Yes, Bai Yu did not intend to negotiate with the group members, nor with the group owner, Shi Yueyao. Rather, he intended to negotiate with the Multiverse Chat Group itself!
Although Low-Grade Sacred Spirit Stones were of little use to Bai Yu, Yang Jian and the others still could not afford to exchange for them.
Because Yang Jian and the others could not offer conditions or resources that would satisfy Bai Yu in exchange for those Low-Grade Sacred Spirit Stones.
The future Bai Yu needed to invest in was not merely the future of the group members, but also the future of this Multiverse Chat Group.
This Multiverse Chat Group might not compare to his own system, but it presumably was not far inferior.
Although the Multiverse Chat Group was currently of little use to Bai Yu, he was in no hurry.
And precisely because the Chat Group was still in its infancy, Bai Yu had the opportunity to invest in it!
Bai Yu felt it was time for him to be an angel investor for once!
If he could acquire shares in it, that would be even better for everyone!
Based on Bai Yu's earlier exploration and speculation regarding the Group Mall, this Chat Group might be a battle-damaged version. Shi Yueyao might not have been its first group owner; she might not even have been the second.
It could not be helped. No matter how he looked at it, this Group Mall did not seem complete. Not only did it lack the Chat Group's own inventory of goods, it was even missing a standard currency.
Bai Yu recalled the many Multiverse Chat Group webnovels he had read before transmigrating. Didn't they all have something like points as group currency, used by members to strengthen themselves or purchase items?
Why did this Chat Group have nothing at all?!
Bai Yu could not help but overthink it.
And because of that, he developed the idea of cooperating with the Chat Group, perhaps even investing in it and acquiring shares.
Bai Yu was not greedy. He only wanted the Chat Group to grant him the status of administrator.
As the group owner, Shi Yueyao actually possessed quite extensive authority.
Not only could she freely invite or remove members, but as long as she discussed it with the Chat Group, she would most likely be able to obtain even the highest authority.
For example, establishing the Group Mall's currency this time fell within the scope of the highest authority.
So, since he could not become the group owner, Bai Yu had to secure the position of administrator.
Only by first obtaining some of the Chat Group's authority could he gradually seize even more authority.
One day, he would completely take this Chat Group under his control.
Well, one had to have dreams. What if they came true?
Thus, Bai Yu began attempting to communicate with the Multiverse Chat Group through his divine sense.
Bai Yu knew that whether or not the Multiverse Chat Group possessed self-awareness, it could understand what he meant.
He had already secured public support just now.
Three thousand divine radiances of Source Laws swirled around Bai Yu. His divine sense carried the mysteries of the laws, and with both reason and physics combined, he attempted to communicate with the Multiverse Chat Group.
Whether the Chat Group was truly so approachable and unpretentious, or whether it genuinely wanted Sacred Spirit Stones as the Group Mall's standard currency—
The instant Bai Yu attempted to communicate with the Multiverse Chat Group, he received feedback from it.
Hmm... was it really this eager?
Bai Yu was so stunned that he did not react at once.
He had actually prepared himself for a prolonged attempt at communication, perhaps even having to wear it down through persistent pleading.
Bai Yu had never lacked patience or perseverance when it came to achieving his goals.
Who would have thought it would be so easy?
This truly exceeded Bai Yu's expectations.
He had actually been somewhat uncertain whether Sacred Spirit Stones could accomplish his goal.
After all, Sacred Spirit Stones were things Bai Yu could refine in endless quantities with a mere wave of his hand.
Yet in Bai Yu's mind, the Multiverse Chat Group was something that could be compared with his own system.
Therefore, Bai Yu truly had not been sure whether the Multiverse Chat Group would value the benefits brought by Sacred Spirit Stones.
Now, it seemed that perhaps he had really underestimated Sacred Spirit Stones?
Or were Sacred Spirit Stones themselves extremely important to the Multiverse Chat Group?
Or perhaps what the Chat Group valued was not Low-Grade Sacred Spirit Stones, but Top-Grade Sacred Spirit Stones that could assist in comprehending perfected Source Laws?
Or, more than that, a currency of an even higher level than Sacred Spirit Stones in the future?
After all, Bai Yu had long decided that if Sacred Spirit Stones could bring immense benefits, he would certainly create higher-level group currency in the future.
Once Bai Yu broke through to the Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm, he could use the system's Dao Comprehension assistance function to rapidly comprehend the three thousand Source Great Daos.
Naturally, Bai Yu could also create "spirit stone" currency capable of assisting with the comprehension of Source Great Daos.
Perhaps that was precisely what the Multiverse Chat Group valued?
So, was the Multiverse Chat Group investing in him as well?
In an instant, Bai Yu's thoughts raced. He felt that he might have already guessed the correct answer.
Could it be that this Multiverse Chat Group also wanted, one day, to contain the three thousand Source Great Daos within itself?
It certainly had quite an appetite.
But for Bai Yu, this was a mutually beneficial arrangement.
Moreover, if this Multiverse Chat Group wished to advance further in the future, it would also be constrained by him and left entirely at his mercy.
Once the Multiverse Chat Group became his possession, Bai Yu would naturally be more than willing to help it advance further.
After sorting out his thoughts, Bai Yu began bargaining with the Multiverse Chat Group and fighting for greater benefits for himself.
After all, no matter how he looked at it, the Chat Group was the more desperate party.
Bai Yu, on the other hand, was no longer in much of a hurry.
Of course, the negotiations did not last long before both sides reached a consensus.
Yet after negotiating with the Multiverse Chat Group, Bai Yu arrived at a very important conclusion.
That was, this Multiverse Chat Group possessed no autonomous consciousness. The information it returned during their negotiations was cold, ethereal, mechanical, and rigid.
As long as something benefited the Multiverse Chat Group, perhaps it would consider and accept it?
Of course, it was also possible that this Multiverse Chat Group was pretending.
But if it was pretending, Bai Yu might be even happier.
Because that would mean this Multiverse Chat Group could not threaten him.
Otherwise, why bother pretending? Wouldn't it be simpler to come to the Grand Primordial Cosmos and deal with him directly?
In any case, Bai Yu was determined to obtain this Multiverse Chat Group.
Now, he had obtained the Chat Group administrator's authority, as well as a certificate qualifying him as the issuer of the Chat Group's high-level currency.
The Multiverse Chat Group's currency system had now been established.
Spirit Stones were the basic currency used by group members who had not yet become Immortals.
Immortal Spirit Stones were the intermediate currency used by group members who had become Immortals but had not yet reached the Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm.
Sacred Spirit Stones were the advanced currency used by group members at the Grand Luo Golden Immortal level.
... Ding! Group member 'Immortal' had obtained administrator authority. Ding! The mall currency system had been established. Ding! Administrator 'Immortal' had created the 'Group Warehouse' function. Ding! Administrator 'Immortal' had created the 'Group Check-in' function. ...
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