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Zhang Huaping, wearing a white snow fleece coat, passed through the teleportation array and arrived at Sword Casting Manor.

She stopped for a moment at the entrance plaza, gazing at the exquisite ice sculptures filled with artistry.

A few fellows were there, holding chisels and hammers, vigorously banging away.

Zhang Huaping watched with a bewildered face.

Are these blacksmiths not forging iron, but ice sculptures?

"We're just so versatile."

Jiucai Rong came over and immediately changed the subject:

"We've already prepared a new batch of painting cards, blind box weapons, oh, and we need to procure some things."

"Before that, could you tell us about the recent situation in Pingchang City?"

Zhang Huaping was invited into the steward's office.

Everyone quickly learned about the scarecrow army's movements, knowing about that night's events.

They were greatly shocked on the spot, a chorus of "Mom" resonated.

Sword Fairy bragging that she was an unrivaled Demon King in her lifetime?

Despicable, she fooled us!

Everyone's scrambling to grab the scarecrow babies she left behind?

Even more envious.

A red sun turning into this, truly a historical rarity.

However, what amazed the blacksmiths more was:

Pingchang City's population is close to seventy million, with eighty thousand cultivators from the three major families.

Their heritage is truly terrifying.

And now, one whale falls and all things grow, these eighty thousand scarecrows replenished Pingchang City from the Red Moon's wounds, with plenty to spare!

Su Yuniang suddenly said, "Pingchang City, after the Red Sun, might be poised for significant development, but this opportunity, if not seized, could become a disaster!"

Jiucai Rong nodded affirmatively and analyzed, "Three Stabilizing Needles have fallen, and so many scarecrow new demon pets have been born, neighboring cities might choose to strike against Pingchang City."

Zhang Huaping found it very reasonable.

But those are big issues, not much relevant to her, an average cultivator.

The worst outcome would be the neighboring cities' big families teaming up to take over Pingchang City, becoming the new "Three Families."

For the common people, who rules doesn't make much difference, does it?

Jiucai Rong suddenly added, "Do you think the neighboring families would just be jealous of Pingchang City? They might be panicking themselves."

"Because, currently, most likely, some minor cultivators in neighboring major cities are eagerly shouting for the Demon King sister to visit their city, slay the wealthy, build scarecrows, and benefit the people."

Zhang Huaping: "..."

Upon reflection, she realized it might just be true.

Countless internal traitors in cities might wish for the same thing.

Slay the wealthy and burst with equipment, instantly producing so many commodities, so many scarecrows, enough for a city to sell for a long time!

Isn't this just like robbing the rich to help the poor?

They might even open doors to secretly collaborate with that one Rice Disaster.

Suddenly, realizing the conversation's odd. We came to trade, how did we start discussing trends?

Yet she wasn't aware this group of blacksmiths had a peculiar trait, they loved discussing current affairs.

The discussion soon turned to selling various devices, and Zhang Huaping listed down a plan.

Taking a look at the list made Jiucai Rong and others ecstatic.

Prices have plummeted!

Major equipment is being sold at a loss!

The sellers are still the three major families, including various edge shops in less important areas.

"You can take a stroll outside, we'll look over the list," Jiucai Rong suggested.

Zhang Huaping, used to this, went out for some air.

At the plaza, she saw a group of blacksmiths crafting various ice sculptures in small groups, appearing quite nefarious.

What a dark style of countless Buddhas and Immortals abounding in the sky.

This world has no Buddhas, and Zhang Huaping couldn't comprehend.

Just felt the eerie atmosphere was overwhelming after the sculptures, laughing rather sinisterly.

The manor has turned into an ice sculpture amusement park of evil Buddha and demon immortals.

"Do they oddly understand life profoundly? Passionate about decoration? Among the so-called dark evil god ice sculptures, there's a towering elderly steward ice sculpture in the center, is everything alright? It makes their manor's steward look like the king of evil gods."

After a loop around, Zhang Huaping unknowingly ended up at a familiar area: the medical hall.

She gently opened the door, seeing a group of lolis and mature ladies huddled around a stove for warmth, nothing wrong at first glance.

But a closer look revealed... what were they warming with their hands held in front?

That scene... utterly horrifying!

Her mind went blank, the top of the Three Flowers shaking furiously.

This felt like a spell.

Every visit to the mountain, something in the manor would refresh her worldview, unsettling her Essence, Qi, and Spirit.

The people of this manor are more eerie than eerie!

...

...

Manager's room.

