Longevity Gu Dao: Start From Refining Infatuation Gu

Chapter 521: The Development of the Dream Realm Shopping Platform, the Arrival of the Shopping Era

Whoosh!

Not long after, Ren Haofeng returned to his own home. It was a normal three-story courtyard. Both his parents were Nascent Soul cultivators, so they could afford to buy a standalone courtyard.

In fact, in the current Spirit World Human Race, this could only be considered an ordinary family. After all, there were already a large number of Human Race cultivators who had reached Soul Formation, and even Void Refining and Body Integration.

A mere Nascent Soul was worthless among the current Spirit World Human Race.

"Son, you're back. What do you want to eat tonight?" Ren's mother looked at her son's return and couldn't help but show a gentle smile.

"Anything is fine. I don't know what's available to eat?" Ren Haofeng felt a bit awkward. After all, according to age, he didn't even know how many times older the other person was.

But upon careful consideration, he realized that in this lifetime, he was just a little kid. And it was thanks to his parents that he could be born in this world.

So this momentary awkwardness disappeared completely.

But at this moment, he also felt a sense of emotion.

Because the Human Race from millions of years ago was constantly in crisis, always worried about being invaded by other races.

How could it be as comfortable as it is now, enjoying a warm family life?

It can be said that the Human Race cultivators born in this era are truly fortunate.

They probably can't even imagine the dangers the Human Race faced millions of years ago.

But for the Human Race, this is also a good thing.

Some things are better left unexperienced.

"Your mother doesn't want to cook tonight, let's just order takeout." At this moment, Ren's father also came out and said to Ren Haofeng.

"Order takeout?"

Upon hearing this, Ren Haofeng blinked his eyes. He was quite old-fashioned and had no idea what his parents were talking about. It was still very unfamiliar to him.

But Ren's father didn't explain much and said straightforwardly, "Recently, I saw a shop in the Dream Realm called 'Food Comes First.' The dishes there are quite good. We can try a few varieties."

He waved his hand, and immediately a virtual panel appeared in front of him. He clicked on it casually, and it seemed that he had placed an order.

Boom!

Just a few seconds later, there was a wave of spatial fluctuations, and a box of food appeared next to Ren's father, filled with various dishes that were fragrant and appetizing.

"How is this possible? Is this spatial teleportation?"

Seeing this scene, Ren Haofeng was completely dumbfounded. He had been wondering what takeout was, but he didn't expect it to be so amazing. They could directly teleport the food, which was truly unbelievable.

This scene was too exaggerated.

Boom!

Suddenly, memories from the depths of his sea of consciousness surged up, and a lot of information about the Dream Realm and takeout appeared in his mind.

Obviously, in this era, this was already a common occurrence for all Human Race cultivators.

"Father, this is amazing. How did the food get delivered here?" Ren Haofeng curiously asked.

He wanted to understand the principle behind it. After all, he was still just a child and didn't know the principles behind it.

"Haha, it's simple. This is the power from the Dream Realm," Ren's father said.

"It is said that three thousand years ago, the Dream Realm, which was controlled by Human Emperor Zhou Sui and his Immortal Weapon, seemed to have undergone further evolution."

"The original Dream Realm could only allow cultivators to enter, communicate with each other, and simulate battles."

"But three thousand years ago, the Dream Realm underwent earth-shattering changes."

"It actually gave birth to the ability of spatial teleportation."

"It was because of this that Human Emperor built a huge shopping platform in the Dream Realm."

"As long as you click on the purchase button on the shopping platform, the goods can be instantly delivered to the user."

"This function immediately became popular among countless households."

"After all, in the past, if we wanted to buy certain treasures, we had to travel to very distant places."

"We didn't know how much time was wasted, and we might not even be able to buy the desired items."

"But now, with the appearance of the Dream Realm shopping platform, we can buy many treasures from around the world without leaving our homes. It is truly convenient for every Human Race cultivator. This is a revolutionary change."

Ren's father said with emotion.

He admired the greatness and divine ability of Human Emperor Zhou Sui.

It was like the methods of an immortal.

To be honest, the power of the Dream Realm had already exceeded the imagination of countless cultivators.

No one knew how powerful Human Emperor Zhou Sui really was.

"That's right, but this is just the beginning of its development."

"The appearance of the Dream Realm shopping platform, although convenient for countless households, still has its flaws."

"Because it is a platform controlled by the court, there are not many treasures available."

"After all, even the court cannot produce all the items."

"It was because of this that the court lifted the restrictions on the shopping platform, allowing ordinary Human Race cultivators to become merchants and open their own shops on the Dream Realm shopping platform."

