Ye Tiancheng's nonsensical talk made the three women feel an unparalleled rage, but he couldn't force his understanding onto others. Thus, they were all very clear that other people's worlds were always other people's worlds. Even if they spent their days together, if they didn't understand, you couldn't make them understand.
"Forget it. No matter what, he won't understand. Let's think about how to look to the future. That's the most important thing right now," Su Muxian said with a helpless look at Ye Tiancheng, knowing what he was thinking. He had completely decided to see his plan through, and ten oxen couldn't pull him back.
Therefore, for such a man, it was useless to say anything. The most effective thing was to let him do as he pleased, so as not to hinder his decisions.
Given this situation, everyone could only comply with Ye Tiancheng and stop trying to persuade him, knowing that once he made up his mind, even ten oxen couldn't pull him back.
"In the near future, there will be an agricultural expo to showcase agricultural products. Our village's agricultural products can be displayed there and may have opportunities for domestic or international import and export," Wang Xiaomiao said, hearing Su Muxian's words. She stopped dwelling on the matter and truly began to discuss industry.
Ye Tiancheng had wanted to change the topic for a long time and was happy to hear Wang Xiaomiao's words. He said to everyone, "The matter in the south of the city has been settled. All we need to do is transport the saplings. Next, we can focus on how to organize the agricultural products for the expo. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."
Let's put the unpleasant things aside for now, as if nothing had happened.
Unexpectedly, Ye Tiancheng, disregarding his image and not changing his scorched clothes, was talking animatedly. Only then did Su Muxian go to Ye Tiancheng's room to find some clothes for him. When she walked over with the clothes, she crumpled them into a ball and threw them into his arms.
"I didn't expect Sister Su to be so thoughtful. I'm falling behind," Wang Xiaomiao said, seeing how much Su Muxian cared for Ye Tiancheng. She teased him again, forgetting what she had just said. She had come to find Ye Tiancheng to discuss the agricultural exchange meeting, but other things had made her forget about it. She had just remembered it when it was interrupted again.
"Don't overthink it, you girl. Let's get down to business. Only by earning a lot of money can we ensure a happy and fulfilling life. Go and see those people who are poor. They live like maggots in a ditch, it's too sad. Without money, you can't eat what you want; you can only eat that garbage full of additives. Such things are not nutritious and not safe. In the end, before you're even thirty, you'll be plagued by various diseases and become a person who constantly takes medicine. And you can't afford expensive medicine, only a few cents or a few yuan. Now, due to cost issues, pharmaceutical companies can't make money and don't produce drugs with no profit. These people can only wait for death..."
Su Muxian became more and more indignant as she spoke, as if she hated the world. Ye Tiancheng laughed heartily upon hearing this.
"What use are people like us in the pharmaceutical industry? Of course, businesses are for making money. No one has the leisure to truly serve others. If they don't make money, they can't even support their workers, so who will produce medicine? This world is driven by profit; you can ignore everything else. Aren't all industries meant to make money? What's wrong with that? Those who are incapable are destined to perish, just like humans treating this world. Plants and animals that cannot compete with humans have become extinct. People like them, who can't even support themselves, deserve to become extinct like lower-class organisms because they are no longer suited for this world. So-called, this world is about the strong dominating or dying. No matter how you live, if you can't be strong, in the end, only one word awaits you – death!"
"Oh my, we were talking about the agricultural product exchange meeting, how did it get so out of hand?" Wang Xiaomiao disliked their argument, although it was very realistic...
"You must not let anyone hear these words. If they go online, you will become the target of public criticism, accused of being a very unscrupulous entrepreneur. You're producing Longdan Xiegansan now, don't think I don't know. The total cost price is only 5 mao, and you're selling it for almost 30 yuan. That's a profit of almost 99%!"
Su Muxian looked at Ye Tiancheng with disdain.
"I'll earn the money that should be earned, but I do it within what others can bear. Unlike those who sell things that cost only a few cents for hundreds of yuan, those people are the ones who suck people's blood!"
"Alright, alright! You two continue!"
Wang Xiaomiao was very angry seeing them so engrossed in this issue.
"Haha!" Ye Tiancheng laughed. He naturally understood that no matter what, he couldn't change the world. Only by conforming to the world could he live this short life. As for future matters, he would be long gone, and it would have nothing to do with him. According to paleontologists, even if humanity were to become extinct, the Earth would still be vibrant after a hundred million years, provided the sun still existed. Therefore, whether humans existed or not, the Earth would still give birth to vigorous life. Don't think that humans, with their considerable intelligence, can look down upon the universe, thinking they have conquered the world and can plunder it wildly.
