Chapter 95 - 94 Trade (Subscribe please!)
"Mr. Qiu, is there still a profit to be had in purchasing your Spirit Rice?" Li Shiming asked with mild surprise.
"Of course, my store would not engage in a losing business. As you know, it’s difficult to sell Spirit Rice at a high price since it’s a low-margin business. Moreover, within the sect’s domain, there are not many Junior Spirit Plant Cultivators, and even fewer cultivate spirit fields on their own," Mr. Qiu explained without any concealment.
Changming Island Market is only one of the many markets within the sect’s domain. Spirit Plant Cultivators will sign cooperation contracts with various Spirit Plant Stores. If I were to offer a low price, wouldn’t other stores snatch you away?" Qiu Tan explained quite frankly.
Due to the climate of the Sky Sea Sect, spirit fields within the nine peaks are protected by the Sect Formation, so they are not affected much by the climate.
However, the spirit fields in the sea region can only produce Spirit Rice for six months of the year, which is divided into three seasons, increasing the difficulty for Junior Spirit Plant Cultivators to survive.
Therefore, apart from the professional Spirit Plant Cultivators actively cultivated by the Sky Sea Sect, few cultivators who enter the sect through the Ascension Conference choose to become Spirit Plant Cultivators.
This is not to say that the profession of a Spirit Plant Cultivator is no good, but it is more challenging in the initial stage compared to other secondary jobs.
Of course, this difficulty is only relative. Compared to ordinary sect cultivators, Spirit Plant Cultivators are still much better off.
The reason why Qiu Tan paid special attention to Li Shiming was precisely that he discovered that Li Shiming was a newcomer in this period.
This term is quite special. Normally, the Ascension Conference would bring thirty to forty newcomers to the sect every year. Added to the qualified newcomers from the sect’s sea region, there could be a replenishment of fifty to sixty newcomers to the sect over five years.