This is a cultivation game, but its operation is terrible.

Many students switched out of the game and looked at their homeroom teacher with confusion, waiting for the teacher's next instructions.

"Jiang Liu, you haven't gone in yet?"

Jiang Liu's deskmate, Li Dongze, turned to look at him with a hint of sympathy in his eyes: "You're really pitiful."

"I can't help it either."

Jiang Liu sighed and asked Li Dongze curiously, "What kind of spiritual root do you have?"

"Three mixed spiritual roots: metal, wood, and water."

Li Dongze replied with a helpless expression, "What rubbish."

"Well, you're pretty unlucky too."

Jiang Liu returned his sympathetic look.

"What's so terrible about it?"

Li Dongze said nonchalantly, "At worst, I'll just spend money to draw top-grade spiritual roots. When I get back, I'll ask my dad to collect a few thousand spirit stones for me, and I'll draw a set of top-grade five-element spiritual roots first."

Jiang Liu: "......"

Only then did he realize that his deskmate was a rich second-generation heir with family assets of over a billion, more than enough to collect spirit stones.

Two years after the arrival of "Cultivation Era", the production of spirit stones was extremely low, which did not have a significant impact on the original currency system. People still spent money in their daily lives.

Well, if we're talking about the biggest impact of spirit stones on the monetary system, it's the West Coast.

On the West Coast, a prominent figure publicly criticized the intervention of God as the judge, promoted the use of spiritual stones, and forcibly broke the dollar-oil hegemony.

It's pretty funny, now oil transactions are all done with spirit stones.

"Good brother, enough said."

Li Dongze nudged Jiang Liu's arm and whispered, "After you enter the game, sell me the 5 spirit stones you got from signing in. I want to buy the first recharge bonus as soon as possible, it gives me several Qi Refining Pills, I'll give you one!"

Jiang Liu glanced at him sideways, but didn't reply, and couldn't help but sigh deeply in his heart.

With servers divided into zones, ordinary players can cultivate immortality through hard work and luck, while wealthy players can cultivate immortality through the in-game store and gift packs.

This is completely different from what he imagined cultivation to be!

[Enter the game].

Suddenly, the word "wait" that had been echoing in his ears disappeared, and the game entry prompt sounded in his mind, making Jiang Liu shudder and hurriedly switch back to "Cultivation Era".

The translucent game interface reappears on the retina.

At the same time, an electronic voice entered my mind.

Welcome to "Cultivation Era 0.1 Discount Edition," a game that helps all living beings enjoy cultivating immortality and ascending to higher realms.

[Healthy Gaming Advice]

Resist harmful games, reject pirated games...

Jiang Liu: "??????"

Jiang Liu: "!!!!!!!"

He didn't listen to a word of the game advice that followed; his mind was filled with the very first sentence.

Welcome to the Era of Cultivation... A 0.1% discount special edition?!

The client is bugged and it's stuck in another version?

Chapter 2, 1% Off Welfare Version of Cultivation

Jiang Liu was stunned for several seconds before he came to his senses, a feeling of unexpected joy rising in his heart.

He simply couldn't compare a cultivation game that supposedly helps all of humanity ascend to immortality with a poorly made game that's only worth 0.1% of the original price and is just a money grab.

These game developers are now making both a legitimate version and a paid version?

But no matter what, he's the one who benefits.

What is a 0.1% discount version?

100x discount!

The gift pack, originally priced at 648 yuan, can be obtained for only 6.48 yuan – this is the special offer!

Jiang Liu suppressed his excitement and eagerly entered the game.

After a dazzling flash, a clean and tidy game interface with a light blue background appeared in view.

The top of the interface is filled with a row of function icons, namely [Exciting Events], [Shop], [First Recharge], and [Leaderboard].

Below are [Character] [Equipment] [Backpack] [Card Draw] [Sect] [Social].

The left side is the chat box.

On the right are [Story], [Arena], [Tower of Babel], [Forging], and [Alchemy].

In the middle, there is a cartoon character that looks similar to him.

These function icons filled most of the game interface, and the layout was very neat, but it still gave Jiang Liu a strange sense of déjà vu.

Oh my god...

If it weren't reflected directly in his field of vision and synchronized with reality, he would have really thought it was just an ordinary money-grabbing cultivation mobile game.

