The Idea of a Discount Day (Continued)

The first method is to exchange rare heavenly materials and earthly treasures, such as ginseng and lingzhi mushrooms that are hundreds of years old, rare treasures, and even divine weapons. However, the contribution points that can be exchanged are not many, making it less cost-effective. This is because these things can be bought with money or power in the secular world. On the one hand, Si Ming wants to leave a path that gives "pay-to-win players" an advantage over "ordinary players." On the other hand, he also wants to limit "pay-to-win players" from using money to farm contribution points and disrupt the balance, because Si Ming doesn't need to appease these "pay-to-win players."

The second type is instruction and guidance, similar to private tutoring, where renowned experts provide one-on-one guidance, guaranteeing that you will learn and master the skills, and you receive a share of the contribution points based on a percentage.

The third method is to upload one's own martial arts to the martial arts manual. Once someone redeems this martial art, the uploader can receive contribution points proportionally. However, so far, very few people are willing to do this. Most of them are third-rate sects. On the one hand, they are influenced by traditional ideas and are unwilling to pass on their skills. On the other hand, it is a matter of face. If their own martial arts, which they boast about as divine, are revealed and found to yield less than a thousand contribution points, they will undoubtedly be ridiculed. Fortunately, more and more people are willing to make their own martial arts public because, after having the martial arts of the Heavenly Martial Alliance, even they themselves look down on their own martial arts.

The fourth type is non-permanent missions, which often have only one chance to be completed, such as capturing a flower thief in a certain place or eliminating bandits in a certain area. These missions have high rewards, but the number of them is small, and they are most suitable for using public resources for private purposes. Once everyone gets used to completing these missions, when Si Ming issues a document to deal with a certain sect, many people will act for profit and will not bother to think about why they should deal with this sect.

The fifth method is dealing with Anomalies, which is the way to obtain the most contribution points. As long as you can provide information about Anomalies and it is later confirmed to be true, you can get at least 300 contribution points. If you can capture the items or creatures that are parasitized by the Anomalies, even the weakest Anomalies will give you 1,000 contribution points.

Within two months of the Heavenly Martial Alliance's establishment, a massive manhunt for the Anomalies was launched in Pingyuan Commandery. The Anomalies, which was once avoided at all costs, has now become a hot commodity, with some people even fighting each other over Anomalies.

Besides rewarding contribution points, submitting Anomalies also offers the hope of increasing one's authority. This is currently the only way known to members of the Heavenly Martial Alliance to increase authority. After personally experiencing how powerful the Heavenly Martial Alliance's low-grade martial arts are, everyone is filled with longing for higher-grade martial arts.

With the help of the Heavenly Martial Alliance, Si Ming didn't need to do anything. He could just stay at home and have Anomalies delivered to his door for him to absorb and transform. Unfortunately, Anomalies things are rarer than rare heavenly materials and earthly treasures. Even after digging three feet into the ground in Pingyuan Commandery, they could only restore Si Ming's Cultivation Body to 40%.

As a result, some people began to turn their attention to areas outside Pingyuan Commandery.

Longxiang Commandery, Spirit Ao Sect.

Two young men of similar age were sparring in the training ground. Their fists and palms clashed, their figures darting about, and after a short while, a winner was decided.

"Qiu Dahu, it's only been a little over a month, how come your martial arts have improved so much!" The young man, who had been defeated by a palm strike, rubbed his shoulder and asked curiously, "What kind of martial art was that just now? The palm strike was flickering and unpredictable, it didn't seem to be the Dragon Dragon's Roar Palm from your Dragon and Tiger School?"

"This is indeed not the Dragon's Roar Palm, but the Ink Void Palm Technique. As for its origin, it certainly wasn't stolen or robbed."

"Looks like you've stumbled upon a miracle. Good heavens, you scoundrel, having a miracle is simply outrageous!"

Qiu Dahu pondered, "A fortuitous encounter? You could call it that."

It's just that there were too many people who had this extraordinary encounter at the same time. If it were just him, that would be even better. With a vast armory containing many martial arts manuals as his backing, he would be absolutely thrilled.

Others thought he had only practiced for a month, but in reality, with the help of his Soul Intent Diagram, his efficiency was equivalent to half a year of arduous training, or even longer. After all, people usually talk about a year of arduous training in palm techniques, but in reality, they only practice for four or five hours a day, and spend the rest of the time resting and having fun, pursuing a balance between work and rest.

He has now exchanged his contribution points for a month's use of Soul Intent Diagram. He has to practice for at least ten hours every day. After all, he spent contribution points that are more valuable than gold. If he doesn't cherish this opportunity, there are still a lot of people waiting in line to use it. Who knows when it will be his turn again.

By that calculation, the opponent trained for a month, which is equivalent to me training for a year. How could I not surpass them?

Should I tell my best friend about the Heavenly Martial Alliance?

The thought crossed Qiu Dahu's mind for a moment, but ultimately his selfishness prevailed. He decided to wait two months before telling the other party, as he wanted to use those two months to hone his martial arts skills, improve his strength, and widen the gap between them, so that he could forever keep his best friend in the lead.

"By the way, have any of those strange things appeared in your Longxiang Commandery recently?" Qiu Dahu asked, remembering his business.

"Why are you suddenly asking about this? Did you just have a lucky encounter and your confidence has inflated, making you want to challenge Anomalies? Save your breath. Even if you're much stronger than before, encountering Anomalies will only lead to your death."

"Who wants to fight something that can't be killed? I'm just asking for information. If I have any, I'll tell you; if not, I'll find someone else."

