I Can Reap Qi Fortune from Players

So he thought about it, and figured undercover investigations wouldn’t be a bad idea, after all, no one knew his true identity.

He then went to the task board to take on some missions, planning to do some mining to experience the process firsthand and gather more information.

Squeezing into the crowd, he saw a lively group of people.

"Senior Brother Zhang, what new task have you taken?"

"A physician collaborative task, dissecting the corpse from Wood City."

"Huh? Wood City, wasn’t it one of the True Immortals that mysteriously vanished in the chaos that day?"

"Hiss, that guy from Wood Stronghold Sect, I remember him. Three thousand years ago, the two of us explored the Secret Realm together and fought people, now I’m in the Forging Room dealing with him, such are the turns of fate."

"Whatever, it’s a good task, materials from any True Immortal-level corpse are top-grade forging materials you can’t easily acquire, I’ve long wanted to study the body structure of True Immortal friends from the Wood Domain."

"Indeed, it’s a nice task, we can practice, and there’s a reward of 3000 Contribution Points, it’s like a serendipitous task, rare and hard to find. If we grab it, others won’t have the chance."

"At least a few blacksmiths should cooperate, take the task and then find a few more, to prevent failing the task and wasting forging materials."

"Divide this task up, we can upgrade to VIP2 and enjoy the privileges sooner."

"Senior Brother Xu, that day when you passed by, saw you emerging in the Water Domain’s sect. Surely, you managed to get a few True Immortal corpses?"

"Not bad, now the atmosphere is tense, planning to sell them on the Black Market another day."

"Recently, many True Immortal-level Divine Beast materials from various races have emerged. It’s not a matter of Immortal Stone purchases anymore, they’re rare, probably a good number of True Immortal Magical Treasures can be updated once."

"Sigh, the Immortal Realm war seems like an opportunity, but who knows, you could be the next to die unexpectedly."

"Unlucky, unlucky."

...

...

"Taoist Friend Xu, our team is recruiting members from another tomb in Celestial Destiny Village, aiming to gather ten people to attack the Holy Spirit, care to join?"

"Join us, join us."

"I need to fix that guy’s foot."

"Vulgar! Can’t you speak less like some group?"

...

Chaotic Yellow Immortal Venerable squeezed in to accept tasks at the bulletin board, listening to their carefree chatting, deep in thought.

Although the blacksmiths introduced the task point system from money-grabbing online games here, it was clearly already a norm among the people of the Immortal Realm.

The sects in the Immortal Realm originally issued tasks using this point system to motivate people’s enthusiasm.

But classic systems, they’re reliable!

Chaotic Yellow Immortal Venerable sorted the information: "They use these immortals to handle illegal goods for them, makes sense, nobody is better suited to deal with illicit goods than these people, these Heaven’s Chosen are full of talent, issue a task, and all sorts show up."

"Handling various illicit goods, clearing traces, crafting corpses into weapons, a full range of services is surely provided."

This is indeed a budding black market, after all, black markets specialize in these kinds of jobs.

And seeing everyone enthusiastically earning VIP points, it seems to be the currency, everyone starts from scratch...

Equal opportunities, the same starting point, quite interesting.

He felt he could indeed display his talents, starting from nothing, swiftly reaching the pinnacle.

After getting down to mining, he raised his pickaxe, only to discover the characters next to him looked different.

More majestic, more handsome, more dominant, stronger, with faster mining movements.

Chaotic Yellow Immortal Venerable couldn’t help but ask the miner beside him who kept swinging his pickaxe: "Friend, why is your character different?"

"This is a character unlocked at VIP1," the miner was forthright.

"VIP?" Chaotic Yellow Immortal Venerable frowned slightly, wondering what new concept had been introduced.

"Paying money."

The miner seemed to have faced this question several times, and directly said: "You can solve your problem by paying money."

Chaotic Yellow Immortal Venerable frowned slightly, puzzled: "Isn’t it said that we came in equal?"

"Of course it’s equal. Everyone starts equally fair upon entry, everyone is born equal, but growth opportunities for a Heaven’s Chosen are never equal, it’s all about VIP for the win."

