Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather.

Chapter 765 Hundred Fruit Wine! What a prestigious name!

"This is the Spirit Wine!" Madam Cui exclaimed in shock.

"That's right, this is peach blossom wine, made from spirit rice and peach blossoms from jade dew spirit peaches. The water used is all spirit spring water, which has the effect of condensing true qi. Half-step innate martial artists can break through faster after drinking it, and innate martial artists can also condense true qi and increase their cultivation speed after drinking it," the shopkeeper quickly explained.

Madam Cui quickly asked, "How many spirit stones does this spirit wine cost per pound?"

"Twenty spirit crystals per pound, but our shop is having a grand opening promotion right now. For the next three days, you can buy a cup for only ten spirit crystals!" the shopkeeper said.

"Sir, we also have apricot blossom wine, which is made from the flowers of the Light Spirit Fruit Tree. It has the effect of expanding the meridians. Would you like to try some?"

"Okay, okay!" Madam Cui nodded eagerly.

The waiter handed her a glass, which she immediately tilted her head back and drank down, displaying a rather heroic and spirited demeanor.

This Lady Cui was no ordinary person; she was a martial artist at the Qi Sea stage of the Innate Realm. She ran a tailor shop with her husband, and they had a son and a daughter.

For families like theirs, peach blossom wine, apricot blossom wine, and plum wine are all excellent choices.

Besides Cui Niangzi, the other customers who entered the shop also exclaimed in amazement after tasting the food.

"Good wine!"

After drinking a cup of Drunken Immortal Brew, Dr. Zhang across from him couldn't help but exclaim in praise.

"Why is your spirit wine so cheap?" Old Doctor Zhang couldn't help but ask after praising it.

"Hehe, Senior Zhang, my shop has just opened and I'm thinking of making small profits but increasing sales volume, so the prices are much lower!"

Luo Zhen immediately stepped forward to explain.

This old gentleman is clearly a seasoned drinker; otherwise, he wouldn't have been so fond of Drunken Immortal Brew.

These kinds of old drunkards are all big customers!

Luo Zhen's smile became even warmer.

As for being cheap, compared to the Fan family's Ice Soul Spirit Wine, the Yang family's Spirit Wine is indeed excessively cheap.

The price of Fan family's Ice Soul Spirit Wine is almost the same as that of Hundred Fruit Brew. Of course, the efficacy of Ice Soul Spirit Wine is only slightly inferior to that of Hundred Fruit Brew, and it is far superior to other spirit wines of Yang family.

However, the Fan family only has two kinds of spirit wine: one is Ice Soul Spirit Wine, and the other is the most ordinary spirit rice wine.

Brewing spirit wine is not an easy task. The foundation of spirit wine is spirit spring water and spirit rice. Only with these two ingredients can the most basic spirit rice wine be brewed. The effect of spirit rice wine is very simple: it replenishes spiritual energy and has some benefits for cultivation, but the benefits are very limited.

Besides Lingmi wine, other local specialties are needed to brew other types of alcoholic beverages.

The reason the Fan family can brew Ice Soul Spirit Wine is because they have an Ice Soul Spirit Spring and several kinds of ice-attribute spirit fruits.

But no matter how many spiritual fruits the Fan family has, can they have as many as those from the Spirit Source Land?
In the land of spiritual origin, one can use the peach blossoms of the Jade Dew Spirit Peach to brew wine. It should be known that the Jade Dew Spirit Peach blooms only once every three years, and each time only thirty-six blossoms bloom.

How could a small family or power possibly have hundreds or thousands of Jade Dew Spirit Peaches?
Therefore, the forces that can truly brew spirit wine either possess special resources or have great strength and resources.

To put it simply, only three major sects in the Sea of ​​Spiritual Beauty are capable of brewing Hundred Fruit Wine; even the twelve great families cannot do it.

"Give me ten catties of this Drunken Immortal Wine!"

Dr. Zhang was honored to become the first customer of Yang Family Winery.