This functionality, this UI, this character art... is it copied?

Jiang Liu suppressed his pent-up complaints and clicked on the [Character] section first.

Character Name: Jiang Liu

Server: China Region 4

VIP Level: 0

Title: None

Qualifications: Mixed spiritual roots of metal, wood, and fire

Realm: Qi Refining Level 0 (0/1000)

Sect: None

Synchronized: Not synchronized

The character panel was very simple; apart from his aptitude making Jiang Liu a little envious, everything else was normal.

Perhaps because he saw the function icons that filled most of the game interface, he wasn't too surprised when he saw the VIP level. Instead, he focused his attention on the [Synchronization Function] at the bottom.

This synchronization means that the game character and the real body are synchronized?

Jiang Liu suddenly realized something. He thought that his game character had broken through to a higher level, and his physical body had also broken through to a higher level. He didn't expect there to be an additional "synchronization" step.

Only after clicking "Sync" will everything about the game character be synchronized to the real physical body.

If you don't click "Sync," it won't sync.

Well, it saved us some trouble and prevented us from making a big fuss in public.

He didn't pay much attention to the "Sync" function. After glancing at the character panel, he turned it off and then opened "Featured Events".

Of the exciting events, there is currently only the "Daily Check-in" event.

After Jiang Liu received 5 spirit stones from his daily check-in, he rushed to the [First Recharge] section.

Anyone who has played games knows that the first recharge bonus is the most cost-effective gift pack at the start of the game, bar none.

[First Recharge Phase 1]: One random low-grade magic weapon, 5 Qi Refining Pills, and the title 'Newcomer'.

Total value 328 spirit stones, first recharge price 6 spirit stones (shockingly low)!

Alright, alright, you didn't directly label it as 0.06 spirit stones, so you know how to cover your tracks, huh?

Jiang Liu's breathing became slightly rapid, and he clicked the purchase button with a mixture of anticipation and excitement.

When he saw the words "Purchase Successful," he almost couldn't help but shout out loud, and his heart, which had been in his throat, finally settled down.

He was also worried that the 0.1% discount version was just a name change and that there was no real discount in the game.

But now things are better. The huge weight on my heart has been lifted, and the sky is clear after the dust has settled.

This is a bug he encountered!

The 0.1% discount version has great potential!

Jiang Liu's mouth was agape as he tried to suppress his laughter. This was a classroom, after all; he couldn't let his classmates and the homeroom teacher notice anything amiss. The "welfare version" was just too terrifying; keeping quiet and making a fortune was the only way to go.

After catching his breath several times, he finally recovered from his barely suppressed excitement and turned his attention to the second first-time recharge gift pack.

[First Recharge Phase Two]: One random mid-grade magic weapon, 10 Qi Refining Pills, and the title 'Emerging Talent'.

Total value 1288 spirit stones, now only 68 spirit stones (shocking!)!

I'll buy it for 0.68 spirit stones!

[First Recharge Stage 3]: One random high-grade magic weapon, 20 Qi Refining Pills, and the title 'Small Achievement'.

Total value 1888 spirit stones, now only 188 spirit stones (shocking!)!

I'll buy it for 1.88 spirit stones!

Jiang Liu was full of ambition. With the 0.1 discount, he bought three first recharge gift packs and spent 5 spirit stones with the momentum of 500 spirit stones!

But I won't be able to afford it in the next phase.

The daily sign-in only gave 5 spirit stones, while the three first recharge gift packs cost 2.62 spirit stones.

The first-charge gift package for the next stage will cost 328 Spirit Stones, and even at a 0.1% discount, it will still cost 3.28 Spirit Stones.

Damn it, even at 0.1% off, you can't buy all the first recharge gift packs. Did the operation of Cultivation Era learn from dogs?

Jiang Liu muttered to himself, somewhat reluctantly closing the first recharge gift pack, and then opened his [backpack].

The backpack has 32 compartments, and the second page is locked!

The backpack contained three gleaming magical artifacts, 35 Qi Refining Pills, and three usable titles.

At the very bottom, there are two functions: "Extract" and "Place". The meaning is self-evident: you can extract items from your backpack into the real world, or you can put items from the real world into your backpack. It's quite convenient.