Xiao Ai said nonchalantly, “This treasure was created by a power of pre-Great Calamity times, Purple Banner Mountain. It is proficient in restricting and dispelling all formations beneath the heavens.”
“As a one-time-use consumable, while it cannot break all formations, it can cause the great majority to collapse in a single go.”
The Luo Family’s representative’s expression completely collapsed.
He even felt a hostile gaze directed at him from a distant representative of one of the Luo Family’s enemies.
Whenever their descendants met, they would always start fighting at once without even having to say anything.
There was only peace between them both right now because they wanted to buy treasures from the Heavenly Mysteries Pavilion.
Over this period of time, besides a single Internal Crystal Furnace, all the treasures that the Luo Family had purchased from the Heavenly Mysteries Pavilion had been Impending Rain Plates.
While these were merely some external objects, their ability to intimidate and suppress their enemies had skyrocketed, putting them greatly at an advantage.
Now that this Formation Breaking Pestle had suddenly appeared, however, it was virtually their Luo Family’s bane!
The Impending Rain Plates still required one to prepare and store formations beforehand. Formation Breaking Pestles, however, were treasures that could be used at once without any preparation.
Although this treasure was universally useful, it would undoubtedly affect the Luo Family the most.
“This treasure of your pavilion’s…” The Luo Family’s representative stopped midway through his words.
Xiao Ai very innocently looked at him, “Is anything the matter, Senior?”
“This treasure of your pavilion’s…” The Luo Family’s representative took a deep breath before exclaiming helplessly, “…My Luo Family wants to pre-order them!”
There was naturally no need to worry about a lack of customers for a treasure like the Formation Breaking Pestle.
Even if no one else at all bought it, the Tiger Leaping Peak’s Luo Family would pour out every last bit of their fortune to purchase all of them!
Still, how would other people possibly not be interested?
Besides using it to deal with the Luo Family, they could also use it against their own foes. When attacking their enemy’s headquarters, a simple strike at their guardian grand formation would dispel the other party’s geographical advantage.
Xiao Ai smilingly replied, “Everyone, you can stay in Yuanzhou City for now. While our pavilion’s opening for this month has been slightly delayed, it will definitely not leave you all disappointed. Please patiently await it.”
History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 1137: Income skyrocketing
HSSB1137: Income skyrocketing
The Tiger Leaping Peak’s Luo Family felt very helpless.
The Impending Rain Plates were of the essence for them to raise their strength.
As for the Formation Breaking Pestle, it just happened to counter the formations which they were proficient in.
With this gain and this loss, the Luo Family had probably ultimately come out from this worse off.
Rather than the Impending Rain Plate, the Formation Breaking Pestle was something they had to prioritise more in doing as much as they could to hinder it from being obtained by other people.
The worst would be if powers that were opposed to them managed to obtain these treasures.
The potential harm to them by their enemies obtaining many Formation Breaking Pestles was more terrifying than if they obtained a large amount of Impending Rain Plates.
The representative of the Luo Family cursed inwardly while dispatching someone to return to Tiger Leaping Peak and notify Luo Baiheng, Luo Bei and the others with the utmost haste.
The appearance of Formation Breaking Pestles had affected the World beyond Worlds in its entirety far more than the Impending Rain Plates had.
Even those who were not enemies with the Luo Family desired it greatly after realising its underlying value.
While it was a one-time-use item, it could be said to be of strategic worth just like the Internal Crystal Furnace.
Therefore, this treasure was undoubtedly the most popular one the fourth time the Heavenly Mysteries Pavilion opened its doors.
It was just that the Heavenly Mysteries Pavilion still tightly restricted their total amount sold.
The rarer something was, the more people yearned for it.
Having failed to buy a Formation Breaking Pestle, some decided to save up their funds and wait for the next time the Heavenly Mysteries Pavilion opened its doors while others decided to buy some other treasures to comfort themselves.
The Heavenly Mysteries Pavilion did something novel each time, bedazzling those of the World beyond Worlds time and time again and getting them increasingly addicted to it.
Every once in a while, the Heavenly Mysteries Pavilion would put a new treasure on sale.
People could not but look up to it even more, wondering just how many hidden aces they had up their sleeves.
Most noteworthy was how ninety percent of the treasures sold by the Heavenly Mysteries Pavilion had never been seen in the World beyond Worlds before prior to this.
The Great Calamity had discontinued many martial art legacies, causing many precious treasures to go out of circulation for the long term.
Even if some of these treasures had been preserved, only the completed products and not the forging methods could be found.
These too would be depleted over time, eventually dwindling to zero after many long years.
Yet, the Heavenly Mysteries Pavilion had caused so many treasures of legend to reappear.
With the vast quantity of these that had appeared, one just could not help but wonder.
It was likely that the Heavenly Mysteries Pavilion had not just happened to come by a batch of already completed products. Instead, they grasped the forging methods for the Formation Breaking Pestle, Impending Rain Plates, Internal Crystal Furnace and other treasures!
As long as they possessed sufficient materials, they would be able to mass produce these.
Everyone was even more shocked with that.
