The Sacred Land Is Going Bankrupt, I Invented a Mobile Phone!

Chapter 242: The Shocking Prize Pool! The Running Mystic Turtle!

According to the lottery rules, each lottery purchase stops five minutes before the draw.

After the draw is complete, the next lottery purchase could begin.

So, each lottery purchase period was less than twenty-four hours.

Therefore, even though it was late at night, Heavenly Origin Pavilions across Great Yan Province were still brightly lit.

Countless cultivators were queuing up.

The managers of the shops in the other three Sacred Lands, were accustomed to seeing the bustling Heavenly Origin Pavilions.

In the entire cultivation world, only the Heavenly Origin Pavilions were open 24 hours and still so lively.

They had been accustomed to the Heavenly Origin Pavilions’ popularity for more than a year.

They were also particularly interested in the lottery.

After closing their shops, they went to queue up, hoping to try their luck with a few tickets.

Facing the opportunity to potentially become rich overnight for the cost of just two low-grade spirit stones, no one could resist the temptation.

So, it continued until the next morning.

But the number of people in the queue did not decrease at all.

The faces of the cultivators in line were even anxious, because they had already decided on the numbers they wanted to buy.

Everyone thought their chosen numbers might win.

If they missed out on buying a ticket because they hadn’t deposited spirit stones into Immortal Net Flash Pay, it would be a real regret.

And if the numbers they hadn’t bought won, they would probably regret it for life.

In the cultivation world, Nascent Soul Realm experts had the privilege of not needing to queue and could directly enter the Heavenly Origin Pavilion to recharge.

But Golden Core Realm cultivators had no such privileges in front of the Sacred Land.

Many Golden Core Realm cultivators were anxious in the queue, since there were only a few hours left until the draw.

They were worried that they wouldn’t be able to deposit their spirit stones in time.

So they found the cultivators at the front of the queue, handed over their spirit stones, and asked them to help recharge their accounts and transfer the stones back later.

Golden Core Realm cultivators were considered the middle class of the cultivation world and had never been so polite to lower-level cultivators before.

But now, for the sake of the lottery, they were humbly asking for help.

This showed how great the lottery’s allure was to cultivators.

Countless cultivators had already made up their minds at this moment.

In the future, they would definitely deposit some spirit stones in Immortal Net Cloud Flash Pay.

Even if they were reluctant to deposit all their spirit stones, they would at least deposit some.

After all, to buy lottery tickets now, they had to use Immortal Net Cloud Flash Pay.

Moreover, Immortal Net Cloud Flash Pay now had a random discount feature.

Using Immortal Net Cloud Flash Pay for payments could save spirit stones.

Most importantly, the Heavenly Origin Sacred Master launched new applications so quickly.

There might be other applications requiring Immrotal Net Cloud Flash Pay in the future.

So, they decided to deposit more now, to avoid queuing up again later.

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The appearance of the lottery undoubtedly caused a sensation in the entire Great Yan Province cultivation world.

Everyone, from top to bottom, was paying attention.

Everyone was discussing the lottery.

When they met familiar daoists, the first thing they asked was if they had bought a lottery ticket.

So even by the next morning, countless cultivators were still discussing it on Immortal Net Weibo.

“I watched those Mystic Turtles all night and bought fifty lottery tickets. I’m sure I’ll win the first prize!”

“Envious. I’ve been queuing all night and still haven’t gotten my turn. Can any senior lend me two low-grade spirit stones? I think my chosen numbers will definitely win. If I win, I’ll repay a hundredfold. My contact number is…”

“That’s hilarious. A couple in front of me in the queue were discussing how to spend the first prize if they won. They ended up fighting over the distribution and it was quite a scene until the manager of the Heavenly Origin Pavilion came out to calm them down.”

“Haha, they haven’t even won yet and are already fighting. If they really win, it’ll be chaos!”

“Four more hours until the draw. Can’t wait…”

“I’m not greedy, just hoping to win fourth prize. Our sect’s big competition is coming up. If I have enough resources, I can stand out and be taken as a disciple by the elders!”

Cultivators were extremely enthusiastic about the lottery.

Countless cultivators saw the lottery as an opportunity to change their fate.

After all, wealth, companions, skills, and land were crucial.

If they could win, the huge amount of cultivation resources would allow them to go further on the immortal path.

So, in the eyes of cultivators, the lottery was not just a lottery, but also a beautiful future.

“I can’t deduce anything!”

“It’s always difficult to deduce anything related to the Sacred Land. Heavenly Origin Sacred Land even set up a grand array to cover the immortal mountain, and the draw tool is the Mystic Turtle.”

“After activating my divination secret technique, my mind was blank!”

“I couldn’t get any information at all.”

In the grand hall of Great Mystery Sacred Land, the Penalt Elder sighed.

The Nascent Soul elders around him were also very disappointed upon hearing this.

The new lottery launched by Heavenly Origin Sacred Land was extremely attractive to these Nascent Soul experts as well.

If they could win the first prize, their combat power would increase dramatically.

Their chances of reaching the Deity Transformation Realm in the future would greatly improve.

Unfortunately, even the Penalty Elder, who specialized in divination, couldn’t deduce the winning numbers.

“Heavenly Origin Sacred Land’s creation isn’t something that easily reveals flaws!”

“I just bought a hundred random lottery tickets. If we can achieve the Nascent Soul Realm, our luck must be good. No need to deliberately choose, wealth will come naturally.”

