Volume Two: Naked Primitive Accumulation of Capital - First Exploration of the Primordial Battlefield (Part One)

The pirated books cost only half as much as Luo Qian's legitimate editions, but the Ling Household had a vast supply of cheap labor behind him. If it came to a price war, he was not afraid. Luo Qian drove his prices down and down, all the way to rock bottom, until he was practically charging only for the books' jade plates.

After three weeks of sales, every pirate had vanished without a trace.

Li Feier was thrilled. "Boss, we've finally cleared them all out!" Luo Qian gave a rueful smile. "Just wait. The moment we raise our prices, they'll rise from the ashes..."

Piracy had plagued the Mortal Realm for decades. Without strong government measures, private efforts alone could never stamp it out. Luo Qian understood that, but Li Feier could not quite grasp it. She blinked at him, and all he could do was smile bitterly.

The open and covert struggles of business had done nothing to slow the spread of YY culture through the Immortal Realm. Lately, quite a few people had found business opportunities in YY novels:

One practitioner of magical arts announced that reading Piao Miao Journey had led him to comprehend a new cultivation method. He was willing to discuss it with the wider immortal community. Interested parties could contact a certain exalted Immortal. Consultation fee: thirty pieces of high-grade immortal jade.

One martial cultivator announced that reading Stellar Transformations had inspired him to create a new training method capable of rapidly raising one's level. He had already opened a training class. Anyone wishing to enroll should prepare one thousand pieces of high-grade immortal jade and seek out a certain exalted Immortal at Wending Mountain.

One Artifact Cultivator announced that Zhang Xiaofan's encounter with the fire poker in Jade Dynasty had inspired him to