Reduce Divine Art Consumption, Return to Old Profession

[Name]: Divine Law Fragment

[Quality]: Subordinate Ninth Rank

[Quantity]: One Hundred Units

[Effects]:

1. Can be used to confer a Subordinate Ninth Rank Subordinate God; each conferment consumes two hundred units of 'Subordinate Ninth Rank Divine Law Fragment'.

2. Can be used to reduce the divine power consumption of a Divine Art; every fifty units of 'Subordinate Ninth Rank Divine Law Fragment' can reduce the divine power consumption of one Subordinate Ninth Rank Divine Art by fifty percent, or one Principal Ninth Rank Divine Art by ten percent.

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[Price]: One Thousand Units of Divine Power

"Subordinate Ninth Rank Divine Law Fragments."

"Interesting."

"Aside from being able to confer a Subordinate Ninth Rank Subordinate God, they can actually reduce the divine power consumption of a Divine Art..."

Li Yue was somewhat surprised.

Moreover, these one hundred units of 'Subordinate Ninth Rank Divine Law Fragments' were actually worth one thousand units of divine power!

Doesn't that mean—

Each unit of 'Subordinate Ninth Rank Divine Law Fragment' is worth ten units of divine power?

"What a generous gift-bringer..."

A satisfied smile appeared at the corners of his mouth.

This evil spirit—

It was actually quite adorable.

That 'Paper Effigy Shop' should be the weakest of the evil spirits, yet killing it yielded one thousand units of divine power; it was a massive profit.

If more evil spirits came along.

Wouldn't he be able to gather fifteen thousand units of divine power very quickly?

Of course—

That was just wishful thinking.

Although his "jurisdiction" was not small, covering a full one thousand qing of land.

It was not considered large when placed within the entirety of Cangmu Town.

And as for the rumored evil spirits within the bounds of Cangmu Town, aside from this Paper Effigy Shop, there was only one other Mysterious Manor.

The probability of that Mysterious Manor coincidentally entering his "jurisdiction" was far too slim.

Unless he could promote to the Subordinate Eighth Rank divine tier, causing his "jurisdiction" to expand once more, which would give him a greater chance of having that Mysterious Manor appear within his "jurisdiction".

"These one hundred units of 'Subordinate Ninth Rank Divine Law Fragments' are not enough to confer a Subordinate Ninth Rank Subordinate God."

"How should I make the best use of them..."

Li Yue pondered.

Sell them directly?

Although he could immediately harvest one thousand units of divine power, he felt that was not the best way to handle them.

After some thought.

A sudden idea struck him, and he immediately opened the "Regional Trading" interface to check the price of 'Yin Soldier Artifacts'.

"It has dropped to a price of ten units of divine power and three hundred Incense Wish Power..."

"The cost alone is ten units of divine power; the extra three hundred Incense Wish Power is just the labor fee..."

"At this price, it should have already hit the bottom."

"Working hard for two hours just to produce one 'Yin Soldier Artifact', only earning three hundred Incense Wish Power... which is zero point three units of divine power..."

Li Yue shook his head.

At this price, one still has to compete with many others, and might not even sell one in a day.

After all, there are more and more people promoting to the Subordinate Ninth Rank divine tier now.

Back when he sold 'Yin Soldier Artifacts', he earned ten units of divine power per piece.

That was truly a windfall!

"Since you are all competing so fiercely..."

"It won't hurt to have one more..."

A strange smile appeared at the corners of his mouth.

Fifty units of 'Subordinate Ninth Rank Divine Law Fragments' can reduce the consumption of a Subordinate Ninth Rank divine art by fifty percent.

He did not dwell on it further.

He took out fifty units of 'Subordinate Ninth Rank Divine Law Fragments' directly and applied them to the Subordinate Ninth Rank divine art 'Yin Soldier Artifact'.

This was not the Principal Ninth Rank divine art 'Third-Order Yin Soldier Artifact'.

It was merely a Subordinate Ninth Rank divine art.

