1: With your professional skills, you will be electrocuted like a Diankun kid in the park.

“You say you are an Immortal? Inspired by the Heavenly Dao, you want to open up the Immortal Dao for all beings and establish an Immortal Cultivation Academy? You now need to crowdfund 50 billion Dragon Kingdom coins, and after the Academy is built, you will have priority admission qualifications.”

In a room in a certain residential area of Jiangcheng, Fang Yuan stared at the QQ chat box on his computer screen, feeling completely numb.

He rubbed his eyes, confirming he hadn't seen wrong.

Do scammers nowadays have such imagination?

Immortal Cultivation Academy?

And crowdfunding?

Why not say he is Qin Shi Huang and will make me a great general if I send him money.

On the other end of the chat box, seeing that Fang Yuan hadn't replied for a long time, another message was sent.

“Student Fang Yuan, I see your bones are extraordinary; you are a rare Immortal Cultivation genius, one in ten thousand, and destined for my Immortal Dao. This priority admission qualification normally costs at least fifty thousand Dragon Kingdom coins, but since we are fated, it's only five hundred, just consider it making a friend.”

Looking at the message from the other party, Fang Yuan almost laughed in anger.

Was he being precisely scammed?

They even knew his name.

He glanced at the other party's account ID.

【Principal of Kunlun Cultivation Academy: Li Heng】

Good heavens, with that title and tone, one might think he was just released from a mental hospital.

Fang Yuan hadn't performed well in the college entrance examination, but that didn't mean he was brainless.

His fingers clattered on the keyboard, with a hint of mockery.

“Buddy, with your level of business, you'd be electrocuted into an 'Electric Kun' kid in the park.”

“You know?”

Message sent.

The next second, he unhesitatingly blacklisted the other party and conveniently reported him.

【Reason for report: Online scam.】

After doing all this, Fang Yuan stretched, feeling like he had contributed to purifying the online environment... Meanwhile.

Thousands of miles away in Gusu Province, in a rented room less than twenty square meters.

“Gaia!”

Li Heng slapped his thigh, a wail escaping his lips.

He looked at the bright red exclamation mark on the screen, followed by the platform notification that popped up.

【Dear user, your account has been permanently banned for suspected fraud.】

“What the f—!”

Li Heng angrily jumped up from his seat and gave a middle finger to the black screen.

“Are you kidding me?!”

“Why don't people believe that Immortals really exist in this world?”

He paced restlessly in the small living room, kicked a coffee table leg, and ended up grimacing in pain.

This was already the tenth account banned this week.

A few days ago, he was still a scumbag student who had just finished his college entrance examination with only 350 points.

With this score, he couldn't even reach the undergraduate line and could only go to a vocational college to muddle through.

Just as he was lying in bed contemplating life, considering whether to repeat a year or go to a “specialized college, a cut above the rest,” a cold, mechanical voice boomed in his mind.

【Ding! Suitable host detected, Strongest Immortal Cultivation Academy System binding...】

【Binding successful!】

Li Heng was stunned at the time, his first reaction being that he had read too many novels and was hallucinating.

But before he could recover, a majestic force surged from deep within his body, coursing through his limbs and bones.

It was an indescribably powerful feeling.

He could clearly perceive the dust flowing in the air, hear the detailed content of his downstairs neighbors' arguments, and even the flow of blood within his body became clearly audible.

【Cultivation infusion completed. Current host cultivation: Early Golden Core Stage.】

【Matching Cultivation Technique "Myriad Dao Immortal Art," Spells "Palm Thunder," "Wind Manipulation Art," and "Heavenly Eye" have been issued.】

Li Heng spread his palm and, following the memories that had appeared in his mind, tried to circulate his magical power.

A faint electric light gathered and flickered in his palm, emitting a soft “zzzz” sound.

It's real!

All of this is real!

He wasn't dreaming!

Li Heng was so excited at the time that he almost jumped out of bed, his heart pounding incessantly.

“System! System! What should I do next? Am I going to start crushing the rich and handsome, marrying the beautiful and wealthy, and reaching the pinnacle of life?”

He shouted excitedly in his mind.

However, the System's next task poured a bucket of cold water over him.

【Main mission released: Spread the Dao across the world.】

【Mission content: Please, host, crowdfund ten billion Dragon Kingdom coins within three months to build the first modern Immortal Cultivation Academy.】

【Mission success: Host will receive generous rewards and officially usher in the Immortal Dao era.】

【Mission failure: The System will reclaim all of the host's cultivation and unbind.】

Ten billion?

When Li Heng saw this number, his eyes almost popped out.

His first reaction was, isn't this simple?

He was now a Great Cultivator of the Golden Core Stage!

Just set up a fortune-telling stall on the street, or use some small Spells to help a rich person solve some problems, and ten billion would be a matter of minutes, right?

As it turned out, as soon as this thought arose, the System's warning came.

【Warning: Host is not allowed to use extraordinary abilities to obtain funds in any direct or indirect way. All school construction funds must come from others' voluntary donations.】

【This is to test the host's persuasiveness and affinity for spreading the Dao.】

“Test my ass!”

Li Heng cursed immediately.

Not being allowed to use his abilities, and just relying on his mouth to tell people, “I am an Immortal, give me money,” isn't that just fraud?

Who would believe it?

But the System completely ignored his protest.

In desperation, Li Heng could only embark on this “online crowdfunding” path, which he himself found absurd.

He registered accounts on various social platforms, randomly added friends, then copied and pasted his fabricated story, sending it out in bulk.

The result was predictable.

After a few days, let alone ten billion, he hadn't even raised one yuan.

However, a large number of accounts were banned.

“Damn System!”

Li Heng plopped back onto the sofa, growing angrier the more he thought about it.

He was now like a beggar holding a golden begging bowl, possessing heaven-defying abilities but restricted to death by the rules.

Three months!

Only three months!

If he couldn't raise the money, he would go from a Golden Core powerhouse back to that 350-point college entrance examination scumbag.

The feeling of falling from the clouds into the mud was something he found unacceptable just thinking about it.

“System, come out! I just want to ask you, how exactly do I do this mission? Can you give me some hints?” Li Heng roared in his mind.

【Please, host, explore on your own.】

The System's voice was still so cold, devoid of any emotion.

“Explore my foot! Look, these people all think I'm a liar! How do I explain? I can't just crawl through the network cable and tell them, 'Look, I can glow,' can I?”

Li Heng pulled at his hair in frustration.

【System rules cannot be overstepped.】

“Rules, rules! All you know is rules! If this continues, let alone ten billion, I won't even be able to raise a hundred yuan!”

Li Heng felt like he was going crazy.

He waved his fist at the air, but ultimately let it drop powerlessly.

Getting angry with an emotionless program was meaningless.

He slumped on the sofa, staring blankly at the ceiling.

Was he really going to fail?

To become that good-for-nothing again?