These words sparked even greater enthusiasm in the trading market.
The trading market was where goods were sold, and everyone knew that Li Yunxian was wealthy.
The way people addressed her quickly shifted from Teacher Li to Boss Li.
“Boss Li, what do you want?” a crowd of vendors selling new spirit swords called out eagerly.
It was well known that Li Yunxian had been busy hunting beasts in the wild zones recently and didn’t seem to need much else.
A quick thought made it clear: she must be looking to upgrade the basic spirit sword she had.
But Li Yunxian shook her head and pulled out a list: “Buy these.”
The crowd glanced over the list, filled with all sorts of spirit materials, and their spirits lifted immediately. As they quoted prices to Li Yunxian, they also tried to pry for news: “Boss Li, are you making something new?”
Li Yunxian efficiently paid and collected the goods before answering, “Something like that. Changguang and Miaoying are fighting fiercely in the city right now, right? I plan to make some things to sell on the battlefield.”
“You all can check them out later. If you think they’re effective, I’ll sign a supplementary agreement with Zhao Longhua to put them on the shelves.”
“Practice brings true knowledge.”
Li Yunxian had already learned this lesson through previous commercial missteps.
The differences across several worlds meant that what was popular in the Cultivation World might not sell well in the interstellar regions.
She now only made what she found useful, producing a dozen or two of each item, so the list was quite varied.
Since Changguang and Miaoying were at war, and no one from Changguang was bothering Li Yunxian, she spent most of her time with ordinary players, sometimes teaching talisman crafting during breaks.
Now, some people had already started drawing Flash Thunder Talismans.
It was just the right time to launch new talismans.
Everyone was surprised—not at the new talisman itself.
The interstellar crowd wasn’t foolish; seeing what Li Yunxian brought out, they knew this was a systematic set.
New talismans were inevitable.
What surprised them was Li Yunxian’s confident attitude as she spoke.
They couldn’t help but ask, “You mean to sell them to Changguang, right?”
In the early days, Li Yunxian often operated alongside Changguang members, so everyone knew their connection well.
It was also known that the Healing Pills and Spirit Recovery Pills sold in the Sheng Family’s Small Shop in Ten Thousand Things were all owned by Li Yunxian.
Everyone assumed she was quite close to Changguang.
Facing the crowd, Li Yunxian answered straightforwardly, “Whoever’s willing to pay gets them. I said long ago, I don’t meddle in guild affairs.”
“This honest truth, why does no one believe it?” Li Yunxian sighed loudly.
She meant every word.
Although she had been chased by Miaoying before, one must always look at the result.
The result was that Li Yunxian walked away unscathed after wiping out two Miaoying Foundation Establishment players.
When it came to a potential mutual annihilation, Miaoying’s people were even embarrassingly driven off by other players.
From every angle, it was a huge victory for her.
So, Li Yunxian wasn’t really angry with Miaoying.
She guessed that it was Miaoying’s side who were the ones truly frustrated.
Besides, Li Yunxian had already gathered a clear picture of the player ecosystem in Ten Thousand Things.
The ordinary players in the trading market were mostly average people in real life.
They ranged in age, with many not young at all. Quite a few treated Ten Thousand Things as a job, earning game currency to make a living.
The guild members were mostly young.
They were either students from cultivation academies or active combatants on the front lines.
They could be called professional cultivators.
Outwardly, they hunted high-level beasts in the wild zones, while internally, guilds competed and trained through wars among themselves.
All of this was necessary.
Li Yunxian had encountered several schemes by Miaoying targeting Changguang, but Changguang also had plenty of tricks up their sleeve against Miaoying.
Both sides were evenly matched.
Underhanded moves were normal; no one cared much about playing fair.
After all, one of their opponents was the Rebel of the Human Race.
Those people never played fair with anyone.
So the many tactics between the two guilds were essentially a form of preemptive combat training.
Moreover, though online the two guilds fought fiercely, many players from the same city and neighboring planets actually ended up grouped together offline during the Qingxing Beast Disaster, grudgingly cooperating in battle.
“Isn’t this a bit too provocative?” many expressed worries about the potential conflict, showing their small-town citizen mindset.
Li Yunxian chuckled lightly, not taking it to heart: “If they come after me together, you all better remember to protect me.”
The crowd responded:
Don’t treat this as an excuse to back down!
But after reconsidering, Li Yunxian’s words didn’t seem unreasonable.
One person provoking is one thing; if everyone did it, then what?
Someone quietly started getting ideas.
“Hey, what if we set up stalls with Boss Li?”
“This is called solving the urgent problem on both sides, right?”
Some had thought of this before, not because they didn’t dare, but because no one had the courage to be the first to act.
Now they had Li Yunxian…
Li Yunxian looked at the eager and bright eyes around her and decisively replied, “Alright, then. Two days later, battlefield meetup!”
***
After a round of agreements, the next two days saw the trading market mostly empty.
Everyone was just like Li Yunxian, rushing home to craft all kinds of weapons, preparing for the big market in two days.
Later, when buyers came to the trading market and saw it so empty, they were baffled.
Then, once they heard the news—wow! What a great opportunity!
They all rushed to join the forging business.
In the end, the entire city seemed unaware of the bitter conflict consuming the two guilds.
All members had been swept up in this massive melee.
During these two days, Li Yunxian had planned to briefly turn her attention to the secret realm, but in reality, there was no movement.
After all, even after the meeting, arranging everything still took half a day.
Having learned the situation from Duan Qiu, Li Yunxian set aside concerns about the Xuanwen Secret Realm for now.
There was still plenty of time.
After class, Li Yunxian’s time was mostly spent cultivating or logging into Ten Thousand Things. Other than this, the only notable news was Yu Qiyao successfully becoming an apprentice.
Li Yunxian casually sent a congratulatory message and then put it out of her mind.
When the two days were up, Li Yunxian finished drawing the last talisman, signaling that all her Four Arts of Cultivation items were complete.
She stored everything in the storage artifact she had bought with her hefty funds.
With money in hand, Li Yunxian no longer had to laboriously carry goods back and forth after every hunt or sale.
Arriving at the trading market to meet everyone, Li Yunxian was momentarily stunned by the massive crowd.
Wait a minute?
Was the market always this crowded?
Of course it was.
It was just that before, people bought their stuff or left when they couldn’t sell, so the turnover made it seem less busy.
But more people was always better.
Li Yunxian quickly shook off her surprise, lifted her chin slightly, and pointed forward with spirit: “Let’s go! Move out!!”
The crowd behind her laughed, and those who loved watching chaos shouted back loudly, “Yes! Boss!!”
That title nearly made the agile Li Yunxian stumble.
Boss this, boss that—it so easily reminded her of that talkative 999+ character!
Her head buzzed.
No, wait.
Li Yunxian deeply suspected these guys were just copying Sheng Yu and the others when they called her that on purpose!
This was bullying!
She exploded, “Whoever just spoke, make sure to put them all at the far edges!”
Everyone burst into laughter.
Normally, placing someone’s stall on the edges meant exclusion.
But those who knew the trading market understood that stalls on the edges weren’t bad spots.
This was a joke only those experienced in the trading market could get.
That made it even funnier.
No one disliked Li Yunxian—she was a lively presence fully integrated with them.
The crowd enthusiastically responded, “Yes! Boss!!”
Li Yunxian: “…”