With Doctor Zhang taking the lead, the others also took out their spirit stones to buy wine. Some bought as little as five catties, while others bought as much as a hundred catties.

The person who bought 100 jin of liquor was none other than Madam Cui.

Cui Niangzi bought fifty catties of peach blossom wine and fifty catties of apricot blossom wine.

There was a reason she bought so much: peach blossom wine could condense true qi, apricot blossom wine could expand meridians, and her son's current cultivation level was half a step into the innate realm, making him most suitable to drink peach blossom wine. Her daughter also had the cultivation level of the eighth level of the acquired realm, making her most suitable to drink apricot blossom wine.

Grand opening special: 100 catties of spirit wine for only ten spirit stones! Lady Cui cleverly became a customer who took advantage of the deal.

However, they were ultimately just small customers; the real big customers didn't arrive at Yang's Winery until close to noon.

Yang Zhengshan not only personally welcomed them, but also specially prepared a table of fine food to entertain these important clients.

There were only three major clients who came.

They are Ji De'an, a steward of the Hanxiao Sect, and Li Pang and Zhu Yuansu, the heads of the Li and Zhu families in Xuegu Town.

In fact, Yang Zhengshan sent out more than a dozen invitations. He sent an invitation to every well-known person in Xuegu Town, but only these three people actually came to the banquet.

There's nothing we can do about it; when you first arrive, you're bound to be met with cold shoulders.

An invitation delivered to someone's door out of the blue is unlikely to be taken seriously by many people.

In the warm hall, Yang Zhengshan and his three newly acquainted friends toasted each other, and soon after several dishes and rounds of drinks, the atmosphere became lively.

"I haven't yet asked where your immortal home is, senior!" Li Pang said with a smile.

"Hehe, it's a remote place, not worth mentioning. I bet none of you have even heard of it!" Yang Zhengshan laughed.

“Oh? That’s not necessarily true. I’m not very talented, but I traveled all over the Great Zhao when I was young and I know the thirty-six prefectures of the Great Zhao fairly well!” Li Pang said.

Yang Zhengshan said, "I am not from the Great Zhao. I live in the mountains and fields. Hehe~~ Lingyuan Mountain, I suppose none of you have heard of it!"

What mountains and fields are in the surrounding area?

Is it Xuemeng Mountain or Yunxiao Mountain Range?
There are no spiritual veins in the Snow Mountain, making it unsuitable for martial arts forces to reside there for long.

The Yunxiao Mountains are teeming with strange beasts, making them extremely dangerous and unsuitable for a family to live in.

However, compared to Xuemeng Mountain, Yunxiao Mountain Range has many spiritual veins and blessed lands.

For a faction to establish a foothold in the Cloud Mountain Range, it must meet one condition.

That is, having a mountain-protecting formation!
This is the only way to ensure that the base is not attacked by strange beasts.

Ji De'an glanced at the token placed beside him, and a thought struck him.

Although the restriction is simple, it is not something that ordinary forces can handle.

The Hanxiao Sect also possesses several restrictions, but it lacks a complete array formation inheritance, let alone a mountain-protecting array!
If the person in front of me comes from the Cloud Mountain Range, wouldn't that mean there's a powerful force hidden behind me?

A strange light flashed in his eyes.

Even if a force with a protective mountain formation is not as strong as the Three Sects of Lingxiu, it should still be stronger than the Twelve Families.

Could it be that such a force is hidden in the Yunxiao Mountains?
It’s not impossible!

The Yunxiao Mountains are vast and contain countless secrets; it's not impossible that several powerful forces might be hiding within them.

After all, the Hanxiao Sect knew that the gate of Cangjian Mountain was hidden in the Yunxiao Mountains.

Ji De'an glanced at the spirit wine in front of him, and his heart skipped a beat.

Mixed Fruit Wine!
What a prestigious title!

Brewed from a hundred kinds of spiritual fruits!

