Trading Company and Sky Arena

"Huh? Knight World? This world could make it into the top ten?"

Ye Xuan was somewhat surprised. For the first eight people's worlds, he had only glanced at their personal profiles without investigating further, until he saw this tenth-ranked Knight World.

He had to admit, this world had truly piqued his curiosity.

Immediately, Ye Xuan tapped into it and examined it carefully.

"Knight God Kingdom, a Divine Kingdom filled with dreams. It appears to be an ordinary Knight God Kingdom, but a tremendous secret is actually hidden behind it."

That was the detailed introduction to this world. As for what that tremendous secret was, it was not explained. He did not know whether the system itself did not know, or whether Ye Xuan's access level only extended this far.

"I knew it. How could a normal Knight World possibly charge into the top ten of the Province Ranking? This Liu Yong must be pretty interesting. I'll have to meet him when I get the chance and see what he has made of the Knight God Kingdom."

Ye Xuan muttered to himself, memorized the man's name, then followed him through his friend list.

After following someone, updates about that person would trigger notifications. For example, he would be notified when their ranking changed, or when they posted on their social feed.

"Jiang Nan Province Talent Exchange Center? What kind of group is this?"

Ye Xuan tapped into it. He remembered that he had not joined any group chats, yet he had somehow been automatically added to one.

A moment later.

"So it's an official group!"

After reading through the chat history, Ye Xuan set the group chat to Do Not Disturb, then posted a message in the group.

Flower Picker Ye Xuan: Hello, everyone. I'm Ye Xuan.

After greeting them, he left the group chat and set his friend messages to Do Not Disturb as well.

Of course, Do Not Disturb was ineffective for people he followed. In other words, from now on, only messages from Liu Yong on the Forum would trigger a notification sound; nothing else would.

Mm, group chat mentions would still trigger notification sounds, in order to prevent him from missing anything important.

Afterward, he browsed through the Forum.

Aside from contacts, social feeds, and group chats, the Forum also had an actual discussion forum.

As the name implied, it was a place for everyone to discuss things. A thread owner would make a post, and everyone on the Reaching Heavens Ranking could leave comments. It was also divided by region, though not in much detail—there was only the Ancestor Star Zone.

After browsing around casually, he exited.

There was nothing particularly interesting on the Forum. The hottest thread was about him. Those students who had been muted in the group chats had all flocked to the Forum to start threads, and countless people immediately bumped them.

The thread owner was named Tan Qingxin. It was a very elegant name, and that was all.

She was just a little girl ranked twelfth on the Province Ranking. Nothing worth paying attention to.

After finishing with the Forum, he checked his own information.

Occupying third place on the Jiang Nan Province Province Ranking with First-Order Early Stage cultivation was simply too eye-catching. Any student from Jiang Nan Province who opened the rankings would spot his position at a glance.

As for reaching third place on the Jiang Nan Province Province Ranking after sleeping for one night, he was not surprised at all.

What he had always lacked was merely the strength of his Divine Kingdom.

Nourished by a bottle of God Source Liquid, his Chaotic World would naturally improve at a frenzied pace.

It was perfectly normal for his ranking to rise afterward.

Although his personal cultivation was still at First-Order Early Stage, his actual combat power could crush every Creator God below Third Order. There was no doubt about that.

"Ding, your followed friend Liu Yong has sent you a message."

Ye Xuan was just about to enter the Chaotic World when he heard the notification and opened it.

Liu Yong: "Hello, boss. I watched you soar all the way from ninth to third. You're too strong! I'm guessing you just joined the Reaching Heavens Ranking and don't know much yet, so let me introduce a few things."

"I won't go over the basic functions. The Trading Company is divided into two parts. The first is the Auction House. Anyone can list items they want to sell there, and you can buy them by paying the equivalent amount of God Source."

"The same principle applies if you want to sell something, but the Auction House deducts five percent of the transaction value as a handling fee."

"Mm, opening the Auction House costs one God Source, but that's no big deal since it's only deducted once. However, listing an item for sale costs one God Source regardless of whether the item is good or bad. That part is pretty damn unfair!"

"Besides that, the Auction House occasionally holds online auctions, which are organized by the state. Of course, ordinary people can't get in; only tycoons attend them. When one begins, the system will notify the entire network, so you don't need to worry about that."

"The second part is the Marketplace. The Marketplace is a channel for the state to buy and sell goods. You can buy whatever items you want here, and you can also sell whatever items you want."

"Of course, buying things here generally costs more than at the Auction House, while selling things earns less than at the Auction House..."

"So most people handle whatever they need to buy or sell through the Auction House."

"But no matter where you handle it, the state will take some of your God Source. Still, God Source came from the state in the first place, so just treat it as contributing to the country~"

"Now that I've finished talking about the Auction House, let's talk about the Sky Arena."

"The Sky Arena, as the name suggests, is a place for fighting and PK. It also costs God Source to unlock, and it requires ten God Source! So ordinary people can't just enter it."

"And each time you challenge someone or accept someone else's challenge, one God Source is deducted from each side."

"This is a one-time charge. It'll still be deducted next time, too. Mm, you'll get used to it."

"Other than that, the benefit of the Sky Arena is that you can use it for gambling. For example, if you're confident in your combat power, you can challenge someone else who is equally confident. Both sides put down a wager, and as long as the wager isn't too outrageous, people will generally honor the bet."

"Because no one wants to become a deadbeat. Your reputation is ruined the moment you do that... unless you truly can't repay the God Source. Then there's nothing to be done. So, friendly advice: don't wager too much. It's best not to exceed Hundred God Source."

"The Sky Arena was created by a legendary Creator God. It ignores distances in space and the passage of time. No matter where both combatants are, no matter what time state they are in, after fighting here and returning to reality, only the time of a blink will have passed."

"Most importantly, battles here use Projections of the Creator Gods themselves and their Divine Kingdoms. So you can fight to your heart's content here. Even if you destroy a Divine Kingdom, it will not actually harm the Divine Kingdom or the Creator God in the slightest!"

Liu Yong had said a great deal in one breath, sending over a huge wall of neatly divided text. Yet in truth, he had sent the entire thing in no more than the flick of a finger.