Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather.

Chapter 1065 The Development of the Land of Spiritual Origin

Yang Zhengshan and Zhongli Xiayi didn't chat for long. Zhongli Xiayi had just formed her core and needed to stabilize her cultivation. Moreover, many people had come to congratulate her. As a newly promoted Golden Core cultivator, she naturally had to receive the guests who came to offer their congratulations.

So after a brief chat with Zhong Lixia, Yang Zhengshan presented two congratulatory gifts and left.

The two gifts, one from the Tianyun Sword Sect and the other for Yang Zhengshan himself, were both pills refined by Yang Zhengshan.

After leaving Peach Abyss Mountain and returning to the Immortal Palace of Life, Yang Zhengshan continued to immerse himself in cultivation and alchemy.

The war continues, and the prices of all kinds of supplies are rising higher and higher. From Qingli Immortal City to Zhenyang Immortal City, from the lowest-grade spiritual fruits and medicines to the third-grade pills and various spiritual items, the prices have at least doubled.

Third-tier pills and spiritual items are relatively easy to deal with, as they are mostly traded or purchased with top-grade spirit stones, and there is no fixed price. However, the market supply of these items is becoming increasingly scarce.

Only first- and second-tier spiritual items have a price. For example, the Foundation Establishment Pill used to cost less than 100,000, but now it's hard to buy even for 200,000 low-grade spirit stones.

The more tense the war situation becomes, the higher the prices of various commodities become, and the more active the trade in the land of spirits becomes.

Large quantities of supplies were transported from the Land of Spiritual Origin, first stored in warehouses within ancient remnant arrays, and then transported by flying boats to various parts of the Western Regions of Wanhua.

The Sea of ​​Spiritual Beauty remains one of the most important trading places for goods exported from the Land of Spiritual Origin. It's not that the Sea of ​​Spiritual Beauty has a large market, but rather that it has become a distribution center for goods from the Land of Spiritual Origin.

Many agents from the Land of Spiritual Origin purchase various supplies from Wuxiang City in the Sea of ​​Spiritual Beauty and then sell them to Wanlin Mountain Range, Southern Wilderness, and so on.

Apart from the Lingxiu Sea, the Lingyuan Land will only conduct business in Qingli Immortal City and Zhenyang Immortal City.

Flying ships set off from the ancient ruins, heading to the Sea of ​​Spiritual Beauty, Qingli Immortal City, and Zhenyang Immortal City, before returning from these three places, bringing back a large number of spirit stones and various raw materials and spiritual items.

Planting, processing, manufacturing, sales, and procurement—Lingyuan Land has long since developed a complete business operation process.

Under such a business process, the Land of Spiritual Origin is like a gluttonous beast, greedily devouring resources and spirit stones from all sides.

The study on the top floor of the Ziwei Building.

Lin Zhan and Jiang He sat in front of Yang Chengmao, reporting on the financial revenue of Lingyuan Land over the past year.

Jiang He is the head of Tianquan Tower, in charge of all business in the Spirit Source Land. Although many commercial affairs now require the guidance of immortal cultivators, the final accounts must be compiled at Tianquan Tower.

"Last year, Tianquan Tower's total profit was 830 million low-grade spirit stones. The most profitable business was pills. We sold a total of 3.63 million pills, with a profit of 330 million low-grade spirit stones!"

"Secondly, the talisman industry yielded a profit of 180 million low-grade spirit stones, the magic weapon industry yielded a profit of 120 million, and the spirit plant industry yielded a profit of 90 million."

"The fastest growing industry is the flying boat industry. Last year, we sold one large flying boat and twelve medium-sized flying boats, with a total profit of 13.4 million low-grade spirit stones."

"Currently, there is a huge market demand for airships, especially medium-sized ones. Our orders are already booked for the next ten years!"

"Our production capacity on the airships is far from sufficient!"

Jiang He spoke slowly and deliberately.

The flying boat industry is an emerging industry in the land of spiritual origins. At present, it seems that the profit is not high, far less than that of the elixir and magic weapon industry.

However, the airship industry is a high-precision industry with high added value of technology.

The profit margin far exceeds that of ordinary magical artifacts and treasures.

Most importantly, competition in the airship industry is milder than in other industries.

Small flying boats are magical artifacts, which many weapon refiners can craft, but medium-sized flying boats are magical treasures, which most forces cannot craft.

As for large flying boats, although they are not spiritual artifacts, the refining techniques and array designs involved are more complex than those of most spiritual artifacts.

Building a large airship is not something that can be done simply by having a skilled weapon refiner; it requires the combined efforts of weapon refiners and formation masters.

In terms of design, it can be completed by one or two weapon refiners and array masters, but in terms of manufacturing, it requires hundreds of weapon refiners and several array masters to complete.

