Chapter 498 - 497: Black Heart Entertainment City

Li Lingyin’s possessions were indeed scarce.

Moreover, in reality.

As a whimsical old drunkard, there was nothing in or around her Domain Lord Mansion that could be used to impressively adorn the place. Everything was as is.

Like Feng Xie’s Domain Lord Mansion.

There were high-end, luxurious decorations everywhere, clearly visible to anyone who looked.

Less than fifteen minutes later, Li Lingyin returned to find Li Jing and Yulian.

"It’s all set, I’ve put everything away. Shall we start leveling the entire Domain Lord Mansion now or...?"

"Very well."

Li Jing nodded, saying,

"Before this, give a heads up to the two city guardians who guard the Domain Lord Mansion, so I don’t cause any misunderstandings with big moves."

While speaking, Li Jing pulled out four sets of security uniforms from the Little Universe and handed them over.

"By the way, give these four sets of uniforms to them. The Mansion, which they are assigned to guard, will turn into Cangming Entertainment City after today. Make sure they get the uniforms."

Upon hearing this, Li Lingyin was slightly stunned, and asked hesitantly,

"Are you... planning to have the Phoenix Sun city guardians be your security?"

"I’m not planning to not pay them. Essentially, they are serving you, and since you have no plans to leave, shouldn’t there be no problem if they help guard the Cangming Entertainment City?"

Li Jing said with a slight smirk.

"Well..."

Li Lingyin blinked, thinking that there was some truth to that, and took flight with the four uniforms in her hand.

The city guardians who were guarding the Domain Lord Mansion were strictly serving Phoenix Sun County.

But because she was the Domain Lord and chose to stay in Phoenix Sun County, these two existed solely because of her.

Even if she wasn’t there, these two certainly wouldn’t lose their jobs as city guardians, but they might not have had such a leisurely job of only having to guard the Domain Lord Mansion and not have to worry about anything else.

Watching Li Lingyin leave, Li Jing held Yulian’s little hand.

"Let’s move, we’ll go up to the sky where it would be more convenient to level the Domain Lord Mansion."

"Alright."

Yulian nodded obediently.

...

In front of the gate of the Domain Lord Mansion.

Li Lingyin landed gracefully.

The two city guardians guarding the door saw her coming, were slightly stunned, and then both turned and bowed in salute.

Both of them spoke in unison, knowing someone was looking for them,

"We pay respect to the Domain Lord. May we ask if the Lord has any commands?"

"Nothing special, just keep these security uniforms. You each have two sets for changing."

Li Lingyin spoke offhand, saying,

"From now on, wear these when you’re on duty. Li Immortal Master Chen Tang Guan will pay you wages."

Work?

Salary?

Both city guardians exchanged puzzled glances.

How foreign were these two terms to them?

Don’t underestimate these two as they are merely at the Eleventh Realm, as two Blue Star ascenders, they had ascended earlier than Li Lingyin.

In their time,

where was there a concept of working and earning salary?

Seeing their confused faces, Li Lingyin pursed her lips and explained,

"Just keep the uniforms. After the Domain Lord Mansion is settled, put them on. Li Immortal Master will periodically give you Immortal Crystals. If you don’t need Immortal Crystals, you can ask him for Artifact Refinement."

After hearing Li Lingyin say this, the eyes of the two guardians lit up.

Being city guardians, they were well-informed.

Previously, when Li Jing wore Smoke Eye, the two did not recognise him, true.

But when someone went hand in hand with Li Lingyin to the City Lord’s Mansion for a "dazzling debut," they naturally realised that the "masked man" for the day was Chen Tang Guan’s Li Immortal Master, who frequented the area, and was actually a Master Artificer.

Knowing was one thing,

Those who know Li Jing’s true face have no intention of gossiping at all.

Even if they met him, they would tactfully choose to pretend to be ignorant.

Although they didn’t know why Li Jing had deliberately concealed his face and aura and appeared at the City Lord’s Mansion, they figured he must have his reasons. If they jumped out and said, "I know who he is", wouldn’t that make them look clueless?

Who would want to unnecessarily offend a Master Artificer?

Each stretching out their hands to take the uniforms, one of the city guardians looked at the uniform in his hands, whilst the other curiously asked,

"Domain Lord, what are you and Li Immortal Master up to?"

"I can’t explain it in a few words, you two just watch Li Immortal Master’s performance later."

Li Lingyin said casually, turned her head to look at Li Jing and Yulian who were levitating from the Domain Lord Mansion to the sky, and gestured an OK with her hand.

