Chapter 307

Chapter 307: I Suggest You Don’t Court Death!

Seated in the grand hall, Ye Chen was somewhat lost in thought.

It had been half a month since the launch of the overseas shopping feature.

Today, Gu Yunyun also returned to the Gu Clan with Gu Xun’er.

Over these two weeks, Ye Chen’s body and mind had been especially relaxed.

On the first day, Ye Chen had tested Gu Yunyun’s progress from her online studies in the Acacia Sect’s master class.

Gu Yunyun’s learning ability was indeed remarkable.

After a few days of adjustment, she became even more adept, almost taking control of the situation.

Although they hadn’t crossed the final line, there wasn’t much difference anymore.

For a full two weeks, Gu Yunyun spent her days chatting with Nangong Wan to foster a mother-daughter bond, and her nights in intimate moments with Ye Chen.

But what surprised Ye Chen the most was yesterday.

Gu Yunyun brought Gu Xun’er with her into the room.

Ye Chen was utterly shocked at the time!

This... was outrageous.

It didn’t align with Ye Chen’s values.

He had intended to refuse, but under Gu Yunyun’s earnest persuasion, and the pitiful gaze from Gu Xun’er as she looked up at him, Ye Chen reluctantly agreed.

Not until noon today did the two women reluctantly part.

Since Heavenly Origin Sacred Land was about to enter the Mingwang Province market, a massive supply of Heavenly Origin Little Spirit Communicator was needed.

As the largest production partner, the Gu Clan needed to expand their production scale further.

After all, Mingwang Province had a hundred billion cultivators.

Stocking up would make future expansion much faster.

Thus, Gu Yunyun had no choice but to return to the Gu Clan to oversee the expansion plans.

Before leaving, however, the date for the marriage ceremony was set.

It would be on the sixth day of the sixth month, two years from now.

That day was the Celestial Ascension Day, the best auspicious date in the cultivation world, occurring only once every century.

Yet Ye Chen hadn’t expected that his first marriage would involve marrying two at once.

“Saint Master…” Ye Chen, lost in thought, was called back to reality by the voice of the Foreign Affairs Elder.

“Speak!” Ye Chen returned to his senses, looking at the Foreign Affairs Elder and speaking calmly.

The Elder respectfully reported, “Sacred Master, the overseas shopping section was a sensation for a full week.

“In just that first week, seven sets of the Celestial Transformation Garment sold alone.

“However, sales have since started to decline.

“In recent days, daily profits have dropped to around 100,000, and it’s stabilized at that level.

“After deducting the share for the Celestial Sword Sect, the daily income from overseas shopping is around 70,000 high-grade spirit stones.”

The Elder’s report was calm.

Seventy thousand high-grade spirit stones.

For Heavenly Origin Sacred Land’s current revenue from various applications, it wasn’t a huge amount. It was just a nice bonus.

Ye Chen nodded calmly in response.

The decline in overseas shopping profits was actually normal.

At first, the income was high, mainly due to sales of big-ticket items like the Celestial Transformation Garment.

But items like these artifacts couldn’t be bought every day.

So the main categories of items being purchased were pills, talismans, formation disks, and medicinal herbs — things that were consumable.

Stabilizing at a daily profit of 70,000 was actually quite good.

In a month, that would still amount to nearly two million high-grade spirit stones.

Previously, Heavenly Origin Sacred Land’s monthly income was capped at 19 million high-grade spirit stones.

Now it had officially broken through the 20-million threshold.

This meant, in just five months, Ye Chen could gather one billion high-grade spirit stones, reaching his initial goal and perfectly advancing to the Great Advancement Realm.

With the strength of his current soul, how would his Heaven and Earth Manifestation evolve after reaching the Great Advancement Realm?

And the unimaginable phenomenon within him, how powerful would it be once it materialized?

Which of the remaining Nine Secrets would he acquire?

Ye Chen looked forward to it all.

With Gu Yunyun and Gu Xun’er now gone, after such a period of relaxation, it was time to get back to serious business.

Over the next four months, in addition to continuing to cultivate the Nine Secrets and increasing the chances of triggering the Secret of the All Character, Ye Chen also planned to establish the Immortal Net Sutra Library.

The aim was to officially launch it before his next closed-door training.

In these two weeks, Ye Chen had not merely been enjoying himself.

During his moments of “sage mode,” he had refined his vision for the Immortal Net Sutra Library.

There was no need for it to be limited to cultivation methods, Dao techniques, and divine abilities.

It could also include formation diagrams, pill recipes, talisman circuits, and more, all available for upload.

The Immortal Net Sutra Library could become a comprehensive online library for cultivation, truly embodying all-encompassing knowledge.

Cultivators who wished could learn anything within it, ushering the cultivation world into an era of knowledge sharing!

This would boost productivity across the cultivation world.

After all, the internet itself didn’t produce value. It depended on the real world.

The stronger the cultivation world as a whole, the more the internet would flourish.

At the close of this meeting, Ye Chen announced further enhancements to the benefits of Heavenly Origin Sacred Land.

All sect-supplied pills would now be sourced from Mingwang Province.

Additionally, the rewards for the annual sect competition would be upgraded, adding some top-tier artifacts from Mingwang Province.

This decision filled the entire Sacred Land with joy.

When the news reached Immortal Net Weibo, it stirred a wave of envy.

While others were still complaining about the high cost of overseas shopping, Heavenly Origin Sacred Land had already equipped all its disciples with pills from Mingwang Province.

This was practically every cultivator’s dream treatment.

