Spreading the Word

You're overthinking it...

Li Yao shook his head and quickly banished the terrible thought from his mind—even if Papa Ma Yun is extraordinary, it's his financial power, not superpowers.

This website is likely a simple copy of Taobao's operating model.

and,

Taobao doesn't charge any transaction fees, but this place does. Perhaps it's because while there are many superhumans, they're not as numerous as the number of normal people.

If a website wants to make a profit when it doesn't have enough traffic, it can only do so by taking a cut from both buyers and sellers.

According to the mall's instructions, Li Yao opened a virtual account. This virtual account could be encrypted and linked to a bank card through the compilation system, thereby ensuring user privacy.

After binding the account, Li Yao directly deposited a deposit of one million into this account to upgrade the user's credit rating to four stars—a five-star credit guarantee requires a deposit of ten million... Li Yao doesn't have enough money on hand right now, so he only upgraded the credit guarantee rating to four stars.

After doing all this,

Li Yao reposted:

"My personal shop is now open. Although the investment isn't huge, it's still a million, so you can rest assured. I'm buying back a large quantity of second-hand Void Stones. The standard unit is 10,000 Void Stones per piece! I also offer refurbishment, polishing, and waxing services for all kinds of Magical Artifact. I sell various Magical Artifact, armor, and special potions. Bulk discounts available. Delivery within three months! Produced by a handsome guy, quality guaranteed. If you're interested, please message me privately. Don't be shy."

After posting the message, Li Yao put down his computer and went to do other things.

Hone your alchemical skills, analyze Spell Circuit...

Once the magic power within his soul was exhausted, Li Yao returned to his computer to browse the posts.

First floor. "First! Are you serious, OP? Rich people, please give us your money!"

Second floor. "Floor... I... I... I want to sell the Buddha... ptooey! Sell the secondhand spirit stones!"

Third floor. "Make way upstairs, I'm from X University, I'll go first!"

Fourth floor. "Third floor, please see my ID."

Li Yao glanced at the post and saw that the nickname on the fourth floor was "I have the Ruyi Jingu Bang X"... Li Yao was immediately dumbfounded. How come this nickname wasn't banned? Didn't the administrator find it offensive? The post also included descriptions of three types of potions and other services, and a link to his personal shop at the end.

In the three hours after the post was published, he received more than 30 transaction messages, all of which were for a single Spirit Stone.

It doesn't seem like much.

Only about fifty or sixty people replied to his post.

Half of the transaction volume is quite impressive.

The rest are probably just waiting and seeing. After all, spirit stones that have run out of Spirit Energy are useless. The reason why everyone is reluctant to throw them away is simply because they were so expensive when they bought them!

It's like a salaried worker buying a bottle of perfume that costs 100,000 yuan. Even if the perfume is used up, would you be willing to throw the bottle away? Of course not.

Then suddenly a merchant tells you—empty bottles are 10,000 yuan, are you going to sell them? There's no perfume left inside, can you eat the bottle if you keep it?

Of course I'll sell!

Some didn't sell everything because they didn't believe it, others thought it looked like the beginning of a scam. They weren't sure what they were after. Still others thought some extraordinary individuals might have discovered the special uses of spirit stones, and these astute individuals were already considering the market potential.

Is it possible to stock up on some goods?

Waiting for a higher price to sell?

Li Yao was also thinking about these things. Once these orders were completed, he could probably use the Wallfacers to spread some word.

As for now,

Let the doubts ferment for a while!

The transaction process on the Website Mall is entirely entrusted to Li Yao, with the handling fee paid by Li Yao. The website will be responsible for logistics and transportation. The fee for placing the second-hand spirit stones in the intermediate-level institution will only be transferred to the seller's account after the second-hand spirit stones are delivered to Li Yao and signed for.

This process is safe and efficient.

Both the buyer and seller felt reassured.

Historically, there have been instances of groups of supernatural beings robbing websites' transportation channels. In the past, the websites provided substantial compensation to both buyers and sellers and launched a vigorous manhunt for the supernatural group.

Within a week,

All the participants were decapitated and publicly executed on the website.

There was even a Tier 6 expert among them.

Unfortunately, even the most skilled hands couldn't save him; it's said he didn't pass away peacefully that day.

After settling these matters, Li Yao went off to meditate and cultivate, letting the matter circulate on the "Esper World" website.

The next morning.

Li Yao woke up from his meditation, took out his phone and refreshed it. He found that the post had more than two hundred replies, and a small fire appeared at the top of the post, which meant that the post was popular and would be automatically pinned to the top by the system.

He checked the order volume in the backend again and found that there were seventy new orders.

Li Yao laughed.

He once talked to the person next door and learned that most people with special abilities, both domestically and internationally, are registered and receive some subsidies—but because of their special abilities, they are unable to integrate well into society.

Because their power allows them to break through secular social networks, they have more and more violent options when things don't go their way. That's why they receive subsidies both domestically and internationally—in the hope that they won't cause trouble.

Everyone yearns for a higher quality of life, and people from different backgrounds are no exception.

Therefore, if you want to live a better life, you have to work hard.

Or,

They sell their labor to local organizations in exchange for wages.

Or,

They entered the gray area and used their talents to do some shady business.

Some become bodyguards, assassins, killers, or mercenaries in exchange for high salaries.

Simply put, life isn't easy for anyone.

I don't earn much to begin with, and spirit stones are so expensive! Not only are the spirit stones useless after I've used them up, but I also can't bear to throw them away, so I just stay at home sighing all day... And now some idiot wants to buy back secondhand spirit stones!

Ten thousand yuan a piece! This money is practically free!

Many ordinary players who saw the post chose to sell without even thinking.

Li Yao rubbed his hands together, somewhat excited.

There are already over a hundred completed orders. Once we get the Astral Essence, we'll give some to our best friends and keep some for ourselves. It will greatly improve our efficiency in making potions and alchemical tools.

But that's still not enough! Boss Li pursed his lips; 10,000 yuan per spirit stone was still too expensive.

We need the Wallfacers's help!

He pulled out his WeChat and sent a message to Boss Zhou next door. "Boss Zhou, your chance to make a fortune has arrived!"

Zhou Li: "What are your orders?"

Li Yao: "Here's the thing, you organize your trusted Wallfacers friends and have them spread the information through various channels, saying that a certain supernatural organization has discovered a way to use Exhaustion Spirit Stones to make Magical Artifact! Then set up recycling sites on the Esper World website or some black market channels."

Zhou Li: "It's settled! Our strategic thinking isn't quite right... Our organization has a dedicated unit for this. I only need to say one word. But really, recycling the Void Stones? That'll be a considerable sum of money."

Li Yao, brimming with extravagance, declared, "I'll give it to you!"

Anyway, they don't need to acquire too much; the main thing is to create hype and make some onlookers lose their minds in this heated atmosphere! Let them jump on the bandwagon and hype it up!

Zhou Li: "Boss Li is so awesome! By the way, I'll add you to the group."

soon,

Li Yao then received a group chat invitation from Zhou Li, and the group chat had a very refreshing name: —

Get Rich!

Second update. My head hurts, I'm going to rest.