Seeing this, Li Jing nodded in response, took out Smoke Eye and put it on to hide his appearance and aura, then whispered,

"Linglong."

"Buzz!"

A soft buzzing sound.

The Linglong Tower appeared above his head, then suddenly turned into a golden light shooting into the sky, metamorphosing into a golden high tower, up to 8000 feet high, suspended in the air.

???

The two city guardians at the main gate.

At this time, basically all the people in Phoenix Sun County were puzzled.

Regardless of Phoenix Sun County, or other cities in the Immortal Domain,

Fighting was strictly forbidden.

All of a sudden, someone took out a half-step Taoist artifact in the city, and even enlarged it to such a size and suspended it over the Domain Lord Mansion. What’s going on?

Could it be...

That someone was challenging the authority of Domain Lord Li!?

Li Lingyin herself, watching Li Jing take out the Linglong Tower, had her eyes set on it.

Last time, she noticed that Li Jing’s Unnamed Taoist Tool wasn’t quite like ordinary Taoist tools. Inside the tool, as in a human body, existed the Origin of Power that only Cultivators would have,

It was as if the Unnamed Taoist Tool itself was practicing cultivation, and its Spirit Weapon had a Cultivation level.

What she observed about the Linglong Tower now was largely consistent with the Unnamed Taoist Tool.

Inside the tool was a Power Origin equivalent to that of a True Immortal at Tenth Realm, whose power nature and level were higher than that of usual Tenth Realm.

Within its power, there was also "Li Jing’s flavor."

Seeing the Linglong Tower, was like seeing another him.

Truthfully,

Li Lingyin was curious about how he managed to achieve this.

Even if he possessed the ability to rival a master artifact refiner and could directly refine Taoist items, it would not make the objects this unusual.

Just as he was pondering whether to shamelessly seek guidance from Li Jing after the event, the latter muttered softly from the high sky.

"Weight of a Burden."

The next moment.

The giant Linglong Tower, eight thousand feet tall, emitted an oppressive aura before thunderously crashing down.

!!!

The two guards at the gate.

!!!

All the people in Phoenix Sun County.

"Boom!"

A huge roar, and all of Phoenix Sun County shuddered three times.

With this tremendous shaking.

The huge Domain Lord’s Mansion was permanently erased from the map of Phoenix Sun County.

With this blow.

All the people in Phoenix Sun County were stunned on the spot.

What’s going on!?

The Domain Lord Mansion has been destroyed!?

Aren’t they afraid of death!?

Swish swish swish!

Instantly, dozens of lights shot up into the sky.

Among them were the guards of Phoenix Sun city, responsible for their duties, and others who wanted to observe the situation.

Upon seeing this, Li Lingyin timely reassured.

"The Domain Lord Mansion is being redesigned, the people in the city need not panic."

Her calm words, as if possessing a strange magic power, spread through the streets and lanes of Phoenix Sun County in minutes.

The people heard Li Lingyin’s reassurance, their faces expressing a sense of familiarity.

Their Domain Lord, famed for eccentricities, can do anything when drunk, isn’t fully known throughout the Cangming Realm.

However, in Phoenix Sun County, where Li Lingyin is seen from time to time, it is well-known.

Li Lingyin destroyed her Domain Lord Mansion, this was not anything surprising.

Upon hearing Li Lingyin’s voice, all the city guards who were rushing over to "rescue" her stopped and returned to their original positions.

If Li Lingyin was okay, then there was definitely no need for them.

The others who wanted to see what was going on were embarrassed.

Earlier, an inexplicable Taoist item appeared in the Domain Lord Mansion, and everyone wanted to investigate it. But Li Lingyin was tight-lipped, and no one could get any information. Eventually, she simply gave up and closed her doors to guests.

Now, the Domain Lord Mansion had caused such a big commotion, no matter what had happened, they all wanted to come and take a look to see if they could gather any information about the Taoist item that appeared earlier.

At this moment, Li Lingyin’s statement "Domain Lord Mansion renovation" made everyone feel awkward.

The "renovation" at her place, they had to run over to take a look and hang around.

This was obviously not acceptable.

Left with no choice, the crowd could only hover in the air and look from a distance.

Naturally.

They saw Li Jing standing in the air wearing a Smoke Eye, with the Beauty Fox Yulian following him.

Li, the man from Chen Tang City, was now a figure of renown in Phoenix Sun County.

Seeing him, the crowd was taken aback.

The Domain Lord Mansion was redesigned, and Li Jing, the artifact refiner master, was taking action?

There might be something more to this...

As people were speculating, Li Jing waved his hand and pulled out an eighty-eight-story building from the Little Universe.