In the eyes of cultivators, Heavenly Origin Sacred Land was already akin to a celestial realm.

Heavenly Origin Sacred Land did not place too much emphasis on overseas shopping.

But within the Celestial Sword Sect in Mingwang Province, it was a completely different story.

Inside the main hall of the Sword Sect, all the elders were brimming with joy and excitement.

Thanks to the overseas shopping venture, they had earned over a million high-grade spirit stones in just ten days.

In only ten days, they had made as much as they used to earn in two years.

It was nothing short of a miracle.

Although the subsequent income from overseas shopping had declined, they still earned a steady 30,000 high-grade spirit stones each day.

In a year, that would amount to over ten million high-grade spirit stones.

What did this mean?

It equaled the sect’s income from the past twenty years.

How could they not be ecstatic?

With this income, they no longer had to worry about the embarrassment of being the poorest at gatherings with other cultivators.

Nor did they have to worry about the sword talents of Mingwang Province shunning them for being too poor and leaving for other sects.

They could even keep their floating immortal mountains permanently in the air, not just lifting them during grand ceremonies for appearances!

For Heavenly Origin Sacred Land, the income from overseas shopping was merely an added bonus, but for the Celestial Sword Sect, it was a lifesaver.

In their hearts, they felt immense gratitude toward the Heavenly Origin Saint Master, who had created this venture.

One could even say that the Saint Master had single-handedly changed the fate of the impoverished Celestial Sword Sect, making him a savior-like figure.

Yan Bailu was deeply moved as well.

Even she hadn’t expected that her simple trip to Great Yan Province for the Golden Lion King’s vertical pupil would bring about such a dramatic change for the entire Celestial Sword Sect.

Ye Chen was truly omnipotent.

As everyone marveled, an elder, with white hair and beard but eyes full of vigor, entered the hall, exuding the aura of an unsheathed celestial sword.

Seeing him, all the elders quickly saluted.

Even Yan Bailu immediately stepped forward to greet him.

“Greetings, Supreme Elder!”

This man was the Supreme Elder of the Celestial Sword Sect, a powerful cultivator at the mid-stage of Great Advancement Realm, whose strength ranked highly even in the powerhouse-laden Mingwang Province.

The Supreme Elder looked at Yan Bailu, smiling, “Bailu, you’ve mastered the Great Annihilation Sword Array and have grasped the intent of Destruction Sword Qi!

“With this Destruction Sword Qi as your foundation, you’re sure to reach Great Advancement within a hundred years.”

Hearing the praise, a smile appeared on Yan Bailu’s face.

The Supreme Elder took his seat at the head, curious, “But why were you all so happy just now?”

Immediately, Elder Dugu spoke excitedly, “Supreme Elder, our long-standing financial troubles at the Celestial Sword Sect have finally been resolved.

“If all goes well, our sect could earn at least ten million high-grade spirit stones this year.”

Hearing this, the usually calm Supreme Elder was shocked.

He stood up abruptly, exclaiming, “How is that possible?”

Ten million high-grade spirit stones?

Such a massive sum!

In all of Mingwang Province, only Daode Sect and the Feathering Sect might make that much.

Though their sect’s battle strength wasn’t weak, it lacked resources in every other area.

How could they earn such an amount? Were they resorting to plunder?

Elder Dugu smiled slightly, then explained the entire overseas shopping partnership with Heavenly Origin Sacred Land.

He also brought out a brand-new Heavenly Origin Little Spirit Communicator, allowing the Supreme Elder to experience it.

After a while, the Supreme Elder was astonished.

To think that such a wondrous item existed in this world!

And by merely reselling goods from Mingwang Province to Great Yan Province, they could make so much money.

Though impressed, the Supreme Elder was also a bit dissatisfied.

“Overseas shopping is indeed remarkable,” he said.

“But in the cultivation world, strength is what matters.

“Our Celestial Sword Sect is strong, and we’ve contributed much. Taking only thirty percent seems too little.

“We’re not greedy, but taking half seems fair, right?”

Elder Dugu immediately shook his head. “Supreme Elder, Heavenly Origin Sacred Land would never agree to modify the revenue share.”

The Supreme Elder frowned, “If they don’t agree, I’ll go to Heavenly Origin Sacred Land myself and discuss this properly.”

Upon hearing this, all the elders shook their heads collectively.

Yan Bailu quickly spoke up to advise, “Supreme Elder, I suggest you don’t do that!”

The Supreme Elder chuckled, “I’m not a tyrant. I’m going there to negotiate, not threaten.

“If they agree to adjust the revenue share, they’ll earn my goodwill.

“Great Yan Province doesn’t even have a Great Advancement expert.

“With a mid-stage Great Advancement sword cultivator like me supporting them, Heavenly Origin Sacred Land would undoubtedly be able to crush the other three Sacred Lands.

“With such an opportunity, why would the Heavenly Origin Saint Master refuse?”

The Supreme Elder thought he’d considered everything, but the hall fell silent.

All the elders, including Yan Bailu, had somewhat strange expressions.

This made the Supreme Elder frown. “Could it be that Heavenly Origin Sacred Land has a Great Advancement expert?”

Everyone shook their heads in unison.

“Then why the odd expressions?”

Yan Bailu looked at their Supreme Elder and spoke softly, “Heavenly Origin Sacred Land indeed has no Great Advancement experts.

“However, just a few days ago, a Great Advancment expert was killed with a single punch by the Heavenly Origin Saint Master…”

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Hearing Yan Bailu’s words, the Supreme Elder’s expression froze…