Therefore, the immediate task is to work hard to earn money and then enjoy this brief period of life to the fullest. Although he had the qualification to ascend to immortality, he didn't want it because he felt being human was too good.
Being an immortal, having infinite life, would seem very boring and tedious. What was the use of such a lonely life? It was better to live a short, ordinary life with excitement and flavor. Because life is short, one works day and night to achieve their desired goals, making life worthwhile. If one had too long a life, they would spend their days like idle rich second-generation heirs, only knowing how to wander and play, flirt with women, and use their inherent golden spoon status to constantly provoke the poor. The qualification to ascend to heaven.
"From your eyes, I can see that you are filled with hatred for this world, wishing that this hatred would multiply infinitely, and that the destruction of the entire world would bring you even more happiness," the divine stone saw through Ye Tiancheng's heart.
"You are very right, but also not right." Ye Tiancheng simply chose to communicate with the divine stone in his sea of consciousness.
"Hurry up and make money, get rid of this trash in front of you, and then you will face the real cultivators. There are many cultivators hidden in the deep seas in this world. Although these cultivators no longer live in the deep mountains because humans have developed most of the forests and these cultivators can no longer hide, they can only hide in the oceans to avoid these secular people. But in this world, as long as cultivators exist, there will be wars between cultivators, just like the disputes between acquaintances for profit. They are also very evil. For the sake of their own ascension to immortality, they would even kill and seize treasures. After all, Earth's resources are becoming increasingly scarce, and the hills and forests that can cultivate spiritual elixirs have been destroyed by humans."
The divine stone spoke earnestly to Ye Tiancheng. Only such words would make Ye Tiancheng take it seriously. As for the words of the three girls, he felt they were like the wind blowing past his ears, having no effect at all. Once life was threatened, or interests were threatened, people would take such matters seriously.
Ye Tiancheng understood and immediately became serious. He then said to the three women, "Are the pear cakes and wild vegetables too simple?"
"Of course, they seem too simple. It's best if we can develop other derivative agricultural products, such as chestnut cakes, osmanthus cakes, sweet potato cakes, and so on, to showcase the characteristics of our region and attract investment, bringing real vitality to this place. In this world, profit is eternal. As long as we bring profit to others, it will bring profit to us."
"I didn't expect you to understand the problem of product singularity so well. It's so suffocating." Ye Tiancheng had long felt that his products were too singular. Therefore, once a product was blocked or intercepted by others, he would have no new resources or ability to survive. Thus, the more products there were, the wider his path would be, and the better he could survive in this world of resource competition. As long as there were resources, there would be competition for profit, and as long as there was competition for profit, there would be constant fighting...
Therefore, to survive, one had to do this, as if forced onto Liangshan. Everyone wanted a simple life and hated this dusty, complicated world that absolutely did not allow it.
Since there was no choice, one had to face it squarely. No matter how powerful the opponent was, as long as one chose to do so, they must ensure the opponent had no chance. He had already decided this and prepared to go all out.
"I really didn't expect this idea. Every day you waste is equivalent to sending yourself to the brink of death." The divine stone was very surprised at this moment that Ye Tiancheng had such an idea. He didn't expect Ye Tiancheng to have the nature of a warlord. In fact, this person was not a good person; he also had a dark side and a ruthlessness and heartlessness that others couldn't imagine.
It wasn't that the world would change him, but that facts would change him. He would no longer believe in the things he learned in university, especially those related to ideology. His contact with things was completely two-sided and diametrically opposed. Therefore, this world was filled with all sorts of hidden rules, the dark places that the sun couldn't reach, and the darkness within that gradually made people give up on the light and choose to survive in this way.
Simple things often contained more operability. Therefore, he prepared to use his last funds to develop agricultural products. Others mentioned pear cakes, chestnut cakes, and osmanthus cakes. Whatever was available here would be made into pastries, because people nowadays liked sweets the most. Even though these things might contain harmful substances, everyone was still happy to eat them.
"Are you dead? Can you do it yourself? I saw that your pear cakes were made very well," Su Muxian suddenly remembered the pears he had given her and said.
"Of course, this kind of thing is a small matter, and I'm even using very traditional methods to make it. Isn't retro popular now? Let's go retro too." Ye Tiancheng's face showed great joy, because promoting the things of his ancestors was like returning to ancient times for him. That slow-paced lifestyle was very suitable for his new way of playing. In fact, he really wanted the realm of high mountains and flowing water, small bridges and flowing water, but now even flushing toilets were in high-rise buildings, with no ancient atmosphere at all. This made him feel very unhappy because all he saw were high-rise buildings and car exhaust fumes...