"In this way, everyone can sell things in the Dream Realm."

"Spirit cultivators can sell their own cultivated Spirit Rice, talisman masters can sell their own talismans, and weapon masters can sell their own crafted Law Weapons, and so on."

"Different cultivators can sell various goods they have created."

"And these goods can be displayed to human cultivators from all over the world."

"As time goes on, countless merchants have entered the Dream Realm shopping platform and opened their own Dream Realm stores."

"Countless human cultivators can also browse these stores and purchase the items they desire."

"That's why the Dream Realm shopping platform is simply a Myriad Manifestations, where you can buy goods from all corners of the Spirit World."

"Ren Mu also understands the development history of the Dream Realm shopping platform."

"After all, before the appearance of the Dream Realm shopping platform, human cultivators in various parts of the Spirit World often had to travel to distant cities to buy goods."

"Especially if they wanted to trade across different continents, it was basically impossible."

"But the appearance of the Dream Realm shopping platform completely broke the spatial distance limitation."

"Thus, goods can arrive in an instant."

"Just click on an item on it, and the goods will be instantly transported to you."

"Compared to before, the efficiency has increased by who knows how many times."

"More importantly, the shopping platform includes a Myriad Manifestations, almost encompassing all the treasures in the world."

"As long as you have money, you can buy anything on it."

"And it is also very safe."

"No longer need to worry about going to a market and revealing wealth, and being killed for treasures."

"I see."

Ren Haofeng's eyes flickered.

To be honest, he also knew how huge the benefits of the Dream Realm shopping platform were for ordinary cultivators.

The saying that wealth should not be revealed is a bloody lesson for countless cultivators.

In the cruel Immortal Cultivation World, if you don't have enough strength and dare to reveal your wealth, you may be targeted by Rogue Cultivators and be killed for treasures, meeting a tragic end.

But if you want to cultivate and obtain a large amount of cultivation resources to further your cultivation, cultivators also have to take risks and go to markets, cities, and other places to buy treasures.

But now, after the appearance of the Dream Realm shopping platform, human cultivators no longer need to take risks.

Because cultivators can directly purchase various goods in the Dream Realm.

Even these goods are directly transported to their hands.

In other words, except for the Human Emperor who controls the Dream Realm, no one will know what they have bought.

There is also no risk of exposing a large amount of wealth on themselves.

And the Human Emperor is too busy to care about the wealth of ordinary cultivators.

So after the appearance of the Dream Realm shopping platform, the act of killing and robbing almost disappeared.

After all, those rogue cultivators couldn't find opportunities to rob and kill.

Everyone stayed in safe cities, and rogue cultivators couldn't find opportunities to kill and rob.

It can be said that the Dream Realm shopping platform greatly reduced the number of rogue cultivators.

"This is only the second stage."

"With the continuous development of the Dream Realm shopping platform, cultivators have discovered that in the Dream Realm, they can not only sell various goods, but also various kinds of food."

"It is also because of this that many Dream Realm restaurants have emerged."

"As long as these restaurants make good food, they can use the power of the Dream Realm to instantly teleport to the customers."

"So even if I stay in the Black Tortoise continent, I can still eat the unique delicacies of the Broken Star Sea, and even the delicacies of other places like the Azure Dragon continent, Vermilion Bird continent, White Tiger continent, and so on."

"It is also because of this that various takeout shops have emerged, with a wide variety and dazzling array."

"If you don't want to cook, you can just order takeout, which is very convenient and fast."

Father Ren smiled slightly and talked about the development of the Dream Realm shopping platform.

Obviously, the development of the Dream Realm shopping platform has gone through three stages in the past three thousand years.

The first stage is when the government controls the entire platform, and everyone can only buy various goods from the government.

The second stage is the development of personal Dream Realm shops, where everyone can sell goods in the Dream Realm, which has led to the emergence of various personal shops like bamboo shoots after the spring rain.

The third stage is the current stage, where everything is flourishing. In the Dream Realm, not only can goods be sold, but also various kinds of food and even personal services.

In short, the evolution of the Dream Realm has brought about earth-shaking changes to the Human Race.

The Human Race in front of us has completely become inseparable from the Dream Realm.

"Father, how does the Dream Realm accurately locate the position of each person?"

"Aren't they afraid of teleporting to the wrong place?"

Ren Haofeng curiously asked. He didn't understand how the Dream Realm could accurately locate the specific position of each human cultivator. It was not an easy task to achieve this.

"It's simple, it's the Dream Realm imprint on our bodies."

"The Dream Realm imprint on each person's body is unique and has our personal number."