Suddenly—

He felt his understanding of the Subordinate Ninth Rank divine art 'Yin Soldier Artifact' greatly enhanced; he even gained insights into how to improve it, realizing how to forge a Second-Order Yin Soldier Artifact while significantly saving divine power.

Hoo—

He reached out his hand.

Five strands of divine power surged out, slowly outlining the Second-Order Yin Soldier Artifact 'Soul-Binding Chain' before him.

In just one hour.

He completed the forging, and a Second-Order Yin Soldier Artifact 'Soul-Binding Chain' hovered before his eyes.

"Previously, at the Subordinate Ninth Rank divine level, it took two hours to forge one Second-Order Yin Soldier Artifact."

"Now, at the Principal Ninth Rank divine level, it only takes one hour to forge one Second-Order Yin Soldier Artifact; the efficiency is four times higher."

Li Yue was satisfied.

In this way—

He could forge twenty-four Second-Order Yin Soldier Artifacts in his twelve-hour day!

"You all still need to earn a bit of hard-earned money, more or less..."

"But I can directly drive the price down to ten strands of divine power..."

He smiled faintly.

Without hesitation, he immediately listed the Second-Order Yin Soldier Artifact before him on the "Regional Trading" interface for the price of ten strands of divine power.

He did not believe—

There could be a second Blue Star Deity who would list them at the same price of ten strands of divine power.

Listing at ten strands of divine power still left him with a profit of five strands of divine power.

But if other Blue Star Deities listed them at ten strands of divine power, they would be working for free; who would do that?

If someone really did—

Then he could lower the price even further!

"Although it doesn't compare to the ten strands of divine power I earned per Second-Order Yin Soldier Artifact before."

"But the efficiency is higher now... and selling at cost price, surely those Subordinate Ninth Rank Blue Star Deities won't need to waste their own time forging anymore. Buying them directly for ten strands of divine power—what a great deal, right?"

"The sales volume shouldn't be low."

"I, Li Yue, am diligent and hardworking, all for the benefit of the Blue Star gods..."

He chuckled.

He continued to forge Second-Order 'Yin Soldier Artifacts' with great enthusiasm.

He believed—

The fifty units of 'Divine Law Fragments' worth five hundred strands of divine power would be earned back very soon.

"What the f*ck!"

"F*ck! My! Life!"

"Which great god is this, selling a Yin Soldier Artifact for only ten strands of divine power?"

"Working hard for two hours to forge a Yin Soldier Artifact, only to earn zero profit?"

"Working for free?"

"Do you have to be this competitive!"

Inside a Divine Domain, Zhou Minghuang had just finished forging a Yin Soldier Artifact.

But just as he intended to list it, his eyes widened as he stared at the Yin Soldier Artifacts on the interface clearly priced at only ten strands of divine power, and he immediately let out a string of profanities.

He had felt that his own price of ten strands of divine power plus three hundred Incense Wish Power was already at the absolute limit.

Even then, there were many people competing.

Basically, he could only sell one every three days on average, earning three hundred Incense Wish Power.

Over ten days, he could earn one strand of divine power.

But now—

Someone else wasn't even trying to make a profit.

Selling at direct cost price, how is one supposed to compete with that?

There's simply no way to play this game.

"Let's see how long you can keep this up."

"This Deity refuses to believe you can work for free every single day."

"If you keep selling like this long-term, I'll stop refining Yin Soldier Artifacts altogether and just buy them from you instead!"

He gritted his teeth.

The next moment.

He discovered that the Yin Soldier Artifact had already been bought by someone.

Yet, he felt no envy at all; instead, he sneered.

He would be envious if others were making money, but when someone worked for free, he only cursed them as a fool in his heart.

However, two hours later.

He discovered that the other party had listed four more Yin Soldier Artifacts, still at ten strands of divine power each!

"You still have stock?"

"How can someone who has already become a deity be this stupid?"

"Not earning a single cent—I crown you the ultimate king of involution!"

He shook his head, too lazy to pay any more attention.

It's just a business that only earns one strand of divine power every ten days, right?

He's done.

Go ahead and involute yourself to death!