How a System Is Made

"As a system, it must possess certain basic functions."

"First, it must monitor the host's physical data in real time. Therefore, it needs a function to display the host's attributes."

Another bamboo slip on the Purple Bamboo Scroll lit up.

"Host attributes. Basic entries: name, gender, age, race. Extended entries: special constitution, cultivation level, cultivation method, skills."

"Besides that, the system must be capable of communication and able to answer the host's questions."

As he configured this function, Li Yu's eyes shifted, and he issued another command. "Set me as the system's highest authority. The System Host may only possess the next lower level of authority, and hide this clause."

Selling systems and playing the Old Man was a highly dangerous profession! Who knew whether those System Hosts would become ungrateful wretches in the end? Of course, he had to leave himself a backup plan.

"Next comes the system's primary function: exchange."

Another bamboo slip lit up, and Li Yu began configuring the functions of the Exchange System.

"After all, I'm not some selflessly devoted Old Man. This system must ultimately bring me profit!"

"To exchange for items in the system, the host must trade other resources for Energy Points, then use them to exchange for the desired items."

At this point, Li Yu suddenly thought of a problem and hurriedly added, "Identical items shall be exchanged at a one-to-one ratio."

Who knew if someone might deliberately test the system's exchange prices? If they brought in an identical item to exchange, wouldn't they immediately discover that the system was doubling its prices?

"As for exchange categories: Cultivation Manuals, Bloodline Constitution, pills, materials, Weapons and Equipment, skills, and miscellaneous items. That will do for now. More can be added later."

"As for exchange prices, set them based on the energy consumed to create the item. Would a tenfold markup be too ruthless? Then let's just double it!"

"Oh, right. The prices of Cultivation Manuals should be set with reference to weapon prices. Knowledge-type exchanges consume little energy, so their prices cannot be too low!"

Bamboo slips recorded the exchange categories one after another. By the time Li Yu finished speaking, nine bamboo slips had lit up.

"That's basically everything."

Li Yu looked at the bamboo slips, smiled, and nodded. "That's it. Create it!"

"The 'Supreme Heavenly Book' system configuration is complete. System creation in progress..."

"System creation complete!"

"Ding!"

In his mind, Five-Colored Divine Light burst from the workbench, and a scroll of purple bamboo manifested within the radiance.

"New system 'Supreme Heavenly Book' detected. System Mall connection initiated..."

"Connection complete!"

"System template 'Supreme Heavenly Book' has been recorded!"

"Congratulations, user, on successfully creating the 'Supreme Heavenly Book' system! The Myriad Realms System Shop has automatically recorded all functions of the 'Supreme Heavenly Book.'"

"Haha! Wonderful!"

Upon hearing that the system had automatically acquired all the functions of the Supreme Heavenly Book, Li Yu could not help laughing.

"Open the Supreme Heavenly Book system. Let me see whether these functions are actually useful."

"Rustle!"

A Purple Bamboo Scroll slowly unfolded in his mind.

"Personal attributes!"

"Name: Li Yu. Gender: male. Age: sixteen. Race: human. Special constitution: none. Cultivation level: none. Cultivation method: none. Skills: none."

"What the hell? They're all none!"

Li Yu curled his lip. "Open the Exchange System."

The scroll opened, revealing several bamboo slips.

Cultivation Manuals exchange, Bloodline Constitution exchange, pill exchange, material exchange, Weapons and Equipment exchange, skill exchange, miscellaneous item exchange—a whole series of exchanges appeared before him.

But...

"Why is it empty? Why is there nothing inside?"

Li Yu stared dumbfoundedly at the completely empty Exchange System.

"Insufficient resources. Resources cannot be entered into the Exchange System."

"Insufficient resources?"

Hearing that, Li Yu quickly thought of the empty "Resource Library."

From the looks of it, all resources used by created systems came from the Resource Library of the System Mall.

"How does the Resource Library obtain resources?"

Li Yu frowned slightly, hoping that acquiring resources would not be too difficult. Otherwise, he would be in serious trouble.

"The System Mall Resource Library possesses the functions of searching resource information and recording resource information. Would you like to activate resource information scanning?"

"Activate it! Of course, activate it!"

Li Yu gave the system the command, muttering to himself that it should have mentioned this function sooner.

"Insufficient energy. Resource information scanning cannot be activated. Scan failed!"

"Insufficient energy?"

Li Yu froze, then hurriedly opened his user profile. Under the energy entry, the number had changed from one hundred to twenty.

"Only twenty Energy Points left? What happened?"

"Traveling between worlds consumed fifty Energy Points. Creating the 'Supreme Heavenly Book' consumed thirty Energy Points. Current energy: twenty points. Please replenish energy as soon as possible!"

"Fine! All beginnings are difficult!"

Li Yu took a deep breath, steadied himself, and asked the system, "How can energy be replenished?"

"All matter and all energy can be collected through the resource collection function, thereby obtaining energy."

"Is that so?"

Li Yu frowned and looked up at the sky.

"That thing... should contain enough energy!"

Li Yu rose with a smile. "Taking a trip to Mount Tai wouldn't be bad either!"

The moment he stood up, Li Yu's expression changed again. "But... I don't have any money! I'm really done for now! There are less than three days before the plot begins. I have to reach Mount Tai before then, or everything will be over!"

"System, if I designate a specific item for scanning, can resource scanning be activated?"

"Yes. Please designate the item to be scanned."

"Whew!"

Li Yu let out a huge sigh of relief. "Using my current location as the reference point, designate a one-hundred-yuan RMB banknote for scanning."

"One Energy Point consumed. Scan complete. One-hundred-yuan RMB banknote scan complete. Recorded under the miscellaneous items category of the Exchange System."

"Miscellaneous items?"

Li Yu chuckled. Fine, to the system, this really was nothing more than a miscellaneous item.

"Exchange for Ten Thousand yuan in RMB."

"Whoosh!"

A stack of bright red, brand-new banknotes appeared in Li Yu's hand. He picked them up, flicked them with a rustle, and put them away.

"Exchanging for Ten Thousand yuan only consumed one ten-thousandth of an Energy Point. Money really isn't worth much!"

Now that he had money, Li Yu no longer had anything to worry about.

He found a fairly decent hotel and planned to rent a room and sleep. But when he checked in, he discovered that he had no ID card!

Fortunately, banknotes could fully replace an ID card. After slipping over a stack of cash, Li Yu smoothly obtained a room key.

"Next, it's time to head to Mount Tai!"

Li Yu pushed open the room window and looked up at the night sky filled with stars. A faint smile rose on his lips. "That thing should be about to fall, shouldn't it?"