Chapter 145: Turning the Start
Because, the trading of talisman arrows will be a unique business for a period of time, and you can earn a lot of spirit stones, which will inevitably attract people's attention, attract people's jealousy, and worry, and naturally there will be many intentional or unintentional harassment, stumbling and other troubles.
If you only care about eating alone, there will be no one to help you and no one to help you, and it will be difficult for business to go smoothly.
Although the life span of monks is much longer than that of mortals, most monks are busy cultivating, making breakthroughs, and looking for opportunities, and often the most lacking thing is time.
If you can prepare for a rainy day, you will naturally have much less trouble.
And once there are many people who have been earning spirit stones in the operation of this business, they naturally don't want any twists and turns, so when there are troubles for this business, they will naturally come out to help. Naturally, it is much more advantageous to solve the trouble.
For the production of talismans, Chen De took the same approach.
The rune paper and the wind riding talisman for making talisman arrows were handed over to the Cheng Yuhai brothers to do. They came forward to commission the production of the Celestial Scar Palace.
In this way, the rune and arrow business that is about to start, Chen De also found a way to keep the Heavenly Scar Palace where he is located in the chain of cooperation.
The most critical and core part of the talisman is the guiding talisman. This part is in Chen De's own hands.
As for the Green Lizard Fire Raven Liquid used for the secrecy of the runes, it was also made by Chen De himself, because the Gale Elder asked him not to let others know the formula.
Fortunately, he also had to concoct the spirit ink, and all the materials of the spirit ink and the green lizard fire crow liquid were purchased together, so there was less trouble.
In the process of making the guide talisman, there is a process that is completed with the help of the people of the Zhang family. It is to pre-coat the back of the rune paper with a layer of green lizard fire crow liquid.
The last two processes of the talisman are to glue the guide talisman and the wind riding talisman to the arrow shaft with spirit glue.
These two processes, after soliciting Zhang Tingyuan's intentions, were completed by the Zhang family.
In this way, the four members of the Zhang family: Zhang Tingyuan, Zhang Zhidong, Zhang Zhiyu, and Zhang Zhihua all have important work.
Chen De naturally wanted to pay them the spirit stones.
For the sake of mass production in the future, it is obviously not possible to draw a guide talisman by Chen De alone.
After consulting Zhang Zhiliang and Mo Lan Naxiong, the rugged Mo Lan Naxiong was not interested in such a thing as brushstrokes.
Chen De could only force Zhang Zhiliang to start practicing all kinds of knowledge about talismans, and asked him to often participate in the preaching lectures on talismans in the Heavenly Scar Palace.
Although Zhang Zhiliang doesn't like dancing and writing, under the "coercion and temptation" of his friends, he just sat at his desk obediently and learned the way of talismans as if he had studied in a school before.
Because, he had to start from scratch, and he couldn't expect him to be able to draw the guide sigil for the time being.
Because, the mastery of the talisman is not as simple as drawing a scoop based on the gourd, but involves the operation of the aura, the fusion of the aura and the spiritual ink, the structure of the rune, the level of the pattern, the corresponding spell attributes and the pattern, the charm of the runeγ......γ the sealing of the spirit, and so on.
During this time, Chen De focused most of his energy on the organization of the mass production process of talisman arrows.
Although several large parts of the division of labor have been clarified, for the first time to organize multi-party cooperation to make runes, Chen De, who is blank in terms of experience, has been in a busy and inefficient stage for a long time.
For example, at the beginning, the things that were customized in the Heavenly Scar Palace, the rune paper for drawing the guide talisman and the wind riding talisman were sent to Chen De for delivery at the same time. Therefore, when making talisman arrows, only after Chen De drew the guide talisman one by one, the four members of the Zhang family could carry out the process of pasting the talisman with spiritual glue.
And if, in the order received by the Heavenly Scar Palace, the rune paper for drawing the guide talisman is first made and sent to Chen De, then, when the Heavenly Scar Palace organizes the production of the Wind Riding Talisman, Chen De can draw the guide talisman at the same time, and when the first batch of runes drawn by the Heavenly Scar Palace is sent to Chen De, the process of pasting the talisman can be carried out immediately.
During this period, two waiting periods can be shortened or eliminated: the time for Chen De to wait for the talisman paper, and the time for the Zhang family to wait for Chen De to draw the guide talisman. Then the efficiency will naturally increase.
Don't look at the production of this little talisman arrow, there are a lot of similar things.
Chen De is gradually increasing in experience, and at the same time, with the help of others, these things are smoothed out one by one.
Finally, after a busy time, Chen De's first batch of 200 talisman arrows was completed.
Looking at the rows of runic arrows neatly arranged in front of him, with a faint light flashing on them, Chen De felt a little emotional: he was finally born!
Chen De looked thinner and thinner at this time, but his eyes were bright.
Thinking that he was going to start selling talisman arrows tomorrow, Chen De, who was a little apprehensive in his heart, first trimmed his messy hair, and then solemnly bathed and changed his clothes, and almost burned incense and prayed, so he felt more at ease.
