Chapter 15

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

“Customer, if the information is correct, I’m going to add my practitioner’s seal.”

In the shop, after passing the certificate with the information about the owner of the Dharma artifact to Chen Mobai for confirmation, Wu Wan solemnly opened a safe and took out a red seal. It did not need to be inked and he simply pressed it on the certificate. Then, the bright red and oval seal of a Rank-1 treasure appraiser appeared on it.

The innermost part of the seal contained the words “Wu Wan” in calligraphy script. The upper semicircle was made of the words “Rank-1 Treasure Appraiser”, while the bottom semicircle contained a series of numbers.

“This string of numbers if a random anti-counterfeiting code generated every time I affix the seal. After I take a photo of this certificate and register it on the immortal sect network, anyone who enters this string of numbers will see this certificate.”

After Chen Mobai took the needle case and the certificate, he first used his phone to check, but found that the page that popped up was blank. He could not help but look puzzled.

“Why hasn’t it been uploaded?”

Wu Wan didn’t know whether to laugh or cry, but then he used his account to log into the treasure appraiser’s electronic archive on the immortal sect network and uploaded the certificate for the needle case.

Chen Mobai tried again and the relevant page finally appeared.

“Master Wu, you’ve worked hard.”

After paying 200 Karma Points in satisfaction, Chen Mobai took the needle case.

“Little Chen, if you want to sell this Dharma artifact, you can display it in my shop. It can also be considered as helping me accumulate some points. If you agree, not only can I return your Karma Points, but I can also help you complete deducing the sacrificial technique for this Dharma artifact for free.”

When Wu Wan was filling in the information about the owner of the Dharma artifact just now, Wu Wan learned Chen Mobai’s name. He knew that Chen Mobai was still a student and was only 18 years old who did not have much social experience. Thus, Wu Wan suddenly had an idea.

Due to the lack of resources in the immortal sect, almost everyone would be troubled by spiritual energy and resources after stepping onto the path of cultivation. Many of them would rely on the immortal sect’s network to open their own online shops and earn money.

Although Wu Wan had obtained a Rank-1 Treasure Appraiser certificate and was considered famous among Qi Refinement cultivators, he was still working hard to obtain the resources needed to advance to the Foundation Establishment Realm.

Apart from this family shop, he also refined weapons by himself on typical days.

After all, a treasure appraiser could not make a fortune. Moreover, every cultivator who learned about appraisal definitely wanted to become a refiner at the beginning.

As for the individual shops on the immortal sect network, they relied on the Karma Points circulated during trades to accumulate points. The more points they had, the more official mystic techniques, Spirit Pills, and Dharma artifacts they could exchange for.

The immortal sect controlled Planet Earth and followed the order of the previous civilization. Although the Soul Formation Patriarchs suppressed the world, there were still several economic crises.

The main reason was that there were not enough Spirit Stones. During the war, as soon as the cultivators had Karma Points in their accounts, they would immediately go to the bank to exchange them for Spirit Stones. Even if they could not use them all, they still saved them for future generations.

In this way, no matter how many Spirit Stones the National Bank had, it would not be able to withstand the plundering of hundreds of millions of cultivators.

Thus, the economic crisis came.

Although the immortal sect had issued laws one after another that prohibited the exchange of Spirit Stones, raised the exchange price, and even thought of a secret technique to replenish dried-up Soul Formation with spiritual energy, even the Soul Formation Patriarchs with extraordinary power could not eliminate the rules of the market.

However, the Three Palaces and Four Divisions under the immortal sect had gathered countless geniuses on Planet Earth for thousands of years. There were countless intelligent people.

A thousand years ago, someone suggested that the 84,000 Daoist books stored in the National Library of the immortal sect could be exchanged for by all cultivators with points. Furthermore, these points could only be obtained by spending Karma Points on the market of the Immortal Sect.

For example, Chen Mobai had bought three Green Arrow Talismans online and spent 105 Karma Points. As a result, 105 points were added to his personal household register.

As soon as this policy was announced, the originally stagnant market economy of the immortal sects instantly became popular. In just ten years, 90% of the Spirit Stones stored by the people returned to the National Bank and were replaced by the Karma Points on everyone’s accounts.

One could also obtain points through offline transactions, but both parties had to pay taxes to the Tax Bureau of the immortal sect.

For example, if Chen Mobai wanted to convert the 200 Karma Points of appraisal fees he had paid to Wu Wan into points, he had to pay the immortal sect 20% in consumption taxes. In fact, this 20% represented 10% of taxes from each party. However, the person who received money would definitely be unwilling to do such a thing. Unless Chen Mobai offered another 20 Karma Points to Wu Wan, Wu Wan would not agree to go to the Tax Bureau with Chen Mobai.

After all, one could only obtain points through consumption. One would not receive points for collecting money.

Therefore, in the markets of the immortal sect, traders would confirm if the consumers needed points before the trade. If they did, this tax would be added to the total price in advance.

It was precisely because of this that the immortal sect did not insist on taxes. It was completely voluntary.

However, Chen Mobai was clearly not that kind of person.

After all, he didn’t need points yet.

“Master Wu, what do you mean? I don’t understand.”

Chen Mobai felt a little strange. One would only receive points if they spent money. Even if he sold this Dharma artifact in Wu Wan’s shop, it would have nothing to do with him, right?

“I’m a treasure appraiser. It’s normal for me to earn money on my own. If you sell this artifact to me and I use my professional knowledge to complete the sacrificial technique of the needle case, its price will naturally double. Am I right?”

After Wu Wan finished speaking with a smile, Chen Mobai shivered and felt a chill down his spine.

“Master Wu, that would be a fictitious transaction. It’s illegal.”

Fictitious transactions were common. Although they had to pay taxes to the immortal sects, they could obtain two transactions’ worth of points from one Dharma artifact.

In the official flagship store on the immortal sect’s website, spiritual pills and elixirs that could increase the success rate of achieving the Foundation Establishment Realm would be released every once in a while to be auctioned. They also had to be exchanged with points.

Wu Wan had already been planning for this for a long time.

However, this behavior was the same as tax evasion in the previous mechanical civilization on Planet Earth. After being caught, the immortal sect would punish cultivators until they were bankrupt.

“Many people do. The immortal sect turns a blind eye to this for the sake of economic circulation. If the taxes are low at the end of the year and the higher-ups aren’t satisfied, they’ll only attack those rich people at the top. You can rest assured.”

“If you agree, I guarantee that this needle case of yours can be sold for more than 80,000 Karma Points.”

Seeing that Chen Mobai was a little hesitant, Wu Wan increased the weight of the matter. Although he looked young, he was already 45 years old. If he didn’t try to reach the Foundation Establishment Realm, his chances of success would become smaller and smaller.

Next month, the flagship store of the immortal sect would release a batch of Meridian Protection Pills, Spirit Ascension Powder, and Qi Condensation Liquid. They were all spiritual herbs that increased the chances of reaching the Foundation Establishment Realm.

Wu Wan was still short of 300,000 points. Otherwise, he would be able to buy one of the items.

If it were any other time, he would naturally not dare to make up a deal to cheat points. However, now that the Great Dao was right in front of him and he was a little short on points, he wanted to try any opportunity to obtain points.

What if he was lucky and succeeded in reaching the Foundation Establishment Realm!

“This Dharma artifact is a family heirloom. If I want to sell it, I’ll have to ask the elders in the family.”

Chen Mobai was a good student, so he tactfully refused.

Wu Wan did not say anything else and only looked regretful. In any case, he just wanted to see if he could deceive Chen Mobai since he was young.