"So the Dream Realm locates us accurately based on the imprint on our bodies."

"And after teleporting to us, we still need to log into the Dream Realm, click to confirm receipt, so that we can receive the goods. This is a double guarantee."

"So in the past three thousand years, the Dream Realm has basically not teleported any goods to the wrong place."

Father Ren sighed.

He felt that he was truly worthy of being the legendary Immortal Weapon.

After all, the entire Human Race doesn't know how many cultivators there are, how much trading volume occurs each day, or how many goods need to be transported. Yet, the Dream Realm is able to handle such a massive amount of calculations without any errors.

Apart from Immortal Weapons, there is basically no other way to achieve this.

But this is also normal.

After all, the Dream Soul Gu can devour the souls of countless living beings. These deceased souls act as customer service representatives and servers, helping the Dream Soul Gu process the vast amount of data in the Dream Realm.

It is because of this that the Dream Realm can easily accomplish such tasks.

Moreover, the development of the Dream Realm is also greatly beneficial for the Dream Soul Gu.

After all, the more human cultivators use the Dream Realm, the more soul energy they leave behind.

This allows the Dream Soul Gu to obtain ample nourishment and grow rapidly.

The two are mutually beneficial.

"But are there no counterfeit goods among them?"

"What should one do if they buy counterfeit goods?"

Ren Haofeng keenly noticed this point.

If it were the government selling the goods, the probability of buying counterfeit goods would be lower.

But if it were personal shops, in order to maximize profits, there would naturally be counterfeits.

After all, the profits from counterfeiting are extremely high.

Once successful, one wouldn't know how much wealth they could accumulate.

So he felt that the probability of buying counterfeit goods in the Dream Realm was too high.

"Haha, indeed, there were significant problems with this at the beginning."

"When personal shop permissions were just opened, there were a large number of fraudulent merchants."

"These scoundrels sold inferior goods and engaged in false advertising, but they earned a large amount of illegal profits, leading to numerous complaints."

"It almost caused the demise of this regulation, and it could even have returned to the situation where the government controlled the trading platform."

"Later, His Majesty the Human Emperor used the power of the Book Realm to assess the value of each traded item."

"Only goods that passed the Book Realm's inspection could be sold in the Dream Realm."

"Since then, counterfeit goods have almost disappeared from the Dream Realm."

"And those who sell counterfeit goods will also face heavy penalties, even imprisonment."

"Once discovered, their personal shops will be banned, and their accounts may also be suspended."

It is because of this that, after three thousand years of development, every item on the Dream Realm shopping platform is legitimate, so there is no need to worry about buying counterfeit goods.

"If you accidentally buy counterfeit goods, then you're in luck, as you will definitely be compensated tenfold."

Ren's father smiled slightly.

He felt that his son had really grown up, to the point where he could think so deeply about such issues.

Ordinary teenagers wouldn't have such keen perspectives.

It can only be said that his son is probably a genius with limitless future prospects.

Perhaps he could easily surpass his own achievements.

"Father, have you also opened a shop there?"

Ren Haofeng curiously asked.

He felt that it was the trend of the times.

Any cultivator who wants to get rich probably needs to open a shop there.

"Haha, of course."

"Your mother and I are talisman masters, and we have opened a talisman shop there."

"We specialize in selling various talismans."

"Because of their low price and high quality, we have quite a few repeat customers, so it's a decent way to make a living."

Ren's father proudly said.

After all, cultivators who open shops in the Dream Realm are as numerous as fish in the river, countless in number.

To stand out among countless shops and make a living is not as simple as imagined.

The vast majority of cultivators who open Dream Realm shops are basically struggling to survive.

"But father, with so many cultivators opening shops, how can others find your shop?"

Ren Haofeng felt that it was extremely difficult to stand out among countless shops.

"All the Dream Realm shops are on one virtual shopping page."

"If you want your shop to appear in the sight of others, there are only a few methods."

"The first method is to increase your sales volume by purchasing a large number of goods from your own shop. This way, your shop will be pushed to the front and seen by other cultivators. Of course, this method is very costly."

"The second method is to become famous. As long as you can become famous in the Dream Realm, become a celebrity, and gain a large number of fans, then naturally there will be many fans who will pay attention to your shop and purchase goods from it."

"It is because of this that now, in this era, there are cultivators everywhere who want to become famous."

"Once you gain fame and attract fans, wealth and resources will come rolling in."

"Now is not the time to be low-key. If you remain low-key, you will miss out on the opportunity to acquire a large amount of wealth."

"So only those high-profile cultivators can thrive in this era of the Human Race."

