I Cultivate Immortality With Scientific Thinking

Chapter 60: Selling Books

"The embroidered curtain rolls up with the setting sun, the water under the pavilion connects with the empty sky. Knowing that you have written a new work for me, the window is moist with green and red. I still remember the Ping Shan Hall, leaning on the pillow in the misty rain of Jiangnan, the lonely swan disappeared in the distance. I recognize the words of the drunken old man, the presence and absence of the mountain scenery."

As the sun sets, amidst the green mountains, in a solitary pavilion.

Lin Chen stood with his hands behind his back, watching the river water below the pavilion merge with the blue sky. In the distance, the setting sun reflected off the pavilion, and the mountain scenery appeared and disappeared with the setting sun. It was a magnificent and vast sight that couldn't help but evoke emotions, causing him to softly recite.

"Such a good poem, such a good poem! I didn't expect Junior Brother to be so talented!" Applause came from beside him, and Xu Mengyun walked gracefully towards the pavilion.

"Senior Sister is too kind. This line was not written by me, but by a poet from my hometown." Lin Chen turned around and smiled faintly.

"To possess such literary talent, and to be such a charming person, your hometown must truly be a land of talented individuals and spiritual energy!" Xu Mengyun blinked her autumn-like eyes, full of admiration.

"Naturally." Lin Chen smiled faintly, looking into the distance, his voice somewhat melancholic. "I just don't know when I can go back..."

"What?" Lin Chen's voice behind him was too low, and Xu Mengyun didn't hear clearly for a moment.

"It's nothing, Senior Sister. Let's talk about the matter at hand!" Lin Chen quickly snapped back to reality and said seriously.

"The matter at hand? What matter?" Xu Mengyun's beautiful eyes turned mischievous as she teased, "In the twilight, sharing a room, I wonder what Junior Brother wants to discuss with Senior Sister?"

"Of course it's something good." Lin Chen said confidently.

"Oh?" Xu Mengyun looked at Lin Chen with great interest.

"Senior Sister, please take a look at this." Lin Chen remained composed as he took out two stacks of books from his storage bag and handed them over.

Hmm?

Xu Mengyun took a closer look and saw that the top book in the stack had a few large characters on the cover:

"Senior Sister, Please Behave Yourself!"

???

Xu Mengyun was completely confused. After hesitating for a moment, she decided to open and take a look.

Swish!

As she flipped open the cover, the first page was a picture that gave Xu Mengyun a first impression of:

???

Xu Mengyun subconsciously looked down at herself, then looked at Lin Chen with a strange expression.

Holding back her curiosity and reluctance to comment on the situation, Xu Mengyun continued to flip through the book and found that the following pages contained a mixture of text and pictures.

[Senior Sister invited me to Cave Mansion, using her identity to pressure me. Helpless, I could only agree.

Who would have thought that when I opened the door and entered the courtyard, I would be greeted by a misty fog, making it difficult to see clearly.

Just as I was puzzled, Senior Sister unexpectedly launched an attack on me from the shadows.

Caught off guard, I fell into a trap.

The attack was so treacherous that I had no choice but to fight back.

...

Note: Seeing is believing.

]

While she was reading, Lin Chen took out a tea set and brewed two cups of spiritual tea. He took a sip and looked at the increasingly dazed Xu Mengyun, smiling as he said, "Senior Sister, what do you think?"

Xu Mengyun fell silent immediately.

She considered herself to have been born into a merchant family in the mortal world, with a wealth that could rival a country. She had met many people since she was young, not to mention the experiences she had gone through after entering the Immortal Gate.

But the scene before her completely exceeded her understanding.

The boy she liked gave her a book of this genre and asked for her opinion?

What should she say? Is the book not as good as herself?

"Uh, um... Junior Brother, you really have a unique personality, and you're quite skilled." Xu Mengyun hesitated for a long time before reluctantly speaking.

"So Sister, what do you think the value of this book is?" Lin Chen didn't notice the strangeness in her tone and continued to ask.

"Huh?" Xu Mengyun quickly reacted.

So, Junior Brother wants to sell books?

"I thought he was implying something else, but..." Xu Mengyun had this thought in her mind, but quickly snapped out of it.

"Junior Brother wants me to sell these books to earn spirit stones?"

"Not just selling books, but to sell them extensively, create a brand, and suppress the sales of similar books by cultivators within the sect, monopolizing the market," Lin Chen said lightly.

"But what if someone copies them?" Xu Mengyun asked.

