Lu Ze himself had no idea just how much the launch of the proxy feature would affect the cultivation world.
His original idea had simply been that knife runs would further improve player retention.
Some aggressive players only wanted to fight and had no time for knife runs.
Some rat players specialized in knife runs, but gradually grew bored once their assets piled up.
With the proxy feature available, a knife-running business naturally sprang into being.
In Lu Ze's eyes, this was essentially the same approach as that whole Path Guardian business.
The clients earned Spirit Stones in the Illusion Realm, the knife runners earned real Spirit Stones, and he gained an endless stream of players...
But Lu Ze had overlooked one thing.
Not everyone could become a Path Guardian.
Knife runners, however, were different.
Anyone could be a knife runner.
And in the cultivation world, Spirit Stones were far more than just currency. They were also resources used for cultivation.
The people Lu Ze usually dealt with were all sect Heavenly Prides who lacked neither Spirit Stones nor resources.
But to those at the bottom of the cultivation world, every single Spirit Stone was precious!
That was especially true for Rogue Cultivators without a sect to rely on.
They did not even have a stable means of earning Spirit Stones.
So when the "knife runner" profession appeared, the first to erupt with excitement were precisely these Rogue Cultivators scraping by at the bottom.
"Knife running is legit!! I spent a day doing it and earned ten Spirit Stones!!!"
"You can really make money in the Illusion Realm? Then it must be like that Path Guardian thing, insanely difficult..."
"It's not hard! As long as you know the maps, anyone can learn!"
"It's really just time-consuming manual labor. Those high-level