Cultivation is just so scientific!-Chapter 150 - 121 Mutual Gaze_2
Chapter 150: Chapter 121 Mutual Gaze_2
The display screen blurred the animation of the nine peaks into the background, revealing Yun Ze’s basic information, all of which were publicly accessible.
Name: Yun Ze,
Affiliation: Gen Peak, Yun’s Trading House,
Cultivation: Qi Refining Eighth Layer.
There was also a portrait of Yun Ze on the side.
Below, the words ‘Thousand-Mile Mutual View’ were encircled by a cloud pattern.
“Senior Yun can tap ‘Thousand-Mile Mutual View’ with your finger to choose a friend to contact!” Li Shiming instructed from the side.
Yun Ze tapped ‘Thousand-Mile Mutual View,’ and a list of his friends popped up; his number of friends was far greater than the single digits that Li Shiming had.
The number of friends Li Shiming had only neared ten after adding a few fellow disciples from his sect who needed Formations, otherwise, it would have been only two or three at most.
Yun Ze selected Li Shiming, and afterward, Li Shiming’s Identity Jade Disc received a notification. Li Shiming took out the Identity Jade Disc fitted with ‘Thousand-Mile Mutual View’ and tapped to agree.
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When Yun Ze saw Li Shiming’s face appear on the display, he looked up incredulously at Li Shiming across from him. Li Shiming nodded and smiled at him, the Li Shiming on the display also nodded and smiled.
“Is it necessary for both sides to use ‘Thousand-Mile Mutual View’?” Yun Ze asked, suppressing his excitement, voicing his first question.
“It is indeed a requirement. The Identity Jade Disc doesn’t have this function and wholly relies on ‘Thousand-Mile Mutual View’ to make it work!” Li Shiming responded affirmatively with a nod.
Yun Ze quickly weighed in his mind, realizing this requirement might present a minor inconvenience during the initial promotion, but it was not a significant problem.
“Could ‘Thousand-Mile Mutual View’ be replicated by other cultivators?” Yun Ze asked the second question.
In fact, if ‘Thousand-Mile Mutual View’ were taken back, Yun’s Trading House would immediately invite Array Masters and Artifact Makers, among other specialist cultivators. Even if it meant offending Li Shiming, they would still attempt replication if it was possible.
Because if it could be replicated, even if Yun’s Trading House refrained, other trading houses would do so, which would be detrimental to their business.
“Senior Yun can surely give it a try. You might not believe private guarantees, but I am confident that no one can replicate it!” Li Shiming stated with certainty.
Even if some cultivator managed to decipher the decoy Formations and researched its internals, it would be meaningless.
Without preliminary knowledge, whether it’s the internal electronic components, circuit boards, or chips, in the eyes of a cultivator they are just an assortment of mundane items, devoid of value.
Li Shiming dared to release ‘Thousand-Mile Mutual View’ precisely because of this factor. The benefits from ‘Thousand-Mile Mutual View’ were not extensive enough to drive big trading houses to frenzy, given the finite number of cultivators within the entire sect.
At the same time, this wealth was sufficient for Li Shiming, at least allowing him to have a reasonable source of Spirit Stones during his Qi Refinement Realm.
Without considerable benefits, no power would desire to acquire the secrets of ‘Thousand-Mile Mutual View’ from Li Shiming.
Of course, this was something he would not disclose to Yun Ze: if he wished, these visual chats could be monitored through a certain device.
Leaving backdoors in chips is a common practice, one that is easily accomplished when there is a technological gap that goes unnoticed.
The cultivators of this world would probably never comprehend the significance of a 16-character string being transmitted with data exchanges.
“May I know the production cost of Junior Li’s ‘Thousand-Mile Mutual View,’ and how many do you have in hand?” Yun Ze asked the third question.
“Senior Yun, we have also been collaborating for a while, and I trust your character. The sale of ‘Thousand-Mile Mutual View’ can be entrusted to Yun’s Trading House, with a unit price of fifty Spirit Stones for the Yun Family!” Li Shiming answered with a smile.
The exact number of Heavenly Sea Sect cultivators who possess the Identity Jade Disc is only known by the higher-ups within the sect.
But a Qi Refining cultivator can generally live for about a hundred and twenty to thirty years, and there are even some who can live up to a hundred and fifty years.
