Chapter 184: New Rewards

It took Yue Ming ten full days to sell all his goods. This was much faster than Ye Feng’s initial estimate of fifteen days. It turned out that the incentives he had implemented truly motivated Yue Ming to work harder. By the time everything was sold, the profits exceeded Ye Feng’s expectations. With less than two million in second-tier domain value—equivalent to fewer than two hundred mid-grade spirit crystals—he managed to obtain 4,800 mid-grade spirit crystals. After deducting 480 as commission for Yue Ming, he kept 4,320 mid-grade spirit crystals. Yue Ming was overjoyed; the profits from these ten days were almost equal to what he had earned in an entire year before. Undoubtedly, cooperating with this Mr. Blade was the most satisfying thing he had experienced since arriving on Agri Planet.

Of course, while selling these rare items, he also attracted the attention of other gangs. They wanted to know where Yue Ming got these items, knowing full well that they were not easily obtainable. They even suspected that some powerful figure had secretly arrived on Agri Planet and become Yue Ming’s backer, providing him with these rare items. However, they knew well that on Agri Planet, buyers had no right to ask about the source of the goods—it was against the rules, as such questions could lead to more conflicts and chaos. While it wasn’t impossible to seize a supplier’s goods, one had to be skilled enough to figure out who the supplier was.

In his room, Ye Feng was quite excited. 4,320 mid-grade spirit crystals meant he could exchange them for 43,200,000 points of second-tier domain value. It was the first time he had obtained so many spirit crystals. As he stepped into the Virtual Realm, a dialogue box appeared before him:
“4,320 mid-grade spirit crystals can be exchanged for 43,200,000 points of second-tier domain value. Do you wish to proceed?”
“Yes!”
“Exchange successful!”
“First-time exchange of ten million domain value—reward: permanent recovery rights!”
“Exchange value exceeds forty million points—reward: four ultimate repair rights!”
“It sounds pretty cool!” Ye Feng said with faint excitement.
“It seems you’ve mastered the basics of using the Virtual Realm! Exchanging forty million points at once is already an impressive achievement! Moreover, you’re quite clever for accumulating spirit crystals from short-term transactions to make this exchange.” Ed finally put down his novel, slipped his hands into his pockets, and walked over to Ye Feng.

“Well, if this is cleverness, then tell me what true cleverness is!” Ye Feng was clearly exasperated by Ed’s nitpicking.
“You still haven’t understood some of the operating rules of the Virtual Realm!” Ed bit his lip and spread his hands. “The Virtual Realm can automatically determine whether your sale is a one-time exchange. For example, if you buy goods worth two million and sell them for forty million, regardless of whether you exchange spirit crystals for domain value multiple times, the Virtual Realm will treat such transactions as one-time exchanges and give you corresponding rewards. Of course, by accumulating this way, you can indeed get rewards. But in my opinion, an unsmooth operation of domain value actually wastes resources to some extent. The time you spend accumulating could be used to exchange more things for more domain value and better rewards.”
“I’m telling you this because you’ve already surpassed ten million in domain value. I’m not violating the rules of the Virtual Realm by saying this—it’s for no other reason.” After saying that, Ed turned to leave.
“Ed, could you explain to me what a permanent recycling right is?” Ye Feng called out to him. He knew Ed wasn’t as indifferent as he seemed, and he also wanted to build a good relationship with the guardian of the Virtual Realm. Sometimes, they would teach him a lot.
“Oh, it’s a great thing. You’ll like it!” Ed slowly turned around, wearing a strange smile. “I really love this privilege!”
“From the literal meaning, it’s about recycling things, right?” Ye Feng didn’t understand why Ed would have such an expression upon hearing this.
“It’s recycling all items! Everything can be recycled! And it will convert them into domain value based on depreciation! In other words, a lot of trash can be thrown in and exchanged for domain value! Old underwear and socks you no longer need can be thrown in—no need to wash them, it’s very convenient! They can even be converted into a small amount of domain value…” Ed became excited talking about it.
Seeing his expression, Ye Feng thought he must have done similar things many times and felt a bit disdainful in his heart.
“You don’t need to look down on me. After using it a few times, you’ll definitely fall in love with this privilege. Anything you don’t need can be thrown in to be converted into domain value. Originally, the Virtual Realm could only exchange things with energy, but with this feature, everything can be exchanged for domain value. The Virtual Realm will automatically calculate the value generated by the essence of these things, deduct the depreciation from use, and then convert it into domain value.”