It seemed likely that what was being revealed of the Heavenly Mysteries Pavilion that was currently in the limelight was merely the tip of the iceberg.
Beneath that deep sea, what sort of massive entity might exist?
Some peak higher echelon experts were not especially desirous of such treasures like the Formation Breaking Pestle and the Impending Rain Plate.
Still, they too had precious treasures that they yearned for which they had only ever seen or heard about before. It was just that they had been unable to acquire these actual items despite having searched for a long time.
The non-stop surprises by the Heavenly Mysteries Pavilion gave them hope and anticipation.
Eventually, some began to approach the Heavenly Mysteries Pavilion, specially ordering some special treasures!
“You would like the Nine Rotation Origin Protecting Talisman, Mister He?” Xiao Ai blinked, “Our pavilion has never sold this treasure before. Why have you come here to look for this, Sir?”
The Heavenly Mysteries Pavilion was not open that day as Xiao Ai was receiving this customer in the back hall.
Before her was none other than Fu Ting’s senior apprentice-brother, the Brocade Emperor’s disciple ‘Embracing Grand Ultimate’ He Xixing.
While his cultivation base was much higher than Xiao Ai’s, He Xixing exhibited no arrogance at all as he instead said very calmly, “Your pavilion’s products have always been of high quality as some new products are frequently released too, seemingly following without end. This He has naturally come here to try my luck.”
“You are polite, Mister He. If it is this Nine Rotation Origin Protecting Talisman…” Xiao Ai smiled, “Our Pavilion really does have that. It is just that we have no stock right now. I regret to
say that you’ll have to spend a bit more if you want to pre-order some, Sir.”
“Also, there are those few materials that you yourself will have to provide.”
Having merely being trying his luck before, He Xixing’s eyes instantly lit up as he heard this, “Since it is a special order, it is only natural that our side pays a higher price.”
In other stores, while He Xixing would pay the amount that was due, it was unlikely that one would ask him to pay more.
It was not that he was an arrogant guy. Instead, as the number one descendant of Ingenious Flying Peak, he was definitely worth this treatment.
If they could get him to be indebted to them or obtained his friendship, many would be overjoyed.
Still, He Xixing himself knew too that the Heavenly Mysteries Pavilion was definitely an exception.
He knew who the Heavenly Mysteries Pavilion belonged to and what it possessed. Also, Qiu Jiahai and other disciples of Jade Capital Crag were watching over them.
“Just tell me what materials you need. So long as I can find them, I will definitely bring them over.”
The materials next reported by Xiao Ai were not all for forging the Nine Rotation Origin Protecting Talisman. Some of them were intended for Yan Zhaoge’s personal use.
The materials they had asked He Xixing to find also did not encompass all the materials of the Nine Rotation Origin Protecting Talisman.
With that, Yan Zhaoge would be able to profit more while the forging method for the Nine Rotation Origin Protecting Talisman would also remain secret.
He Xixing was basically aware of this as well. Still, in requesting this from the Heavenly Mysteries Pavilion, this was only to be expected anyway.
Adding in the cost for the order itself and the base price for purchasing the Nine Rotation Origin Protecting Talisman, the Heavenly Mysteries Pavilion profited greatly off this spot of business.
This was even with Yan Zhaoge having given a pretty reasonable price due to his close relationship with Ingenious Flying Peak as he was also on relatively amicable terms with He Xixing.
If it were anyone else, he would have profited even more.
Those who pre-ordered treasures were also completely willing parties. After all, this was the only place in the current World beyond Worlds where they could acquire these items.
Also, the price of a commodity generally depended on how much one wished to purchase it.
If the buyer’s desire for it was incomparably strong, they would naturally be willing to part with much more money.
Moreover, it was also not an easy thing to be entitled to these special orders from the Heavenly Mysteries Pavilion.
One first had to be qualified enough to do so.
This was definitely not something that those with low-grade token plates could enjoy.
There were only a few powers in the World beyond Worlds that could get the Heavenly Mysteries Pavilion to forge treasures for them.
Such a qualification itself required considerable spending as well as background.
The more time that passed, the better Xiao Ai came to understand what Yan Zhaoge had instructed her previously.
The young maid who was really counting money till she got cramps in her hands was truly living a happy, fulfilled life here.
On the first of every month, the pavilion would still open with a restricted amount and variety of treasures.
In order to retain the desire of the consumers, various treasures were randomly put out on sale rather than having the same kind of treasures appear together many times consecutively.
It was just like with the Substitution Paper Figures back then.
Thus, the Heavenly Mysteries Pavilion’s business flourished throughout.
The demand for the various token plates became even crazier.
While the sales at the pavilion every month when its doors officially opened was relatively stable and did not rise significantly in the long term, the overall income of the Heavenly Mysteries Pavilion was skyrocketing at a truly shocking rate!
History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 1138: Three year anniversary
HSSB1138: Three year anniversary
“The business of this Heavenly Mysteries Pavilion is insane.”
Two youths sat in a concealed blessed land in a foreign dimension amidst extradimensional space.