Although most of the facilities on a large airship are relatively simple and can be crafted by a first-level weapon refiner or even a martial arts blacksmith, manufacturing a large airship requires a complete and integrated manufacturing system.

Let alone ordinary forces, most Golden Core forces do not have the ability to build large flying boats.

For example, Baiyun Immortal City does not have the capability to manufacture large flying boats.

It's not that Baiyun Immortal City doesn't have enough array masters and weapon refiners, but rather that Baiyun Immortal City hasn't developed a complete manufacturing system.

Although the Spirit Source Land has a weak foundation, it has a huge advantage: dominance.

With just one order from Yang Chengmao, a large number of people and resources could be mobilized and directed to one place.

In contrast, the Tianyun Sword Sect cannot do this. Yun Ge's order can mobilize a lot of forces, but he cannot concentrate all of these forces on a certain industry.

Temporary deployments are fine, but if it involves upgrading an entire industry, then Yunge is not something they can handle.

In this respect, the Heavenly Cloud Sword Sect is far inferior to that of the Spirit Origin Land.

After listening to Jiang He's words, Yang Chengmao pondered for a moment and said, "Flying boat manufacturing and puppet manufacturing are our top priorities going forward."

"Right now, what we lack most is not materials, but manpower!"

"Whether it's flying boats or puppets, they all require a large number of weapon refiners and blacksmiths. Right now, all the weapon refiners and blacksmiths we can use are already on missions, and we can't spare too many people in a short time!"

"However, I have instructed Jingxuan Hall and Tianji Tower to focus on training weapon refiners and weapon forgers. In the next three to five years, we will be able to train more than 5,000 apprentices, which should double the production capacity of the flying boats!"

This is the power of the Land of Spiritual Origin: a complete education system that can cultivate whatever talent is needed.

While it's impossible to cultivate high-level talents in a short period of time, low-level apprentices can be produced in large numbers given enough time.

Jiang He thought for a moment and said, "We haven't developed an industry or established commercial channels for puppets yet. Should we slow down in this area?"

Yang Chengmao shook his head. "Our ancestor has already said that we need to build a puppet army. Zongyuan has already recruited over a hundred puppet apprentices. We must build a puppet manufacturing factory for Zongyuan!"

"Commercial issues can be set aside for now, but manufacturing issues must be put on the agenda!"

For the Land of Spiritual Origin, puppet manufacturing is a new industry. Although the Land of Spiritual Origin had research and manufacturing in this area before, it was on a very small scale and not worth mentioning.

In other words, Yang Zongyuan would tinker with this thing in his spare time.

But now that Yang Zhengshan has said he wants to build a large army of puppets, the puppet manufacturing industry must expand its scale.

However, the scale of an industry needs profit to support it. Without sufficient profit, the industry becomes a bottomless pit, only devouring vast amounts of resources. To develop the puppet industry in the Spirit Origin Land, Tianquan Tower must find a way to generate profits from it, thus ensuring its healthy development.

An industry that only spends money but doesn't make money cannot develop.

The Land of Spiritual Origin is not short of spirit stones now, but that does not mean that the Land of Spiritual Origin can squander them.

When it comes to the issue of expenditures, Lin Zhan has something to say.

"The profits from puppet creation still need to be considered. Taiwei Tower has already formulated new exchange rules for the Hall of Merit, and the exchange price for merits is almost half of what it used to be. Therefore, the expenditure of the Hall of Merit may double in the future."

"Although the Hall of Merit still has a considerable amount of inventory, I estimate that it can only last for three years at most. After three years, we will need to provide the Hall of Merit with a large amount of resources."

Exchanging merit points for resources is the biggest expenditure in the Spirit Source Land, accounting for 30% of the land's fiscal revenue. Moreover, the resources are all second- and third-tier spiritual items, many of which cannot be valued using low-grade spirit stones.

As per Yang Zhengshan's request, Taiwei Tower lowered the exchange price for merit points, which also means that the expenditure of the Hall of Merit will double in the future.

This could very well lead to the Spirit Source Land running out of money.

Yang Chengmao was prepared for this, so he wasn't bothered and said, "This is not a problem. We have enough reserves to cover the upcoming fiscal expenditures!"

"Don't forget, many of the mineral veins we've discovered haven't been mined yet. We can just open a few more mines!"

What is true confidence!

This is confidence!
Although the land of spiritual origins is not particularly wealthy, it is vast, spanning thousands of miles, with large tracts of blessed land and numerous mineral veins.

In the past, the Spirit Source Land had no shortage of resources, so these mineral veins were stored up as a family fortune. However, if the Spirit Source Land becomes insolvent, these mineral veins can make up for the lack of resources at any time.

Lin Zhan and Jiang He both nodded. They knew all this and naturally weren't worried about it.

