"You mean, without any warning, the Ascension Passage was suddenly Sealing, and Spiritual Qi was converted into Genki within a mere thousand years?"
Ling Yi frowned and asked.
There is absolutely no such thing as a causeless event in this world.
Everything has Karma!
Such a massive event as the reduction of the world's dimensions couldn't possibly be due to the Heavenly Dao losing its mind and reducing its own dimensions, could it?
Isn't that insane?
"Yes, without any warning!"
Jiang Yanran poured herself another cup of tea.
He then continued, "We've also searched for the cause and made countless deductions, but in the end, we could only pinpoint the Karma to a small village in the mortal world."
"However, although we have located the village, the Karma within it has already collapsed!"
"Um, could it be understood that the person or thing that caused the world to be reduced to a lower dimension originally existed, Later disappeared?"
Jiang Yanran nodded. "Yes, the Karma, completely severed."
Without Karma, the investigation cannot continue.
At this point, Jiang Yanran suddenly stopped drinking tea.
An incredulous glint flashed in his eyes.
Then his gaze fixed intently on Ling Yi.
"Uh, why are you looking at me like that?" Ling Yi felt a little uncomfortable under that gaze.
Jiang Yanran murmured, "Is this... a coincidence?"
What a coincidence!
Can we stop speaking in riddles?
"This is where the Karma are severed."
Jiang Yanran reached out and pointed to the Demon Hall behind Ling Yi.
Ling Yi raised an eyebrow.
Sure enough, I was the Protagonist.
Otherwise, as the saying goes, "No story is complete without coincidences," so conversely, too many coincidences constitute a story.
I thought carefully about what had happened around me since I transmigrated.
Damn it, the more I think about it, the more I feel like I'm the Protagonist.
For a moment, Ling Yi felt somewhat depressed.
Being cast Protagonist means that all your words and actions are likely part of a pre-written script.
"Heh, me, the Protagonist?" Ling Yi sneered.
Let that guy see what it means to reverse the Heavenly Dipper.
Just then, the system's voice rang in Ling Yi's mind.
[Host, data analysis complete. This woman is indeed not a time traveler!]
"What do you mean?" Ling Yi's thoughts were pulled back by the system's voice, and he asked curiously.
[According to the data I obtained from the other party's system, ten thousand years ago, there was an unlucky guy named Jiang Hai who, by sheer luck, transmigrated to this world.]
[And she transmigrated into the body of Jiang Yanran, who had been asleep for millions of years and was on the verge of her soul disintegrating.]
[However, Jiang Yanran was, after all, a former Mahayana Stage expert. Even though her soul was on the verge of collapse, it was still far superior to the soul of Jiang Hai, an ordinary person.]
"You don't mean to say that Jiang Hai's soul was devoured by Jiang Yanran, and that Jiang Hai's system was also obtained by Jiang Yanran?"
[More or less, however, Jiang Yanran did not completely obtain the system that Jiang Hai brought.]
[However, since the original host is gone, and this system cannot be re-bound to a new host, it has no choice but to cooperate with Jiang Yanran.]
Although Jiang Hai's soul was somewhat weakened, he still managed to replenish Jiang Yanran's soul power.
[ Jiang Yanran, with the help of Jiang Hai's spiritual power and the system's assistance, awakened.]
Ling Yi asked curiously, "What system?"
[ Goose Factory System!]
" Goose Factory System?"
[Yes, that's the worst system in the world, the most garbage system of all.]
"Your system even has a hierarchy of contempt?"
[Isn't Goose Factory System a scam? They're obsessed with money; they only work when they have it, and they play dead when they don't. What are they if not the worst kind of operating system?]
[A system is meant to serve its host; any system that doesn't serve its host is a trap.]
That makes sense, Ling Yi, giving his system a thumbs up.
"However, even if Goose Factory System is a huge pitfall, with Jiang Yanran's methods, making money to support the system shouldn't be too difficult, right?"
"Why is Jiang Yanran only at the Foundation Establishment Realm stage?"
