My Daoist partner helps me cultivate immortality

"Lin Ye, you're really good at observing. Have you thought about a plan yet?"

"I've thought it through," Lin Ye said. "We can build a large airship and contract out transportation services to take individual passengers to Lingxiao City, the airship hub, so they can transfer on their own."

"Unlike the Qingyang Sect, we only need to treat everyone the same at the same price."

"As long as the publicity is done well, all cultivators with the bloodline of exotic beasts will come to ride our flying boat."

Gongshu Yan asked worriedly, "What should we do if that fake infant ancestor of the Qingyang Sect gets angry?"

"There is a way to do this."

Chapter Twenty-Eight: Master's House? I go there every night!

"The implementation of this plan depends first and foremost on the master's ability and status."

"The Qingyang Sect is not well-established. Young Master Chu from the Demon Emperor Mountain told me that they still don't have a single Grade 3 flying boat."

"If we contacted the Qingyang Sect through Wanbaolou's channels before building the flying boat, offering to lease or sell this Grade 3 flying boat to them on a long-term basis, it would allow them to put on a show of wealth when picking up powerful figures from other sects..."

The cultivators who came to Qingyang Sect to watch the ceremony were mainly the core members; the highest-ranking members had not yet arrived.

They need to be personally invited by the Qingyang Sect before the main event of the Ascension Ceremony begins.

When there is demand, there is market.

Lin Ye said, "Let's try to make a little extra money from this, as long as we don't make a big fuss."

"The Qingyang Sect will not take advantage of the situation because of the usefulness of this Grade 3 flying boat."

It sounds simple.

However, this also reveals just how difficult it is to manufacture a third-grade flying boat.

It is almost the most troublesome and time-consuming item among spiritual artifacts of the same level.

Unfortunately, the cultivators of this era were far from having developed the concept and methods of component-based crafting; each component required a single craftsman to complete it on their own.

That amount of work was incredible.

High-end flying boats need to be pre-ordered by a weapon refiner; those available on the market are even more expensive.

Even the vast Qingyang Sect doesn't possess a single Grade 3 flying boat.

Although Lin Ye would help, she only dared to think about it because she had high hopes for her genius master.

Gongshu Yan nodded: "I only know how to forge weapons, I know nothing else."

"Lin Ye, I'm entrusting all the negotiations with Wanbaolou and Qingyang Sect to you!"

Lin Ye shrugged: "I didn't really expect anything from you, Master. I just hope you can help out when you're making it."

Gongshu Yan tapped him on the head.

Airships are necessary.

If you need to escape, this thing can absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth along the way, and its endurance is much stronger than that of a flying sword.

It's something that can save lives.

Moreover, it is safe to travel long distances by flying boat, as the speed of the flying boats is unmatched by the cultivators.

Even the elite cultivators who piloted the flying boats couldn't keep up with the speed of Lin Ye's improved flying boats.

Given the importance of flying boats.

Even if it takes a lot of effort, Lin Ye is determined to get it done as soon as possible.

Plan ahead.

Even if the airship falls into the hands of someone else, Lin Ye can still leave a weakness in the airship.

It will still be yours in the end.

Therefore, it is entirely beneficial and without any drawbacks.

Lin Ye continued, "Considering the situation of the Qingyang Sect, not only outsiders, but also the beast bloodline rogue cultivators who originally lived here will become our target customers."

"There are also rogue cultivators who want to leave because of the increased rent at Qingyang Sect."

Gongshu Yan exclaimed in surprise, "Now that you mention it, many people want to leave the Qingyang Sect!"

“That’s right. Based on my knowledge of Lane 300, there are about 30,000 independent cultivators in the area, and with their families, the number is no less than 100,000.”

"And among these, at least 50,000 are our potential customers."

Lin Ye said, "Fellow Daoist Huo told me that, excluding middlemen, the ticket price for the Qingyang Sect's flying boat is 10 low-grade spirit stones per person."

"But only for cultivators with the bloodline of exotic beasts, the ticket price is 20 low-grade spirit stones."

Gongshu Yan said, "Shouldn't we set our ticket prices lower than theirs?"

"For example, 9 low-grade spirit stones."

"No, it's more expensive than the flying boat tickets from the Qingyang Sect."

Lin Ye shook his head and said, "It's too deliberate to make the ticket price for the only Grade 3 flying boat cheaper than others."

"We just want to attract cultivators with the bloodline of exotic beasts."

"We have to make this gesture, otherwise if we completely ruin Qingyang Sect's business, they will still turn against us."

"For example, if we set the ticket price at 15 low-grade spirit stones, cultivators with beast bloodlines will weigh the pros and cons and naturally choose us."

"In addition, the departure schedules are staggered, and our flying boats are of better quality, which will also attract a few other cultivators."

