Forced to become a top influencer, I rely on my tu cao to ruin the cultivation world.

Qingyun Sect, Luoxia Peak, Qingyun Heavy Industry Control Room.

With Jia Zang's command, the massive "Interdimensional Psionic Compressor" roared once again.

This time, instead of siphoning off the meager scraps from the earth, it thrust a “cross-dimensional drill” that shimmered with an eerie purple light into a point in the void.

"Click—"

The space seemed to be torn apart, emitting a teeth-grinding sound. Immediately afterwards, a faint but continuous stream of spiritual energy flowed along the drill bit and into the compressor.

"It's a success!"

Looking at the numbers flashing on the dial, Jia Zhuang shouted excitedly, "Elder Wang, look! This is 'Cross-Boundary Energy'! It's inexhaustible!"

"This...this is the spiritual energy of 'Blue Star'?"

Wang Teng stared at the pale blue stream of spiritual energy with an incredulous expression. "Why...why does it feel a little...dirty?"

"Dirty? That's because you don't know what you're doing!"

Jia Zhuang curled his lip in disdain. "That's 'primordial spiritual energy'! Although it has a lot of impurities, after our 'industrial purification,' it can still be turned into 'spiritual energy bricks'!"

[System Prompt]

[The system has detected that the host is drawing spiritual energy from Earth. An environmental protection slogan has been automatically generated and implanted into Wang Teng's mind.]

[Wang Teng's trust level has increased by 100%; he has been successfully brainwashed.]

"Yes, Chairman Jia! I'll go adjust the purification parameters right away!"

Elder Wang Teng's eyes lit up, and he rushed to the control panel, starting to operate it frantically.

Meanwhile, on Earth.

On a certain day of a certain month of a certain year, in an unnamed residential area.

An elderly retired man was watering his spider plant, which he had been growing for ten years, on his balcony, just like any other day.

"Sigh, why are these flowers getting weaker and weaker?"

The old man looked at the spider plant with its yellowing, drooping leaves and sighed, "Could it be because of the bad weather lately?"

Just then, a strange current of air suddenly surged out from the void and entered the roots of the potted daffodil.

"Buzz—"

The leaves of the spider plant suddenly began to grow wildly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The leaves, which were originally only the length of a palm, instantly grew to half a meter long, and their color changed from withered yellow to an eerie dark green. A ring of fine, serrated thorns grew along the edges of the leaves.

"Holy crap! What... what's going on?"

The old man was so frightened that he sat down on the ground with a thud, and the kettle in his hand fell to the ground with a "clatter".

He stared in disbelief at the potted euphorbia, which seemed to come alive, its vines twisting wildly like a green venomous snake lunging toward his face!

"Help! The flower...the flower has come to life!"

The old man let out a piercing scream and scrambled off the balcony.

And this scene is playing out in every corner of the earth.

In the Amazon rainforest, the already enormous Victoria amazonica has now swelled to a diameter of ten meters, and a flower that smells foul and looks like a gaping maw has even bloomed on its leaves.

In the Sahara Desert, a cactus that had been withered for a hundred years suddenly spurted out green sap. The sap landed on the ground and instantly transformed into a green "desert forest" covered with sharp thorns.

In the Pacific Ocean, the normally docile plankton have become ferocious, frantically devouring the oxygen in the seawater, turning large areas of the ocean into "dead water zones".

[Livestream chat]

[Holy crap! That's the spider plant downstairs in my building! It...it's going to eat me!]

[Hey, run! That's a "demon form"!]

[Hilarious! Mr. Jia is trying to turn Earth into a "cultivation world"!]

[Chairman Jia: Demonic transformation? That's just "spiritual energy revival"!]

Is this the true face of capitalists? I love it!

Jia Zang had no idea how much disaster his "cross-border overdraft" would bring to the Earth.

All he knew was that the numbers on the dial were skyrocketing.

"Cool!"

Looking at the fluctuating numbers, Jia Zhuang felt an indescribable sense of accomplishment welling up inside him.

"This is nothing!"

He looked at the blue planet on the holographic projection, a wicked smile curling at the corner of his mouth.

"Tomorrow, I'm going to turn the entire Earth into my 'psychic farm'!"

Just then, a system notification sounded.

[Ding! Detected that the host has completed the "Spiritual Energy Inflation" quest.]

[Mission Rating: S-rank]

[Rewards: Unlock the [Spiritual Aura Futures Trading System], 50000 Collapse Points.]

[New Quest Released: [Spiritual Aura Futures]]

[Task Description: Sell "Spirit Energy Bricks" as "futures" in the cultivation world, allowing cultivators to use their future cultivation levels to pay for current consumption.]

[Mission Rewards: Unlock [Spiritual Energy Bank], 100000 Honkai Points.]

"Spiritual futures?"

Jia Zhuang's eyes lit up.

This is like a pillow delivered just when you're about to fall asleep!

"Wang Teng!"

Jia Zhuang roared at the control panel.

"Chairman Jia, what is it?"

Wang Teng rushed over.

"Forget about those 'psychic bricks,' I have a new task for you."

Jia Zhuang patted Wang Teng on the shoulder and said mysteriously, "Go and summon all those 'genius disciples' in the sect. Tell them that as long as they sign the 'Spiritual Energy Futures Contract,' they can advance their future cultivation levels!"

"Advance payment...advance payment of cultivation points?"

Wang Teng looked completely bewildered. "Chairman Jia, what will happen to them in the future?"

"The future? That's their own business!"

[Livestream chat]

[Hilarious! Elder Wang's expression is exactly like the first time I saw my boss implementing the "996" work schedule.]

[Chairman Jia: Useless people? They're "outdated products"!]

Is this the true face of capitalists? I love it!

As long as he can promote "Spiritual Energy Futures," his Honkai Value will double. With doubled Honkai Value, he can unlock more advanced technologies.

"Rat-a-tat ...

The tractor started again, and Jia Zhuang drove it out of the control room.

He needs to work through the night to develop a promotion plan for "spiritual energy futures" so that he can start "harvesting" the geniuses of the cultivation world as soon as tomorrow morning!

As night deepened, the lights on Luoxia Peak grew brighter and brighter.

The newly built "Qingyun Heavy Industry First Production Base" is like a tireless steel behemoth, emitting a deep roar in the night.

In the void, the "interdimensional drill" connecting to Earth is greedily devouring Earth's spiritual energy, like a blood-sucking leech.

[Livestream chat]

Is this the price of industrial cultivation?

[The above is called "development." Don't talk nonsense if you don't understand.]

[Hilarious! Mr. Jia's expression is exactly like mine when I'm working overtime.]

[Chairman Jia: Price? As long as we can make money, no price matters!]

Is this the true face of capitalists? I love it!

Jia Zhuang had no idea that the "financial bomb" he had casually planted today would one day shatter the entire cultivation world to pieces.

All he knew was that tomorrow morning, he could begin "harvesting" the geniuses.

"Cool!"

Jia Zhuang stood on the front of the tractor, looking down at the steel forest below, his heart filled with anticipation.

"Is the cultivation world ready for the 'financial era'?"