C20 90 Million
After the banquet wrapped up, guests said their goodbyes and departed one by one.
Faang Yu accompanied Su Ruoxue into the villa within the manor, where currently only Old Master Su and a few caretakers resided, attending to his daily needs.
Su Ruoxue had a clear purpose in bringing Faang Yu into the villa. It certainly wasn't to engage in romantic banter, but rather to discuss the collaboration involving the Pill.
Faang Yu was more than pleased with this arrangement. With the System Shop at his disposal, as long as he had enough Void Spirit Coins, he could access an endless supply of items. Teaming up with Su Ruoxue would not only allow him to amass wealth swiftly but also enable him to level up the System Shop through his purchases.
The System Shop listed the Pill at 500 Void Spirit Coins, equivalent to 50 Huaxia Currency. Based on Faang Yu's usual sales strategy, he would set the price to match the value of the Void Spirit Coins and then pocket 90% of the markup.
This time, however, considering Su Ruoxue needed 10,000 pills and the potential for ongoing collaboration with Su's Group—not to mention Su Ruoxue being a lady—Faang Yu made a price adjustment. He offered the Pills to Su's Group at 200 Huaxia Currency each.
That totaled two million Huaxia Currency for the 10,000 pills, costing five million Void Spirit Coins.
The profit margin was still quite attractive.
Faang Yu didn't see himself as a greedy merchant exploiting for exorbitant profits.
After all, every item in the System Shop was imbued with a hint of celestial spirit energy. They were, strictly speaking, treasures beyond measure. Faang Yu was merely capitalizing on the exchange rate between Void Spirit Coins and Huaxia Currency, which was already quite fair.
Furthermore, Faang Yu had significantly slashed the price of the Pills on this occasion.
What could have been a sale of five million Huaxia Currency for 10,000 Pills was now offered to Su Ruoxue for just two million, reducing the profit by three million.
Once they settled on the preliminary terms of the partnership, Su Ruoxue promptly transferred two million to Faang Yu, settling the payment in full. In turn, Faang Yu was tasked with delivering the 10,000 Pills to her by the next day.
Within a single day, Faang Yu's account swelled by 3 million, hitting an impressive 3.3 million. The System rewarded him with 10,000 Void Spirit Coins for surpassing a million in his balance, bringing his total to 210,000 Void Spirit Coins.
...
Back at the Myriad Spirit General Store, Faang Yu topped up his account with 500,000 Huaxia Currency, boosting his Void Spirit Coins to 521,000. He then splurged 5 million Void Spirit Coins on 10,000 pills at the System Shop, which in turn upgraded the shop to a Level 3 System, unlocking the low-tier roulette feature.
Spinning the low-grade roulette cost 100 Void Spirit Coins per play, offering a range of prizes:
- Level 1 System Shop items were a guaranteed win.
- Level 2 System Shop items had a 20% chance of being won.
- Level 3 System Shop items had a slim 2% chance of being won.
Players who didn't land on an item they desired could opt to refresh the prize pool for 100 Void Spirit Coins, or wait for the free automatic refresh at midnight.
The roulette was essentially a fun diversion within the System Shop. If Faang Yu didn't need anything specific, he could simply play for the thrill of it. While the odds favored landing on Level 1 System Shop items, there was still the tantalizing possibility of scoring Level 3 System Shop treasures, none of which were priced below 10,000 Void Spirit Coins.
Even if he didn't hit the jackpot with Level 3 items, winning something from the Level 2 System Shop was still considered a win since nearly every item there was valued at over 500 Void Spirit Coins. With a bit of luck, he could walk away with items worth several thousand, or even tens of thousands of Void Spirit Coins.
After several attempts, Faang Yu realized his luck was off, as he kept landing on Level 1 System Shop items. But it wasn't all bad; the Level 1 System Shop had its share of bargains and pricier goods, like laptops valued at several thousand Void Spirit Coins.
But what about Faang Yu? What did he get? Just trinkets!
Ballpoint pens, porcelain bowls, chopsticks!
Stuff like that.
Nothing costing more than 10 Void Spirit Coins.
He was so frustrated he wanted to curse up a storm. So, he went to the System Shop Spirit to vent his grievances.
The System Shop's response was icy: "It's all about luck!"
Faang Yu was so infuriated he nearly lost his appetite.
Stubbornly, he dropped another 10,000 Void Spirit Coins, spinning the wheel a hundred times.
What can you do? When you're rich, you're willful!
And then...
He resigned himself to his fate!
Not once did he snag anything from Level 2 or Level 3 of the System Shop—everything was bottom-tier Level 1, and the cheap stuff at that.
Forget the cookware; there were even beverages.
Sure, Faang Yu turned a profit selling this mishmash, but his abysmal luck was maddening!
Had he really burned through a lifetime's worth of luck with the acquisition of the System Shop?
If so...
Well, it seemed he hadn't lost out after all. In fact, he'd made a killing!
With that thought, Faang Yu's mood lifted considerably!
...
Bright and early the next day, Faang Yu delivered 10,000 Meridian Rejuvenating Pills to Su Ruoxue. How she would sell them and at what price was no longer his concern.
At Old Master Su's housewarming banquet, the ad Faang Yu had placed worked wonders. Over the next several days, he welcomed dozens of customers—many familiar faces—with a bizarre array of purchases.
A few skeptics came to challenge Faang Yu, but he met all their demands, leaving them simultaneously dumbfounded and delighted.
In just one week, Faang Yu sold dozens of Marrow Cleansing Pills, along with various other spiritual elixirs and jade ornaments, breezing past a hundred million in sales.
The Marrow Cleansing Pill was priced at a mere 100,000 Void Spirit Coins each in the System Shop, but Faang Yu sold them for a million Huaxia Currency apiece. He didn't consider it overpriced; after all, these were life-saving remedies. Even marked up several times over a million, the wealthy would still clamor to buy them.
The System Shop has seen a massive surge in transactions over the past week, resulting in consumer spending that easily surpassed ten million Void Spirit Coins. This boom in business has propelled the shop to a Level 4 System Shop status.
Faang Yu, almost without realizing it, found his account balance had swelled to an astonishing 90 million. Just one month prior, such a figure would have been beyond his wildest dreams. Ninety million! We're not talking a mere 9,000 yuan here; that's an amount that could barely cover the cost of constructing a Clear Incense Garden.
...
Eight days following Old Master Su's joyous housewarming, Faang Yu's day unfolded as it typically did with the opening of his shop. As the day edged towards dusk, his phone rang with a call from a number he recognized all too well.