This sudden move struck the people of Phoenix Sun County dumbfounded.

This...

How did that come out!?

Could it be that this building is a kind of magic artifact that was refined and, like Li Jing’s half-step Taoist artifact, can be freely enlarged?

This building does not look like a magic artifact...

And why could this pole-like building stand?

Why had it been erected!?!

When Li Lingyin saw the building crash down, her eyes almost popped out of her head.

This building, was clearly for office use.

That is to say.

It was for her use...

Eighty-eight floors!

This, damn it.

If put back on Earth, it would utterly call itself a landmark building.

With this building as the Domain Lord’s "office", the face of the Cangming Realm was instantly elevated to the max.

If you look at all seventy-two realms of the Eastern Immortal Domain, which Domain Lord’s Mansion can be so grand?

Over here.

After removing a building, Li Jing poured his thoughts into the Little Universe, selecting suitable buildings.

The Domain Lord Mansion of Li Lingyin covered a large area.

But in actuality, it was just about equivalent to a small district community. Even if the whole area was leveled, only a few large buildings could be erected.

There must be some space left between the buildings.

How to use the limited land to pull out as many things as possible.

This demanded some specific attention.

The high priority was to make better use of a higher floor building.

After much consideration, Li Jing finally took out a six-story high-end club, a nine-story entertainment center, a five-story supermarket, and a small energy supply station from the Little Universe.

The four sets of buildings, centered around the eighty-eight-story office building, landed and immediately fixed firmly in the ground due to the formation at their base.

This scene made Li Lingyin over the moon.

She was an Earth person.

Club, entertainment center, supermarket, she could tell what they were at a glance.

She didn’t understand the energy supply station.

Yet from its scale, it was easy to guess that it must function like a power station, providing energy to the other buildings.

With this arrangement.

Her Domain Lord Mansion immediately transformed into a commercial center combining entertainment, shopping, and office work.

Quite unlike Li Lingyin.

The others in Phoenix Sun County were enormously bemused.

However, those of insightful minds had somewhat surmised that these baffling Sword Masters drawn out by Li Jing were not artifacts crafted through refinement, but rather things he had taken from Blue Star in his era before ascending to the Immortal Realm.

Naturally, they also thought that Li Jing was likely one to possess an independent spatial realm.

Even if one’s storage space was extremely vast, there would still be a limit.

It wouldn’t be capable of accommodating such an exaggerated array of artifacts.

And clearly, Li Jing had many more.

This Lord of Chen Tang City...

Truly inscrutable indeed.

By conservative estimates, he must be at least a mighty figure of the Venerable Realm.

If he wasn’t a Venerable, how could he have his own independent spatial world?

Just as the crowd was lost in speculation, Li Jing, seeing nothing wrong with the newly "constructed" commercial center from his bird’s eye view, descended into the Spiritual Energy supply station with Yulian.

Upon seeing this, Li Lingyin hastily took flight.

The two city guards, out of instinct, tried to follow her, but her voice echoed out.

"The two of you stay put, hold your posts, do not let anyone approach. Within this day, the Domain Lord Mansion is declining all visitors."

Hearing Li Lingyin’s words, they reluctantly abandoned their desire to follow and investigate further.

Fortunately, this "Cangming Entertainment City" was the exact place they were tasked to guard henceforth, and they could stroll around and acquaint themselves with what the City had to offer when they were not otherwise engaged.

...

The Spiritual Energy supply station.

By the time Li Lingyin arrived, Li Jing and Yulian were already waiting for her at the entrance.

Seeing the pair waiting for her, Li Lingyin descended to the ground with a beaming smile.

Just as she was about to ask a question, Li Jing spoke up instead.

"This is the Spiritual Energy supply station, which provides energy to the surrounding buildings."

In the midst of talking, he secretly sent a message.

"In a nutshell, it serves the same purpose as power plants on Earth, except that instead of electricity, it uses Spiritual Energy, a more eco-friendly energy source that is the product of combining Blue Star’s immortal studies and science."

Hearing this, Li Lingyin quickly nodded while stealing a glance at Yulian standing next to her.

Being as quick-witted as she is,

She easily understood that Li Jing had sent her the message because he didn’t want Yulian to pick up on something.

"The energy lines within the Little Universe have been connected, all we need to do is enter and press the supply start button to immediately ensure a supply of Spiritual Energy to the surrounding buildings."

As Li Jing spoke, he said.

"Let’s let you press the button. After all, the Domain Lord Mansion is yours; I just borrowed a piece of land."

Hearing him say this, Li Lingyin was elated.

