Multiverse Skill System

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The remaining amount of 3.92 million was after the rewards. Before the rewards, it had reached more than 4.12 million. Even most of the deputy ministers in the company would not have so many contribution points, and even some ministers only have this many contribution points.

Once Yi Shuihan's cultivation reaches the True Saint level, he will definitely succeed in applying to become the deputy minister of the department. He also has a certain chance of becoming the department head. This could completely break the company's record for the fastest promotion speed. There will also be an amazing benefit, which Yi Shuihan is currently unaware of.

"After the last transaction, it'll be easy for me to break five million contribution points. If the tech world is on my side, breaking ten million might not be a dream!"

In fact, the technological world is more advanced than the wizarding world; otherwise, it wouldn't have produced so many saint-level powerhouses.

"Taiyi, are you there? I made some food, come and eat with me!"

Just as he was reveling in the contribution points, a female voice came over, and Yi Shuihan's body stiffened, and he smiled bitterly.

Houtu walked over with a smile on her face, holding a common modern bento box in her hand. She looked like a girlfriend in the throes of love bringing food to her boyfriend, which was very heartwarming.

As a result, Yi Shuihan trembled all over, not from excitement or joy, but from fear.

Houtu has no talent for cooking; no matter what she tries, the dishes she makes are always culinary disasters.

The person who taught Houtu how to cook was Yi Shuihan. At the time, Yi Shuihan didn't pay much attention and just said that women who can cook are very popular with men. As a result, Houtu kept pestering him to teach her how to cook.

At first, Yi Shuihan didn't pay much attention. After all, Yi Shuihan's cooking skills were at the master level, so teaching someone would be very simple. Besides, he would be at the Earth Saint level in the future, with all his attributes being very high. Controlling the heat and processing the ingredients should be extremely easy for him. It would be very difficult for him to make a bad dish.

This world is always full of surprises. Houtu really has no talent when it comes to cooking. Each dish she makes is darker than the last. Yi Shuihan can't figure out how she made them.

How to put it in analogy? It's like someone with an exceptional memory who can memorize an English dictionary in just one hour, but who can't memorize a poem no matter what.

However, Houtu felt extremely good about herself, believing herself to be a culinary genius. She cooked for Yi Shuihan time and time again, causing Yi Shuihan considerable distress during this period.

Not wanting to criticize Houtu's cooking, they encouraged her, saying that cooking skills improve with practice. As a result, it turned out like this, with people eating Houtu's terrible cooking at least several times a day.

Fortunately, Yi Shuihan was no ordinary person. By blocking out his sense of taste, eating bizarre food wasn't so painful. However, after eating it too often, he naturally developed some lingering trauma. Food without flavor was even more unbearable than chewing wax.

"This time I must speak out and tell the truth."

He muttered to himself, unaware that Houtu had already come up in front of him.

"What do you absolutely have to say?"

Houtu looked at Yi Shuihan with a puzzled expression, her eyes full of innocence.

"Here it comes. It's that look in my eyes that makes me feel a deep sense of guilt if I tell the truth, so much so that I always stop at the crucial moment. This time, I must..."

He was thinking of telling people about the terrible food, but what came out of his mouth was...

"It's nothing, I just feel that your cooking is getting better and better."

What the heck?! What am I doing?! Again...

"That's great! I'll work even harder from now on. Here, eat up! Don't waste a single bite!"

Houtu smiled and placed the culinary disaster in front of Yi Shuihan, then looked at him with expectant eyes.

"Sigh, let's give up on treatment and try again next time!"

With his sense of taste shut off, Yi Shuihan expressionlessly shoved the culinary disaster into his mouth, while inwardly he wept.

Seeing Yi Shuihan eating so "happily," Houtu's expression softened, and she stared straight at Yi Shuihan, disregarding the taste of the food. This scene was quite heartwarming.

What Yi Shuihan didn't notice was an unusual cunning glint in the depths of Houtu's eyes.

"As expected, that little guy was right. If you love someone, you'll eat their food clean, no matter how bad their cooking is!"

Houtu thought to herself that she had long known that her cooking was not good, but she insisted on cooking every time simply so that she could spend more time with Yi Shuihan.

Such advanced thinking must have come from a system sold by Yi Shuihan, which made Houtu believe that Yi Shuihan loved her. Of course, this might not be wrong. It would be impossible for Yi Shuihan to have no feelings for Houtu at all. If he didn't care about Houtu's feelings, he would not have preferred to suffer himself rather than expose her.

Yi Shuihan probably never imagined that Houtu had become less innocent than before, and her cunning nature had gradually begun to emerge.

"Thankfully, it's just 'dark cuisine,' at least it's not poisonous, otherwise I really don't know how I could have kept going."

After watching Houtu leave, Yi Shuihan regained his sense of taste. The lingering taste in his mouth almost made him vomit, but he immediately shut down his sense of taste again.

"This time we need to seal it off for an extra hour compared to the past few days, otherwise the smell won't completely disappear."

