Mei Xuan asked with a hint of puzzlement, "Why did you suddenly think of this? What those cultivators did clearly had nothing to do with you."
Li Chen said, "Because fleecing someone is, in essence, a kind of demand too. It represents the benefits the masses of cultivators hope to obtain."
"Someone wants to fleece me, Li Chen? Fine, I'll let them shear their fill!"
"If plucking a single hair can benefit the world, why not do it?"
Mei Xuan disagreed. "But wouldn't you be taking a loss that way?"
Li Chen said, "Of course I can't simply take a loss for nothing. I have to find a way to turn it into a business if it's going to be sustainable. This might also be a major avenue for me to practice the way of the Puppet Master and improve people's livelihoods. If I tried to start in other fields, there would be nothing I could do."
Mei Xuan reminded him, "If you're only exchanging information, rather than transporting physical goods, you don't seem to have any advantage."
Although she did not understand the technology very well, she knew that Ultrawave Communication was not an exclusive Secret Art possessed by Li Chen alone. On the contrary, it was commonplace technology that any Grand Artisan could master.
Newly advanced Grand Artisans had to spend enormous sums to open and close channels, making commercial use impossible. But some specialists in this field had already mastered techniques for reducing costs, making their methods every bit as effective as spirit wave communication spanning ten thousand li.
If Li Chen ventured into this field, they would be the first people he offended, because it would encroach on certain Grand Artisans' interests.
Li Chen shook his head. "No, you don't understand. My advantages in this field