The Uses of Points

In the chat group.

[System Notification: Xiao Yan has ended the group livestream!]

[Pang Bo: Xiao Yan, that act of yours wasn't nearly convincing enough. You should've said a few more things!]

[Yue Buqun: The price Nalan Yanran paid was indeed a little too light, especially on such an important occasion...]

[Xiao Yan: I just found it a little boring. Sometimes, there's no point in being too particular about things!]

[Pang Bo: Don't tell me you've taken a liking to Nalan Yanran now?]

[Xiao Yan: How could that be? My heart is devoted entirely to Xun'er now!]

[Pang Bo: Then you don't want Yun Yun, Little Fairy, or Queen Medusa anymore? Fine, forget them—but don't tell me you don't want such an adorable daughter as Xiao Xiao either?]

[Xiao Yan: This... I just remembered that I have something to do. I'll be going offline first!]

Just as they were chatting idly, a series of notifications rang out in the chat group once more.

[System Notification: Increased activity has been detected in the chat group. The chat group is beginning an upgrade!]

[System Notification: All group members have contributed to the chat group's upgrade and will now receive certain rewards.]

[System Notification: The chat group update has been completed. The following functions have been added...]

[System Notification: The chat group private messaging function has been activated!]

[System Notification: The chat group cross-world teleportation channel has been activated!]

[System Notification: The chat group enlightenment enhancement function has been activated!]

The five consecutive system notifications directly interrupted Pang Bo's teasing of Xiao Yan. Even Xiao Yan, who had been about to go offline to escape the teasing, stopped in his tracks.

[Pang Bo: Damn, how did the chat group level up again so quickly? But I only got 1,231 points!]

[Yue Buqun: I only got 1,227 points as well!]

[Han Li: I only received 1,032 points as a reward!]

As Lu Qingshan looked through everyone's chat messages, he discovered that aside from gaining 3,106 points, he had also received the authority to forbid others from privately messaging him.

[Cao Cao: After this chat group upgrade, several more functions have been added. I wonder what they're for?]

[Xiao Yan: That one's simple. Private messaging lets two people chat alone without anyone else seeing it! As for the other two...]

[Pang Bo: Holy shit, a cross-world teleportation channel! We can finally go visit other worlds.]

Seeing Pang Bo's message, Lu Qingshan quickly opened the several newly added functions in the chat group...

There was naturally no need to explain private messaging. The cross-world teleportation channel allowed group members to travel to the worlds of other members, provided they received the other party's consent beforehand. The other party could also ask the cross-world traveler to leave at any time. Furthermore, the stronger the traveler was and the more items they carried, the more points they would need to spend.

As for the final enlightenment enhancement function, it allowed group members to enter a deep state of enlightenment while cultivating, temporarily increasing their comprehension and cultivation speed. However, it also cost the most points. The higher the user's realm, the more points they needed to spend!

[Pang Bo: Damn, this cross-world teleportation channel is way too expensive! I've only just entered the Sea of Bitterness realm, yet even if I don't bring anything, I still need 100 points for one cross-world trip!]

[Cao Cao: That just means you're very strong, Pang Bo. It only costs me 15 points to teleport once. I'm probably the weakest person in the chat group!]

[Xiao Yan: @Cao Cao, it only costs me 18 points right now too. Looks like our strength is about the same!]

[Yue Buqun: I just looked into it. If we want to visit other worlds, we can spend some points to have the chat group seal away part of our strength. That way, using the cross-world teleportation channel costs fewer points!]

[Han Li: The points required for the cross-world teleportation channel are still relatively few. The enlightenment enhancement function is the real rip-off! I've only just reached the early Foundation Establishment stage. Using the cross-world teleportation channel only costs 80 points, but using the enlightenment enhancement function requires a full ten times that amount!]

Lu Qingshan ignored the others in the chat and focused directly on the enlightenment enhancement function.

After all, to him, the importance of the other functions was far inferior to that of the enlightenment enhancement function!

[System Notification: As the group owner, you receive a 20% discount when using the enlightenment enhancement function. Based on your current realm, one use of the enlightenment enhancement function will cost 80,000 points!]

[System Notification: Beep! Your point balance is insufficient. Unable to use the enlightenment enhancement function. Please work hard to accumulate points!]

"This..."

Looking at the system notifications before him, Lu Qingshan was speechless. "It actually takes 80,000 points to use the enlightenment enhancement function?"

He had only gained a few thousand points from the chat group so far. Adding in the points Cao Cao and Xiao Yan had transferred to him earlier, along with the points other members had spent buying the secret arts he had uploaded to the chat group store, he only had a little over ten thousand points in total!

Yet just one use of the enlightenment enhancement function required 80,000 points? And that was after the 20% discount?

"It seems I'll have to work hard to accumulate points from now on!"

Lu Qingshan thought to himself, "Fortunately, as the group owner, I'll definitely accumulate points much faster than the others. I can also exchange resources for points from them. I should be able to gather enough points soon!"

While Lu Qingshan was pondering this, the others in the chat group also began conducting their own experiments.

[Pang Bo: Holy shit, the enlightenment enhancement function is insanely powerful! I got a precious secret art before, but I practiced it for a long time without even getting started. Just now, I used the enlightenment enhancement function once, and I instantly mastered that secret art completely!]

After seeing Pang Bo's message, Han Li in Yellow Maple Valley and Yue Buqun in the world of The Smiling, Proud Wanderer also began trying out the chat group's enlightenment enhancement function.

Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm on the Douluo Continent was indifferent about it. After all, it had already become Huo Yuhao's soul ring, so enlightenment and the like were simply too distant for it.

As for Cao Cao and Xiao Yan, they had already transferred all the points they previously possessed to Lu Qingshan. They only had the thousand or so points they had just received, so they did not immediately activate the enlightenment function.

However, neither of them regretted it in the slightest. The help Lu Qingshan had given them before was far more valuable than the points they had possessed.

Xiao Yan had already learned from Yao Chen just how precious that Chaos Source Fruit was. As for Cao Cao, he was feeling rather pleased at the moment.

After all, Cao Cao had always been the one receiving help in the chat group.

Although the other group members had been willing to lend him a hand, he had never considered it something he was entitled to. He also understood that as the chat group gained more and more members, such unconditional help would definitely become less and less common.

But now, the increased importance of points made him breathe a sigh of relief.

Looking at the 1,123 points he had just received, Cao Cao could not help but reveal a faint smile.

[System Notification: Cao Cao has transferred 1,000 points to Lu Qingshan.]

[Cao Cao: Group Owner, thank you for helping me gather so much food earlier. Please accept these points. I hope you don't find them too little!]

Wu Tan City, the Xiao Clan.

Xiao Yan had just returned to his room when he saw the messages in the chat group and quickly took action as well.

[System Notification: Xiao Yan has transferred 1,000 points to Lu Qingshan.]

[Xiao Yan: Group Owner, I'm giving you my points as well. I hope you don't find them too few!]