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Chapter 58 The cooperation has collapsed, and they are sharpening their knives at Tang Shang!
"Cao Meng, what a coincidence! That's exactly what I was thinking too!"

Xia Yulan agreed to Cao Meng's request, and then smiled:
"Cao Meng, but how should the profits be divided?"

Xia Yulan also saw the huge potential profits in bubble tea, which is why she wanted to cooperate with Cao Meng.

However, while cooperation is cooperation and relationships are relationships, the division of interests must be clearly defined.

"I'll provide the formula, and you, my senior uncle, will provide the manpower and materials. After deducting costs, we'll split the profits 70/30!"

Cao Meng felt that he had absolute authority over bubble tea and that taking 70% of the profits was not a big deal.

Xia Yulan, as a business partner, is already getting a lot of profit, even if it's only 30%!
"My nephew, aren't you being far too greedy?"

Xia Yulan was very dissatisfied with the profit-sharing arrangement proposed by Cao Meng.

She could barely accept a 50/50 split, but the other party wanted to be the bigger one and make her the smaller one, which she couldn't accept!

"Cao Meng, when you were making bubble tea before, your martial uncle watched the whole process. I've already learned how to make it!"

"I'll take six and you'll take four!"

"How about you get 40% of the profits as long as you don't tell anyone the formula and you do absolutely nothing every day?"

"Cao Meng, is your martial uncle good to you?"

Because the method for making bubble tea is relatively simple, Xia Yulan felt that she had already learned it.

That's why she dared to take the initiative and ask for 60% of the profits.

As for Cao Meng getting a 40% share of the profits without having to do anything, that's already a testament to her magnanimity as his senior.

If the person in front of her wasn't Cao Meng, but someone else, Xia Yulan would have already killed him to silence him and monopolized the bubble tea recipe.

"Uncle Xia, have you really learned it?"

A mocking smile appeared on Cao Meng's lips; he held absolute power over bubble tea.

Since I didn't grant Xia Yulan the production rights, she couldn't possibly make bubble tea.

"This bubble tea recipe is so simple, anyone with hands can make it!"

Xia Yulan was quite confident in herself. After all, she was a Nascent Soul cultivator, and a mere bubble tea was not something she could easily handle.

"Uncle-Master, why don't you confirm this first?"

"Uncle-Master Xia, you only have five days to consider!"

Cao Meng decided not to continue talking to Xia Yulan. Since the mission had ten days, he would give her five days to learn her lesson and back down.

"(ˉ▽￣～) Tch~~!"

Xia Yulan didn't think much of Cao Meng's departure.

"You little brat, how dare you look down on me? Once I make bubble tea, I bet you'll come begging to my doom."

Xia Yulan then began to carefully recall the steps Cao Meng had taken to make bubble tea, and got to work.

After leaving Xia Yulan's private kitchen, Cao Meng first used Xia Yulan's name to find Qin Susu, the deputy head of the cafeteria, and took all the profits from the sale of bubble tea, and also took the remaining few bottles of bubble tea.

……

An Yingji has spent most of her time at Wanbaolou these past few days.

Didn't Consort Duanmu promise Cao Meng a pavilion to be used as a market? That's how Wanbaolou came to be!
Cao Meng didn't have many spoils to sell, but An Yingji had a lot more to sell.

When Wanbaolou first opened, Cao Meng chose to cooperate with An Yingji in order to improve the store's reputation.

Ninety-nine percent of the items sold at Wanbaolou are supplies that An Yingji doesn't want, while Cao Meng only sells a small amount of other things.

These days, An Yingji spends most of her time at Wanbaolou, tending the shop and selling off some of her unwanted items. Of course, what she really wants to sell is her junior brother Cao Meng, since that's the valuable thing she has.

Just as An Yingji was dozing off and slacking off on the counter, Cao Meng placed a bubble tea in front of her and said:
"Senior sister, would you like some milk tea?"

