Inviting New Members

Just as Yang Xuan was about to deduce a cultivation technique, he glanced at the group chat and froze slightly before opening the group announcement.

"Ding!"

"Group activity has reached 100!"

"New feature unlocked: Invite New Members!"

"New feature unlocked: Points Shop!"

"Please check the group announcement for detailed rules."

[Group Activity System]

1. Group members can gain 1 activity point by checking in daily.

2. Group members gain 0.1 activity points for every valid message sent.

3. Group members gain 5 activity points for every red packet sent.

4. New features unlock when group activity reaches 1,000.

5. Current activity: 100.

[Rules for Inviting New Members]

1. The group owner may initiate one invitation vote every 30 days.

2. The system will randomly select three potential new members from across the myriad worlds.

3. Group members will vote to decide which new member to invite.

[Points Shop Rules]

1. New feature: Sending red packets consumes group points.

2. Group points can be earned through daily check-ins, sending messages, sending red packets, completing group tasks, and other methods.

3. The ratio between points consumed to send a red packet and the red packet's value is 1:10.

4. Red packets cannot be sent when points are insufficient.

5. More shop features will be unlocked in the future. Stay tuned.

Yang Xuan read through it carefully three times, and his brows gradually furrowed.

Sending red packets consumed points now?

When he had sent innate spiritual energy earlier, it had not cost him anything.

In other words, this feature had been added afterward.

"It seems this group is still constantly being refined."

Yang Xuan thought to himself, At the beginning, its functions were rudimentary. As activity rises, more features will gradually open up. But corresponding restrictions will also increase.

That was actually a good thing.

Rules created order.

Order allowed things to last.

If sending red packets came with no cost, he could send them whenever he wanted. That would certainly feel satisfying.

But that kind of satisfaction was unsustainable—other group members did not have as many resources as he did. They could not afford to send red packets, and over time, they would lose their sense of participation.

The appearance of the group points system gave everyone a fair starting point.

They could earn points by checking in every day and chatting every day.

With points, they could send red packets.

After sending red packets, they could earn even more points.

It was a positive cycle.

More importantly, there was the function for inviting new members.

There were only six people in the group now, but once there were more people in the future, the scale of resource exchanges would multiply, and the things they could obtain would only grow more numerous.

"However..." Yang Xuan's gaze fell on the words "random selection." Random selection means too much uncertainty. What if the next batch is still from low-martial worlds?

Forget it. That was not something he could control.

Yang Xuan exited the group announcement and discovered that the group had already exploded into chatter.

Xiao Yan: Holy crap! Sending red packets costs points now?

Xiao Yan: Let me see how many points I have... 25 points?

Xiao Yan: That's way too little!

Miss Huang: One point from checking in, plus a few messages, for a total of 12 points.

Miss Huang: Fellow Daoist, you must have a lot, right? You sent two huge red packets.

Sun Wukong: Let me check mine... 48 points.

Sun Wukong: Why do I have so few?

Zhang Sanfeng: This old man has 19 points.

Senior-Year Powerhouse: 45 points.

Yang Xuan checked his own points.

Immortal: 312 points.

Xiao Yan: ...

Xiao Yan: Fellow Daoist, are you serious about having that many points?

Immortal: This poor Daoist sent innate spiritual energy and received quite a few points.

Yang Xuan was telling the truth.

He had sent two rounds of red packets, both containing innate spiritual energy.

Each time had given him 150 points.

Judging from the increase, one ten-thousandth of a wisp of innate spiritual energy was worth 1,500 points.

At first, the system awarded points for sending them. Later on, it would deduct points instead.

Points are the core resource of this group, Yang Xuan calculated. Sending red packets in the future could be used as a means of winning people over.

But right now, he was more concerned about something else.

Inviting new members.

Senior-Year Powerhouse: Everyone, the 30-day cooldown has passed. We can invite a new member now.

Senior-Year Powerhouse: The voting window has opened. Please cast your votes.

A voting interface popped up before Yang Xuan.

"Votes will be counted anonymously. Please select one new member from the following three."

1. Gu Santong

2. White Snake Successor

3. Fu Hongxue

Huang Rong: Gu Santong, White Snake Successor, Fu Hongxue... who are they? Does anyone know them?

