Million-Crystal Bounty Mission

Why was Yun Qingyang ordered to produce a large number of talismans?

Because Ma Feifei came up with a good way to allow cultivators to hunt down evil spirits and make money at the same time.

That's selling talismans!

Currently, besides Gongsun Qiong, who possesses an innate Righteous Qi, only the talisman made by Yun Qingyang can find vengeful spirits. Therefore, this talisman is the key to the next step.

How should we make use of this talisman? Combining it with the quest for the Tianshu Fragment, Ma Feifei decided to release a quest.

That is, a reward of one million Spirit Crystal for collecting Tianshu Fragment!

That's right, a million! One million Spirit Crystal for one Tianshu Fragment!

Is this hype big enough? Is it attractive enough? The answer is obvious. You have to know that one million Spirit Crystal is a considerable fortune even for a powerful figure like a Spirit Emperor, let alone for lower-level cultivators like Spirit Venerable and Spirit King.

Ma Feifei was certain that once his mission was announced, a ghost-hunting craze would sweep through the entire Dubian Town.

Ma Feifei had carefully considered the offer of one million Spirit Crystal for a single Tianshu Fragment; to ensure that every Tianshu Fragment was delivered to him, the reward for this bounty mission had to be substantial, large enough to tempt even powerful figures at the Spirit Emperor level; therefore, Ma Feifei certainly couldn't skimp on this expense.

Then another question arises: spending 100 million Spirit Crystal to collect 99 Spirit Crystal is definitely a temporary loss. How can we recover the cost through other means? In other words, as people usually say, I invest in a project, but I need to find out where its profit lies.

For Ma Feifei, this task was like an investment. Although the rewards given by the system pointed to a future profit, it was still too far in the future. Therefore, Ma Feifei had to come up with a profit plan to make up for the losses in the early stages. Otherwise, if he had to deal with all ninety-nine Tianshu Fragment in this way, Ma Feifei would definitely not be able to afford such an expensive fee.

Ma Feifei calculated that he would need to pay approximately 100 million Spirit Crystal as a reward for this task; therefore, if he obtained all ninety-nine Tianshu Fragment in this way, he would need to pay 10 billion Spirit Crystal!

How much profit does the entire Wantong Chamber of Commerce make in a year? Less than one billion!

So how do we recoup these costs? Where's the profit? It's naturally in the talisman that Yun Qingyang drew.

Only through talismans and incantations can practitioners make evil spirits manifest and hunt them down.

Therefore, talismans are an indispensable part of the process of hunting down vengeful ghosts.

Therefore, the talisman can be used as a profit point for Ma Feifei to recoup his costs.

Of course, under normal circumstances, talismans would not attract people's desire to buy them.

However, once Ma Feifei releases the million-dollar bounty, the situation will be different.

It's actually just like buying lottery tickets. You know there are only a few winning numbers, but there are still so many people buying them.

Lotteries fully exploit people's gambling mentality. A lottery ticket costs two yuan, and if you don't win, it's no big deal, but if you win the first prize, it's five million yuan. It's a high-stakes, high-reward game, and it's incredibly exciting.

The million-dollar bounty offered by Ma Feifei is somewhat similar to the lottery.

Talismans are like lottery tickets. Cultivators buy talismans to hunt down evil spirits. If they are lucky enough to obtain Tianshu Fragment from an evil spirit, it's like winning the lottery! They get a million Spirit Crystal.

Moreover, the chance of obtaining Tianshu Fragment is much higher than buying lottery tickets, after all, there are ninety-nine Tianshu Fragment, right?

As for whether more Tianshu Fragment will be revealed, Ma Feifei has also come up with a plan: only collect ninety-nine fragments, and continue collecting until they are all gone, perfectly preventing uncontrollable factors in case there are too many fragments.

If all else fails, file for bankruptcy.

Since Mysterious Bookstore now monopolizes the entire market, it's time for them to exercise their monopolistic rights and act like thugs.

"This plan is simply perfect," Ma Feifei thought to himself with satisfaction as he walked towards the Wantong Trading Market.

When Ma Feifei ran to the Wantong Trading Market across the street, she learned that Gongsun Qiong had gone to Nine Heavens Mountain early in the morning to upgrade her little sprite.

With the Pokémon Championship about to begin, Gongsun Qiong has likely signed up for the competition, hoping to use the remaining time to level up her Pokémon to level four.

Helpless, Ma Feifei went to find Zhao Xiaodao, only to discover that Zhao Xiaodao had gone along as well.

"What happened to not upgrading Chansey?" Ma Feifei sighed, recalling their conversation the last time she saw Zhao Xiaodao.

Since neither of them was there, Ma Feifei had no choice but to head back home. However, before he could leave, he was stopped by the steward.

"Our president said that shop owners at the Wantong Trading Market can also make their own decisions."

Ma Feifei was taken aback and asked, "Can I make that decision too?"

The manager nodded, a strange smile on his face, and said, "The chairman instructed that even if the shop owner orders the Wantong Trading Market to close down at any moment, it's perfectly acceptable."

After listening to the manager's words, Ma Feifei fell silent.

At noon, a bounty was posted at the Wantong Trading Market, and the headline with the words "Mysterious Bookstore" instantly attracted all the cultivators in the Wantong Trading Market.

Mysterious Bookstore: A Million-Dollar Bounty

Mission Details: Recently, several cultivators in Dubian Town have died without warning. An investigation by the Mysterious Bookstore has revealed that a vengeful ghost is at work. These ghosts are invisible to ordinary people and can only be made visible with special incantations. As a well-known enterprise in Dubian Town, the Mysterious Bookstore has an obligation to contribute to the Dubian Town's safety. Therefore, a reward of one million Spirit Crystal is offered. Book lovers who successfully defeat the vengeful ghost and obtain its dropped Orange Fragment can go to the Wantong Trading Market customer service department to claim one million Spirit Crystal as a reward. (Note: Currently, it is known that the vengeful ghost's strength after manifestation is approximately at the Spirit Master Stage Five. Those at the Spirit Practitioner realm with caution.)

Friendly reminder: Special talismans can be purchased at the Wantong official trading shop for 100 Spirit Crystal each. Due to the high difficulty of crafting talismans, the daily supply is currently limited to 1,000 talismans on a first-come, first-served basis.

The Mysterious Bookstore reserves the right to final interpretation of this mission.

"So it turns out that the mysterious deaths these past few days have been caused by vengeful ghosts!" After reading the bounty notice, everyone suddenly realized.

"This vengeful ghost is truly formidable; ordinary people can't even see it," a cultivator remarked.

"His strength is alright, only at the Spirit Master Stage Five. The key is that we can't find where he is." Another cultivator shook his head and said. He had personally witnessed a cultivator at the Spirit Ancestor Sect level die mysteriously, but they couldn't find the murderer.

"But what is that Orange Fragment? Can you get it by killing a vengeful ghost?" a young cultivator standing at the front of the notice board asked curiously.

"Who knows? Maybe it's some high-grade material." The cultivator next to him replied, starting to move his feet.

"That must be incredibly high-level! It's worth a million!" the young cultivator couldn't help but exclaim.

One million Spirit Crystal, which are at least eighth-grade or higher materials.

However, after he finished speaking, the young cultivator realized that no one was echoing him. He subconsciously looked back and saw that the crowd that had been packed just moments before had vanished, leaving only an empty space in front of him.

The young cultivator was instantly dumbfounded and looked up at the official trading post.

"Could you please give me a talisman? Please line up, everyone else?"

"I need five talismans... Don't you dare push Laozi from behind!"

"Can anyone let me cut in line? I'll be very apologetic!"

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