This is not something an ordinary force could accomplish. "Senior Yang, I would like to buy some Hundred Fruit Wine. What is the price?" Ji De'an asked.

Yang Zhengshan stroked his beard and smiled, "Is it you who wants to buy it, or the Hanxiao Sect?"

"It is I!" Ji De'an said softly.

"One hundred catties, I'll give you a 50% discount, then another 20% off, which is eight spirit stones per catty. It's not that I'm stingy and unwilling to give you more, it's just that this stuff is too troublesome to brew, and we don't have a lot stored!"

"Of course, you two can also buy some, at the same price, up to a maximum of one hundred catties!"

Yang Zhengshan said with a smile.

This deal will definitely result in a loss, but it is an essential step for Yang Family Winery to open up sales channels.

Yang Zhengshan actually preferred selling his liquor to the Hanxiao Sect and martial arts families rather than to those independent cultivators.

Spirit wine is a cultivation resource, and sects and families can purchase it in large quantities, so Yang Zhengshan wanted to find a few stable long-term customers.

The brewing process of Baiguo Niang (a type of fruit wine) is indeed very complicated, involving more than thirty steps, and each step must be done correctly.

However, the brewing of wine and spirits is no longer something that Yang Zhengshan did alone back then. Now, there are more than a thousand people in the brewing workshops in Lingyuan. They are responsible for brewing various kinds of wine and spirits, and their brewing skills have long been perfected.

Over the years, the land of spiritual origin has stored a large amount of wine, not just tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of kilograms, but millions of kilograms.

After all, the cultivation resources in the Spirit Source Land, besides spirit fruits, are these spirit wines.

Therefore, the amount of wine brewed in the land of spiritual origin each year is extremely large, the amount of wine consumed is also very large, and the amount of wine stored is also very considerable.

As the most precious spiritual wine in the land of spiritual origin, Baiguo Niang has always been the goal of the brewing workshop to expand its production. To date, the annual production of Baiguo Niang by the brewing workshop has reached 300,000 jin.

This is the main reason why Yang Zhengshan came here to sell wine.

"Thank you for your guidance, senior!"

Ji De'an and the other two said happily.

They had already experienced the effects of the Hundred Fruit Wine, and for them, the effects of this hundred catties of Hundred Fruit Wine were no less than those of a hundred mid-grade Qi-Nourishing Pills.

What is the price of a mid-grade Qi-Nourishing Pill?
One of fifty spirit stones.

And it's not something you can just buy whenever you want.

There are many shops selling pills in the Sea of ​​Spiritual Beauty, but most of the pills sold are low-grade spiritual pills, such as Wood Spirit Pill, Water Spirit Pill, and Fire Spirit Pill. These are the most common and cheapest low-grade pills.

Pills like Qi Nourishing Pill, Spirit Nourishing Pill, and Yuan Nourishing Pill are considered mid-grade pills, and are generally only sold to the outside world by the three major sects. Even the twelve great families rarely sell them to outsiders.

As for high-grade elixirs, those are resources unique to the three major sects. The twelve families have to purchase high-grade elixirs from the three major sects.

The reason for this is the monopoly of alchemy by the three major sects.

Compared to the mid-grade Qi-nourishing elixir, the Hundred Fruit Brew is undoubtedly more cost-effective.

Moreover, the Hundred Fruit Brew is different from the Fan family's Ice Soul Spirit Wine. The Fan family's Ice Soul Spirit Wine has miraculous effects on martial artists who cultivate ice and water attribute techniques, but it is of little use to martial artists who cultivate other attribute techniques.

The Hundred Fruit Wine can satisfy the requirements of martial artists of all attributes. It is balanced and mild, with a gentle medicinal effect, making it an essential wine for cultivation.

Twenty spirit stones per pound is definitely good value for money, let alone eight spirit stones.

The banquet ended after Ji De'an and the other two offered their compliments.