Not just Jiucai Rong and Su Yuniang, many others came as well, eagerly watching the purchase list.

"The Continuing Ash Talisman has dropped to forty Magic Coins. Save 10 coins—huge profit. The more we buy, the more they lose."

"But we can't buy too much. The mana stored in talismans will expire and gradually disappear."

"Why such a price drop? People will definitely use them after Red Sun."

Someone raised a doubt.

Jiucai Rong shook his head: "After Red Sun, it's the cleanest time between heaven and earth. The whole land has no Embers, who would use them? Plus, when things are clean, the chance of Embers appearing is very low in the first few years. Conservatively, the price of this Continuing Ash Talisman will keep dropping for years."

The crowd thought it made sense.

The economic system of this game is very detailed.

The crowd discussed, deciding to purchase a batch of Continuing Ash Talismans.

After all, after Red Sun, there are nearly no wild Embers. It's critical to quickly root in the tavern NPCs.

They then turned their attention to various large pieces of equipment.

"Spirit Farmer equipment can be bought in another batch. Buy the large ones, it's never too much!"

"How about we go all the way and buy a few large alchemy devices, magical artifacts for purifying herbs?"

The expense of alchemy, if properly pursued, is no less than the investment in blacksmith shops and Spirit Farmers.

But now is the time not to miss the opportunity.

This is all thanks to the Sword Fairy, who personally helped drive the prices down hard for us!

How can we not spend money and not shop online, to be fair to the Sword Fairy?

Someone looked at the list and said again, "What a pity, we can't buy shops in the city."

"We can buy them, we can send an Ember to root there, becoming the shop's owner, making it our weapon exclusive shop. Wouldn't that cut out the middleman's profit?"

The crowd thought this person naïve.

This game really goes for authenticity.

Could you, a small Ember, defend a storefront?

It's said the city's penalties are severe, but you have to catch the offender first.

Besides, if we open our shop, will the families in Pingchang City bear it?

It's better to have them help sell it.

Monopolizing doesn't last long.

Even if not monopolizing, giving shop benefits to others, they would still be envious and want to attack us.

But thinking about it now.

The three great families are in chaos, and second-tier families are eyeing the meat of the great three, it's such a mess, they probably can't attack the Sword Casting Manor outside the city anymore.

Ning Zheng was in the dark nodding repeatedly at this.

No need to seek a backer, their infighting collapsed them?

Truly useless!

In the manager's room, they held this meeting for a full three hours.

Only then was the procurement plan finalized.

They kept adding more here and there, with a total of three hundred and twenty thousand of the Manor's public funds spent on equipment procurement.

Last time, the purchase was only fifty or sixty thousand, now this time it's just exploded.

Sewing, Spirit Farmer, forging, alchemy, Physician... All professions are directly aligned with the high-end configurations of thousand-year-old families.

Regardless of whether their skills are enough, first focus on having more stationery for the underachieving ones.

Jiucai Rong hesitated, then made a decision: "I'll contact the old manager and talk about this, since it's probably something we'll have to buy in the future anyway."

The Medical Fairy's Communication Token matched with the old manager's token, allowing for exchange over a distance.

Jiucai Rong communicated a bit with the token, immediately exclaiming happily: "The old manager agreed!"

"Holy crap, this game is really considerate!"

"Defying the heavens!"

"Are we really spending over thirty thousand?"

In the manager's room, there was a burst of cheers.

The old manager is simply our benefactor.

The way he spends money is too handsome.

Look at the Manor NPCs of other games, which one isn't super stingy?

Jiucai Rong said: "The old manager said, we also need to purchase a Money Child above Five-Body Great Perfection, costing a hundred thousand Magic Coins."

"He gave us two choices: either buy it now or cultivate a Five-Body Great Perfection ourselves. This money can be given to our blacksmith team as public funds."

Hearing this, everyone was decisive.

They opted for the cultivation mission without hesitation!

This reward is ten thousand Magic Coins in public funds, isn't that a profit?

Moreover, the blacksmith is also currently in his own cultivation.

Don't think blacksmiths mostly rely on forging technique, not needing realm support.

It's just that the realm requirement for blacksmiths isn't high.

A mature blacksmith must have a clear mind and two strong arms, that is, achieve Three-Body.

They call this blacksmith realm: one head, two dumb.

"It's just that our cultivation speed is a bit slow," Jiucai Rong said. "We might need to research the Demon Sect's rapid cultivation technique through quick self-destruction."