strictlysupreme Chapter 971 Su Lin's Limited Edition (Please refresh)
Chapter 971 Su Lin's Limited Edition (Please refresh)
Chapter 971 Su Lin - Limited Edition (Youth Version) (Please refresh)
The once prosperous Zhutian City was one of the major free trade markets in the multiverse, and was known as a commercial holy land where all realms converged.
However, with the fall of the previous city lord, Shang Yang, this Zhutian City, which was renowned among many similar trading centers, gradually declined and fell into ruin.
Speaking of which, the previous city lord also suffered an undeserved disaster. As he was about to take the final step towards transcendence, the transaction taxes in Zhutian City gradually increased, but overall they remained at a level where everyone could make money.
Unfortunately, a customer who didn't understand the rules, ignored taxes and fees, and kept buying and selling goods arrived, leading to a fight between the two.
Shang Yang was originally not afraid and wanted to fight the guest to his heart's content before explaining. However, through the mutual influence of countless transactions, the weight of his own body became lighter and lighter, while the weight of the City of Heavens increased.
As the two were fighting, an unknown reincarnator from the cycle of reincarnation used an unknown method to conceal the City of All Heavens for a moment.
In that instant, the city lord, who had lost his own weight, was punched to pieces, and the treasure trove of the Heavenly City was looted after his 'fall'.
"This is the drawback of using the method of controlling the uncontrolled, but it is also an advantage."
Ye Fan glanced at the 'points' earned from today's tax revenue and invested all of them into intervention centered around the City of Heavens.
Without anyone noticing, through a series of influences, some guests from the modern technological world forgot to upload novels such as "Battle Through the Heavens," "The Mysterious Immortal Path," and "Covering the Sky," their attention completely diverted to other things.
Immediately afterwards, the impressions of "Xiao Yan" and "the Devourer of Myriad Realms" became even fainter among the customers who possessed the Zhutian City trading tokens, had experienced the Zhutian City competition, and had been thrown into the alchemy furnace by the "Fallen Flame Emperor".
At this moment, Meng Qi also took out the Universal Knowledge Sphere, which he used as a backend access device, and began big data filtering, deleting posts, and controlling comments. It did not cause any ripples.
The two working together can even allow users in the same world to be face-to-face but in different information cocoons.
"..." Su Lin looked at Xiao Yan in silence and said, "He really... I'll cry my eyes out."
"Is it all my fault?" Xiao Yan asked.
“Your expenses are the highest.” Ye Fan made a bar chart of past points consumption details. Although Xiao Yan’s column was not far ahead, it was still far ahead.
"???"
That doesn't make sense!
Are you all any better than me in your conduct?!
Lies don't hurt, truth is the knife.
Whether Xiao Yan believes it or not, the data on every point Ye Fan spent doesn't lie.
"That's good news. It seems our reputation can still be salvaged." Su Lin patted Xiao Yan on the shoulder and comforted him, "Let's get rid of the Soul Flame first."
"No... I only dealt with the situation in Zhutian City." Ye Fan poured himself a cup of tea.
"What do you mean?"
"What I mean is that I haven't paid any attention to Song Shuhang's world or the world of the Purple Gold Divine Dragon's gods and demons."
"Why?!"
Why is there any "why"? Do you know how many points it will cost...?
Strictly speaking, points are not entirely equivalent to taxes, but rather something called influence.
For example, in a transaction involving one hundred spirit stones, Ye Fan would take a five percent cut.
However, the lack of these five spirit stones would make a cultivator work an extra hour at the factory, a Hehuan Sect cultivator spend an extra hour selling goods on the platform, and even half a spirit stone could buy the affection between two brothers.
Looking at it from a macro perspective, the reduction of a large amount of local resources, while external resources flow into the world of traders, this back-and-forth 'development' is the essence of going from something to nothing, and controlling something with nothing.
It's not just about collecting taxes; Zhutian City can also hold events when necessary.
A lucky person is randomly selected to enjoy the "buy one, get ten free" authorized magic weapon from the Shrouding the Sky Merchant Guild. Through the transaction, they enjoy resources that they would not normally have at this stage. The subsequent "killing enemies above their level" and "being favored by the ancestor and turned into a human pill" also count.
These changes, brought about by transactions in the Celestial City, are invisible influences that, through this cycle, can be considered as accumulated points.
Ye Fan can use the City of All Heavens as a medium to consume these accumulated points when needed, and to a certain extent, achieve his desired result through the influence of the City of All Heavens on all realms.
Even killing enemies is possible, because the City of All Heavens itself is the legacy accumulated by the previous city lord before his transcendence.
"Oh, I see..." Su Lin thought for a moment and said, "Then why not just raise taxes?"
Ye Fan: “?”