Stepping out of the room, Yi Shuihan deliberately exhaled deeply, trying to dispel the smell with fresh air. This primitive method didn't work, because Houtu's dark cuisine also had a special property: the smell was difficult to dissipate and could only be left to disappear automatically over time. Otherwise, Yi Shuihan wouldn't have had to keep his sense of taste sealed off.

Chapter 1212, Large-Scale Transactions of the Qian Yuan Empire

Suddenly, the surroundings became quiet, and then a black line appeared in front of Yi Shuihan. The black line began to grow longer and then expanded, its appearance resembling the black cavity in the world of Bleach.

"A wizard?"

Yi Shuihan's first assumption was that it was a wizard from the wizarding world, but what appeared from the black cavity was a mecha, then a second one, and a third one.

After the mecha appeared in front of Yi Shuihan, it gradually disappeared, revealing the people inside: two men and one woman. One of the men and one of the women were Tu Ba and Murphy, while the other man was someone Yi Shuihan had never seen before.

Judging from the formation of the three, Tu Ba seemed to be the one in charge. However, Yi Shuihan had already seen through it and realized that the newcomer was the one with the highest status among the three. Tu Ba had hidden it very well, but Yi Shuihan could still tell that he was wary of that man.

"What rare guests you are, gentlemen of the Qian Yuan Empire."

Yi Shuihan greeted them with a smile. These were all important clients, so a smile was certainly appropriate.

"Shopkeeper, we meet again. This time we're here to discuss purchasing the system."

"Buy the system! Come on, everyone, don't just stand here, let's go inside and talk about it in detail."

Making a gesture of invitation made Tu Ba feel somewhat flattered.

"What? Aren't you going in?"

"No, nothing!"

Tu Ba led the way into the room, followed by Murphy, and then the unknown man walked at the back. The man followed naturally behind without any sense of incongruity.

"So, how many systems do you plan to buy? Because of your previous behavior, you slightly offended me, so there will be no discount on the systems, and in fact, there will be a 2% premium. That means you'll have to pay 120 value points instead of the original price of 100."

"What? Shopkeeper, don't you think this is going a bit too far? As far as we know, you get discounts when you trade with the wizards, but you don't even get discounts when you come here, and you're even charging extra?"

Tu Ba said in shock and anger that Yi Shuihan's demands were far beyond his expectations.

"If you don't agree now, the price will be 3% higher next time you come."

He still wore a smile, as if he were speaking very ordinary words. Yi Shuihan was fearless. He was now in a seller's market, and Tu Ba and the others would have no choice but to buy the system.

The allure of the system is not something everyone can resist. If Yi Shuihan hadn't already possessed his own system, he probably wouldn't have been able to resist.

Previously, because the wizard was quite nice, Yi Shuihan didn't raise the price and even gave a discount. Actually, he regretted it a bit later. Now that he finally has a chance to rip off the Tech World, he naturally won't let it go.

Excessive price increases can lead to unpredictable events, but this is the Primordial World. I believe that if the Heavenly Dao of the Technological World came here, the Heavenly Dao of the Primordial World would naturally help. This 3% increase is just a test by Yi Shuihan to see how tolerant the Heavenly Dao of the Technological World is.

Faced with the formidable Yi Shuihan, Tu Ba finally turned his attention to the man who had come with him.

"Oh! So this is the one who's in charge. May I ask how I should address him?"

"Nice to meet you. I am Hugheslin Jacquesev, the Minister of Foreign Wars of the Qian Yuan Empire. You may call me Hughes, shopkeeper."

The name itself exudes a strange sense of sophistication and sounds very imposing.

After Hughes spoke, he went from being completely invisible to having a strong presence. Before, he was just an ordinary passerby on the street, but now he was a superstar whose brilliance could not be concealed.

Not only that, but previously Hughes had concealed his aura, and Yi Shuihan's clone could not see through his strength. Now, however, he could see it. Even though his strength was suppressed, the clone might not win against him, but it would not lose either, since Yi Shuihan's Three Lights Secret Technique is usable by both the clone and the main body.

Even when suppressed, he still possesses this strength, which undoubtedly means that Hughes's strength level is a level higher than that of Tu Ba.

"So, Hughes, what do you think?"

Yi Shuihan said casually.

Upon seeing this, a glint flashed in Hughes' eyes. After staring at Yi Shuihan for a few seconds, he withdrew his imposing aura and reverted to his usual ordinary demeanor.

“Naturally, we’ll buy it at a 2% premium. I think the price is just right. Tu Ba, give the purchase plan to the shop owner.”

Tu Ba handed Yi Shuihan a modern business plan, much like a secretary.

"A planning proposal? I must say, as expected of a technologically advanced world."

Holding the proposal, Yi Shuihan had the illusion of being in a modern corporate negotiation.

Next came the rustling sound of turning the pages of the plan. Yi Shuihan read the plan at a speed of one page per second. After reading for more than twenty seconds, covering hundreds of thousands of words, he had thoroughly studied the plan.

"I see. They even prepared a contract. Is the Heavenly Dao a witness? Or is it the Primordial Heavenly Dao? How did they manage to do this?"