Afterwards, the three discussed the development of the puppet industry, and then Lin Zhan and Jiang He left first.

Just after the two left, Yang Mingcheng went to Yang Chengmao's study.

"Uncle!"

Yang Chengmao quickly got up.

"Yes, I need to go into seclusion to break through my current limitations, and I'll need you to provide me with some resources!" Yang Mingcheng chuckled.

Yang Chengmao's eyes lit up. "Uncle, are you ready?"

"That's about it. Everything that needs to be prepared is ready," Yang Mingcheng said.

Yang Chengmao took out a token and said, "Nephew wishes Uncle a further advancement in his cultivation."

"Haha~~" Yang Mingcheng laughed as he accepted the token.

Yang Chengmao smiled and said, "Everything is ready. Uncle can just go to Taiwei Tower to pick it up!"

Yang Mingcheng is about to break through to the Divine Soul Realm. This breakthrough process may involve many spiritual objects assisting him. One of the main responsibilities of Taiwei Tower is to provide spiritual objects to assist those who need to break through.

Previously, Taiwei Tower was only responsible for the spiritual items needed for the breakthrough process of the Golden Body Realm and Foundation Establishment stage, but now the spiritual items needed for the breakthrough of the Divine Soul Realm have also been included in Taiwei Tower's responsibilities.

The spiritual items prepared by Taiwei Tower are not given away for free; they are essentially half-purchased and half-gifted, and a portion of merit points will be deducted from their purchase price.

The reason why Taiwei Tower is responsible for this is, on the one hand, to provide those who are breaking through with high-quality spiritual items, so that the spiritual items they prepare themselves are not of good enough.

On the other hand, it is to protect those who are breaking through, from the environment for closed-door breakthroughs to the selection of protectors during the breakthrough process, Taiwei Tower will make preparations.

Simply put, Taiwei Tower will provide those undergoing a breakthrough with the best spiritual objects, the best environment, the best guardians, and comprehensive services to ensure that they can complete their breakthrough safely and without worry.

The Spirit Origin Land is very cautious about breakthroughs, since failure to break through can be fatal.

"Alright, I'll head to Taiwei Tower now!"

Yang Mingcheng went to Taiwei Tower after receiving the token.

He quickly obtained the spiritual item from Taiwei Tower, and then he went to the Immortal Palace. Taiwei Tower arranged for him to cultivate in seclusion in a pavilion of the Immortal Palace.

Yu Qingyi and Ding Qiu both acted as his protectors.

Before he went into seclusion, Yang Zhengshan came to check on him and helped him fill in any gaps in his knowledge.

Yang Mingcheng went into seclusion to break through his cultivation barrier, Yang Zhengshan continued refining pills, and the Spirit Source Land steadily expanded the scale of flying boat and puppet manufacturing. At the same time, the population migration also began.

One by one, the young people came to Shenmu Island from the Da'an Dynasty and the Da Jing Dynasty. They entered the Spirit Source Land through the cave gate of Shenmu Island, and then, under the arrangement of the Spirit Source Land, they settled down in the four cities of Changshou City, Changqing City, Changming City, and Changyao City.

The migration of three million people cannot be completed in a day or two, but such a migration will not cause too much trouble for the land of spirits.

The Land of Spiritual Origin has developed a complete management system, which is sufficient to cope with such a large-scale migration.

As more and more people migrated to the four cities, the once deserted cities instantly became bustling.

Things in the Land of Spiritual Origin are proceeding smoothly, and the war between the Impermanent Ghost Sect and the Myriad Flower Demon Court is about to enter a new phase.

Inside the cloud and mist formation.

An Wusheng and Yu Yuan looked at the powerful demonic beasts beside the blood pool, and faint smiles appeared on their faces.

"Palace Master, the eight demon kings have been completed. Shouldn't we give the Qingyuan Fox Clan a good beating now?" Yu Yuan laughed happily, as if he could already see the scene of these demon king soldiers rushing into the Qingyuan Cave Heaven.

During this period, their war with the Wanhua Demon Court was extremely frustrating, and the war was not progressing as they had expected.

They originally thought that 30,000 Yin soldiers and 100,000 blood puppets would be enough to suppress the Wanhua Demon Court, but the result was that the two sides were locked in a protracted war of attrition.

What's truly despicable is that someone stole their Blood Jade, causing their crafting of the Demon King's Yin Soldier to be delayed by three years.

Otherwise, they might have already infiltrated Qingyuan Cave Heaven.

"No rush. Our main task now is not to defeat the Qingyuan Fox Clan, but to establish the Yin Sha Ghost Domain!"

An Wusheng gently shook his head and said, "Of the 18,000 giant bone pillars, we have only completed less than 2,000 so far. We need to complete at least 3,600 before we can fight the Qingyuan Fox Clan!"

(End of this chapter)