Two Worlds, Starting with Kaguya of Penglai Mountain

Throughout their journey, their conversations primarily revolved around this market.

Kurokawa Kazuya looked around and could see that the market in this small town was already different from when the festival was first held.

Specifically, the number of arguments is increasing.

The most striking characteristic is that cultivators and ordinary people will argue fiercely over the price of items, almost to the point of spittle flying.

They are fighting for their own interests.

Although the number of permanent residents in this town is not large, the number of cultivators who move around every day is almost equal to the number of cultivators currently existing in Heian-kyo.

Yukari Yakumo: "Actually, I initially thought that the barter system used by cultivators in Heian-kyo was the ultimate way for humanity to develop, but the real world is indeed more complicated than I thought."

The blonde girl looked ahead and spoke in a fairly calm tone.

Kazuya Kurokawa: "I didn't expect things to develop so quickly?"

Yukari Yakumo: "I never expected this. After all, who would have thought that what you occasionally mentioned, Master, about using magical artifacts as a form of currency is actually the most important thing."

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PS1: Sorry for posting late, I'm a bit dazed, let me sort this out.

PS2: How about some votes and some razor blades? It's still past midnight, after all (laughs).

Chapter 127 Yakumo Yukari's Emotional Novice

An individual's cognition is limited by the times.

Even the most brilliant sage can only be a few steps ahead of the times in certain aspects.

Overall, they remain trapped in the times.

Just like in Yukari Yakumo's eyes, a human group under a feudal system that can gather a large population to serve a small number of people is already terrifyingly powerful.

But Kurokawa Kazuya gave her another surprise.

Or perhaps... fright?

In a feudal system where cultivators are the highest-ranking rulers, resources essentially only circulate upwards.

Cultivators with various abilities who are high above others may help ordinary people improve their lives for the sake of the greater good, but they do so only out of a mentality of charity and nurturing.

Similar to pigs in a breeding farm.

Cultivators need ordinary people to provide them with faith, so they support a large number of ordinary people.

In their eyes, ordinary people have never been equal. To expect them to wholeheartedly and sincerely promote the improvement of ordinary people's lives is utter nonsense.

Everyone still had their family's heritage and their own path of cultivation in mind.

I won't waste time on other people, but—

Yukari Yakumo: "All resources for cultivation can be measured in currency, and the exchange of resources is no longer limited by status, but only by ability."

In order to make money, even those who are high and mighty cultivators need to get along well with ordinary people.

Ordinary people, as long as they can earn enough money, can live better than the high and mighty cultivators, and can even become high and mighty cultivators in the blink of an eye with various magical artifacts.

The stagnant, non-shared advanced techniques belonging to cultivators began to spread throughout the entire human population.

As mentioned before, in terms of technology alone, our current era is in no way superior to the modern world in which Kurokawa Kazuya lives.

For cultivators who can manipulate various concepts, achieving things like food breeding, land modification, weather changes, and house construction is a piece of cake.

They simply never participated in collective production activities after acquiring these powers.

Now, in order to make money, and to have money to use magical artifacts faster and better.

They had to move their technology down to lower-level users.

The resulting effects far exceeded expectations.

how to say……

Aliens descended upon Earth and, in the blink of an eye, raised the Earth's standard of living to an extremely high level?

Yukari Yakumo: "The pre-ordered house and decoration can be completed in an instant; special concept food is added to make people enjoy bliss; the means of transportation made by special puppets can fly and disappear into the ground."

The blonde girl pointed to the sky.

At the very top of the market, small wooden blocks could be vaguely seen floating above.

On the top of this modern technology city, an antique-style floating building is even gradually being constructed.

Various conceptual abilities are constantly being used here, permanently altering the presentation of some of the rules.

To be honest, when they first started trading, the cultivators were quite reserved about their abilities and offered very high prices.

But as the first person to try something new easily made money, more and more cultivators joined in, hoping to make money easily as well.

With each other bidding against each other, their prices are getting lower and lower.

Ordinary people who were initially in awe of cultivators gradually discovered that, under the protection of everyone in the city, they didn't actually need to worry about their personal safety.

The threat from cultivators is not something to be taken seriously at all.

As long as they don't leave the city, what can these people do to them?

For ordinary people who do not yet have any great ambitions, their lives were originally confined to a village or town, and staying in the town was practically free of charge for them.

So they started to actively lower the price as well.

The services provided by cultivators gradually became more complex and refined as the transactions progressed.

For example, the houses we saw at the beginning were indeed ordinary houses, but now they are at the level of floating cities. Moreover, the houses have gradually been equipped with temperature control functions.

As for why the style of houses can change so quickly?

Don't worry about the technical skills of cultivators; what matters are cultivators who can interfere with the concept of earth and stone with their thoughts.

The house built in the morning can be demolished in the evening, and a brand new one can be built on the third day.

As the cultivators' technical abilities were disseminated, the town's resources experienced a massive overflow in a short period of time.

Yukari Yakumo: "It's so extravagant it's unimaginable."

Kazuya Kurokawa: "I think the current situation is largely due to certain coincidences in the settings. For example, cultivators cannot participate in the management of mortal businesses, which means they have to find an ordinary person to help them manage."