"I believe in Sister's abilities to handle this. If it's really not possible, then let the person who copied them disappear unexpectedly!" Lin Chen smiled.

"Well..." Xu Mengyun was stunned for a moment, and after a while, she said, "Even if you can eliminate piracy, from what I know, it's not easy to squeeze out others and monopolize the market."

"Don't worry, Sister." Lin Chen picked up a book, a smile on his face. "Go ahead and sell them. I have confidence in this."

"Oh? Why are you so confident, Junior Brother?"

Compared to the previous awkwardness and strangeness, Xu Mengyun adjusted her mindset at this moment. Instead of looking at the books on the table, she relaxed her body and asked curiously.

After all these years of experience, she was no longer the kind of young lady who would blush at a few teasing words. Although Lin Chen's previous gift of these books did shock her, she quickly regained her composure.

"The mainstream in the market now is those obscure and difficult-to-understand ancient books, like 'Flower Shadows Behind the Curtain' and 'Spring in the Jade Tower'," Lin Chen said lightly.

In order to analyze the market, he had read all these books.

"I have to admit that although these books are not easy to understand, the meanings within them are easy to imagine. In the eyes of different cultivators, they can satisfy their imagination to varying degrees. But they have one fatal flaw, they are not straightforward enough." Lin Chen curved his index finger and tapped the table.

"Since you said the advantage of these books is to stimulate imagination, why do you also say their disadvantage is not being straightforward?" Xu Mengyun frowned, catching the contradiction in Lin Chen's words.

"Imagination requires time and mental effort. For cultivators with a lot of free time, it's not a problem. But for lower-level cultivators, a day of chores has already exhausted them. By the evening, they just want to relax. Do you think they would have the leisure to read something that requires understanding and imagination?" Lin Chen explained.

"So, Junior Brother, you mean that your books are straightforward in language and can greatly satisfy the... um, spiritual needs of those lower-level cultivators."

"Yes." Lin Chen nodded.

"But can this work, junior brother? Your book is too direct, and it even has various illustrations, which is a bit... " Xu Mengyun hesitated.

She considered herself not to be a conservative person, but she found it a little hard to accept.

It's one thing for the language to be straightforward, but to have a picture every few pages is too much!

"Why can't it work? Direct language doesn't require much thinking, and the pictures can satisfy desires, greatly pleasing the readers. Why can't it work?!" Lin Chen retorted.

"But..."

"Sister, why do you think this type of book has such a market within the sect?" Lin Chen interrupted.

"Outside the sect, there are places like Yichun Court and Fanglin Square. A single visit costs dozens or even hundreds of spirit stones, and the gains of several months are gone. If you don't have enough spirit stones, a personal Cave Mansion, cultivation resources, or female cultivators to accompany you, you can only be lonely all day long..."

"With high expenses and no one to accompany, mortal cultivators don't accept it. But when most people face pressure, they still need an outlet for their desires. That's why this type of book market exists!"

"And my book can satisfy everyone's desires, fulfill their excitement!"

"Simply put, it's pleasurable!"

"In the book, those senior sisters who were once unapproachable can cultivate with me, and those bullies who used to oppress me kneel before me as servants. I can easily earn spirit stones, break through my cultivation, and become supreme..."

"Lying drunk on a beauty's lap, awakening as an immortal. All these desires that are unattainable in the real world can be imagined and fulfilled in the novel world I provide. Plus, the oppression brought by the hardships of real life. Sister, do you think my book has any competitiveness?"

Xu Mengyun fell silent and sighed after a long time, "Junior brother, you're right."

"So, junior brother, do you want to squeeze out other sellers and become the only one, monopolizing the market?" Xu Mengyun continued to ask, her eyes gradually brightening.

This type of book is not a necessity, but rather to satisfy the spiritual needs of most people. In addition, it is difficult for most cultivators to discuss openly. The market formed is relatively small and hidden, so there are not many Foundation Building elders competing for interests at the upper level...

If we consider the overall interests of the sect, they are not as significant as Dan medicine or Spirit Weapons. However, if we look at it from an individual or a few individuals' perspective, these benefits are enough to support their cultivation in the Foundation Building Stage!

With tens of thousands of disciples in the sect, even if each disciple only buys one book a year and spends one spirit stone, it is still tens of thousands of spirit stones in income, not to mention much more!

"No, no, sister, I don't want to be the only seller. I want to become a platform controller," Lin Chen shook his head lightly and said with a smile.

There's no other way, I can only release it in this way. I apologize for disturbing everyone's reading experience.

(End of this chapter)