"Buying Internal Energy with money?" Kingpin's breath quickened at the future Bai Ye described. He thought there might be something in it.
Through Bai Ye's description, he realized the greatest value of the Purple Mist Divine Skill. The more people who practiced it, the more Internal Energy could flow around the world, almost like money.
Assuming there was no limit to Internal Energy storage, and six billion people worldwide practiced the Purple Mist Divine Skill, they could generate an average of sixteen million years' worth of Internal Energy daily. Moreover, because of the skill's transmission properties, Internal Energy could be traded freely like money.
If each transaction incurred a 20% loss, it would only ensure that the Internal Energy would become increasingly scarce, taxing each transmission equally and maintaining its permanent scarcity.
Furthermore, no one could live forever, but people always pursued longevity. As long as their Internal Energy was abundant, they could be free of all diseases and live longer. For humans, Internal Energy was almost as good as gold, a hard currency.
With strong demand and scarcity, the Internal Energy cultivated through hard work would not depreciate over time. This was even more profitable than selling oil, a hundredfold over.
Kingpin even anticipated that with the portability and scarcity of Internal Energy, those secret gang transactions could even be exchanged directly with Internal Energy on the spot. This way, nobody would know, and they could bring back a massive amount of Internal Energy and then exchange it for cash.
Looking at the windfall on his phone, Kingpin began to worry if he could handle it. This was a secret manual that anyone could cultivate, even mutants and vampires.
"Hey, aren't you scared?" Bai Ye saw Kingpin's hesitation and mocked.
"A little, but with such a great opportunity in front of me, I'd never sleep again if I backed down without taking a bite."
Kingpin shook his head, his eyes regaining their resolve. "I don't even care about being the New York City mayor anymore. With this manual, the mayor's seat is practically mine."
Bai Ye was satisfied. "Good. Then we can start selling courses."
Kingpin was puzzled. "Selling courses?"
"Of course. The Purple Mist Divine Skill you saw is the normal version. I also have a Weakened Version and an Upgraded Version." Bai Ye said.
"What are the differences between the three versions?" Kingpin asked.
Bai Ye explained, "Of course there's a difference. The Weakened Version has a reduced number of meridians for Internal Energy to flow through. The Internal Energy cultivated is less pure and half as powerful as the original. The Upgraded Version, however, can directly absorb Purple Mist True Qi from others through physical contact."
In Bai Ye's practice over this period, although the total training time for the Purple Mist Divine Skill hadn't exceeded 100 hours, he could still make simple modifications to the Purple Mist Divine Skill, thanks to his mental capacity exceeding that of ordinary people by dozens of times, and his constant use of Internal Energy to destroy his meridians.
The Weakened Version was self-explanatory. The Upgraded Version seemed similar in effect to the North Sea Divine Skill and the Star-Absorbing Technique, but it was actually much less versatile, lacking the function of converting True Qi.
That is to say, the Upgraded Version of the Purple Mist Divine Skill could only absorb the same origin Internal Energy from the Purple Mist Divine Skill. Absorbing True Qi from other inner skills would cause the different types of True Qi to be untransformable and accumulate in the body, leading to a similar outcome as Linghu Chong in The Smiling, Proud Wanderer.
Fortunately, in this world, he possessed the only copy of Jin Yong's martial arts. Unless someone innovated, he could absorb as much as he wanted.
As for changing the cultivation method? It was possible, but not recommended. As more people learned the Purple Mist Divine Skill in the future, the cost of switching to other cultivation methods would increase.
With the Purple Mist Divine Skill, he could buy True Qi from others' Dantians as long as he had money, while cultivating other modified True Qi would have to be done bit by bit, making it less efficient.
"Forcibly absorb the Purple Mist True Qi from others?" Hearing Bai Ye say this, Kingpin sucked in a breath of cold air, staring at Bai Ye in shock. The Upgraded Version actually had such an incredible effect.
Bai Ye smiled slightly, "When the time comes, the Weakened Version will be published as my autobiography, and then the regular version will be put up for pre-sale."
"But the confidentiality of books is too poor. Even if you start pre-sales, the income won't be very optimistic," Kingpin said.
"Money isn't an issue. I'm not interested in money."
"As long as we sell the book, there will definitely be a wave of qigong fever around the world. As long as we put out the founder of qigong's name, won't all the money come flowing in?" Bai Ye laughed.
Hearing the grand vision Bai Ye painted, Kingpin's breathing gradually became rapid, feeling that coming to see Bai Ye today might be the most correct decision of his life.
"Alright, I'll fully cooperate with you. When do you plan to publish this cultivation method? I'll start a wave of preheating with various media outlets," Kingpin said.
"Then, a month from now. Leave all the publicity to you; I'm too lazy to get involved," Bai Ye said.
"Mr. Bai trusts me so much?" Kingpin asked.
"Trust you? No, I only trust my own fists."
Bai Ye lightly clenched his fist and said, "Tomorrow morning, I need you to immediately dispatch a team of experts for me, and they will take orders from me."
Kingpin nodded and asked, "What kind of expert team are you looking for?"
"Primarily a team specializing in the modification and debugging of large-scale machinery, both mechanical and electrical. I will have further requests later. Also, you need to provide me with whatever equipment I need."
"No problem, just a few practical talents. I have several underlings who fit the bill, I'll arrange them for you tomorrow," Kingpin said generously. Compared to the value Bai Ye could bring him, these were insignificant.
If Bai Ye asked to see his sincerity now, he might even consider giving him half of his assets after some hesitation.
"But what do you need these talents for?" Kingpin asked.
"To build some muscle," Bai Ye replied slowly.
"Working out?" Kingpin asked, a look of surprise on his face.
Only Bai Ye knew that in just over half a month since he'd gained the system, his strength had increased hundreds of times.
At this rate, in the month before the Purple Mist Divine Skill was released, he should be able to increase his physical strength twentyfold, easily reaching a level of four hundred tons.
Then, from the books causing a stir in public opinion to attracting attention from various parties, he should have enough time to increase his strength and negotiate with the human government.
Feeling the slight coolness of the evening breeze on the convertible, Bai Ye turned his head and said calmly, "Kingpin, take me back."
"Take you back? Mr. Bai isn't going to eat at my place?" Kingpin asked quickly, thinking that Bai Ye had refused to cooperate with him again for some reason.
"No need. We've already discussed what we needed to on the car. I have a lot of things to do tonight, and I'm already tired. Take me to the Mains Club."
"Is that so? Then I'll take Mr. Bai back first." Kingpin instructed the driver, then said:
"Everything you need will be delivered to the playground near your home tomorrow morning. I'll buy that field for you to train on."
"Alright, thanks." Bai Ye replied casually.
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