A place where emotions are concentrated can cause a cultivator's talent for cultivation to deteriorate.

The changes in worldly power in the past were a convergence of the darker aspects of human nature.

The places where money circulates today are no different from those places.

Becoming a practitioner means mastering key techniques.

However, without mastering the key technologies, it is impossible to engage in business activities.

Only one of the two can be chosen; both parties must cooperate, and the system cannot function without either one.

Now, Kurokawa Kazuya feels that he can already see the clash between the cultivators and ordinary people in this town in the next few years.

The two sides will likely enter a state of constant mutual suppression.

Cultivators can form alliances and find ways to increase the salaries of their technical personnel, since they are the ones who possess the technology.

Ordinary people can act as managers to exploit, deceive, and induce cultivators to work hard for them to earn gold coins.

As the party that controls the distribution of money, they are the bosses. How could they possibly earn less than a group of technical workers?

Kazuya Kurokawa: "It's quite strange. Bosses are weaklings who can be killed by their employees at any time. They don't even live as long as the employees. But in a collective society, they are definitely the ones who can make more money and enjoy life."

He turned to Yukari Yakumo and complained about the current situation.

Now, Kurokawa Kazuya is gradually able to let go of all responsibilities regarding the development of the town.

Driven by interests and by human nature, everything is constantly integrating and progressing.

All he had to do at that point was keep bringing in relevant laws and regulations from the real world.

And let the Moon Rabbits modify and adjust the laws and regulations in practice.

With the vast experience accumulated in another world, maintaining the basic order of this town should not be difficult for Kurokawa Kazuya.

As long as the current system can be maintained.

The wisdom of the masses can be limitless.

Technological advancements don't need Kurokawa Kazuya's urging; everyone else will be more proactive in pursuing them than he is.

Kurokawa Kazuya even considered establishing a council for the town, allowing the residents to operate autonomously and determine the town's development direction.

Kazuya Kurokawa: "If I were to establish a parliament later, would you be interested in being the speaker, Melly? After all, you're actually quite good at that kind of thing."

Thinking of this, Kurokawa Kazuya turned to look at Yakumo Yukari beside him and spoke.

After hearing her words, the latter was first stunned, then shook his head as if he were laughing.

Yukari Yakumo: "I'm not as power-hungry as you think, Master."

As for the youkai of the realm, Yukari Yakumo, she doesn't actually have much of a desire for power. For her, simply observing how things unfold is enough.

"I've already introduced everything I needed to to you, Master. Today should be a rare time for the two of us to be alone, right? Are you planning to keep talking to me about this?"

The blonde girl kindly reminded Kurokawa Kazuya in front of her.

Although the wise sage had no intention of competing for first place, her goal was to establish a bond between the two sides.

This is actually one of the main reasons why the two went shopping together today.

Kazuya Kurokawa: "Uh..."

After being told that by the blonde girl, Kurokawa Kazumi was speechless.

After thinking for a moment, he looked at Yakumo Yukari beside him with a hint of helplessness.

Kazuya Kurokawa: "Merry, I don't know what to say when you suddenly say this. Why don't you think of something to do next that can deepen our relationship, Meryl?"

Yakumo Yukari: “…”

The golden-haired monster looked up at Kurokawa Kazuya.

Yukari Yakumo: "Master, do you think it's possible that this is something completely unfamiliar to me as well?"

Yukari Yakumo, a youkai of the highest realm, possesses exceptional skills in communicating with both humans and youkai, and her negotiation abilities are unparalleled.

But if you're talking about matters of the heart...

Yakumo Yukari is far superior to Kurokawa and Mikoshiro. As a solitary demon who has lived alone for thousands of years, she has never confided in any other being except for Yuyuko.

Asking her to talk about methods for communicating feelings is simply making things difficult for her.

Kazuya Kurokawa: "But Meryl, aren't you and Yuyuko on good terms?"

Yukari Yakumo: "That was Yuyuko who approached me on her own initiative. I should be asking you, Master, don't you have feelings for both Hanami and Kaguya Houraisan?"

The human who seduced the Moon Princess is now pretending to be innocent in front of her?

Kazuya Kurokawa: "Merry, do you think it's possible that my interactions with the two of them were actually under special circumstances, and that I was always in a passive, cautious state?"

He held up a finger to Meryl in front of him and said the same words she had just said to him.

Anzu and Hachiman, who were transported to another world together, developed feelings for each other naturally, driven by their insecurities, without needing to say a word.

Kaguya of Houraisan and Princess Moon's romantic history is even stranger.

It would be a miracle if these two examples were considered normal.

Yukari Yakumo: "I remember you mentioned having a younger sister, Master."

Kazuya Kurokawa: "Does Meryl mean I should treat you like a younger sister?"

He looked at the intelligent and mature woman in front of him and spoke.

Please forgive Kurokawa Kazuya for speaking frankly, but it's alright when she's in human form, but in her current state, it's really hard to associate her with the word "sister".

Yukari Yakumo: "Never mind, I think we should get back to business. Actually, the current situation isn't so bad."

Kazuya Kurokawa: "That's true."

He nodded, not in a hurry to insist. The two continued strolling through the market.