted Bihua Pavilion.

Today is the grand opening day of Bihua Pavilion, and the third elder has done his best to build up momentum for today.

First, the disciples of Tumu Peak were asked to build a tall building on the flat ground of Bihua Peak. In just one day, a simple and elegant wooden building with flying eaves and pointed corners rose from the ground, attracting the attention of all the people passing by Bihua Peak during that time.

Everyone was curious about this brand new building. Just when everyone thought that this was the second tavern opened by the Third Elder, a notice gave them the answer:
The third elder invited all the female practitioners in the sect to attend the opening ceremony of Bihua Pavilion. It turned out that Bihua Pavilion was actually a clothing store opened by the third elder, and it was a clothing store that only provided service to women and men were not allowed to enter.

Everyone was surprised, but felt it made sense.

The Third Elder is not only beautiful but also loves beauty. She is always wearing different clothes every time you see her. Many female cultivators always take her as a model for dressing, but almost no one can dress in a way that matches her style. However, no one will ever question the Third Elder's aesthetic taste. At the same time, the Third Elder is good at the art of plants and trees, so the materials for spinning clothes are guaranteed.

What kind of clothes could a Third Elder like this make?

The female cultivators of Xuanxiao Sect are full of anticipation, while the male cultivators are protesting against the sign "No Men Allowed" at the entrance of Bihua Pavilion, and the opening time of Bihua Pavilion is today.

But the expected grand opening scene did not seem to happen...

Not only was it not packed, it even seemed a bit deserted.

There were only a few female cultivators coming and going at the entrance of Bihua Pavilion, and all of them had close relationships with the Third Elder or his disciples.

Lin Sihan was the ninth disciple of the third elder, and she was also the great contributor to overcoming the difficulties in stockings technology. She also put a lot of effort into this store. So she volunteered to solicit customers at the foot of the mountain, not letting go of any female cultivators passing by, but unfortunately the effect was still minimal.

Helplessly, Lin Sihan couldn't help feeling discouraged and walked back to the mountain dejectedly.

The grand opening celebration of Bihua Pavilion should have been a lively occasion, but the atmosphere inside seemed a bit solemn.

The Third Elder usually wears dark green clothes, but today, it seemed like he was celebrating the opening of his clothing store, so he changed into a bright red cheongsam.

The cheongsam was an extremely slim fit, highlighting the Third Elder's full curves to the fullest, like a ripe peach. The side slits went all the way to the knees, and the half-hidden calves were covered with a layer of thin black silk, adding a touch of reverie to the Third Elder's bright and generous temperament.

Ji Lingruo stood aside, looking back and forth at the Third Elder. She really couldn't understand why the Third Elder, who was dressed very decently, was more attractive than those women who were dressed up flashy?

Could it be...is this the charm of mature women?

"Sihan, why did you come back alone?"

The third elder stood at the entrance of Bihua Pavilion, frowning as he looked at Lin Sihan, who was returning alone in dejection. Behind her were a group of female disciples, as well as Ji Lingruo and Fairy Wangshu.

Lin Sihan was still wearing the same blue dress and white thin silk today. She was one of the few female cultivators who could control white silk like Fairy Wangshu, thanks to her shy, lovely and innocent temperament.

The Third Elder's tone was somewhat serious, and his expression was not very good. Lin Sihan had already suffered a lot of loss at the foot of the mountain, and now she thought that her master was blaming her, so her eyes turned red, her nose felt sore, and she started to cry:

"Master, I'm sorry... I didn't bring anyone with me... wuwuwu..."

Lin Sihan was crying like a pear blossom in the rain. Seeing her so sad, the Third Elder couldn't bear it and secretly regretted that he had been emotional in his words.

The business of Bihua Pavilion is so slow. As the host behind the scenes, she cannot escape the blame. How can she vent her bad emotions on her disciples?
"Sihan, Master doesn't mean to blame you... It's not your fault that you didn't bring anyone with you. Come back and have a good rest..."

The third elder walked quickly to Lin Sihan and gently buried the girl's head in his majestic chest.

Eight female disciples also came over and comforted the sobbing girl in harmony.

This group of masters and apprentices, all of whom are beautiful female cultivators, snuggle up to each other, each wearing a pair of exquisite silk stockings made by themselves. This should be a vivid and beautiful picture, but a sad atmosphere quietly permeates.