This made Ye Tiancheng hate modern cities. Therefore, he really wanted to build Xiaohe Village into a small city like in ancient times. If a small city like in ancient times stood on this land, it would surely become a beautiful landscape.
The divine stone saw that Ye Tiancheng's thoughts were out of sync with this world. It had already modernized. This ancient way of living was simply not suitable for modern life, because in ancient buildings, there were electric lights and telephones everywhere, which would also seem out of place. If one truly wanted a purely ancient life, the pace would be incredibly slow, with ox carts and horse carriages, then candles. Humans were so clever, this was not cost-effective at all. After all, we had already entered a modern society. This idea was like a very bad rhythm, like Lao Tzu returning to the prehistoric caves or the primitive society...
"I see you even want to turn this world into an ancient society. This is absolutely not allowed!" The divine stone had to remind Ye Tiancheng that such actions were very bad. At least in its opinion, doing so was reversing human history and social progress. This was simply asking for trouble.
"My great nation has a small portion of people who want to live like ancient people. What's wrong with them living in such a small city? Some people like to live like ancient people. No matter what, this is a free and unfettered life. Therefore, returning to ancient times is impossible, and traveling through time and space is also impossible, but building such a city is possible." Ye Tiancheng felt his choice was very correct and didn't care about the divine stone's opposition.
"So stubborn," the divine stone rolled its eyes and simply ignored Ye Tiancheng.
Ye Tiancheng didn't care about its reaction at all.
"Your thoughts and mine are completely incompatible. We are people from two different worlds. Because you were very wicked before, you led me down a wicked path, and then you say I'm wrong. What do you want me to do to satisfy you?" Ye Tiancheng said angrily to the divine stone in his sea of consciousness.
"What does it have to do with me if you do this? Naturally, it's because we are mutually causal, like lips and teeth, dependent on each other. If you, boy, can ascend to immortality, I will also reach the Three Pure Realms and be immensely happy. Don't you understand this? When one person attains the Tao, even their chickens and dogs ascend. As long as you ascend, I will follow you. As long as you enter hell, I will not follow you into hell..."
Upon hearing the divine stone's words, Ye Tiancheng couldn't help but praise it for being very realistic. This guy was even more realistic than himself. I truly admire Nuwa for not using this waste to mend the sky. According to his thinking, once the sky is covered, it will affect the thoughts of many people, and thus more wicked people will emerge in this world.
"We are both the same; no need to say so much sarcastic talk. But I don't think you will succeed. Well, you have ruined many people. They won't become rich; they will only become people who are abandoned by this world."
"Before I even asked you to do it, you're pouring cold water on me. You clearly have ulterior motives. Therefore, you must be belittling me for not spending time on cultivation, making your idea of achieving immortality always seem distant. That's why you're negating my ideas and want me to focus on cultivation so that you, boy, can get what you want, because you really want to reach the Three Pure Realms," Ye Tiancheng said impolitely to the divine stone. The divine stone was choked by Ye Tiancheng's words because it did indeed think so. The reason it didn't want Ye Tiancheng to waste time on these worldly trifles was entirely because this troublesome world and its short lifespan meant that he might not comprehend the Great Tao even when he was eighty years old. At that time, his life would be nearing its end, and he would bid farewell to this world and go to the King of Hell's underworld. Then, according to his merits and demerits, he would be reincarnated, and if he had done too many wicked deeds, he might be reborn into the animal realm.
If Ye Tiancheng were to be reincarnated at that time, this divine stone would also suffer. It might be stripped away in the underworld and then wander to a desolate place. By then, the seas would have turned into mulberry fields, and it would not know how many tens of thousands of years it would have to wait to find a fated person.
If such a situation occurred, the divine stone naturally did not want to see it. The outcome it most wanted to see was Ye Tiancheng achieving immortality and reaching the Three Pure Realms.
"I can cultivate and make money simultaneously, and I also want to live the life I want. No matter how anxious you are, it's useless because I am the main body, and you are just a character indebted to me within my body. You cannot control my thoughts or my body, so just obey me obediently. Accept your fate as it comes; thinking too much is useless."
Ye Tiancheng gave her a cold smile, his face full of disdain. Seeing Ye Tiancheng's state, the other party became enraged and exploded.
"You brat, don't forget who helped you. Without me, could you be so awesome? Could you catch an RPG rocket with your bare hands? If you only had the cultivation technique given to you by your ancestor, you would have been blown to ashes long ago, because the power of an RPG is equivalent to the power of a sword qi from a cultivator of your level."
The divine stone explained things so clearly with the intention of making Ye Tiancheng understand how cruel this world was, and not just to think about making money, money, and more money, but also to think about what abilities he needed to protect the money and social status he possessed.