The ancient giant bear hiding in the world of immortal cultivation

Chapter 415 Never expected

"Warning: The current level of the Cangming Cold Qi within a radius of 100,000 li around the Dragon Head City branch altar is level 6. The maximum fluctuation within the next twelve hours may reach level 7. Please take precautions."

On the Hidden Origin Jade Talisman, a striking line of information appeared, bright red, indicating great danger.

And this is already the fifteenth day. Ever since Bai Yu started refining his master Shuang Jun's material, the level of the Cangming Cold Qi outside the city has never dropped below level 6. One day, the Cangming Cold Qi even fluctuated to level 8.

That was really going to kill me! It was level 8 Cangming Cold Qi! Although it only lasted for less than 30 seconds, the noise it caused was truly terrifying.

The walls of Dragon Head City were on the verge of collapsing, and the howling sound even made ordinary people tremble with fear.

Now, in the city streets, whether mortals or cultivators, no one goes out unless absolutely necessary.

Even with the protection of the Hidden Origin Bell, the temperature inside the city dropped to minus twenty degrees Celsius.

Snowflakes were falling everywhere, and the wind was howling – it was the dead of winter. But the problem was, the mortals of Dragon Head City didn't even know what winter was.

It's not that they're stupid, but that in the past few years, Dragon Head City and its surroundings have always been warm as spring, with at most a few heavy rainstorms. Heavy rain and severe cold seem to be ancient stories from our grandfathers' generation.

If cultivators don't take action at this time, and mortals don't have any organization (because in the past, most of the government positions were held by cultivators), and now that Bai Yu has given the order for everyone to go into seclusion, who would come out to do anything in this awful weather?
Even Snake Nineteen and the others went into seclusion as a matter of course.

As for the acting head of the department, Lin Zhi, he has never shown up.

"We still need to stabilize the situation. The livelihoods of nearly 13 million mortals in Dragon Head City depend on this. Arrange some manpower to at least guarantee their basic survival."

Wang Wu found Snake Nineteen.

But Snake Nineteen shook his head, "It's not that we don't want to do anything, but Bai Yu changed the rules of the Hidden Origin Bell. Now the five elements in the human world have plummeted, and the benefits of doing things are less than one-tenth of what they used to be. Seeing that the Cangming cold air outside is getting more and more ferocious, we have to take care of ourselves first."

Why the sharp drop?

"Don't you know? The Hidden Origin Society's headquarters, Puku, has lost contact. We can no longer quickly enter Puku using the Hidden Origin Jade Talisman. Is it because the Cangming Cold Qi is too intense?!"

Snake Nineteen asked worriedly, "These past two days it has also wanted to talk to Wang Wu, this can't go on."

Wang Wu was stunned for a moment, then immediately understood. It wasn't because of the Cangming Cold Qi, but because Bai Yu had diverted all the energy from the Hidden Origin Bell to the headquarters and stopped the express delivery service from the headquarters to the branch altar, so naturally they couldn't purchase Puku's resources.

Thus, with nowhere to spend their five vital energies, people naturally prioritize bartering.

This is quite a tricky matter.

Although there was no evidence to prove it, Wang Wu immediately realized that if this mess didn't erupt, it would be fine, but if it did, he might become the scapegoat, because Bai Yu was definitely capable of doing it.

This is a trap!

Surely his cheap master wouldn't actually let him kill Bai Yu, would he? No way, no way!
Of course, the situation may not actually be as he thinks.

Are thirteen million ordinary people important?

Is it important to the headquarters of the Hidden Origin Society?

Does Gray think it's important?
The game that Mrs. Lian Yu is currently playing uses real-life NPCs.
Aside from the fact that people are occasionally treated as human beings in certain places and at certain times on Earth, are mortals considered human beings here?
After thinking it over, Wang Wu decided not to ask Snake Nineteen to do anything more. If he were to pay out of his own pocket for the sake of these mortals, even his own people probably wouldn't understand.

However, this doesn't make sense.

The problems of over ten million ordinary people are actually quite easy to solve.