Ren's father said with emotion.

He had read history before. Before His Majesty the Human Emperor was born, the history of the Human Race was incredibly dark.

It was simply a dark jungle society.

Whoever dared to be high-profile, whoever dared to show themselves, whoever dared to stand out, would be unlucky.

This is what they call "the bird that gets shot first."

During that dark era, countless cultivators' individuality was suppressed.

But now, things are different. Under the rule of His Majesty, the Human Emperor, the public security of the Human Race is extremely safe.

Although there are occasional murder cases, most of them are committed by acquaintances.

And the reasons are mostly borrowing money, gambling, or crimes of passion.

Cases of violent robbery and murder have become rare, almost extinct.

Whenever a case occurs, it becomes a hot topic in the Dream Realm and is quickly pursued by the government.

It can be said that this is an unprecedented era.

Even if one reveals their personality or exposes their wealth, they don't have to worry about being killed by criminals.

Even when facing higher-level cultivators, lower-level cultivators don't need to be submissive and fear being killed by the other party.

"Only extroverted and high-profile cultivators can thrive in this era of the Human Race?"

Upon hearing this, Ren Haofeng was stunned.

Because this is completely different from the era he was in.

To be honest, even if he had amazing talent in the past, he still needed to act low-key.

After all, there were countless assassins from other races.

If he were targeted, he would probably not survive the Foundation Building Realm.

It was only because of this that he didn't start to make a name for himself in the Human Race until the Soul Formation stage and the Void Refining stage.

But now, the era is different. Only cultivators who are high-profile and extroverted can reap the benefits of the era.

Perhaps this is the privilege of the dominant race.

Just like animals, newborn animal infants are afraid to make loud noises, fearing that they will be eaten by wild animals.

Only human babies, just born, dare to cry loudly, making their presence known to others.

This is a privilege that only the descendants of the dominant race can have.

Now the Human Race is the same.

Staying in the Human Race Secret Realm, it is extremely safe, and there is no need to worry about the assassination of cultivators from other races.

As for the public security within the Secret Realm, it is also very good.

If any murder case occurs, the culprit will be captured in the first place, and there will be no chance for them to commit another crime.

Over time, the Human Race began to experience this trend.

"The incredible Dream Realm shopping platform."

"Human Emperor Zhou Sui is playing a big game."

Ren Haofeng felt deeply moved.

He believed that the appearance of this Dream Realm shopping platform not only brought convenience to countless families and promoted the exchange of goods, but also had astonishing strategic significance.

It is important to know that the most important thing in war is logistics. War is fought through logistics.

If the logistics are not good, then this war will undoubtedly be defeated.

But the Dream Realm shopping platform has completely solved the logistics problem for the Human Race.

Undoubtedly, if the Human Race were to go to war with other races, they would have an unparalleled advantage.

Just the resources of the Human Race alone are enough to completely crush the enemy.

"Wait, it seems that the Human Race has also built many cross-world teleportation arrays."

"And these teleportation arrays can also go to other Great Thousand Worlds."

"For example, the Earth Immortal Realm, the Prison Demon World, the Mysterious Yellow World, and so on."

"It means that the influence of the Human Race has already begun to step into other Great Thousand Worlds."

"What does Human Emperor Zhou Sui really want to do? Does he really want to unify the mortal world?"

Ren Haofeng's eyes flickered.

He instinctively realized that Human Emperor Zhou Sui was ambitious, and it seemed that he was not limited to the Spirit World alone.

It was as if he had already set his sights on the Myriad Worlds.

Given time, the influence of the Human Race might really spread to every world.

By then, the Human Race might become the absolute overlord of the mortal world.

The question is, what does this mean for Human Emperor Zhou Sui?

Even if he really rules the entire mortal world, it doesn't seem to be of much help to the cultivation of immortals.

Or maybe Human Emperor Zhou Sui's cultivation technique is related to this.

That's why he is so keen on unifying the mortal world and expanding the influence of the Human Race.

To be honest, he has very little information.

Therefore, he doesn't know what Human Emperor Zhou Sui's true purpose is.

But it doesn't matter at all. He is just an ordinary reincarnated immortal.

His biggest goal is to reincarnate and cultivate again, and ascend to the Immortal World once more.

As for the various matters of the mortal world, they have little to do with him.

After all, the Human Race is already powerful enough, with geniuses emerging one after another. He doesn't need to shoulder so much responsibility.

Thinking of this, he immediately relaxed a lot.

After all, even if Human Emperor Zhou Sui has his own goals, it doesn't conflict with him, and there is no conflict between them.

(End of this chapter)