Xiao Yan: No idea. They sound like people from martial arts worlds?

Sun Wukong: That "White Snake Successor" sounds kind of interesting. Can snakes cultivate too?

Zhang Sanfeng: Gu Santong and Fu Hongxue sound fairly ordinary, judging by their names.

Huang Rong: So these three should all be from martial arts worlds?

Huang Rong: None from an immortal cultivation world...

Xiao Yan: Martial arts is fine too! Better than nothing!

Huang Rong: True enough. So which one do we pick?

Sun Wukong: I don't care. Any of them is fine.

Xiao Yan: How about Fu Hongxue? He sounds strong just from his name.

Huang Rong: What about White Snake Successor? Sounds like someone with a story.

The few of them went back and forth, discussing it for a long while without reaching any conclusion.

Miss Huang: Fellow Daoist, which one do you think we should choose? @Immortal

The group fell silent for a moment.

Everyone turned their attention to Yang Xuan.

Yang Xuan looked at the screen, pondering without a word.

Gu Santong, an expert from the world of The First in the World. The Indestructible Vajra Body Technique and the Power-Absorbing Technique were indeed no joke. That world's power level was not low, and Gu Santong's strength in his later years was considered the ceiling among low-martial worlds.

White Snake Successor—Bai Suzhen? Or perhaps a descendant of Xu Xian? If it was Bai Suzhen herself, then she was a snake demon who had cultivated for a thousand years, and her strength was not weak. But the words "Successor" made it sound more like a descendant or disciple.

Fu Hongxue, the swordsman from Gu Long's The Border Town Prodigal. Fast blade, revenge, loneliness. His martial arts were formidable, but his upper limit was limited. In the end, he was only a mortal.

One choice out of three.

Yang Xuan already had an answer in mind, but he did not speak immediately.

After all, this group was not his. If he showed off too much, wouldn't people start keeping a little scorebook on him?

"Hmm..."

Yang Xuan's gaze shifted slightly as he came to a decision.

Immortal: You may discuss this matter among yourselves. This poor Daoist will not participate.

Immortal: No matter whom you choose, this poor Daoist has no objections.

Huang Rong: Huh? Fellow Daoist, you don't know them either?

Xiao Yan: With such profound cultivation, even you don't know these people?

Yang Xuan did know who they were, but this was clearly the group owner's area of expertise. He could not just spill everything at once and steal the rightful owner's business.

He still had to rely on this group to escape the fate of being divided up!

After considering his words, he replied.

Immortal: The myriad worlds are as vast as a sea. Though this poor Daoist has cultivated for three thousand years, I would not dare claim to know all matters under heaven.

Immortal: Furthermore, voting is meant to be decided by the group members themselves. If this poor Daoist interferes too much, it would be inappropriate.

Sun Wukong: What's inappropriate about that? It should be fine to ask each other for opinions, right?

Zhang Sanfeng: Fellow Immortal is right. We need not ask further. Let us decide for ourselves.

Huang Rong: Hmm... that does make sense.

Xiao Yan: Then we choose for ourselves?

Huang Rong: Didn't you just say you wanted to choose Fu Hongxue?

Xiao Yan: Right, I choose Fu Hongxue.

Huang Rong: Then I'll choose White Snake Successor. They sound like someone with a story, so they should not be bad.

Sun Wukong: Guess who I picked? Hehehe!

The vote ended, and the invitation process began.

Inviting new member...

The group fell quiet for several seconds.

Then, a system notification appeared.

"Ding!"

"New member 'White Snake Successor' has joined the group!"

White Snake Successor: Where is this...?

White Snake Successor: Who are all of you?

White Snake Successor's tone carried a hint of vigilance and confusion.

Yang Xuan looked at the new member's name and formed a few guesses.

It seemed White Snake Successor was Bai Suzhen.

He just did not know how strong her cultivation was at present.

Was she a little demon who had only just taken human form, or a snake Immortal who had cultivated for a thousand years?

Yang Xuan did not rush to speak.

Little snake, a demon at your level isn't qualified to speak with me.

He still had to maintain the bearing of an Immortal.