However, business in the shop became increasingly lively. After the first batch of neighbors bought their drinks and left, the news of Yang Family Winery's grand opening sale quickly spread.

A large number of guests came to the winery, some out of curiosity, some hoping to get a bargain, and some genuinely wanting to buy cheap spirit wine.

Regardless of their reasons, they all came to Yang's Winery, making this usually quiet street bustling with activity.

The lively atmosphere gradually subsided as the sun set, and Yang Family Winery closed its doors.

"Master, today we sold a total of 3,420 catties of wine, including 320 catties of Hundred Fruit Wine, 1,380 catties of Drunken Immortal Wine, and 720 catties of Hundred Herbs Wine..."

"The operating revenue was 580 spirit stones, but we lost about 100 spirit stones!"

In the main room of the backyard, Luo Zhen gave a brief report on the winery's business that day.

After listening, Yang Zhengshan nodded calmly, "Not bad, only a little over a hundred spirit stones were lost!"

In fact, the 50% discount during the grand opening promotion is still profitable, because the brewing cost in Lingyuan Land is very low.

Luo Zhen said he lost money mainly because the Ministry of Commerce had previously estimated the cost of various resources produced in the Spirit Source Land.

Based on the prices in the Sea of ​​Spiritual Beauty, the prices of various raw materials in the Land of Spiritual Origin were estimated, thus arriving at a cost price.

This cost price is actually quite inflated.

What are the costs involved in brewing wine in the Lingxiu Sea?
Does the cost of Lingquan water count towards the price?
It seems like it can be counted, but it also seems like it can not be.

Does the Spirit Fruit have a cost?

Taking care of these spirit fruit trees took a lot of manpower, so it can be considered a cost.

However, now the spiritual fruit trees covering the mountains and plains of the spiritual source land are mostly growing naturally and do not require human care.

Therefore, there is no accurate figure for the cost of these spirit wines; we can only make a rough estimate by referring to the prices in the Sea of ​​Spiritual Beauty.

"Master, this Hundred Fruit Wine doesn't seem to be very popular!" Luo Zhen said softly.

Today they sold 320 jin of Baiguo Niang (a type of fruit wine), of which 300 jin were given away by Yang Zhengshan at half price to Ji De'an and his two companions. In other words, they only sold 20 jin of Baiguo Niang.

"It's alright, the price of the Hundred Fruit Wine is still a bit high, not something that ordinary innate martial artists can afford," Yang Zhengshan said nonchalantly.

For an ordinary innate martial artist, twenty spirit stones is not a small amount.

Don't be fooled by the fact that Yang Zhengshan spends hundreds or thousands of spirit stones every now and then, just because spirit stones aren't worth much.

Don't forget, below spirit stones there are spirit crystals, which are the mainstream currency for ordinary innate martial artists.

Most of the innate martial artists in Snow Valley Town are actually a group of poor people who risk their lives in the mountains. They risk their lives to hunt strange beasts and collect spiritual herbs in the mountains, and their annual income may only be a few dozen spirit stones.

In comparison, the Hundred Fruit Wine, which costs twenty spirit stones per kilogram, is undoubtedly a luxury item.

Therefore, the customers of Baiguo Niang have never been independent cultivators, but rather martial arts families and sects.

However, there aren't many martial arts families and sects in Hangu County. There's only one sect, Hanxiao Sect, and about six or seven martial arts families, which is barely enough to be considered. Therefore, the sales of Baiguo Wine here won't be very high.

Yang Zhengshan had anticipated this, so he was not surprised by the sales of Baiguo Wine today.

"Our goal is to earn spirit stones, and compared to the expensive Hundred Fruit Brew, Herb Brew, Drunken Immortal Brew, and Peach Blossom Brew are more popular in Snow Valley Town!"

"Therefore, our business strategy is to target sects and martial arts families with our Hundred Fruit Brew, while other beverages are available to ordinary customers!"

Yang Zhengshan said.

Luo Zhen nodded slightly, "Understood!"

(End of this chapter)