They were full of confidence when they first founded Bihua Pavilion, because each of them had devoted so much effort to this business.

In order to sew a seam, they even stayed up all night for three consecutive days. These female disciples of Bihua Peak had never done any heavy work except planting flowers and grass. Their delicate hands were scratched by the thin and sharp silk threads, but they never complained and enjoyed it for the common cause.

All the female disciples were looking forward to the ecstatic smiles of the female cultivators when the Bihua Pavilion opened, because that was the best compliment to their hard work. Although they regarded the slogan of catching up with Qianhua Pavilion as a joke, they all fantasized in their hearts that the Bihua Pavilion would really be opened all over the five continents one day.

But the reality poured a bucket of cold water on them, the kind that was chilling to the core.

Ji Lingruo and Wangshu stood aside, both at a loss.

It is not an easy thing to open a store. They have been busy these days, but the result is not what they expected. They feel bad when they think that their plan to make money has failed.

After a while, Sihan finally stopped crying and broke away from the Third Elder's arms.

"Sihan, the reason why they didn't come is that they all want to go to Qianhua Pavilion to buy clothes?"

Lin Sihan's eyes were filled with tears, and she nodded heavily:
"Yes, Master. Qianhua Pavilion just happened to hold a promotion today, attracting all the female cultivators. It's our fault that we didn't know about it in advance and ran into a bad day..."

Although the name of the Third Elder, Venerable Bihua, was well-known, Venerable Qianhua was also quite famous. Compared to supporting the Third Elder, these female cultivators were more concerned about their own vested interests.

The third elder's eyes rolled slightly when he heard this, and his brows were frowning:
"I'm afraid it has nothing to do with whether we knew it beforehand."

"Master means..."

Yutong is petite and quirky. She is the youngest disciple of the Third Elder and also the most outspoken one.

"I'm afraid it's almost certain." The third elder shook his head and sighed, "Qianhua Pavilion is the best clothing store in the Five Continents. It never has to worry about not being able to sell clothes, and it doesn't even bother using promotions to attract customers. But they chose to hold this event on the day our Bihua Pavilion opened. This can't be explained by a simple coincidence."

"Qianhua Pavilion is so mean! What right do they have to do this? It's not like Qianhua Pavilion is the only one that can sell women's clothes!"

Zixun is the third elder's eighth disciple. He is usually enthusiastic and lively, and is more likely to become indignant when encountering injustice.

"Yes, yes! Qianhua Pavilion is so despicable!" Several disciples also echoed.

The Third Elder frowned. After all, the matter was still undecided. She was of a noble status and should not rashly aggravate the conflict. She advised:
"But nothing is absolute. Maybe we are just unlucky."

The girls then shut up, sighing and secretly hating the fate that had played such a trick on them.

Although the Third Elder dissuaded him verbally, he thought of the old-fashioned and harsh Venerable Qianhua in his heart.

There are very few women that the Third Elder dislikes, and even fewer beauties. Venerable Qianhua is also a mountain-top female cultivator who is on the Heavenly Immortal Ranking, but she tops the list of crickets that the Third Elder secretly likes. This is partly because of the love that turns to hate, and of course partly because Venerable Qianhua is actually an unpleasant paranoid.

The Third Elder founded the Bihua Pavilion with the purpose of thwarting the monopoly of the Qianhua Pavilion and taking revenge on the personal grudge against the Qianhua Venerable. However, he did not expect that his careful preparations would be vulnerable to that stinky woman, which made the Third Elder feel frustrated.

She had merely scolded Venerable Qianhua for designing an ugly dress after being rejected by her, but she still holds a grudge against him until now, causing the joint efforts of herself and several of her disciples to go to waste.

It is not that the Qianhua Pavilion came into being after the Qianhua Venerable, but the Pavilion Master of the Qianhua Pavilion is always called the Qianhua Venerable. The Qianhua Pavilion has accumulated hundreds of years of heritage and reputation, how can a fledgling shop shake it.

The third elder also understood this, so he comforted everyone:
"Never mind, it's just the first day of opening, don't be discouraged. I don't believe that Qianhua Pavilion can continue to promote sales every day. Our Bihua Pavilion will eventually attract customers. The reputation of Bihuaju for selling wine has also been accumulated slowly. As the saying goes, what is the fragrance of wine?"

