Ch. 881Stir-fry!
Key Plot Points and Events
- Yuan Ling Sand Scarcity: The material becomes scarce, causing its price to triple in three days.
- Market Fluctuations: Merchants rush to buy and sell, leading to a price surge followed by a crash, causing many businesses to go bankrupt.
- Major Powers' Involvement: Wealthy families and powers buy up Yuan Ling Sand, spending nearly a hundred times the original price.
- Bai Yang's Manipulation: Bai Yang orchestrates the price fluctuations, amassing wealth and causing economic turmoil in the Azure Wolf Dynasty.
- Qi Strengthening Pills Scarcity: Similar to Yuan Ling Sand, this common pill becomes scarce, causing its price to soar and major powers to investigate the cause.
Character Developments
- Bai Yang: He demonstrates his business acumen and ruthlessness by manipulating the market, amassing wealth, and causing economic instability.
- Merchants and Major Powers: They are shown to be greedy and shortsighted, following market trends and suffering heavy losses due to their hastiness.
Significant Themes
- Greed and Shortsightedness: Characters prioritize immediate gains over long-term planning, leading to their downfall.
- Market Manipulation: Bai Yang's actions highlight the power dynamics and vulnerabilities within the market economy.
- Economic Instability: The chapter explores how sudden market fluctuations can cause economic turmoil and impoverish a region.
Character Interactions
- Bai Yang and Merchants/Powers: Bai Yang manipulates the market, causing merchants and major powers to suffer losses, while he amasses wealth.
- Merchants and Major Powers: They interact competitively, trying to outmaneuver each other in the market, leading to collective losses.
- Bai Yang and Lan Shuang: They communicate via video, with Lan Shuang executing Bai Yang's plans, showing their trust and collaboration.