"Smelled a business opportunity? How do you mean?" Li Fan looked at Jiao Xiuyuan with interest and asked.
Jiao Xiuyuan had a triumphant look, "Just like some people can naturally seek profit and avoid harm. I, Jiao Xiuyuan, since childhood, can easily find the path to making huge profits from countless complex and useless information! It's instinct, and it's a gift. Others can't envy it!"
He glanced at Li Fan and continued, "Just as Senior left me a moment ago, an overwhelming sense of loss surged in my heart."
"It's as if I witnessed a large amount of contribution points leaving me, and my heart was bleeding!"
"Therefore, I am sure that what Senior said is true!" Jiao Xiuyuan concluded.
Li Fan was a bit surprised; he didn't expect him to have such a talent.
But recalling the scenes he had with Jiao Xiuyuan before, Li Fan nodded slowly.
"In that case, what price is Senior prepared to offer?" Jiao Xiuyuan pondered for a moment and gestured with three fingers.
"What does this mean? Three thousand contribution points?" Li Fan looked at it for a while but couldn't understand its significance, asking in confusion.
Jiao Xiuyuan said in a deep voice, "Thirty percent. Senior will provide three percent of the profits brought by this piece of information."
Li Fan squinted, somewhat unbelieving, "So generous?"
Jiao Xiuyuan smiled, "Senior is not a businessman after all, and you don't understand the value of a piece of forward-looking, timely information."
"In specific situations, a piece of information can bring profits hundreds or even thousands of times its cost."
"As long as you pay thirty percent, you can gain a profit of a hundred or a thousand times. Why not do it?" Jiao Xiuyuan's eyes were full of shrewdness.
Li Fan couldn't help but applaud, "What Senior said is quite true, but talk is cheap. How can I ensure that Senior won't go back on his word when the time comes?"
Jiao Xiuyuan sneered, "It seems that Senior really doesn't understand the rules of business. Doing business naturally has its rules."
He pulled out a golden piece of paper from somewhere, used his hand as a pen, and quickly wrote down the terms of the agreement.
After giving it a glance to confirm, he unhesitatingly wrote down his own name.
"Senior, please!" He handed the paper to Li Fan.
Li Fan carefully read it again and finally wrote down the name of his clone: Lin Fan.
The golden paper instantly turned into three copies, with two flying towards Jiao Xiuyuan and Li Fan. The other one flew into the sky, heading to an unknown destination.
After a moment, Li Fan felt an inexplicable force descend on his clone.
This force restricted and bound the clone, requiring it to fulfill the terms specified on the golden paper.
It seemed to become the will of the clone itself, with no room for regrets.
Instead, it would actively fulfill the agreement.
"The power to change cognitive perception..." Sensing the inexplicable changes in his mind, the clone was suddenly shocked.
Then, he sensed that the main body of Li Fan in the Tianxuan Mirror was not affected.
"The Art of Stealing Heaven and Changing the Sun is indeed mysterious." Li Fan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, praising the technique in his heart.
On the side of the clone, due to the power of the golden paper, he immediately reported the news that the Spirit Mist Grass island might have been attacked by the exotic beast, Dragon Whale, and all the Spirit Mist Grass on the island had been destroyed.
"Spirit Mist Grass island destroyed?" Jiao Xiuyuan, upon hearing this, became extremely greedy.
"Senior, please wait. Let me investigate!" Saying that, he closed his eyes.
After a while, he suddenly opened his eyes, excitedly pacing back and forth, "The news is accurate!"
He exclaimed, "The Sea of Clouds Misty Island is one of the largest cultivation grounds for Spirit Mist Grass. At least one-fifth of the Spirit Mist Grass supplied by the Wanxian Alliance comes from here."
"Now that all the Spirit Mist Grass on the island has been destroyed, the price of Spirit Mist Grass is bound to soar in a short time."
"Along with the prices of secondary products like Concealment Talismans, it will also skyrocket."
Suddenly, he stopped in his tracks, frowned slightly, and said, "However, after all, it's something used from the Foundation Building to the Golden Core stage, and it's also planted elsewhere. Even if the price rises, it will only rise by half at most."
"Compared to the business opportunity I foresaw, it's too far off."
"Where is the problem?"
After thinking for a long time, he couldn't find an answer.
Jiao Xiuyuan suddenly became a bit restless.
An unsettling aura began to emanate from him.
Li Fan, listening to Jiao Xiuyuan's muttered words, also pondered thoughtfully.
Before the crossing, Li Fan had heard various anecdotes. A small group of people, including He Zhenghao, were eagerly preparing to seize this opportunity to make a big profit. After the price of Spirit Mist Grass rose, it immediately triggered a wave of followers...
Various clues formed a thread, and Li Fan suddenly understood.
He patted Jiao Xiuyuan on the shoulder and said in a deep voice, "This business opportunity is not about Spirit Mist Grass but about people!"
Jiao Xiuyuan was slightly stunned, his eyes initially filled with a bit of confusion.
Then he instantly woke up and exclaimed, "Friend's words woke up the dreamer! Right, the profit is in people, not in the grass!"
While awakening Jiao Xiuyuan, Li Fan's main body also began to purchase Spirit Mist Grass in the Tianxuan Mirror.
Unfortunately, after some consumption, Li Fan's main body only had a little over two thousand contribution points left, which could only be considered better than nothing.
At this moment, Jiao Xiuyuan's momentum changed. He no longer looked as sly as before but had an inexplicable domineering aura. "To calculate people's gains, I need to act."
"The so-called unwillingness to part with the child, unable to catch the wolf."
Without any visible action, Li Fan saw the price of Spirit Mist Grass skyrocketing at a visible speed.
19, 20, 21...
In an instant, the price of Spirit Mist Grass soared to 22 points.
"The Qianli Tang that spreads throughout the cultivation world..." Li Fan's eyelids twitched. Jiao Xiuyuan, it turned out, wasn't exaggerating.
However, at this moment, Jiao Xiuyuan's actions had just begun.
"Now that I have acted, I'll ask the guests to take their seats." He let out a deep laughter.
Then, as if falling into a deep sleep, he remained motionless.
For a while, Qianli Tang fell into silence.
But Li Fan knew what he was doing.
Jiao Xiuyuan must be using his countless puppets spread throughout the entire cultivation world, vigorously spreading the news of the destruction of the Spirit Mist Grass island.
The fermentation of events takes time, and patience is needed.
Just then, He Zhenghao's excited message arrived.
"Friend Li Fan! Do you remember when I told you that I would help you make a big profit? Now the opportunity has come!"
"I received accurate information that the island where Spirit Mist Grass is grown was attacked by exotic beasts, and all the Spirit Mist Grass on the island was destroyed."
"The price of Spirit Mist Grass will definitely skyrocket!"
"Don't believe me? Look, in a short time, it has already risen from 18 points to 22 points!"
"But it doesn't matter; it will definitely rise again!"
"Don't miss the opportunity, friend, act quickly!"
Li Fan's mouth revealed a mysterious smile, and he quickly replied, "Thank you, Friend He. I have already gone all-in."
...
When the bubble arrives, everyone understands that this bubble will burst with a single touch.
But in the face of huge profits, everyone loses their reason and throws themselves into it.
As Jiao Xiuyuan's countless puppets began to exert their efforts, a piece of news began to spread throughout the cultivation world.
And as it spread wider and wider, it gradually became known to everyone.
The price of Spirit Mist Grass is going to rise.
So, the bubble began its first expansion.
(End of this chapter)