Chapter 160 Awakening the Fifth Spirit Ring

Chen Xian harvested the batch of mature reishi mushrooms and ginseng, then entered the secret room, where he saw the charm cat gnawing on a chicken leg while practicing cultivation.

He did not disturb Little Charm, and instead took out the Danyang Divine Cauldron to continue refining Spirit-Gathering Powder.

Time flew by, and five days passed in the blink of an eye.

All the reishi mushrooms and ginseng originally planted in the small courtyard had disappeared, having all been transformed into Spirit-Gathering Powder.

Chen Xian asked Aunt Hong to help transplant a portion of the reishi mushrooms and ginseng from outside the courtyard, which had grown for a longer period, into the small courtyard.

The spiritual Qi in the small courtyard was much denser than outside; planting them here would allow the reishi mushrooms and ginseng to grow much faster.

As for Chen Xian himself, he concentrated entirely on cultivation in the secret room.

Before him were piled bottles upon bottles of Spirit-Gathering Powder, forming a mound roughly the size of a small hill.

Populating his mouth with several Spirit-Gathering Powder pills as if they were beans, Chen Xian circulated the Supreme Chaos Art at full strength to refine the medicinal potency while absorbing the spiritual Qi gathered by the Spirit-Gathering Array.

Watching their master squander the Spirit-Gathering Powder in such a lavish manner made the mother stealth-worm and her offspring turn green with envy.

However, since their master had already issued an order forbidding them to touch these Spirit-Gathering Powder pills, the mother worm and her offspring could only stare blankly.

Half a month slipped away in an instant.

With a flutter of his eyelashes, Chen Xian opened his eyes. A brilliant divine light flashed within his pupils, and an unconcealable smile surfaced at the corners of his mouth.

After he finished refining and absorbing all the Spirit-Gathering Powder, he finally filled the vast spatial realm of his fourth spirit wheel with special spiritual Qi.

Chen Xian exclaimed excitedly, "Finally, I can awaken the fifth spirit wheel and push through to the fifth tier of the Mortal-Shedding Realm!"

With that, he adjusted his mindset, letting his state of mind become as calm as an ancient well without ripples. Without hesitation, he immediately followed the method recorded in the Supreme Chaos Art (Mortal Grade) to awaken the fifth spirit wheel...

Soon, a crisp cracking sound emanated from Chen Xian's body. The pressure radiating from him suddenly surged, and his overall strength more than doubled.

"Haha, I've finally reached the fifth tier of the Mortal-Shedding Realm!" Chen Xian laughed heartily with joy.

Having said this, he closed his eyes and extended the tentacles of his divine sense toward his lower dantian, where he saw five golden, glowing clusters of light.

Upon closer inspection, he realized those were five hexagram-shaped golden wheels—his five spirit wheels.

Currently, the spaces within the first, second, and third spirit wheels were completely filled with special spiritual Qi, leaving only the fourth and fifth spirit wheels empty.

The internal space of the fifth spirit wheel was twice the size of the internal space of the fourth spirit wheel.

Additionally, Chen Xian discovered that the strength of his physical body and his divine sense had also increased with the awakening of the fifth spirit wheel, becoming even more formidable.

Furthermore, he figured that the upper limit of the mysterious super-divine tree in his mind—which absorbed external attack energy every day—must have also increased.

Chen Xian's strength had improved in an all-around manner.

Next, Chen Xian thought of the powerful skill, Dragon-Elephant Divine Fist. Up until now, he had only mastered the first form, Azure Dragon Strikes. Although there was only one form, its power was truly formidable, and he wanted to see if a new second form had been unlocked.

However, Chen Xian discovered that the second form still had not been unlocked.

He had no choice but to let the matter rest, figuring that new moves would only be unsealed once his cultivation reached an even higher level of power.

Chen Xian then checked the Secret Art of Divine Sense Control. This divine sense technique, however, allowed him to learn something new.

It took him less than an hour to master the new technique.

By now, Chen Xian felt that even if he were to face a being at the Divine Realm, he would not flinch in the slightest.

Following that, Chen Xian spent another five days absorbing the spiritual Qi of Spirit Mountain to properly consolidate his cultivation.

On this day, Chen Xian walked out of the courtyard. Knowing that the Southeast Nine Prefectures Martial Arts Tournament was about to begin, he realized that relying solely on absorbing the spiritual Qi of Spirit Mountain without the support of massive amounts of Spirit-Gathering Powder would make it impossible to achieve any remarkable improvement in his strength within this short timeframe.