Sending milk tea to An Yingji was just a side thing; Cao Meng's main purpose was to ask her how things were going.

Is animal milk safe to drink?

Looking at the bubble tea made from animal milk in front of her, An Yingji had some doubts.

After all, it is common knowledge that animal milk has a very strong fishy smell.

She hesitated for a moment, but decided to try a bite anyway.

“Delicious!”

The moment the bubble tea entered her mouth, it opened the door to a whole new world for An Yingji.

"Senior sister, how's the arrangement for 'The Complete Works of Ruyan' going?"

Some time ago, Cao Meng entrusted some things to An Yingji, including the sale of "The Complete Works of Ruyan".

After so many days, Cao Meng had to inquire about the situation and assess An Yingji's competence.

An Yingji took a sip of her bubble tea and said:
"Although quite a few have been sold, don't expect to make money from them. After all, this isn't a cultivation technique, so it's not worth much."

To ensure your "Complete Works of Ruyan" gains widespread recognition, we've been promoting it at a loss, but fortunately, these losses have been borne by the sect's affiliated dynasty!

All the major sects, whether righteous or demonic, share a common characteristic: they all raise sheep.

These sheep include small clans, small families, and even dynasties.

The Hehuan Sect also raised many sheep, so An Yingji entrusted the task of promoting "The Complete Works of Ruyan" to one of the sheep—the royal family of the Tiexuan Dynasty.

The Tie Xuan Dynasty originally planned to launch a southern expedition this year to attack neighboring dynasties and expand its territory!

Now, because of the promotion of "The Complete Works of Ruyan", I have to give up the southern expedition and start selling books at a loss to promote "The Complete Works of Ruyan"!
Cao Meng never expected to make much money from "The Complete Works of Ruyan," after all, how much could a storybook be worth?
His purpose in selling "The Complete Works of Liu Ruyan" was simply to disgust Liu Ruyan and then drag the Xuantian Sect into the mess.

"Senior sister, have you found any news about Tang Shang of the Xuan Yun Dynasty?"

Although Cao Meng had been busy earning spirit stones during this time, he never forgot to seek revenge against Tang Shang.

"We found some information. It seems they were expelled from the Xuan Yun Dynasty and are currently possibly in the Bao Cui Dynasty!"

After An Yingji finished speaking, she handed a jade slip to Cao Meng.

Cao Meng accepted the jade slip without saying much. After greeting his senior sister Yuanzhong, he decisively left to return to his residence.

"Tang Shang, I hope you can escape danger this time!"

After returning to his residence, Cao Meng examined the information about Tang Shang in the jade slip, then let out a cold laugh, his killing intent fully revealed.

The reason we didn't deal with Tang Shang before was because we didn't know where he was. Now that we know where he is, it's time to deal with him.

"System, open the attribute panel!"

Cao Meng is ready to spend money on in-game purchases and then kill Tang Shang.

Host: Cao Meng!
Cultivation level: First level of Golden Core!
(Each upgrade at the Golden Core stage costs 100,000 low-grade spirit stones!)

Physique: Ten-Day Sacred Body (First Double Yang!) (Upgradeable with 100,000 low-grade spirit stones!)
Innate Metal Body (Initial Formation) (100,000 Low-Grade Spirit Stones, Upgradeable!)
Occupation: First-grade weapon refiner (100% success rate for first-tier spiritual weapons)
(10,000 low-grade spirit stones are needed for an upgrade!)
First-Class Spiritual Cuisine Master (100% success rate for first-tier spiritual cuisine)
(10,000 low-grade spirit stones are needed for an upgrade!)
Low-grade spirit stones remaining: 310341!

Cao Meng has been producing nearly 5,000 Yang Pearls every day for the past few days, earning a daily income of 20,000 low-grade spirit stones.

It took Cao Meng several days to save up his balance to reach 310,000 low-grade spirit stones.

Now it's time to deal with Tang Shang. He's planning to go all out and spend a lot of money!
(End of this chapter)