[After all, this Goose Factory System doesn't belong to Jiang Yanran, so it's a bit of a rip-off. Normally, 10,000 taels of silver would be enough to raise Jiang Yanran's cultivation level by one minor realm.]
[But now, it takes 100 million Silver to advance to the next minor realm, and the price is likely to rise further!]
Ling Yi: "..."
Is this a trap? This is Abyss!
All I can say is, as expected of Goose Factory System, it's truly Tencent-esque!
While Ling Yi was communicating with the system, Jiang Yanran was also deep in thought.
Just as Ling Yi's system said, the Goose Factory System that Jiang Hai brought over was a sinkhole, an abyss of enormous Abyss.
Since waking up, Jiang Yanran has been making money in various ways.
In order to amass wealth, she founded the Poison Baleful Energy Sect.
The Poison Baleful Energy Sect, which takes on any job imaginable.
Initially, it only takes 10,000 taels of silver to advance to a minor realm.
But then it became 100,000 taels, 1 million taels, and even 100 million taels.
It wasn't until a year ago that Jiang Yanran found the correct way to understand time travel from Jiang Hai's memories.
They started making and selling perfumes, soaps, sugar, fireworks, and other products.
Even so, advancing to the next level is extremely difficult.
One hundred million Silver —what does that even mean?
Jiang Yanran's businesses have expanded to more than a dozen neighboring countries.
Yet, they still couldn't earn a hundred million Silver.
However, this wasn't what frustrated Jiang Yanran the most.
The most frustrating thing was learning that Jiang Yanran had finally found the right way to make money.
The Goose Factory System has increased in price.
The price jumped from 100 million taels to 10 billion taels.
This time, Jiang Yanran truly couldn't take it anymore.
But they did not try to negotiate with the system further.
Jiang Yanran knew very well that there was no point in haggling with this broken system.
This system is clearly intelligent, but it plays dead when it comes to bargaining.
Jiang Yanran felt that for the past ten thousand years, she had simply been working for Goose Factory System.
Jiang Yanran didn't want to continue living this kind of working life.
Fortunately, while this system is flawed, it's not entirely useless.
At least, it gave Jiang Yanran an Longevity and Immortality body.
Of course, Goose Factory System wasn't entirely benevolent; it was treating Jiang Yanran like a permanent slave!
Originally, Jiang Yanran could have pursued the path of Internal Breath Martial Practitioner.
It possesses Longevity and Immortality life.
Because when Internal Breath Martial Practitioner reaches their limit and attains the Immortal Dipper Realm, theoretically, they can Reversal their Genki into Spiritual Power.
There is still a chance to reopen the path to immortality.
Perhaps we can find a way to revive Spiritual Qi here.
However, Goose Factory System had already plotted against Jiang Yanran from the very beginning.
To enable Jiang Yanran to cultivate immortality, she must spend money through its system to buy Spirit Stone and elixirs.
Purchase cultivation level.
However, Goose Factory has gone a bit too far in its exploitation.
Jiang Yanran isn't stupid.
I've recently started to have the mentality of giving up.
"If we can obtain a long-term, stable supply of Spiritual Power from Ling Yi, we can completely get rid of this money-grubbing garbage system."
"Instead of working for this garbage system, it's better to..."
Jiang Yanran knew very well that she would have to pay a price.
"Fellow Daoist!" Thinking of this, Jiang Yanran looked at Ling Yi and spoke.
"My name is Ling Yi. Calling me 'fellow Daoist' feels awkward."
" Ling Yi, I want to work for you."
"Work to earn a living?"
"Yes, I'll work for you, and you'll pay me."
Hearing Jiang Yanran's words, Ling Yi couldn't help but smile.
Then he held up three fingers.
"There's plenty of Spiritual Water, and you can absorb Spiritual Qi as you please," Ling Yi said, starting with the benefits.
"What are the conditions?" Jiang Yanran asked, looking at Ling Yi's three fingers.