"Tch, no Anomalies news, but I do have news about something even more powerful than Anomalies. Do you want to hear it?"

"Something even more powerful than the Anomalies... News about the Monster Race! Tell me quickly!"

The reward for information about the Monster Race is ten times that for information about Anomalies things. Qiu Dahu instantly felt the happiness of being hit by a pie falling from the sky, and not just any pie, but a golden pie.

"Why are you so agitated? Never mind, it's not a secret. Apparently, a strange thing appeared at the prefect's mansion. It's not just any ordinary monster. The leader of the largest Fish Dragon Gang, personally went to deal with it, but he was beaten half to death and barely survived. Everyone thinks it's not just any Anomalies, but Monster Race. Therefore, the prefect plans to pay a large sum of money to hire exorcists from the Six Paths Temple to eliminate it."

Upon hearing this, Qiu Dahu panicked. If the exorcists were to wipe out the Monster Race, the prize that was practically in his grasp would be lost. That was worth thousands of contribution points, and there might even have been a chance to upgrade his privileges.

"No, we can't wait any longer! Good brother, go see the prefect right now and tell him not to rush to hire an exorcist. Tell him I have a way to deal with the Monster Race, and ask him to wait another five or six days. You must stall him; it concerns my future, you absolutely must stall him!"

"Hey, what's going on? This is all so nonsensical. How am I qualified to see the prefect? What method do you have to deal with the Monster Race?"

"There's no time to explain. If you can't meet him, ask your master to step in. The important thing is to stall for time. Once it's done, you'll be richly rewarded!"

Qiu Dahu quickly ran to the stables, fetched a horse, cracked the whip, and hurriedly headed towards Pingyuan Commandery.

"How about we have a discount day, where all martial arts manuals are 30% off? Or a promotion where you get a discount for every certain amount you spend? Or maybe a lottery where the winner gets a free martial arts manual?"

Si Ming lay on a rattan chair in the yard, basking in the sun and lost in thought, still looking listless.

Having recovered 40% of his Cultivation Body, he was actually able to move around normally, but the image of the Sick Young Master was so deeply ingrained that it was difficult to change it in a short time.

Now, his residence has changed from an inn to a large mansion covering hundreds of acres. The front yard is the reception area of the Heavenly Martial Alliance, and visitors come in an endless stream every day. They are all people from the martial arts world and martial arts masters. They come here not only to exchange martial arts skills, but also to exchange martial arts skills with their peers and discuss new martial arts techniques. For this reason, the Heavenly Martial Alliance has specially set up twenty elite martial arts arenas for everyone to use for competition.

The Central Courtyard is the headquarters of the Heavenly Martial Alliance and a sacred place for martial arts practitioners in Pingyuan Commandery. The Flame Transmission Tower, which houses countless martial arts manuals and Soul Intent Diagram, is located here. Its status is gradually approaching that of the Shaolin Temple's Scripture Repository in Jin Yong's novels. If someone exchanges for a martial arts manual or Soul Intent Diagram, they will not be allowed to take the items out. Instead, the Heavenly Martial Alliance will provide them with food and lodging, and they will stay here directly. Therefore, the martial arts atmosphere is intense.

The backyard was where Si Ming and the others lived. Although hundreds of acres seemed like a lot, after being divided up, the remaining space was actually not much. Fortunately, both the land and the buildings were provided free of charge by the gangs of Pingyuan Commandery. According to them, Heavenly Martial Alliance had now become the brand of the martial arts world in Pingyuan Commandery, and it could not be made too shabby.

"What's the point of doing this? If it were to compete with others, using discounts to attract customers would be understandable, but we're currently the dominant player, so there's no need to do this, is there?"

The speaker was Si Jingyu, who was also lying on a rattan chair, looking very lazy. But unlike Si Ming, who was sunbathing, she was lying under the grape trellis, where she was sheltered from the sun.

Si Ming, "Because the purpose of the Heavenly Martial Alliance is not to make a profit, but to spread martial arts and improve the strength of martial artists, from this perspective, we should encourage members to exchange for more martial arts manuals and cultivate their 'buy, buy, buy' mentality."

"You want to start a martial arts revolution here, like the Mohist School Grandmaster?" Si Jingyu picked a grape, peeled it, and put it in her mouth. "Don't forget my warning. The Heavenly Martial Alliance's limited martial arts exchange system is already the bottom line that traditional Jianghu sects can tolerate. Taking another step forward will make you a target of everyone's hatred. Don't try to cross that line before you have enough power to fight back."

"Don't worry, I won't risk doing something like that until I have the strength of Grandmaster."

Si Ming understood Si Jingyu's meaning perfectly. When he initially planned to include the "Blazing Yang Battle Art" in the martial arts manual to provide the martial artists of this world with a method to fight against the Anomalies, Si Jingyu asked him, "What do you think would happen if those Monster Race found out about this?" After that, he abandoned the idea.

Even though the Monster Race are a bunch of mindless creatures, they will still attack as a group when faced with something that threatens their lives, and will do everything in their power to eliminate the threat. Having witnessed the strength of the Purple-Pupiled Spirit King, Si Ming did not believe that he could defend the Heavenly Martial Alliance.

The same applies to martial arts sects. Publishing martial arts manuals so that everyone in the world can learn martial arts is tantamount to destroying the livelihoods of all martial arts sects and undermining their Foundation. Even if this is a good deed that benefits the country and its people, they will never tolerate it.

Just as during the War of Resistance against Japan, many landlords publicly declared that they would rather surrender to the Japan than let the Communists win, because if the Japan invaders won, they could still be obedient subjects under their rule, but if the Communists won, they wouldn't even be able to be landlords.