Announcement of Abnormal Trading Fluctuations at the Shrouding the Heavens Merchant Association

All-Heavens City selected its city lord candidates to find the successors with the greatest business talent and potential. Everyone who qualified as a candidate would therefore undergo an assessment judged by their trades.

"Fair enough," Ye Fan said.

Of the twelve tokens, nine had already been activated. The Qiongqi Token in his hand was the tenth.

Setting aside the notion that the strongest always appeared last, activating a token earlier actually had its advantages.

The tower was unmistakably classical in its Eastern style, yet inside lay an infinite space brimming with technology.

The moment Ye Fan activated the token, it configured an introduction according to the habits in his "understanding," complete with familiar text and a projected interface he could grasp at a glance.

"The goods traded and the profits earned are mine. Points accumulate as a percentage of turnover, but All-Heavens City decides which transactions count, preventing fake sales."

Each candidate owned a tower. Inside it, the rules protected them from harm and allowed them to suppress troublemakers up to a certain level of strength.

Each candidate could issue their own tokens. Token holders could enter All-Heavens City to trade. The number was limited but could rise as the business developed. Tokens could also be cast into the Void at random to await fated people from other civilizations.

Fated people: those with a strong desire to trade, whose civilization was within the tower's or its master's current capacity to suppress, and who possessed a measure of fortune or a fate fraught with hardship.

Those meeting all the above conditions received priority.

Token holders could purchase goods in All-Heavens City, set up shop under different towers, and bring companions into the city.

This place also served as a waystation in the Void. Former customers and powerful figures seeking a rest