171: Spirit tickets... can you spend more and more?
Under Ming Hongwei's pleading gaze, the aunt finally spoke up.
"Everyone, come quickly and see! Our great hero who fought against Little Japan is back at the market to exchange things!"
Hearing the aunt's loud shout, the people who were still setting up their stalls immediately abandoned them and swarmed over, each holding the spoils they had harvested from the wild.
"Brother Ming, I'll give you this spiritual sheep kidney. Those Little Japan attacked too viciously; you should go back and nourish yourself well, so you don't leave any hidden ailments!"
"These are flame bananas I snatched from the hands of an Infernal Ape. Take them back for your child to taste something new!"
"Three-Colored Deer Antler and Red Goji Wine, steeped for a full twenty-seven days, it's definitely potent!"
Facing the supplies handed to him from all directions, Ming Hongwei's smile was a bit forced.
Well, it's a zero-cost shopping spree again...
Once he had saved enough ling tickets, he would definitely find an Artifact Refiner to customize a Magical Artifact mask, making sure no one could recognize him!
He was a strong man with arms and legs; how could he always take advantage of others!
Just at this moment, various notification sounds came from everyone's phones.
Everyone was stunned, then quickly opened their phones.
The last time the country notified all its Citizens was when they launched a national war against the Flying Pancake Country.
Now they were sending out a mass message again; could it be that something big was about to happen?
[Huaxia Military Department: Approaching the National Day holiday, Huaxia will hold a grand military parade in Kyoto Zijin City on the day of the festival, which will be broadcast live globally.]
The moment they saw the message, exclamations rose and fell among the crowd.
"A grand military parade in Kyoto, broadcast globally—that contains a lot of information! I wonder what new weapons the country will display!"
"It's the Ling Qi Revival; what weapons are there to display? Bring out a Foundation Establishment formation and a demon pet formation; the deterrent power will be fully maximized, right!"
"Holy crap, what you said makes so much sense! How can modern weapons compare to Cultivation!"
"Just thinking about it makes me excited! During the grand military parade, if those foreigners see our formations flying in the sky, they'll be screaming in terror!"
The news of the grand military parade made everyone incredibly excited.
This grand military parade was different from previous ones.
Since the day of the Ling Qi Revival, Huaxia had begun universal Cultivation. With 1.4 billion Cultivators in the country, how could they not make an appearance at the grand military parade?
As an old saying goes:
To return home rich without showing it off is like walking in embroidered clothes at night!
In previous grand military parades, various countries displayed aircraft and tanks in formations, always the same old thing, and there was no significant difference between countries.
However, it was different now.
Our great Huaxia was the trendsetter in Cultivation, and its strength was leading by a huge margin!
If they could give other countries a little shock with Cultivators at this grand military parade in Kyoto, wouldn't that just blow them away!
Before everyone's excitement could subside, another message popped up.
[Huaxia Ministry of Finance: To celebrate the Motherland's birthday, Huaxia has prepared 10,000 ling tickets for each of the 1.4 billion Citizens. People can wear their yan huang medal and go to their local Street Office to claim them.]
As soon as this message was released, everyone's passion was ignited again.
"Huaxia is really rich now; 14 trillion ling tickets, just given out like that!"
"What's going on? If the country distributes ling tickets like this, won't there be inflation?"
"What are you thinking? Are ling tickets the same as money? One ling ticket can be exchanged for one Spirit Stone. This is Huaxia giving us welfare!"
Everyone immediately packed up their stalls and rushed to the Street Office in groups.
Holidays are good, holidays are great!
There was a grand military parade, and they were distributing ling tickets.
If there were a few more National Day holidays in a year, he could receive tens of thousands of ling tickets for free!
............
Twenty minutes later.
Magic City, Lotus Street Office.
"Everyone, please form two lines over here. There are plenty of ling tickets; everyone will get some!" the staff member shouted, cupping his hands like a megaphone.
The arriving People lined up in an orderly fashion, and Ming Hongwei also followed the crowd, queuing at the back.
The line was very long, stretching for nearly three hundred meters.
By the time it was Ming Hongwei's turn to collect his ling tickets, at least more than half of the ling tickets piled inside the armored car remained undistributed.
"Brother Wang, do you think they miscalculated the ling tickets? I saw people from other Street Offices saying in the group that they also had a lot of Spirit Stones left over."
Looking at the large number of undistributed ling tickets, Xiao Qiang poked the shoulder of the person next to him.
"You don't know about this, do you?"
Wang Zhi pointed to the ling tickets in the armored car and whispered to Xiao Qiang:
"According to unofficial sources, the welfare prepared by the country this time is incredibly huge!"
"Not only do we have to distribute all the ling tickets in this car, but we'll probably have to go get another three to five cars, all to be distributed to the People in this area!"
Hearing this, Ming Hongwei was immediately surprised.
It wasn't that he intentionally eavesdropped, but rather that a Cultivator's hearing was too strong. With him speaking so loudly, it was hard for him not to hear.
One should know,
ling tickets and huaxia currency were completely different concepts!
One ling ticket could be fixedly exchanged for one Spirit Stone, while one huaxia currency could only buy a packet of crispy noodles.
If one were to measure the value of ling tickets by the purchasing power of huaxia currency, it would probably take 10,000 huaxia currency to exchange for one ling ticket.
Because of this,
the country distributing 10,000 ling tickets to each Citizen was already an astronomical sum!
The concept of distributing 10,000 ling tickets was equivalent to distributing 100 million huaxia currency to each Citizen, while maintaining the original purchasing power.
It directly achieved a small goal!
On the way to the shop, Ming Hongwei was still pondering what the staff members had said.
More than half of one carload of ling tickets remained undistributed, and they even had to go get another three to five carloads of ling tickets. When did Huaxia have so many Spirit Stones?
It felt like the country hadn't done much!
............
Ten minutes later.
Inside the shop.
Looking at the price tags of various goods on the shelves, Ming Hongwei was momentarily stunned.
Ordinary Storage Pouch, limited-time sale for 100 ling tickets, limit three per person.
An ordinary Storage Pouch for 100 ling tickets? What was the difference between that and giving it away for free?
And that wasn't even the most outrageous part.
As Ming Hongwei's gaze moved downwards, a large cardboard box filled with blood-red, demonic longswords quietly entered his vision.
Drinking Blood Demon Sword, can absorb the enemy's Qi and blood to supplement oneself during combat, priced at 8,000 ling tickets, purchase includes a gift of 10,000 ling tickets, limit one per person.
Priced at 8,000, with a gift of 10,000?
So, if he went to the shop to buy a Demon Sword, the country would still give him an extra 2,000 ling tickets?
"Boss, your price tag..."
"Don't ask, it's not mislabeled, just buy it!" The shop owner, accustomed to such things, interrupted Ming Hongwei before he could finish speaking.
The country was rich and willful.
It was that simple!
After a while, Ming Hongwei walked out of the shop door, carrying a large bag of purchased items, his face full of bewilderment.
He had walked into the shop with the 10,000 ling tickets he had just received, intending to spend them, but ended up walking out with 20,000 ling tickets and a pile of things.
Could ling tickets... actually increase the more you spent them?