"If we can transport 30,000 cultivators, that's an income of 45 high-grade spirit stones!"

Gongshu Yan was extremely surprised, his eyes widening in astonishment.

Forty-five high-grade spirit stones!

"As a third-grade weapon refiner, I don't usually use high-grade spirit stones for settlement; mid-grade spirit stones are enough."

"Lin Ye, we can almost afford the Heavenly Secret Talisman you wanted now!" Gongshu Yan exclaimed excitedly.

"You still remember this?"

"Not so fast, Master. We haven't even factored in the cost of materials and the expenses for smoothing things over," Lin Ye said with a light laugh.

There was light in Gongshu Yan's eyes.

Now it's just a technical issue left.

The problem is quite serious.

Gongshu Yan frowned deeply: "I remember the flying boat I took from Lingxiao City took half a month to fly here."

"Based on a round trip of one month, transporting more than 30,000 people... even if we split it into three trips, we would still need a giant airship that can carry 10,000 people each."

The flying boat can be enlarged or reduced in size.

However, its scale has its limits.

Based on the maximum magnification of a Grade 3 flying boat, a flying boat capable of carrying tens of thousands of people would be several meters long without being enlarged or reduced, requiring an astonishing amount of raw materials.

Where did such a large piece of third-grade spiritual weapon material come from?

Gongshu Yan sensed that things were going badly; he couldn't afford the materials, or even buy them at all.

Lin Ye shook his head and said, "There's no need to worry about the materials. I'm also managing Master's accounts now; we'll just use our own little treasury..."

"I will get plenty of materials."

Whatever, I'll just "pass off inferior goods as superior ones"!

Even if Gongshu Yan felt there was something wrong with these materials, he probably wouldn't say much, and no one could see any major problems with the finished product.

Lin Ye really wanted to see how much his master liked him.

That would really put his mind at ease.

Of course, this was just a side effect; that wasn't what Lin Ye was really thinking about.

"There's no need to worry about the skilled escorts on the flying boat. I'll contact Demon Emperor Mountain. The boat will be full of people with the bloodline of exotic beasts. They need this free reputation."

"Master, you don't need to worry about anything. Just be prepared to meet the challenge of building a Grade 3 flying boat."

Lin Ye said in a deep voice.

Gongshu Yan stared blankly at his apprentice.

Suddenly I realized that my apprentice was very reliable.

Although his cultivation level is a bit low.

However, ever since I met my apprentice, everything has gone smoothly for me, and I no longer have to do many of the annoying things.

She could actually understand her apprentice's thoughts.

Lin Ye seems to want to become his Daoist partner; that should be correct.

The roles of master and disciple and Daoist couple are not contradictory, but can be combined.

However, the gap between our cultivation levels is too great...

Gongshu Yan gazed sadly at Lin Ye's retreating figure.

It's not that I think his cultivation level is insufficient.

However, wouldn't it be very difficult for the one with lower cultivation level to engage in dual cultivation?

Dual cultivation... I'm actually thinking about dual cultivation with my disciple!

Gongshu Yan was suddenly startled, a sense of immorality filling her heart.

At that moment, she suddenly remembered.

I am not far from breaking through to the Golden Core stage.

By then, the gap will be even more vast.

Should I take advantage of this moment...?

Who hasn't been a rogue cultivator at some point...?

She has worked her way up to her current position, and she is not lacking in courage.

I'm just afraid that my feelings will end up becoming something embarrassing.

With a hint of confusion, Gongshu Yan covered his burning cheeks with the back of his hand and made a very soft sound.

"Lin Ye, are you coming to Master's house tonight?"

Chapter Twenty-Nine: Fourteen Minor Realms

Lin Ye seemed to sense something.

However, his reaction was the same as usual.

"Meet me at the workshop? Master, please call me anytime."

We arrived at Wanbaolou.

This month's share has been sold.

Each high-grade spirit artifact will be purchased at the recent market price for 20 low-grade spirit stones.

However, for a big brand like Wanbaolou, customers feel more at ease buying from them, so the price is a bit higher than the market price.

Deacon Sun didn't think Lin Ye's hand speed was very fast.

Lin Ye believed that since the contract had just started, he still had some inventory on hand.

Seeing that Gongshu Yan had been obediently following Lin Ye without saying a word, Steward Sun was a little surprised, but since it was someone else's private matter, he didn't ask.

"Fellow Daoist Gongshu, young friend Lin, take care!"

After leaving Wanbaolou, Steward Sun was somewhat troubled.

Looking at the spiritual artifact that Lin Ye had sent.

Although they are indeed all first-grade high-level spiritual artifacts.

However, in Steward Sun's opinion, the ingredients used were really of poor quality.