Xiuxian: When you do things to the extreme

Chapter 479 Regulation (1/3)

Time flies, the years pass by like an shuttle, a hundred years are just a blink of an eye, and life is also a moment, and everything changes in the blink of an eye.

Five hundred years later, Wandao Academy.

In a quiet room, the door slightly opened, and a man walked out. He had black hair like ink, and white clothes as white as snow. He was handsome and heroic, but his brows were full of fatigue, disgust, and resistance, which made him look gloomy and like a walking corpse.

Even so, he still forced himself to hold on and dragged his heavy steps to the academy's treasury.

"Yo!"

"Isn't this the great swordsman of our Xuantian Sword Sect?"

Seeing him coming, a graceful and charming woman at the front desk of the treasury immediately teased him, "Why, it's time to return the flying sword?"

"Humph!"

Shenxiao snorted coldly, ignored the teasing of the Hehuan witch, and just placed a sword box in front of the stage.

"hehe!"

Yao Meir smiled and didn't care about his attitude. She just took the sword box and examined it carefully.

After a moment, she nodded with satisfaction: "No problem, it is indeed the Demon Slaying Immortal Sword, just sign and you can leave."

After saying that, he pushed a jade slip in front of Shenxiao.

"Humph!"

Shenxiao snorted coldly, pointed his sword and imprinted it into the jade, then turned and left, revealing a look of anger.

"Hey, why is this necessary?"

Watching him leave, Yao Mei'er shook her head and said with a sigh, "It's been five hundred years and he's still so stubborn. He's made himself like a social animal. He smiles when he rents a sword and is miserable when he returns the sword."

Hearing her sigh, Yin Yang Ce beside him had a flash of inspiration, and seemed to want to say something, but in the end he didn't.

Yao Meier ignored it and stretched lazily, showing off her proud figure to the fullest: "But then again, going to work is indeed a very painful thing. Ah, it would be great if someone could support me!"

Seeing her lazy look, Yin Yang Ce was helpless: "This job is already very leisurely. If you are still not satisfied, why not just go into seclusion and practice for a while. After you have recovered your spirit, you can practice sword skills to earn credits."

"Nonsense, you should support me during my retreat, and don't even mention sword-refining. These two words are what annoy me the most right now!"

Yao Meir rolled her eyes at it and lay on the stage like a salted fish. She no longer had the high-spirited vigor and vitality she had when she made the “Involution Declaration”.

There was nothing that could be done about it. After more than five hundred years, anyone would be exhausted both physically and mentally, let alone her who was lazy by nature.

Seeing her like this, the weapon spirit was helpless and could only say, "My lady, you should hold on for a while longer. The Nine Instruments Xuanyuan Sword is a time-limited mission. If you miss it, you won't be able to earn so many credits like this anymore."

"You still have the nerve to say it?"

This made Yao Mei'er furious: "Whose time-limited mission hasn't ended in five hundred years?"

"Little Master..."

"Shut up, I need to lie down for a while. I'll talk about sword training later!"

"..."

Just when a warehouse security guard chose to lie down and do nothing, Shen Xiao returned to his cave, painfully and skillfully turned on his computer, logged on to the Internet, and prepared to purchase a batch of materials to continue refining the sword.

A lot of things happened in these five hundred years, but they had little to do with him, and he was not in the mood to care, because he had to devote all his time and energy to two things.

First practice, second refine the weapon!
For five hundred years, he only did these two things: earn credits by refining swords, and then use the credits to rent flying swords, and then go in and out of seclusion, and repeat this process over and over again.

To this day, he has lost count of how many swords he has refined and how many credits he has earned. He just feels like an ox or a horse, a tool for refining swords and earning points. Every time he goes out to refine swords, he feels as heavy as attending a funeral.

I am exhausted both physically and mentally, and have no interest in life!
This is how Shenxiao feels now.