"VIP, winning and losing?" Chaotic Yellow Immortal Venerable had a bad feeling.

The miner nodded:

"Thirty percent destiny, seventy percent effort, the remaining ninety percent depends on paying money, Krypton Gold VIP makes you stronger! Bigger, more dominant!"

...

Recalling the miner’s words, Chaotic Yellow Immortal Venerable laughed to himself.

Alright, alright, so that’s what fairness means.

Thinking back to how earnest that person sounded, this little rascal, daring to be so shameless, fooling them into doing manual labor...

Just moments before, he spoke so indignantly, no wonder he said they are a neutral business alliance focused on making money.

With certain information confirmed, Chaotic Yellow Immortal Venerable found peace of mind.

He wasn’t afraid of people seeking something; doing business and making money is normal, what he feared most was indifference.

Without desires, what’s sought is the greatest thing.

Following the advice, he clicked on a golden corner of the login page and found it full of mysteries.

Moreover, the functionalities were quite exciting, enticing.

This VIP is similar to traditional sect disciple benefits, categorized into levels.

[First recharge 6 Upper Grade Immortal Stone package, internal value exceeding 3000%, exclusive VIP role, Mountain Cauldron Child]

[VIP1, daily resurrection limit is 2]

[VIP2, resurrection limit is 3, permanent 80% discount at various Marketplace shops]

[VIP3, resurrection limit is 4, gains mail teleportation function and can conduct site-wide teleportation.]

[VIP4, unlimited resurrection times, unlocks new mode: Embers, Ember limit is 1.]

[VIP5, Ember limit is 2, freely exchange a self-made character from the Yin Yang Creation Furnace to the Immortal Realm.]

[VIP6, Ember limit is 3, add one more exchangeable Yin Yang Creation Furnace character, unlock land purchase rights.]

[VIP7, Ember limit is 4, add one more exchangeable Yin Yang Creation Furnace character, unlock full-fledged reality mail teleportation capacity, may assist in opening certain functionalities, gaining some returns.]

...

Chaotic Yellow Immortal Venerable fell silent.

The system uses a hundred-step scaling, meaning VIP5 requires 1 billion Upper Grade Immortal Stones consumed within Sword Casting Manor.

And VIP6 is even more exaggerated, requiring 100 billion Upper Grade Immortal Stones.

Perhaps some don’t grasp this amount, so let it be said; before True Immortal Momei hit the jackpot, ten Ink Plum Sects couldn’t amass that number.

True Immortal Great Perfection, the top rank group, struggling to gather such a sum.

VIP7?

He, an Immortal Venerate himself, found his eye twitching.

10,000 billion Upper Grade Immortal Stones, this Xi Rong merchant perhaps doesn’t understand the magnitude of this amount.

"But can one achieve VIP4 and create Embers?"

His Heart Mind was in chaos.

Isn’t it said that only upon one’s violent demise can Embers be created?

Here, even a non-true death can generate one?

Does this imply that these Immortal Venerables could exploit a glitch, generating their Immortal Venerate Embers after defeat here?

He felt a rush of excitement.

VIP4, he was determined to go for it!

He was decisive, choosing to trust them once, aiming to quickly become a VIP4 to see the situation.

His interest in Embers made the idea of investing some money trivial for the sake of testing theories.

Having decided, he logged off and summoned his direct disciple.

"Master."

"Get the money, go to the Immortal Realm, at any branch of the Golden Core Business Alliance, purchase special Krypton Gold Pills, ones valued at 1 million Upper Grade Immortal Stones, your master has encountered a slight issue needing the latest version of [Krypton Gold Pill] for an emergency."

"Yes, Master."

The disciple was greatly shocked, aware that his master’s exploration of the mysterious Xi Rong Illusion Realm wasn’t hidden from him, yet after just a short exploration, money needed spending?

Master, wants Krypton...Gold Pill?

Some sort of heavy metal Golden Core?

And it’s priced incredibly high.

He knew Golden Cores, seemingly far less sophisticated than such Pill Medicine.

But his master would surely not misjudge things.

No matter what, as the disciple, he resolved to make the trip.