"What are we waiting for then? Let’s go in now!"

"Hmm."

Li Jing nodded with a smile.

...

The modern facilities on Blue Star are mostly "idiot-proof" controlled by supercomputing systems and usually have no issues, with a generally long service life.

A gigantic energy supply station needs only the push of a button to start.

Li Jing quickly lead Li Lingyin to the main control panel, where she initiated the startup.

Following this,

The Spiritual Energy supply station began to function, the enormous Spiritual Energy refinement furnace absorbed copious amounts of Heavenly and Earthly Spiritual Energy floating naturally between the Heavens and the Earth, and then transformed it to Spiritual Energy which was then transported out.

With the transmission of Spiritual Energy, the Domain Lord Mansion of Cangming immediately lit up.

A huge display screen on the 88th floor of the office building brightened, displaying the words "Cangming Entertainment City".

These...

Were all pre-set by Li Jing inside the Little Universe.

If he arranged them outside, it would definitely be a hassle,

And Li Jing couldn’t necessarily manage it.

In the Little Universe, he knows and can do everything.

For things he does not understand, he gains a considerable understanding through a simple thought.

Unlike the usual "the brain knows but the hands don’t", all operations only required a thought from him to operate, he did not need to use his hands nor look for specific functions.

The dazzling Cangming Entertainment City, which was already attracting everyone in Phoenix Sun County, stunned them all the moment it was powered up.

Them, whose only source of illumination was oil lamps, when had they ever seen such a spectacle?

Just about then, it was near dusk.

The brightly lit Cangming Entertainment City alone was enough to astound everyone.

In just a few breaths of time, countless people had flown over to get a closer look.

The two guards responsible for "watching the gate" saw this and panicked, taking to the skies to try and stop them.

But people came from all directions. With many from the Eleventh Realm and even the Twelfth Realm involved, various well-known figures flying at the forefront of the crowd, even the "City Lord" Feng Xie was participating, how could they possibly stop them?

Fortunately, at this moment, the reputation of Li Lingyin herself played a role. Many people with strength and status flew above Cangming Entertainment City to look down, but no one dared to directly land and look around.

Seeing this scene, Li Jing had a smile on his lips.

It seems, the Entertainment City was indeed a good idea.

Pity, they couldn’t open for business right away, there were still many things to arrange.

Otherwise, if they’d opened immediately, they could guarantee that Cangming Entertainment City would be the hottest topic in the entire Cangming Realm tomorrow, and the news might even spread to other realms.

Seeing almost everyone who could fly in the City had come, forming a thick layer in the sky, Li Lingyin turned her head to look at someone.

"Uh, I’m afraid I won’t be able to persuade so many people to leave, what should we do now?"

"Simple, let them come in for a visit."

Li Jing smiled.

"Ah this..."

Li Lingyin was stunned for a moment, and said puzzledly.

"These people are all out of touch with the Blue Star era, they know nothing, and if we let them all in, who knows, they might fumble around and damage something."

"Tsk."

Li Jing smacked his lips and said.

"I didn’t ask you to let everyone in, did I?"

Speaking of which, he spoke with a smirk.

"Besides, did I ever say they could look around for free? They definitely have to shell out for an entrance fee, don’t they? One thousand top-grade Immortal Crystals per person, let’s just decide on that."

"..."

Li Lingyin.

An entrance fee, one thousand top-grade Immortal Crystals per person?

What makes this different from robbery?

But, on second thought, she realized this completely made sense.

Li Jing wasn’t designing The Cangming Entertainment City for public welfare, but for making money.

It’s the only one within Four Realms of Immortals where you can appreciate and enjoy modern Blue Star entertainment. Li Jing can just set the price as he pleases, right?

A thousand top-grade Immortal crystals for admission. The price is indeed a bit steep.

But by setting such a high price not everyone can afford, he can effectively control the flow of people in and out.

Otherwise, if everyone came for fun, it would not only make the whole entertainment appear cheap and could also create plenty of problems.

The more the people, the more chaos.

This rule applies everywhere.

Hardballing for higher profit in a delicate setting, what’s wrong with that?

As she was thinking, Li Jing said.

"Don’t just stand there. Go and make a speech at the entrance of the Entertainment City stating our objectives and admission rates. Ayu and I will get ready to be the tour guides for a while. Our energy is limited, so we restrict today’s quota to two hundred visitors on a first-come, first-served basis."

After that, he thought for a moment and said again.

"Also let them know that the ’VIP guests’ who come in today can purchase a popular Blue Star smartphone for ten thousand top-grade Immortal Crystals. Even though there is no network and the mobile phone can’t make calls, it can still take pictures and play games. There’s only one chance now, there won’t be again later. You can consider it a limited edition."

