Chapter 8: Start planning the next steps, and the store system, and the black market.

Chapter 8: Start planning the next steps, and the store system, and the black market. Jiang Yunbin returned to the summit of his mountain. Along the way, the ring he had received from Ye Chen tried to escape repeatedly, but Jiang Yun had already prepared for this. He created a formation that prevented the ring from fleeing. When he arrived at the mountain's plaza, he began to devise his next plan.

"I need truly loyal subordinates..." Jiang Yun thought to himself. He pondered how to create followers who would be devoted to him. He considered developing a special technique that would make practitioners revere him as their leader or a technique that would destroy lives if they harbored malicious thoughts towards him. Although clones were useful, they lacked independent thinking. Handling orders could be overly complex and potentially inefficient or even disastrous.

He then thought about upgrading his special professions and skills. After some thought, he muttered, "I need at least Saint-level training to advance my profession."

Jiang Yun muttered to himself. After thinking for a while, he instructed, "System, open the shop."

[Host acknowledged]

When the shop appeared before him, it was filled with a variety of items, including medicines, weapons, and training materials. Jiang Yun scanned the list of items on offer. He stopped at one interesting menu: seaʀᴄh thё Nôvel(F)ire.ηet website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

[Category: Special Bodies] (For items like this...in the system's shop, there are items available, but it's too lazy to write out all the details)

[Body of Chaos: Price 100,000,000,000]

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[Body of Heaven's Demon: Price 9,000,000,000]

[Body of Time: Price 9,000,000,000]

[Heart of Demon: Price 8,000,000,000]

[Body of Samsara: Price 8,000,000,000]

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[Body of Stars: Price 6,000,000,000]

[The rarity and strength of the body determine the price: Spirit Body (from 1,000), Earth Body (from 100,000), Heaven Body (from 1,000,000), King Body (from 10,000,000), Emperor Body (from 100,000,000), Sacred Body (from 1,000,000,000)]

[Category: Weapons]

[Clock of Chaos: Price 15,000,000,000]

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[Sword of Heaven's Slaughter: Price 4,000,000,000]

[Levels and rarity including strength determine the price: Level 1-9 (less than 10,000,000), King Weapon (from 10,000,000), Saint Weapon (from 100,000,000), Emperor Weapon (from 1,000,000,000)]

[Category: Medicine and Herbs]

[Void Seven-Colored Herb: Price 150,000,000,000]

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[Levels and rarity including purity determine the price: Level 1-9 (less than 10,000,000), King Medicine (from 10,000,000), Saint Medicine (from 100,000,000), Emperor Medicine (from 1,000,000,000)]

[Category: Techniques]

[Formless Chaos Technique: Price 90,000,000,000]

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[Technique of Chaos Demon 3,000 Bodies: Price 31,000,000,000]

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[End of Time Technique: Price 11,000,000,000]

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[Heaven's Demon Technique: Price 3,000,000,000]

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[Skill levels and power determine the price: Yellow (less than 1,000), Mysterious (from 10,000), Earth (less than 100,000), Heaven (from 1,000,000), King (from 10,000,000), Saint (from 100,000,000), Emperor (from 1,000,000,000)]

[Category: Other]

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[Eye of Exploration: Price 1,000,000,000,000]

[Pet Eggs: Click for more details]

[Special Professions: Click for more details]

[Low-level Spirit Stones 1,000 Pieces: Price 1]

[Medium-level Spirit Stones 100 Pieces: Price 1]

[High-level Spirit Stones 10 Pieces: Price 1]

[Highest-level Spirit Stone 1 Piece: Price 1]

[Training Upgrades: (Saint level each sub-level price 1,000,000) (King Saint each sub-level price 10,000,000) (Great Saint each sub-level price 100,000,000) (Half-Emperor each sub-level price 500,000,000) (Emperor each sub-level price 1,000,000,000)]

Villain Points: 5,000,000

"Why is the upgrade for cultivation so expensive?" Jiang Yun asked the system in dissatisfaction.

The system replied in a neutral tone, "It's fine, Host. The Tian Yuan Realm will definitely provide you with opportunities to exchange everything in the future, and the Child of Luck can restore luck and it will continue to increase as they gain opportunities. Tian Dao will support by increasing luck. But I have a gift for you for the kill, Host."

He ignored the system's words, thought for a moment, and then asked, "Do you have Spirit Veins for sale? If so, what is the price?"

