Business Gets Tough as the Central Region Cultivation World Discovers the System
Liu Yi smiled after reading the comments.
Clearly, what the system hosts are most satisfied with is the increase in Energy Points automatically generated by the system.
While I appreciate the improvements and optimizations to other features, they ultimately can't compare to tangible benefits.
He wasn't surprised by this.
After all, only with Energy Points can one use system functions such as the Dao Comprehension Space and the Reincarnation Illusion Realm.
Without Energy Points, even the best system functions are just decorations and cannot be used at all.
After exiting the video, he immediately clicked on the trending topic "The Virtual World is exactly the same as the real world," which was full of introductions about the Virtual World.
He then switched to the comments section and found that the most common complaint was that the Virtual World was too vast.
However, it lacks Spatial Teleportation capabilities, making travel extremely inconvenient. Apart from that, no other problems were found.
He immediately logged out of TikTok and logged into the Virtual World backend without stopping, adding two new rules: Spatial Teleportation and usage time limits.
Subsequently, a Virtual World version update notification was drafted and sent to all system hosts.
After finishing all that, he got up and walked towards the restaurant.
Looking at the table full of delicious food, he nodded in satisfaction and then began to eat heartily.
Inside a luxurious private room on the top floor of the Drunken Immortal Pavilion Central Region Holy City.
Qian Duoduo sat alone by the window, a hint of sorrow on her face.
Lately, I've been having a really bad year.
The great war between good and evil in the Central Continent has long since ended, and the great war between good and evil in the Southern Barbarians Lands, the Northern Plains, and the Western Rivers is also about to subside.
This directly harmed his "Duoduo Factory," which had expanded several times over.
Although the product is still selling well, its popularity has declined significantly.
This sudden drop in status still left him feeling uneasy.
To make matters worse, the Energy Points automatically generated in version Fairness System 11.0 have increased.
This forced him to raise workers' wages, causing costs to soar while profits visibly shrank.
His purpose in coming to the Drunken Immortal Pavilion today was none other than to meet Ye Liang.
I still remember when he came to the holy city with great ambition to open "Duoduo Department Store". No sooner had he opened than he saw Ye Liang's "Liangpin Department Store" also opening with drums and gongs.
He never expected that Ye Liang, this guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes, wouldn't go to Dissemination System to earn Energy Points.
They even set their sights on the business of reselling items from the System Store, and became its direct competitors.
He was furious, but there was nothing he could do; he had no control over the items in the System Store.
Besides, if I can resell them, others certainly can too.
Finally, the two compromised and agreed on three conditions:
By refusing to engage in cutthroat competition and setting uniform prices for all goods, a semblance of peace was barely maintained.
But recently, another unexpected event has occurred.
Qian Duoduo discovered that many cultivators in the Central Region had also been bound to a system.
He even jumped on the bandwagon and started reselling items from the System Store, and his prices were significantly lower than Ye Liang's.
His business immediately plummeted.
Because of the three-point agreement they had made, he had no choice but to meet with Ye Liang to discuss lowering prices to deal with these new competitors.
Just as I was pondering this, the door to the private room was suddenly pushed open.
Ye Liang strode in, sat down directly, and without any formalities, went straight to the point:
"Junior Brother Qian, nowadays, many cultivators in the Central Region have bound themselves to the Fairness System and are also learning to resell goods from the System Store, and they're even driving down the prices to be lower than ours."
We have to lower our prices too, otherwise this business will only get harder and harder.
Upon hearing this, Qian Duoduo couldn't help but glance at Ye Liang.
Unexpectedly, the other party had the same idea as him. It seems that his business has also been quite disrupted by those new competitors.
He smiled and nodded, saying, "That's exactly what I was thinking, which is why I specifically invited you over."
In the current market, every little bit of profit counts.
As more and more people in the Central Region's cultivation Immortal Realm bind to the Fairness System, this reselling business will only become increasingly difficult, and closing down is only a matter of time.
Ye Liang's brows furrowed instantly, his face full of worry.
He finally got some inspiration from Qian Duoduo and made a fortune by reselling items from the System Store.
No more braving wind and rain to Dissemination System and earn Energy Points.
But the good days had only lasted a few years when so many people in the Central Region's cultivation Immortal Realm were bound to a system, which was extremely strange.
Logically speaking, Fairness System should not have spread so quickly throughout the cultivation Immortal Realm of the Central Region.
He asked with some doubt, "How did the cultivators in the Central Region discover the Fairness System so quickly? Do you know the reason?"
The smile on Qian Duoduo's face vanished completely, replaced by a bitter expression.
He raised his hand, picked up the spirit wine on the table, tilted his head back, and drank it all in one gulp before slowly speaking:
"Logically speaking, the cultivation Immortal Realm of the Central Region should not have been able to discover the existence of the Fairness System so quickly."
But then, an unexpected incident occurred.
"You should know that the cultivation Immortal Realm of the Central Region is currently hunting down Bai Qianqian, trying to seize the Immortal Artifact she possesses?"
Ye Liang frowned, his face full of confusion. "Of course I know about such a big matter, but what does this have to do with the cultivators of the Central Region discovering the system?"
Upon hearing this, Qian Duoduo immediately glared at him as if he were an idiot, her face utterly speechless.
How can it be unrelated?
The relationship is extremely important!
Have you forgotten that the mortal realm of the Central Region has been almost entirely covered by the system?
Those cultivators, in their pursuit of Bai Qianqian and to seize her Immortal Artifact, searched high and low, even digging three feet into the ground to find her.
How could those changes in the mortal world possibly escape their notice?
In this way, the existence of Fairness System is naturally exposed.
He paused, then said, "The reason why the cultivation Immortal Realm in the Eastern Region didn't discover the system for so long was simply because they thought too highly of themselves and never bothered to look down on the mortal world."
Even if a low-level cultivator occasionally gets bound to a system, they usually won't talk about the Fairness System.
But this time it's different. Most of the people chasing Bai Qianqian are high-ranking members or even patriarchs from various sects.
Once they discover Fairness System, why would they hide it? They'll definitely bind the entire sect to it!
At this point, he changed the subject, his tone carrying a deeper meaning:
"Speaking of which, haven't you noticed that the activity of the Central Region's cultivation Immortal Realm chasing Bai Qianqian is getting less and less frequent?"
Upon hearing these words, Ye Liang felt as if he had been enlightened, and suddenly understood.
A sense of admiration welled up inside me.
Although Qian Duoduo was his mortal enemy, he had to admit that the other party was indeed more intelligent than him and was able to pinpoint the reason so accurately.
"So that's how it is! No wonder the commotion surrounding the pursuit of Bai Qianqian has been getting quieter."
It turns out that after they bound themselves to the Fairness System, they discovered the close relationship between Bai Qianqian and Liu Yi.
Because they were wary of Liu Yi's unfathomable strength, they dared not covet the Immortal Artifact any longer and naturally withdrew obediently!
Qian Duoduo nodded in agreement.
"Brother Yi's strength has long been unparalleled, surpassing all others on the Azure Firmament Continent."
Unless the people in the cultivation Immortal Realm of the Central Region are tired of living, they would never dare to openly pursue and kill Bai Qianqian again.
As you've seen, no system host dares to openly make a move against Bai Qianqian these days.
It's simply because they're afraid Liu Yi will come knocking on their door. Even if they manage to seize the immortal Immortal Artifact by chance, they'll ultimately have the life to take it but not the life to enjoy it.