One of them, a white-clothed youth, raised the jade talisman he held with a complex expression on his face. “Big brother, could it be that this Yan Zhaoge also cultivates in the Origin Heavenly Scripture? How could he have obtained so many long-lost formulas otherwise?”
The white-clothed youth was none other than the Earthly Young Master, Chen Kunhua.
Leaning lazily against an old wooden armchair across from him and clothed in purple was naturally Chen Qianhua.
“What has the Heavenly Mysteries Pavilion taken out for sale now?” Chen Qianhua asked, looking a bit interested. His gaze flickered a few times before he answered his own question., “Oh, Life Forsaking Pill?”
“That’s right, it’s the Life Forsaking Pill,” Chen Kunhua was long used to his elder brother acting like this.
The Life Forsaking Pill was an efficacious pill of pre-Great Calamity times, a supreme treasure of a major power of the martial dao.
In exchange for a temporary great increase in strength, the consumer would be afflicted with an extremely weak foundation of qi and blood after the effects of the pill wore off. If their body’s condition was not moderated in time, there would be major lasting side-effects.
Despite these adverse effects, it was still a perfect item in times of desperation for those below the Immortal Bridge stage, allowing them to flee safely or even turn the tables and kill their opponent.
If not for the fact that he had previously lacked the required materials for it, Yan Zhaoge would have already had few made for his own use back when his cultivation base had been low.
And so, this Life Forsaking Pill had become extremely popular as soon as it was introduced.
“Many of the treasures sold by this Heavenly Mysteries Pavilion seem to come in pairs,” Chen Kunhua forced a smile, “Not mentioning the Impending Rain Plate and Formation Breaking Pestle, after selling the Heaven Fleeing Seven Rotation Talisman at the start, they sold the Space Restricting Stone afterwards. Even I who bought nothing must curse this unethical merchant here.”
The Space Restricting Stone was, as its name implied, a precious treasure from pre-Great Calamity times that allowed the user to seal a segment of space and lock down all interspatial movement inside of it.
Of course, martial practitioners who were sufficiently powerful or possessed a sufficient grasp of the profundities of space and time could attempt to break through the seal, though those who could do so probably had no need for the Heaven Fleeing Seven Rotation Talisman in the first place.
Therefore, it could be said that the Space Restricting Stone happened to nicely counter the Heaven Fleeing Seven Rotation Talisman.
As compared to the Formation Breaking Pestle which restricted all formations beneath the heavens merely hindering the Impending Rain Plates as an add-on, this Space Restricting Stone was surely a direct counter to the Heaven Fleeing Seven Rotation Talisman.
“With the flourishing of the martial dao in pre-Great Calamity times, with the appearance of a supreme martial art or precious treasure, a corresponding method to restrict it would surely appear each time,” Chen Qianhua said unconcernedly, “This is only natural.”
“In three years, this Heavenly Mysteries Pavilion released a total of thirty-four kinds of treasures from pre-Great Calamity times!” Chen Kunhua shook his head repeatedly, “Thirty-four kinds! This is not even counting the special orders that he would have privately accepted. Otherwise, I suspect it should be over fifty kinds.”
In the three years since the Heavenly Mysteries Pavilion opened its doors, it had become the most famous treasure pavilion and business in the World beyond Worlds, becoming a legendary existence
in the hearts of the common folk.
Even as it profited greatly, it had also gradually built up a massive network of connections.
Although this network could not be considered sturdy due to how young it was, the pavilion’s influence could still be felt throughout the World beyond Worlds.
For their third anniversary, the Heavenly Mysteries Pavilion would be doing something new again, organising a large scale auction for the entire World beyond Worlds.
Not only would the be Heavenly Mysteries Pavilion auctioning their own treasures, they would help to put up the treasures of others for auction as well. Not only that, since it was their first time hosting an auction, they wouldn’t even be charging a commission.
As soon as the news spread, winds gusted and clouds surged as the entire World beyond Worlds erupted in excitement.
A seldom seen major event seemed about to arrive.
“It looks like Yan Zhaoge did not create this Heavenly Mysteries Pavilion purely for profit. He also seeks fame and power from it!” Chen Kunhua had a solemn expression on his face.
His elder brother Chen Qianhua shrugged, “This is in case the Earthly Sovereign comes looking for trouble with him and Broad Creed Mountain after he returns. It is also a failsafe in case the Concealed Sovereign emerges from seclusion over the matter of the Dim Radiant Wheel and his mother.”
“If the two of them are of the same mind, the pressure on the Sword Sovereign will be great. At that time, even if he is able to protect they father and son, he might not be able to ensure the safety of Xue Chuqing.”
Chen Kunhua nodded slowly, “That’s what I think too.”
“Well, this is rather interesting,” Chen Qianhua smiled before casually retrieving a jade green talisman and handing it to his younger brother.
Receiving it, Chen Kunhua suddenly thought of something, “Big brother, could this be…”
“Although I have been ignoring what Wang Zhengcheng had previously asked of me, I don’t mind handling it now,” An excited glow appeared in Chen Qianhua’s eyes, “I wonder how Yan Zhaoge and his father will handle this?”
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