It seems something I don't know has happened. How could people in the technological world find the primordial Heavenly Dao as a witness? What exactly happened in the process?

"The demand is significantly higher than in the Wizarding World. Adding a 20% premium, the profit from this deal would be 8,125,000 value points. Well, to round it up, let's omit the 5000 points."

After doing this calculation, Yi Shuihan realized that he was becoming more and more generous, waiving 5000 points without hesitation.

After stating the value to be paid, Tu Ba and the other two stared wide-eyed at Yi Shuihan, utterly shocked.

"Was there a mistake in the calculation? It can't be this many."

"I didn't make any mistakes in my calculations. You should trust my math skills. Besides, I've given you a lot of free value points, so you should be happy about it."

Silence, endless silence. Tu Ba, Hughes, and Murphy all looked grim, a stark contrast to Yi Shuihan.

"Um, could you split the transaction into three parts? I heard that's how wizards do it."

It doesn't explicitly state that the value proposition is insufficient, but it implicitly implies that it is insufficient.

"No problem, but if you choose to pay in installments, there will be installment fees. We won't charge you extra; from now until the last transaction, we'll give you something worth 10,000 points every day."

Isn't that a lot? Ten thousand value points a day, that's enough to make at least tens of thousands of dollars. Yi Shuihan is lying through his teeth, showing his true colors as a businessman.

"Okay! We'll trade half of it today."

Hughes practically uttered those words through gritted teeth. Seeing how hard he was trying to hold back, Yi Shuihan couldn't bear it and wanted to say, "You could try to take it by force."

Chapter 1213, Triggering the Hidden Exchange Interface

"798 million, just 2 short is 800 million. Once the transaction is complete, it will be at least 1204 million. Add the installment fees, wow, that number..."

After seeing Hughes and the others off, Yi Shuihan looked at his contribution points and basked in his own glory. Apart from Houtu's terrible cooking, everything that happened today was good!

"To be honest, even if they wanted to make a one-time transaction, it wouldn't work! A Saint-level system can't be teleported over in a short time."

Suddenly realizing this, Yi Shuihan looked slightly embarrassed, but continued to swing his sword for a very short time.

"Well, never mind, they were in such a hurry that I forgot about it."

If Hughes knew what Yi Shuihan was thinking, he would probably feel very complicated. "Is this my fault?" he said with a resentful and innocent expression.

Perhaps because the daily installment fee of 1 was too terrifying, Hughes and his group contacted Yi Shuihan again on the third day to complete the remaining transaction. This speed surprised Yi Shuihan quite a bit. They were so rich that they could raise so many value points in such a short time and send them over so quickly.

Yi Shuihan was unaware that these funds were actually urgently transferred from the Qian Yuan Empire's national treasury, which was already mostly empty.

If Yi Shuihan's strength hadn't been described as too formidable in Tu Ba's eyes, Xiu Si would have believed that eliminating the Yi Shuihan Empire would have required at least ten Yu Emperors. Given Yi Shuihan's subtly revealed powerful backing, the Qian Yuan Empire would never have resorted to a transaction.

If Yi Shuihan had shown even a little bit of fear when she met Hughes, the outcome would have been different. Of course, Yi Shuihan would have gained more contribution points.

Hughes said he would split the transaction into three transactions, but it turned into two, resulting in an extra 30,000 contribution points. His total contribution points now amount to 1207 million, surpassing 10 million.

"In that case, it's just the Wizarding World left. Well, there's no need to wait that long to continue the transaction. Let's just tell them to come right away. It'll be easier for everyone if we can finish the transaction sooner."

Given that such a large transaction has already been made with the technological world, it's not right for the wizards to drag their feet, since they were the ones who arrived first.

That very evening, Binglan made the transaction, and Yi Shuihan's contribution points surged again, eventually reaching 1360 million.

"Having so many contribution points is truly a blessing!"

"Host, you shouldn't be too happy yet?"

"What's wrong? Has something happened?"

"Take a look at this and you'll understand what I mean!"

A light screen appeared in front of Yi Shuihan. Yi Shuihan was very familiar with this light screen; it was the company's internal exchange list, and Yi Shuihan had browsed the contents of it many times.

Still not quite understanding what the system was trying to convey, Yi Shuihan patiently watched the treasures flashing across the screen.

"Huh, what's this? I've never seen this before!"

Suddenly, when the light screen stopped on a certain image, a special icon appeared in a certain area. Yi Shuihan had never seen this icon before.

"Why did this icon suddenly appear? It wasn't there before because I didn't notice it? That's definitely not it. So it must be something like a hidden storyline. To see this icon, you need to meet some hidden condition. And the biggest change recently is my contribution points, which means..."

I tentatively clicked the icon, and a pop-up window appeared.

"Why is it a pop-up window? This is so outdated for a company."

"This can be changed; I'm just presenting it in a way that's most acceptable to the host."

"So, this is my fault?"

This was the first time Yi Shuihan had felt such obvious contempt from the system.

"..."

The system remained silent. Yi Shuihan paused for three seconds, then decided to check what the pop-up window said.