Surely this isn't another scam involving the recycling of the five elements from the human body?

"Go tell our people to try to preserve their share of the Five Elements of Humanity. Tell them I'll guarantee them a minimum amount. If they have any extra Five Elements of Humanity, they can exchange them with me. In any case, the Five Elements of Humanity is the hallmark of the Hidden Origin Society. Don't be misled by the current changes."

“I understand, but are you sure you really want to do this? Over the past ten years, the people here have accumulated quite a bit of the Five Elements of the Human Realm.” Snake Nineteen asked with some concern. It wasn’t that it hadn’t thought about Wang Wu’s problem, but it was true that they had a lot of the Five Elements of the Human Realm.

After all, Bai Yu has been expanding and upgrading the Hidden Origin Bell extensively over the past decade, so leaking a little meat soup would be enough.

"This is not something I can be certain of or decide, but rather something we have no choice about. My master told me to stay here, even though it was just to let me go into seclusion. But I feel that, on a higher level, the five elements of the human realm that we possess represent a certain kind of power. In short, we would rather take a gamble than sell the five elements of the human realm cheaply."

"In addition, take on any hidden element missions you can, don't worry about the low rewards."

“I understand, and I will try my best to maintain basic order in Dragon Head City.”

Snake Nineteen nodded, while Wang Wu walked around the city wall of Dragon Head City with a worried expression. The situation was indeed very serious. At level 3 Cangming Cold Qi, it took a bit of luck to even see a Cold-Weather Worm.

But now, the entire outer wall of Dragon Head City is covered with countless cold-calling insects, which make a very rhythmic sound and constantly rub the city wall to remove small amounts of powder.

In the air, a large number of white Siberian pheasants were flying. They were much larger than Siberian crickets and looked very beautiful, like white flowers with a great sense of layering.

In reality, they were not real birds, but extremely pure crystals of Cangming Cold Qi, and they had already developed a certain level of sentience. Even through the protective array of the Hidden Origin Bell, several Cold Howling Birds sensed Wang Wu and rammed into him repeatedly.

This situation is very bad.

Wang Wu then returned to the cave within the Hidden Origin Bell and used the Hidden Origin Jade Talisman to contact Puku at the Hidden Origin Society headquarters. As expected, the connection was lost.

After thinking for a while, he went to Madam Yu's cave again. She hadn't come out even once since she stepped into the cave ten years ago.

She's a homebody too!
As expected, Madam Yu was happily playing her game, completely absorbed and quite happy, and didn't even notice Wang Wu's arrival.

Wang Wu watched for a while, but it wasn't interesting. It was all about management strategies and farming, something he was already tired of.

Speaking of which, he transmigrated to the world of cultivation and was actually thinking about playing games? That's so pathetic! Wouldn't it be better to play something else? Uh, wait a minute!

Wang Wu suddenly felt that something was wrong.

"Jiayan?"

"Ah! My husband! I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry, I was too engrossed, it's my fault!"

"Forget all that, let me ask you, can this array plate that supposedly kills time and makes you the only one who can simulate the Three Realms connect to the outside world?" Wang Wu asked hurriedly.

"Huh? What do you want to say, my husband!"

Mrs. Yu blinked, looking completely bewildered. She must have gone mad from playing games!
"I'm asking you, how much have you earned?" Wang Wu had no choice but to change to a simpler question.

“Not...not much!” Madam Yu immediately became hesitant.

"Not much, not little!"

"Reporting to my husband, I only earned 33,242 strands of mortal energy. This is all my private savings. If you want it, you may take it..."

"What would I do with your secret stash of money? Wait, secret stash of money? What else do you have besides secret stash of money?"

"Ah, it's nothing, my husband, don't be angry. I only earned three... three... dowries."

"Dowry? Three portions!"

This time, it was Wang Wu's turn to be dumbfounded.

