"Three thousand?!" Upon hearing Zhao He's words, Yun Lai and Qin Yadong could not help but gasp. Even Yaoguang, whose reaction was a half-beat slower than theirs, was secretly shocked when he realized what an order for three thousand flying swords meant.2

Spirit-artifact-level flying swords, as long as they were not purely decorative or civilian models, started at prices in the triple digits. Currently, among the high-tier sword cultivators in the Nine Heavens Domain's Warfare Hall, the most commonly equipped Dragon Abyss flying sword had a procurement price of 360 spirit stones when purchased through the sect's channels.0

In other words, taking the Dragon Abyss as an example, this would be an order worth millions. The profit margin for this type of deal was usually around 15%. If the Purple Firmament Artifact Refinement Institute could secure this order, they would eventually earn a profit of 150 thousand spirit stones. This sum was nearly equivalent to a quarter of the entire sect's annual procurement budget for flying swords.2

Yaoguang quickly calculated the experience boost his Merchant branch had received from the previous hundred or so spirit stones.0

"As long as the value of my manpower isn't too high,...0