But for the sake of practice, he couldn't stop. Even though he was extremely disgusted, he had to continue the work of "refining the sword to help the enemy."

It is probably difficult for others to understand the pain involved.

But even when he was so painfully purchasing the materials for sword-making...

"How could that happen!?"

Shen Xiao's pupils shrank and his expression changed. He looked at the new announcement on the official website of the academy with shock and anger in his eyes.

"The limited-time mission, Jiuyi Xuanyuan, will end in the 520th year of the Wandao calendar. By then, the exchange price of Jiuyi Xuanyuan Sword will return to normal levels. The magic-level Xuanyuan Sword can be exchanged for 150,000 credits, and the spiritual-level Xuanyuan Sword can be exchanged for 2 million credits. Please exchange in time. Thank you for your support, fellow Taoists!"

"Credits exchange, item prices adjusted, Foundation Building Pills, Five Elements Golden Pills, Yuan Shen Spiritual Liquid and other realm-breaking elixirs have lowered their prices, spiritual tools, magic weapons, and spiritual treasures have lowered their prices, all spiritual materials below the fifth tier have lowered their prices, all skills, secret techniques, and magical powers below the fifth tier have lowered their prices significantly..."

"Credit exchange, item prices adjusted, immortal weapon exchange/rental prices increased, all skills, techniques, secret arts, and magical powers above level 5 exchange prices returned to normal (previously all were discounted prices during limited-time missions)"

"New permanent task - rare treasures from all over the world!" "Details of the task: Wandao Academy collects rare treasures from all over the world, including but not limited to rare treasures such as spiritual objects, immortal tools, and exercises above the fifth level. Wandao Academy will purchase them with a large sum of money. We are fair and honest, and we guarantee your satisfaction!"

"..."

Looking at the update announcement just released on the official website of the academy, Shenxiao was struck by lightning and fell to the ground in shock.

What do you mean?
What's the meaning!
It's time to kill the donkey, right?
A five hundred year limited-time mission, just like that you say it’s over?
Now that you're done, what should I do? Where can I earn my credits? Without credits, how can I rent a flying sword? Without a flying sword, how can I practice?
We emptied our family savings for you, worked hard, and refined the Nine-German Xuan-Yuan Sword day and night, and now you just want to kick us away?

Are you still a human being?!

Shenxiao clenched his teeth, unable to express his hatred and anger.

A time-limited mission, a time-limited mission. Although they said it was a time-limited mission five hundred years ago, it is reasonable to end it now, and no one can find fault with it.

But not being able to find fault with something doesn’t mean there are no problems, nor does it mean it is acceptable!

Five hundred years ago, the Wan Dao Academy was just starting out, and it was not yet fully developed. There were not that many high-level cultivators and weapon-refining masters, so this limited-time task was issued to allow cultivators from all over the world to "manufacture" the Jiuyi Xuanyuan Sword for you.

Needless to say, this outsourcing is difficult. We have borne all the initial efforts, manpower, material resources, time costs, refining risks, losses from failure, etc.

Now, five hundred years have passed, your Wandao Academy has become powerful, trained a large number of high-level monks and weapon-refining masters, and is capable of refining the Jiuyi Xuanyuan on your own. So you want to kick us away?

Isn't this just killing the donkey after it has served its purpose?
Shenxiao can't accept it!

Over the years, in order to keep the Demon-Slaying and Immortal-Refining Sword firmly in his hands and prevent it from being touched by others, he almost emptied his family fortune. Most of the valuable things entrusted to him by the Xuantian Sword Sect were invested in the refining of the Jiuyi Xuanyuan Sword, so that he could continue to "rent" the Demon-Slaying and Immortal-Refining Sword.

Now, Wandao Academy has ended the limited-time mission of Jiuyi Xuanyuan and although it has not closed the acquisition channel, it has cut the acquisition price in half. At the same time, it has also raised the prices of "renting immortal artifacts" and "exchanging for high-level methods".

Isn't this clearly targeting him?

