JSCMU-Chapter 71: Damnably Attractive

As the branch master of Baicao Pavilion in this region, Chen Changrong held considerable status around this area.

Although Yun Jin’s request for as many people as possible to come watch was a little strange, since he wanted to cooperate with her long-term, he naturally didn’t mind helping out.

That day, Baicao Pavilion directly hung a huge banner announcing that Yun Jin was going to attempt the second-rank alchemist exam, and they also sent many people into the market to promote it.

On the other side, Ming Heng also helped with the publicity, and Pill Pavilion put up slogans as well.

These two were considered big names in the local market. With their joint promotion, and combining the stir Yun Jin had caused during her first-rank alchemist exam, many people who missed the last event but heard about it later from acquaintances had deeply regretted not seeing it.

This time, they were finally able to watch it!

And not only that.

Since the exam wouldn’t officially start for another two hours, it gave everyone ample time to call over friends and companions.

All at once, people in the market began using all sorts of methods to notify their sect friends.

Everyone was curious about this young woman who was about to challenge both the first and second alchemist ranks within just four days. Quite a few people from nearby sects began gathering at the market.

Even before the scheduled time arrived, the massive plaza was already packed with an absolute sea of people.

Yue Zhao went to check out the scene and hurried back afterward.

He described the situation, then looked at Yun Jin with a troubled face.

After all, they were occupying the central high platform…

And they had heavily promoted the event…

If she couldn’t pass the assessment, he really didn’t know how they could clean up the mess afterward.

Yun Jin, however, wasn’t worried at all!

Listening to Yue Zhao’s descriptions, she felt full of anticipation.

Back at Tianxing Sect.

There were only so many people in the entire sect.

But now, here in the market, many disciples from various sects would be coming. In terms of numbers, it would definitely surpass Tianxing Sect by far.

Yun Jin figured that she was still some distance from becoming a third-rank alchemist, which meant this assessment would be her only major chance in the short term to harvest a large amount of Emotional Points!

She had to take advantage of it well!

“So many people…” Yun Jin hesitated for a moment.

Yue Zhao saw her expression and thought she was nervous, he was just about to offer some comforting words.

When he heard Yun Jin continue, “Senior Brother, with so many people coming to see me, we can’t let them down! Tell me, when I make my entrance, should we toss some flower petals? Make it look a bit more classy?”

Yue Zhao: “…No need at all.”

“Senior Brother, you think flowers are too cliché, right?” Yun Jin said with great interest. “Then how about a flying sword squad? I’ll stand in the middle, and we’ll spiral upward, then descend with a 360-degree spin before landing.”

Yue Zhao: “…I think the flowers are great! Really!”

“I still think the flying sword squad sounds cool…” Yun Jin muttered, a little unwilling.

Yue Zhao quickly said, “Little Junior Sister, when it comes to showing off in public, it’s best that you do it alone. What if others steal your spotlight?”

Yun Jin thought about it and found that it made sense.

She wasn’t afraid of anyone stealing the spotlight, it was just that doing so would dilute the Emotion Points she could harvest.

Yun Jin looked a little disappointed.

Then I’ll reluctantly settle for tossing flowers, she thought.

“Senior Brother, I’m planning to refine a Foundation Establishment Pill this time. It takes quite a while to make, about four full hours. My furnace is very well-behaved, I don’t need to worry about it. I can’t just waste those four hours doing nothing,” Yun Jin fretted again.

At this moment, Yue Zhao could only be grateful that no other alchemists were around. Otherwise, if they heard her say something like this, she would definitely get beaten up.

Other alchemists stare at their furnaces every second during the refining process, afraid to lose focus for even a moment.

In those four hours, they are always on edge, walking on thin ice.

But her?

She was even thinking about organizing events!

“Oh! I’ve got it!” Yun Jin suddenly said. “Senior Brother, let’s sell stuff!”

Yue Zhao: “???”

Yun Jin chuckled. “Don’t you have lots of business partners? Do they have any good-quality goods that didn’t sell well due to poor promotion? With so many people around, I’ll help advertise a bit. But of course, we might have to charge a little bit of… promotion fee.”

She rubbed her fingers together.

As someone from the modern world who had transmigrated, Yue Zhao instantly understood!

But looking at Yun Jin’s expression, he felt incredibly conflicted.

Wait a second.

Was he the one who transmigrated, or was it his Little Junior Sister?

She even figured out livestream product promotion?

“Big Sister Lan Cen, if Baicao Pavilion has anything to sell, I can help promote it too. But the quality has to be up to standard. You have to bring the goods to me first for inspection,” Yun Jin said.

Lan Cen didn’t really understand, but since it was Yun Jin speaking, she agreed unconditionally and immediately went to contact Chen Changrong.

Chen Changrong was very interested. He had sharp business instincts and immediately sensed that this could be a huge business opportunity. He promptly went to gather some merchandise.

Yun Jin was still enthusiastically talking, “Eldest Senior Brother, our Heavenly Sword Peak has lots of unused land. Though it’s underutilized, we’ve planted a few things. For instance, these spiritual sunflower seeds could sell like crazy.”

The spiritual sunflower seeds Yun Jin was munching on recently were grown on Heavenly Sword Peak.

No one there had talent in farming, so they only planted easy-to-grow spiritual herbs. These sunflower seeds were basically grown in the wild.

But Yun Jin found them tasty and fragrant. Since she couldn’t finish them all herself, why not sell some for spirit stones?

Plus, the supply of these sunflower seeds was limited. Didn’t she just get some new seeds from Chen Changrong? She planned to fix up the land and start cultivating a batch of spiritual herbs next.

As for whether it could actually be grown.

With the simplification system around, she could switch to being a planting master in minutes!

Right now, the issue is to accumulate as many Emotional Points as possible. There were plenty of things coming up that would need it.

Selling goods during pill refining… could only be described as Yun Jin courting death.

However, her proposal was damnably attractive.

Yue Zhao gritted his teeth. “Alright, I’ll go contact our business partners! As for the spirit sunflower seeds, the quantity isn’t much, we can probably only sell about 300 catties. The rest needs to be saved as snacks. There won’t be any more.”

“Got it! Then Senior Brother, hurry and get to it.” Yun Jin urged him on.

It was a full four hours after all. She needs to get the event going, constantly harvesting everyone’s Emotion Points. If things got dull, that would be too much of a waste.

Selling goods probably wouldn’t last that long. They would likely have to arrange some performances in between.

As soon as Yun Jin mentioned this idea, Lan Cen agreed: “I know a few sisters skilled in music and dance. They’re disciples of  Nìshang Sect, a nearby low-ranking sect that only accepts female disciples. Their disciples are all talented in the arts. Asking them for help should be doable.”

“Sister Lan Cen, I’ll leave it to you to contact them, then. Let them know we’ll pay a performance fee,” Yun Jin said grandly. A performance troupe might dilute some Emotion Points, but there was no other way. She couldn’t make people generate emotions continuously for four hours straight. She would just have to use other methods to stir things up. Worst case, she can forcibly stand in the center to draw a batch of Emotion Points.

Lan Cen, feeling like she was helping Yun Jin out, cheerfully agreed.

At that very moment.

Ming Heng, still pondering whether refining pills in public was the key to success, had no idea…

He had boarded one hell of a pirate ship!