The system responded, [Certainly. Low-level Spirit Vein is 10,000 points, Medium-level is 100,000 points, High-level is 10,000,000 points, and Highest-level is 100,000,000 points.]

Jiang Yun exclaimed in surprise, "You know, the Sacred Fog Domain has only 4 Highest-level Spirit Veins! If you count all of the Northern Territories, there are only 21 and they are spread across 8 Sacred Domains in the Northern Continent."

Jiang Yun then lost interest and was thinking about something else, asking the system, "System, where did the 1 billion difference go after deducting the initial gift from what I exchanged with you?"

[ (⊙ _ ⊙) ]

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[...]

[Host, I helped you conceal phenomena while you were merging the three bodies or even hiding your cultivation from Great Saints or even Half-Emperors. Should I...]

Jiang Yun interrupted, "Where are my points?"

[Host, I found it. It was stuck during transport (?—?—) ]

[Congratulations to the Host for receiving 500,000,000 Villain Points.]

Jiang Yun interjected, "What about the remaining points?"

[They were lost during transport and cannot be located at the moment. However, Host, don't worry. I can compensate with a 90% discount in the black market. Please trust and do not doubt the system.]

Jiang Yun was annoyed, "You... I can't even find words to scold you, you damn system!"

[At least I'm a high-level system dog. Woof Woof (?? ? ??)]

After thinking for a while, the system then notified him:

[The black market will have items with massive discounts periodically. The discounts depend on the Host's luck. Interested in checking it out?]

Jiang Yun nodded, "Open it."

When the black market was opened, Jiang Yun found special items with tremendous discounts:

[Category: Black Market]

[Highest-level Spirit Veins 10 Pieces, Special Discount 90% Off, now 100,000,000 points]

[Saint-grade Sacred Pills 10 Pills, Discount 90% Off, now 100,000,000 points]

[Saint-level Techniques 50 Books, Discount 95% Off, now 250,000,000 points]

[Eye of Exploration, Discount 95% Off, now 50,000,000 points]

Jiang Yun looked incredulous, "Why is the price exactly what you gave me, almost as if someone intentionally set it up? Don't you think, System?"

The system responded in an innocently sounding tone:

[Oh, then Host can buy everything. Congratulations.]

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[I'm sorry Host, I was too hasty in upgrading. I was afraid you would look down on me for being useless and might abandon me due to your discontent. I feared my misunderstood understanding of the heavens caused me to lack confidence and sanity. I used 500 million to upgrade myself to level 2, making items in the shop 10 times cheaper (╥﹏╥)]

Jiang Yun chuckled softly and told the system, "Forget it. Stop whining. It's annoying. If you upgrade again, will the prices drop even more?"

System [Certainly, Host (つ╥﹏╥) つ]

Then he decided to buy everything from the black market immediately without upgrading his cultivation as it was not necessary at the moment. He thought that it would be very difficult to kill a Half-Emperor without them coming personally because of the Emperor Talisman he got from the ancestors of the Sacred Fog Domain. Although his points were reduced to 5,000,000 after the purchase, he was satisfied.

After receiving the items, Jiang Yun grumbled a little before integrating the Highest-level Spirit Veins into his small world. He sent all nine clones into that small world to train and increase their cultivation level.

Then, Jiang Yun had the system upgrade his cultivation base to the first level of Saint immediately. The system charged only 1,000,000, not counting his Nirvana level. He nodded in agreement, and as his cultivation soared, the system concealed his aura, making it look calm externally, but internally the mountain summit was overflowing with immense power. He didn't receive heavenly punishment, thinking that the system must have done something and chose not to ask.

He then swallowed the 10 pills he received from the system

, rapidly increasing his cultivation to the 9th level of Saint immediately.

After consolidating his cultivation, Jiang Yun began studying the 50 Saint-level techniques with incredible speed. He upgraded his clone technique to Saint level and obtained special techniques that allowed him to use cultivation and spirit less than 10 times. He bought 1,000 Spirit Bodies at 1 million points each and created 1,000 clones, merging their origins together. He made their shapes diverse, neither too ugly nor too beautiful, and sent them into his small world. His cultivation fell to the 8th level of Saint.

In no time, Jiang Yun stabilized his cultivation at the 8th level of Saint. He then integrated the Eye of Exploration and upgraded his spirit and time forms to Saint level. He chose to learn and develop techniques suited to his body, discarding those unsuitable and tossing them into the small world.

After three days, Jiang Yun opened his eyes and checked his body, feeling a surge of excitement. Ready to proceed with his next plan, he shouted, "System, open the information panel."