Therefore, Chen Xian decided to head to the Chen Group Building to understand the changes the group had undergone over the past twenty days or so, as well as how Zhang Xin's sales of Eternal Youth were progressing.

Chen Xian walked out of Spirit Mountain and headed toward the urban area of City M.

Soon, he arrived at the group building. From afar, he saw the huge outdoor LED billboard in front of the building playing an advertisement for "Beauty's Eternal Youth."

Moreover, its spokesperson turned out to be an acquaintance of Chen Xian, the international super-first-tier mega-star Guo Xinzi.

Additionally, Chen Xian saw advertisements for Eternal Youth on the taxis and buses along the streets.

If a small third-tier city had this many advertisements, needless to say, it would be even more prevalent in second-tier cities like City M, as well as the other first-tier metropolises and super-first-tier international metropolises of the Hualong Federal Republic.

"Hehe, this girl Zhang Xin still works quite fast!" Chen Xian muttered with a smile. "It seems Zhang Xin is also an efficient career woman."

With that, he remembered that up until now, he still did not know the factory price of "Eternal Youth."

Thus, Chen Xian took out his phone and called Zhang Xin. The call was connected almost immediately.

"Darling, are you done with your busy work? What made you think of calling me?" came Zhang Xin's melodious and charming voice.

Chen Xian said, "Yes, I was cultivating recently and just came out of seclusion."

Zhang Xin already knew that Chen Xian was a martial arts powerhouse, so she was not surprised by his seclusion for cultivation.

She had learned about Chen Xian being a martial arts expert from Ma Tian and Ma He.

"Darling, do you have something important? If not, I'm going to hang up, okay? There are so many things waiting for me to do, and the new product launch conference is starting immediately this afternoon!"

Hearing this, Chen Xin feigned sadness and complained, "Xin, I really didn't expect you to be so career-driven that you don't even want to spare a couple of extra words for me. Alas, if I had known this earlier, I shouldn't have given you the spiritual water, let alone helped you develop Eternal Youth!"

"Darling, it's not that I don't want to pay attention to you. I have to be responsible for the 30 billion and the large amount of spiritual water you invested; I can't let all that money go down the drain. I promise that once the company gets on the right track, I'll stick to you every single day and leave you no time or opportunity to go fooling around."

"Alright, I'm just joking." Chen Xian smiled, amused. "By the way, what is the factory price of our Eternal Youth, what is the cost, and what is the profit?"

"According to your experimental manuscripts, we produced three types of Eternal Youth: Eternal Youth No. 1, No. 2, and No. 3.

No. 1 incorporates an amount of spiritual water equal to one-thousandth of a bottle; No. 2 is half of No. 1, and No. 3 is half of No. 2.

The factory price of No. 1 is 1,500 yuan per bottle, No. 2's factory price is 750 yuan per bottle, and No. 3 is 380 yuan per bottle.

Calculated at the price of 400,000 yuan per bottle of spiritual water, the cost price of Eternal Youth No. 1 is 500 yuan, of which the spiritual water accounts for 400 yuan; the cost of No. 2 is 300 yuan; the cost of No. 3 is 250 yuan...

Of course, the above factory prices are what we supply to first-tier agents, and the agents have to pay us substantial agency fees.

As for the unified retail price for direct-sale stores of our company, No. 1 is 3,000 yuan, No. 2 is 1,500 yuan, and No. 3 is 760 yuan. The prices sold by distributors are also consistent with our retail prices..."

After listening to Zhang Xin's introduction, Chen Xian realized that if a single bottle of spiritual water were entirely used to produce No. 1, just wholesale sales to first-tier agents alone could fetch 1.5 million yuan, while the cost price was only 500,000 yuan. The value of the spiritual water would increase by a full 900,000 yuan from its original 40,000 yuan—truly a super-normal profit.

Moreover, Chen Xian's Eternal Youth was unique globally with no branch elsewhere; beauty-loving women would definitely purchase it.

Eternal Youth was divided into Nos. 1, 2, and 3, targeting middle- and high-end female consumers. The middle- and high-end consumer markets were the broadest, and the profit margins were the highest.

Chen Xian believed that just by occupying the domestic market alone, his cosmetics company could generate hundreds of billions in profits for him. It was terrifying just to think about it.

Not to mention opening up the mid-to-high-end cosmetics market across the entire Blue Star in the future.