"Husband, one for Daya, one for Erya, and I, too, must have one!" Madam Yu was very embarrassed, her face flushed with shyness. Damn it, what time is it, and you're still flirting with me!
Wang Wu slapped her hard, but said, "If I give you 50,000 strands of human energy, how many supplies can you buy for me?"

What kind of supplies does my husband want?

"Spiritual energy, black iron, cold-resistant pills, and some materials needed for setting up the formation!"

"Well, the first three things are easy to manage. I can raise 50 million dou of spiritual energy and 10,000 pieces of ninth-grade black iron for my husband within three days. I don't have many cold-resistant pills, maybe 3,000. But the materials for setting up the formation will take several months to gather." Madam Yu became serious at this moment.

Wang Wu was stunned again. You've only been playing games for ten years, what level of big shot have you become?
Besides, with only 50,000 strands of human five elements, you're robbing me!

"You know that the Hidden Origin Society's headquarters has already shut down its operations, right?" Wang Wu couldn't help but remind her.

"I know, otherwise why would my husband come to me with such worry? Isn't it because I have another purchasing channel?" Madam Yu smiled gently.

Wang Wu was speechless, realizing he had truly underestimated this woman who was obsessed with strategy farming and management games.

"how did you do it?"

"What do you mean, my lord? Is it that there are still channels to purchase supplies at this time? It's actually very simple. The purchase channel of the Hidden Origin Society headquarters has never been closed. It's just that the purchase channel in Dragon Head City has been closed. I have other channels now, so I am naturally unaffected."

"No, you've never been out, how do you know so much?" Wang Wu continued in surprise.

“My husband, I have never gone out, but Daya and Erya often come to see me. Moreover, my Three Realms Simulation Array can also obtain a lot of information. Besides, it’s not exactly a secret.”

“Okay, I can understand that, but you just said that you could raise 50 million units of spiritual energy and 10,000 pieces of grade nine black iron within three days. How did you do that? I only have 50,000 strands of human five-elemental energy. I can’t afford to pay for this.”

Wang Wu spoke frankly, because in the Puku of the Yinyuan Society headquarters, the price for a wisp of human five elements was 1:100. Even with his 40% discount authority, he could only buy 100 points of spiritual energy with 0.4 wisps of human five elements.

Upon hearing this, Madam Yu smiled brightly, "Husband, do you think there are trading companies in the cultivation world? The main business of the Hidden Origin Society is trading. Gathering more intelligence, paying more attention to details, buying low and selling high is a very simple thing."

Wang Wu was dumbfounded and shocked. However, after he came to his senses, he still couldn't quite understand how, in ten years, even if he was playing as a real NPC, starting from a small village with only fifty ordinary people, he could have developed it to such a large scale!
Ten years, and a newborn hasn't even grown into an adult yet.

How can you, a second-rank cultivator, be more powerful than some Earth Immortals?
"Come on, show me how you buy low and sell high?"

Wang Wu was very worried. Two years ago, Madam Yu said that she had lost money, but now she was so wealthy. He didn't believe it.

"This—this is actually very simple! It's because it's a cloud-simulated array plate for killing time, relaxing, beautifying the skin, calming the mind, and achieving supreme self-respect." Madam Yu repeated the complicated, obviously careless name again.

But Wang Wu understood immediately this time.

It's the distribution channel!
Playing games with the older sister, playing well and making her happy, thus gaining access to this trading channel.

With the right channels, it's really easy to buy low and sell high, with express delivery arriving instantly.

This is indeed more important than hard work. Snake Nineteen is already at the eighth level of Earth Immortal, but it doesn't have this channel. It has no way to do business.

But then again, how many oddball cultivators in the world don't want to cultivate and just want to be lazy?

Would a normal cultivator find this name interesting?

What normal cultivator would spend ten years playing this? And to enjoy it so much that they forget about cultivation altogether?
Ten years! And you still can't directly control them, you can only give them hints. In reality, they're unlikely to obey real-life NPCs. This kind of strategy farming and management game is something Wang Wu just can't play.

So this can be considered a way to make use of waste.

Wang Wu was convinced at that moment.

(End of this chapter)