98.Your talent is above mine!

After listening to Xu Shan's description, Huang Zhiwen's breathing became heavy, and his eyes sparkled. What Xu Shan said made sense. If they could really control the raw material market, then there would be no need to talk about the status of the Baodan Sect. If an ordinary sect played like this, it wouldn't be surprising if they were eliminated. But with his status... Although he had no relationship with his family now, outsiders didn't know the details. In this area of the Shuijing Domain, no one dared to mess with him!

"But for ordinary pills, if we lower the price, others can also lower the price. We may not be able to outlast the big sects," Huang Zhiwen said worriedly.

Xu Shan smiled faintly. "I've already considered this. Pills are a kind of commodity, but until now, the packaging used for this commodity is still an ordinary pill bottle."

"We can find some ordinary people with outstanding artistic talents in the mortal world and form a professional packaging design team to design the outer packaging for our pills. Then we can promote it externally that all our pills are made using the ten-thousand-year-old ancient method. In this way, we can gain a leading advantage in the market."

"In terms of product design, we can also choose different combinations of pills for combined sales and launch gift box sets."

"Of course, it mainly depends on our sales team and the sales points in the major marketplaces of the Shuijing Domain. The materials I gave you have detailed descriptions and promotion plans. As long as we move forward steadily, we won't go wrong."

Huang Zhiwen looked down at the materials. After a long time, he finished reading it and sighed. "Xu Shan, you've really put a lot of effort into the Baodan Sect. I really owe you a huge favor."

"It's nothing. Master, you've also treated me very well." Xu Shan wasn't lying. In the past five years, he had led the Baodan Sect to make rapid progress, and Huang Zhiwen had given him a lot of benefits. The biggest benefit was that he accompanied him in battles! It was a rare opportunity that few people in the world could encounter, and Xu Shan had the luck to experience it.

The legendary swordsmanship genius of the Tianxin Domain had fought with him two hundred times in five years! Huang Zhiwen suppressed his cultivation to the Foundation Establishment stage. Xu Shan had fought two hundred battles and lost all of them, not winning even once. However, even so, he had gained a great deal. At least, he had made great progress in the way of the sword.

Xu Shan pondered for a moment and said, "Master, actually, I have something else to tell you today."

"Go ahead."

Xu Shan said, "It's been five years. I've only advanced from the early stage to the late stage of the Foundation Establishment. I'm still weak in strength. I don't know how long it will take me to break through to the Great Perfection stage, and the cultivation method of the Xinglan Sect can't support me to go further."

"If I stay here any longer, I'm afraid I'll lose all my fighting spirit and no longer have the motivation to move forward. I hope I can go out for training."

"Is that so...." Huang Zhiwen was speechless. After a while, he said, "Xu Shan, don't you know your own strength yet?"

"With your current swordsmanship level, an ordinary cultivator at the Great Perfection stage of the Foundation Establishment may not be your opponent. And I heard that you're a person with Heavenly Luck Supernatural Power, but I still haven't seen you use it."

"I really think you're extremely intelligent, but in some aspects, your understanding of the cultivation world seems to be much worse than that of ordinary people... You're strong but don't realize it. How could this be?"

Xu Shan looked at Huang Zhiwen suspiciously. "Is that true?"

"Don't forget that your opponent is me. I once fought against three people with Heavenly Luck Supernatural Power of the same cultivation level in the Tianxin Domain."

A proud look appeared on Huang Zhiwen's face. "All three of them were defeated by me."

"Although you haven't won against me even once in these five years, after all these years of practice, looking at your swordsmanship, I dare say that there are few people at the same cultivation level who can be your opponent."

"In five years, excluding the time you spent working for the Baodan Sect, you've only had less than three years for actual cultivation. Your spiritual roots are so strong, and your talent is so outstanding that it may even exceed mine."

"How is that possible? Master, didn't you start learning the sword at the age of five and reach the Foundation Establishment stage at the age of eight...."

"No." Huang Zhiwen interrupted him. "You can't compare with me. Since I was born, my family has devoted all its efforts to cultivating me. The spiritual energy concentration in the Tianxin Domain is much higher than here. The rare treasures of heaven and earth that I've consumed are enough to buy three Baodan Sects. Only with such resources could my strength advance so rapidly."

"But you're different. You can make such rapid progress just by cultivating with spirit stones. I've never thought that dual spiritual roots could be so powerful..."

Xu Shan fell silent. He already knew that Huang Zhiwen had tested his spiritual roots, and he knew that his spiritual roots were considered useless. The real reason was actually related to Zhang Biao, the human-shaped spiritual root. But he had never expected that even someone as talented as Huang Zhiwen would find him amazing. What exactly was Zhang Biao's background.... I'm afraid he could only find the answer by going out.

While Xu Shan was deep in thought, Huang Zhiwen let out a long sigh. "To be honest, I really don't want you to leave. The Baodan Sect owes all its achievements today to you alone."

"However, if you want to leave, then go. Everyone has their own pursuits. I was trapped by my family for half of my life, and I don't want to force you to stay."

"What's more, a dragon can't be trapped in a shallow pond."

Xu Shan felt a mix of emotions in his heart. "Thank you, Master, for accompanying me all the way. But with the Taigu Pavilion out there, I don't know where to go. I hope you can show me the way."

"The Demonic Dao in the Southern Border is the most suitable place for you to train. There's no better place."

"The Demonic Dao in the Southern Border..." Xu Shan was stunned.

Huang Zhiwen smiled and explained, "Do you think the Demonic Dao in the Southern Border is extremely dangerous? In a way, you're right, but also wrong."

"In ancient times, there was no division between the righteous and the demonic paths. This is just a division made by the current cultivation world. Most of the Demonic Dao cultivators are those whose Dao hearts have become imbalanced and who have fallen into paranoia. They cultivate by any means possible and are simply crazy. You could say that today's Demonic Dao represents the way of survival of ancient cultivators!"

Some Demonic Dao cultivators voluntarily fell and went to the Southern Border, while others were banished by the righteous path. Those people spare no effort to improve themselves. They keep ordinary people as blood food, use poisonous pills to temper their bodies, and control the corpses of the dead. However, most of these things only happen deep in the Southern Border.

The fall of a person doesn't happen overnight. The outer area of the Southern Border is still relatively safe. There are many sects there, and it's not much different from the righteous path. There are also many people who are holding onto hope, trying to cultivate their Dao hearts again and return to the righteous path. The outer area of the Demonic Dao is the best place for you to train, and the Taigu Pavilion can't reach there either."

"Hmm... I'm not afraid of danger, but how can I get there? Do I have to fly across the Chenling Sea? Can I even do that?" Xu Shan said with a worried look.

Huang Zhiwen laughed. "Fly across the Chenling Sea? I don't even dare to think about that! It's very simple to go to the Demonic Dao. You just need to use the teleportation array."

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