"Are you interested in the Golden Silk Stomach Pouch?" Pisi asked curiously when he saw Angel staring at the display stand.
Angel smiled. "It's my first time seeing a spatial item implanted inside the body, so I am indeed curious. But compared with the exhibit itself, I'm actually more interested in your method of using 'invention concepts' in exchange for investment."
Angel's words merely expressed his own view, yet Pisi found them inexplicably pleasant to hear.
It was as though not only the product, but even the underlying idea had been acknowledged.
Thus, Pisi had originally only wanted to casually find a topic to prevent an awkward silence. But now, he seriously began telling Angel about the origins of investment in the display stands.
"This 'investment in invention concepts' was actually proposed by Pika Xiu, the greatest sage in Pirus history. Back then, Sage Pika Xiu put forth the idea of revitalizing the Pirus people through 'invention and creation,' but it did not receive much support at first."
"Because many Pirus citizens did not know what changes 'invention and creation' could bring to their lives."
"So Sage Pika Xiu launched a nationwide campaign: 'You invent, I invest.'"
"Only when the Pirus citizens held solid crystallized crystals in their hands did they gain a real sense of it."
"Did Sage Pika Xiu fund this campaign out of his own pocket?" Angel asked.
Pisi nodded. "That's right. At the time, no one believed Sage Pika Xiu could change the Pirus people's circumstances. Not even the nobles were willing to pay for such a faint hope. So Sage Pika Xiu used the money he had accumulated over most of his life to organize this nationwide campaign."
"At first, the campaign was mocked by everyone. And many unemployed drifters from the lower classes used