The Immortal Cultivation World of Male Inferiority and Female Supremacy-Chapter 221. Today is a good day

Finally, the day of the anniversary celebration has arrived.

This morning, a large number of shuttles were dispatched to Heavenly Sword Peak, ready to transport the high echelon of the Heavenly Sword Sect and their guests to Taobao Mall. They would be the first honored visitors to tour the mall.

Fang Zhou was also prepared on Moon Viewing Peak.

Today, he has only two things to do. During the day, he would appear as Laoshiji, holding a book signing and handshake event, while promoting his new works.

In the evening, he would appear as actor Xu Xian and perform in the Legend of the White Snake.

The entire commercial fair and anniversary celebration’s order and operations were handed over to Heavenly Sword Sect to maintain. Fang Zhou had been busy for months, barely touching the ground. It was unreasonable to burden him with miscellaneous tasks today.

Cheng Xing used Water Moon in the past few months to replicate over two thousand comic books, a thousand of which were "Wave Tyrant" and another thousand "Muye Hidden Sect".

These two comics were new works by Laoshiji, pioneers in opening the cultivation world comic market, aiming to make a mark through the commercial fair platform today.

Of course, it’s not that Laoshiji is retiring to become virtuous. The little emperor’s uncle will continue selling, and adult comics will be sold in the future, sweeping the adult market.

As long as the cultivation world doesn’t crack down on obscenity, Laoshiji will not retire.

Besides comics, Wei Yuanling had also printed tens of thousands of copies of Laoshiji’s collection for Fang Zhou over the past few months, ready for sale at the signing event.

This IP belonged exclusively to Fang Zhou and had no relation to Heavenly Sword Sect, so all the profit from comics and collections was exclusively his. The Heavenly Sword Sect even covered the cost for him.

Those tens of thousands of collections had already been sent to Taobao Mall, and Fang Zhou got a shuttle from Heavenly Sword Sect to transport the comic books.

Today, he planned to take the little gourd babies to Taobao Mall for sightseeing.

Ling Xiaoyue had long asked Lu Qiuling to transfer her pile of small goods to Taobao Mall yesterday. This troublemaker pestered Fang Zhou to get a good shop location, hoping to sell those random items.

Fang Zhou and the gourd babies boarded the shuttle and headed to Taobao Mall. The gourd babies were excited along the way, with the four younger ones jumping around restlessly. Only the three older ones were relatively calm but clearly looking forward to it.

Upon arriving at Iron Sword Mountain, the upper echelon of Heavenly Sword Sect and the guests had just arrived, a grand crowd ready for the opening ceremony.

Fang Zhou quietly parked the shuttle to the side and watched with the gourd babies.

The entire Taobao Mall did not have walls. An artificial river was built around using spells, with only a symbolic city gate in the middle.

The city gate was now covered with red cloth, awaiting unveiling.

Walking at the forefront was Qin Yunzhu, accompanied by several high echelons of the Righteous Alliance.

Qin Yunzhu gently raised her hand and, from a distance, removed the red cloth from the city gate, revealing the golden characters—Taobao Mall.

"At this point, I declare..."

Following Fang Zhou’s suggestion, Qin Yunzhu loudly announced, "Taobao Mall officially opens today!"

With her words, four long strings of firecrackers dropped from the city gate and began to crackle.

The orchestra on both sides played in unison. If paying close attention, one could hear that the tune was "Today is a Good Day".

A large number of Heavenly Sword Sect disciples began clapping, and the guests were startled by the display, joining in subconsciously.

The entire scene was bathed in a festive atmosphere.

On the shuttle, the gourd babies had never seen such lively scenes, watching excitedly and shouting.

This scene was Fang Zhou’s masterpiece, yet he felt uneasy rather than excited, sensing something off.

After watching for a while, he realized the issue—the male cultivators’ ratio was too low.

Among so many guests, the vast majority were female cultivators, with a scarce number of male cultivators, none of whom were high echelons.

Gou Cheng was considered the highest-ranking male disciple in Heavenly Sword Sect, but not even an elder.

While the sects participating in the commercial fair covered less than one percent of all sects in the cultivation world, they were still representative.

This world indeed holds malice against males.

After the firecrackers went off, Qin Yunzhu and the high echelons of the Righteous Alliance entered Taobao Mall through the city gate, receiving the first discount vouchers.

The commercial fair had an event where the first arrivals received discount vouchers. The Heavenly Sword Sect and guests were the first wave of customers, so they claimed the vouchers beforehand.

After this large group, few vouchers remained, a tacit rule—leaving benefits for the guests, while later customers received little.

Inside Taobao Mall, nearly a thousand merchant groups had already settled, with tens of thousands of products waiting on the shelves for customers.

Qin Yunzhu bought the first item using moon currency, becoming the first customer in Taobao Mall history.

Moon currency was a currency created by Fang Zhou using mystic iron ore through Wu Tie, intended to replace silver as the sole circulating currency in Taobao Mall.

All customers needed to exchange their silver for moon currency upon entering the mall, then could exchange moon currency back to silver or other items upon leaving.

Each merchant group could only accept moon currency and nothing else, nor could items be bartered. Anyone found breaking the rule would be expelled.

Seeing the guests had entered the mall, Fang Zhou also called for the gourd babies to leave the shuttle and move the comic books inside.

More shuttles had already gathered in Yunshan City, ready to transport countless waiting cultivators to Iron Sword Mountain.

However, taking a shuttle wasn’t free. As per Fang Zhou’s instructions, Heavenly Sword Sect would charge each cultivator ten taels for transportation. If unwilling to pay, they would have to cross rugged mountains themselves to reach Iron Sword Mountain.

Ten taels were a small amount for cultivators, so despite complaints, they only grumbled about Heavenly Sword Sect’s greed.

While ten taels weren’t much, there were already tens of thousands of cultivators in Yunshan City, with more arriving steadily, making the income tens of thousands of taels.

Numerous cultivators arriving at Iron Sword Mountain would be astonished by Taobao Mall.

It was a special city with no walls, orderly planning, straight roads, and uniform buildings.

The mall was decorated with red lanterns and banners, roadside filled with green trees, creating a vibrant aesthetic of this era.

As more cultivators began arriving, Taobao Mall truly came alive.

In one sentence: drums resounding, firecrackers crackling, flags waving, and a sea of people.

Of course, there were also those who realized they had been deceived upon arriving, with many valuable items marked as sold out, never appearing in the market.

Naturally, such minor issues were negligible, as most people found what they wanted in the mall and left satisfied.