"Imposing a 145% anti-dumping duty on any goods outside of the Zhetian Chamber of Commerce, within just one term, would allow the annals of history to erase all negative impacts."
Su Lin mimed playing the accordion and said, "It's time for us to embark on a tax-hunting journey."
This isn't doing business at all; it's about hegemony and bloodsucking.
Ye Fan, who considered himself to be more principled than Duan De, would certainly not agree to such a short-sighted approach.
"Can't you really try?"
Xiao Yan remembered Yan Sen's mention of Xiao Xiao's family values and was still somewhat unwilling to give up: "Help me out, bro. I'll even give you the system I just picked up."
"How long has Zhutian City been operating? I've been carefully managing every point I use, and even so, I don't have much left."
Ye Fan sighed as he said this: "Every time I manage to save up a little bit, it always gets dragged into your affairs and wiped out."
This was the case when we were in the Marvel Universe, and it was the same when we went to Gensokyo. After deducting the costs of daily comment control, there should have been quite a bit left over.
Was the enemy we faced too strong?
Recalling the injuries he and Shi Hao sustained, Ye Fan felt that the money was well spent.
Ultimately, the fact that he can control such a supreme treasure as the City of All Heavens with his current cultivation level is already an enormous advantage.
“I really want to use the City of All Heavens to help you target the entities behind those ‘systems’, but there’s no way for now. The City of All Heavens’ current benefits are what they are; even if we use up all the stored points, it’s not enough.”
Ye Fan said he couldn't help, and that Wei, as the main productive force, also needed to get plenty of rest.
"You've reminded me that it's time to improve the quality of our clients."
Given the current situation, there's no time to wait tens of thousands of years for those traders to grow and achieve a positive cycle on their own.
Even doing business with Xiling's side would present a problem: apart from a few fat sheep, the other customers in the Heavenly City have varying levels of resources and purchasing power, making it impossible to generate a large number of points through transactions within the existing rules.
"so."
pat.
As Ye Fan snapped his fingers, Black King, wearing bright red floral shorts and with a cigar in his mouth, appeared in the reception room along with his dog and a sofa.
"Woof?!" Black King took off his sunglasses and shouted, "What are you doing bringing me here, you brat? My little girl is about to get out of school, and I have to pick her up!"
"I sent Ye Qingxian to pick her up."
Ye Fan said, "Go to Brother Li and get an elixir of immortality, and call back that fatso who keeps digging up his own grave."
"Hmm?" Black Emperor looked at him in surprise.
"We should go back and find a new batch of clients."
The beings in those forbidden zones and immortal realms have accumulated resources over hundreds of millions of years, and each one is a high-quality client.
Of course, you need to carefully select one or two before that.
"And my current strength."
Ye Fan sensed the qi and blood within his body and looked at Shi Hao, who was brushing his teeth with grilled meat, trying to shake off the influence of the Chef Demon's cooking: "Has your heaven-defying skill been adjusted yet?"
Hearing the sound, Shi Hao turned around. His chubby, oily face gradually turned serious. His figure emitted a hazy fairy light. After swaying for a while, his body lengthened, and the lines of his face became more defined.
It seems like I've grown several years older in an instant.
"That Dao Tai Lao and Jiang Mingzi's supernatural powers gave me inspiration, and I can barely cultivate now."
Shi Hao, who looked like a teenager, resembled Ye Fan by about 60%. He nodded and said, "It's a little unstable. You can try it out first. Everyone's situation is different, so I'll adjust it for you later."
After traversing two major versions and destroying nearly 70% of Ye Fan's possessions, he gathered his fellow cultivators' unique techniques and the heaven-defying cultivation methods from a hundred different schools of thought.
—From "The Heaven-Defying Skill" by Shi Hao
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Even though I know it's outrageous, are you really not planning to change this name?
"Shi Hao."
"what happened?"
"Your 'Great Law of Other-Transformation'."
Su Lin hesitated, as if she wanted to say something but then stopped herself.
"Want to learn? I can teach you." Shi Hao grinned, revealing a set of bright white teeth.
Previously, under the effect of Su Lin's illusory Dao Fruit's 'debate circle', Shi Hao verified the deduction of various paths and improved his own shortcomings. If others want to learn, he is willing to teach them everything he knows and share all his insights and experiences.
"That's not it," Su Lin asked earnestly.
"Did you choose the name 'The Great Law of Other-Transformation' yourself?"
Shi Hao: "?"
Song Shuhang silently agreed.
Water Mirror Peak.
Most of the group members have woken up from the influence of the cooking competition. Whether they had food poisoning or incorporated the corresponding myths, apart from some minor aftereffects of loss of appetite, everyone seemed no different from usual.
