I Have A Cultivation World

Chapter 2673: Chapter 1228: Target: Zhu Ye Star

Chen Mobai clicked to take a look and saw that one of the accounts he had added as a friend previously had replied with a message.

[I am somewhat interested in the demon-contaminated planet you have, and coincidentally my cultivation level has improved recently. I want to find a place to test the Great Tao, but I’m unsure about the distance.]

Seeing this, Chen Mobai’s eyes lit up.

If he can sell the planet from the Three Eyed Tribe, he can remove the greatest bane of this Immortal Gate.

Chen Mobai even considered that if he couldn’t find a hunter before leaving the Earth Element Star, he would publish for free to find some opponents for the Three Eyed Tribe.

With this in mind, Chen Mobai immediately started chatting with the account named "He Xing."

He Xing is a Nascent Soul Cultivator, and he is cultivating in the nearby Mystic Palace, which is relatively close compared to the previous two hunters.

He Xing:[What’s the price?]

Within a few words, they had already reached the final step in their discussion.

For his first business deal, Chen Mobai planned a good start and, more importantly, to solve the issue of the Three Eyed Tribe. He quoted what he thought was low: [1 Dao Merit.]

He Xing:[That’s too expensive. Moreover, you’re a newly registered Planet Merchant with nothing to your name, I can’t trust you.]

Chen Mobai:[Before the transaction is completed, the Dao Merits are held by the platform. You can confirm receipt only after you’ve dealt with that demon-contaminated planet, so what is there not to trust?]

He Xing:[What if you’re a Devil Cultivator, deliberately spreading this message just to ambush and rob me?]

Chen Mobai:[So what do you mean, fellow cultivator?]

He Xing:[Send me the exact location of the demon-contaminated planet first, and once I confirm there’s no issue, I’ll complete the transaction on the platform.]

Seeing this, Chen Mobai already thought this person was a fraud.

Trying to get something for nothing like the White Wolf.

Chen Mobai:[If fellow cultivator thinks it’s too expensive, I can lower it to 0.5 Dao Merits...]

Chen Mobai still very much wanted to complete this transaction. However, the other party clearly lacked sincerity, believing that as a novice merchant, he must make concessions to complete his first business.

After exchanging a few more messages, Chen Mobai simply left it as read without replying.

Even if he hangs on with some previously contacted middlemen, they are still more reliable than He Xing.

With this in mind, Chen Mobai left his Second Primeval Spirit to guide Ming Yuhua in refining the Pure Yang Golden Lotus, while his true body started engaging with those middlemen.

However, the middlemen’s exploitation was quite severe.

Because he was relying on their reputation, he had to give away half of the Dao Merits, and all the Credit Points would go to their accounts.

This was something Chen Mobai found hard to accept, as he intended to pursue a long-term career as a Planet Merchant.

If he never earns any Credit Points, wouldn’t he never be able to get started?

During this time, he browsed the Demon Market Platform extensively, understanding why so few hunters approached him. On this platform, half of the intelligence merchants with zero Credit Points are frauds, some are phishing scams, and only a small number are genuine.

For hunters, they have fixed intelligence merchants they work with and are too lazy to spend time verifying.

New hunters are especially cautious.

Only those highly skilled, daring old hunters may whimsically look for fun, specifically seeking out people like Chen Mobai with zero Credit Points.

But these hunters are usually at the Peak of Void Refining, and spend most of their time in seclusion attempting Harmonization or searching for Harmonization resources.

Such business on the Demon Market Platform might catch their attention once every few decades.

Chen Mobai didn’t manage to wait for such an old hunter.

He chatted happily with one of the middlemen, Shan Jingxing, who stated that as long as the transaction could be facilitated, he was willing to accept only Credit Points, not Dao Merits.

But Shan Jingxing shook his head and refused. He candidly informed: [Suppressing every colleague’s growth is the consensus among Planet Merchants; it’s the only way to monopolize a greater market share.]

Thus, every Planet Merchant’s start is extremely difficult.

Chen Mobai also added more intelligence merchants and hunters on the platform and learned that to earn Credit Points, newcomers generally have to self-promotion.

Meaning, they act as intelligence merchants to release transactions, then hire hunters to take them on, completing tasks to garner Credit Points.

This would require investing several Dao Merits upfront. Over time, this strategy has become known among hunters, so those with low Credit Points are not considered by them.

Moreover, because cleansing a demon-contaminated planet requires carrying a portal to complete the purification before being documented, solely having Dao Merits doesn’t allow unlimited boosting.

Chen Mobai sighed after learning this, feeling the complexities of the Planet Merchant trade were endless.

He thought delivery might be simpler.

Upon communicating with Xu Sijiu, he realized that because Taixu Express compensates for lost parcels, if he wanted to join, he must pay some Dao Merits as a deposit, and also had to make a Daoist Heart Oath. Previously, a cultivator who joined ran off with parcels. Although quickly caught by the Taixu Ancestor, the most vital Harmonization Flower in the parcel was already eaten.

The Taixu Ancestor made compensation by providing a new flower, but since then, the rules of deposit and oaths were established.

In this universe, because everyone knows of the existence of the line, high rank cultivators won’t make oaths unless absolutely necessary.