Time flows like water, and years fly like a shuttle.
In the blink of an eye, more than two months have passed.
During these two months, the "Purple Jade Bamboo Forest" remained as peaceful as ever.
Songs were still sung, and dances were still danced.
A scene of universal joy and prosperity!
All one hundred "Azure Origin Immortal Swords" had been distributed.
For the past two months, the hundred "sword renters" had been the most active.
They formed "gold farming squads" and swept through the entire "Eastern Wilderness Mountain Range," robbing and plundering... ah, no, "acting on behalf of heaven"!
The "sword renters" were all "sword dao geniuses," and they possessed the acquired spiritual treasure "Azure Origin Immortal Sword."
Their combat power was off the charts!
They formed teams of twelve and efficiently cleared "Demonic Sect dungeons."
They swept through in waves!
Within a day, they would destroy the opposing "sect."
Within three days, all their resources would be plundered.
Four days at most, and it was done!
...
Under this high-intensity "acting on behalf of heaven" operation, the various "Demonic Sects" in the "Eastern Wilderness Mountain Range" had fallen on hard times.
They were either annihilated or on the verge of annihilation.
A few "Demonic Sects," completely shameless, "packed up and fled" as a whole.
"Mom, the 'Eastern Wilderness Mountain Range' is too dangerous, we want to go home!"
Even so, these few "Demonic Sects" could not escape the clutches of the "gold farming squads."
Li Xiaoyao, leading a team of "sword renters," intercepted them and annihilated those "Demonic Sects."
These "Demonic Sects," deprived of the protection of their "mountain protection formations," were even more vulnerable.
Li Xiaoyao and his team didn't even need to deploy the "Sword Qi Green Lotus Formation" to easily defeat them.
Moreover, since the "evil cultivators" had "packed up and fled," they carried all their valuable possessions with them.
Li Xiaoyao and the others didn't need to spend extra time searching, which, in turn, saved them trouble.
They set out in the morning to "act on behalf of heaven" and returned before sunset, bringing back ten million low-grade spirit stones.
What a blast!
"Old Qian, the spoils of this operation are of good quality. You can't be too greedy; you must set a higher price!"
Upon returning to the "Purple Jade Bamboo Forest," Li Xiaoyao completely restrained his killing intent, once again transforming into the honest and reliable "young sword cultivator."
Li Xiaoyao, carrying a large pile of "storage bags," found the "greedy merchant" Qian Duoduo.
Nowadays, Qian Duoduo had set up a small thatched shed not far from Hao Ren's cave, dedicated to his "commercial activities."
This included, but was not limited to: selling "Sage Dragon's Tooth Rice," selling "Dragon's Tooth Spiritual Wine," selling "Dragon's Tooth Beer," purchasing "heavenly treasures and earthly materials," reselling magic treasures and artifacts, reselling pills and talismans... selling scalped tickets for "movie VIP seats"... acting as a matchmaker...
In short, whatever made money, Qian Duoduo did it.
As long as there was money, any service could be obtained from him.
This was called a "professional merchant"!
"Professional"!
Recently, with the emergence of numerous "gold farming teams" like Li Xiaoyao's, the "Purple Jade Bamboo Forest" experienced a severe surplus of "heavenly treasures and earthly materials."
Originally, some precious "heavenly treasures and earthly materials" could fetch a considerable price.
But now, with Li Xiaoyao and the others selling so many "heavenly treasures and earthly materials," supply far exceeded demand. The prices of these "heavenly treasures and earthly materials" plummeted, and they could no longer be sold at a good price.
Eventually, even with a "loss-leading one-tenth discount sale," no cultivators were willing to purchase them.
There were too many; they couldn't be used up!
Li Xiaoyao and his companions simply gave up on selling them themselves. They packed up all the "heavenly treasures and earthly materials" they harvested each time and dumped them all on Qian Duoduo.
The price, naturally, was not high!
Qian Duoduo was notoriously a "greedy merchant." It was good enough not to be fleeced when doing business with him; making more profit was impossible!
However, this way, Li Xiaoyao and his companions saved a lot of trouble.
After dealing with all the "heavenly treasures and earthly materials," they quickly regrouped and headed for the next "dungeon" to farm...
From a time efficiency perspective, Li Xiaoyao and his team were not at a loss. This approach actually earned them more!
Heh heh.
The "Demonic Sects" of the "Eastern Wilderness Mountain Range" exclaimed, "We thank your entire family!"
"Divine tmd 'time efficiency'!"
"Divine tmd 'acting on behalf of heaven'!"
We "Demonic Cultivators" are also humans; we also have human rights!
Useless!
Li Xiaoyao and the other "sword renters" continued to "farm dungeons" and "farm gold"!
The "Demonic Sects" of the "Eastern Wilderness Mountain Range" wailed and lamented!
...
Qian Duoduo remained the same, his plump face adorned with a friendly and sincere smile.
If one was not careful, it was easy to mistake him for an "honest man," but in reality...
Qian Duoduo inspected Li Xiaoyao's "goods," then regretfully shook his head.
"Alas, Daoist Friend Li, these things are not worth much! How about this, I'll take a loss and buy it all for one million low-grade spirit stones!"
Li Xiaoyao was amused to the point of anger.
According to market prices, the "heavenly treasures and earthly materials" he brought could have sold for at least ten million low-grade spirit stones.
Alright, even considering the recent "poor market conditions," selling them for three million low-grade spirit stones should have been no problem.
Qian Duoduo's offer directly cut two-thirds of the value.
Greedy merchant!
A great greedy merchant!
Li Xiaoyao disagreed and haggled.
"No way, at least three million low-grade spirit stones!"
Qian Duoduo was not an unreasonable person either. He went with the flow and earnestly haggled with Li Xiaoyao.
"One million and one low-grade spirit stone!"
Well, he increased the price by one low-grade spirit stone!
Damn it!
This is too much!
It's truly too much!
Li Xiaoyao expressed his anger.
"Old Qian, are you playing with me?"
Clang!
Sensing Li Xiaoyao's anger, the "Azure Origin Immortal Sword" on his back let out a hum, its sword qi sharp and unmatched!
Qian Duoduo flinched nervously, retracting his neck.
He quickly waved his hands and explained.
"Daoist Friend Li, please don't misunderstand. I only have this much spirit stone on hand right now; I really can't produce any more!"
Qian Duoduo was not lying about this.
With the surge in production of "Sage Dragon's Tooth Rice," "Dragon's Tooth Spiritual Wine," and "Dragon's Tooth Beer," Hao Ren had lowered the prices of these three "main products" to one hundred spirit stones each, making them affordable for all cultivators in the "Purple Jade Bamboo Forest."
As a result, the speed of making money had significantly decreased.
Furthermore, not long ago, Hao Ren had used the "Great Money-Scattering Technique" to help Little Dragon Girl overcome her tribulation, consuming an entire "small fortune."
No money!
There was really no money left!
In recent days, Qian Duoduo had scooped up a lot of "heavenly treasures and earthly materials" at extremely low prices, but unfortunately, these items were all piled up in the "treasury" and could not be converted into spirit stones in a short period!
Li Xiaoyao and the other "gold farming teams" had indeed obtained a lot of spirit stones, but the speed at which they paid rent was nowhere near the speed at which spirit stones were consumed!