"Sigh," Ge Xiaolun glanced listlessly at Su Lin, then at Huai Shi, Klein, and Lu Mingfei, and finally let out a long sigh.
Tony Stark's throat and esophagus were not fully repaired, and there was still concentrated abyssal caffeine on them, so he could only wave to indicate that.
The intention was to give Ge Xiaolun something good to cheer him up, but after eating a dish that brought back wonderful illusions, he became even more depressed. He even lost interest in the pool party and was holding a copy of the Yi Jin Jing (a classic Chinese exercise manual).
Dude, how about we go see Dr. Adam?
“If you want to join the Buddhist order, I can help you get assigned to the Mercedes Temple in Yuzhou,” Su Lin said.
"Brother Su, I know you actually care about your brothers a lot, even at the cost of your own dignity." Ge Xiaolun covered his forehead and said dejectedly, "It's okay, I'll just be alone for a while."
Fine
As someone who had been through it all, Su Lin could barely understand Ge Xiaolun.
The online world is very deceptive. Just like the Qiao sisters I followed online before, who knows what they looked like under their costumes?
As long as the suit doesn't fall off, Da Qiao's top supporter won't run away with the train in the middle of the night, and Xiao Qiao can continue to earn money.
But the cruel reality is that life is unpredictable; anyone can have their fortunes collapse, including...
"Meng Qi."
Su Lin sighed: "Don't be a costumed character anymore. Use the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts to do something worthwhile."
"..." Meng Qi's lips twitched, but he didn't say anything.
He focused his attention on the Lesser Sacred Stele of the Absolute Realm, regarding the "Heaven-Defying Skill" including the one Shi Hao had copied. Even using this method to learn it was extremely difficult, and the slightest carelessness could cause damage.
Therefore, it is most appropriate to protect oneself in advance using the model of divine will and to conduct a simulation in Su Lin's main world.
Not long after, Meng Qi, covered in sweat, withdrew from the inheritance. He shook his head, sat cross-legged on the spot, and began to regulate his breathing.
Then came the other group members.
Su Lin watched from the side, intending to use it last, but Xiao Yan, who was flipping through the 'exchange list' next to him, seemed to be struggling with decision-making difficulties.
Why are you looking at things worth over 1 million?
Su Lin displayed the high-priced projection list of "Illuminating the Dharma Realm," "Three Grades of Superior Medicine," and "Dongyuan Danding" and closed it: "1300 million is to be split equally among the survivors, plus my share. Don't even think about taking it all for yourself."
"Leaving aside why you, as the organizer, are also on the prize pool sharing list, if there aren't enough to redeem, why are you putting out such expensive items?" Xiao Yan took a deep breath.
"Of course, it's to tempt people," Su Lin said matter-of-factly.
Xiao Yan: "."
"Anything with a better price-performance ratio?" Ye Fan asked, flipping through the catalog.
"Just like the items you specially brought out for auction in Zhutian City, I feel that the items on the list are not as good value for money as the previous ones?"
Of course, it's because those items are sourced through special channels, and whether they can be shipped out depends entirely on luck.
"Look at the probability?"
"Similar to the Heavenly Lotto in the simulated universe, where each ticket costs two spirit stones, but there's no guaranteed minimum."
"Based on the previous purchase price, how many random runs can you get on average?"
"One or two thousand times? Probably."
"???"
But don't even think about it. Not to mention that the less you invest, the lower the probability of getting a top-quality item, even if you do get one, it will only waste Su Lin's own luck. He won't do things like constantly using others as stepping stones to get good items.
"Invest more and draw fewer times. Compared to the technological products from Xiling, your goods will fetch a higher price at auction."
Ye Fan said, "Why don't you use the system you took from Yan Di and use our luck?"
Xiao Yan was also somewhat tempted.
I'd better not. Last time I used that plugin, my system warned me about the charges. What if they double this time?
However, could this 'super villain system' absorb some of the luck from the people present and transfer it to them? Why did this system crack on its own?
Su Lin tossed that thing aside, picked up the World-Defying Little Holy Stele, made a copy of the "Heaven-Defying Skill," and then planned to go to Gensokyo to collect the four auspicious beasts to become a Pokémon Master, before taking a bath, burning incense, and praying.
Gensokyo, Hakurei Shrine.
Su Lin, who had just arrived at the shrine entrance looking for Saeki Rin, had just knocked on the door when his figure began to emanate a hazy, ethereal light.
After a while.
Reimu Hakurei opened the door, paused for a moment, and then took out the Universal Knowledge Talisman to contact Kaguya.
A few seconds later, the cause and effect of all things changed, and the group appeared at the Hakurei Shrine. They looked at the bewildered and somewhat familiar young boy and fell silent.
(End of this chapter)