“Of course, there are many interesting uses for this privilege, but I can’t tell you. I can only reveal its basic uses; revealing more would violate the rules of the Virtual Realm.” Ed covered his mouth, nearly revealing too much about how to use this privilege.
“Alright, then I’ll figure it out on my own. I already know the basic uses anyway.” Ye Feng helplessly spread his hands. He was also frustrated by Ed’s reluctance to speak further. “Let’s talk about the Ultimate Repair Right then!”
“You’ve obtained the Ultimate Repair Right? How many times?” Ed’s interest was piqued again. Clearly, this Ultimate Repair Right was something remarkable.
“Four times. What’s wrong? Is this ultimate privilege that special?” Seeing Ed’s reaction, Ye Feng also became eager.
“The Ultimate Repair Right is quite a good privilege among non-permanent ultimate privileges!” Ed smiled. “It can repair any damaged item, even various forms of life and even souls… Anything that’s damaged can be restored to its original state.”
“And the Ultimate Repair Right has a very useful additional ability: everything repaired becomes the private property of the person who used the privilege.” As he mentioned this additional ability, a fierce glint appeared in Ed’s eyes.
“I don’t understand. Repairing items is understandable, but what do you mean by it becoming private property?” Ye Feng wasn’t sure if Ed meant what he thought and wanted to clarify this additional ability further.
“In other words, all items you repair become yours. Whether the repaired item is alive or not. This additional function is mandatory—unlike a contract, neither party can terminate it. To end it, one must use the Ultimate Amnesty Right, or the repaired item must be completely destroyed.”
“For example, suppose you’re just a minor figure in the cultivation world. One day, you encounter an immortal from the heavens who’s injured. If you use this repair privilege to heal him, you gain absolute control over him—he can’t resist. Even if he dies, no matter what form he reincarnates into, you still have absolute control. Unless his soul is completely destroyed and he vanishes forever, then this relationship ends. Or, you use the Ultimate Amnesty Right to end it.”
“It sounds like it can’t be used casually on others…” Ye Feng found this additional function too inhumane.

“Actually, this privilege is only applicable to items; the accompanying functions are also designed for them. Just like you’re currently at the Yuan Ying stage, you don’t have the strength to control a perfectly intact immortal artifact. But if you obtain a broken one and use this privilege to repair it, you can then control the repaired artifact. Higher-grade items all have their own characteristics. As far as I know, top-tier immortal artifacts in the Heavenly Realm are hard to subdue without reaching the Emperor-level cultivation there. And with your current strength, you might not even be able to subdue a top-grade spiritual artifact. With this privilege, you’ll save a lot of effort. Moreover, you only need one fragment to get the entire item—this is the terrifying aspect of the Ultimate Repair Privilege.”

“In fact, this repair privilege was used on a living being for the first time by me. I didn’t know what would happen at the time. The person was a villain, but his life was in danger, so I tried using the repair privilege on him. As a result… he followed me for 1.3 million years and died for me in the end… After his death, I used the Ultimate Pardon Power to allow him to reincarnate freely…” Ed still felt somewhat sentimental when talking about this. “Some abilities in the Void Realm may sound inhumane, even terrifyingly cruel, but it depends on who uses them…”

Ed’s words made Ye Feng fall into deep thought. He had always tried to avoid using certain cruel rules because he was from Earth, and many of his concepts clashed with those of the cultivation world. Aside from differences in moral principles, he was reluctant to get involved in anything related to Earth’s legal boundaries. But in the cultivation world, there were no laws, no law enforcement forces, and no legal standards. Only some unwritten rules that everyone followed voluntarily.

In the cultivation world, people could commit massacres over a treasure, and no official agencies would regulate such things. Such incidents occurred hundreds or thousands of times every day in the vast cultivation world.

The strong rule supreme—that was the only rule of the game!

Ye Feng let out a long sigh. “I have this privilege four times. When I meet someone who deserves it, I’ll use it! But before that, I need to use it once to repair something!”