Everyone discussed the strange phenomena and commotion caused when the Sixteenth Order treasure was taken out of the red envelope.
Seeing that the conversation had gone off track, Shi Yaoyao promptly steered it back.
[Call Me Group Owner]: @Judicial God; True Monarch, have you decided whether to revise the Heavenly Rules? (curious.jpg)
[Judicial God]: I'll change them! My Eight-Nine Arcane Arts are now complete, and my physical strength alone can rival a Quasi-Saint's. As long as no Sage makes a move, I fear no one!
[Call Me Group Owner]: True Monarch is mighty! (cheering.jpg)
[Maoshan Heavenly Master]: True Monarch is so domineering!
[Xiongba]: True Monarch is mighty and domineering!
"Ding, [Snow Moon Sword Immortal] has joined Myriad Worlds Chat Group."
"Ding, [Qilin Talent] has joined Myriad Worlds Chat Group."
Just then, two golden messages flashed across the screen, making everyone who had been paying attention to the group freeze. New members?!
[Call Me Group Owner]: Welcome, newcomers. (warm applause.jpg)
As the group owner, Shi Yaoyao immediately reacted and quickly sent a welcome message.
However, before she could open the group member panels of the two new arrivals to check their basic information, several more golden messages flashed across the screen.
"Ding, all requirements for Myriad Worlds Chat Group's upgrade have been met. Beginning upgrade..."
"Ding, Myriad Worlds Chat Group upgrade complete. New functions unlocked..."
"Ding, [Group Announcement] function unlocked."
"Ding, [Group File] function unlocked."
"Ding, [Group Live Stream] function unlocked."
"Ding, [Group Mall] function unlocked."
A string of deafening notification chimes rang out, plunging the group into complete silence.
When the chimes ended, everyone came back to their senses after a brief daze. However, no one sent any messages. Instead, they all began learning about the new functions that had appeared after the chat group's upgrade.
Bai Yu, who had been preparing to enter seclusion, saw that the chat group had finally upgraded and also began checking out the new functions.
The [Group Announcement] function had nothing to do with ordinary group members. It was an exclusive function for the group owner, used to issue important notices.
The [Group File] function did exactly what its name suggested: group members could upload files to the group for everyone to browse and share.
The [Group Live Stream] function, simply put, let people livestream in the group.
And this livestream wasn't a simple video broadcast. People could watch as if they were right there in person, making it completely immersive.
Of course, these functions were all minor additions, merely adding a little fun. They weren't particularly important.
What everyone cared about most was the [Group Mall] function.
Even Bai Yu was quite interested and began exploring the Group Mall.
As soon as he opened the Group Mall, a new section appeared. This section was quite unusual, seeming to exist entirely outside the chat group's interface. A flash of golden light appeared before his eyes, and it was as if he had entered the starry sky.
Stars filled the heavens, glittering before falling and streaking across the night sky to form a fantastical, beautiful meteor shower.
Afterward, the entire starry sky fell into utter silence and darkness.
Bai Yu watched the falling stars, the divine light of laws rippling in his eyes as he pondered.
In the next instant, ten stars glittering with golden light, like suns, slowly rose and hung in the starry sky.
These ten golden stars were the personal malls of the ten group members.
Members could enter any of the golden stars to buy and sell goods.
Bai Yu went straight into his personal mall. One of the stars shone with brilliant golden light, then drew closer.
In the blink of an eye, Bai Yu had entered the star, as if he had arrived in another silent, dim starry sky.
Then Bai Yu waved his hand, tossing out a bronze bell radiating the divine light of laws. It transformed into a purple star and hung high in the sky.
That meant it had been uploaded to his personal mall. Everyone else could view it and buy it.
However, Bai Yu noticed that the mall seemed to be missing something.
What about the currency?
What were the group members supposed to use to buy and sell items?
Surely they couldn't use that ancient, inefficient method of bartering?
At that moment, Bai Yu wasn't the only one to notice the problem. Apart from the two newcomers, who were still baffled at being ignored, the other group members had all noticed it as well.
Shi Yaoyao, the group owner, was in another golden star, and she had naturally noticed the problem too.
At the same time, she had already figured out how to solve it.
As the group owner, she had permission to set what currency the Group Mall would use as its base currency.
As a seasoned reader of online novels, Shi Yaoyao immediately thought of the common currency used in cultivation novels: Spirit Stones.
But she quickly rejected the idea.
For group members like Lin Jiu and Xiong Ba, who hadn't yet become immortals, using Spirit Stones as the base currency wouldn't be a problem.
But for Daluo Golden Immortals like Yang Jian and Chonglou, Spirit Stones, no matter how much spiritual Qi they contained, were completely meaningless.
And for an existence on the level of that Immortal Venerable big shot, Spirit Stones were nothing but a joke.
So what should they use as the Group Mall's base currency?
Moreover, Shi Yaoyao had also realized that although this function was called the Group Mall, the chat group itself wasn't selling any items-at least, not at present.
For now, the chat group was only providing a platform for transactions.
This left all the group members a little disappointed.
After all, if it was just ordinary trading, the red envelope function could already let group members trade with one another.
The Group Mall was simply more convenient, reducing the time they had to spend communicating with one another.
Of course, perhaps the Group Mall would change in some way as the chat group continued to level up.
Bai Yu was thinking that since the Group Mall used the starry sky as its platform and stars as shops, and it was playing on such a grand scale, could it issue one-time-use shopping cards to the myriad worlds? That way, only group members wouldn't be able to enter and shop.
Hmm, that idea could work. Later, he could ask the little group owner if it was possible to make a few tiny, little changes like that.
The chat group ought to have that capability.
After all, his Myriad Worlds Gate could scatter World Seeds across the Sea of Chaos of All Heavens to search for worlds.
The chat group could scatter shopping cards across the myriad worlds too. Same thing, right?
That could also bring boundless benefits to all the group members.
As for Bai Yu, he thought, since you've bought my goods, heh heh, I'll just have to open your door and trade freely with you.
Well, the right to define what "freely" meant was in my hands.
[Call Me Group Owner]: Big shots, why don't we discuss what we should use as the mall's base currency? (scratching head.jpg) (irritated.jpg)
Unable to decide, Shi Yaoyao asked for help, wanting to see what the big shots thought as well.
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