"Don't be afraid of the alley being too deep..."

Several female disciples responded weakly. The huge gap between reality and fantasy made them lose confidence.

The Third Elder wanted to reprimand the disciples for their decadence, but he could not open his mouth and could only sigh:
"Let's stop here today. We will resume business tomorrow. Sihan will rest tomorrow, and Zixun will take Yutong to continue to build momentum in the sect." Now that things have come to this, they can only temporarily close the business to avoid trouble.

But just when the restaurant was about to close down, there was a rustling sound of footsteps coming from the foot of the mountain.

The third elder's eyes suddenly lit up and he said in surprise:

"Stop! Put everything back in place and arrange it neatly! Many women are rushing to the Bihua Pavilion. They must be attracted by the Bihua Pavilion!"

The female disciples were overjoyed when they heard this and quickly began to clean up the goods on the shelves. Ji Lingruo and Wangshu both helped check whether the floor was clean.

On the mountain path, a group of women in colorful clothes were walking towards us with sweet smiles.

It seemed that the Third Elder was overjoyed, and the hope that had just been extinguished was rekindled again.

As a respected person, she completely put aside her status and just regarded herself as a shop owner, and actually went to receive the guests in person.

There were about twenty women who were received. They were all flattered. Under the warm hospitality of the third elder and a group of female disciples of Bihua Peak, they walked into the exquisitely decorated Bihua Pavilion with smiles on their faces.

The merchandise in Bihua Pavilion is relatively simple, namely stockings. The only difference is the color, black, white, purple, and red. The most versatile one is naturally black stockings that can be matched with white.

Although Ji Lingruo also provided several different types of revised stockings, due to the short construction period and the opening concept, only basic stockings were the main product at the beginning of the opening.

The third elder's business idea is very simple, that is, he wants to establish the image of a professional stockings store in the eyes of customers. He first attracts customers, and then it is convenient to develop women's clothing business other than stockings. If such an independent store starts by selling a wide variety of women's clothing, the probability of sudden demise will be greatly increased.

The customers who came into the store also showed great interest in the stockings, and several female disciples were also introducing them enthusiastically.

But as time went by, most of the twenty customers left, but no one expressed the desire to buy before leaving.

It's normal for women to like shopping without buying anything, but it shouldn't be so bad that they can't attract a real customer, right?

Are the things in our Bihua Pavilion so bad?

Not only did no one buy them, but several pairs of stockings were worn out just by trying them on, including two pairs of purple stockings with precious dye.

The Third Elder would naturally not haggle over compensation from them for the opening of his new store. He was just prepared to quietly swallow the loss. After all, losses were inevitable when selling clothes.

There were even two female customers who asked for their worn-out stockings, and the third elder generously gave them away.

One of the female practitioners felt really embarrassed and was about to buy a pair at her own expense, but was stopped by her companions.

The two of them hid and whispered, but they didn't expect that the third elder with the cultivation level of Dongxu could hear it clearly.

"Junior sister, why are you wasting money?"

"Senior Sister, the Third Elder is so sincere, it would be a shame to fleece her... and I feel like these stockings are of good quality, and worth buying."

"You are silly, Junior Sister. You have the money to buy these stockings, why don't you buy silk stockings from Qianhua Pavilion?"

"But even though Qianhua Pavilion's silk stockings are discounted, they're still more expensive than this. And even though they've been sold in larger quantities, they're still in short supply and very hard to get..."

"You can't buy this either. Why not just queue up a little longer? If you buy a pair of Qianhua Pavilion silk stockings, they will have the Qianhua Pavilion paper crane logo on them. How face-saving it is. Think about it, now so many people are rushing to buy Qianhua Pavilion's goods. When everyone else is wearing Qianhua Pavilion's stockings, and you're the only one wearing Bihua Peak's stockings, can you hold your head up high?"

"It seems a bit embarrassing..."

"That's it, isn't it? Anyway, we just need to do what we are paid for. Senior Brother Ye didn't give us money to buy stockings, but only asked us to show our support. Why should we waste our money? Let's go, forget about Qianhua Pavilion in Henggao City. The other sisters and I have hired a car, and we will go to the Qianhua Pavilion in another city to queue up together."

? !
The third elder widened her beautiful eyes, her proud chest rising and falling with anger, stirring up a huge wave of emotion.