“You have a good mindset, but I think the immortal path requires striving. Naturally, lottery numbers should be carefully selected. I used the Great Evolution Technique to select twenty numbers. There must be some gain.”

“Yes, although we can’t deduce information, the Great Evolution Technique aligns with the Heavenly Dao. Using it to choose numbers will surely yield results!”

“I think using the Dao Deficiency Technique to choose lottery numbers is more reliable!”

If outsiders saw the scene in the hall, they would be astonished.

Even the high-ranking Sacred Land elders were gathered together discussing how to choose lottery numbers.

This showed how attractive the lottery was to cultivators.

The Great Mystery Saint Master remained silent.

He had already figured out the lottery’s profit model.

Half of the spirit stones used by cultivators to buy lottery tickets were taken by Heavenly Origin Sacred Land as profit.

The other half was used to pay out prizes to the cultivators.

So, in essence, the prize money won by cultivators was their own spirit stones used to buy tickets.

Heavenly Origin Sacred Land didn’t need to do anything, completely getting something for nothing.

Although the Great Mystery Saint Master understood the logic of the lottery, it was useless.

It was impossible to imitate.

This business could only be done by Heavenly Origin Sacred Land, because only the Little Spirit Communicator could easily sell lottery tickets to every cultivator in Great Yan Province.

“Heavenly Origin Sacred Land is becoming more powerful. Now they have four Deity Transformation experts!

“For thousands of years, it’s not like no Sacred Land has ever dominated before.

“But Heavenly Origin Sacred Land controls too many resources with the Little Spirit Communicator!

“If this continues, Heavenly Origin Sacred Land will really suppress the entire Great Yan Province!

“We must find a way to stop the development of Heavenly Origin Sacred Land.”

The Great Mystery Saint Master pondered.

But as he pondered, he also opened the lottery section and bought over a hundred lottery tickets with numbers he had already decided on.

Buying a hundred tickets only cost two mid-grade spirit stones.

Even if he lost, it was nothing to him.

But what if he won the first prize?

That would be a huge gain.

“Master, the cutoff time is almost here. I need to go oversee the lottery draw. Have you bought your tickets?”

On the peak of the Heavenly Origin Sacred Land, Lin Ke’er reminded Nangong Wan.

Hearing this, Nangong Wan immediately began purchasing her prepared numbers through Immortal Net Cloud Flash Pay.

In just a few seconds, Nangong Wan’s face showed a confident smile. “These are the ten numbers I’ve carefully prepared.

“The first prize is certainly within my grasp.

“Unfortunately, since it’s the first draw, there aren’t many spirit stones in the prize pool. The first prize will probably be only around a few hundred thousand.”

Ye Chen looked at his master helplessly upon hearing this.

His master, a mighty Deity Transformation Realm expert, had spent an entire day at the edge of the immortal mountain, using her divine sense to thoroughly observe a hundred Mystic Turtles.

She had put in quite an effort.

“Let’s go, the time is almost up!”

The first lottery draw in the cultivation world was eagerly anticipated by everyone.

Ye Chen would also go to the immortal mountain to watch in person, just in case there were any issues with the draw process that needed immediate correction.

When the three of them arrived at the immortal mountain, the elders had already gathered.

However, they did not enter the immortal mountain but stood in the void.

To ensure the fairness of the lottery, only the person in charge of the draw was allowed inside the immortal mountain during the draw.

And that person was Lin Ke’er.

At this moment, it was almost noon.

Lin Ke’er gave Ye Chen a charming smile and flew into the immortal mountain.

The elders then greeted Ye Chen and Nangong Wan.

The Foreign Affairs Elder reported with a wide smile.

“Saint Master, there are five minutes left until the draw, and ticket sales have stopped!

“The number of spirit stones in the prize pool has reached 250,000 high-grade spirit stones!”

Hearing this, Ye Chen raised an eyebrow.

“250,000?”

Ye Chen didn’t think this number was small.

On the contrary, he found it higher than expected.

A prize pool of 250,000 top-grade spirit stones meant that 2.5 billion lottery tickets were sold.

But considering there were only a billion cultivators in the entire Great Yan Province, how were so many tickets sold?

Ye Chen didn’t ask the Foreign Affairs Elder.

Instead, he used the communication artifact to check the backend data.

Seeing the data, Ye Chen was surprised.

Due to the tight timeline, many cultivators didn’t have time to recharge their spirit stones.

So only 400 million cultivators bought lottery tickets.

Yet these 400 million cultivators bought 2.5 billion tickets in total.

On average, each person bought more than six tickets.

This was quite unexpected for Ye Chen.

The enthusiasm of cultivators for the lottery was surprising.

But upon reflection, Ye Chen quickly understood.

For the sake of their path to immortality, cultivators had a strong gambling nature.

In life-and-death secret realms, as long as there were enough benefits, many cultivators would dare to enter.

In the perilous Ten Thousand Miles Demon Mountains, cultivators would rush in for resources like moths to a flame.

This gambling nature was exhibited by cultivators to progress further on their immortal path.

And now, with just two low-grade spirit stones, they had a chance to gain more than entering dangerous places, without any risk.

Naturally, cultivators would flock to it.

So it was quite reasonable for cultivators to be incredibly enthusiastic about the lottery, buying multiple tickets at once.

Ye Chen even saw in the backend that a Nascent Soul Realm expert bought over ten thousand tickets at once…