At the end of his words,

Not only Li Lingyin, but also Yulian, who was standing next to him casting glances, was left speechless by the shocking price.

A mobile phone sold for ten thousand top-grade Immortal Crystals?

This is...

There can’t be something more outrageous...

Is this really the Cangming Entertainment City?

This is genuinely just a rip-off!

Li Lingyin didn’t know how much a typical mobile phone costs on Blue Star, but this kind of common device can’t be too expensive.

Yulian knew that part more clearly.

On Blue Star, the price of a excellent mobile phone was just ten thousand Longyu Coins, only those sold as "business type" can reach the inflated prices.

Ten thousand Longyu Coins would not be even a drop in the bucket for cultivators with high incomes.

To sell such a thing in the Immortal Realm for ten thousand top-grade Immortal Crystals is just the epitome of extortion.

To note,

This price is proportional to that of a finished Immortal item, even the high-grade ones...

What’s worse,

Li Jing possessed tons of mobile phones in his small Universe.

How could a city as large as Sky City lack the residents’ access to functional mobile phones?

And in fact,

Sky City has a smart phone assembly line.

If Li Jing pushes the button now, at least ten thousand sets can be produced each day from the assembly line. Only the materials used for manufacture which might not be found in the Immortal Realm.

The main materials needed for mobile phones are as common as it gets, only a few key components require lower-tier Spiritual items which have a high tolerance rate.

To find these items in the Immortal Realm might not be easy.

Because nobody bother to collect them...

Upon marveling at Li Jing’s ruthless set prices, Yulian pondered a little, and suggested modestly.

"Jing, since we are selling mobile phones, we might as well sell other items such as trinkets, dolls, women’s clothing, and cosmetics, etc., the materials for such common items are extremely easy to find. Our small Universe has assembly lines as well, so we can sell them with no set limit."

"I thought about that,"

Li Jing beamed, pointed to the colossal five-story supermarket next to them indicating that it was there for this purpose, and said.

"However, we don’t need to rush into selling these items now. We need time to set up the prices and make other preparations. If it comes to it, we also need to hire some salespeople. We can talk about this later when the entertainment city is about to open for trial operation. These things have to be done step by step."

Upon hearing this, Yulian nodded and then suggested.

"Why not let Ji Qing out and let her be a tour guide with us, so we can accommodate another hundred customers?"

"That’s a good idea!"

With a gleam in his eyes, Li Jing immediately summoned Ji Qing.

???

The very second before, Ji Qing who was having an intense Xian Wang Glory SOLO match against Xia Ai looked rather puzzled.

Looking left and right at the strangely ’out-of-place’ modern high-rises within the Phoenix Sun County full of classical buildings, Ji Qing frowned.

Noticing the sky was jam-packed with people, she instinctively moved her phone closer to Li Jing.

"Li Jing, what the hell is going on?"

"I’ll explain later,"

Li Jing replied and introduced her to another person.

"This is Li Lingyin, the Domain Lord of Cangming Territory."

Then, he introduced Ji Qing to Li Lingyin.

"This is Ji Qing, a monster that changed from a ragdoll cat, my friend."

Hearing that Ji Qing transformed from a Ragdoll cat, Li Lingyin’s eyes gleamed with excitement.

On the Blue Star, the fairy cat can evolve into a monster!?

Ji Qing, upon learning Li Lingyin’s identity, gave her a quick once-over before nodding.

"Hello," she said.

Just as Li Lingyin was about to reply, Li Jing suddenly interjected.

"Alright, save your introductions for later. Lingyin, you better go out and make your speech quickly so that everyone doesn’t have to stay up in the sky."

Rushed by Li Jing, Li Lingyin had no choice but to give up her intention to get to know Ji Qing better.

In any case, it’s not an ideal situation to talk about anything else.

She nodded silently and looked up.

"I’m sure all of you must be curious about the creation of Cangming Entertainment City. I will provide some answers soon. Please refrain from gathering above the Entertainment City, as it may be construed as a provocation to the Domain Lord Mansion."

Having said that, she quickly moved toward a nearby street.

The people suspended in the sky watched each other and gradually followed her.

Except for three people.

Tong Xiaoxiao, Tong Rou, and Feng Xie.

These three people who had met with Li Jing were also well-known figures.

Under normal circumstances, they would be concerned with their reputation.

But at this moment, they chose to disregard their dignity.

As soon as Li Lingyin left, the three of them synchronously landed in front of Li Jing.

"..."

Li Jing.