Before selling it, Chen De gave his talisman arrow a name: Chen's Wind Talisman Arrow.
The result of the sale the next day was completely unexpected.
None of the rune arrows placed in the most prominent position were sold.
It's not Xiaolan's booth that no one cares.
Xiaolan's stall has become one of the centers of the small Xiuzhenfang city in Reed Flute Town, and many low-level monks who arrive early to set up stalls like to seize the position next to Xiaolan's stall, because many low-level monks who come to buy rune paper and talismans seem to regard this place as a must-visit point, so this is one of the most popular places.
When most of the minor friars saw the arrows, their eyes lit up, they played with them in their hands, and then put them back in their place.
But no one bought the spirit stones. When I put it back, some people obviously had a look of curiosity partially satisfied, some people looked puzzled, and many people muttered as they put it down: How can it be so expensive?!
Chen De's talisman arrow was priced at a twelve-grade spirit stone.
Chen De's talisman sells a four-piece spirit stone, and the talisman arrow is a combination of two talismans, plus the arrows, and the cost of pasting the combination, Chen De is temporarily priced at twelve spirit stones.
A minor cultivator who has just been promoted to the Zhan Zhi realm, when he is in the Tiantai Sect grading competition, if he can get the status of a B-level disciple, the moon is twenty spirit stones, and if it is a C-level disciple, the moon is fifteen spirit stones.
With the monthly salaries of the B-level and C-level disciples, it is not enough to buy two rune arrows.
The second and third grade disciples accounted for the vast majority of the low-level disciples.
However, thinking of a group of cultivators of the Zhan Zhi Realm, surrounding a second-order demon beast worth hundreds or even thousands of spirit stones, because of the strength and excellent protection of the demon beast's body, it was unable to cause fatal damage to it for a long time, and it also had to face the demon beast's demon magic and physical attack, and there was a danger of injury and fall, and at this time, a rune arrow could easily give a fatal blow to a second-order demon beast, then, the price of twelve spirit stones did not seem expensive, but seemed very cheap and worth cherishing.
It's a pity that now they don't understand this.
In the evening, while having dinner at Lulanju, Chen De learned of the unexpected news.
The whole table fell silent.
Everyone was busy for a while, but I didn't expect the beginning to be like this, which was a blow to everyone.
Uncle Zhang, as an elder, was more open-minded, and he comforted Chen De and said: "Ade, it's definitely not that the rune arrow is bad, it should be something wrong." β
The mood of the crowd was not high, so there was no more discussion about the Fu Arrow, and the meal ended in a depressing atmosphere.
After returning to his residence in the sect, Chen De seriously and carefully considered it, listing and comparing various possible reasons.
Chen De found the reason, and he believes that there are two main ones.
First of all, the most important one is that except for Chen De and his group and Elder Tianxuan, no one else understands the power and use effect of the talisman arrow.
In the Dongxuan Continent, in the mortal army, bows and arrows are one of the most important equipment, but among the monks in the Dongxuan Continent, there are basically no magic weapons such as bows and arrows.
The monks of the Dongxuan Continent had basically never seen such a runic soldier as Fu Arrow.
Therefore, these minor cultivators naturally don't know the benefits of rune arrows, and they play with rune arrows basically just to satisfy their curiosity.
Second, since these monks entered the sect, very few of them still use bows and arrows like Chen De.
If you buy a rune arrow to completely satisfy your curiosity, you won't be able to try the effect of the rune arrow.
As for the price, Chen De didn't think it was a problem, because the rune arrow was worth the price.
Thinking of the price of rune paper and runes, Chen De thought that rune arrows could also be sold as fine products, and when people knew the effectiveness of rune arrows, "Hmph!", Chen De thought with some ill will: When the time comes, the price will be more than twelve spirit stones!
So, how do you solve these two problems?
Chen De used his brain and thought of specific countermeasures.
First, Chen De placed an order with the Heavenly Instrument Palace through Zhang Zhiliang and Mo Lan Naxiong.
This order is for fifty bows.
For these fifty bows, there are no special manufacturing requirements, that is, it means that the bow body should be made from the horns of the demon beast or the bones of the demon beast, and the bowstring should be made of the tendons of the demon beast.
Therefore, Chen De set the price at six spirit stones for one bow.
In total, Chen De had to pay three hundred spirit stones.
Although it is a small business, the Heavenly Weapon Palace, which receives orders, can also earn some spirit stones, which is enough to pay the monthly salaries of more than a dozen Zhan Zhi Realm monks.
Moreover, there is no need to engrave a circle on these bows, making them much easier to make than other magic weapons. Therefore, the deacon in charge of the Heavenly Instrument Palace happily accepted the small business.
The reason why Chen De asked to make a bow from the materials on the demon beast was because the better the affinity for the aura, the smoother it would be to collect or take it out of the storage bag, and the service life and opening power of these bows were very suitable for the use of the cultivators of the Zhan Zhi Realm.
These bows were specially made for the monks of the Spreading Realm.
Customizing these bows is the first step for Chen De to turn the start around, and after the customized bow is in hand, Chen De can start the next step.