Each year, the sect recruits around sixty to seventy new disciples, plus other disciples who join through various means, so the number of Qi Refining cultivators certainly exceeds five thousand.
As long as he sold a hundred ‘Thousand-Mile Mutual View’, he would have five thousand spirit stones, and with Yun’s Trading House’s methods, of course, they would sell more than just a hundred.
“Junior Li, Yun’s Trading House will purchase each item from you at sixty spirit stones, but you must not sell to other trading houses; the ‘Thousand-Mile Mutual View’ can only be sold exclusively by Yun’s Trading House!” Yun Ze understood the significance of this as he looked at the ‘Thousand-Mile Mutual View’ in his hand.
Perhaps Li Shiming didn’t understand the mindset of Heavenly Sea Sect cultivators. The ability to use face-to-face visual communication, which was only available to the higher echelons, was considered a very prestigious way to communicate within the hearts of Heavenly Sea Sect cultivators.
If Yun’s Trading House took on the ‘Thousand-Mile Mutual View’, it was simply impossible to sell it for just dozens of spirit stones each, for that would be a desecration of such a method of visual communication.
“Senior Yun, this way, it’s quite troublesome for me. My small body can’t withstand the demands of those big trading houses!” Li Shiming, though not adept at business, immediately understood Yun Ze’s thoughts and spoke indifferently.
If they wanted exclusivity, then the conditions had to be different.
Yun Ze looked at Li Shiming anew, not expecting Li Shiming to be so astute, instantly changing his attitude.
“I wonder what Junior Li has in mind. Please speak frankly, everything is negotiable!” He said with a smile.
“Forty percent of the sales price will be my share, and additionally, Yun’s Trading House must declare the ‘Thousand-Mile Mutual View’ to be the result of the Yun Family’s research and must not reveal my association to anyone!” Li Shiming said, extending four fingers.
“Impossible!” Yun Ze sprang up as if his tail had been stepped on but, realizing his rudeness, sat down again and said, “At most thirty percent. To sell the ‘Thousand-Mile Mutual View’, Yun’s needs to pave the way, which involves many expenses!”
“Deal!” Li Shiming reached out his hand.
He was actually taking a risk. With thirty percent, the ‘Thousand-Mile Mutual View’ had to sell for at least two hundred spirit stones each for him to make a small profit.
But he agreed nonetheless, as distributing the ‘Thousand-Mile Mutual View’ brought him many hidden benefits. His relationship with Yun’s Trading House deepened, and he could offload any potential troubles associated with the device.
The first batch of the ‘Thousand-Mile Mutual View’ was a hundred units, which he handed over to Yun Ze directly.
The contract between him and Yun’s Trading House was a secret contract, which would only be revealed if there were conflicts between them that required the sect to intervene.
Li Shiming continued his daily cultivation and research while within the sect, the sudden emergence of the ‘Thousand-Mile Mutual View’ caused a fervor.
The marketing tactics used by Yun’s Trading House were quite special. For the convenience of communication, they gifted ten ‘Thousand-Mile Mutual View’ devices to important business partners.
These business partners included wealthy cultivators as well as celebrities within certain industries in the sect, all deliberately selected by Yun’s Trading House.
Naturally, Yun’s Trading House also hired professional cultivators to take apart and study the ‘Thousand-Mile Mutual View’. Even after damaging a few units in the process, they couldn’t figure out the underlying principles, let alone reproduce them.
This high difficulty in replication reassured Yun’s Trading House even more.
After ten cultivators used the visual chat function of the ‘Thousand-Mile Mutual View’, they too wanted to gift it to friends, as it really was too convenient for communication.
You must understand that for cultivators to communicate, even if they use the Identity Jade Disc, it is still a matter of sending one message and replying to another, which does not allow seeing the other’s expression and always necessitates guessing the other’s thoughts.
But with visual chat, it’s different. It’s as convenient as meeting face to face, allowing cultivators who spend long periods secluded in their cultivation chambers to have the chance to see friends without leaving home.
Yun’s Trading House, using the extreme rarity of the ‘Thousand-Mile Mutual View’ as an excuse, released another ten units, each priced at five hundred spirit stones.
Almost instantly after the message was released, all ten ‘Thousand-Mile Mutual View’ were ordered, with many more cultivators urgently requesting Yun’s Trading House to restock, even offering to pay spirit stones first and wait for the goods.
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