Immortality: Starting with a grave, I'm invincible when burying corpses.

If you talk to them about romance and poetry, they are all romantic playboys, reincarnations of love saints, and masters of all arts and crafts.

But if you change the subject and talk to them about family business, territory development, and the future of the Yin-Yang Domain.

These talented men and beautiful women all fell seriously ill.

The first thing he said was, "Aba... Aba..."

The contrast is astonishing. It's hard to understand how a perfectly normal person could suddenly go insane.

In the cathode domain, even such legends have been passed down.

The Yin Continent is a cursed continent, where countless wronged souls have been buried.

These wronged souls, who died at the hands of the evil cult, died with resentment and lingered for a long time.

They mistook the current feudal lords for the leaders of the evil cult who killed them back then, which is why all these sons of the powerful and wealthy have fallen seriously ill.

People naturally wouldn't take what they said as a joke seriously.

But which of the officials in the court isn't a seasoned old fox?

They know the ins and outs of the business better than anyone else.

Considering the Empire's strange attitude towards the "Blue and White Duo," and recalling the Yin-Yang Domain Reform promoted by the Five Spirits Academy over the past eighty years, which introduced a series of systems to restrict the power of feudal lords, one can understand the implications.

The officials in the imperial court, far away in Qing'an Prefecture, immediately guessed a certain possibility.

We can't afford to mess with them! We can't afford to mess with them!

These elderly people certainly don't want their younger generations to end up like that.

The empire was at its zenith, and there were several powerful figures whose names could not be mentioned, yet who were extremely petty and narrow-minded.

No matter how powerful they are, they can't escape the clutches of these big shots.

Rather than courting disaster and ruining your entire family, it's better to behave yourself and seek appropriate benefits within the limits permitted by the empire.

……

After a long period of extreme caution, the officials in the court soon discovered the blind spot.

Those two "small-minded" bigwigs were particularly concerned about people's livelihoods, and actually condescended to summon those merchants and sign many investment contracts with merchants within the empire.

The first court official tentatively proposed to open trading posts in every major city of the Yin Region.

Even if it results in a loss, we will stick to the contract to the end.

The situation has changed significantly.

The bigwig actually smiled! He even presented that minister with a gift.

Within two days, His Majesty the Emperor also made a statement, swiftly promoting the talent who had taken the lead in trying something new.

The starkly different treatment left the officials of the Great Spirit Empire filled with regret, lamenting that they hadn't grasped the true meaning of the two powerful figures' intentions immediately.

Persecuting the people leads to certain death; only doing business is the way to go!

The academy masters, who love the people, don't care about any division or split. They just want the people of Yin Yin Domain to live the same life as the people of Tian Qi Domain!

The lords of the Yin Yin Domain did not die because of division, but because they persecuted too many innocent people, which angered the two palace masters.

It turns out they were the ones who were judging others by their own petty standards.

That was absolutely wrong!

That's right! The Empire encourages the development of people's livelihood and encourages bringing the convenience of the Immortal Dao civilization to every citizen of the Empire.

If they can expand and strengthen their family business, covering all aspects of the lives of the people in the empire, they will gain more influence in the court!

Over time, more and more high-ranking officials in the court shifted their focus to their family businesses and vigorously promoted their development.

And then, something strange happened.

While the courtiers of the Great Shi Empire were fighting to the death for a little power, the courtiers of the Great Ling Empire were doing business.

While other small countries in the Nine Regions fought each other to the death and regimes changed hands frequently, the courtiers of the Great Spirit Empire were still doing business.

While the sea race and the demon race were at war, fighting fiercely and staining the seas with blood, the courtiers of the Great Spirit Empire were still doing business.

These old foxes don't think about how to kill their colleagues or how to dominate the world. They just keep an eye on the people of the empire and try every means to empty their pockets.

Five Spirits Festival, Creation Festival, Celebration of Peace Festival, Mysterious Maiden Festival, Corona Festival...

As festivals came one after another, the major merchant guilds within the empire would enter a state of "war" during each festival.

The core members of these large families put aside what they were doing and kept a close watch on their competitors 24 hours a day, fearing that their competitors would sell their products at a lower price than they did.

Our ancestors said that even if we lose money in business, we must never lose to these old rivals!

This is not a commercial war; it is a struggle for power in the imperial court!

We can only win, we can't afford to lose!

As a member of the family, even if it means fighting for three days and three nights straight, I must make a contribution to the family's cause!

Times have changed. Even businessmen like them can be favored by the patriarch and enjoy the family's core resources!

For the sake of spiritual objects and better cultivation resources, let's work for three days and three nights!

No! Ten days and ten nights!

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"With the Five Spirits Festival approaching, let's shower one hundred million taels of silver!"

"Grand Carnival of Creation! Buy one get one free! Buy two get three free!"

"Celebrating the Qing'an Festival: Buy a spaceship and get spirit stones! Buy a house and get gold! Buy a magical artifact and get furniture!"

"On the day of the Mysterious Maiden Festival, register as a member of the Chamber of Commerce and receive two free cups of milk tea and two desserts!"

……

One "radical" slogan after another was shouted out by major merchants, and various methods of vying for customers emerged one after another in the Great Spirit Empire.

As it has developed to this point, within the empire today, half the year is spent in celebration, with countless promotional activities that are dazzling to the eye.

The people of the empire wandered from one end of the street to the other, and in a daze, handed over all the money in their pockets.

In an attempt to control his purchasing desires, one extremist publicly chopped off his left hand with a kitchen knife, sparking widespread discussion throughout the empire.

Some students jokingly referred to the imperial citizens, who loved shopping, as the "shopaholics" in their poems and essays.

Over time, the number of "shopaholics" has continued to increase, and they have now become one of the largest groups in the empire.

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Against this backdrop, the entire Great Spirit Empire was immersed in commercial development, paying almost no attention to war or the development of the military.

Even Mu Zhaoyang, the emperor of the empire, was influenced by this trend of thought.

Influenced by the imperial destiny, Mu Zhaoyang was indifferent to the military performance of various countries.

He didn't care much about the military development of the Great Ling Empire itself, and just used it as a tool to allocate funds to the Ministry of War according to the annually increasing proportion.

It wasn't until this war, which arose from faith, broke out that everyone suddenly realized this.

Is the outside world really this weak?

Customers! New customers! All new customers!

Prepare the goods within seven days, with warships providing escort; we absolutely cannot let other merchant guilds beat us to it!