vrcanaries Chapter 106 Renovating the Linglang Pavilion
Chapter 106 Renovating the Linglang Pavilion
He slept soundly in bed all night. The next day, the sun was already high in the sky when he got out of bed. He stretched and felt very comfortable in the warm sunshine. However, he knew that rest should be done in moderation. Too much rest would just be laziness.
He sat down and began to silently recite the Golden Light Mantra, which was something he did every day. Soon, he finished his practice of the Golden Light Mantra for the day. He then put on his clothes and got up. He still had things to do today, which was to renovate his Linglang Pavilion. This was a major project he was working on recently, and he couldn't afford to make any mistakes. He wanted to show the demon race his aesthetic sense.
He invited Bai Ming to go with him. After all, Bai Ming was a half-demon who had lived among humans for quite some time and was more in line with the aesthetics of this era. It was necessary to balance out the aesthetics, otherwise, the creatures here would find it very difficult to appreciate the overly modern things in Gu Yuchuan's mind, which would definitely not work.
They soon arrived at the Linglang Pavilion, which was a small island in the Mingxi River. The entire area was only about 200 square meters, but it was more than enough to be used as a shop. His plan was to build a three-story pavilion.
This entire pavilion must be made of wood. It uses a hundred-year-old paulownia tree. Building such a large pavilion requires a lot of wood. This hundred-year-old paulownia tree is not something that can be found everywhere. It is a genuine second-grade spiritual material and is very precious. However, it is all worth it.
He knew perfectly well that the decoration of a shop represented its style. If the shop looked very dilapidated, then the things inside would not sell for a good price. Therefore, the decoration had to be grand. The one thing that weapon refiners had no shortage of was the materials for refining weapons, so the materials for building the pavilion could not be inferior.
Another advantage of using paulownia wood is that this place is, after all, a small island in the water, and the humidity is very high. When it is damp, there will definitely be some kind of odor. Paulownia wood is one of the few woods with fire properties. Using it will also make the environment in Linlang Pavilion much more comfortable.
However, he does face a problem: he doesn't have any master builders. If he were to carve this all by himself, how long would it take? He needs to find some human master builders.
"Bai Ming, go to Bincheng and buy me a few human servants. I need five master builders and five pretty maids. Here is my token. Once you arrive, you can go find the Ink Scale Demon General or the Xuan Turtle Demon General. No one will dare to make things difficult for you. Go and come back soon."
As for why Gu Yuchuan didn't go himself, there were indeed other things to do. He couldn't just rely on words to describe the work; there definitely needed to be a blueprint. So he started working on the blueprints right there.
He spent the entire day sketching and drawing before finally producing the blueprint he wanted. Just then, Bai Mingbai returned, accompanied by ten humans.
These humans all looked extremely frightened. Although Bincheng was already the territory of the demon race, as people who lived in Bincheng, leaving there and truly coming to the demon race, they were still very sad. However, they felt much better after seeing Gu Yuchuan. Gu Yuchuan had a human head and a snake body, which was the appearance of a mythical figure in their human legends.
Gu Yuchuan unleashed his aura, and all the humans knelt down: "I am the Lord of Mingxi, the Azure Scale Demon General. I plan to build a Linglang Pavilion here to do business. You five, build it well. I will not mistreat you. As for these maids, you should learn how to sell things for now. Listen carefully, if you do well, I will certainly treat you well. But if anyone harbors evil intentions, I guarantee that their end will be very miserable."
None of the humans dared to move, all expressing their loyalty. Gu Yuchuan was quite satisfied. These were all humans from Bincheng. The humans still alive in Bincheng had already been screened many times; they weren't the kind of people with much backbone. Naturally, they wouldn't do anything.
Soon, construction of the Linglang Pavilion began. As Gu Yuchuan envisioned, the Linglang Pavilion had three floors. The first floor, which was the main hall, was for selling magical artifacts. The decorations on this floor were mainly gold and jade, with the main theme being grandeur and wealth, ensuring that anyone who entered would immediately feel that this was a very wealthy place.
The carvings mainly use dragon patterns, which is Gu Yuchuan's Dao after all, and the dragon patterns are more in line with his temperament. As for the ornaments, they are mostly made of white jade. The white jade is even more pure and bright under the gold background, and it looks very luxurious.
The second floor is for selling magical artifacts. Since the artifacts themselves are valuable enough, they don't need external embellishment. So, he used jade to decorate the second floor. The jade doesn't have an overbearing sense of wealth, but it has a restrained and subtle aura, which is very suitable. He also used some bamboo elements, making the second floor look like a mountain wilderness, full of natural elements.
The third floor is divided into two parts. The first is a large hall used for auctions, and the second is six small rooms for people of high status to select goods, which are VIP rooms. No matter what it is, there are definitely VIPs. These six rooms are decorated differently, some are domineering, some are rich, and some are elegant.
As for the auction venue, he had already decided. At the very least, the Taiji Purple Smoke in his possession was to be auctioned off. As a mid-grade defensive spiritual artifact, its value was enough to attract cultivators in the late Foundation Establishment stage to compete for it.
Six days passed in this way before the Linlang Pavilion was finally completed. This was only possible because Gu Yuchuan used his magic to support it; otherwise, it would have taken about six months to build by ordinary people, and he couldn't wait that long. The maids had also been trained and were familiar with the products in the shop. They no longer had that fear of demons and were ready to sell goods. But that wasn't enough. They needed a capable demon to take charge, and in the end, they decided to send Song Chuan.
In fact, based on ability, Bai Ming is definitely the most suitable candidate. He has both beauty and ability. However, their Jiaolong Palace cannot lose Bai Ming. Going from the head manager to the manager here is a demotion, and we can't do that. So we can only bring in Song Chuan. We'll see, we'll continue to make changes when a suitable candidate comes along.
At this point, the Linglang Pavilion is ready. The next step is to create hype and let the entire outer area of Yunhai Marsh, and even Bincheng, know that the Linglang Pavilion is about to open and will sell a lot of spiritual artifacts. Of course, this process will definitely require the help of the Black Shark Demon King. After all, his reputation as a demon general is not that great. Only with the Demon King's endorsement can it be considered safe.