#426 - Hidden Benefits

After receiving such a message from Lan Wenhao, Qin BuYi was quite curious and thought to himself, "Did Brother Wenhao encounter something? Why is he being so serious?"

After responding to Lan Wenhao's message, Qin BuYi waited for Lan Wenhao's arrival at his residence.

At this time, Lan Wenhao was also in his residence, resting with his eyes closed.

Having reached the Great Ascension Realm Completion stage, one basically doesn't need to sleep unless something unexpected happens.

Except for cases like Qin BuYi, where the mental exhaustion is particularly great, but ordinary cultivators might not encounter such a thing even once in their lifetime.

Lan Wenhao, who was resting with his eyes closed, felt the vibration of the transmission jade talisman. He slowly opened his eyes and reached into his chest to take out the transmission jade talisman.

He sent his divine sense into the transmission jade talisman, and it was indeed a message from Qin BuYi.

After reading Qin BuYi's message, Lan Wenhao revealed a hint of joy on his face and said, "Brother Qin has finally recovered."

"I'll go find him now..."

Lan Wenhao stood up, walked out of the room, and arrived in front of Qin BuYi's residence.

Before Lan Wenhao could knock on the door, the door to Qin BuYi's residence opened on its own.

Lan Wenhao stepped inside, and then the door to Qin BuYi's residence closed automatically.

Lan Wenhao saw Qin BuYi, who was full of energy, inside the residence and said, "Brother Qin, how is your recovery?"

Qin BuYi smiled and said, "The recovery is not bad, haha."

"Brother Wenhao said he wanted to discuss something with me, what is it?"

Lan Wenhao sat down and said, "It's nothing major. The Lan family borrowed Brother Qin's portrait to make some money, so I came to tell Brother Qin about it."

Qin BuYi asked curiously, "Oh? Borrowed my portrait to make money? What does that mean?"

Then, Lan Wenhao explained the whole story about Qin BuYi's portrait these past few days.

This included how Qin BuYi's portrait spread to the countries surrounding the Great Ming Dynasty, and how popular the portrait was, and so on.

Finally, Lan Wenhao smiled and said, "Brother Qin, you don't know how popular your portrait is right now."

"If I didn't see Brother Qin often, I might have bought one to hang in my house for year-round admiration."

After hearing Lan Wenhao's words, Qin BuYi completely understood what was going on.

He had heard about this matter before. After listening to Lan Wenhao's final words, Qin BuYi said:

"Brother Wenhao, your ability to tease people is getting stronger and stronger."

Lan Wenhao laughed and said, "Now that the main business is over, I wonder what Brother Qin thinks?"

What Lan Wenhao meant by 'what Brother Qin thinks' was asking Qin BuYi how he felt about the Lan family becoming the largest producer of his portrait and profiting from his portrait.

If Qin BuYi said it was okay, then everyone would be happy.

If Qin BuYi was disgusted by this, then no matter how much profit this project could bring to the Lan family, it would be cut off immediately.

This was also the main reason why Lan Wenhao insisted on telling Qin BuYi about this matter in person.

Firstly, this kind of thing was neither big nor small, but a slight mishandling could easily lead to dissatisfaction from Qin BuYi's side.

Secondly, with the close connection between the Lan family and Qin BuYi, Lan Wenhao felt that it was necessary to be extra careful in this kind of matter.

Everything should be based on Qin BuYi's thoughts!

Somewhat unexpectedly, Qin BuYi didn't seem to take the matter to heart at all.

Qin BuYi said, "Before Brother Wenhao came, I thought it was something important. So it's this matter."

"Brother Wenhao doesn't need to tell me about this kind of trivial matter. I have no objections and express my approval."

"Wouldn't it be foolish not to make money? Especially when the money goes into our own pockets."

Qin BuYi's idea was very simple. His portrait already had various versions in the Great Ming Dynasty and even the surrounding dynasties.

The Lan family was just the largest producer among them. Even if the Lan family didn't do it, others would.

People die for wealth, and birds die for food. As long as there is profit to be made, this kind of thing cannot be prohibited at all.

If one wanted to prohibit it, besides Qin BuYi using thunderous means, killing one upon discovery, this could prohibit the spread of his portrait, but what was the point of doing so?

Besides creating many unnecessary killings and generating a not-so-pleasant reputation for himself, there was no practical significance.

Of course, the most important thing was that Qin BuYi didn't value his own portrait that much.

Nowadays, Qin BuYi's portrait was circulating in the Great Ming Dynasty and the surrounding dynasties, coupled with countless mortals praying devoutly every day.

Qin BuYi faintly felt that this didn't seem like a bad thing. If this could accumulate to a certain amount, it might be a good thing, an unexpectedly great thing.

From this perspective, whether it was the Lan family or other merchants spreading Qin BuYi's portrait, they were undoubtedly helping Qin BuYi.

Since this was the case, it was even more impossible for Qin BuYi to prohibit this kind of thing.

Lan Wenhao showed joy on his face upon hearing Qin BuYi's words and said, "It's good that Brother Qin doesn't mind, it's good that Brother Qin doesn't mind. Haha~"

Cultivators are also human, especially evildoers like Qin BuYi. No one knows what he is thinking.

Now that he had received Qin BuYi's clear reply and support, a large stone in Lan Wenhao's heart finally fell to the ground.

The two chatted for a while, and Qin BuYi suddenly remembered something. He opened his mouth and asked Lan Wenhao, "Brother Wenhao, didn't Old Qi say that he was going to hold a sect establishment ceremony?"

"I have been busy with tribulation and battle these past few days, and I haven't had time to pay attention to this matter."

"It's been about a month. What's the situation with Old Qi? Could it be that it has already been held?"

Lan Wenhao smiled and said, "It's rare that Brother Qin still remembers Old Qi's sect establishment ceremony, haha."

"Old Qi's sect establishment ceremony has long been prepared, but because you have been busy, without your participation, Old Qi has postponed the sect establishment ceremony."

"Even if you didn't mention it today, I would have to take the initiative to tell you about it."

Qin BuYi said, "It's good that Old Qi's sect establishment ceremony hasn't been held yet, it's good, it's good."

Afterwards, the two continued on the topic of Qi Yun's sect establishment ceremony...

Half an hour later, Lan Wenhao stood up and said, "Brother Qin, I have already told you about the main business, so I won't bother you anymore."

After saying this, Lan Wenhao took out a spatial ring from his chest and handed it to Qin BuYi, saying:

"Brother Qin, this contains 80% of the revenue generated by the Lan family borrowing Brother Qin's portrait during this period. Please accept it, Brother Qin."

Qin BuYi did not reach out to take the spatial ring, but said, "Brother Wenhao, there is no need to be like this."

Lan Wenhao said, "Brother Qin, please accept it."

"If you don't accept it, the Lan family will feel a little awkward holding this money."

Seeing Lan Wenhao's persistent expression, Qin BuYi took the spatial ring.

He sent his divine sense into the spatial ring, put most of the contents of the spatial ring into the system storage space, and kept the remaining part in the spatial ring, which he then stuffed into Lan Wenhao's hand.