So you are a shill?!
The female cultivator who couldn't bear it gave up the idea of ​​buying after being persuaded by her senior sister. The third elder suppressed the urge to explode and sent the last two customers away with a smile.

The noisy Bihua Pavilion just now seemed like a dream that ended in a flash, leaving behind only the overturned and messy shelves.

"Master, we've talked our mouths off, but why is it that no one is buying...Are we the only ones who think that what we make is good?"

A female disciple looked at the torn stockings in her hands, looking a little dejected. The other female disciples also drank tea in big gulps and nodded.

The third elder let out a long breath and said, "Chu Chu, it's not like that. We have to have confidence in ourselves. They don't buy it for other reasons."

"What's the reason?"

"Because they were invited by your good senior brother Ye Qingchen!"

"what?!"

All the disciples were shocked, and for a moment they didn't know whether they should be moved.

In order not to disappoint them, the second brother specially invited so many actors to act. But the result was counterproductive, not only making them more frustrated, but also making a mess in the store, and many pairs of stockings that he had worked so hard to sew were worn out.

Even if they wanted to be moved, they couldn't be moved at all. They had to admit that Senior Brother Ye did a bad thing with good intentions.

Just as the girls were surprised, a clear male voice was heard on the mountain path.

"Master!"

The third elder remained silent, his face somewhat gloomy.

The person who came was none other than Ye Qingchen, who looked very happy.

"Second Senior Brother..."

The female disciples greeted him, but Ye Qingchen ignored them and went straight to the third elder, bowed and said:
"Master, when I went up the mountain just now, I saw many female cultivators coming down the mountain talking and laughing. They must be the guests of my Bihua Pavilion, right? Master is really amazing. A small shop he opened casually is so prosperous. When it becomes bigger in the future, how can Qianhua Pavilion dominate alone? My Ye family has a lot of capital in Henggao City, and Master is on good terms with my Ye family. Why don't you join hands with my Ye family to make our Bihua Pavilion bigger and stronger?"

Ye Qingchen spoke sincerely, with an excited smile on his face, and he seemed very satisfied with his compliments.

But the Third Elder was totally unmoved, instead his expression was as ugly as the dark cloud pressing down on his head.

This mature female cultivator who always greets people with a smile rarely gets so serious.

"Brother, please stop talking about our Bihua Pavilion. You didn't contribute anything... and we didn't just open the Bihua Pavilion casually. We are preparing for it seriously!"

Lin Sihan felt uncomfortable listening to Ye Qingchen's words.

Even though she was gentle in nature, she couldn't stand the grievance and bravely defended herself to her second senior brother.

"Not bad, not bad. It is the careful preparations of Master and Junior Sister that have brought about the booming business of Bihua Pavilion!"

Ye Qingchen vaguely sensed that the atmosphere was not right and quickly changed his words.

"Qingchen, did your master ever tell you that men are not allowed to enter the Bihua Pavilion?"

The third elder looked at Ye Qingchen coldly.

Ye Qingchen bowed his head quickly to apologize, "Master, Qingchen didn't go in..."

"Brother, it's close in the sense of far and near!"

Yutong immediately understood what her master meant and stuck out her tongue playfully.

She always felt that Senior Brother Ye's words of excuse just now were like scolding them for being stupid. The store they had carefully prepared had such poor business. What else could it be but stupidity?
"Ah? That was my misunderstanding. I will get out of the way right now. I hope Master will not blame me... As for the cooperation with my Ye family, Qingchen is serious. Please consider it."

Before leaving, Ye Qingchen did not forget to show his courtesy to the third elder.

"Qingchen... I really appreciate your hard work. Do you feel proud to have invited so many people to cheer us up?"

"Master, I didn't..."

"Do you think it's fun to lie to us like this?! Do you think we will achieve nothing without your charity?!"

"Master, I really don't..."

"Shut up! Go to the cliff and face the wall for three days! If you don't repent, the punishment will increase!"

The third elder shouted coldly, and everyone was frightened by the angry third elder.

Ji Lingruo curled her lips and felt no sympathy for Ye Qingchen.

Maybe his original intention was good, but he did bad things invisibly and ran into the bad luck of the Third Elder.

Alas, how can we save the business of Bihua Pavilion?

(End of this chapter)