Working is already painful, and you're going to cut wages?
It’s okay to reduce the salary, but why are you asking for rent?

Are you still a human being? Do you still have a conscience?

Shenxiao clenched his teeth, filled with anger, but soon all the anger was gone and he fell to the ground powerlessly.

He couldn't accept it, but he couldn't resist.

If someone else dared to do this, cutting off the income while increasing the expenses of "renting magical tools" and "exchanging for high-level techniques", it would definitely cause complaints and even public outrage.

Being pointed at by thousands of people, he died without any illness. As the master of disaster, if he aroused the anger of the world, the consequences are self-evident. He would be backlashed by the people, causing the disaster to dissipate, or even be punished by God.

But... the one doing this now is not someone else, but Wandao Academy!

Over the past five hundred years, the academy has governed the country and achieved extremely magnificent results.

The exchange list was constantly updated, releasing countless rare treasures for the academy disciples and cultivators all over the world to exchange.

In addition, Wandao Academy has been continuously lowering prices, making mid- and low-end spiritual objects increasingly affordable, and even bringing down the prices of some high-end spiritual objects.

Let’s not talk about anything else, just talk about elixirs.

Five hundred years ago, the average price of mainstream foundation-building pills on the market ranged from 50,000 credits to 100,000 credits, depending on their quality.

Now, five hundred years later, the Foundation Establishment Pill has withdrawn from the mid-range market and has become a low-end or even entry-level pill. A top-grade Foundation Establishment Pill only costs 20,000 credits. After this price adjustment, it has dropped to 15,000 credits.

Not only Foundation Establishment Pills, but also Five Elements Golden Pills, as well as realm-breaking pills such as the Divine Liquid, plus all kinds of rare treasures. As long as they are low-end spiritual objects below the fifth level, they have been popularized by the Wandao Academy, and the prices have been continuously lowered, greatly increasing the purchasing power of "credits".

Therefore, even though the Wandao Academy ended Jiuyi Xuanyuan's limited-time mission and increased the price of renting immortal artifacts and exchanging magic methods, thus cutting income and increasing expenditure, in fact, the cultivators in the world did not suffer much loss, because the "credits" in their hands have been continuously increasing in value over the years.

Ending this limited-time task is actually a means of regulation. It can suppress the source of credits, ensure the value of credits, and avoid "inflation" leading to economic crisis. It is a completely reasonable national policy and will not harm the interests of the general public.

Even though human hearts are not as strong as a snake swallowing an elephant, and some people have complaints, they cannot cause public outrage and affect the "disaster" of Wandao Academy.

The ones who are truly hurt are only a small group of people like him, who not only want to rent immortal artifacts but also covet various high-level techniques. After the limited-time mission is over and the price of Jiuyi Xuanyuan is cut in half, they have to do more work and put in more energy to maintain their current lives.

Therefore, Shenxiao could not accept it.

But what if you can’t accept it?

Five hundred years have passed, and his strength has not improved very quickly while he has been refining swords and practicing. He has only just returned to the void and does not yet have the sword to slay demons and refine immortals.

Even if he had the Demon-Slaying and Immortal-Refining Sword in his hand and his cultivation had reached the mainstream fusion realm of the Dongtian Taoist, he could not do anything.

After all, five hundred years ago, Li Xuanyuan was a combination of sword and killer, and he was as powerful as a pig butcher. Now, five hundred years have passed, and no one knows how much his strength has improved. Who dares to test his power and challenge him?

and so……

Shenxiao looked at the screen without saying a word, but finally placed an order silently and purchased a batch of sword-making materials.

It is only the 510th year of the Wandao calendar, and there are still ten years until the 520th year when the limited-time mission ends. As long as we work harder, we can still refine the last batch of Nine Instruments Xuanyuan Swords before the limited-time mission ends.

You must grab this last bit of wool, otherwise you will be doing yourself a disservice!
(End of this chapter)